Syakesan

Syakesan (しゃけさん) is the main antagonist in Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea. He was a shark and former employee of the court, close to Uomihime. He was also the elder twin brother of Samekichi and son of Old and Namikaze.
== Physical Description ==
In his shark form, he appeared with red oval-shaped eyes and white pupils. He had a slight blush visible underneath his eyes and almost always smiled.
Upon revealing his true motives, the white in his eyes turned black and blood began to drip from both eyes. He also grew four arm-like limbs from below his fins. In his humanoid form, Syakesan appeared remarkably similar to Samekichi. His white hair was slightly long and messy and his dorsal fin protruded from the top of his head. He wore a white suit accented with light gray. Six buttons were visible along the front of his suit. His shirt was dark gray, and his tie was black. He also wore white pants, black shoes, and black gloves. Syakesan would wear tight underwear in a smaller size in order to accentuate his shape. 
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.
Although they are not visible, Syakesan had ears in his humanoid form. Prior to his involvement with the Sea of Death, his nails were blue like his brother. In his shark form, his meat was plump and delicious but may have also been a little too fatty. His hair was soft due to his mother's genetics and prone to getting messy when he slept; it would sometimes look similar to Samekichi's when he woke up. When not groomed, Syakesan looks a lot like Samekichi. 
== Personality ==
At the beginning of the game, Syakesan seemed to have an innocent, kind, and warm personality. Befittingly, it was said amongst his specialties was "having a cute appeal." Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea manga volume one As seen in a Skeb commission, he uses the personal pronoun "boku" when referring to himself. 
However, after he revealed his position as the ambassador of the Sea of Death, his true nature was exposed. He was manipulative, sadomasochistic, and a sore loser when things did not go his way. He had a deep twisted love for Wadanohara, paralleling his brother's deep and honest love for her. He seemed to be quite jealous of Samekichi, saying things such as, "Is he that good to you?" and getting visibly shaken after Wadanohara mentions Samekichi. 
Syakesan's favorite color was red. His favorite food was seaweed and "sweet white things." He did not particularly care much about food but would often eat sweet things. He was a vegetarian. Deep-Sea Prisoner commented, "If he were to go to a restaurant, he would be the first to order a salad and eat it like it was delicious." Syakesan's hobbies include seaweed gardening, flower care, and cooking. He was also ticklish and would laugh out loud if he was tickled. . Syakesan had several sensitive spots such as his neck, flanks, and tail. Deep-Sea Prisoner commented, "I suspect he's sensitive pretty much everywhere." One illustration states that the base of his tail is an erogenous zone for him. Syakesan is a switch. 
== Background ==
Syakesan was a child of Old and Namikaze. He was the older twin brother of Samekichi. He used to spend time with his brother Samekichi until his mother committed suicide, deeply affecting him. After her death, he began to watch over the sea and eventually left his home. At an undefined point in time, while he was still young, he became corrupted by the Sea of Death and became its ambassador. He hid his true nature with a fictitious persona and disguised himself as a regular inhabitant of the Blue Sea. When Samekichi joined the Blue Sea after becoming Wadanohara's familiar, Syakesan greeted him in a way seeming as though he never met him before, disturbing Samekichi in a disheartened manner.
During the time Samekichi and Wadanohara were together, Syakesan developed distorted romantic feelings for her, ridden with jealousy. He tricked her into entering the Sea of Death to assault her. When caught by Samekichi during the act, he put a deep curse into Wadanohara's heart preventing Samekichi from bringing up the incident. Upon revealing his true identity to Wadanohara and her familiars towards the end of the game, Syakesan became more deranged, poking at Wadanohara's memory to remember his assault on her and attempting to persuade Fukami to join the Sea of Death. In the end, Syakesan confessed his love for Wadanohara was not a lie despite all the lies he told until then.
Upon stabbing Wadanohara with the Sacred Sword and running off, Samekichi followed Syakesan to retrieve the sword and put an end to what he had done. Samekichi was able to have one final talk with Syakesan before leaving him to pass away.
== Appearances ==
=== Major ===
* Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea (Original) - Main antagonist
* Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea (Manga) - Main antagonist
* Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea -Reboot- - Main antagonist
=== Cameo ===
*Funamushi Private Deep-Sea Academy - Cameo
== Relationships ==
=== Relatives ===
==== Namikaze ====
Namikaze was the mother of both Syakesan and Samekichi. From both the bonus scene in the Reboot and manga, Namikaze's death deeply affected him. Her death was a major factor in Syakesan's decline to join the Sea of Death. On the night of her death, Syakesan found a beautiful stone on the beach. The moment he saw the shine on this stone, Namikaze ended her life. After her death, Syakesan became incredibly sorrowful and began looking over the sea often. After some time, he left his home and never returned.
When asked why Syakesan had such a distorted affection for Wadanohara, Deep-Sea Prisoner responded 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 Namikaze. This implies Syakesan could have had a strong affinity towards his mother.
==== Old ====
Old was Syakesan's father. However, Syakesan was not aware of this.
==== Samekichi ====
Samekichi was Syakesan's younger twin brother. They used to spend time together when they were younger and were both miserable when their mother passed away. After Syakesan left home, Samekichi promised Namiho to bring him back no matter what. However, when greeted by Syakesan into the Blue Sea after becoming Wadanohara's familiar, Samekichi could not bring himself to say anything to him.
Both developed romantic feelings for Wadanohara over time, though only Samekichi was receiving her continuous attention and affection. Syakesan was aware of this and became extremely jealous, asking, "Is he that good for you?" when Wadanohara called for Samekichi's help during her assault. He further states he should have killed his brother when given the chance and that taking pity on him was a mistake. A spell was later cast on Wadanohara to lock away her memories of her assault; this forced Samekichi from mentioning any of this to her lest it break her. Towards the end of the game, when Syakesan stabbed Wadanohara with the Sacred Sword, Samekichi took her blood and went after his brother to put an end to what he had done. The two are briefly able to talk before Samekichi retrieves the sword and leaves Syakesan to pass away. As Samekichi walks off, Syakesan comments that he is an idiot before apologizing.
In a bonus room scene in the Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea -Reboot-, Samekichi returns home to his aunt Namiho and apologizes for not being able to bring back his twin brother. Namiho insists it was not his fault and even calls Syakesan an idiot for everything he had done despite having a younger brother who cared for him.
If Samekichi and Syakesan were to arm wrestle, the two would be evenly matched. However, Samekichi might have an advantage since he is more athletic. 
In the "The Red Sea Witch" ending, it is up to the viewer's imagination on whether or not Syakesan used Samekichi to "vent his frustrations." 
In Funamushi Private Deep-Sea Academy, Syakesan and Samekichi get along well and live together. Samekichi is teased by his brother when Wadanohara and him are texting and grinning at each other. 
==== Minami ====
Minami was Syakesan's nephew. The two have never met as Syakesan died before his birth.
==== Namiho ====
Namiho was Syakesan's aunt. She took care of him and Samekichi when Namikaze passed away. After Samekichi pays his aunt a visit, Namiho is seen speaking in front of her sister's grave, commenting Syakesan is an idiot even after seeing he had a brother who cared for him. She then tells him to rest in peace with his mother.
=== Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea Cast ===
==== Wadanohara ====
Wadanohara was Syakesan's love interest, though one-sided. Both were on good terms with each other at the beginning. Underneath his guise of being one of Uomihime's retainers, he was actually the Ambassador of the Sea of Death - a person foretold to destroy the Blue Sea Kingdom - and used Wadanohara in his plan to do so. He attempted to assault her 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, was in love with Wadanohara, albeit in a twisted way. In one of the endings of Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea, it is implied he sexually assaulted her, which later resulted in her becoming a Red Sea denizen herself, and it is seen from various mini-comics that they are lovers in this timeline.
When asked why Syakesan had such a distorted affection for Wadanohara, Deep-Sea Prisoner responded even though it is hard to tell with the game pixels, it can be implied (in the Reboot bonus scene) that Wadanohara may resemble Syakesan's mother Namikaze. It was then stated when Syakesan first met Wadanohara she was extremely kind to him, which Syakesan happily loved. 
Unlike with Samekichi, Syakesan and Wadanohara would never marry or have a child. 
In Funamushi Private Deep-Sea Academy, Syakesan has no romantic interest in Wadanohara. 
Red Wadanohara will gladly use her magic to genderbend and use it on Syakesan until he cannot stand. Even after the "The Red Sea Witch" ending, Syakesan is still jealous of Samekichi. When he sees Wadanohara with him, he becomes very upset. 
==== Mikotsuhime ==== 
Mikotsuhime was Syakesan's princess. Sometime in the past, he joined the Sea of Death and became her ambassador. Being the Ambassador of the Sea of Death, Syakesan betrayed the Sea Kingdom, unsealing the Sea of Death for his princess by exploiting Wadanohara's magic. Tricking the Totsusa Kingdom, corrupting the Sacred Sword, and deceiving Uomihime were all done for Mikotsuhime. When she emerged to the surface after a very long time, Syakesan introduced Wadanohara to her as the "daughter of that cursed Meikai." 
When killed by Samekichi with the Sacred Sword, Mikotsuhime followed Syakesan to death and died in a similar manner.
==== Fukami ==== 
Fukami is Syakesan's enemy throughout most of Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea. However, Syakesan likes Fukami "in many ways." In the Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea manga, Syakesan reminded Fukami of the envious and selfish feelings he held for Wadanohara; that it was painful, and unbearable to have his feelings for her grow more and more. Syakesan told Fukami that these feelings for her make him kindred to the rest of the Sea of Death residents. 
In the normal and true endings as well as in the manga, Fukami eventually resists Syakesan's persuasion and chooses to remain loyal to Wadanohara, knowing it would not make her happy if he did follow Syakesan. However, in the "Betrayal" ending of the game, Fukami kills Memoca, Dolpi and then Wadanohara. Though disgusted by what he has done, Syakesan assured him it is nothing to be ashamed of, as it was what Fukami wanted; Fukami agrees. Syakesan then welcomes Fukami to the Sea of Death.
==== Shisatsu ====
Shisatsu was Syakesan's acquaintance. Syakesan asked Shisatsu to help Wadanohara journey through the sea as she repaired the barrier stones. Shisatsu was disappointed when he found out Syakesan was the ambassador of the Sea of Death.
==== Helica ====
Helica was Syakesan's former fellow employee of Uomihime's court. In the Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea manga, Helica was enraged about the Totsusa attack. Syakesan tried to calm her down, but she hit him on the nose, yelling and offended that he was not mad too. Syakesan briefly appeared later with a bandage in his nose because of this. When Helica kissed Pulmo in a drunken state, Syakesan looked at them confused.
After the reveal of Syakesan's true nature, he became Helica's enemy.
==== Pulmo ====
Syakesan is Pulmo's former co-employee of Uomihime's court. Prior to the reveal of Syakesan's true nature, they were on good terms. 
Pulmo once smiled at him while he cried after being hit by Helica. In the manga, in celebration of Wadanohara's successful repairs of the barrier stones, a banquet was held within the Sea God Castle. Syakesan asked Pulmo why Helica was already drunk, to which Pulmo replied that she could smell the alcohol. Afterwards, when Helica kissed Pulmo while drunk, Syakesan looked at them confused. 
After Syakesan's true nature was revealed, he became an enemy of Uomihime's court, including Pulmo.
==== Tatsumiya ====
Tatsumiya was Syakesan's fellow employee of Uomihime's court before the reveal of Syakesan's true nature. They were on seemingly good terms as Syakesan pretended to care for Tatsumiya. When the banquet in celebration of Wadanohara's success was held, Syakesan was named the coordinator, though a villager in the room said it was actually Tatsumiya who did most of the organization. Tatsumiya later proposed a toast to Syakesan, to which he reacted with surprise and sadness in the Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea manga.
During a flashback sequence later in the Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea game, Wadanohara found Syakesan stuck in one of many chests. After he got out, he explained that Tatsumiya had asked him to sort out the empty chests. Tatsumiya later asked him whether he had completed his task, which he had not.
Later, when the Totsusa Kingdom invaded, Syakesan falsely offered to try and stop the soldiers approaching the Sea God Castle, which concerned and worried Tatsumiya. She accepted his offer with a grimace, showing she cared about his safety.
After the reveal of Syakesan's true nature, Syakesan became Tatsumiya's enemy. He later revealed that he had poisoned her before the events of the game because her intuition was too good.
== Abilities ==
=== Skillset ===
* Swimming - Syakesan was good at long-distance swimming. 
=== Natural Abilities ===
* Nigh-Absolute Immortality - Like most non-human characters in the Deep-Sea Universe, Syakesan could not die from natural causes such as aging or disease. 
* Animal Transformation - Being a shark, he was able to switch between a humanoid and animal form.
* Underwater Breathing - Being a shark, he could naturally breathe underwater.
== Battle Statistics ==
== Trivia ==
* Even though Syakesan goes by "Sal" and "Syakesan" in the English and Japanese versions respectively, both epithets are not his real name. His true name is Shiranami (白波), meaning "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. 
* Syakesan's female counterpart is named Syakeko. In English, it is translated as Sally.
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* In Funamushi Private Deep-Sea Academy, Syakesan works at a maid cafe (based on a TEGAKI drawing). He is into cosplay to begin with and does not really care about the monetary aspect when working at the café. 
* When commenting about this illustration, Deep-Sea Prisoner said Syakesan is wearing nothing but the clothes he is holding with his mouth. 
* Regarding an illustration of Syakesan and Satanick fighting in Funamushi Private Deep-Sea Academy, Deep-Sea Prisoner commented the reason they are fighting is because Syakesan likes NTR (netorare) while Satanick likes true love. 
* A scene that features Syakesan will appear in a future game. 
* For Halloween, Syakesan would dress up as The Phantom Of The Opera. 
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