History VideoGame / Wadanohara

* BigBad: [[TheEvilPrincess Princess Tosatsu]] is leading Tosatsu Kingdom in a war against the Sea Kindgom to 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.]]

* DaddysGirl: [[spoiler:Princess Mikotsu]]'s bonus profile lists her only like as her father. It's implied that she's motivated more by [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy and hurt feelings]] that [[spoiler:[[ItsAllAboutMe the Sea God chose Uomi as his successor instead]]]] than just wanting to TakeOverTheWorld.
** Princess Tosatsu as well — [[DirtyCoward she cries to her daddy when beaten in battle.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Early in the game, you encounter two birds who don't want to share fruit from a nearby tree with you. Your response? [[spoiler:Your party KILLS them. They were sentient and could talk! After you defeat them, roast fowl is added to your inventory. No one in the game seems particularly upset by this development and it's never brought up again.]]
** There's also [[spoiler:Princess Mikotsu deciding to start a war and try to kill ''her own sister'' after she didn't get the throne, [[RoyalBrat which she took as her father]] not ''[[ItsAllAboutMe really]]'' loving her]]. Also [[spoiler:Sal, who torment Wadanohara for [[{{Yandere}} not giving in to his love]]]].

* 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, narcissistic, and [[spoiler:later punished by Samekichi]].

* 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]]. 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, narcissistic, and [[spoiler:later punished by Samekichi]].

* BittersweetEnding: There are quite a few endings, [[spoiler:but none of them are 100% happy. Even the true ending, which is the best ending, is bittersweet, with Sal killed as Samekichi punishes him and the Sea of Death destroyed, Samekichi and Wadanohara are separated for a very long time, with Wadanohara not knowing whether he lived or died. Thankfully, they're eventually reunited.]]

* BittersweetEnding: There are quite a few endings, [[spoiler:but none of them are 100% happy. Even the true ending, which is the best ending, is bittersweet. Samekichi and Wadanohara are separated for a very long time, with Wadanohara not knowing whether he lived or died. Thankfully, they're eventually reunited.]]

* 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]]. 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, narcissistic, and [[spoiler:[[KarmaHoudini never being punished onscreen]]]].

* BigBad: TheEvilPrincess who attempted to overthrow her sister Uomi long ago, and seeks to return once again. When Princess Tosatsu finally appears, she’s leading Tosatsu Kingdom in a war against the Sea Kindgom. [[spoiler:Except she’s ''[[DiscOneFinalBoss not]]'' the mastermind; Sal Syake-san [[DragonInChief is the true traitor]] [[TheHeavy and the one actually driving the plot for the first two acts of the game]]; in the third act, Princess Mikotsu, Uomi’s ''real'' sister and Sal’s boss, takes this position upon becoming unsealed.]]

* {{Mermaid}}: Lots of them, mostly as faceless [=NPC=]s.
* [[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]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:Samekichi. [[JerkassFacade Though he's not being a jerk by choice,]] but because Sal used a memory wipe spell on Wadanohara and if she found out the truth about Samekichi, it would destroy her mind. Samekichi tried to push her away because he was worried about her.]]

* EvilAlbino: [[spoiler:Sal, in both his human and dolphin-shark forms.]]

''Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea'' is a game created in VideoGame/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.

The manga adaptation can be found [[http://comic.pixiv.net/works/1749 here]] for the first half of the story, while the [[spoiler:Sea of Death]] arc is found [[https://comic.pixiv.net/works/3550 here.]]

* HateSink: [[spoiler:While Mikotsu is the ultimate BigBad and certainly not a nice person, she spends most of the game [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away]] and is overall a pretty [[OrcusOnHisThrone distant]] antagonist. Her DragonInChief, Sal, is ''much'' easier to hate, since he’s the one [[TheHeavy directly responsible]] for all the misery and suffering the characters go through.]]

''Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea'' is a game created in RPG Maker 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.

Deep-Sea Prisoner's other games include [[VideoGame/TheGrayGarden The Gray Garden]], released in late 2012, and VideoGame/MogekoCastle, rereleased early 2014.
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!''Wadanohara'' contains examples of:

* MostTerrifyingSound: 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]].

** 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.

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: The identity of the traitor. Is it Samekichi, [[NeverTheObviousSuspect as everyone suspects?]] 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? [[spoiler: 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.]]]]

* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: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.]]

** There's also [[spoiler:Princess Mikotsu deciding to start a war and try to kill ''her own sister'' after she didn't get the throne, [[RoyalBrat which she took as her father]] not ''[[ItsAllAboutMe really]]'' loving her]].

** On a non-romantic level, the princess from the legend attacked out of jealousy that her sister got the throne instead of her. [[spoiler:And Mikotsu’s, the aforementioned princess, is ''still'' trying to claim it.]]

* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler:Sal, once his identity as the traitor is revealed.]]

* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:Sal.]]

The manga adaptation can be found [[http://comic.pixiv.net/works/1749 here]] for the first half of the story, while the Sea of Death arc is found [[https://comic.pixiv.net/works/3550 here.]]

''Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea'' is a game created in RPG Maker 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 it appears to be Samekichi.

A manga of this game is currently being serialized on Pixiv Comic [[http://comic.pixiv.net/works/1749 here]]. Expect an official English translation roughly one month after each chapter is released.

''Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea'' is a game created in RPG Maker 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 it appears to be Samekichi.

Deep-Sea Prisoner's other games include, [[VideoGame/TheGrayGarden The Gray Garden]], released in late 2012, and VideoGame/MogekoCastle, rereleased early 2014.

* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: [[spoiler:Princess Mikotsu]]'s few lines are written in this manner - her sister suggests that she's almost entirely forgotten how to talk.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: [[spoiler:Or at least Wadanohara and Tatsumiya do. Some fans were especially surprised with the latter, considering [[BloodKnight the bad boy]] she is interested in. However, this is subverted in Wadanohara's case--Samekichi isn't ''actually'' a bad boy, he just let everyone ''think'' he was to protect Wadanohara from the harmful side effects of the memory curse. But Wadanohara kept choosing to believe that Samekichi wasn't a bad person, which indeed he wasn't. So in Wadanohara's case she's attracted to Samekichi because she saw ''past'' his "bad boy" facade.]]

* AllThereInTheManual: Once you beat the game, you get special access to a website filled with illustrations that show things that didn't make it or weren't mentioned in the game. Such things include drawings of what Wadanohara and her familiars [[SheIsAllGrownUp would look like during the events of the best ending]] and [[spoiler:a set of illustrations that show that Samekichi and Sal are actually twins who grew apart before ultimately becoming enemies.]]

* AndIMustScream: What was happening to [[spoiler:Princess Mikotsu]] because of the spell cast by Wadanohara's father. According to [[spoiler:the Princess, she was sealed away, couldn't move or see, and was constantly in pain.]]

* AWolfInSheepsClothing: Of course, in this game, it's [[spoiler:a shark in dolphin's clothing. Not only does seemingly harmless Sal turn out to be evil, he was also a shark who disguised himself to look like a dolphin to hide his identity.]]
* BattleDiscretionShot: Used once in the game: [[spoiler:when Orca steps in to fight Old. Interestingly enough, it was only two minutes that were lost.]]

* CatGirl[=/=]CatsAreMagic: If nothing else, Wadanohara's friend, Chlomaki, certainly resembles this trope. She appears to have a cat-like tail and her pointy hat has two large, triangular additions similar to cat ears on top of it. Also, [[spoiler:she [[CatsHateWater dislikes water.]]]] Her all-black attire does not help.

** Memoca, a seagull girl, is constantly horrified whenever Wadanohara's other two familiars bring up eating birds - including the friendly mail-seagull named Nekoyama.

** Princess Tosatsu as well- [[DirtyCoward she cries to her daddy when beaten in battle.]]

** There's also [[spoiler: Princess Mikotsu deciding to start a war and try to kill ''her own sister'' after she didn't get the throne, [[RoyalBrat which she took as her father]] not ''[[ItsAllAboutMe really]]'' loving her.]]

* DragonInChief: Artamos is [[NoSell much]] more powerful than his daughter, and even holds the title of king- yet he is completely loyal to her. [[spoiler:Sal is also this, in a manner akin to [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Ghirahim;]] he’s the one who actually drives the plot to free his master.]]

* EarlyBirdCameo[=/=]GuestFighter: Orca and the penguin from a bonus video are actually characters from another one of Mogeko's works: ''Ice Scream'', 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.

* EvilTwin: [[spoiler:Sal is Samekichi's actual evil twin. Though Sal has white hair and a white tail whereas Samekichi is black, from a distance they can be mistaken for each other. Plus Sal uses memory magic to make things hazy.]]

** GuideDangIt: You need to [[spoiler:continue after getting normal ending 1 to get the second option.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The very beginning of the game has two snippets of dialogue that later turn out to be [[spoiler:Meikai talking to Wadanohara and Wada [[ItsAllMyFault blaming herself]] for Samekichi's [[DisneyDeath supposed]] death during the true ending.]]
** A certain villain being [[spoiler:{{Yandere}}]] is foreshadowed by [[spoiler:their overly sweet/Deredere behavior, such as giving Wadanohara a ''ring'' as a gift, of all things (likely to be dismissed by players as ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest), providing the player a warp point that conveniently skips past a long path, and generally showing concern for the protagonist's well-being. Other big hints are "I'd do anything for you!" and "Whoa, I like those clothes!".]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Princess Mikotsu is this until the third act where she escapes her [[SealedEvilInACan imprisonment.]]]]
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Fukami.]] Jealousy leads him to attempt to throw out [[spoiler:Wadanohara's ocarina, which was given to her by Samekichi...twice. Thankfully, the second time, he realizes how much she needs it (it's her only memento from him) and arranges to have it returned to her. On top of that, his jealous feelings cause him to violently murder Wadanohara and the rest of the crew in the second bad ending.]]

** On a non-romantic level, the princess from the legend attacked out of jealousy that her sister got the throne instead of her. [[spoiler: And Mikotsu’s still trying to claim it.]]

* HateSink: [[spoiler: While Mikotsu is the ultimate BigBad and certainly not a nice person, she spends most of the game [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away]] and is overall a pretty [[OrcusOnHisThrone distant]] antagonist. Her DragonInChief Sal is MUCH easier to hate, since he’s the one [[TheHeavy directly responsible]] for all the misery and suffering the characters go through.]]

* HeroicBSOD: Wadanohara goes through some of these for a short time after [[spoiler:her sealed away memories start kicking in]], but unlike most, she's capable of jumping back into reality. [[spoiler:She goes through a much more serious BSOD in the best ending after Samekichi leaves to seal the Dead Sea gate. It's implied that she's been depressed for days and everyone around her has noticed how her usual happiness has just disappeared.]]

** The original heroic sacrifice was [[spoiler:the sorcerer, Wadanohara's father, who died and became a giant pearl to protect the ocean. His spell created a barrier that kept enemies out.]]

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Samekichi and Fukami to Wadanohara. Samekichi is around 5ft 6in (170cm) and Fukami is 5ft 8in (177cm), and while that's not very tall by most standards, they still tower over Wadanohara who is ''4ft 2in'' (128-129cm.)
** Inverted with Cherryblod and Doloz where it's more [[TinyGuyHugeGirl Tiny Guy, Huge Lobster Wife.]]

''Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea'' is a game created in RPG Maker 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 Samekichi is the one accused of treachery.

* BigBad: TheEvilPrincess who attempted to overthow Uomi long ago seeks to return once again. When Princess Tosatsu finally appears, she’s leading Tosatsu Kingdom in a war against the Sea Kindgom. [[spoiler:Except she’s ''[[DiscOneFinalBoss not]]'' the mastermind; Sal Syake-san [[TheHeavy is the true traitor and the one actually driving the plot]] [[DragonInChief for the first two acts of the game]]; in the third act, Princess Mikotsu, Uomi’s ''real'' sister and Sal’s boss, takes this position upon becoming unsealed.]]

''Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea'' is a game created in RPG Maker 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 for reasons unknown. It's up to Wadanohara to use her magic to keep the invaders out.

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Princess Mikotsu, although [[TheHeavy Sal is the one actually driving the plot]] [[DragonInChief for the first part of the game.]]]]

* DragonInChief: Artamos is [[NoSell much]] more powerful than his daughter, and even holds the title of king- yet is completely loyal to her. [[spoiler: Sal is also this, in a manner akin to [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Ghirahim;]] he’s the one who actually drives the plot to free his master.]]

* EarlyBirdCameo / GuestFighter: Orca and the penguin from a bonus video are actually characters from another one of Mogeko's works: ''Ice Scream'', 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.

* EvilAlbino: [[spoiler:It's Sal.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The very beginning of the game has two snippets of dialogue that later turn out to be [[spoiler: Meikai talking to Wadanohara and Wada [[ItsAllMyFault blaming herself]] for Samekichi's [[DisneyDeath supposed]] death during the true ending.]]
** A certain villain being [[spoiler:Yandere]] is foreshadowed by [[spoiler:their overly sweet/Deredere behavior, such as giving Wadanohara a ''ring'' as a gift, of all things (likely to be dismissed by players as ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest), providing the player a warp point that conveniently skips past a long path, and generally showing concern for the protagonist's well-being. Other big hints are "I'd do anything for you!" and "Whoa, I like those clothes!".]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: Princess Mikotsu is this until the third act where she escapes her [[SealedEvilInACan imprisonment.]]]]

* 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 real villains]]'' [[TheReveal reveal themselves,]] and it's up to the gang to stop them and SaveTheWorld.]]

* {{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).]]

* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: [[spoiler:Samekichi.]]

* 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 Tomato Surprise 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.]]

* SurpriseCreepy: [[spoiler:The second half of the game. The first half is pretty much interacting with cute animal people and facing down your enemies. Even after Sal reveals himself as the one behind everything, it's not so bad - until 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.]]

* 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 the [[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!!!'''

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: The identity of the traitor. Is it Samekichi, [[NeverTheObviousSuspect as everyone suspects?]] 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 [[spoiler: ''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.]]]]