It's a little late, but think of this review like a treat, that last bag of clearance-price Halloween candy on the shelf the day after. So let's take a look at one of Rumiko Takahashi's rare stabs at horror and one of her most underrated tales.
MERMAID SAGA (Ningyo Shirizu), by Rumiko Takahashi. First published in 1984 and first published in North America in 1994.
PLOT:
It is said that anyone who eats mermaid flesh gains eternal life. Yuta is all too familiar with this legend. 500 years ago, he was a fisherman who sampled the flesh out of curiosity. While his companions died or turned into monstrous fishmen, he became immortal. He has spent the centuries searching for another mermaid in the hopes of finding a cure, and his search eventually leads him to Mana. She is a young girl taken captive by an elderly group of mermaids in the hopes they can sacrifice her to regain their youth. The two of them escape, but this is only the beginning of their journey...
