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"The Hawks Creates The Future"
—Motto of Takaba Lab[src]

Takaba Lab is a mysterious research facility directly under the control of the Earth Crawler wing of the Hawk Party. It is here where Ryuuji Kawara, Souma Isa, and Tohri Nishikikouji once worked. The organization houses numerous scientists under the alignment and orders of the Hawk Party. Since their goals are largely motivated by hatred towards the human race, they prioritize and fund rather macabre sciences, ranging from biological weapons to optical weapons.

Mistranslation[]

In Focus on the Hawks, Takaba Lab is called the "Takabane Coordinated Research Institute." However on the lanyards given to people who donated to the Hatoful Boyfriend Official Plush Project, it is referred to as Takaba Lab. Hato Moa later confirmed on her Tumblr account that she was not involved in the proofreading of Focus on the Hawks and that the lanyards are correct[1].

History[]

"Under direct orders from the Hawk Party, known only under as "Those Who Crawl the Earth", is the Takabane Coordinated Research Institute... where researchers conduct the most unfathomably terrible experiments day and night!"
—Focus On The Hawks[[Focus On The Hawks|[src]]]

The Takaba Labs are an institution formed sometime after the creation of the Earth Crawlers.

Divisions[]

First Life Science Research Division[]

At the foremost LiSciRe division, it's common for the researchers to receive requests from other departments. It was a second-rate department until Ryuuji's death took place. It mostly focuses on biological research, such as mutations, pathology, and medical specialties, although Ryuuji himself is also a fan of rather trivial things like geology, and tends to waste his genius on profitless research.

Second Optical Armaments Research Division[]

As the name suggests, SecOps focuses on armaments and weaponry. It was an incredibly prestigious division with many awards, with the young elite Tohri as it's head. Tohri specifically strived to make "beautiful" masterpieces, which is what eventually led to the downfall of his divisions, as the Hawks deemed that he wasted his funds on too many unnecessary details.[2] (Tohri went on to blame Souma and accused him of being responsible for his own failure).

It's not fully clear if the types of weapons that Tohri makes have changed since he quit the Hawks, but other than inherently deadly weapons, he also created inventions with purely aesthetic purposes, like lasers that paint the night sky

Neurological Research Department[]

(only mentioned)

Trivia[]

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