Syakesan



Syakesan (しゃけさん) is one of the characters from Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea. He is one of the employees of the court, close to Uomihime. He is the elder twin brother of Samekichi and is the son of Old and Namikaze.

Physical Description
In his shark form, he appears with red oval-shaped eyes and white pupils. He has a slight blush visible underneath his eyes and almost always smiles.

Upon revealing his true motives, the white in his eyes turns black and blood begins to drip from both eyes. He also grows four arm-like limbs from below his fins. In his humanoid form, Syakesan appears remarkably similar to Samekichi. His white hair is slightly long and messy and his dorsal fin protrudes from the top of his head. He wears a white suit accented with light gray. Six buttons are visible along the front of his suit. His shirt is dark gray, and his tie is black. He also wears white pants, black shoes, and black gloves.

Before he was corrupted, he had blue eyes. In the Blue Sea alternative universe, he wears a gray turtleneck sweater, a dark brown jacket, and light brown pants.

Personality
At the beginning of the game, Syakesan seems to have an innocent, kind, and warm personality. Befittingly, it is said that amongst his specialties is "having a cute appeal."

However, after he reveals his position as the ambassador of the Sea of Death, his true nature is exposed. He is manipulative, sadomasochist, and a sore loser when things do not go his way. He has a deep twisted love for Wadanohara, paralleling his brother's deep and honest love for her. He seems to be quite jealous of Samekichi, saying things like, "Is he that good to you?" and getting visibly shaken after Wadanohara mentions Samekichi.

Syakesan's favorite color is red. His favorite food is seaweed and "sweet white things." It has been said that he is good at long-distance swimming.

Background
Syakesan was once a normal citizen of the Blue Sea before the Sea of Death corrupted him in his youth. As seen in one of Deep-Sea Prisoner's omakes, Syakesan was corrupted sometime during his period of late adolescence. As a child, he wore matching outfits with his younger twin brother Samekichi.

Major

 * Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea - Syakesan is the main antagonist, revealing his true colors after he destroys the Cast Pearl.

Namikaze
Namikaze is the mother of both Syakesan and Samekichi. It is shown in the manga and in the Reboot that her death was a big factor in Syakesan's decline to join the Red Sea.

Old
Old is Syakesan's father. Like the rest of the inhabitants of the sea, Syakesan doesn't know that Old is his father.

Samekichi
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 Syakesan's nephew. The two have never met as Syakesan died before his birth.

Namiho
Namiho is Syakesan's aunt. Namiho deeply cared about her two nephews and was sad after hearing Syakesan died, wishing him to rest in peace with his mother.

Wadanohara
Wadanohara is Syakesan's love interest, though one-sided. His love for her is deep, twisted, and conflicting; while he "loves" Wadanohara, he is willing to sexually assault her, influence her death, stab her, and curse her with magic.

In Normal End 1, he was able to get Wadanohara to reside in the Red Sea with him, and it is seen from the Mini-Comics that they are lovers.

On a livestream, 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.

In Deep-Sea Prisoner's high school alternative universe (Funamusea Private Deep-Sea Academy), Syakesan has no romantic interests in Wadanohara.

Mikotsuhime
Mikotsuhime is Syakesan's princess. Sometime as a child, he became the Ambassador of the Sea of Death.

Fukami
In the bad end - Betrayal - Syakesan is shown speaking with Fukami after Fukami killed Dolpi, Memoca, and then Wadanohara. Fukami is shown to be highly disturbed by what he did, though Syakesan encouragingly teases him that there is nothing to be ashamed about, saying Fukami is just like the rest of the Red Sea inhabitants. Syakesan then welcomes Fukami to the Sea of Death.

Shisatsu
Shisatsu is Syakesan's acquaintance. Syakesan once asked Shisatsu to help Wadanohara. After the reveal regarding Syakesan's true nature, Shisatsu was sad and disappointed to learn that Syakesan was the Ambassador of the Sea of Death.

Helica, Pulmo, and Tatsumiya
They are Syakesan's former fellow employees of the Uomihime's court.

Natural Abilities

 * Nigh-Absolute Immortality - Like all non-human characters in the Deep-Sea Prisoner Universe, Syakesan 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.

Trivia

 * Even though Syakesan goes by "Sal" and "Syakesan" in the English and Japanese versions respectively, both epithets are not his real name. It is mentioned in a bonus comic for Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea that Syakesan is a nickname. His true name is Shiranami (白波), which means "white wave."
 * In hiragana, Syakesan is written as しゃけさん. Expanded into Romanized syllables, しゃけさん would be written as shi-ya-ke-san. If pronounced in a certain way, しゃけさん can sound similar to "shark-san."
 * Additionally, "Syake" means "Salmon" in Japanese, and Sal is derived from Salmon.
 * He does not have a character portrait for his humanoid form.
 * 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, Syakesan was ranked 11th.
 * In her third livestream, Deep-Sea Prisoner responded to a question about an alternative universe in which Syakesan works at a maid cafe (based on a TEGAKI drawing). It was stated that Syakesan is into cosplay to begin with, and that while working at the cafe, he does not really care about the monetary aspect.
 * Even though they are not visible, Syakesan has ears in his humanoid form.

Quotes

 * "Hahaha. ♪"
 * "It was me... Meee!"
 * "I just love to see that face . . ."
 * "I lied!"
 * "I love that about you, Wadanohara... ♪" (Bonus Room)
 * "Um...Pulmo? Why is Helica already drunk?" (Manga)
 * "May my premature ejaculation be cured." (Tanabata wish writen in a banner)