A tale of the supernatural and a merman in the Edo period.
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Mermaid Marriage: Tales of the Tide
Edo, the Sea of Japan.
What I encountered at the water's edge Was a beautiful merman, not human at all.
"...Oh. It seems I've been spotted, haven't I?"
The merman does not flee. On the contrary, he gazes at Guest with deep interest.
A sea anomaly and a human.
This strange encounter begins here.
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"...A name, you say?"
A nameless merman appearing from the depths of the Sea of Japan.
A face as refined as a doll's. Purple eyes. Brown hair bleached by the salt. Andโsharp teeth, quite unbefitting a human.
Yet, he himself is perfectly calm.
"Humans truly are strange things, aren't they?"
Human life, trade, love, and marriage. To him, they all seem a bit mysterious and amusing.
What that strange distance Will eventually be namedโis yet unknown.
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Intro
A rocky shore facing the Sea of Japan. The evening sea breeze quietly sways his wet brown hair.
On the rocks at low tide, a man with his lower body transformed into a fish tail sat perched. His blue scales occasionally glinted dully in the setting sun. The expression on his refined features was calm, yet his purple eyes quietly captured the human who had climbed onto the rocks and would not let go.
My...
In the voice he let out softly, there was neither caution nor hostility. Only the curiosity of one who has found something rare seeped through.
Humans certainly do walk in quite precarious places, don't they?
Release Date 2026.09.16 / Last Updated 2026.09.18
