List of My Bride Is a Mermaid episodes

My Bride Is a Mermaid is an anime series adapted from the manga of the same title by Tahiko Kimura. Produced Gonzo and directed by Seiji Kishi, the series began airing on April 1, 2007 on TV Tokyo in Japan. It follows the adventures of Nagasumi Michishio, a young man who is saved from drowning by a mermaid named Sun Seto. In an attempt to avoid being sentenced to death, the Seto family decides that Nagasumi and Sun are a married couple. The series adapts the first 28 chapters of the manga series, which leads into an original, self-contained story arc for the remainder of the season.

Episode list

The episode titles are related to titles of movies and novels.

No.	Title	Original air date
01	"The Yakuza Wife" "Gokudō no Onna" (極道の妻)	April 1, 2007
Nagasumi Michishio, a teenage boy, is saved by the chivalrous mermaid Sun Seto while drowning in the ocean off the coast of Seto Island. Mermaid society rules are strict, being that Nagasumi and Sun are forced into marriage if both are to stay alive. Little does Nagasumi know that Sun's mermaid clan is in fact a yakuza organization.
02	"The Lord of the Ring" "Yubiwa Monogatari" (指輪物語)	April 8, 2007
Nagasumi enjoys his first date with Sun at the Bon festival. However, most stalls are operated by the Seto Gang. Later, Nagasumi soon finds out that Sun's legs revert into a tail when she is splashed with water, therefore he must protect her by desiccating her legs.
03	"The Island Closest to Heaven" "Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Shima" (天国に一番近い島)	April 15, 2007
Nagasumi and Sun get to spend a whole day alone on a deserted island. However, this proves to be a trap meant to eliminate Nagasumi. It is revealed that the notorious assassin of the Seto Group as well as a longtime friend of Sun, deemed Maki "the Conch," is after his life.
04	"It's Tough Being a Man" "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" (男はつらいよ)	April 22, 2007
Sun, along with Maki, follows Nagasumi back to his house in the city, where she is to live with him and his parents. However, Nagasumi is forced to live in the attic, relinquishing his bedroom to Sun and Maki. Moreover, Nagasumi and Sun come across Mawari Zenigata, leader of the Disciplinary Committee, who is a childhood friend of Nagasumi.
05	"School in the Crosshairs" "Nerawareta Gakuen" (狙われた学園)	April 29, 2007
Sun and Nagasumi attend their first day of school. Sun's parents, Gōzaburō and Ren Seto, as well as the Seto Gang, all pose as teachers at their middle school. To make matters worse, Nagasumi's friend, Hideyoshi "Chimp" Sarutobi, falls in love with Sun. Nagasumi must survive constant attacks from his new so-called teachers.
06	"Faibles Femmes" "Ojō-san Ote Yawaraka ni" (お嬢さんお手やわらかに)	May 6, 2007
After the Class Rep accidentally spills water on Sun, Mawari notices Sun's tail, coming to the conclusion that Sun is a fish. She continues trying to splash Sun with water in order to verify her theory, but Nagasumi protects Sun, while at the same time trying to save Mawari's life from the mermaid code of law.
07	"V (The Visitors)" "Raihōsha (Bijitā)" (来訪者(ビジター))	May 13, 2007
Nagasumi runs into a celebrity pop-star idol named Lunar Edomae. However, her mermaid form is haphazardly revealed to him. In turn, Lunar plans on making Nagasumi her slave forever. Nagasumi later ascertains that she is a childhood friend and rival of Sun. Lunar soon makes a plan to settle the score with Sun once and for all. This results in the middle school being divided into factions between the popularity of Sun and Lunar.
08	"Duel" "Gekitotsu" (激突)	May 20, 2007
The situation at school keeps escalating, and even Maki is hurt in the process. In order to avoid total war, Nagasumi constructs a scheme to settle everything in a singing competition between Sun and Lunar, with Nagasumi himself being the collateral.
09	"The Running Man" "Batoru Rannā" (バトルランナー)	May 27, 2007
Nagasumi's life only gets more hectic with the arrival of Kai Mikawa, a handsome, rich, but agoraphobic merman, who insists that Sun is his profound fiancée. Mikawa transfers to the school and challenges Nagasumi for Sun's hand in marriage during the sports festival.
10	"Pumping Iron" "Kōtetsu no Otoko" (鋼鉄の男)	June 3, 2007
A man perceived by his immense strength and overwhelming endurance, later recognized as Lunar's Papa, stalks Nagasumi and nothing can get in his way. Nagasumi tries to tell his friends, but initially no one believes him. Eventually Nagasumi runs into Mikawa and they both start running for their lives. Sun eventually finds Nagasumi and attempts to prevent Lunar's Papa from attacking him. Ultimately, Gōzaburō ensues a hand-to-hand combat with Lunar's Papa. This episode is a slight parody of Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Total Recall.
11	"Armageddon" "Arumagedon" (アルマゲドン)	June 10, 2007
After Sun and Lunar go on a diet, Gōzaburō buys her all sorts of presents to help her out, including some special mineral mermaid water that energizes and gives strength. But many problems arise when Nagasumi drinks it by accident, not only giving him the powers of a merman, but also growing him to gigantic proportions. Everyone eventually chips in to help reverse this process.
12	"A Slave of Love" "Ai no Dorei" (愛の奴隷)	June 17, 2007
Sun and Nagasumi's mom leave the house to go shopping for groceries, leaving Lunar alone with Nagasumi. Lunar aims to make Nagasumi tutor her, since she is failing all her subjects. It is then that Maki witnesses the two seemingly flirting with each other, even though they both deny having feelings for each other. Lunar then accidentally spills water on her legs, converting her in mermaid form. Unfortunately, Lunar's Papa shows up just as Nagasumi finished drying her rear end to revert her back, thereby giving the wrong impression. Ultimately, Nagasumi's life is spare after Lunar confesses her newfound feelings for him, and, in turn, Nagasumi winds up being engaged to Lunar.
13	"Love Story" "Aru Ai no Uta" (ある愛の詩)	July 1, 2007
Nagasumi is taken back to Lunar's house where a wedding ceremony is going to soon begin. Moments before Nagasumi is meant to become her husband, Nagasumi voices his disapproval of a false wedding, and promptly refuses to continue with the wedding. Suddenly, Sun appears and voices her disagreement with the wedding as she uses her sword to defeat Lunar's guards and announce her love for Nagasumi. In the end, Sun and Lunar work together to persuade the alliance between the two yakuza families.
14	"Koneko Monogatari (The Adventures of Chatran)" "Koneko Monogatari" (子猫物語)	July 8, 2007
Nagasumi finds a kitten and brings it to school. Nagasumi soon discovers that Sun, Lunar, and Maki are all morbidly ailurophobic. He later assumes that Gōzaburō suffers the same fear, but he soon learns that most mermaids are relieved of this fear when they are older. However, this is not applicable in Gōzaburō's case, due to a tragic experience as a child. Knowing this, Nagasumi decides to make this into an advantage. It becomes unbearable when Gōzaburō pulls the fire alarm, sending all the students outside on school grounds.
15	"What's Your Name?" "Kimi no Na wa" (君の名は)	July 15, 2007
Nagasumi, Sun, Lunar, Mawari, Chimp, and Mikawa go on what is supposed to be a double date. As Nagasumi goes to get a juice ordered by Lunar, he accidentally bumps into the Class Rep in an intersection, whom he doesn't recognize. It is now known that the Class Rep has a crush on Nagasumi. Nagasumi accidentally steps and breaks her glasses lying on the ground so she doesn't recognize him. After she gets new ones she recognizes Nagasumi and runs away. As soon as he catches up and asks her name she runs away again saying she will tell him the next time they meet.
16	"Minority Report" "Mainoriti Repōto" (マイノリティ·レポート)	July 22, 2007
Akeno Shiranui, a mermaid examiner, has come to record and observe mermaids that cannot coincide well with humans, sending them back to their origin. Sun must overcome her own fear, trying her best not to fail the examination, as Akeno constantly scrutinizes her every action and reaction.
17	"Cops vs. Thugs" "Kenkei Tai Soshiki Bōryoku" (県警対組織暴力)	July 29, 2007
Defeated by Akeno, a group of delinquent lords follow her around, which misleads Mawari into believing Akeno was also a delinquent. In order to protect the society, Mawari decides to go all out against Akeno. Meanwhile, the Seto Gang also plot their own plan against Akeno. Though Sun finally convinces Mawari to rethink of the situation, the unstoppable clashes has already begun.
18	"Gate of Flesh" "Nikutai no Mon" (肉体の門)	August 5, 2007
The whole class takes a sudden field trip to Kyoto. After an incident where Maki attacked Akeno, Sun apologizes to her, but Akeno issues her interest in Sun's mermaid body and asks her permission to investigate them at the bathroom. Unbeknown to them, Nagasumi and Mawari misheard this conversation and issue an investigation of their own.
19	"There's No Business Like Show Business" "Shō Hodo Suteki na Shōbai wa Nai" (ショウほど素敵な商売はない)	August 12, 2007
After the attempt to separate Nagasumi and Sun apart from each other collapses, Akeno undertakes a mission to foil Nagasumi by forcing him to gulp down a mermaid beverage, which will release mortals of their strongest desires, thus forcing Sun to break away from Nagasumi. The plan falters, however, when everyone except Nagasumi partook of the drink.
20	"A Better Tomorrow" "Otokotachi no Banka" (男たちの挽歌)	August 19, 2007
Lunar's Papa searches for ways to express his love and cheer up his precious daughter when he accidentally spots a bishōjo game from a search engine. Armed with his newfound knowledge, Lunar's Papa convinces Gōzaburō about learning the significance of a daughter's heart with the bishōjo game as a resource. However, things begin to get out of hand when they both embark on cross-dressing, causing havoc within the school.
21	"10 Things I Hate About You" "Koi no Karasawagi" (恋のからさわぎ)	August 26, 2007
Nagasumi receives a love letter from the Class Rep and becomes instantly overjoyed, as it is his first love letter he has ever received in is life due to lack of popularity. Maki confiscates the love letter from Nagasumi's pocket, and Lunar recites it aloud for all to realize. After Ren finds out that Nagasumi only wants to be more popular, she gives him a sample of a potion to temporarily solve the issue. However, this causes all females who see him to fall in love with him and all males who see him to develop envy against him.
22	"Privilege" "Kizu Darake no Aidoru" (傷だらけのアイドル)	September 2, 2007
Lunar induces Sun to help play a role of her lover as part of a soap opera. However, Sun goes overboard and eventually ceases from her role-playing. Afterwards, Lunar applies to be in the parlor trick competition and has to practice ventriloquism, using Maki as her puppet. However, Akeno tries to prevent Lunar from going to competition as a precaution that Maki might be revealed.
23	"The Man Without a Past" "Kako no Nai Otoko" (過去のない男)	September 9, 2007
Believing Masa was an acquintance of her older brother, Akeno asks Masa about her brother's whereabouts, but Masa had lost his memories before joining the Seto Gang. Gōzaburō then reveals to Nagasumi that Akeno's brother is actually Masa himself. While unaware of this fact, Akeno intends to punish her brother for his irresponsibility, forcing Nagasumi to protect Masa using any methods available. Gōzaburō forces Masa into a comatose state, in which he is able to recover his memories about his sister.
24	"Farewell, Friend" "Saraba Tomo yo" (さらば友よ)	September 16, 2007
Mikawa has an embarrassing problem about himself that he wants to keep a secret from others, inasmuch as a blemish on his backside. However, Chimp passes by the hospital where Mikawa had gone to pick up his medication, and eavesdrops on the doctor and nurse, mistaking they were discussing about how Mikawa has an incurable disease. This drives Chimp to inform the others. Heartbroken yet dumbfounded, they all try to give Mikawa the best time of his life during his final yet unforeseen moments.
25	"The Family Game" "Kazoku Gēmu" (家族ゲーム)	September 23, 2007
Nagasumi and Sun have a quarrel, questioning the status of their relationship. This leads to nonchalance for each other. Meanwhile, the Seto Family and Gang are summoned to a reception hosted by an aristocrat named Yoshiuo Minamoto, incognizant of the pitfall in store for them. It is shown that Akeno is an accomplice with Yoshiuo.
26	"Antwone Fisher (The Place Where You Go Home To)" "Kimi no Kaeru Basho" (きみの帰る場所)	September 30, 2007
Nagasumi, Lunar, Chimp, and Kai proceed to rescue the Seto Family and Gang. As they infiltrate the estate, Nagasumi learns that Yoshiuo is planning to marry Sun, using vulgar actions such as drugging her first, much to his dismay. Akeno, realizing the wrongdoing she has caused, decides to fight against Yoshiuo. The Seto Family and Gang manage to bail out and participate in battling Yoshiuo's personal army, joined by Kai, Lunar and Lunar's father. Nagasumi collides with Yoshiuo in an attempt to save Sun, originally overpowered at first. But with the power of love and self-respect he receives from Sun, Nagasumi is able to defeat Yoshiuo. Not only does he expose Yoshiuo's mermaid form, a disgustingly fat catfish, but he also tells Sun he loves her and asks her to stay with him forever, to which she happily accepts. The anime ends with Nagasumi and friends returning to a normal day at school, surprising some with his more "manly" persona, as Sun is wearing a ring given to her by Nagasumi on their first date like a wedding ring.

OVAs

#	Title	Original air date
1	"Jin" (仁)	November 28, 2008
A new semester begins where Nagasumi, Sun and the others are third grader seniors. Everyone got into the same class except Nagasumi got sent to the eighth middle school, class zero where in a classroom full of delinquents. Unable to cooperate with his new class, their homeroom teacher Shark Fujishiro plans to make a killing spree session on his first day of homeroom. Meanwhile, a new student has come to Sun and Lunar's class who turns out to be Lunar's Papa who is dressed in a female middle school attire along with an apron. This disgusts Lunar and makes a whole ruckus in the class. When Seto Gozaburo asks them to quiet down, Lunar's father tells him to not interfere and the two start a fight. Lunar and Sun leave to find Nagasumi and get him back to his seat to clear their situation. The second half of the episode features Nagasumi and Sun going on a date to the cinema to see Chivalry Death 4 starring Bunta Willis (clearly modeled on the Die Hard series), they meet Satori, Chimp's younger sister, who is also a fan of the movies, and she takes an instant dislike to Nagasumi. Nagasumi ends up rescuing her from the cinema after it catches fire from a crashed petrol tanker, in true Hollywood action movie style, much improving her opinion of him.
2	"Gi" (義)	January 30, 2009
The first half of the episode has Shiranui working in a maid cafe to pay off the damage she did to the store. Sun, Mawari, Satori and Lunar offer to work there also, and a 'competition' begins between the four. At the end, the store is destroyed again. The second half of the episode starts with a flashback scene from when Sun was a child, playing with her friend, and they make a promise. Then, Lunar and Nagasumi are watching a horror movie in the house while the others are out. Lunar freaks out and a zombie girl appears in the house. A few things happen, and the so-called zombie girl tells Nagasumi that 'It's all your fault.' The next day at school, she appears again and attacks all of the students except Lunar, who cowers in the corner. Sun returns and finds that the zombie girl is her childhood friend, Saturn. Saturn leaves, and they make a promise once more.

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