Meikai

Meikai (溟海) is a wizard and a major character in Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea. He is Wadanohara's presumably deceased father.

Physical Description
Being Wadanohara's father, he looks similar to her, with gray eyes and brown hair. He wears a pointed hat with a darker navy strip, a light blue crescent moon, and two stars as decorations. He has a large navy cape with a star pattern inside and a large necklace with teardrop and circle beads and crescent moon pin on his blazer above the necklace. Under the cape, he wears a blazer with six buttons in two rows, trousers, and dress shoes with one large silver button on each shoe.

Personality
Meikai is shown to be calm, wise, and mature, coolly dealing with the Sea of Death invasion. Like his daughter, he loves the sea dearly; his love is strong enough that he'd willingly sacrifice his life to seal away the kingdom's enemies. Though he died before he met his daughter, Meikai evidently held a fatherly love for her.

Background
Meikai gave his life to seal Mikotsuhime and the other inhabitants of the Sea of Death away. Because of his death prior to the events of Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea, Meikai's only appearances are in the form of references and memories of others. He does have a short appearance near the end of the game, where he councils Wadanohara. Prior to his disappearance, he had been given a choice by the Sea King to choose between his familiars as to who would possess the Sacred Sword; at the time that this was happening, his former-familiar Old was listening in on the exchange. Meikai had drawn his decision and had picked Tatsumiya to be the one to wield the Sacred Sword; unfortunately, the shark familiar was eavesdropping at the time and upset at the wizard's choice, thus leading Old to betray Meikai and the Sea Kingdom.

In an extra video in the bonus room, he is seen prior to performing the spell to seal Mikotsuhime and her supporters to the Sea of Death, expressing a collected demeanor to his possible death by sacrifice.

Minor

 * Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea - Minor character

Wadanohara
Wadanohara is Meikai's beloved daughter. While Meikai disappeared before he could personally meet his daughter, he loved her dearly in his final moments of life. After his death, he became the Cast Pearl above the Sea King's palace, post-humously protecting the kingdom and, in a way, his daughter. He lent his power to Wadanohara by giving her his staff in order to save the Sea Kingdom, which was the only time they ever truly interacted with one another.

Minami
In a Bonus Scene in the Reboot, Meikai is shown to make an appearance to Minami, who had gotten lost while running around. Meikai walks and talks with him along the way, until Minami can see the castle. Meikai disappears after that, and Samekichi finds Minami. Minami does not know who the friendly stranger truly was.

Samekichi
Samekichi is Meikai's son-in-law. The two have never personally met.

Tatsumiya
Tatsumiya was Meikai's trusted former familiar. Tatsumiya dearly loved Meikai and grieved over him when he vanished. In place of her master, she took responsibility of caring for Wadanohara.

Old


Old was Meikai's former familiar. Sometime in the past, Meikai had been given a choice to choose between his familiars as to who would wield the Sacred Sword; his ultimate choice was Tatsumiya which caused Old to defect from Meikai and join the Sea of Death's forces. Sheep has accused Meikai of allegedly "stealing" Old, what this is in reference to remains unknown. As of the 2017 10 21 update, Old is shown to have had romantic feelings towards Meikai; however, these feelings seem to have died off, and Old is shown to have a remorseful face.

Aounabara
Aounabara was Meikai's adoptive father. Meikai was created by Satanick as a friend and companion for Aounabara. When Aounabara discovered that Meikai had fallen in love with the Moon Spirit, he became upset that his dear friend and "precious treasure" had been taken from him. He cursed Meikai's lover, which deeply hurt Meikai, subsequently causing the Sea King to fall into a deep slumber as he felt unfit to be king.



Meikai is the one who afterwards sealed Aounabara's daughter Mikotsuhime into the Sea of Death.

As of the 2017 10 22 Sunahama relationship charts update, the Sea King is shown to have feelings towards a young Meikai.

"Wadanohara's Mother"
Also known as the Moon Spirit, Meikai met her on the surface and soon fell in love with her, sneaking off to see her every night. She was cursed by the Sea King when he became jealous about losing his precious friend, Meikai, who was later seen crying over her body.

Satanick
Satanick is the one that created Meikai. This was revealed in a Bonus Scene of the Reboot. Created from a star, this light that fell onto the sea soon turned into a boy - Meikai. Not much else is currently known about their relationship.

Trivia

 * "Meikai" translates to "dark ocean."
 * In an outdated Q&A, Deep-Sea Prisoner had been (jokingly) asked if Meikai was Old's wife; however, she evaded the question with questioning about why homosexuality between the two was being asked. The answer to this question is unknown.
 * There is no absolute certainty that Meikai is dead. Tatsumiya expresses that it is only theorized by the Kingdom that the spell that he had cast to seal the Red Sea away was too powerful for his body to bare; this, however, is not a certainty and is only a theory that Meikai is deceased. Where Meikai's current whereabouts are remain a mystery.
 * In the high school AU (Funamusea's Private Deep-Sea Academy), Old and Meikai have a good relationship. Old raises kids as a single father, the mother having left because she had enough of him. Old, Meikai, and Tatsumiya all work together in the same company, and Old and Tatsumiya are subordinates. They all often go out drinking on their way home from work.
 * Also, in the school AU, Meikai and "Wadanohara's Mother" are still alive.

Funamusea's Private Deep-Sea Academy
Translated by Yao, typeset by Jo.

Quotes

 * "My dear girl... Please always remain who you are. Let nothing stain you, nothing take you away. ...That is all I ask of you." (Said during the very beginning part of Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea)
 * "... I pray for your happiness." (Bonus Room)
 * "She, the moon... I, the sea... We will always watch over you." (To an unborn Wadanohara in a bonus room video)