Manga like The Fish I Loved

Also known as Naega Saranghan Mulgogi, The Mermaid I Loved, My Dear Fishmen. Picked from what people who loved The Fish I Loved went on to love and from what they share with it, like Coastal, Work, Urban Fantasy. Show

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Dark Mermaid

Geomeun Ineo

2024, Manga, 66 ch, 80%

Yuri, Mermaid, Bullying

She just wants to start fresh so she can graduate in peace. She just wants to leave behind all the bad memories — her sleepwalking, the trauma from being bullied at school — all of it. She did everything she could to keep to herself, but the class president, Hae-On, just won't…

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Swimming Lessons for a Mermaid
2019, Manga, 101 ch, 77%

Both have Urban Fantasy.
Daytime Star
2021, Manga, 77 ch, 83%

The same kind of story: korean office rom-coms.
Run Away With Me, Girl
2018, Manga, 19 ch, 81%

Yuri, Josei, LGBTQ+ Themes
Goedame Tteoreojyeodo Chulgeuneul Haeya Haneunguna
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Both have Work, Urban Fantasy.
Whale Star: The Gyeongseong Mermaid
2019, Manga, 106 ch, 83%

Both have Coastal.
To Drown In You
2024, Manga, 89 ch, 79%

Yandere, School, Tragedy
My Bias Gets on the Last Train
2024, Manga, ongoing, 86%

The same kind of story: korean office rom-coms.
See You in My 19th Life
2020, Manga, 114 ch, 82%

The same kind of story: korean office rom-coms.
Selfish Romance
2024, Manga, ongoing, 81%

Heterosexual, Fake Relationship, Primarily Adult Cast
Welcome to Rose Manor
2025, Manga, 67 ch, 82%

Full Color, Female Protagonist, Long Strip
A Good Day to be a Dog
2017, Manga, 92 ch, 79%

The same kind of story: korean office rom-coms.
Maybe Meant to Be
2022, Manga, 132 ch, 79%

The same kind of story: korean office rom-coms.
This Monster Wants to Eat Me
2020, Manga, ongoing, 81%

Both have Coastal.
Unholy Blood
2020, Manga, 93 ch, 79%

Both have Urban Fantasy.
A Business Proposal
2018, Manga, 124 ch, 79%

The same kind of story: korean office rom-coms.
Sayonara Lara
2026, Manga, ongoing, 88%

Both have Coastal, Urban Fantasy.
The Dawn to Come
2023, Manga, 69 ch, 81%

Heterosexual, Female Protagonist, Full Color
Ctrl+Alt+Resign
2025, Manga, ongoing, 80%

The same kind of story: korean office rom-coms.
Gokurakugai: Trouble on Third Avenue
2020, One-shot, 1 ch, 77%

Both have Urban Fantasy.
Miss Pendleton
2025, Manga, ongoing, 83%

Royal Affairs, Female Protagonist, Historical
Weathering With You
2019, Manga, 13 ch, 77%

Both have Urban Fantasy.
Positively Yours
2020, Manga, 82 ch, 81%

The same kind of story: korean office rom-coms.
Knife in Her Heart
2019, Manga, 208 ch, 75%

Female Protagonist, Full Color, School

Anime for fans of The Fish I Loved

Goodbye, Lara2026, TV, 12 eps, 76%

Nichijou - My Ordinary Life2011, TV, 26 eps, 83%

ODDTAXI2021, TV, 13 eps, 85%

Neon Genesis Evangelion1995, TV, 26 eps, 83%

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju2016, TV, 13 eps, 84%

NANA2006, TV, 47 eps, 85%

Made in Abyss2017, TV, 13 eps, 84%

Ping Pong the Animation2014, TV, 11 eps, 86%

About The Fish I Loved

2023, Manga, 60 ch, 70%

Yana Jeong, a typical girl, runs into a strange man who’s out of breath during one of her part-time jobs. Little did she know that this was Kai Shim, the son of the CEO of a large jewelry corporation called Inoroo, who also happens to be a merman. Yana coincidentally runs in Kai again when she ends up working as a waitress at his birthday party, where a series of accidents lead to the two of them meeting each other again. Will Yana be able to keep up with these unexpected events happening one after another?

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