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Bound by the Tide

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Bound by the Tide

30 episodes · 8 free episodes

A captive mermaid endures torn scales and pierced flesh. She collides with her scarred human keeper amid deep-sea horrors born from oil pollution. As a twenty-year-old sacrificial secret and a conspiracy surface, these two shattered souls transform through shared agony.

Short drama · 30 episodes · Subtitled · Completed

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Completed, 30 episodes so far on 88Sao.

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A captive mermaid endures torn scales and pierced flesh. She collides with her scarred human keeper amid deep-sea horrors born from oil pollution. As a twenty-year-old sacrificial secret and a conspiracy surface, these two shattered souls transform through shared agony.

Bound by the Tide – Episode 1