Semolina

Semolina ソバコ Sobako
Artwork for Magical Starsign by Shinichi Kameoka
Other Name(s)	Farina?While disguised as Farina
Gender	Female
Species	Felin
Birthplace	Tropica Village, Gren

"Don't worry about me. It doesn't matter what happens to me, just so long as everyone else is safe."

―Semolina

Semolina is a character in Magical Starsign. She is a felin from Tropica Village on Gren, working for Durum as a guardian for his daughter Farina.

Profile

Semolina is very obedient and cautious of her companions, and always puts others before herself. However, due to her poor treatment, she has grown to dislike her life and longs for an escape. She has been shown to endure frequent verbal abuse from her boss, Durum, regarding her work as Farina's caretaker. This has resulted in her developing signs of depression, as seen through her self-destructive tendencies. Despite the intense stress she is under, townsfolk in Tropica Village take notice of her caring personality.

Semolina has beige fur and ginger hair with yellow tips, styled in a middle part, orange eyes, and a long ash-gray tail. For clothing, she wears a purple bandeau top and brass bangles below her shoulders, as well as a gold necklace with a red gemstone. She also wears a pair of baggy green pants covered in patches, with a blue and white rope tied around her waist.

Descriptions

Descriptions
Magical Vacation: Itsutsu no Hoshi ga Narabu Toki - Mahō Wakusei Kansoku Nyūmonsho	世話の焼けるフラワーの面倒を献身的に見る、ニャムネルト族の心優しい少女。 TrTranslation: A kind-hearted girl of the nyamnelt tribe who devotedly watches over the antics of the troublesome Flour.

Biography

Magical Starsign

The students first met Semolina after making an emergency landing on Gren. Accompanying Farina, Semolina warned her not to get too close to their rocket, running off when its hatch opened. Suddenly, Semolina was caught in the jaws of a wild mojo, so the students rushed in to save her. Upon defeating the mojo, Semolina stated it was sent by the astro pirates, then ordered Farina to return to Tropica Village with her. Farina instead blew the monster up with a magic spell, to which Semolina reprimanded her since the pirates specifically targeted magicians.

To the students' shock, they found Pico tied up in Tropica Village as a sacrifice to the pirates. Dobro saw them conversing, and invited the students to meet with Tropica's chief Durum in his hut. They witnessed Durum scolding Semolina for endangering Farina, then inquired about a potted plant which Farina eagerly observed. Semolina claimed that after burying a dead frog in the soil, Farina began burying other small animals. Farina suddenly dashed outside, alerting her father and Semolina. The felin girls and the students gathered before Pico's post, with Semolina exclaiming that he must be turned over to the pirates.

Conflict in Assam

The next morning, everyone was surprised to see that Pico had gone missing. Durum blamed the students, until Lyre admitted to seeing Farina untie Pico overnight. Durum was also accused of keeping Farina safe from the pirates, when other magicians of the village were cravenly handed over. When a resurrected mojo stormed into the village, Farina used her magic to kill the it once more, consequently proving the villagers' accusations. Feeling betrayed by their chief, the felins exiled Durum, Farina, and Semolina from Tropica. The students followed them into Carbonara Jungle and reunited with Pico along the way, eventually ending up in Salamander Cave. There, Semolina mentioned that Durum ordered her to be Farina's body double, and that she would be sacrificed to the pirates in her stead. Semolina, disguised as Farina, was taken by Lord Persimmon to Assam the next day. Arriving in Assam, conflict erupted between the students, Sorbet, and Persimmon's group of pirate otters. As Sorbet attempted to stop Persimmon, "Farina" was pushed onto his ship, so she quickly hopped on as it departed for Razen.

Soon enough, the students were able to land on Razen themselves. A chase ensued after Sorbet abducted Celadon from Paella, leading them down Shishkebab Cavern. To their horror, they found "Farina" locked up with several other magicians. "Farina" told them how the pirates found out she could not use magic, and so left her for dead in her cell. She quickly retracted this statement, realizing she almost gave away her true identity as Semolina. Luckily, the students took down Gil Mudflap of the Space Police, to which Rogan Josh snagged his prison keys to free the remaining captives. Everyone reconvened at Paella's lodge, wherein "Farina" revealed her true identity as Semolina. She was then escorted back to Gren by Detective Beignet.

Farina and Semolina crying in Yggsalad

Later on, Beignet alerted the students that disaster struck on Gren, finding the planet engulfed in flames. They rushed into Carbonara Jungle and spotted a felin who looked like Semolina, though Lassi and Mokka figured it was Farina still in Semolina's clothes. Taking an alternate route to Assam, the students extinguished the burning planet and proceeded to the Holy Tree Yggsalad, where the wood millennium gummy once resided according to Abalon Demar. Within the tree, they discovered otters, felins, and Durum buried half-buried in the ground. Suddenly, a large plant called the holy sapling, revealed to be Farina's potted plant grown to enormous dimensions, awoke and attacked. Once the students defeated it, Farina showed up and was chastised by Semolina. The felin girls took a moment to cry, to which the resident salamanders alerted everyone of the magic flower that had blossomed. As they explained how the flower would produce the wood gummy by digesting a person, Semolina decided to enter it, leaving the wood gummy in her place. Alarmed by the sacrifice, Durum retrieved the gummy and gave it to the students, declaring it was Semolina's soul.

Following the ordeal, Durum and the students gathered in Tropica's lodge. He handed them Semolina's hairpin as a memento, asking that she be with them in spirit once they rescued the captive magicians. After he left, Sorbet admitted to feeling jealous over the sacrifice. Both she and Semolina had few reasons to keep living, and had the felin not died to become the wood gummy, Sorbet would have done so herself. She ran out of the lodge, later apologizing to her friends for her outburst.

After journeying to Nova inside the sun, the students planned on activating the Starway to reach the dark planet Shadra, where Master Kale and the pirates had gone moments prior. Farina, Apitos, and Durum later boarded the dwarves' ship to the light planet, the latter still remorseful over Semolina's death. While in Sparklin Palace, Caldarroste clipped one of Mokka's wires, so Sorbet bridged the circuit using the hairpin. Once the students touched down on Shadra, Mokka stood aside to project Semolina's soul from his body. She stated that their companions were following behind, encouraging them to push forward and save the Baklava solar system.

Trivia

• The majority of her appearances in-game use Farina's sprites.
• Although Semolina does not have much confirmed physical information, Mokka mentions in the diary that she and Farina are the same age and height. This is more explicitly stated in the Japanese version, whereas they are "about" the same age and height in the English localization.

Nomenclature

Her name comes from semolina, ground durum wheat used in pastas and puddings.

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ソバコ Sobako	Sobako, from そば粉 sobako (buckwheat flour)
English	Semolina
French	Semoulina	Semolina
German	Semolina	Semolina
Italian	Semolina	Semolina
Spanish	Semolina	Semolina