CompletedBound by the Tide · Episode 23
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Bound by the Tide
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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