“Mermaid princess Lara transforms human to find true love, fails, and awakens 200 years later in Lake Biwa for a second chance.”
Goodbye, Lara
さよならララ
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Synopsis
Mermaid princess Lara transforms human to find true love, fails, and awakens 200 years later in Lake Biwa for a second chance.
Long, long ago, there lived a mermaid princess named Lara. She was raised with love by her father, the king of sea and her sisters. One day, Lara fell in love with a human prince who lived on land. It was a forbidden love—one that was not allowed in the world of mermaids. Still, Lara journeyed to the surface. With a potion, given to her from the witch Grace, she became human. But the potion came at a cost—fail to find true love, and she would turn into foam and vanish into the ocean. Though she was a princess of the sea, Lara chose love. Yet, her wish went unfulfilled and she vanished into the sea. Two hundred years later, Lara awakens once more, in Lake Biwa to finally search for her true love. (Source: Crunchyroll)
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Goodbye, Lara begins and ends here.
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- Format 12 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 48m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2026 – ongoing Summer 2026
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-26570 catalog
Produced by
- Kadokawa Producer
- Sound Team Don Juan Producer