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Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand by Yoko Komori

Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand

Yoko Komori

VIZ Media LLC · Paperback · February 21, 2023

Everyone besides Tokiko denies the existence of merpeople, and yet the town holds a secret annual festival to honor them.

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Who it’s for
A coastal-town mystery where merfolk and strange memories blur the line between real and imagined.
Themes
Adjusting to a new community, Family separation, Reality and fantasy
Genres
General Manga, Fantasy Comics, Slice-of-Life Comics

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Everyone besides Tokiko denies the existence of merpeople, and yet the town holds a secret annual festival to honor them. Can she solve the mystery of what is real and what is fantasy…? Everyone besides Tokiko denies the existence of merpeople, and yet the town holds a secret annual festival to honor them. Can she solve the mystery of what is real and what is fantasy…?

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When Tokiko’s parents break up, she and her father move from the bustling city to a sleepy coastal town to live with her grandmother. Starting sixth grade in a new school where everyone has known each other their whole lives isn’t easy. Things start to look up when local boy Yosuke, another outsider, wants to be friends. But then strange memories start to surface. Swimming in the ocean… Drowning… Getting saved by… …a merman? Yosuke denies the presence of merfolk, yet the townspeople hold a festival to honor them every year. Can Tokiko solve the mystery of what is real and what is fantasy...?

Saltwater Uncertainty

A coastal-town mystery where merfolk and strange memories blur the line between real and imagined.

Come here for

  • A new-school friendship between two outsiders
  • A secret festival for merfolk the town denies

Expect

  • A sixth grader questioning her memories
  • Coastal-town mystery with a folkloric edge

Where it sits

Fantasy Comics31%
Slice-of-Life Comics30%
General Manga28%

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Publisher categories

  • Fantasy Comics
  • General Manga
  • Literary Graphic Novels
Authors
Yoko Komori
Publisher
VIZ Media LLC
Published
February 21, 2023
Format
Paperback
Theme
Adjusting to a new community · Family separation · Reality and fantasy
Reading lane
Fantasy Comics