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My Bride is a Mermaid

“Middle schooler Nagasumi must marry yakuza mermaid Sun to survive, facing her father's wrath and growing love.”

My Bride is a Mermaid

7.65
1,548 rank · 345,971 viewers · 3,043 favorites
Comedy Romance Supernatural Organized Crime Parody School Shounen
26 episodes · 24 min per ep min · Spring 2007 · Gonzo · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Middle schooler Nagasumi must marry yakuza mermaid Sun to survive, facing her father's wrath and growing love.

During his summer vacation, middle school student Nagasumi Michishio travels to the Seto Inland Sea. One day, while swimming at Mio Sun Beach, his leg suddenly cramps. No one is close enough to notice his desperate screams for help, and so he sinks into the ocean, where he is left to drown alone. Just as he loses consciousness, however, a mermaid appears and saves his life. That night, Nagasumi is visited by his savior, a girl who introduces herself as Sun Seto—a mermaid from a yakuza family. As it turns out, under mermaid law, a mermaid whose identity is revealed to a human must be punished by execution. To avoid this harrowing outcome, the Seto family propose a solution: Nagasumi must marry Sun or die at the hands of Gouzaburou, Sun's father and boss of the Seto clan. Faced with no other option, Nagasumi takes her hand in marriage. Now, the newlyweds face the difficult task of keeping their relationship secret. Between Gouzaburou's unending attempts on Nagasumi's life and the eccentric antics of a slew of antagonists, a genuine and innocent love blossoms between the pair as they adapt to their new life.

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Community consensus

Derived from 74 sampled reviews

8.7 /10

What 74 viewers settled on.

99% recommend
Score distribution
median 9 mode 10 σ 1.38
1510
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Mostly aligned

σ 1.38 · some divergence

mixed
The polarity gap

4.9 pts

Recommenders 8.9 · others 4.0

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↓ 0.26

Running avg · Nov 2007 → Sep 2025

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A Tv Production · Spring 2007

Gonzo.
in association with

TV Tokyo · Square Enix

  • Format 26 × 24′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 10h 24m all episodes
  • Aired Apr 2007 – Oct 2007 Spring 2007
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-1925 catalog

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