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Bound by the Tide
Synopsis
Bound by a blood feud as hunter and prey, a captive mermaid enduring torn scales and pierced flesh collides with her scarred human keeper amid Lovecraftian deep-sea horrors born from oil pollution. As a twenty-year-old sacrificial secret and a patriarchal capitalist conspiracy surface, these two shattered souls transform through shared agony—one sprouting gills and scales, the other learning human speech—forging an unbreakable symbiotic bond and a patricidal alliance to destroy the evil that ma

Where to watch
“Bound by the Tide” (30 EPS) is available on NetShort. Checked 2026-09-15.
Ratings & Reviews

Episode 1 might make you go "what IS this lunatic" and bail. He's my favorite short-drama actor and even I hesitated. Please stay with it!! The acting is unreal, the way his eyes go, the way he smiles, each one gets me >_<
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