Otafuku Mask

An Otafuku Mask is a Mask-class item found in Golden Sun: The Lost Age.

Basic Description
The Otafuku Mask increases the wearer's Defense by 31 points. It also can be Used in battle to unleash the monster skill Water Breath. Water Breath is Mercury-based and will have a power rating of 50 and a range of up to 3 targets. It can be sold for 2925 coins and subsequently rebought for 3900 coins.

In The Lost Age, it is available as a rare drop from Gressil in the Izumo Ruins; felling the Gressil with an offensive Jupiter Djinni multiplies the drop rate by 4. The Otafuku Mask is limited to female Adepts, namely Jenna, Sheba, and Mia.

Analysis
The Otafuku Mask is one of two items that grants the player access to a specific monster skill, rather than a Psynergy. Like other usable items, it does not need to be equipped to be used. Thus, it can be kept in an Adept's inventory. While a collectible novelty item, its Use effect is too weak to be of use. To put it in perspective, the Glacier Psynergy has exactly double the base power, as well as a better diminishing ratio that makes the enemies off to the side of the target take more of the spell's damage. Therefore, the only measure of its usefulness is its Defense rating, which might be high enough to suffice as a defensive upgrade to either Jenna or Sheba for a period of time, though the forgeable items Astral Circlet and Floating Hat are stronger pieces.

Cultural allusions
The Otafuku is a style of mask used in Nou drama to indicate that the character is a woman.