Nagasumi Michishio spends the last days of his summer with his family in a quiet town where his grandmother lives. While taking a dip in the ocean, he drowns, but is saved by a girl that has the figure of a mermaid. He learns that the myth of mermaids existing is prominent in that town, and Nagasumi continues to believe that he was indeed saved by a mermaid.
When night falls, a pretty girl visits Nagasumi’s grandma’s home, where he is currently residing. She introduces herself as San, and proposes that she and Nagasumi should marry?! If they don’t marry, both San and Nagasumi will be prosecuted. San’s family and the existence of mermaids are encouraged to be kept secret, for then with their existence known to humans, mermaids simply disappear as bubbles. Leaving no choice, Nagasumi and San work hard to create a workable relationship.
The whole concept of the anime is rather refreshing. Mermaid as Yakuza? San’s father also bring out the hilarious part on how father can’t let go of their daughters when they they have grown up.
The gangsters are like the typical Yakuza in other anime, fierce, ugly and of course not forgetting the scar in their face. Shark Fujishiro (literally a shark that can talk) and Octopus Nakajima (A really large octopus), however offset the fierceness of the Yakuza with their cuteness.
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