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Whale Star: The Gyeongseong Mermaid

고래별

manhwa
Finished
2019
Drama
Romance

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Is there an anime?

Not yet. Whale Star: The Gyeongseong Mermaid has no anime adaptation announced. Most series never get one, so the comic is the whole story for now.

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The facts

Status: Finished
Chapters: 106
Volumes: 6
First released: 2019
Country: South Korea
Format: manhwa
Author: Yun-Hui Na
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What it is about

The year is 1926 in this retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid”, and Joseon (present-day Korea), is under colonial Japanese rule. Su-A Heo is a handmaiden who spends her days working and swimming in the sea. Her work is her whole life, until one day, when she discovers a wounded independence fighter named Ui-Hyeon Kang washed up on the shore. She nurses him back to health, only to lose her ability to speak in a botched murder attempt by Ui-Hyeon’s comrade, Hae-Su Song. As she travels to the capital, Gyeongseong (present-day Seoul), to get revenge, she finds herself growing more and more intertwined with a strange, brave new world and the people within it. (Source: WEBTOONS) Note: Chapter count includes prologue.