Oki

Template:OkamiCharacter Oki(オキクルミ okikurumi) is a character that appears in the video game Okami.

Background

Oki is a warrior of the Oina tribe. When the twin-demons Lechku and Nechku cause a deadly blizzard in Kamui, Oki stole the sacred sword of the Oina tribe. He fights lesser demons in order to make his sword glow with the power to stop the twin-demons.

Oki acts very naïvely and only thinks about how to improve his strength with the sword. He believes he is the only one that can save his tribe from the demons, and does not want to be helped by either Amaterasu, Issun or any of his own kind.

Oki seems to have a minor rivalry with Samickle, or at least that's what Samickle likes to believe, since he thinks of Oki as acting without thinking. They become friends once the twin-demons have been slayed and Oki's eyes have opened for kindness, help and friendship.

Story

The only known fact about Oki's past is that he's the strongest of the Oina. It's also apparent that he knew Issun before the artist left Kamui.

Okami

When Amaterasu first arrives in Kamui, there is a harsh blizzard raging throughout the land. Issun tells her to seek out shelter until the blizzard calms down a bit. She finds a home nearby and goes inside, relaxing near the fire. Shortly after, the owner, Oki, takes offense and threatens Amaterasu with his sword, Kutone. They circle the fire slowly, watching each other's movements. When Oki is near the doorway, he gestures to Amaterasu to take the fight outside and waits for her. When she joins up with him, they battle against each other, Oki using both his human and wolf forms.

After the fight, he commends her and knows that she isn't a normal wolf. He then informs both her and Issun about Kamui's situation regarding the twin demons Lechku and Nechku, the cause of the blizzard. He also tells them about a prophecy, which is: "The wall of ice shall shatter and open the way to the heavens, when Kutone, the guardian sword, glows silver." He interprets it that he must slay monsters until the sword glows, which will rid Kamui of the blizzard.

Later on, it is revealed that Oki stole Kutone from the village Wep'keer so that he alone can defeat the demons. When Amaterasu and Issun open the Spirit Gate, he shows up, claiming that Kutone lead him there. He sees the Spirit Gate as an opportunity to make the sword glow silver, saying that the monsters of misfortune will be more than enough satiate the sword. Issun then warns him that there's no telling what may be on the other side of the gate, and that Oki may find more than he bargained for. Oki then says, "That's what I'm hoping for... For the sake of Kutone!" before running through the gate. Amaterasu runs after him, jumping through the gate which closes up behind her.

On the other side, they find that they ended up in Kamiki Village. Oki runs off to fight the monsters, leaving Amaterasu and Issun alone to find out that the Spirit Gate has taken them back one hundred years. The pair then take Nagi to the Moon Cave so he can defeat Orochi. However, Orochi knocks him out and Amaterasu goes inside the cave. She then finds Oki there, who was brought there because he sensed Orochi's dark power. Issun tells Amaterasu that Lika, the Oina girl they were looking for, is on Orochi's back. Shortly afterward, True Orochi appears, angered that they have "defiled [his] dark sanctuary."

Oki transforms to his wolf form, prepared to fight Orochi. Issun warns him about Lika, to which he responds with "I care not for [Orochi] will be my ultimate offering to the sacred sword." After Amaterasu fights and greatly weakens Orochi, Oki steps in to deal the final blow, praying to Kutone to awaken and glow silver. When he attempts to strike Orochi, the demon's barrier protected him from the attack, and he counters Oki by striking him, which threw him against a wall. Oki, confused, asks loudly to Kutone why it won't glow silver while Orochi prepares to kill him.

Before Orochi could do anything, Nagi appears and stops the demon. He joins up with Amaterasu and they both slay the wretched eight-headed demon. Oki, humiliated and angry about what Nagi's sword had done, immediately left the scene, making sure no one saw him. Amaterasu and Issun escape the Moon Cave and go back to their time. They take Lika to Laochi Lake, only to find no one there. They head to Wawku Shrine and find many of Wep'keer's residents there. Tuskle tells them that Oki opened the gate to the shrine, which has caused more of the demon's blizzard to blow through Kamui. Kai also tells them that he was the one to protect Kemu and Samickle, and that, despite doing things that angered the other Oina, he had good intentions.

Amaterasu then explores the Wawku Shrine, and ends up on the Silver Demon's altar. There, before fighting Nechku, she is joined up by her past incarnation, Shiranui. They easily defeat the demon, but before Amaterasu can finish it off, the Gold Demon Lechku crashes in. Oki had found Lechku and was fighting the demon furiously. Lechku throws him off, and joins with Nechku to perform a spell. Oki transforms to his wolf form, intent on slaying the demon's himself. Shiranui stops him, but Oki attacks her to get her out of the way. As he jumps in the air to kill the demons, they unleash a spell that freezes time. Stuck in the spell, Amaterasu and the others helplessly watch as Lechku prepares to kill Oki. Luckily, Shiranui was able to break free from the spell, and pushes Oki out of the way, receiving the blow herself.

Shiranui was able to attack the demons but caused her to almost fall off the cliff. Amaterasu catches her in time, and tries to pull her up. Oki, seeing the opportunity to slay the weakened demons, rushes forward but stops when he sees the divine wolves struggling. An ice tree slowly breaks, threatening to crush Shiranui, Amaterasu, and Issun. Before it could harm them, Oki slices it to protect them. Once Amaterasu brings up Shiranui, Kutone starts to glow silver. Oki finally realizes that the sword would only glow if the wielder's heart was free of selfish desire.

He later tells Amaterasu to find a way to the other altar while he stayed to protect Shiranui. He somehow gets to the other altar before Amaterasu, and joins her to fight the demons. After a long battle, Lechku and Nechku were defeated, freeing Kamui of their evil and the fearsome blizzard. Shiranui, upon seeing Oki's glowing sword, managed to gather enough strength to pass through the Spirit Gate and go back to her time. Everyone then gathered at Laochi Lake, where Lika was performing the Volcanic Incantation. The Ezofuji mountains erupted, bringing warmth to the land.

Oki felt guilty for causing so much grief to his village after taking the Kutone sword. Samickle, the village chief, forgave him by offering his hand in a handshake. Oki accepted, and Wep'keer became a village far too strong to succumb to evil again. Oki then returned Kutone to its pedestal. Suddenly, a flash of light shone from Kutone, striking the Ark of Yamato. The perpetually frozen ice began to crack, and the iron ark slowly rose in the air.

Strategy

Oki fights with two forms. In his human form he fights with his sword. He can transform into a large wolf and uses ice attacks along with this silver sword, he is able to make ice-doublegangers which will freeze Amaterasu if they attack or touches her.

Quotes

• "There was a reason. Another reason why Oki took the sacred Kutone sword. The walls of ice shall shatter and open the way to the heavens when Kutone glows silver. Legend has it that the sword has the power to ward off evil. That's why Oki left the village with it. He was going to use the sacred sword to fight the monsters alone." - Kai

Trivia

• He is one of very few characters who you can not attack (after fighting him). He, like Waka, can phase through Amaterasu's attacks and will not be affected by any of her brush techniques, unless you draw a circle around him, which turns him into a wolf.
• It is possible to conclude that other Oina can roar while in human form, being that Oki did so before fighting Amaterasu.
• There is a bit of a contradiction between him and Lika. Before fighting True Orochi, he says that he doesn't care that Lika is on Orochi's back, which could mean that he didn't care at all about her safety. However, when you take Lika to the entrance of the Wawku Shrine, she tells everyone that Oki told her to "be a good Oina and help everyone." But, later on in the story, it is revealed that Oki heart was filled with selfish desire, the desire to make Kutone glow no matter the cost. This means that before he did care about Lika, but was willing to risk her safety to make the sword glow.

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