Sylphinford Tachibana (橘・シルフィンフォード Tachibana Shirufinfōdo?) is the younger sister of Alex Tachibana and the self-proclaimed rival/classmate of Umaru Doma in Himouto! Umaru-chan.
Appearance[]
Sylphinford's anime design.
Sylphinford's hair is long, wavy and light blue with two shorter locks that go slightly past her waist and is accompanied by a white band with a yellow clover decoration on both sides similar to a headband but thinner. Her eyes match the color of her hair with yellow clover-shaped pupils. She has a remarkable cat-like mouth, which she often wears in a smug expression.
Sylphinford is most often seen wearing a modified version of her school uniform with pale blue shoes, a short blue bloated skirt and fluffy material around the cuffs of her sleeves and the bottom of her skirt.
Instead of the typical uniform tie, Sylphinford adorns a dark blue ribbon on the collar of her white blouse. Her play character keeps the same outfit.
Personality[]
Sylphinford competing with Umaru.
Sylphinford is very confident and competitive whether in the studios, sports or video games. She often draws attention to herself with her eccentric habits, which include throwing rose petals at herself and walking around the halls. She pushes herself to stand out from the crowd, always wanting to make an exaggerated entrance and impress those around her, especially Umaru Doma.
Sylphinford often calls herself as Umaru's rival in the school, also U.M.R's rival in the arcade center. Despite being very good in most school and sports settings, she always ends up losing to Umaru. She is not demotivated by being defeated, as her competition is healthy and she always gets excited, and tries hard for the next occasion to beat her.
She is very friendly and does not insult those she competes against as it is revealed that she competes people she wants to impress. When she manages to form friends, she is quite social and does not find it difficult to talk to others, especially with UMR. as she is more open and they talk more about personal things and their hobbies. In fact, her rivalry with both of Umaru or U.M.R. is slowly disappearing as her goal was to become their friend. She has even bought a bouquet of flowers for Umaru on her birthday. She cares a lot about her friends and enjoys spending time with them.
Her personality shows that she can make friends quite easily, but it turns out that this is not the case, as she suffered from the beginning to have them.
Sylphinford is very dedicated to her Japanese hobbies as she is fanatical about that culture but she feels embarrassed when certain people see her brag about it, especially her older brother, Alex Tachibana, when she notices her brother watching her do these things she gets quite nervous and blushes because he sees her as a fairly mature younger sister and doesn't think she will do that sort of thing.
Background[]
Sylphinford appears to come from a wealthy background and is of German and Japanese descent. Like Umaru, she doted on her brother and always wanted to be near him. Because of her brother's influence, she developed an interest in Japanese culture and wanted Japanese friends, and later moving to Japan with him. During a flashback, she was shown sitting next to a fountain in front of a large house with Alex; giving her a Yogure.[4] In Episode 12, her family is shown to own a yacht.
Quotes[]
- "Umaru-san! I will not lose to you on the upcoming midterms, indeed!"
- "I shall be the number one player, indeed! I am TSF!"
- "Rivals become friends after a victory, indeed."
- "UMR-san, you will join forces with me and we shall defeat Umaru-san!"
- "Japanese anime is so cute and cool, indeed!"
- "M-My older brother thinks of me as his meek little sister, so for him to see me watching anime or playing games is indeedly embarrassing..."
- "At first, I didn't really understand anime, but it's easy to fall in love with something that your loved one likes, indeed!"
- "All right everyone! Let us play to our heart's content, indeed!"
Etymology[]
- Sylphinford (シルフィンフォード) is combination of two words; Sylphin (シルフィン) is refers to Sylph, while Ford (フォード) means "a shallow place in a river or stream where one can cross."
- Sylphinford's surname, Tachibana, means "orange, tangerine" (橘).
Trivia[]
- Sylphinford is as popular as Umaru, but she is always defeated by her every time she competes and comes from a rich family.
- Sylphinford likes yogure (small yogurt from Japan) due to Alex giving her one when they were younger.
- Sylphinford likes old candy and gaming stores.
- Sylphinford is actually shy when people see her watching anime, due to Alex thinking she is his meek little sister and that him seeing her playing games and watching anime is embarrassing.
- Sylphinford has a verbal tic " (ですわー！ Desu wa!?)", which she usually says whenever she gets excited. It directly translates to "indeed".
- Sylphinford might have gotten her competitive and confident personality from her mother, Miki Tachibana, who is an all-Japanese kimono fitting championship winner.
- Sylphinford is heard humming the first opening of Himouto! Umaru-chan, "Kakushinteki Metamorufo-se!" in the first OVA.
References[]
- ↑ Sylphinford once stated that ten years ago, when she was six, she begging to her family for bringing her to Japan with them. And so, she visited Lake Sagami. This information both came from Chapter 130 and First Time for Everyone
- ↑ Alex once stated that he just came back from Europe after visiting their uncle in Episode 4.
- ↑ See the notes of Episode 16.
- ↑ Episode 7