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Whale Star: The Gyeongseong Mermaid

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War Partly or completely set during wartime.Disability A work that features one or more characters with a physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that impairs, interferes with, or limits the person's ability to engage in certain tasks or actions.Historical Partly or completely set during a real period of world history.Conspiracy Contains one or more factions controlling or attempting to control the world from the shadows.Heterosexual Prominently features a romance between a man and a woman, not inherently sexual.

Whale Star: The Gyeongseong Mermaid

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In 1926, during the Japanese occupation of Joseon, Soo-a is a young, illiterate handmaiden working for a wealthy collaborator. Her simple life revolves around her duties and the solace she finds in the sea. One day, she discovers an injured man, the independence activist Eui-hyeon, washed up on the shore. She secretly nurses him back to health, and he shares with her the fairy tale of "The Little Mermaid."

Soo-a falls in love with her patient, but a violent betrayal by one of his comrades leaves her traumatized and mute. Determined to find Eui-hyeon again and seek revenge, she leaves her home and travels to the bustling capital city of Gyeongseong. There, she is thrust into a complex and dangerous new world of political intrigue and personal longing.

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