Kafei
Kafei
Main appearance(s)
Other appearance(s)
Race
Gender
Era(s)
Family
- Mayor Dotour(father)
- Madame Aroma(mother)
- Anju(fiancée)
Kafei is a recurring character inThe Legend of Zelda series.[1][name references needed] He is the runaway son ofMayor Dotour andMadame Aroma and a major character in the game's longest side-quest,Reuniting Kafei and Anju. He is one of the twenty people added to theBombers' Notebook.
Biography
Majora's Mask
Kafei is the son ofMayor Dotour andMadame Aroma,[2] and he is engaged to Anju, the inn-keeper of theStock Pot Inn. Although the two lovers made a promise to exchange their masks and get married on the day of the Carnival of Time,[3][4] a sudden turn of events forces Kafei to run from Anju's side, leaving the inn-keeper without a reason for his immediate departure.
During his youth, Kafei was a member of theBombers Secret Society of Justice.[5] Theowner of the Curiosity Shop states that he was a childhood friend of Kafei's and gave him theKeaton Mask as a gift. Later, Kafei eventually fell in love withAnju when they were children and they became engaged. They promised each other to marry on the day of theCarnival of Time, exchanging theSun andMoon's Mask during the event.[6] However, several years later, and only a month before the Carnival,[7] Kafei was suddenly turned into a child by the possessedSkull Kid.[8]
On his way to see theGreat Fairy inNorth Clock Town about his desperate situation,Sakon came along and stole his wedding ceremony mask.[9] As such, Kafei could not return to Anju despite knowing that she was worried, for he had promised her to greet her with his wedding mask in hand.[10] He goes into hiding at theCuriosity Shop and disguises himself with a Keaton Mask that the owner gave him when he was a child,[11] secretly watching all of the customers who sell stolen goods. He is positive that the thief will appear and he will be able to follow him to retrieve his mask.[12] Despite Kafei's terrible fate, Anju does not know what has become of him or why he disappeared. She is afraid to meet her fiancé and hear the reason as to why he disappeared, for she fears his disappearance might have been caused by her.[13]
Link can meet Kafei by sneaking to the back of the Curiosity Shop while Kafei is getting theletter from Anju. Kafei explains to the young hero his reasons for his disappearance and why he cannot go and see his fiancée. He then asks Link to deliver hispendant to Anju as proof that is still willing to keep his promise.[14] Once Anju receives the pendant, she will once again believe in Kafei and decides to wait for his return despite everyone else taking refuge inRomani Ranch.[15]
On the night of theFinal Day, Link and Kafei team up to enterSakon's Hideout to retrieve the Sun Mask. After making their way through the hideout, Kafei recovers the wedding mask and immediately leaves for the Stock Pot Inn to meet up with Anju. With just a few hours left until theMoon falls, Anju waits for Kafei in her room with her Moon's Mask. The two lovers, at last, reunite and exchange their masks and oaths.[16] In return for witnessing this event, they grant Link theCouple's Mask.[17] Even though the Moon is just hours from destroyingTermina, they urge Link to take refuge, for they will stay and greet the morning together.[18]
During theending credits, Anju can be seen outside Clock Town having herwedding ceremony, although Kafei is never seen in the scene.
Schedule
In any given three-day cycle, Kafei's schedule changes depending on whetherLink completes the followingEvents:
- Thief, begone!: Link witnessesSakon's attempt to rob theOld Lady from the Bomb Shop at 12:20 AM and stops the robbery.[note 1]
- Deliver the love letter: Link deposits theLetter to Kafei in aMailbox in time for thePostman to collect it on theSecond Day.[note 2]
- The letter's recipient: Link speaks to Kafei on the Second Day between 4:10 PM and 10:00 PM, after thePostman delivers theLetter to Kafei.
- Precious pendant: Link gives thePendant of Memories toAnju before she enters theStock Pot Inn staff room at 11:50 AM on theThird Day.
- The thief's hideout: Link helps Kafei retrieve theSun Mask fromSakon's Hideout at sundown on the Third Day.
Kafei's schedule is as follows:
| Dawn of the First Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Location | Action(s) |
| 6:00 AM | South Clock Town | Exits theLaundry Pool and moves towards theMailbox nearby. |
| 6:30 AM | South Clock Town | Deposits aLetter in theMailbox, then heads back to theLaundry Pool. |
| 6:50 AM | Laundry Pool | Enters theLaundry Pool and runs to theCuriosity Shop Back Room. |
| 7:15 AM | Laundry Pool | Enters theCuriosity Shop Back Room and locks the door behind him. |
| 7:30 AM | Laundry Pool | Briefly steps outside theCuriosity Shop Back Room wheneverLink rings theBell. |
| Night of the First Day | ||
Thief, begone!
Deliver the love letter
- Thief, begone!
- Deliver the love letter
- Thief, begone!
- Deliver the love letter
- Thief, begone!
- Deliver the love letter
| Dawn of the Second Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1:00 PM | Curiosity Shop Back Room | Stops responding to theBell. |
| 3:10 PM | Laundry Pool | Exits theCuriosity Shop Back Room after thePostman rings theBell. |
| 3:25 PM | Laundry Pool | Receives theLetter to Kafei from thePostman. |
| 3:40 PM | Laundry Pool | Heads back to theCuriosity Shop Back Room. |
| 4:10 PM | Curiosity Shop Back Room | Waits forLink to appear. |
| Night of the Second Day | ||
The letter's recipient The letter's recipient| 10:00 PM | Curiosity Shop Back Room |
|
| Dawn of the Final Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:00 AM | Ikana Canyon |
|
- Precious pendant
- The thief's hideout
- Precious pendant
- The thief's hideout
The thief's hideout| Night of the Final Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 PM[b] | Ikana Canyon | Follows Sakon intoSakon's Hideout and retrieves theSun Mask with Link's help. |
| 12:00 AM[d] | Ikana Canyon | Runs back toClock Town with theSun Mask.[e] |
| 4:00 AM | East Clock Town | Appears at theEast Gate. Runs towards theStock Pot Inn. |
| 4:15 AM | Stock Pot Inn | Enters the Stock Pot Inn and walks towards the staff room. |
| 4:30 AM | Stock Pot Inn |
|
| Night of the Final Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 PM[b] | Ikana Canyon | Follows Sakon intoSakon's Hideout and retrieves theSun Mask with Link's help. |
| 12:00 AM[d] | Ikana Canyon | Runs back toClock Town with theSun Mask.[e] |
| 4:00 AM | East Clock Town | Appears at theEast Gate. Runs towards theStock Pot Inn. |
| 4:15 AM | Stock Pot Inn | Enters the Stock Pot Inn and walks towards the staff room. |
| 4:30 AM | Stock Pot Inn | Enters the empty staff room. Slowly walks up to Anju's wedding dress. |
| 4:45 AM | Stock Pot Inn | Admires Anju's wedding dress. Laments having been unable to keep his promise to marry Anju on the day of theCarnival of Time.[22] |
| Night of the Final Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 PM[b][c] | Ikana Canyon | Follows Sakon intoSakon's Hideout and is trapped there until theMoon falls or theDawn of A New Day arrives.[21] |
| 10:00 PM | Curiosity Shop Back Room |
|
| Dawn of the Final Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 6:00 AM | Ikana Canyon |
|
| Night of the Final Day | ||
| Dawn of the Second Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1:00 PM | Curiosity Shop Back Room | Stops responding to theBell. |
| 3:10 PM | Laundry Pool | Exits theCuriosity Shop Back Room after thePostman rings theBell. |
| 3:25 PM | Laundry Pool | Receives theLetter to Kafei from thePostman. |
| 3:40 PM | Laundry Pool | Heads back to theCuriosity Shop Back Room. |
| 4:10 PM | Curiosity Shop Back Room | Waits forLink to appear. |
| Night of the Second Day | ||
The letter's recipient The letter's recipient| 10:00 PM | Curiosity Shop Back Room |
|
| Dawn of the Final Day | ||
|---|---|---|
Precious pendant Precious pendant| Night of the Final Day |
|---|
| Night of the Final Day |
|---|
| 10:00 PM | Curiosity Shop Back Room |
|
| Dawn of the Final Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| Night of the Final Day | ||
| Dawn of the Second Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| Night of the Second Day | ||
| Dawn of the Final Day | ||
| 6:00 AM | Curiosity Shop Back Room | Stops responding to theBell. |
| Night of the Final Day | ||
| Dawn of the Second Day | ||
|---|---|---|
| Night of the Second Day | ||
| Dawn of the Final Day | ||
| 6:00 AM | Ikana Canyon |
|
| Night of the Final Day | ||
- ↑1.01.1Link cannot physically see Kafei leave the Curiosity Shop Back Room and followSakon back to the hideout—Kafei simply appears atSakon's Hideout at theDawn of the Final Day.
- ↑2.02.1If Link is not in the area when Sakon appears at 6:00 PM, he will not be able to witness Kafei entering Sakon's Hideout. When Link returns to the area, Kafei will have disappeared and the door to Sakon's Hideout will be closed.
- ↑If Link is seen by Sakon as he approaches the Hideout, Sakon will run away and Kafei will not be able to enter the Hideout. Kafei will continue to wait for Sakon to appear, as if nothing happened.
- ↑4.04.1Link and Kafei emerge from Sakon's Hideout at exactly midnight regardless of how long it takes them to retrieve the Sun Mask or at what time Link enters the Hideout. However, if Link waits until after midnight to enter Sakon's Hideout, Link and Kafei will re-emerge from the Hideout at the time Link entered it—no time will have passed.
- ↑5.05.1Kafei disappears after the cutscene shows him running away from Sakon's Hideout. He reappears at theEast Gate.
Other Appearances
Majora's Mask (Himekawa)
In theMajora's Mask manga byAkira Himekawa, Kafei is first mentioned byAnju's Mother, and later Anju explains his disappearance after nursingDeku Link's injuries. He later makes an appearance as he tries to get into the Stock Pot Inn. Link, thinking Kafei was up to no good, chases Kafei away which causes him to drop a letter addressed to Anju. Link delivers the letter to her, and she decides to wait for Kafei. Link later tracks down Kafei, and interrogates him, thinking he is a minion of the Skull Kid. Kafei explains what happened to him, and asks Link to take him to the Skull Kid. Kafei pleads with the Skull Kid to change him back to an adult, who then fires a blast of energy at Kafei, gravely injuring him. Anju appears and the two embrace as Link enters the final battle with Majora's Mask. After the battle, Kafei changes back into an adult, and he and Anju enjoy their wedding day.
Like in the game, Kafei's adult form is never fully shown.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Kafei appears as aSticker inSuper Smash Bros. Brawl.
Sticker Information
| Sticker | Artwork from | Effect inThe Subspace Emissary | Usable by |
|---|---|---|---|
 Kafei & Keaton Mask | Majora's Mask | Shield Recovery +10 | All |
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  Support SpiritNo. 213 | Team Power |  Grab | 4600 | Rank | ★★ ADVANCED | Fighter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Skyloft | Theme | "Termina Field" |  BunnyYoung Link | |
| Rule(s) | — | Hazard(s) | — | ||
| Condition(s) | |||||
| • Timed battle • The enemy tenda to avoid conflict | |||||
Kafei No. 213 | Rank | ★★ ADVANCED | Cost | ⬣ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skill | ||||
| Mr. Saturn Equipped | ||||
| Start battles with a Mr. Saturn. Break enemies' shields easily. | ||||
InSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, Kafei appears as aSpirit with the ability, Mr. Saturn Equipped, which gives aFighter a Mr. Saturn at the start of a battle.
Trivia
- Kafei is one of the fewMajora's Mask characters that do not have anOcarina of Time counterpart.
- One briefly plays as Kafei in Sakon's Hideout. This is the first occurrence of playing as someone other than Link inThe Legend of Zelda series, and the only such occurrence initiated involuntarily rather than byCommand.
- When Kafei is putting his letter in the Mailbox on the first day, it is possible to injure him if theDog is tricked into attacking him or if he is caught within the blast radius ofBombs,Bombchus or theBlast Mask.
Nomenclature
 Names in Other Regions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Language | Names | |
 Japanese | カーフェイ (Kāfei)(MMMajora's Mask)[25] | |
 FrenchEUEuropean | Kafei(MM3DMajora's Mask 3D)[26] | |
 FrenchCACanadian | Kafei(MMMajora's Mask) | |
 German | Kafei(MMMajora's Mask) | |
 Italian | Kafei(MMMajora's Mask |MM3DMajora's Mask 3D)[23][24] | |
 SpanishLALatin American | Kafei(MM3DMajora's Mask 3D) | |
 SpanishEUEuropean | Kafei(MMMajora's Mask) | |
| This table was generated from Zelda Wiki'stranslation data. | ||
Gallery
Artwork of Kafei wearing the Keaton Mask fromMajora's Mask
Kafei meeting Link and Tatl fromMajora's Mask
Concept artwork of Kafei fromMajora's Mask
Kafei wearing the Keaton Mask and Pendant of Memories fromMajora's Mask 3D
A closeup of Kafei's face fromMajora's Mask 3D
Kafei meeting Link and Tatl fromMajora's Mask 3D
Kafei in Sakon's Hideout fromMajora's Mask 3D
Anju and Kafei reunited fromMajora's Mask 3D
See Also
Notes
- ↑If Link kills Sakon instead of merely preventing the robbery, the associated Event will not be marked as complete. However, Kafei's schedule will proceed as if the Eventhad been completed. In both cases,Sakon does not return to theCuriosity Shop on the Night of the Second Day, which means Kafei cannot follow him back to Sakon's hideout.
- ↑If Link mails the Letter to Kafei too late for thePostman to collect it on the Second Day, the associated Event is still marked as complete. However, Kafei will not receive the letter in this case; Kafei's schedule proceeds as if the Event had not been completed.
References
- ↑Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Books, pg. 245(MMMajora's Mask)
- ↑
It seems his mother, Madame Aroma, had Kafei's Mask...
— Gossip Stone (Majora's Mask) - ↑
The masks of the sun and the moon... We were to exchange them on the day of the Carnival of Time...
— Anju (Majora's Mask) - ↑
We promised each other when we were children that we'd marry on the day of the Carnival of Time.
— Kafei (Majora's Mask) - ↑
Kafei? I can recall when he was in the Bombers. Don't see his face much anymore, though...Well, what could he be doing?
— Professor Shikashi (Majora's Mask) - ↑
We promised each other when we were children that we'd marry on the day of the Carnival of Time.
— Kafei (Majora's Mask) - ↑
The person I want you to locate is my son, Kafei. You know him, don't you? ...You don't? Really? He disappeared about a month ago. It's terrible! I'm so very worried...
— Madame Aroma (Majora's Mask) - ↑
I was turned into this by a strange imp wearing a mask... But I'm not hiding because I look this way.
— Kafei (Majora's Mask) - ↑
When I was turned into this, I went to see the Great Fairy in the shrine near the North Gate... But on the way, my precious mask--a wedding ceremony mask--was stolen from me by some prancing man with a grinning face!
— Kafei (Majora's Mask) - ↑
I know Anju is worried...but I can't go out yet. I made a promise to her that I would bring the wedding mask and greet her.
— Kafei (Majora's Mask) - ↑
All it took was one glance at that Keaton Mask he was carrying for me to realize that I was looking at my old friend. I gave him that mask a long time ago when he was just li'l Kafei. Didn't know he kept it that well for so long...
— Man from Curiosity Shop (Majora's Mask) - ↑
Things that get stolen in this town always make their way to the Curiosity Shop. I'm waiting for that to happen.
— Kafei (Majora's Mask) - ↑
I'm...actually...afraid to meet him...and to hear the reason why he wanted to disappear... It might be because of... me...
— Anju (Majora's Mask) - ↑
This pendant...Give it to Anju.
— Kafei (Majora's Mask) - ↑
I have decided to wait for him. I've made my promise... I'm fine with this. I believe him.
— Anju (Majora's Mask) - ↑
Let us exchange the promised masks. We have exchanged our oaths and have become a couple.
— Anju (Majora's Mask) - ↑
You are our witnesses. Please accept this mask.
— Anju (Majora's Mask) - ↑
Please take refuge. We are fine here. We shall greet the morning... together.
— Anju (Majora's Mask) - ↑
.........
— Kafei (Majora's Mask) - ↑
He came to the shop last night, and I followed him.
— Kafei (Majora's Mask 3D) - ↑
...We're locked in. I'm sorry you got caught up in all this. If you can get out, then do it. Anju is already fleeing to Cremia's ranch.
— Kafei (Majora's Mask 3D) - ↑
Isn't her bridal dress lovely? We promised each other when we were children that we'd marry on the day of the Carnival of Time. ...But my promise... I couldn't keep it.
— Kafei (Majora's Mask 3D) - ↑
La persona che voglio ritrovare è Kafei, mio figlio.
— Madame Aroma (Majora's Mask 3D, Italian version) - ↑Enciclopedia di Hyrule, Magazzini Salani, pg. 245
#213 - Kafei
— Support Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Italian version) - ↑Hyrule Encyclopedia, Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd., pg. 243
- ↑Encyclopedia, Les Éditions Soleil, pg. 245