Why Naant
English VA
Todd Haberkorn
Yo-kai Medallium biography
"What's this? Huh? Wha...? Wait, we're supposed to explain this Yo-kai here? But... why? Woah, hey there. Just tell me, why?"
Why Naant (Japanese : ナンデナン , Nandenan ) is a Rank E , Lightning-attribute Yo-kai of the Mysterious tribe introduced in Yo-kai Watch 3 .
Why Naant evolves into Naandhi when fused with Mr. Sandmeh .
In Yo-kai Watch World , he is one of the Yo-kai required to unlock Gilgaros .
Appearances [ ]
Video games [ ]
Anime series [ ]
Manga series [ ]
Biology [ ]
Why Naant's a yellow squiggly line that turns purple at the end with a purple dot at the bottom. He wears a turban and has light blue colored eyes with purple markings surrounding his eyes. He's seen chewing on naan bread.
When he inspirits people, it causes them to always question why people are doing things. However, Why Naant's inspiriting also makes people bend their entire body to the side like Why Naant's body posture.
Profile [ ]
Why Naant can be found in Downtown Springdale and the Underground Parkway.
He can also be found in Blasters T in the Lightning and Storm Labyrinths.
Game data [ ]
Main series [ ]
Yo-kai Watch 3 [ ]
Stats
Calculation
HP
393
STR
38
SPR
223
DEF
98
SPD
115
This shows Why Naant's stat on level: 99.
Type
Name
Power
Attribute
Range
Attack
Body Bash (Japanese : あてみ , Atemi )
20
Single enemy
Knocks enemy back one tile
Technique
Shock (Japanese : 電流の術 , Denryū no jutsu )
30
Lightning
Single enemy
No description.
Inspirit
But Whhhyyy?! (Japanese : 疑問を持たせる , Gimon o mota seru )
Single enemy
Makes a foe question WHY they are fighting. They may refuse to act.
Soultimate Move
What's All the Fuss? (Japanese : ナンでバトってるん? , Nan de bato tteru n? )
All enemies
Confuses all foes with a mysterious aura. Whhhhhhhyyyy?
Skill
Self-Help (Japanese : じゅうなん , Juunan )
Self
Boosts the effect of own Charms.
Blasters stats [ ]
Attribute tolerance [ ]
Held items [ ]
Spin-off games [ ]
Yo-kai Watch Busters 2 [ ]
Other games [ ]
Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble [ ]
Stats
Calculation
HP
186-321
Attack
102-175
This shows Why Naant's stat on level: 50.
Soultimate Move
What's All the Fuss? ナンでバトってるん?
Makes enemies squirm with a mysterious aura
Soultimate Levels
LV01
4 seconds Necessary move gauge 18
LV02
4 seconds Necessary move gauge 17
LV03
00
LV04
00
LV05
00
LV06
00
LV07
00
Skill Levels
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LV01
Effect: 00
LV02
Effect: 00
LV03
Effect: 00
LV04
Effect: 00
LV05
Effect: 00
Fusion [ ]
Lightning Attribute
Why Naant
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Quotes [ ]
Befriended: "Why not just ask me to be friends BEFORE the battle, hmm? Why naaaaant?!"
In the anime [ ]
Etymology [ ]
"Nandenan" comes from nande (なんで), which means why? or what? ; and naan, a traditional Indian flatbread.
"Why Naant" comes from "Why Not?" and Naan bread.
"Preguntio" derives from "Pregunta" (Question) and "tío" (guy).
"Terrogo" coms from "Interrogo" (I interrogate).
Origin [ ]
Why Naant's appearance is heavily based off TV Tokyo's mascot Nanana, who was created in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the network.
Trivia [ ]
Why Naant's "random" nicknames are: Wyatt, Askalot, Waldo, and Quentin.
In other languages [ ]
Language
Name
Meaning
Japanese
ナンデナン Nandenan
Spanish
Preguntio
French
Curryeux
Comes from Curry and Curieux (Curious)
Italian
Terrogo
German
Nan-Sens
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