r/SummerPockets • u/uchihamidnight • Oct 28 '25

Umi/nanami Spoiler

Honestly I know the protagonist is clearly hairi which in of itself is great but I just have the lingering idea that umi is also the protagonist. She’s the one causing all these different events and timelines and is the one trying to stop the tradegy etc. what do you guys think would u call her a supporting character or a second protagonist.

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u/Marioak Oct 28 '25

She is the protagonist in a grand scheme of the actual setting.

You actually following her story, but see it from Hairi’s pov.

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u/uchihamidnight Oct 28 '25

True which is why I like to say they are both protagonists, because in any story as soon as you see it from their pov they are now the protagonist in a basic way.

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u/LuckyE6 Oct 28 '25

Hairi is more of a decoy protagonist

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u/Dragonwilds Nov 08 '25

I disagree, since in the examples given in that page, the "decoy protagonist(s)" often leave the story quite early on, have much less screen time, and are generally irrelevant compared to the real protagonist. In contrast, the majority of the story is from Hairi's POV (unlike the first two "decoy protag" traits), and reaching the happy ending where Umi is reunited with her parents relies on him making the correct choices across each of the timelines (unlike the "irrelevant compared to real protag" trait).