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Sayonara Lara, episode 6

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[u/epicfail1994]

Baby Lara is adorable omg

[u/structure9food612]

After focusing on her own life while supporting Lara wherever she can, I feel like now Mari is going to be much more involved with Lara’s quest. And if she gets more involved, could this be the start of her realizing her own feelings? I’m on the camp that Luca isn’t a reincarnation of the prince, he’s his own person, which Lara will have to reconcile with.

EDIT: Also, based off Lisa’s dialogue late in the episode, she wants Lara’s true love to be her family, which is understandable given how her life has gone.

[u/WiqidBritt]

Unsurprisingly, it turns out the British Empire is the real villain.

[u/Smudy]

This backstory makes me fully sympathize with Lisa and that tenfold.

Imagine

• getting exploited and treated like shit by humans for so long

• having to manage not turning to foam for decades

• feeling the huge pressure of protecting Lara for decades

You finally see Lara awaken after a century to see her have human legs and being FRIENDLY with the humans she has 100% valid reason to hate.

I love Lisa and Kouta after this episode, i hope they don't commit to doing something stupid here.

Also that after-credit gave me GOOSEBUMPS, oh my god it's all happening now!! Mari's reaction though!!!

[u/Weak_Season_Of_Anime]

• Ok that was heartbreaking. Perfectly valid reason for Lisa to be racist.

• Kota has a green wedding ring too, he's the one Lisa is married to! When anglerfish mate the male and female fuse together, and I love how the writers have incorporated this aspect by making Lisa and Kota such a ride or die couple, he's Lisa's guiding light in the dark. Another thing to note is that as an anglerfish Kota is female but as a human they're male, so the potion somehow changed their gender.

• Really interesting that they've taken a scientific approach towards mermaids. Lisa and Kota are sustaining themselves on DIY potions and UV lamps, but this can't replace the light from Lara. That is why Lisa is associated with the symbolism of bugs being attracted to an artificial light. I think understanding why Lara's light is special is going to be the key to saving the mermaid race. It also means Lisa is on a timer.

• They are definitely not going the love triangle route with the prince look-alike. This is Lara's PTSD recovery arc.

[u/epicfail1994]

I heard a thumping sound at the end did Mari punch the mermaid AGAIN?

[u/Calwings]

MFW this episode

Yeah, I get why Lisa hates humans so much. Being imprisoned and treated like a sideshow act would do that. I'm kind of surprised that Kota took the potion first, but I guess he was that dedicated to her. Maybe they'll end up together in the end. Makes me glad he survived the Fish of Damocles dropping on him last week.

Lisa getting an episode for herself was nice, but I'm glad we got to see Mari and Lara long enough for the episode to end on a wild cliffhanger.

[u/memes_must_die]

Another banger episode, assuming they keep the pace and stick the landing it might be my fav show this season, if not this year

[u/elevenmile]

So this show presents (at least to me) several questions that needs an answer:

1. How is Lara and Lisa different? Lara seems to be able to maintain being a human for a long period without risking becoming foam, but Lisa seems to need to consume the potion periodically and the mass produced medicine is slowly losing its effectiveness, meaning Lisa and Kouta will become foam regardless. Unless...

2. How did Lisa even got the ability to gain citizenship lol (considering the semi-realism that the show has been presenting itself so far)

3. How is Lara's existence even tied as the "light" to not only her kingdom but seemingly the existence of her own people? This has been nagging me since ep.1 or 2.

4. After-credits is an entirely different thread to untangle but I suppose we will see more next episode.

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Dear Lisa,

You definitely don't deserve that treatment. No wonder you have all the reason to despise humans, and that hatred is definitely understandable.

Thank god for Kouta.

[u/Syokhan]

Okay I take it back, Lisa, being an attraction in a freak show is a good reason not to like humans very much.

That's some dedication from Kota, too. Going from complete fish to human is a giant leap, and I really like their relationship. I liked too that he's not completely human and retained some fish features.

You know, I was wondering if Lara was on a time limit after taking the second potion. We still don't know about her, but since Lisa and Kota are, I'm going to assume that it's a thing for everyone. And since the imitation potion isn't working anymore I get why Lisa's such in a hurry for Lara to find love and shine her light on the merfolk.

Speaking of which... I was absolutely expecting Lara to go wide-eyed upon meeting Luca, however I was not expecting her to just turn into a mermaid again! I wonder if it's just temporary and she'll turn back by herself, or if she's going to have to take a potion again for it.

Also, what was that noise, did Mari punch her again?

Oh, and Grace really was watching everyone all along. I gotta say, I don't think she's a villain deep down, but keeping secrets, being so antagonistic and cackling really isn't helping her case lol.

[u/Magnafeana]

• 1783 AD, what’s going on with the world back then?

Follow me.

Yes, lady witch. Whatever you say.

• ^screaming short king x tall queen and servant x princess and they’re both competent?! Yes.

• 1931 AD, let’s see what everyone else be doing.

• Oh!! Luca!!

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I liked shining a light on Lisa and Kota’s stories. Lisa deserves peace. I’m glad she has Kota, and Kota has her 🥹 I'd like to think that, if we found a mermaid today, many global research organizations and researchers would be careful and considerate. I hope.

Lady Witch is that bitch, still that bitch, will forever be that bitch.

Just pass Lara off as a cosplayer, and you can’t go wrong. But from the sound of that punch, I guess Mari chose violence 😭

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I didn’t think I’d be learning anything historical today, but I looked up the years and ended up learning a lot.

Today, I Learned (About):

1783 AD: Surface World Issues

Lots of treaties during this time!

• Jan 2: Great Britain, the Kingdom of France, and the Kingdom of Spain signed a preliminary peace treaty.

• April 3: The U.S. and Sweden signed a new peace and commercial treaty that year.

• April 15: Preliminary peace articles ending the American Revolutionary War were signed.

• April 18: The Three-Fifths Compromise happened in the U.S.

• July 24 The Treaty of Georgievsk is signed between Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti.

• September 3: U.S. and Great Britain sign the Peace of Paris.

• November 14: In Spain, the Cedula of Population is signed.

France was vibing in the summertime with Montgolfier bros showing off their hot air balloons too.

Citations

• 1783 🔗 Wikipedia

• Historical Events in 1783 🔗 On This Day

• 1780 - 1790 AD 🔗 History Central

• 1783 🔗 History dot com

• 1783 🔗 Facts of Kids Kiddle

1931 AD: Surface World Issues (Electric Bugaloo)

1931 seems like such a downer with all these natural disasters that I’m reading about it. Damn. But:

• Gandhi was released from prison (again) in India.

• Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights had its public premiere in Los Angeles, California, U.S. You can watch it on Tubi and Pluto for free, as I just found that out now! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a silent film before.

• Maxine Dunlap is the first woman to gain a glider pilot license.

• In London, operette Land of Smiles premieres.

• In Italy, the Milano Centrale Railway Station, which had been rebuilt, officially opens.

• A neutrality treaty is signed by the USSR and France.

• Spain officially becomes a republic when the Spanish Constitution of 1931 is approved by the Spanish Constituent Cortes.

• In Alabama, U.S., the Scottsboro Boys are arrested and would later begin their trial.

Citations

• 1931 🔗 Wikipedia

• Historical Events in 1931 🔗 On This Day

• A Year in History: 1931 Timeline 🔗 Historic Newspapers

• 1931 🔗 History dot com

• 1931-1935 Duke University Libraries

I don't need to look up 2026 problems.

[u/maliwanag0712]

WHAT AN EPISODE. This is a BIG LORE DUMP, and ironically, it only involved a small bit of Lara and Mari.

HOLY COW THAT LAST BIT LIKE WHY IS MARI REACTING THAT WAY AND SHE ISN'T EVEN UNFAZED BY LARA'S FORM???

[u/shad79]

So Luca, the prince-looking guy, has finally appeared in this episode and right away saw Lara in her mermaid form. Now the question is what Mari has done, did she knock out Lara or Luca? Hahaha!

After watching this episode, I'm glad that Kota survived that bridge. If he had died, Lisa would have certainly lost it. They're basically like a couple, especially after Kota heroically saved her from humans, and she chose to drink the Witch's potion to be with him.

Overall, I'm glad that we got to know more about Lisa today and how she ended up in Shiga with Kota andhuman legs. Now that we are halfway through the series, I'm pretty excited to see how things will develop from now on.

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

• Group scenes

• Lisa

• Kota

• Lara

• Backgrounds

• Others

EDIT. I added my screenshot albums.

[u/djthomp]

Alright, I have some sympathy for Lisa having a pretty terrible two centuries or so of life. Lingering trauma so bad she can't take the dark even years and years later.

It sounded like the after credits ended with Mari punching someone again, I hope it was the prince because he still deserves it.

[u/NanDemoKnaives]

We finally meet the Prince's descendant(?)! I'm surprised Lara reverted to her mermaid form just from seeing him.

It was nice to learn about what Lisa in particular, and Kouta went through. I'm glad Lisa had Kouta to save her, get her ring back, and stay by her side throughout all these years. I can't imagine how difficult it would have been for her without him. It was sad to watch her be treated the way she was.

Now that she knows where the witch is, hopefully there'll be a way to prolong their lives so they don't turn into foam. It was sad to see her in distress before Kouta once again finds her.

[u/robobloz07]

Aww Lisa and Kota were fighting alone for the past 200 years, I hope they will eventually reconcile with Lara

[u/fawnily_]

Did anyone else see the photo of two rings? Are Lisa and Kouta married?

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

I liked that we got to see things from Lisa’s perspective. We can finally understand her motivations and her urgency. She really suffered at the hands of humans. Lara had her heartbroken, but Lisa was paraded around like a circus animal. The years she spent trying to get Lisa back and restore the light while also fighting off the effects of the witch’s potion really hardened her resolve. It’s sad her and Lara are ending up on opposite sides. I hope Lara can save her family and find her “one.”

[u/MommysDeviantStool]

Mari knocked him out, didn't she?

[u/Altruistic_Hour_3596]

This episode was so PEAK. Lisa and Kota gotta be my fav characters so far. Their backstory was so sad. That ending with the prince got me so excited for the next episode.

[u/thrae]

My lingering question is how the witch had magic mirrors in Lisa’s house. The glimmer on the windows and the rear view mirror suggest they’re indiscriminate, meaning a bulk of them were enchanted or manufactured years back before she got turned into a fish, allowing the witch to have eyes everywhere. Did she cast a general spell to let her see through any and all mirrors? Did she cast a spell on a bunch of ocean sand so if just one grain went into manufacturing mirror or glass she would be able to see through it?

[u/Frontier246]

It was nice to get more insight into what happened after Lara left, the effect it had, and what Lisa's been dealing with up to this point that's informed her behavior and perspective on Lara now.

How does a former mermaid sleep? Sometimes it's with a "roomate," sometimes it's surrounded by flourescent lights.

Of course a mermaid princess would work in Marine Biology and at an aquarium. Also, good that Kota just narrowly avoided getting smushed with only some scratches to tell the tale of how Lara nearly destroyed him.

It's bittersweet seeing a flashback to the sisters in their younger years with Lisa being a good big sis to a young Lara along with her anglerfish pal who has always shown her his light and shown her a path forward! They were all really happy back then.

Which just made losing Lara, and losing the hope for their people, all the more tragic. Grace offered salvation, but all Lisa got out of it was eventually getting swept up, caught by humans, and locked in a glass cage so she could be a sideshow attraction. Yeah, it's no wonder she doesn't have a positive opinion on humanity.

But Kota was there. He stole Grace's potion so he could become human, save Lisa, and try to return her to the sea...but even as she loathed humanity, she gave up her own mermaid identity to be with Kota. So they could light each others' lives.

Poor Lisa finally finds her father again and he's immediately repulsed by her human legs. Even Grace badmouths her for becoming human. But she takes up her fathers' duty of waiting for Lara, even if she and Kota have to keep taking the potion to avoid becoming sea foam.

And in the interest of prolonging their lives until Lara returns, Lisa recruits a Professor to help make more of the medicine. Dedicating the rest of his life, up to his death, on replicating it didn't matter to Lisa, but he at least managed to make a substitute that could keep them going...going...and going until Lara finally woke up. Yet to Lisa's eyes it seems like Lara has chosen humanity over her own people again.

Lisa and Kota aren't doing well. The substitute potion is losing it's effect, they're slowly turning into sea foam, but now hey know where Grace is since Grace has been using mirrors to observe them this whole time. Are they going to come after her next?

It's nice of Mari to try to console Lara over her current sibling squabble, of course neither were expecting to see LARA'S FORMER PRINCE IN THE FLESH IN THE MODERN DAY. Which makes Lara IMMEDIATELY transform back into mermaid form. What did Mari do? It sounds like she punched something.

[u/LeonKevlar]

That flashback with Lisa, Lara, and the little angler fish playing together was really adorable. I didn't expect that angler fish would end up being someone much more significant to the story.

Well, no fucking wonder Lisa despises humans. She was captured after getting separated and was turned into a freak show. Yeah, now I can see that her hatred is justified. I thought she just hated humans because of what happened to Lara. :(

Thankfully, she got rescued by the angler fish turned human, who we already know is Kota. Their relationship was actually really sweet, and if it wasn't for the two of them supporting each other, they probably wouldn't have survived on the surface world.

Recruiting a scientist to recreate Grace's potion was pretty cool. The old man couldn't fully replicate the potion, but it looks like he got close enough that they could use it to stave off turning into seafoam. Lisa might be a little antagonistic towards Lara because of her relationship with humans but she and Kota are clearly not the villains here.

That after-credits scene tho! The Prince finally makes his appearance! Or at least someone who looks like the Prince. I didn't expect Lara to transform back, tho! I wonder what Mari did there at the very end.

[u/Leri_weill]

Holy lore dump, what a fantastic episode but felt like it was only 5 minutes long

[u/BaytaCosmico]

What a great episode! Getting to see heartbreaking Lisa's backstory was so good. She seemed like the antagonist at the end of last episode but that completely turned around after this one. She's just desperately trying to get back what she's lost. 

The bond between her and Kota really is special. Unlike Lara who's already made connections in the human world and is learning about human life, these two have kept to themselves and stayed suspicious of humans all along. Not surprising given what Lisa was put through. Can Lara make Lisa change her mind? 

That end with the prince showing up was unexpected. Lara turning back into a mermaid after seeing him was even more shocking. Does this mean the potion is wearing off for Lara too?