Gorae Byul

Synopsis

The year is 1926 in this retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid”, and Joseon is under colonial Japanese rule. Heo Sua is a handmaiden who spends her days working and swimming in the sea. Her work is her whole life, until one day, when she discovers a wounded independence fighter named Kang Uihyeon washed up on the shore. She nurses him back to health, only to lose her ability to speak in a botched murder attempt by Uihyeon’s comrade, Song Haesu. As she travels to the capital, Gyeongseong, to get revenge, she finds herself growing more and more intertwined with a strange, brave new world and the people within it. (Source: WEBTOONS)