Mermother is a pale-skinned mermaid with big blue eyes. She has gray dotted eyebrows and pointed ears, with a pale blue and gray gradient fin at the middle of her head, dark gray antlers, and her hands and arms wispy white fish fins. She has long dull gray-blue hair pulled into a twisty braided bun with a long amount let loose on the side of her head. Over her chest are two dull white seashells, while she wears a long pink ribbon. Her mermaid tail is deep blue with a white tail fin, accompanied by three big gray pearls near the end.
She likes to take ownership of everything, and will wash a wave over those who question her (similarly to her Soultimate) to make them believe her. Anyone she inspirits takes on the same traits, which causes the person to take credit and to "admit" they are the reason why they are in their current position.
Mermother can be freed from the Crank-a-kai with a Light Blue Coin, Great Light Blue Coin, Special Coin, VIP Coin, or with her own Boost Coin which ensures each time you don't free her with the coin, the chance rises.
Mermother debuts in EP113 in the crowd as a cameo.
Mermother officially appears in EX026, inspiriting Katie to take ownership of others' success. After Nate fails to deter her by charming the summoned Venoct, she makes Katie take ownership of so many things that her face starts to disfigure. Eventually, Nate defeats her by summoning Manjimutt and using his flirtatious character to overwhelm her.
Her origin aside, the reason Izanami is a ningyo Yo-kai could be due to a wordplay on her name and the word "Wave" (Japanese: 波,Nami).
"Mermother" is a portmanteau of "mermaid" and "mother."
"Oceánida" comes from "Oceánida" ("Oceanid, a sea nymph and one of the daughters of Oceanus").
"Sireine-mère" is a combination of "sirène" ("mermaid" or "siren") and "mère" ("mother").
"Madrena is a portmanteau of "madre" ("mother") and "sirena" ("siren").
"Meermutter" is a portmanteau of "Meerjungfrau" ("mermaid") and "mutter" ("mother").
"Sereia-Mãe is a combination of "sereia" ("mermaid") and "mãe" ("mother").
Origin[]
Izanami's name and profile refer to Izanami-no-Mikoto, the progenitor goddess of Shintoism. Together with her husband Izanagi-no-Mikoto, she descended to Japan and gave birth to thirty-six divine beings, but as she gave birth to the last one, the fire god Kagatsuchi, his raging flames burned her to death. Refusing to accept his consort's fate, Izanagi descended into the underworld realm of Yomi to take her back, but Izanami refused as eating the underworld's food had changed her and she could no longer be with him. As he couldn't see her well in the deep darkness, Izanagi set his comb alight to gaze upon his beloved's face, but there he discovered that she had turned into a maggot-ridden living corpse. Terrified, he ran back to the surface, with the enraged and mortified Izanami giving chase. Soon as he was out he sealed the entrance with a massive boulder, leaving the furious Izanami to bang her fists against the rock and curse him, swearing she would kill 1000 living creatures each day for the offense. Izanagi replied that he would then give birth to 1500 more.
That was how death entered the world, and though the two gods' relationship would later be mended by the mediation of the dragon goddess Kikuri-Hime (who would be known as the first miko in history), Izanami remained in Yomi as the goddess of the afterlife.
Trivia[]
Mermother's "random" nicknames are: Aqua, Coral, Nami, and Ripple.
Nami is a reference to her Japanese name Izanami.
In other languages[]
Language
Name
Meaning
Japanese
イザナミ Izanami
From "Inazami-no-Mikoto (the progenitor goddess of Shintoism).
Spanish
Oceánida
From "Oceánida" (Oceanid, a sea nymph and one of the daughters of Oceanus).
French
Sireine-mère
From "sirène" (mermaid or siren) and "mère" (mother).
Italian
Madrena
From "madre" (mother) and "sirena" (siren).
German
Meermutter
From "Meerjungfrau" (mermaid) and "mutter" (mother).
Japanese
Spanish
French
Italian
German
Portuguese (Brazilian)