Sampei Nowake (AST)

Sampei Nowake is Saki's ardent admirer, who calls her "his goddess" and follows her all over the school campus.

## Biography

After learning that Saki was being transferred to Furinkan High School Sampei marched into Juuzo Numa’s office and attacked him, only to be immediately knocked out. Luckily Numa was a good and transferred him anyway. He was able to restrain himself from embracing Saki when the two met with Kasumi together.

Saki realized that Numa sent him there to keep an eye on her when he explained what happened. He gave Saki the rundown of what he learned about their fellow classmates, thought it wasn’t much since the details of their records aren't easily obtainable. He was offended when Saki compared him to Shin Kikai. When Saki heard that Kasumi had two sisters in her class she was reminded of the Mizuchi. When Saki told her she was just there to finish the semester. As she was trying to convince him she spotted Tsubasa. Seeing him dressed in Yakuza like guise she decided to scare him straight. Nabiki intervened, switching Saki's ire to her instead.

Sampei caught Happosai stealing underwear; he tried to stop him only to be knocked out. He came to in a pile of bras and panties surrounded by some very angry females. Seeing that Saki had been attracted to the attention he desperately began protesting his innocents. Luckily Happosai returned to get back his stolen goods. The girls tried to attack him but he managed to get away.

After seeing Kasumi, her sisters, Nabiki and Ranma finally deal with the old man, Saki was left wondering what kind of a mad house this place was. Kitsune introduced herself wanting to know if her hair was natural, she suspected that she was related to Shampoo. Seeing that Kitsune seemed to be in the know of things around there Saki decided to sit down and talk with her. Saki later ordered him to look into Hotel La Bac after Kasumi was kidnapped, as a way to humor Kitsune who claimed the building was a front. He naturally didn’t find anything however the fact that everything was in order made Saki suspicious, even more so when told that there weren’t any interested buyers. With that Saki, Sampai, and a triumphant Kitsune went to take a closer look.

While Kitsune was ready to rush in, but Saki wasn’t willing to break in. So interviews the various businesses around the hotel to see if anyone saw anything suspicious. Kitsune opted to stay claiming that she needed to get some things she left behind. This prompted Saki to warn her not to go into that hotel. Telling Sampai to keep looking into Hotel La Bac she also cut him off when he tried to reminisce about old times. She later told him to spread the word to anyone who wanted to help get Kasumi back and the others back is to meet at that hotel La Bac.

After learning that Kitsune was planning on on sneaking in to the San Cheng Huang to see Frost’s graduation ceremony with Gosunkugi. Saki insisted on coming to keep her out of trouble, naturally Sampai tagged along as well. The group was immediately discovered. Kitsune tried to claim she was an attending mage named Mirdle Silverfire, but she was the only one who actually put on a costume. Kasumi assured her that none of this was necessary and she could have just asked. With renewed energy marched inside.

Kitsune revealed her actual reason for bringing them there after Kogane showed up. It wasn’t to get evidence of magic, which is what they believed, but that "Elvis impersonators are actually Bigfoot." Much to Sampai’s shock Saki was ready to go. Kitsune had Sampai check if any recent Elvis music had been played on the Karaoke machines, Saki take cover, Kogane and Gosunkugi prowl the area, while she interviews people.

After Kitsune rushed off Sampai pulled Saki aside to make sure she didn’t actually belive this was possible. By this point after everything they had been through Saki had long since stopped caring. She even reminded him that Kogane was ghost. Realizing that she had a point Sampai headed off for his assigned task.

Sampai’s family wants him to take over the family business and had been insisting for awhile that it was time to get married. While he avoided the subject for as long as he could they eventually set up a marriage interview. In a panic he ran to search for Saki. Finding her on the dorm roof he asked her to be his fiancée. After her initial confusion she declined and Kitsune who was there when he found out and followed him explained what was going to her, which Sampai still in panic mode wasn’t doing very well. Sampei was adamant on not being put into a political marriage so Saki told him she’d consider it. Sampai took Saki's hands into his own enthusiastically, before realizing what he was doing.

Kitsune chuckled at the scene before switching topics and asked Saki about Guan Li. Having never known all that much about Saki’s past Sampai was shocked to learn that she had a sister or her mother’s abuse having always assumed that it was her father. When he learned of Guan Li’s offer to train Saki he was relieved to hear that she wouldn’t have to move to Nyuchiehzu. As he and Kitsune contemplated all that they had learned Kitsune began to focus on Saki mentioning the Agency. Saki admitted to her that she was with law enforcement. Kitsune demanded the full details and did a little happy dance when she agreed. Though seeing that Sampei was still rather down, she commented that his fiancée might be Saki's sister. Sampei was adamant that Saki was the only one for him.