Samekichi



Samekichi (鮫吉) is a humanoid shark and one of the main characters in Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea. He is Wadanohara's familiar and husband. He is the younger twin brother of Syakesan and the father of Minami.

Physical Description
Samekichi has somewhat long, messy, grayish-blue hair. His dorsal fin sticks out the top of his hair and is slightly more ragged looking than Syakesan's. His tail is also bluish-gray and has some scars across it.

He wears a black, fur trimmed jacket, with an oval containing a white anchor and a red streak across it on the upper arm along with two small scratch marks under it. Underneath the jacket, he wears a light gray shirt and an anchor necklace. Near the cuffs of his jacket appear to be small fins. His pants are dark gray, and he also wears a black belt, black gloves, and black shoes.

Towards the true ending of the game, Samekichi's appearance slightly changed. His hair color turned into more of a dark blue-green color, and his eye color changed into navy blue. The reason for this change to a darker shade was due to him becoming tinted with the darkness after having pursued Syakesan. There is still his scar mark on his right eye remaining. His dorsal fin turned a little bit raggier, and there are more scars on his tail. His uniform changed, too; he now wears a darker jacket with black fur trim with a black shirt underneath. The red streak from the anchor patch on his jacket was also removed.

Personality
Rough and blunt at first, Samekichi comes off as a harsh individual that seems as if he bears a strong hatred for everything in existence. However, this was just a ruse, as he simply wanted to maximize the chance for Wadanohara's safety in the game.

He deeply cares for Wadanohara, and it's revealed in the events of the second Normal Ending of Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea that he values her more than anything else in the sea. In the ending, it's suggested that he commits suicide in his grief over the sea witch's death. In his character bio, it also mentions that he would do anything to protect her.

He grows irritated when people use Wadanohara and him for errands, but doesn't inherently dislike them, even going as far as asking Irena what kind of present he should get for Wadanohara, and inviting Tarako to listen to Wadanohara play piano at times. He also forgave Wadanohara's other familiars for treating him poorly when he was trying to get Wadanohara out the Blue Sea without admitting his reasons.

Samekichi gets easily flustered and angry. Because he is a bit dumb, Samekichi looks at books, but he does not really grasp the content. He will casually glance through, looking at any illustrations they have.

As for his likes, the physical copy of volume one of the manga states that his favorite color is white. His favorite food is "meat and anything edible." His specialty is fighting and the ability to bite anything into pieces.

Background
Sometime in the past, Samekichi became Wadanohara's first familiar, being given his nickname "Samekichi." Their first encounter was revealed in a bonus scene in the Reboot; Wadanohara had met Samekichi while one day flying on her anchor. She noticed he was hurt and offered to heal him. Their continued meetings soon led Wadanohara to ask Samekichi to become her familiar. Often seen accompanying the sea witch, he assisted her with anything she needed to do. Sometime as her familiar, he developed romantic feelings for his master. He would later end up giving Wadanohara one of her most valued possessions - an ocarina.

Later down the line, it is shown that he had stopped Syakesan from sexually assaulting Wadanohara; this resulted in Syakesan putting a curse on Wadanohara for her to lose her memories of this event, and that Samekichi couldn't tell her what had happened. This became the reason he had to act harshly towards Wadanohara in an attempt to drive her out of the sea so she could be safer.

Major

 * Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea - Samekichi appears as a major character. He is the false antagonist, then the deuteragonist.

Wadanohara
Wadanohara is Samekichi's wife and master. They have been through a lot together and care for each other dearly. They have a son by the name of Minami.

Samekichi was Wadanohara's first familiar, her only familiar prior to Memoca, Dolpi, and Fukami. To the denizens of the Blue Sea, he is known as "Samekichi," though this is not his real name; "Samekichi" was a nickname bestowed upon him by Wadanohara, which means "fortunate shark" in Japanese. Wadanohara loves him dearly, caring for him even when he rejected her assistance and affection. Both deeply care about each other, enough for Samekichi to hunt down his twin brother for decades in the name of Wadanohara, and enough for Wadanohara to wait decades for only the possible return of her familiar.

Samekichi is older than Wadanohara, as it took quite a while for her to hatch from the egg she was born in.

Syakesan
Samekichi is Syakesan's younger twin brother. Although they are brothers, their relationship is that of enemies, as Samekichi seems to hate him for the curse he placed upon Wadanohara. Despite the actions of Syakesan, Samekichi still cares and loves his brother and wish he could came back to his side, but these feelings are not mutual.

After Syakesan's death, Samekichi deeply regrets not being able to save him and still mournings years later the events of the game.

In the past, it can be seen that Syakesan and Samekichi may have been quite close as brothers when they were still young children. In two images, Syakesan and Samekichi can be seen wearing matching outfits, but as the image progresses story-wise, the two brothers can be seen gradually facing away from each other.

Minami
Minami is Samekichi's son. They have made a couple of appearances together. It has been said that Minami's appearance is similar to his father's. Samekichi appears to be a loving but worried father to Minami, telling him to not run ahead lest he gets lost.

Namikaze
Namikaze is the mother of both Samekichi and Syakesan. The details of their relationship are currently unknown.

Old
Old is Samekichi's father. Like the rest of the ocean, Samekichi is not aware that Old is his father, and Old is unaware of his relation to Samekichi.

Namiho
Namiho is Samekichi's aunt. She appears in a Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea - Reboot - Bonus Scene, where Samekichi expresses his remorse to her that he couldn't bring Syakesan back home.

Fukami
Fukami is Samekichi's fellow familiar. Both of them share romantic feelings for Wadanohara, with a one-sided rivalry on Fukami's part.

Due to Fukami's jealousy and Samekichi's supposed betrayal of Wadanohara, Samekichi was often brutalized by Fukami whenever the octopus could get his tentacles on him. Though their relationship was rocky at first, due to the mutually romantic feelings they share for Wadanohara, Fukami later accepted that Wadanohara's romantic affections were solely for Samekichi. He chose to support her romantic feelings for Samekichi rather than take advantage of her vulnerability.

Memoca
Memoca is Samekichi's fellow familiar. Memoca was shown to dislike him heavily in the first half of the story due to a misunderstanding and him being rude to Wadanohara. In the Reboot, it is revealed that Memoca had become Wadanohara's new first familiar soon after Samekichi had disappeared. Once Wadanohara told Memoca the story of how Samekichi and her met, Memoca thought within herself that she would not forgive Samekichi for making Wadanohara cry, and that if they ever met, she "wouldn't hold back." However, all has been reconciled once it was revealed that Samekichi was not, in fact, a traitor.

Dolpi
Dolpi is Samekichi's fellow familiar. For the first half of the game, Dolpi was scared of Samekichi.

Nekoyama
Nekoyama is one of Samekichi's friends. He helped Samekichi deliver Wadanohara's ocarina to her.

Idate
Samekichi is a one-time target to Idate's bullying.

Met
Met and Samekichi are acquaintances. In the Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea bonus room interview, Samekichi intruded Met's studio when she was interviewing Wadanohara. Met subsequently possessed Samekichi, which he did not appreciate. As such they do not seem to be on good terms.

Natural Abilities

 * Nigh-Absolute Immortality - Like all non-human characters in the Deep-Sea Prisoner Universe, Samekichi cannot die from natural causes such as aging or disease.
 * Animal Transformation - Being a shark, he is able to switch between a humanoid and animal form.
 * Underwater Breathing - Being a shark, he can naturally breathe underwater.

As an Enemy Boss

 * Main article: Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea/Enemies

Wadanohara and her familiars battle Samekichi three times.

Trivia

 * "Samekichi" is a nickname that Wadanohara gave him when he became her familiar. His true name is Aonami (青波), which means "blue wave."
 * His (nick)name literally means "fortunate shark."
 * From June 28 to August 3, 2017, Deep-Sea Prisoner hosted a character popularity poll that let each person vote three of their favorite characters. When the results came out on September 7, 2017, Samekichi was ranked 7th.
 * During a live stream, Deep-Sea Prisoner responded to a question asking what types of drunk Samekichi and Wadanorara were. Samekichi is said to become super clingy - only to Wadanohara - when he is drunk; the next morning, he would have little memory of this and become white in the face upon remembering.
 * Even though they are not visible, Samekichi has ears.
 * When asked if Samekichi likes to read, Deep-Sea Prisoner responded that he does, but he actually does not understand much of the content, so he is mostly looking at the illustrations.
 * A fan's comment during a livestream pointed out that Samekichi's jacket reminds them of Squall Leonhart from Final Fantasy VIII. Deep-Sea Prisoner commented, "I kind of like that character, so maybe I subconsciously made Samekichi to resemble him."

Quotes

 * "Wadanohara... You shouldn't be here... Leave this sea, right now."
 * ".....What point is this sea if you're not in it? What point is this world....." (Said aloud to himself during Normal End 2)