Cadin

Cadin
Classification
Tribe	Rank	Attribute
		Wind

Number
Yokai Watch 1	Yokai Watch 2
087	127

General Information
Japanese Name	セミまる, Semimaru
French Name	Cigalopin
Italian Name
Time	Present
Evolution	Cadable
Fusion
Favorite Food	Juice
Acquired by

Stats
HP	Spirit	Strength	Speed	Defense
1100	500	820	920	700

Combat
Attack	Stepping Slice
Technique	Whirlwind
Inspirit	Cicada Ninjutsu
Soultimate Move	Cicada Cut
Skill	Modest
Debut
Anime	Episode 9
Game	Yo-kai Watch 1
Voice Actor
English
Japanese	Toru Nara

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Cadin is a Rank E Charming Yo-kai with Wind attribute.

Official Description

He claims to practice "cicada ninjutsu"...but that's not really a thing. Unless it's a mastery of running away.

Yo-kai Watch 1 Game Information

How to Recruit/Befriend

• Automatic story recruit.

• Uptown Springdale in trees.

• Blossom Heights in trees and bushes.

Evolution

Cadin evolves into Cadable at level 21.

Stats

Stat	Level 99
HP	303
Spirit	110
Strength	146
Speed	143
Defense	98

Moveset

Type	Name	Power	Attribute	Range	Description
Attack	Stepping Slice	15-67		Single enemy	No description.
Technique	Whirlwind	20-90	Wind	Single enemy	No description.
Inspirit	Cicada Ninjutsu			Single ally	Raises a Yo-kai's SPD with cicada-style ninjutsu.
Soultimate Move	Cicada Cut	17x5 (1) 18x5 (2)		All enemies	Nervously slices all of its foes.
Skill	Modest				Low chance of getting attacked by foes.

Appearance

Cadin is a cicada Yo-kai. Cadin is mainly light-yellow and green, and has a purple belt under which it sheathes its sword. Cadin has a long beak, four arms, and two legs on which it wears a pair of geta.

Relationships

is a friend of nate in the anime (needs revision)

Anime

Cadin is Nate's first yokai in the Yo-kai Watch (video game) game.

Nate and his friends go treasure hunting using a dowsing app, though with no success. After Bear walks off after their latest failure, Whisper suspects that a yokai is involved, so Nate scans a hole he and his friends dug. There, he finds a sleeping Cadin. Whisper (moronically clueless) thinks that Cadin is an ordinary cicada, but Nate is not convinced, pointing out specific parts of Cadin that didn't fit with cicadas. Whisper is proven wrong when he accidentally wakes Cadin up when Nate kept up his factual accessments, sword flailing in frustration. Cadin reveals that he originally was an ordinary cicada when he was alive. He died of natural causes after living out his week-long lifespan, and became a yokai. Afterwords, he buried himself, and spent a lovely time underground until he was unknowningly excavated by Nate and friends.

Suddenly, Whisper reveals that Cadin has only one week to live, since he was unearthed before he could be reincarnated. Nate tries to extend his lifespan, but in the end, Cadin decides to enjoy the little time he has left. At the end of the week, they return to the hole where they met to say their goodbyes. Cadin gives Nate his Yo-kai Medal to say thank you for the time given to him, then collapses. Nate and Whisper are worried at first, but it is revealed that Cadin merely fell asleep. Whisper then realizes that he made a mistake when he said that Cadin will die and it turned out that he only falls into a deep sleep when the week is up, and receives a solid smack from Nate's paper fan for his mistake.

Trivia

Unlike how Jibanyan and Dismerelda were the first two Yo-Kai Nate meets in the anime, Cadin is the first Yo-Kai befriended by the player to fight Buhu.

In the E3 trailer for Yo-kai Watch, Cadin can be seen attacking, still using its Japanese voice. This was changed by the time the demo and final game were released.

Origin

Cadin's design is based on a cicada, specifically the Japanese species called minminzemi, after its "min min" cry which is also Cadin's catchphrase. (Said species is also a catchable bug in the game, called Green Cicada in the US port.)

Cicadas are especially known for their courtship calls, which are particularly loud (up to 120 dB, one of the loudest in the animal kingdom) and usually performed at dusk to avoid the attention of predators. They're regarded as one of the symbols of summer, and in past ages both them and crickets would be kept as pets for people to enjoy their singing. They also give their name to a type of ninja decoy techniques (typically removing one's overcoat and luring the enemy into striking it), called utsusemi no jutsu ("cicada skin technique"), something that informs Cadin's claim to ninja status.

Name Origin

• Japanese: セミまる Semimaru

• Korean: 무사맴 Musamaem

• Cadin's original name (Semimaru) is merely semi (Japanese: 蝉, "cicada") with the "maru" suffix typical of boy names. It might also be a wordplay on Semimaru, a famous poet and musician of the Heian period.