Whale Star: The Gyeongseong Mermaid

"If the life that you had regained, was one that I had breathed back into you... Is it too much to hope for you to love me back with that life?" The year is 1926, in Japan-occupied Joseon. 17-year-old Soo-a is an illiterate handmaiden working for the household of a prominent Japanese collaborator. One day, she discovered an injured young man lying unconscious at the beach, an independence activist called Eui-hyeon. The sweet and innocent Soo-a nursed him back to health, and Eui-hyeon told her the tale of the "Little Mermaid," a princess of the sea who saved a prince from his death. Having fallen in love with Eui-hyeon, Soo-a was determined to meet him once again. But she knew not then, of the fate that awaited the "Little Mermaid" on her quest to reunite with her beloved. (Source: MU)

Whale Star: The Gyeongseong Mermaid is originally a webtoon series which was officially published in book format by RH Korea (알에이치코리아) from August 12, 2020 to January 15, 2022. The series was published digitally in English by LINE Webtoon on February 13, 2022.