THE MERMAID PRINCE Manga Reviews

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Jun 09, 2026 (PST) | Total Reviews: 103

Splash with Tom Hanks & Daryl Hannah but...

.... sillier. And mixed with Ranma 1/2 and a brief love rivalry on either side.

That's pretty much the whole story.

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Faerie

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Jun 10, 2025 (PST) | Total Reviews: 16

Cute but so many potential endings

This review contains spoilers. This story is kind of BL but really isn't. Since FL despite turning into a man still feels like a woman. Now this brings up a whole nuance of being trans. But idk I feel as if maybe making FL a woman in the end, just with manly features? Just to stay true to her original character. Since she silently hints that she was a female human rather than a male. Despite saying she doesn't care, which in fact I do think she cares about.

Or maybe have the ML turn into a merman, that would've been an unexpected twist in my opinion. What would happen if two merpeople fell in love?

But then again this story has nuance in every way. Between being trans and accepting the fact you’ve fallen for someone that isn't your usual type, but can't deny your feelings.

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Oct 09, 2024 (PST) | Total Reviews: 20

A silly, classic romcom type story

Classic romcom manga with BL vibes mixed in due to Coral turning into a human man, and of course absolutely terrorizing MC's life with her zero knowledge about human customs. It's a bit too basic and predictable for my taste but still decent if romcoms are your thing. They also bring up some exploration of being trans (since Coral still kind of sees herself as female) and mlm which made it a little more interesting.

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Dec 05, 2023 (PST) | Total Reviews: 2

Cute

Is a cute story I love it you did a very great job on creating the story line and characters for the story

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Feb 10, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

斬新な人魚とのラブコメ w。

A romantic comedy with a novel mermaid w.

This review contains spoilers. 勤めていた会社が倒産して早一年。フリーターをしながら就職活動しており不採用続きのマナトが近所の公園で人間になって恋したい人魚のサンゴと遭遇。その後なんとかサンゴは願いが叶い人間になれたはいいんたけど男の姿になっていて…という話。思いついたら何をしだすかわかんない自由奔放なサンゴ。でもすっごく優しいしピュアでカワイイ！そんな彼女は見た目はイケメンだけど中身はとってもキュートな女の子〜。そんなサンゴに振り回されっぱなしなマナトだけど何やかんやいいながらサンゴのために必死になってる姿は素敵だったな。ドッタバタなラブコメで終始楽しかったけど最後あたりで２人が自分のことよりもお互いのことのためだけに必死に行動する姿にはただただ感動。気づいたら泣いてました…。そしてラストもこの2人らしい終わり方でとってもよかったですw。

This review contains spoilers. It's been a year since the company I worked for went bankrupt. Manat, who is job-hunting while working as a freelancer and continues to be rejected, comes across a mermaid Sango that she wants to fall in love with as a human at a nearby park. After that, Sango managed to make her wish come true, and although it was fine, she became a man... A free-spirited coral that doesn't know what to do when it comes up with it. But it's sooo gentle, pure, and cute! She is a good-looking girl, but inside she is a very cute girl. Manat is constantly being swayed by corals like that, but it was wonderful to see them desperate for the coral even though it was a kettle or something. It was a slapstick romantic comedy and it was fun from beginning to end, but I was simply moved by how the two acted desperately just for each other rather than themselves around the end. I was crying when I noticed... And it was really nice that the last one also ended in a way that seemed like these two people lol.

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Aug 28, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

こちらもBL作家さんの別名義

This is also another name for BL artist

BL作家さんの別名義シリーズ2番目、こちらは「ルカのーマネジメント」が近刊の桃尻ひばり先生の青年漫画雑誌連載作品。こちらもフォローしてる方のレビューで知りました(ありがとうございます〜)。青年漫画ジャンルになってるけど、実際は少女漫画に限りなく近いマイルドなBLですね。絵柄もとっても綺麗で読みやすいし、ギャグ絵も可愛いです。恋をしたい女の子の人魚が、地上にあがると人間の男の子になってしまって(ビールを飲むと一時的に人魚に戻る)、いきがかり上面倒をみることになった求職中の元会社員とドタバタするっていうラブコメで、笑いあり、涙ありの良い作品です。私的には、途中で登場するちょっと意地悪な男の人魚が超タイプでした。。あっちのほうが王子っぽいぞ、と思ったのは私だけではないはず！そして完結後BLとしての続きが読みたかったのも私だけではないはずだ！！

Second in the BL artist series under another name, this is a youth comic magazine serialized by Momojiri Hibari, whose “Luca's Management” was recently published. I also learned about this through reviews from people who follow (thank you~). It's in the youth manga genre, but it's actually a mild BL that's as close as possible to girls' comics. The design is also very beautiful and easy to read, and the gag pictures are cute. It's a romantic comedy where a mermaid, a girl who wants to fall in love, becomes a human boy when he goes up to the ground (he temporarily returns to being a mermaid when he drinks beer) and slaps slaps with a former company employee looking for a job who suddenly falls head over heels, and it's a good work with laughter and tears. Personally, the slightly mean male mermaid that appears along the way was my super type.. I'm sure I'm not the only one who thought that one was more like a prince! And I'm sure I'm not the only one who wanted to read the continuation as BL after it was completed!!

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Dec 24, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

なんだこれ！めちゃめちゃ面白い！

what is this! It's really, really interesting!

めちゃめちゃ面白いです。コミカルと感動のバランスが絶妙で、思わずグッと来ます。サンゴがとにかく愛らしいです

It's really, really interesting. The balance between comical and emotional is exquisite, and it comes as a surprise. The corals are just adorable

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Sep 16, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

泡にならない王子様

The Prince Who Doesn't Become a Bubble

人魚の尾じゃなくって、人間の足が欲しい！やった！3本もある！！って少年の発想のまま大人の人間になっちゃった！って、絶対可愛いじゃないですか…その割に時折シリアスが混ざってくるので、これはナイス展開…

I want human legs, not mermaid tails! I did it! There are 3 books too! Just like a boy's idea, I became an adult person! Isn't it definitely cute... for that reason, seriousness is occasionally mixed in, so this is a nice development...

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May 03, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

続きが読みたいです

I want to read more

線が細いタッチの絵だなぁと最初思っていたのですが、段々と内容にはまっていき、サンゴのキュートさとピュアさがハマります♪人間になった後のサンゴと真人の続きが読みたいです。もう少しストーリーを膨らませるか、続きを期待します。

At first I thought it was a picture with thin lines, but I gradually became addicted to the content, and I became addicted to the cuteness and purity of corals ♪ I want to read the continuation of Sango and Masato after Becoming Human. I hope to expand the story a little more or continue.

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Sep 19, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English

BLではない異種間恋愛

Interspecies romance that isn't BL

この作者様が描かれる異種間恋愛が大好きです。どのお話も少し似ているのですが、登場人物がみんな健気で不器用で優しい。笑わせてくれて、切なくて、そして優しい涙が溢れるような作品です。BLに興味がある方は、別名義の作品もおすすめします！

I love the interspecies romance depicted by this author. Every story is a bit similar, but the characters are all healthy, clumsy, and kind. It's a work that makes me laugh, is sad, and makes me overflow with tender tears. If you are interested in BL, I also recommend works under a different name!

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Sep 05, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English

３本目の足w

third leg lol

最終話読み終わるまで、BLなのかファンタジーなのかコメディなのか、決めかねる可愛らしい話でした。とにかくはちゃめちゃなサンゴがかわいい。4巻あたりから詰め込みすぎ感があるのがもったいない。もっと長く読みたかったなー。

It was a cute story where I couldn't decide whether it was BL, fantasy, or comedy until I finished reading the final episode. Anyway, the mess of corals is cute. It's a waste that there is a feeling that the volume is too packed from around 4 volumes. I wish I had read it longer.

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Dec 29, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

人魚

mermaids

This review contains spoilers. 人魚の女の子と失業中の青年とのラブコメディー。この人魚が人間になると男になるのが笑えました。途中で出てきたつがいの北の人魚くんとくっついてあげないと可哀想な気もしましたが（ひとりだって言ってたし）、まなととのドタバタがおもしろかったです。絵もキレイで読みやすい。

This review contains spoilers. A romantic comedy between a mermaid girl and an unemployed young man. It was funny how this mermaid became a man when it became a human. I also felt sorry if I didn't stick with Tsugai Kitano Mermaid who came out along the way (they said they were alone), but Manato's slapstick was interesting. The pictures are beautiful and easy to read.

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Oct 07, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

絵が好み

I like pictures

暇潰しに買いましたが、絵がかわいい！！ストーリーもなかなか面白かった。

I bought it to kill time, and the picture is so cute!! The story was pretty interesting too.

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