Urikohime

Urikohime, also known as **Melon Princess**, is the fifth princess introduced in the series. She was moved from her story to the story of Momotaro.

## Appearance

Urikohime has light skin, green-golden eyes and striped green and dark green hair.

She dresses in a kimono with a green and dark green outer robe and a pink inner lining, tied together with a big pink bow with a cream colored stripe. She also wears white socks and wooden sandals. Her hair is pulled up into a bun and held in place by a plant-themed hair pin.

## Personality

Urikohime is a delicate and easy to frighten girl. She cries a lot when she's scared, as she was in tears almost the entire time the Wicked Witch held her captive.

Not much else can be said of her personality, as she doesn't play a very active part in the two episodes she appears in.

## Synopsis

### Before Forever After

Urikohime was born from a melon and raised by the kind farmers who found her. At some point she was kidnapped from her story by the Wicked Witch and his demons and brought into *Momotaro*.

### Forever After

When Momotaro, Robin, Lea and Tank break through the demons' fortress gate, they are confronted by the Wicked Witch and his demon servants, along with a tied up, terrified Urikohime. She whimpers in fear when Lea angers the Wicked Witch and he growls in response.

When Momotaro proclaims his desire to rescue her as part of his destiny, Urikohime is visibly awe-struck by his heroism, staring at him in wonder and admiration. These feelings only grow when Momotaro effortlessly slays the demons in his way and reaches the platform she is held on, fully prepared to slay the Witch as well.

The moment is then ruined when the Wicked Witch turns both Urikohime and Momotaro back into the fruits they were born from, a melon and a peach. After deeming the battle between the remaining heroes and his demon army too boring, the Wicked Witch attempts to squash the defenceless Momotaro and Urikohime and is just barely stopped by Lea throwing her sword at him. Tank whisks the fruits to safety, while Lea and Robin threaten the Witch, who claims the fun has only started and teleports away.

As the witch flees, his curse is seemingly lifted and Urikohime turns back into a human. She lands safely in Momotaro's arms, grateful for his rescue of her. Momotaro tells the Prince Charmings of his plan to take Urikohime back to his adoptive parents, a plan she is visibly delighted by. The story ends with Urikohime and Momotaro in each other's arms, as Lea reads their Happily Ever After and the cherry blossoms begin to fall.

## Relationships

### Momotaro

Momotaro and Urikohime meet when she is brought to his fairy tale as a hostage. He immediately feels a certain kinship toward her, as they were both born from a fruit. Urikohime seems to admire Momotaro's dauntless heroism and is deeply grateful when he saves her from the Wicked Witch. The ending of their changed story implies the two have fallen in love with each other and will become a couple.

### The Wicked Witch

The Wicked Witch kidnapped Urikohime from her story. She is deeply afraid of him, while he is annoyed by her crying and seems to enjoy lording her helplessness over her.

## Etymology

* Urikohime can be translated as "Melon Princess" or "Melon Maid". The name consists of the Japanese words *uri* (= melon) and *hime* (= princess).

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/HannahAlexArt/status/1453793435668729857