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“Yuu, a healer who tames monsters, journeys with bottled girl Merc to recover her lost memories.”
Merc Storia: The Apathetic Boy and the Girl in a Bottle
メルクストーリア -無気力少年と瓶の中の少女-
6.5
7,697 rank · 33,202 viewers · 49 favorites
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Yuu, a healer who tames monsters, journeys with bottled girl Merc to recover her lost memories.
Merc Storia takes places in a world where humans and monsters coexist. The protagonist, Yuu, is a healer apprentice and possesses the ability to tame monsters. In a quest to regain the memories of Merc, a girl confined in a bottle, the pair embarks on a journey. (Source: MAL News)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 14 sampled reviews
7.5
/10
What 14 viewers settled on.
83%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 9
σ 2.38
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.38 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.7 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.50
Running avg · Nov 2018 → Mar 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “If you like a perfectly made sense story with explanation and good plot then this is not for you. There are many plot holes, the characters are your typical one dimensional character, not much...”
- 8 “Honestly this is a laid back anime with a cozy feeling to it. If you expect to watch action, you won't, if you expect deep plots and twists, you won't. Art (9) The art is colorful and beautiful and...”
- 9 “I want to say this is my first review, So I'm trying to do my best to write what I think of this Anime. this Anime is actually my type for a character travelling everywhere, a main character "Yuu"...”
Verbosity
Short · 29%
Medium · 36%
Long · 36%
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- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2018 – Dec 2018 Fall 2018
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-13722 catalog
Produced by
- Happy Elements Producer