Anju and Kafei | |
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The Legend of Zelda characters | |
First appearance | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask |
Anju and Kafei are a pair of fictional characters in the 2000 video game The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. As a romantic couple, they are the subject of the sidequest "Testament of Love", wherein the protagonist Link is asked by Anju to find her fiancé Kafei; he had gone into hiding so he could recover a mask he was meant to give to Anju at their marriage ceremony, and he had also been turned into a child. Like all content in Majora's Mask, the quest is on a time limit and spans all three days in the game that take place before the moon crashes, destroying the world. Link can only retrieve the mask and reunite the couple on the final day, with the end of the quest taking place in the final moments.
This quest was added by the development team after going to a wedding of a staff member during a North Korean missile test, which prompted director Eiji Aonuma to discuss how strange it was to attend a wedding when missiles may strike. He also thought it would be interesting to include a wedding, since weddings were not common in games like The Legend of Zelda. He also wanted to make it more complicated for adult players, though noted that he appreciated Majora's Mask 3D making it easier to solve the quest. The couple and their quest received positive reception from players, regarded as one of the best quests in both The Legend of Zelda and video games as a whole by multiple critics. The reunion was considered rewarding in and of itself, and their romance was considered one of the best in gaming.