History VideoGame / Wadanohara

* EarlyBirdCameo[=/=]GuestFighter: Orca and the penguin from a bonus video are actually characters from another one of Mogeko's works: ''ComicStrip/{{Ice Scream|DeepSeaPrisoner}}'', which is a comic series featuring artic creatures that are all LittleBitBeastly: Shirogane the wolf, Rocma the polar bear (fittingly enough, Orca's rival/enemy), Yukisada the owl, Mafuyu the baby seal, and Peraco the penguin. Orca, under the name "Idate", is a reoccurring villain, and he's friends with the penguin, who is named Rock.

* GottaCatchThemAll: The moonstones on various islands.

* EarlyBirdCameo[=/=]GuestFighter: Orca and the penguin from a bonus video are actually characters from another one of Mogeko's works: ''WebOriginal/{{Ice Scream|DeepSeaPrisoner}}'', which is a comic series featuring artic creatures that are all LittleBitBeastly: Shirogane the wolf, Rocma the polar bear (fittingly enough, Orca's rival/enemy), Yukisada the owl, Mafuyu the baby seal, and Peraco the penguin. Orca, under the name "Idate", is a reoccurring villain, and he's friends with the penguin, who is named Rock.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Sort of. In the bonus video "Squid Returns", Squid is saved by an emperor penguin after washing up on an Arctic shore. The video ends stating that it is a story for another time.]] Said "sequel" was eventually revealed to be ''WebOriginal/{{Ice Scream|DeepSeaPrisoner}}''.

Deep-Sea Prisoner's other games include ''VideoGame/TheGrayGarden'', released in late 2012, and ''VideoGame/MogekoCastle'', re-released in early 2014. There's also ''WebOriginal/{{Ice Scream|DeepSeaPrisoner}}'', a multimedia web series set in the same universe.

* {{Bishonen}}: The majority of the male cast qualifies, but probably the most classic example would be Cherryblod. He even wears a tuxedo all the time.

''Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea'' is a game created in UsefulNotes/RPGMaker 2000 by Creator/DeepSeaPrisoner in late 2013. It follows the adventures of a young sea witch, named Wadanohara, who is narrating her story to you. While exploring islands with her three familiars, she encounters her ex-familiar, a shark boy named Samekichi, who tells her she should leave the sea forever. Things start to go downhill when war is declared on her ocean home by the Tosatsu Kingdom, led by [[BigBad Princess Tosatsu]], for reasons unknown. It's up to Wadanohara to use her magic to keep the invaders out. But a [[TheMole mysterious traitor]] is among them — and the prime suspect is Samekichi.

* AdvancingBossOfDoom: [[spoiler:The Tosatsu bun soldiers who fill up your screen and chase you. If you pick the wrong route to go down, it's all over.]]

* BigBad: [[VillainousPrincess Princess Tosatsu]] is leading Tosatsu Kingdom in a war against the Sea Kindgom to [[TheEvilPrincess take the throne from Princess Uomi]], as she tried long before. [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss Except]] she's not the mastermind; [[DeviousDolphins Sal/Syake-san]], the [[TheMole traitor]], is the one who manipulated her into attacking as part of his plan to unseal his master. In the third act, Princess Mikotsu, Uomi's real sister and Sal's boss, takes this position upon becoming unsealed.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:The Tosatsu Kingdom, having patched things up with Uomi earlier, come in to save some of the villagers surrounded by creatures of the Sea of Death.]]

** Princess Tosatsu, leader of the invasion, [[DirtyCoward cries to her daddy when beaten in battle.]]

* [[spoiler:DiscOneFinalBoss: Princess Tosatsu and Artamos, and Tosatsu Kingdom in general, are revealed to have attacked because a traitor (Sal) framed Princess Uomi for an attack on ''their'' kingdom.]]

* HalfwayPlotSwitch: [[spoiler:Happens ''twice,'' as the story is split up into three acts. In the first act, Wadanohara must repair the barrier surrounding the ocean kingdom [[PlotCoupon by repairing the six stones]]. Then [[ShaggyDogStory the barrier is destroyed anyway]]. The second act has [[DiscOneFinalBoss Tosatsu Kingdom]] directly invade, and Wada and her party must drive them off. Once that's over, the ''[[ManBehindTheMan true villains]]'' [[TheReveal reveal themselves,]] and it's up to the gang to stop them and SaveTheWorld.]]

* HateSink: [[spoiler:Sal/Syake-san]] is [[TheMole the traitor]] to the Blue Sea Kindgom and the DragonInChief to Tostasu Kingdom. Feigning loyalty to Princess Uomi, the traitor secretly helps [[BigBad Princess Tosatsu]] in her invasion by sabotaging the defenses of the Sea Kingdom. [[spoiler:It is later revealed that he [[DivideAndConquer caused the war between]] the two kingdoms by sending an inflammatory letter framing Uomi for the massacre of several Tostasu soldiers which he himself perpetrated. He also frames his own twin brother, Samekichi, as being the traitor, and even [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil sexually assaulted Wadanohara in the past]]. At the end of the second act, he smashes the seal and unleashes the [[EldritchLocation Red Sea]], freeing his true master Princess Mikotsu. When Wadanohara confronts him, he taunts her about it before corrupting her in the first ending, and stabbing her and [[DirtyCoward fleeing]] with Mikotsu in the true ending to their own deaths]]. As bad as the traitor's Princess boss is, her evil is mainly [[OffstageVillainy offscreen]], and [[spoiler:Mikotsu [[GreaterScopeVillain doesn't have a hand in most of the game]] due to her [[SealedEvilInACan imprisonment]] within the Red Sea, which had caused her to lose her sanity]]. The traitor serves as the target of hate instead, being wholly repugnant and narcissistic. [[spoiler:but thankfully he was punished by Samekichi in a bonus scene]].

* HellIsThatNoise: Most Terrifying Sound: Wadanohara's scream when either she accidentally goes to a path filled with Tosatsu soldiers or [[spoiler:Sal catches up to her in a chase]].

* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: The Tosatsu Kingdom, which translates to the "Slaughter" Kingdom.

* KillerRabbit: The soldiers for the Tosatsu Kingdom. Also, Tosatsu herself and her dad are rabbit people and seem quite obsessed with slaughter.

** The second act introduces the BigBad, Princess Tostasu. She launches an invasion on the kingdom, and dead bodies of fish and bunnies can be seen lying everywhere. Tostasu herself is also frighteningly AxCrazy.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Tosatsu's name literally means "Slaughter".
** Naturally, this remains true for the Tosatsu Kingdom.
* {{Narcissist}}: [[spoiler:Sal and Mikotsu come across as this, since the conflict is driven by their respective temper tantrums when their “loved ones” don’t give them what they want ([[{{Yandere}} romantic reciprocation]] and [[TheEvilPrince the throne]], respectively).]]

** [[spoiler:The Tosatsu Kingdom, [[DiscOneFinalBoss which was the main enemy for the first half of the game.]] [[PoorCommunicationKills Turns out it was just a big misunderstanding and they were being manipulated.]]]]

* OnlySaneMan: [[spoiler:Wadanohara is the only one who believes that Samekichi isn't the traitor and that Tosatsu Kingdom might have a good reason for attacking. She turns out to be correct about both, yet [[CassandraTruth nobody believed her at first]].]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler:[[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot The whole story could have been avoided entirely]] if Samekichi and Tosatsu Kingdom had just explained their reasons for opposing the protagonists. The former ''is'' [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in keeping his secret ([[ItMakesSenseInContext telling the truth would activate a curse on Wadanohara]]), but Tosatsu has no excuse. If she had just talked to Uomi, they could have discovered Sal's plot and had him apprehended. Memoca even [[LampshadeHanging calls her out on this]].]]

* PsychopathicManchild: Princess Tosatsu acts like a child when expressing how much she wants to slaughter Uomi. [[spoiler:In addition, there's Sal; his text includes ''music notes'' indicating a jolly mood, even when he's crossing the MoralEventHorizon, he [[GigglingVillain creepily giggles]], and he has a ''[[{{Yandere}} disturbing]]'' crush on Wadanohara. Finally, there's Princess Mikotsu; the whole story is basically her throwing a massive temper tantrum because Uomi got the throne instead of her, and she, like a SpoiledBrat who didn't get the toy they wanted, whines that her daddy doesn't really love her.]]

* RedShirtArmy: Poor fish soldiers. [[spoiler:They don't stand a chance against Tosatsu soldiers or even Sea of Death creatures.]]

* SurprisinglyCreepyMoment: [[spoiler:The second half of the game. The first half is pretty much interacting with cute animal people and facing down your enemies. Then Tosatsu Kingdom invade and people start dying, and Sal reveals himself as the one behind everything, though even then it's not so bad — [[FromBadToWorse but then]] you come across your familiars dying, covered in blood with missing eyes and limbs or cut in half. Of course, it's just an illusion, but the game gets worse from there on out.]]

* TheDragon: Artamos to Princess Tosatsu [[spoiler:and, similarly, Sal to Princess Mikotsu]].

* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler:The knowledge of a second Princess and Kingdom that's sealed away is given to the player at the very beginning, and many players mistakenly believe that [[DiscOneFinalBoss Princess Tosatsu and the Tosatsu Kingdom]] are what they're talking about right until it’s revealed that they’re NOT the same character, and Tosatsu’s reasons for attacking are entirely different.]] All indications are that the characters knew this from the beginning and simply never bothered to mention it.

* ZergRush: The Tosatsu soldiers are not particularly strong. The only reason they give you trouble is because you often fight 6-10 of them at once. If you find yourself being surrounded by them, '''RUN!!!'''

Deep-Sea Prisoner's other games include ''VideoGame/TheGrayGarden'', released in late 2012, and ''VideoGame/MogekoCastle'', re-released in early 2014. There's also ''WebOriginal/IceScream'', a multimedia web series set in the same universe.

* EarlyBirdCameo[=/=]GuestFighter: Orca and the penguin from a bonus video are actually characters from another one of Mogeko's works: ''WebOriginal/IceScream'', which is a comic series featuring artic creatures that are all LittleBitBeastly: Shirogane the wolf, Rocma the polar bear (fittingly enough, Orca's rival/enemy), Yukisada the owl, Mafuyu the baby seal, and Peraco the penguin. Orca, under the name "Idate", is a reoccurring villain, and he's friends with the penguin, who is named Rock.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Sort of. In the bonus video "Squid Returns", Squid is saved by an emperor penguin after washing up on an Arctic shore. The video ends stating that it is a story for another time.]] Said "sequel" was eventually revealed to be ''WebOriginal/IceScream''.

** Finally, there’s [[spoiler:Ambassador Sal]], once their identity as the traitor is revealed [[spoiler:in the third act, which is when the game plunged into [[SurpriseCreepy outright horror]]]]. The traitor is [[HateSink noticeably more evil and hateable]] than the other villains, even the BigBad.

* SurpriseCreepy: [[spoiler:The second half of the game. The first half is pretty much interacting with cute animal people and facing down your enemies. Then Tosatsu Kingdom invade and people start dying, and Sal reveals himself as the one behind everything, though even then it's not so bad — [[FromBadToWorse but then]] you come across your familiars dying, covered in blood with missing eyes and limbs or cut in half. Of course, it's just an illusion, but the game gets worse from there on out.]]

* LoveYouAndEverybody: Played straight by Wadanohara in response to a love confession. As Doloz points out, sometimes she can be kind of slow.

** Bad Ending 1- Sea Monster: [[spoiler:Wadanohara tries to flee the fight against Orca (losing all your health results in a normal game over). Orca proceeds to attack Wadanohara, who is crying for Samekichi to help her. Unfortunately, Samekichi has died from his injuries, something Orca smirks at before he proceeds to eat and kill Wadanohara.]]
** Bad Ending 2- Betrayal: [[spoiler:Choose to go after Samekichi, who has been dragged away by Sal. Wadanohara and her familiars chase after Samekichi only to find themselves in complete darkness. As Wadanohara calls for Samekichi, Fukami tells her to not worry before the screen flashes red. Memoca and Dolphi are brutally decapitated by Fukami before Wadanohara turns to face him. Taking advantage of her shock, Fukami proceeds to strangle Wadanohara as she begs him to tell her why. The last thing she sees is Sal right behind Fukami before Fukami viciously tears her apart. After murdering Wadanohara, Fukami reverts back to his normal self and is horrified by what he has done. Sal approaches him from the darkness, telling Fukami not to be ashamed of doing what he has always wanted, and then welcomes him to the Dead Sea. Fukami then proceeds to laugh maniacally. It is uncertain whether Fukami's actions were really of his own accord, or if he was controlled by Sal.]]
** Normal End 1- The Red Witch: [[spoiler:Choose to trust Sal. Wadanohara approaches Sal, believing that he will keep his promise and save Samekichi. Amused at her foolishness, Sal stabs Wadanohara with the sword and proceeds to torture her as a helpless Samekichi watches. The sight and his injuries prove too much for Samekichi and he is overcome by fatigue. When he is woken up by Sal, Samekichi sees that Wadanohara has become the Red Witch. Wadanohara then tells Samekichi not to worry, because Sal has taught her that the sea is now the way it should be and she is perfectly happy. She begins to laugh maniacally before the credits roll. The bonus comics reveal that Samekichi is kept alive as a prisoner through Wadanohara's request, while most if not all of the non-corrupted characters are dead.]]
** Normal End 2- The Blue Witch: [[spoiler:This ending is only available after playing through Normal End 1. Choose to not trust Sal. Wadanohara refuses Sal's offer and stays with Samekichi. Sal, who is not amused by Wadanohara's decision, then stabs Samekichi with the sword before he disappears into the Dead Sea's door, which is slowly leaking its madness into the ocean. Desperate to save everyone and everything that she loves, Wadanohara decides to use the very same spell her father used to seal away the Dead Sea and becomes the Blue Witch. Her desires are granted and the sea is saved from the now sealed Dead Sea, but just like her father, Wadanohara disappears after the spell has been used. Her disappearance leaves a great emotional toll on everyone who loved her, primarily Samekichi, who feels like the sea isn't worth living in if she's not by his side. The scene ends with Samekichi lamenting his feelings on a rock above the surface before the screen goes black and a loud sound is heard. When the screen fades back, Samekichi is no longer there. The scene changes to a view of the Cast Pearl above the palace, and the screen ambiguously flashes blue before the credits roll.]]
** True Ending- The Sea Witch: [[spoiler:This ending is only achievable after getting both Normal ends and choosing "...." Wadanohara refuses Sal's offer, but proceeds to question his actions in hopes to come to an understanding. Sal gives her a fairly vague answer before stabbing her and disappearing into the gate. Samekichi, desperate to save her and the sea she loves, makes the decision to chase after Sal and close the gate from the inside. As she begs him to not do it, Wadanohara regains all of her sealed away memories and realizes the strong feelings that she has for Samekichi. She then confesses to Samekichi that she loves him more than anybody, but that isn't enough to stop him from entering the gate. The sea has been saved, but Wadanohara is left heartbroken and guilty, believing that if she was a better witch that she could have stopped him. But after some encouraging words from Fukami and finding her lost ocarina, Wadanohara comes to a resolve and decides to become a strong witch for Samekichi and promises that she will always believe in him and his return. Years later, Wadanohara is now the Great Sea Witch and is reunited with Samekichi under the full moon.]]
* MoodWhiplash: For the majority of the game, it's fairly lighthearted and cute (with a small bit of drama), but suddenly becomes extremely dark when [[spoiler:Sal reveals himself as the Ambassador of the Sea of Death.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Tosatsu's name literally means "Slaughter."

* {{Narcissist}}: [[spoiler:Sal and Mikotsu come across as this, since the conflict is driven by their respective temper tantrums when thier “loved ones” don’t give them what they want ([[{{Yandere}} romantic reciprocation]] and [[TheEvilPrince the throne]], respectively).]]

** If you get Wadanohara up to level 30, the game's relatively easy. [[spoiler:Get her to the maximum level and you're basically kneeing everyone in the crotch.]]
** Orca does this twice, [[spoiler:first to Samekichi and then to Old.]]

* ObliviousToLove: Wadanohara is blissfully unaware of the love several characters have for her. The most obvious being [[spoiler:Samekichi, who outright told her he loved her. While she said she loved him back, he soon discovered she thought he meant he loved her as a friend and she was just returning the sentiment. Poor guy.]]

** The last being [[spoiler:Sal. Besides being a general all-around nasty guy, he fell in love with Wadanohara at some point and wanted to get Samekichi out of the way. He succeeded, for a while, at least. Of course, Wadanohara had no idea about all this.]]

* OnlySaneMan: [[spoiler:Wadanohara is the only one who believes that Samekichi isn’t the traitor and that Tosatsu Kingdom might have a good reason for attacking. She turns out to be correct about both, yet [[CassandraTruth nobody believed her at first.]]]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler:The whole story could have been avoided entirely if Samekichi and Tosatsu Kingdom had just explained their reasons for opposing the protagonists. The former ''is'' [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in keeping his secret ([[ItMakesSenseInContext telling the truth would activate a curse on Wadanohara]]), but Tosatsu has no excuse. If she had just talked to Uomi, they could have discovered Sal’s plot and had him apprehended. Memoca even [[LampshadeHanging calls her out on this.]]]]

* RedHerringTwist: Has a combination of this and TomatoSurprise which lasts for half the game; the story establishes a kingdom under the sea complete with castle and princess, how there used to be a ruling king and a second princess, how the second princess was banished away and then it seems that said princess and her followers are coming back for revenge. [[spoiler:Except this was all set up by the (at the time) BigBad; the invading princess is not the one who was banished and she attacks for entirely different reasons (she fell for a forged letter, big time). The real second princess was banished to underwater hell and the BigBad eventually brings her back, cosmic horrors and Mind Rape powers included.]]

* ShipTease: While the most obvious ShipTease is between Samekichi and Wadanohara, there is also a little bit between Tatsumiya and Orca when [[spoiler:Orca steps in to help Tatsumiya in her fight against Old. A bonus video even shows Tatsumiya getting flustered as she stares at Orca from a distance during a stroll. Pulmo teases her for this, claiming she didn't expect her to be into the [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys rough type.]]]]
* SkippableBoss: Subverted. During the boss battle with Orca, the "Escape" button is available, suggesting that the player could run away instead of fighting. [[spoiler:Attempting to escape will lead to a bad end where he eats the protagonist]].

* SurpriseCreepy: [[spoiler:The second half of the game. The first half is pretty much interacting with cute animal people and facing down your enemies. Then Tosatsu Kingdom invade and people start dying, and Sal reveals himself as the one behind everything, though even then it's not so bad - [[FromBadToWorse but then]] you come across your familiars dying, covered in blood with missing eyes and limbs or cut in half. Of course, it's just an illusion, but the game gets worse from there on out.]]

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: The identity of the traitor. A sufficiently GenreSavvy player will likely guess that [[NeverTheObviousSuspect Samekichi cannot possibly be the traitor]]. So who is the traitor? [[spoiler:Perhaps it's Orca/Idate, the sadistic bully? Maybe it's Tatsumiya, Wadanohara's [[ParentalSubstitute mother figure?]] Or perhaps the Sea King, who Jiiya describes as cruel? Or even Princess Uomi herself? Nope, it's ''Sal'', the cute, cheerful, quirky dolphin caretaker you probably didn't even think twice about. Not only that, he's Samekichi's brother [[AWolfInSheepsClothing and actually a salmon shark.]]]]
* TheDragon: Artamos to Princess Tosatsu [[spoiler: and, similarly, Sal to Princess Mikotsu.]]

* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: Wadanohara narrates the story of the game to the player, being a tale of a witch. Between the initially unnamed sea witch and the titular character, it's clear they're the same person. [[spoiler:But her story doesn't end there. The end of her retelling ends up being the day she finally reunites with Samekichi.]]

* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: Wadanohara narrates the story of the game to the player, being a tale of a witch. [[spoiler:Upon her reunion with Samekichi, it is revealed that she's the witch in question.]]

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[[caption-width-right:342:Wadanohara telling you her tale.]]

* …AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: Wadanohara narrates the story of the game to the player, being a tale of a witch. [[spoiler:Upon her reunion with Samekichi, it is revealed that she's the witch in question.]]

!!Wadanohara contains examples of:

Deep-Sea Prisoner's other games include [[VideoGame/TheGrayGarden The Gray Garden]], released in late 2012, and VideoGame/MogekoCastle, re-released in early 2014. There's also ''WebOriginal/IceScream'', a multimedia web series set in the same universe.

* …AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: Wadanohara narrates the story of the game to the player, [[spoiler:and then upon her reunion with Samekichi it is revealed that she is]]