Seto no Hanayome

During his summer vacation, middle school student Nagasumi Michishio travels to the Seto Inland Sea. One day, while swimming at Mio Sun Beach, his leg suddenly cramps. No one is close enough to notice his desperate screams for help, and so he sinks into the ocean, where he is left to drown alone. Just as he loses consciousness, however, a mermaid appears and saves his life.

That night, Nagasumi is visited by his savior, a girl who introduces herself as Sun Seto—a mermaid from a yakuza family. As it turns out, under mermaid law, a mermaid whose identity is revealed to a human must be punished by execution. To avoid this harrowing outcome, the Seto family propose a solution: Nagasumi must marry Sun or die at the hands of Gouzaburou, Sun's father and boss of the Seto clan. Faced with no other option, Nagasumi takes her hand in marriage.

Now, the newlyweds face the difficult task of keeping their relationship secret. Between Gouzaburou's unending attempts on Nagasumi's life and the eccentric antics of a slew of antagonists, a genuine and innocent love blossoms between the pair as they adapt to their new life.

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Seto, Sun Main

Momoi, Haruko Japanese

Michishio, Nagasumi Main

Mizushima, Daichuu Japanese

Edomae, Lunar Main

Nogawa, Sakura Japanese

Masa Supporting

Murase, Katsuki Japanese

Shark, Fujishiro Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Seto, Gouzaburou Supporting

Miyake, Kenta Japanese

Sarutobi, Hideyoshi Supporting

Yabe, Masahito Japanese

Shiranui, Akeno Supporting

Kitamura, Eri Japanese

Edomae Supporting

Genda, Tesshou Japanese

Maki Supporting

Kuwatani, Natsuko Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Hatta, Shinsaku Producer

Hyuuga, Yasutaka Producer

Kurashige, Nobuyuki Producer

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May 13, 2024

Panda_Roll

Recommended

While on vacation a middle schooler was saved from drowning by a lovely mermaid.

Who is the daughter of a Yakuza mob boss.

Also there is a code about mermaids never being found out by humans so reason reason reason they are engaged now and she's moved in. So the exact set up of " Urusei Yatsura" only more romantic and less fanservicy.

The rest of show is a mix of romance & comedy as everyone is in love with either the MC or the mermaid and trying to win them over while the couple stay glued together.

While the original show and manga were fine ... they were the definition of mid. Something that doesn't really leave a mark and lacks it's own sense of style. As mentioned the show pulls ALOT from Urusei Yatsura but without the bite that one had coming off as the diet version.

That said the Dub elevates this one. The jokes land and the delivery is on point. Also quite a few pop cultural references and puns were added that would only work in english so I highly recommend watching that over the sub.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jan 27, 2021

Yandad

Mixed Feelings

I want to warn some people because people might have wrong expectations. In general I like this type of comedy but still it was one of the worst I ever seen because of main character and his family. Main problem? There is huge focus on suffering without enough mitigation measures. Main hero want but can't escape from hardcore bullying and in general suffering that grows and at some point push him to think about suicide which actually wouldn't be so unreasonable in such situation... In most comedies in such circumstances at least main hero is just immune or almost immune to pain or at least ... have some escape (just something), but in this anime hero have half baked immunity and sometimes try to be serious which makes everything harder to swallow as comedy. You can feel lost potential, you can feel lessen comedy but also not enough drama to make it drama at any point and because of this it's easy to feel nothing when you watch it... I have no doubt that especially younger audience won't have problems with distancing themselves and enjoy this without spotting issues, the problem is that it feels like effort to not lose balance of comedy is below average - this anime brings "why so serious" walls in wrong places in wrong way (It's not Gintama). It wouldn't be a problem if hero situation would improve fast or if this in general would bring any value for people who like the show, but it look like it brings nothing for them (it's not why they like the show, it looks like they can just ignore this issue and that's it - just look at reviews).
Ending of the show is a strong prove to my point. I won't spoil anything but I can vaguely explain that at the end hero suddenly is no longer our hero - in a blink of an eye at the end of last episode hero is swapped for different person that completely changes situation - it was the only way to escape ending in style "unhappiness and suffering forever and ever...", which combined with not comedic enough tone would be seriously awful...
This comedy is also full of other things that a lot of people dislike (like repetitiveness, development stagnancy, constant screaming, inconsistency, lack reason for a lot of things - including standard hero who won't explain himself or situation) but such things happens very often in comedies and I'm not so picky

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jun 17, 2020

Ex_Fenrir

Not Recommended

There was one moment I vividly remember from this show that nearly had me crying from how hard I was laughing. It was that one moment that kept me painfully crawling towards the final episode, only to be left disappointed.

The premise is interesting enough. The characters aren't great, but you don't always need great characters for an enjoyable piece of entertainment (I am much more forgiving of this in comedy shows in particular). Save that one joke that beautifully stuck the landing, I just did not have the same sense of humor as the writers did. One particular gag (that unfortunately recurred throughout ... the show) regarding the poor MC's dad left me disgusted, and the remainder of the jokes were forgettable.

Which leaves the romance. There were a few sweet moments here and there, but overall it just felt stale. This show put most of it's eggs in the comedy basket. I actually do recommend watching the first three episodes for that reason, if the jokes tickle your fancy, you'll probably be in for a good time. But if you didn't laugh at all (or only once) during that time, I would give this one a pass!

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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