My Bride is a Mermaid — Episodes, Where to Watch & Characters

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#1The Yakuza WifeNagasumi, a teenage boy, is saved by the chivalrous mermaid Sun while drowning in the ocean off the coast of Seto Island. Mermaid society rules are strict — in order for both Nagasumi and Sun to stay alive, they have to…2007-04-01 · 24m

#2The Lord of the RingNagasumi enjoys his first date with Sun at the Bon Festival. However, most stalls are operated by the Seto-Gumi. Later, Nagasumi soon finds out that Sun's legs revert into a tail when she is splashed with water and must…2007-04-08 · 24m

#3The Island Closest to HeavenSun and Nagasumi get to spend a whole day alone on a deserted island. However, this is a trap meant to eliminate Nagasumi, as the group's notorious assassin and longtime friend of Sun's, the "Spiral Shell" Maki, is after…2007-04-15 · 24m

#4It's Tough Being a ManAs a dutiful wife, Sun follows Nagasumi back to his house in the city, where she is to live with him and his parents. However, the first day back turns out to be quite hectic and eventful.2007-04-22 · 24m

#5School in the CrosshairsSun and Nagasumi attend their first day of school. Sun's father and the gang have all become teachers at their junior-high school, and Nagasumi's friend Sarutobi falls in love with Sun. Nagasumi must survive constant…2007-04-29 · 24m

#6Faibles FemmesMawari notices Sun's fishtail and comes to the conclusion that Sun is a fish. She keeps trying to splash Sun with water in order to verify her theory, but Nagasumi protects Sun, while at the same time trying to save…2007-05-06 · 24m

#7V (The Visitors)Nagasumi runs into Lunar, a popstar idol; her mermaid form is accidentally revealed to him. In turn, Lunar plans on making Nagasumi her slave forever. He finds out she is a childhood friend and rival of Sun. Lunar soon…2007-05-13 · 24m

#8DuelThe situation at school keeps escalating, and even Maki is hurt in the process. In order to avoid total war, Nagasumi comes up with a plan to settle everything in a singing competition between Sun and Lunar, with…2007-05-20 · 24m

#9The Running ManNagasumi's life only gets more hectic with the arrival of Kai Mikawa, a handsome, rich, but agoraphobic merman, who insists that Sun is his fiancé. Kai transfers to the school and challenges Nagasumi for Sun's hand in…2007-05-27 · 24m

#10Pumping IronA strange, huge, practically invincible man, stalks Nagasumi and nothing can get in his way. Nagasumi tries to tell his friends, but initially no one believes him. Eventually Nagasumi runs into Kai and they both start…2007-06-03 · 24m

#11ArmageddonAfter Sun and Lunar go on a diet, Sun's father buys her all sorts of presents to help her out, including some special "mer-water" that energizes and gives strength. But many problems arise when Nagasumi drinks it by…2007-06-10 · 24m

#12A Slave of LoveNagasumi's mom and Sun go shopping for groceries, leaving Lunar alone with Nagasumi. Lunar plans to make her "slave" help her study for school since she is getting zeros on all her tests. Eventually it gets to the point…2007-06-17 · 24m

#13Love StoryNagasumi is taken back to Lunar's house where a wedding ceremony is going to soon begin. Moments before Nagasumi is meant to become her husband, Nagasumi voices his disapproval of a false wedding, and promptly refuses to…2007-07-01 · 24m

#14Koneko Monogatari (The Adventures of Chatran)Nagasumi finds a kitten and brings it to school. Nagasumi soon discovers that Sun, Lunar, and Maki are all deathly afraid of cats, and gets the idea to test it on Kai and Gōzaburō too, but before that learns that most…2007-07-08 · 24m

#15What's Your Name?Nagasumi, Sun, Lunar, Mawari, Saru, and Mikawa go on what is supposed to be a double date. As Nagasumi goes to get a juice ordered by Lunar, he accidentally bumps into the class president in an intersection, whom he…2007-07-15 · 24m

#16Minority ReportAkeno Shiranui, a mermaid examiner has come to record and observe mermaids that doesn't fit well with humans and send them back to their origin. Now Sun must overcome her own fear and tries her best not to fail the…2007-07-22 · 24m

#17Cops vs. ThugsDefeated by Akeno, a group of delinquent lords follow her around which mislead Mawari into believing Akeno was also a delinquent. In order to protect the society, Mawari decides to go all out against Akeno. Meanwhile…2007-07-29 · 24m

#18Gate of FleshThe whole class went for a sudden trip to Kyoto. After an incident where Maki attacked Akeno, Sun apologizes to her, but Akeno issues that she's interested in Sun's mermaid body and asks her permission to investigate…2007-08-05 · 24m

#19There's No Business Like Show BusinessAfter the attempt to rid of Nagasumi from Sun fails. Akeno is now undertaking a mission, to foil Nagasumi by forcing him to gulp down a mermaid drink which will release mortals of their strongest desires, thus forcing…2007-08-12 · 24m

#20A Better TomorrowLunar's father searches for ways to express his love and cheer up his precious daughter when he accidentally spots a Galge from a search engine. Armed with his new "knowledge", an iron will and an iron body, Lunar's…2007-08-19 · 24m

#2110 Things I Hate About YouNagasumi receives a love letter from the class president. Being the first love letter he has received in is life, he completely loses his mind. Maki takes the letter from Nagasumi's pocket and reads it outloud for…2007-08-26 · 24m

#22PrivilegeLunar tries hard to practice her part in a drama. She gets Sun to help her be her lover as a man. Unfortunately, Sun goes overboard and eventually gets stopped. Afterwards, Lunar gets to her next job in the Cultural…2007-09-02 · 24m

#23The Man Without a PastBelieving Masa was an acquintance of her older brother, Akeno asks Masa about her brother's whereabouts, but Masa had lost his memories before joining the Seto clan. Gōzaburō then reveals to Nagasumi that Akeno's brother…2007-09-09 · 24m

#24Farewell FriendKai has an embarrassing problem about himself that he wants to keep a secret from others. It ends up that he just has a boil on his butt, however, Saru passes by the hospital where Kai had gone to pick up his medicine…2007-09-16 · 24m

#25The Family GameIt is first time that Sun and Nagasumi has a quarrel, and both end up not talking to each other. At the same time, the members of Seto Group are invited to join a party held by a noble. However, the party is a trap.2007-09-23 · 24m

#26Antwone Fisher (The Place Where You Go Home To)Nagasumi, Kai, and Lunar go to save Sun. Once they get there, the Seto Group manages to break free and a huge battle commences. Nagasumi manages to save Sun and he tells her he loves her and he wants to stay with her…2007-09-30 · 24m

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Quick facts

Episodes26

Seasons1

StatusFinished

Aired2007

Japanese title: 瀬戸の花嫁
Also known as: Seto no Hanayome, The Inland Sea Bride

Synopsis

Michishio Nagasumi's life couldn't be any more normal. In an odd twist of events, during his summer vacation he ends up almost drowning in the sea. Luckily, the cute mermaid Seto Sun appears to save him. However, Sun is from a yakuza mermaid family and according to their law, if a human is to catch sight of a mermaid, either he or the mermaid must die. The only other way is for Nagasumi to be taken in as a family member, marrying Sun. In attempts to save both of their lives, Nagasumi asks for Sun's hand in marriage. Nagasumi's summer vacation reaped more than what he would expect, as he must now protect Sun from others finding her secret out.