In the Name of the Mermaid Princess started out as a simple manga about prejudice and discrimination but stands out with its lovely cast. In a world with humans fairies and half humans Mio is the princess of a human supremacist kingdom. What the people cant know however is that Mio is halfmermaid so she is forced to stay in her room while shes given drugs to suppress her mermaid form until she can finally marry a prince shes been writing letters to since forever. This and that happens and she ends up fleeing and going on a big adventure full of drama action friends and foes. What starts out as a simple metaphor for racism homophobia and more quickly proves itself to be way more complicated than that and transforms into a story about traditions past grudges and suffering. In the name of the Mermaid princess is not just about saying that humans and halfhumans shouldnt hate each other it bleeds way deeper by going into how that hate came about and how it stays alive. For 7 entertaining volumes Mio meets all kinds of people and shares every emotion possible with them learning to control her powers as a mermaid but also to learn about her responsibilities as a princess and her moral obligations as a living being. The most important part however comes towards the last volume because that is when Mio finally sees why humans fear the others and has to make difficult decisions that will have an effect on the entire world. I like this manga a lot and have read it physically instead of online because Ive had my eyes on it for a while and my sister ended up buying the first 5 volumes so you know and havent regretted it one bit I think it couldve gone on for a bit longer if parts of some countries had been explored for a bit longer some of initial premises were also completely thrown away but that was okay especially since its the first work of the mangaka. The art is nice the extrachapters were fun and Im looking forward to reading more by Fumikawasensei.