Wadanohara



Wadanohara (大海原) is the main protagonist of Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea. She is a young sea witch and the daughter of Meikai, the Great Sorcerer. She cares deeply for the sea and her familiar, Samekichi.

Physical Description
Wadanohara's appearance changes with various outfits throughout the game, depending on the ending. However, her brown hair always has short, blunt bangs, and is kept in two braided tails. She has raceless white skin. In her first outfit, Wadanohara wears a white sailor uniform, accented with navy blue stripes. Her knee-high socks are navy blue with a white stripe near the top. A navy blue bow rests on the back of her outfit. Black Mary Janes are her shoes of choice. Her hair is tied up with two navy blue ribbons. A small sailor cap with a ribbon rests on her head.

Wadanohara's second outfit, given to her by Tatsumiya, is also a sailor uniform. The shirt is dark blue with white accents. Underneath, she wears a white turtleneck. The skirt is also dark blue with a white stripe on the hem. Her blue boots are decorated with a thin white stripe. On her back is a large, red, white, and blue bow. Her hair is tied with two ribbons, matching the large bow on her back. Her hat is a large blue witch hat with a similar striped ribbon accenting it, along with a silver anchor.

In the first ending, Wadanohara joins the Sea of Death. Her red shirt is a sleeveless sailor-style top with six yellow buttons and a dark red bow. The skirt is shorter and has a white petticoat underneath. Her knee-high socks and the bow on her back are both dark red. Her red witch hat is accented with a dark red and black ribbon. The anchor accessory has been replaced with a red-eye, matching the many eyes that are visible under the brim of her hat. Her hair ribbons and gloves are both dark red. Wadanohara's eyes also changed color, becoming bright red with black pupils; according to her end game bio, they are "stained with blood."

In the second ending, Wadanohara sacrifices her life to restore peace to the Blue Sea. Her light blue shirt has six white buttons and a white ribbon at the front. The skirt splits, revealing a white petticoat underneath. On her back is a dark blue ribbon. Her shoes are dark blue Mary Janes with no visible socks. Her witch's hat is a lighter shade of blue, accented with a ribbon matching the one on her back. The ribbon also gains four more ends. The anchor on her hat has been replaced with a light blue crescent moon and two stars. Two blue ribbons tie her hair into two braids. Her eyes are blue, whilst her pupils remain white.

In the game's true ending, Wadanohara waits for Samekichi to return from the Sea of Death. Her dress is navy blue with darker navy accents. Behind her is a type of cape that goes down to her ankles; it is decorated with a lighter navy blue stripe on the inside. The ribbon on the back is of a dark navy blue color. Her witch hat is navy and is accented with a darker navy ribbon. The decorative anchor on her hat is replaced with many hooks and chains that dangle beneath the hat's rim. Wadanohara's hair is also longer, reaching around knee-length, and is tied with navy ribbons. She wears navy stockings and lighter navy boots. Her eyes are still gray, but her pupils are black; they return to being white once she is reunited with Samekichi.

Personality
Throughout the game, Wadanohara is shown to be naive and kind. She has a deep love for the sea and all its inhabitants, which causes her to burden herself with more responsibility than she can handle. Much to Samekichi's dismay, she always helps out her friends, such as Irena, by going on land to bring back fruits from the surface. She tends to not speak of her own worries, showing she cares more about the happiness of others than her own well-being. She is also shown to be very forgiving, as she helped out Samekichi without hesitation when he was badly injured by Idate (titled "Orca" in Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea) and gave Syakesan the benefit of the doubt when she learned that he was the ambassador of the Sea of Death. She is very worrisome, as she is willing to enter dubious rooms in an attempt to save Samekichi when he was taken away by Syakesan, which led to her death by Fukami's corruption in the second Bad Ending. She is very kind and warm to everyone around her, cares more about her friends than her own well-being, and has a bad habit of hiding her feelings when bothered or distressed.

Background
In one bonus video, the origins of Wadanohara's birth were revealed: she was born from an egg had between her father Meikai and her mother. Wadanohara never got to meet Meikai since he had vanished prior to her birth. Wadanohara has also never met her mother since she as well was already absent prior to her birth. In place of her parents, Tatsumiya raised Wadanohara, teaching to the young witch all the spells she had been taught by Meikai, except the one used by him to seal away the Sea of Death.

It has been suggested that Wadanohara's mother possesses moon-based powers. In the Reboot, a Bonus Scene revealed that Wadanohara's mother was a moon spirit that Meikai met while on the surface.

Major

 * Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea - Wadanohara is the titular protagonist. At the beginning of the game, Wadanohara returned to the Blue Sea following a trip to the Witch World in an inquiry over her amnesia. During the events of the game, Wadanohara comes into conflict with enemies of the kingdom - first, the Totsusa Kingdom, who invade the kingdom for unknown reasons. The reasons are soon revealed to be false, and Wadanohara and her familiars come into contact with the true enemy: the Sea of Death, a force that orchestrated the conflict between the Totsusa Kingdom and the Blue Sea Kingdom. After enough battling, Wadanohara - along with help from her familiars and allies - defeat the Sea of Death, repelling the force successfully.

Cameo

 * Mogeko Castle - Wadanohara appears as a mini-figure on Somewhat Strange Mogeko's shelf.
 * General Hashasky's Great Adventure - Wadanohara makes an indirect cameo in the teaser trailer. A Mogeko named "Mogenohara" is seen wearing her witch outfit.
 * Funamusea's Private Deep-Sea Academy - Cameo as a character in the school au.
 * Various 1 - Cameo appearance alongside Chlomaki and Lobco.

Meikai
Meikai is Wadanohara's father, who was never present in Wadanohara's life; he sacrificed his life before Wadanohara was born to seal away Mikotsuhime. Wadanohara loves her father dearly, although they never personally met. A portrait of him is hung in the foyer in their house. In one of the endings, following the ideals of her father, Wadanohara sacrifices her life to protect the Blue Sea Kingdom.

"Wadanohara's Mother"
"Wadanohara's Mother" is Wadanohara's unnamed mother. They never met, as Wadanohara hatched from an egg after her mother had already passed away.

Samekichi
Samekichi is Wadanohara's husband and familiar. 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.

Minami
Minami is Wadanohara's son. They are very close and often seen together. Both have similar hobbies, interests, and even similar personalities. On a Twitter post, Deep-Sea Prisoner revealed that Minami was born from an egg similarly to how Wadanohara was.

Memoca
Memoca typically speaks in an informal and casual manner to Wadanohara, using a nickname to refer to her master. Wadanohara typically scolds her in a relaxed manner when she terrifies her fellow familiar Dolpi. Along with Dolpi and Fukami, she is one of the three familiars of Wadanohara present with the witch after her return to the Blue Sea from the Witch Land. It is shown in a Bonus Scene of the Reboot that Memoca was the first familiar to Wadanohara after Samekichi left; Wadanohara tells Memoca the story of how Samekichi and her met. Wadanohara trusts Memoca, and they have been friends for a very long time.

Dolpi
Dolpi is Wadanohara's youngest familiar and usually is taken care of by Wadanohara in a maternal manner. Wadanohara usually comforts her when she cries and scolds Memoca for teasing her. Along with Memoca and Fukami, Dolpi was one of the three familiars that accompanied Wadanohara to the Witch Land and returned with her to the Blue Sea.

Fukami
Fukami is Wadanohara's familiar, one of the three familiars alongside Dolpi and Memoca to accompany the witch on her journey to the Witch Land and return to the Blue Sea. Wadanohara is Fukami's love interest, but she herself is oblivious to his feelings of love and envy towards Samekichi. His attraction to Wadanohara is enough to warrant foul play against Samekichi, and he purposefully left Wadanohara's beloved ocarina given to her by Samekichi behind in the Witch Land to get rid of it. He later discards his envy for Samekichi, comforting Wadanohara in her depression and telling her to wait for the shark's return.

Syakesan
Syakesan was one of Wadanohara's fellow court retainers, and both were on good terms with each other. Underneath his guise of being one of Uomihime's retainers, he was actually the Ambassador of Death, a person foretold to destroy the Blue Sea Kingdom, and used Wadanohara in his plan to do so.

He had attempted to assault her more than once, casting a curse on her after the attempt that would wipe her memory and destroy her if she remembered the incident. Syakesan, like his twin brother Samekichi, is in love with Wadanohara, albeit in a twisted way. In one of the endings of Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea, it is implied that he sexually assaulted her, which later resulted in her becoming a Red Sea denizen herself.

On a live stream, when asked why Syakesan had such a distorted affection for Wadanohara, Deep-Sea Prisoner responded that even though it is hard to tell with the pixels of the game, it can be implied (in the Reboot bonus scene) that Wadanohara may resemble Syakesan's mother, Namikaze. It was then stated that when Syakesan first met Wadanohara she was extremely kind to him, which Syakesan loved, being very happy that she was kind to him.

Tatsumiya
Tatsumiya became Wadanohara's surrogate mother in the absence of the witch's father and mother. After Meikai's sacrifice, she presumably waited until Wadanohara hatched from her egg and fostered her. Wadanohara views, treats, and loves her as if she was her real mother. Most of the magic Wadanohara knows was taught to her by Tatsumiya.

Uomihime
As Wadanohara's princess, Wadanohara treats Uomihime with the utmost respect. Wadanohara fixes the Barrier Stones that protect the kingdom at the behest of Uomihime. Wadanohara filled the position of the Blue Sea Kingdom protector for Uomihime and the kingdom after the position was left vacant upon Meikai's death. As one of the retainers of Uomihime, Wadanohara often runs errands and tasks.

Ver Million
Sometime in her life, Wadanohara met Ver in an unknown encounter and became friends. Though Ver and Wadanohara are on friendly terms, it doesn't stop Ver from committing to her job and working as a mercenary for the Totsusa kingdom to fight Wadanohara and her familiars.

Aom
Aom is one of Wadanohara's friends. Aom harbors a deep sense of respect towards her.

Irena
Irena and Wadanohara are friends, and Irena often asks Wadanohara for errands. Wadanohara happily complies with the errands, glad to help.

Tarako
Tarako enjoys Wadanohara's music and sometimes spends time with Wadanohara and her familiars. They have come over to Wadanohara's home to listen to her play piano and doodle with the witch, as well.

Nekoyama
Nekoyama delivered Wadanohara's beloved ocarina and returned it on several occasions when it was lost. They share a humorous relationship - Wadanohara saved him by feeding him star fruit when he fainted exhausted in Star Isle after overworking himself.

Chlomaki
Chlomaki is one of Wadanohara's friends, who has a familiar from the Blue Sea. She is the one who brought Wadanohara to the Witch Land in an attempt to cure Wadanohara of her amnesia. Later, she traveled from the Witch Land to the Blue Sea in order to deliver to Wadanohara her ocarina, which was purposefully left behind by Fukami in his jealousy for Samekichi.

Chlomaki later helps Wadanohara out of trouble, using her own blood and her familiar Lobco to wipe out a number of Totsusa bunny soldiers.

Daimajo/The Great Witch
The Great Witch is Wadanohara's acquaintance, introduced to each other by Chlomaki. Wadanohara came to the Great Witch in order to be cured of her amnesia, though the Great Witch could not heal her, discovering that the amnesia was the result of a curse.

Cherryblod, Doloz, & Lobco
They are a few of Wadanohara's friends.

Idate
Idate tried to eat Wadanohara, even succeeding in Bad Ending 1. Though he tried to eat her once, and injured Samekichi, Wadanohara doesn't hold it against him; she even placed enough trust in him to request that he protect Tatsumiya after her encounter with Old.

Met
Met interviewed Wadanohara on her radio show. When Samekichi barged into Met's "holy place" (her studio) by jumping and breaking through the studio window, she possessed Wadanohara to beat him up.

Skillset

 * Witchcraft - Being a witch, Wadanohara is able to perform magic.
 * Flight - Being a witch, she has learnt the ability to fly on a broomstick - her preferred method being that of an anchor.

Natural Abilities

 * Nigh-Absolute Immortality - Being a witch, Wadanohara cannot die from natural causes, such as aging or disease.

Trivia

 * Wadanohara's name is an alternate reading of 大海原 (おおうなばら, oounabara), meaning "ocean."
 * The first kanji of Wadanohara's name ("大") looks like an anchor. Anchors also appear in both her design and attacks. In the game's logo, the first character of "Oounabara" (Wadanohara) is further stylized specifically like one.
 * Her ocarina is mixed with healing magic.
 * Her hobby is birdwatching, her favorite bird being ducks.
 * However, in the first normal ending (The Red Sea Witch), her hobby changes to "XXX."
 * She likes everyone in the sea in her first bio, in the second bio she likes Samekichi, and she likes Syakesan in the Red Sea Witch bio.
 * According to the translated Deep-Sea Prisoner comics, the eyes on Wadanohara's Normal End 1 outfit change depending on her emotions.
 * Upon observing her True End bio, the player will notice that Wadanohara in the True Ending gained 1 cm of height.
 * The very first text dialogue spoken by someone upon starting the game is actually Wadanohara's. She said those words in the sequences of the True Ending upon returning to the boat. The dialogue goes as follows:
 * "...Of course I knew. We felt... the same way..."
 * "I'm a fool. Why? Why couldn't I notice something within my own self?"
 * "...It's too late. Much too late, for everything. And it's my fault... all of it. If only... I had done better. ...I'm sorry. And yet... Now, I can't even tell you that. ...I'm sorry."


 * As stated in the physical copy of volume one of the manga, her favorite color is white and the color of the sea. Her favorite food is "candy and anything delicious." Her specialty is magic, playing the piano, and the ocarina.
 * 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, Wadanohara was ranked 4th.
 * When asked during a live stream about what kind of drunks that Samekichi and Wadanohara were, Deep-Sea Prisoner responded that it would be hysterical if Wadanohara were ever to drink alcohol, as she normally doesn't drink. If she ever did, she would be the type to fall asleep after a few drinks.
 * She wears bloomers underneath her dresses as they are much easier to deal with when living in the sea.
 * In adulthood, Wadanohara often sleeps with her hair tied up. Sometimes it's worn in braids, other times it's in a ponytail.

Quotes

 * "I want to adventure in all kinds of seas!"
 * "I love this sea!"
 * "Heehee... ♪"
 * "... I will protect the sea."
 * "Samekichi?! Samekichi!"
 * "Samekichi... I could never hate you..."
 * "Samekichi!! Get up!!!" (Wadanohara's final words to the players during Met's radio talk show)