Whale Star: The Gyeongseong Mermaid
Other titles · Gorae Byul • 고래별
- Also known as
- Gorae Byul
- Also known as
- 고래별
- Also known as
- The Whale Star
- Also known as
- 경성의 인어공주
- Also known as
- The Gyeongseong Mermaid
- Also known as
- Китова зірка. Русалонька з Кьонсона
by Yun-Hui Na
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The year is 1926 in this retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid”, and Joseon (present-day Korea), is under colonial Japanese rule. Su-A Heo is a handmaiden who spends her days working and swimming in the sea. Her work is her whole life, until one day, when she discovers a wounded independence fighter named Ui-Hyeon Kang washed up on the shore. She nurses him back to health, only to lose her ability to speak in a botched murder attempt by Ui-Hyeon’s comrade, Hae-Su Song. As she travels to the capital, Gyeongseong (present-day Seoul), to get revenge, she finds herself growing more and more intertwined with a strange, brave new world and the people within it. (Source: WEBTOONS) Note: Chapter count includes prologue.