Rumiko Takahashi Theater: Mermaid Forest

Note: The TV series consists of 11 episodes (the remaining 2 episodes, "Mermaid's Scars," were not broadcast due to their content and are included only on the DVD). The young girl Mami has been raised by an old woman in a mansion within a small village since childhood and is now fifteen years old. Youta, a young man who has been searching for mermaids, finally arrives at this village. The elderly women of the village surround Youta, stab him with harpoons, and throw him into a cave. However, Youta does not die. Having discovered a mermaid corpse, Youta reappears at Mami's home, fights off the old women, and carries Mami as they flee together. Inside the cave, Youta removes the shackles that Mami had worn all her life. He also tells her that he became immortal after eating mermaid flesh in the past, and that he heard if he could find a mermaid, he might be able to return to being an ordinary human...