#Echizen crab

[jasmine7031]

I just love that! Echizen crab is amazing. I enjoyed sashimi and shabu-shabu.

[summary-cooking]

料理トリビアのまとめ #0015

[cooking256]

越前蟹 北陸の郷土料理

越前蟹（えちぜんがに）は、福井県の特産品であり、越前海岸や能登半島周辺の水域で獲れるズワイガニのことを指します。越前蟹は、身が豊かで甘く、特に足の身が評価されています。 越前蟹は、その身のぎっしりと詰まった特徴的な形状や、旨味のある身が特徴で、冬季に水揚げされます。身の詰まり具合や味の良さから、高級なカニとして珍重され、贈答品としても人気があります。 一般的に越前蟹は、そのまま茹でて食べるか、蒸して調理することが一般的です。身が引き締まり、旨味が凝縮されるため、茹でるか蒸すことでカニの旨味を最大限に引き出すことができます。 また、越前蟹の身は刺身としても食べられ、酒の肴（さかな）や贅沢な料理の素材として楽しまれます。越前蟹を使用した寿司や天ぷらなど、様々な料理に利用され、その上質な身の旨味を堪能することができます。 冬季に旬を迎える越前蟹は、福井県を訪れた際には、地元の新鮮な海の幸を味わうための絶好の機会となります。

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Echizen crab Local cuisine of Hokuriku

Echizen crab is a specialty of Fukui Prefecture, and refers to snow crab caught in the waters around the Echizen coast and Noto Peninsula. Echizen crab has a rich and sweet flesh, and its legs are particularly prized. Echizen crabs are caught in the winter, and are known for their characteristic, tightly packed flesh and delicious flavor. It is prized as a high-class crab due to its firmness and good taste, and is also popular as a gift. Echizen crab is generally eaten boiled or steamed. Boiling or steaming the crab can bring out its full flavor, as the flesh is firm and the flavor is concentrated. Echizen crab meat can also be eaten as sashimi, and is enjoyed as an accompaniment to sake and as an ingredient in luxurious dishes. Echizen crab is used in a variety of dishes such as sushi and tempura, allowing you to enjoy the flavor of its high-quality crab. Echizen crab is in season during the winter, making it a great opportunity to sample fresh local seafood when visiting Fukui Prefecture.

[hst432]

恐竜王国 ふくい

[nebulacritter]

my skinny king <3

[roxannevomitsrainbows]

Let him out

[miphotosblog]

Tōjinbō II

Following on from my last post, it struck me that one can either return to a location and see all of the changes, not help but make comparisons to how things were (for good or for worse), or the location remains exactly how you left it. It’s usually the manmade world that will change the most in a period of 10 years, though natural disasters and erosion can also drastically impact the natural world, of course.

Walking around Tokyo, much is the same as when I lived there, somehow now over 10 years ago. Differences are that the number of foreigners has increased dramatically, there are far more western and Chinese tourists all around Tokyo. There are more queues for “attractions”, or rather, places of social-media “interest” (i.e. places that everyone saw whilst doomscrolling instagram, and decide they must take a photo at this location, or make “content” for reels and shorts. Tokyo’s opening hours have also changed due to the pandemic and things are either slowly recovering, or we are now in a “new normal” (i.e., they’ve changed). I think it’s the latter, that we will not return to many situations “pre-covid” as it marked such a huge shift in many countries around the world. The rest of Japan still has the tourist influx – a special shout out to Kyoto 京都 – but for those brave enough to venture out of the smartphone-recommendations, there’s a lot more to explore.

I am aware of some of the irony in having a photography blog when I so clearly chastise social media and those running from location to the next to post the next photo/video. I suppose many of the locations we visited were either completely sporadic or at the very least did not come from a list derived from an “influencer”. I guess there’s nothing wrong with learning about places or finding out things from social media, but it does feel much more satisfying to stumble upon something using methods a little more “old school” (word of mouth, simple maps, etc) and take out your camera accordingly.

So, these rocks have looks like this for thousands of years. For hundreds of years, this location has unfortunately been a famous suicide spot in Japan (there are many). Interestingly, the game *Pokémon Go* has been credited with drastically reducing suicides (all around Japan) as people are using their phone cameras to locate the Pokémon in the augmented world, and I guess if you’re so low that you’re going to kill yourself, you don’t really want to have a load of people filming you. So, there’s a big plus for smartphones.

It’s unsurprising that something that’s been here for *millions of years* looks the same as when i saw it almost exactly 13 years ago. Perhaps the surface of the rocks has changed ever so slightly, but I couldn’t tell you. I have a different camera, though. My eyes are worse, but the camera is better. Go figure.

I first came here en route to a field location for a research lab I was visiting with my colleague, and one thing I did notice, is that the surrounding shops were far less numerous, and far less busy. I felt a little sad for the locals here - they rely on crab fishing and tourism, with the latter probably peaking in the 1980s. No new buildings have been made since the 1960s or 1970s from what I could tell, and upkeep stopped in the 90s. This is the case for much of rural Japan, as much of the domestic tourism has completely dried up and people now fly to Korea, Southeast Asia, or China for their holidays.

Tōjinbō (東尋坊) is a series of cliffs on the Sea of Japan in Japan. It is located in the Antō part of Mikuni-chōin Sakai, Fukui Prefecture. The cliffs average 30 metres (98 ft) in height and stretch for 1 km (3,281 ft).[1] The area is part of the Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park.

The cliffs have an official website, and much like everything else, the way the Japanese “do the internet” is very… Japanese. Which is a polite way of saying that Japanese websites are pretty awful to look at, but, and it’s a crucial but, they are heavily text-based and have good readability (if you read Japanese). This is not something that can be said for the general “western” internet, which has large images, slower loading times, big amounts of data etc, all to look “modern”. I guess the Japanese thought, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. On the other hand, we can see the copyright for that website is 2002-2006, which tells you everything.

This post marks the first post written entirely on my iPod (iPad Pro, 13” M4). It’s quite an interesting journey, starting on this very trip to Japan. I got the iPad to edit photos on the go, and to use for blogging. Mission accomplished! Though it has been a somewhat painful journey. I would have saved myself an awful lot of time if I would have purchased a MacBook Air instead, but there are reasons—aren’t there always? Firstly, I have a 12” MacBook. It has an i5 processor, and is great for its diminutive size and weight, truly. The 13” iPad and Magic Keyboard are larger and heavier by quite a margin. Where the iPad wins, is a) touchscreen and pen, b) raw computing power. The M4 chip is underused in this machine, but it means that there’s never any lag, that editing 62MP, 150 MB RAW files is fast and trivial. Opening them on the little 12” MacBook I’ve not tried. The time i will save editing photos and blogging on the iPad will make up for the setup time. Secondly, the new MacBook Airs are great machines and very capable, but ironically they’re somehow too big for me. Somehow that is a ridiculous statement, as the iPad 13” is the same size and weight, with the keyboard. But there’s the hook—the iPad can be just a screen, and last days on its battery. The catch with that hook? iOS. A great software, no doubt, but quite clunky when it comes to coding and programming, or when the user wants to “get things done”.

There are some very good workarounds, and some clunky ones. In another post, I will detail the process, as well as share my iOS Shortcut that allows me with one click to publish a post directly from my minimalist and distraction-free editor, *[Bear](https://bear.app)*. I’ve used Lightroom for over a decade, and though I am now a user of the iOS app, the desktop version is the better software. The things with the iPad, is that you have the Apple Pencil (Pro, yay) which was one of the main reasons I wanted to go into this rabbit hole in the first place. I can import RAW files directly into the iPad and edit them *on the go* rather than wait until I get home to the Mac. This is great when travelling, and the idea was that I would blog “on the road”. That completely failed, as it’s January 2025 and the photos here, bar one, are from October 2024. Small steps, I guess.

The big news, the gherkin under the bun, is that after 13 years I am leaving Squarespace. The costs have crept up year after year, to my current plan which will now be just under $200/year. That was the straw that broke the camel’s back. There are many other reasons I am leaving Squarespace, which I will go into at length, but in short I have migrated my entire website over to GitHub. This was not a painless task, and took many hours. Then I needed to find a way to write posts for the blog, which is quirky enough when using GitHub but is almost comical when using an iPad, which is basically a large iPhone. The good news is that the excellent software Working Copy is a fully featured GitHub client. After playing around with it a little I very much enjoyed it, and decided to buy the app for its reasonable price, as I can use it for more than just my own website. The aforementioned Bear app was to be my editor of choice when writing on the iPad, and so I needed to somehow get my markdown Bear notes into Working copy. So after lots of online searches and trials and errors, and many hours, I had my shortcut up and running, so that I can “share” the post to the workflow, and within about 10 seconds, the post is published online*. Text is converted as required, images are resized and pushed to the repository, and there we go. I still have to figure out two things: 1) comments, and 2) likes. Likes are less important, but thank you for liking! Comments, I may use Disqus. I have a few regulars to the blog that will often comment, and it means a lot to me that people do enjoy the photos and ramblings, or find them useful, or want to discuss things further. I’ll need to build the functionality into the new site, but we’ll get there.

The kicker with this setup is that Apple could break all this functionality with a simple software update. Either I can avoid the software update (rolling back iOS is very challenging), or find other solutions. The good news is that unless things change drastically with GitHub, my site will remain there, hosted for free, and I can then find another solution. Editing directly will always be an option, but using a WYSIWYG editor is intuitive, so I would rather work like this if possible.

That wraps up the post. I have lots more photos from Japan to publish, as well as from elsewhere. I’ll also be taking photos this year and posting them. I will aim for a minimum of 1 post per week. I know that it’s important to be consistent in life, with anything really, and this really is the case for a blog. It’s no good if you land on a blog and see no posts for 2 years, or if posts are every few days, then a few months gap, etc.

So, until next time!

*actually the post is then pushed to GitHub and it takes a few more seconds to process.

[konradnews]

Echizen Crab" fishing season is now open and cash back is offered for accommodation. Echizen Mikuni, a dinner course to enjoy tagged live crabs

The vacation village Echizen Mikuni (15-45 Saki, Mikuni-cho, Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture) has put on sale an overnight stay plan that offers a dinner of tagged “Echizen crab” and an extremely attractive course, which was released on November 6. Prices start at 52,850 yen per night with two meals (per person per room on weekdays), and the sales period is from November 7 to March 21, 2025 (except…

[merfolkotd]

merfolk of the day: echizen from merman in my tub

[stormyrainyday]

all of this and CRABS. CRABS. CRABSSSSSS WERE ENOUGH TO KILL ECHIZEN WHAT THE FUCK DUDE

genuinely how the FUCK did Ryo survive being crushed under the volcano it has me genuinely crashing out in my fic rn

[jigglywater]

i forgot..... how stupid tetsuyas backstory is 😭😭😭😭😭

[mach-speed-spin]

Rating Beyblade Metal Fusion + some games drip

1) Long ass post

2) 2/10 here is equal to a 6/10 irl

3) Original season 1 here, V-Force here, G-Rev here

4) Characters that kept the same design over multiple seasons are listed under the debut season (ex: Gingka is here but not in the Masters)

5) All mfb games released prior to Metal Masters with original characters I can easily find images for on the wiki are included

Gingka: 6/10. The scarf and headband are what elevate this design

Kenta: 3/10. Almost a background character

Blader DJ: 7/10. I love everything about his design. He 100% looks like someone who could get me hyped about the end of the world (and he did)

Osamu: 2/10. Background character

Takashi: 2/10. Same as Osamu

Akira: 3/10. He looks a little better

Benkei: 5/10. Cool jacket with the bull on the back and a cool beanie with a bull design on the side

Face Hunter A: 3/10. Great for a background character, but a background character design nonetheless

Face Hunter B: 5/10. He looks like a guy in the earliest stages of making a Jotaro Kujo cosplay

Face Hunter C: 4/10. I like the shirt

Face Hunter D: 4/10. I like the tank top

Face Hunter E: 6/10. I love that jacket and he looks better than some main characters

Kyoya: 7/10. I love the ripped coat and ripped crop top

Madoka: 4/10. Her design is kinda neat

Doji: 4/10. It’s an evil purple business suit

Young Tetsuya: 3/10. Pretty basic

Tetsuya: 5/10. I love the cape with a crab cutout

Flirty Tetsuya: 4/10. I like the ponytail but would prefer is he kept the cape

Nigel Crabcakes: 7/10. Fucking amazing. Tetsuya larping as British (also I couldn’t find any images online)

Echizen: 3/10. Basic character, which works for a background character but still not great

Taraba: 3/10. Same as Echizen

Young Hikaru: 2/10. Designed like a background character (like regular background and not the Facehunters)

Hikaru: 5/10. I like it. It’s pretty cool

Supika: 3/10. She looks kinda plain

Katol: 3/10. I like the facepaint but that’s it

Pre-Gemios Dan: 3/10. Very muted colors and a somewhat generic look

Dan: 5/10. I like the jacket and I like the arm warmers

Pre-Gemios Reiki: 3/10. Same as Dan

Reiki: 5/10. Same as Dan

Ryuga: 8/10. I love jackets being worn as capes. I love how he makes a tiara look so badass. I love the gauntlet

Possessed Ryuga: 9/10. He loses the cape but veiny muscles + face marks + his face stretching to like if you put a dragon skull in a human head

Ryo: 7/10. His outfit is just Gingka’s but better

Hyoma: 4/10. It’s stylish but doesn’t have anything special going for it

Hokuto: 2/10. That’s a weird ass dog but I like the headband

Yu: 4/10. It’s just alright really

Tsubasa: 10/10. This is just personal bias because this is exactly how I want to look. Also, have this image taken from his debut scene

Tobio: 4/10. Mainly for the eyepatch/visor

Kumasuke: 4/10. Nothing special (except for the fact that Benkei joked about Doji having a merch store and Kumasuke proves it’s probably true)

Kumata: 3/10. A downgrade from Kumasuke

Kumaji: 3/10. Same as Kumaji

Sora: 7/10. I love sleeveless jackets

Ryutaro: 6/10. The makeup makes it work

Phoenix: 10/10. I love the hang glider coat. I love the mask. I love the boots. Easily one of my favorite designs

Teru: 7/10. I love that jacket (side note but watch the scene in episode 34 where he meets Gingka and tell me the ost there is not one of the best of the season)

Django: 6/10. He’s practically a background character yet he gets such a good cowboy design

Kazuki: 3/10. He’s almost a background character but I like the beanie

Yui: 1/10. Absolutely nothing going on

Busujima: 8/10. Cyberpunk Waluigi wearing spiked arm (shoulder?) bands and steel toed boots

Reiji: 6/10. His clothes are plain until you look right below his belt. Also snake eye hair clips

Nemea: 7/10. Very stylish and I love the necklace

Van: 7/10. I love the spikes and the chain belt

Aegis: 5/10. He’s simultaneously a 10 and a 0

Crow: 5/10. I like the coat

Hajime: 3/10. Really no sense of fashion

B-Killer: 10/10. I love every part of this giant robotic design

Rochi: 4/10. I like the jewelry but that’s it

Tsuyoshi: 4/10. Some of it works. Some of it doesn’t

Kai: 4/10. That necklace makes it work

Kouki: 6/10. It looks good and the earrings complete it

Asami: 3/10. Practically a background character

Hellbeyd: 4/10. Looks good but nothing special

Kakeru: 4/10. It’s camouflage but more can be done with it

Mamoru: 4/10. Kinda plain, but that gauntlet does look good

Mariko. 5/10. Good, but more detail would be nice

Rina: 5/10. You can’t go wrong with a cat girl but at the same time she’s nothing standout

[donuts4evry1]

hi, im doing some pokemon esque monster designs for fun (game concept design, not serious, more just "hehe funny amnimals") and all of them have alt designs/species. i would like jellyfish reccomendations!!!

In honour of the

compass jellyfish

I just posted about, I'd like to talk about it in a more coherent fashion!

It's a type of "sea nettle," which has the distinct shape most people think of when they think of jellyfish.

Other than those cool looking stripes, it's pretty normal except for the fact that it's a sequential hermaphrodite (which, despite some opinions I've seen online, is quite rare for a Schyzophoan jellyfish). After maturing into a medusa, it is a male- but eventually, as they grow older, it will develop female gametes. Females will also provide shelter to the planula, rather than simply leaving them behind like other species of jellyfish.

I think the stripes could potentially be a fun design choice, by the off chance you decide to use this. It seems to be one of the kinder species (despite having a nasty sting), so I could see this being a fairy type :).

Next up we have the “Egg Yolk Jellyfish,” similar to such species like the “Lion’s Mane” and such.

It’s cute :), but it also mainly predates on other sea jellies (or so the Monterey Bay Aquarium leads me to believe).

It also has a symbiotic relationship with larval crabs, offering some food/protection/mobility in return for the crabs eating the parasites :). I imagine this species could be like mantine and remoraid (also the idea of crabs being on top of/inside of jellyfish is absolutely adorable to me hehehe), perhaps a flying type in reference to this? Mobility stuff

There isn’t much information on this jellyfish (at least, not individually)- but I’d like to present to you the “Brown Banded Moon Jelly”:

It is pretty much similar to the A. aurita, minus the distinctive brown band lining the bottom of its bell (and usually prefers the colder seas). In principle alone, it’s almost like a variant of what we consider “normal” moon jellies to be. Perhaps a ground/water type just for the mental image the brown might conjure?

Next up is “Nomura’s Jellyfish”, or echizen kurage, as it’s known in Japan.

Not only is it considered the largest cnidarian (growing up to 2 meters tall and weighing over 400 kg), but it’s also a bit of a menace- replicating in immense numbers and being an overall menace to the japanese fishing industry.

Naturally, it also has a nasty sting. Because of course it does. The japanese have tried to find uses for it by trying to make it commercially available as food, though that venture didn’t work (it’s still sold as ice cream tho :>, take that Vanillite!)

I’m not sure what kind of variant this could be, but I’m sure it would make a fine inspiration for a jellyfish pokemon :) (and honestly it kinda reminds me of Jellicent thanks to its size)

I’d love to ramble more about different jellies (I’ve only touched the surface on the various shapes that they can come in) but I’ve definitely taken too much time on this so I think I’ll just end it off with a jellyfish that I used to revisit a lot but haven’t really talked about much, the “Cannonball Jellyfish” (Or the cabbage head jellyfish)

It’s pretty closely related to the likes of the Palau jelly and the Australian spotted jelly- though one aspect of this jellyfish really stood out to me:

It’s VERY big in the commercial jellyfish industry (for food, at least haha)- this one, at least, being Georgia’s 3rd largest seafood export (most of it going to Eastern and South Eastern Asia).

The name invokes the idea of grass type to me- so I feel like it could be one of those pokemon that happens to grow delicious food on it (like tropius or appletun). Perhaps a grass/water variant?

[mellythedork]

WHOOPS I drew these ages ago and never posted ‘em?? My bad. Well, since it’s Meg & Cass’s birthday, guess it’s fitting I do it now

Megumi was an OC I made “as” Megan, but she’s turned into something really special over the years. Not only does she feel like one of my staple beyblade OCs, but she’s wormed her way into one of my favorite AUs (the magical girl/boy AU) and even a completely unrelated RP!

As for the last image, that’s an older one, but obviously she hasn’t changed in design at all since then haha ^^

I don’t really know her story for normal beyblade-verse. She’s never existed in a solely beyblade world, actually. I know she meets Yuki pre-Fury and they help each other remember how to function as human beings. Pretty sure he has a minor crush on her. Beyond that, she’s been chasing Tetsuya, her twin, since he left home. But he’s pretty much cut her out of his life after the incident with Echizen, so even when she does manage to catch up to him, she doesn’t really get a chance to properly talk.

Magical girl Megumi is different depending on which ‘verse she’s in. Beyblade-wise, everything’s good and dandy, her magic functions as it should, and she’s always having to drag her brother out of harm’s way during fights just because she helped a crab one (1) time in front of him and now he’s like her biggest fan. This is pretty taxing on her not just because of the danger he puts himself in, but because they’re not close otherwise. He has no idea she’s Brambles, and she’s at the point where she’s not sure she wants him to. Otherwise she’ll likely lose the bond she’s finally regained with him.

Otherwise, in a hero/villain RP, her shadow element came from taking a dark energy attack and she fled Japan after feeling betrayed by her team as they were scared and didn’t know what to do about the changes that were happening to her. She currently lives in America and has semi-joined a team of low-level, no-civilian-injuries villains to keep the darkness satisfied while not losing her morals. She’s platonically dating one of the heroes, who also has shadow powers, and they help each other stay above the line and not let the darkness take them over. Eventually I’ll have her healed and able to retire for good. After that I think I might give her ghost sight as a remnant of what happened. Ghosts are kinda her thing no matter what ‘verse she’s in lol

Beyond that there are other differences, but wow this got long oops! I’ll cut it there haha.

[nebulacritter]

here are some other fandoms i'm in, and i haven't really talked about them.

Some pieces of media haven't been mentioned here, so that's why I'm going to do it right now.

Ratboy Genius

Say all you want about this series. We get that many of you think it's from "the weird part of YouTube", but I think it's strangely adorable in a way. The character concepts are really zany, the plots are cool, and the musical numbers are pretty silly! Ratboy Genius might look souless at first, but you'll see how wonderful it is if you get into it.

Merman in My Tub

This series is actually pretty neat, and no, it's not a BL. The characters are just friends, okay? I've watched the anime, and I've read one book of the manga, and I have to say it's also pretty silly. My favorite characters are Agari the shy shark and Echizen the mean ol' crab. I've always wanted to see an anime or manga where it's about a bunch of monster boys hanging out, so this is the right thing for me!

Mega Man

Ah yes. The Blue Bomber himself. I've known a lot about the classic series, but I love the other incarnations of Mega Man just the same. I love cool robot stuff, so of course would like Mega Man, right? Also, I tried to beat the original Mega Man games one time, but I kept on dying and dying. Poor me.

Yo-Kai Watch

No, it's not a Pokemon clone. Yo-Kai watch is amazing because I think the monster designs can get real imaginative sometimes! I hate to admit it, but I'm kind of a "genwunner" when it comes to this series; I'm not particularly fond of Shadowside or Academy Y, but I do like how Shadowside expands the lore. In my opinion, Yo-Kai watch is more entertaining than Pokemon, and maybe I should play one of its games someday!

Anything Osamu Sato related

LSD Dream Emulator, Eastern Mind, Roly Polys, YOU NAME IT! The works of Osamu Sato are psychedelic and mesmerizing, and I've even listened to a lot of his albums back then.

And thank you for reading all of this stuff.

[femalechibiblogger]

Tatsumi Character Bio (Merman in My Tub)

Age: 17

Occupation: High School Student; Part-timer at a liquor store

Family: Unnamed Grandfather (deceased), Unnamed Father, Unnamed Mother, Kasumi (younger sister), Hisatora (uncle), Unnamed Cousin

Likes: Octopus, steamed crab, cooking, saving money, entertaining guests, helping friends and neighbors, memories of his grandfather, teaching Wakasa and his friends about human things.

Dislikes: Slime, Wakasa acting spoiled, sleeping in the bathroom, Kasumi trying to seduce him, being in pictures, his grandfather’s things being broken, taking baths, swimming, Wakasa and his friends being in danger.

Voice Actor:  Nobunaga Shimazaki

Description

Tatsumi is the main, human protagonist of the anime and manga: Merman in My Tub. Tatsumi is a high school senior who lived alone until he met a merman named Wakasa. After Wakasa begins to live with Tatsumi in his bathtub, Tatsumi’s life becomes more lively as he befriends Wakasa’s mer-friends. 

Personality

Tatsumi is a kind and selfless person who often puts others before himself. Tatsumi is a responsible boy who acts very grown-up, as he often cooks and does chores at home, and he works part-time at his cousin’s liquor store. Tatsumi is the grown-up compared to Wakasa and the other mermen...despite them being much, much older than him. 

Though Tatsumi rarely shows emotions, there are times when he smiles or gets angry. When angry, he gives people a cold look if they did something that made him angry. When he is happy, he will smile and blush a little...which makes him look quite cute. Whenever Wakasa does something childish, like not eating green vegetables or throwing a tantrum, Tatsumi will act like a parent and scold him for it. 

Tatsumi appears to be quite skilled in many things such as cooking, cleaning, and making mud balls. However, he does not know how to properly treat a cold, or fix broken appliances. 

Tatsumi has a strong dislike for slime...especially Wakasa’s slimy skin. Tatsumi also dislikes baths and swimming, due to a traumatic incident as child: Tatsumi fell in a river and drowned while he was fishing (it was later revealed that Wakasa was the one who almost drowned him by accident). 

Relationships

Wakasa: Wakasa is a merman who Tatsumi found washed up on the riverbank. At first, Tatsumi did not know that Wakasa was a merman until afterwards, and allowed Wakasa to live with him in his bathtub. Wakasa disliked living in the river, and has no intention of leaving Tatsumi’s home. Wakasa is 200 years old (or even older than that), but acts like a child from time to time. Wakasa loves being spoiled by Tatsumi, and often has him cook meat and sweets for him. Wakasa is also quite feminine, as he loves bath products such as bath mix-ins and celebrity shampoo and conditioners. Because he cannot survive long out of water, Wakasa has to stay in the bathtub all day, since he will die if his body dries up. Because of this...Tatsumi’s water, gas and electric bills are often through the roof...much to his dismay. Wakasa tries to do something productive with Tatsumi everyday, and often feels bad for being a freeloader (though he cannot have a job since he is a merman, and he needs to stay in water to stay alive). Wakasa is very protective of Tatsumi to the point that, if Tatsumi is hurt, he will become very angry which will awaken some kind of power that allows him to control water (though he seems to be unaware of this power). It is revealed that, when Tatsumi was a child fishing at the river, Wakasa was caught on his line and almost drowned him. Wakasa got angry at the young Tatsumi and threatend him not to tell Tatsumi about his existence. After this incident, Tatsumi developed a fear of water and slime, and stopped taking baths and swimming. Neither of them remembered this until a year after they began to live with each other...though Wakasa attempted to change the story, but Tatsumi then remembered what had really happened. Tatsumi and Wakasa’s relationship can be described as being like a married couple. Though they are not a couple, they seem to sometimes act like one. 

Takasu: Takasu is an octopus-merman who has been friends with Wakasa since he was a child. Like Wakasa, Takasu can be a bit childish sometimes...but he is a bit more mature than Takasu sometimes. Takasu is very skilled with is tentacles when it comes to fixing appliances and electronics. For example: He quickly fixed Wakasa’s bathtub tv after accidentally breaking it. Tatsumi likes Takasu’s ability to quickly fix things, and is both amazed and annoyed by his artistic talents. When he first met Tatsumi, Takasu gave him a message using his tentacles, which he only gives to people whom he likes. Takasu lives in the river, but he often comes over to visit Tatsumi and Wakasa. Like real-life octopi, he loves small and dark spaces.

Mikuni: Mikuni is a jellyfish-merman and one of Wakasa’s friends. Because he is a jellyfish type, people thought that Mikuni was a ghost due to him being transparent. He is very calm and always smiling, and is shown to be a bit forgetful sometimes. Tatsumi likes Mikuni because he is very polite and friendly, and was worried when Mikuni said that he did not need to eat food. Because Mikuni’s body is 99% water, he will shrink if his body has not been in water for quite a while. Mikuni can eat solid foods, but he is embarrassed about it because the solid food he eats can be seen through his see through body. Mikuni’s body can separate and multiply into tiny Mikuni’s who act childish and mischievous. Because he is a jellyfish type, Mikuni can shock people with electricity...either on accident or on purpose. Tatsumi tends to spoil Mikuni because he is polite. Mikuni lives in the river, but 

Maki: Maki is a sea snail-merman who is also one of Wakasa’s friends. Maki first met Tatsumi after Tatsumi had rescued him from being kicked around by two boys. Because he is small, Maki is often depressed, self deprecating, and negative about his existence as a snail. He does not trust people so easily, probably due to being bullied a lot by creatures bigger and stronger than him. However, after being shown kindness by Tatsumi, he becomes more positive and cheerful...until Tatsumi called him ‘small’, which reverted Maki back to his original self. Maki often stays in dark places like his shell, so his eyesight is really bad and needs glasses in order to see (he actually thought that Tatsumi was Wakasa’s girlfriend before being corrected). Tatsumi feels both sorry for and annoyed with Maki’s negativity...but he still treats him kindly. Maki is shown to be quite shy and does, in fact, love the company of his friends. He loves having his shell scrubbed.

Agari: Agari is a shark-merman and Wakasa’s senpai. When Tatsumi first met Agari, he was scared of him due to him being a shark. But soon afterwards, Tatsumi saw that Agari was actually quite shy and sensitive, and that he also had difficult with communicating with others. Agari does not speak, because his voice, and the inside of his mouth, frighten people...so he communicates through body language (Wakasa often translates for him, but Tatsumi understands him somehow). According to Wakasa...Agari was the inspiration for many shark movies such as ‘Jaws’, ‘Sharknado’, etc. Agari is likely many centuries old, since he is older than Wakasa (who is hundreds of years old himself). Agari only appears on the manga.

Goromaru: Goromaru is a starfish-merman. At first, Goromaru was ignored by Tatsumi and Wakasa...even though he had been around for quite a while. Being a starfish-type, Goromaru can stick to the ceiling without falling, which he uses to change light bulbs in Tatsumi’s house. Goromaru thinks of Tatsumi as ‘cool’ and ‘manly’, and refers to him as ‘big brother’. Goromaru develops a crush on Tatsumi’s little sister, Kasumi...who often rejects his love confessions. Nevertheless, Goromaru never gives up on making Kasumi fall for him. Despite appearing to be the same age as Kasumi, Goromaru is actually far older than he looks...though he is not as old as Wakasa (this could mean that mer-people age a lot slower than humans do). Tatsumi treats him like a little brother, and often gives him his favorite dish: Oysters. Goromau often hangs out in Tatsumi’s bathroom with everyone else. Goromaru only appears in the manga.

Echizen: Echizen is a crab-merman and a long-time friend of Wakasa’s. Echizen appears to be quite protective of Wakasa, as he is often trying to get him to come back and live in the ocean with him. Echizen does not like Tatsumi, because humans did bad things to him and Wakasa many years ago. Echizen is quite sadistic, and believes that mer-people should not interact with humans. Despite this, Tatsumi treats Echizen as a guest and even helps him when he is low on calcium (crabs love calcium). Echizen and Takasu used to be friends when they were children...until they met Wakasa and began to fight over him (Wakasa was unaware that he was the cause of their friendship falling apart). After they were accidentally given a truth serum made by Tatsumi’s uncle, it was revealed that Echizen and Takasu wanted to be friends with each other again...though they tried to deny it. Echizen only appears in the manga.

Makara: Makara is a clownfish-merman/woman who Wakasa treats as a younger sibling. Makara is very shy around strangers, and does not like to interact with people they do not know. Being a clownfish-type, Makara can change their gender from male to female: Male around women and female around men. At first, Makara did not like Tatsumi when they first met. But after getting to know each other, Makara fell in love with Tatsumi and wanted to stay a woman for him. Tatsumi became embarrassed, and pointed out to Makara that he was underaged compared to Makara (who is already an adult). Makara wants to show Tatsumi their home...but is unaware that Tatsumi would drown. Makara becomes friends with Kasumi. Makara only appears in the manga.

Sosuke: Sosuke is Tatsumi’s best human friend and classmate. Sosuke is a kind and energetic person who often worries about Tatsumi. Sosuke is unaware that Tatsumi has a merman living with him, and instead thinks that Tatsumi has a foreign woman living with him (he found a long-blonde hair on Tatsumi’s clothes, which made him think that he was living with a foreign woman). Tatsumi appears to be Sosuke’s only friend, as he is not seen hanging out with anyone else. Sosuke comes from a rich family and has two older sisters, both who appear to dote a lot on him. He only appears in the manga.

Parents: Tatsumi appears to have a good relationship with his parents. They often worry about Tatsumi, because he is living alone by himself and has high bills for water and gas. Tatsumi does not wish to make them worried, and sometimes visits them during the holidays. They do not know about Wakasa or any of the other mermen. Tatsumi’s parents are often mentioned and heard in the manga, and only make cameo appearances from time to time.

Kasumi: Kasumi is Tatsumi’s sister who is 10 years younger than him. Kasumi is a little girl who loves her big brother more than anything else in the world, and even wants to marry him when she’s older. Kasumi becomes jealous if another girl is interested in her big brother, though she does not mind if her brother only thinks of girls as friends. Though Tatsumi loves Kasumi as a little sister, he does feel a bit overwhelmed by her from time to time. He wouldn’t mind of Kasumi had a crush on another boy, as he doesn’t want her to have a crush on her own brother. Kasumi found out about Wakasa when she came over to visit Tatsumi. At first, she thought that Wakasa was woman, and was even more surprised when she saw that he was a merman. Kasumi gets along with Wakasa, as they both have similar interests such as bath products and soap operas. There have been times when Kasumi thinks that Wakasa may be in love with Tatsumi, but she doesn’t see him as much of a threat due to his inexperience with love. Kasumi also knows about some of the other mermen, but hasn’t met all of them yet.

Hisatora: Hisatora is Tatsumi’s uncle and the younger brother of Tatsumi’s father. Hisatora is a science teacher who creates various bath products, hoping to attract women with them. Hisatora has Tatsumi test out the products, though Tatsumi really doesn’t want to. Unfortunately, Hisatora blackmails him by threatening to reveal embarrassing things about his young nephew from when he was in middle school. Hisatora’s bath products always backfire in various ways: Turning into quick dry concrete, making a person act like an infant, creating extremely thick fog, and even creating super sticky slime. One of his formulas turned out to be a truth serum, which made Takasu and Echizen reveal that they wanted to be friends with each other again. Hisatora often gets drunk and beaten up by women he tries to hit on, and is often called a ‘perverted old man’ by Tatsumi. Despite this, however...Hisatora cares a lot about Tatsumi, as he was worried about him living on his own. Hisatora thinks that Wakasa is a woman, and even accidentally saw that he was a merman. Fortunately, he was drunk and had no memory of Wakasa being a merman the next day. 

Cousin: Tatsumi has a male cousin who runs a liquor store, which is where Tatsumi works part-time. Not much is known about him, though he and Tatsumi appear to be close, since he allowed Tatsumi to work at his store. He appears to be a bit of a jokester and is pretty laid back. His face is never really seen, and his real name is never mentioned. He is from Tatsumi’s father’s side of the family, meaning that Tatsumi has an aunt or uncle who is his father and Uncle Hisatora’s sibling. 

Grandfather: Tatsumi had a close relationship with his late grandfather, who lived in the house that Tatsumi currently lives in. As a child, Tatsumi would go fishing and climb mountains with him every week. His grandfather had a lot of interests and hobbies, which is why Tatsumi’s house is filled with various, unused items. Tatsumi would often go to the summer festival with his grandfather, but stopped going after his grandfather died. Tatsumi’s grandfather died before Kasumi was born, meaning that he died when Tatsumi was 10 years old. He was the father of Tatsumi’s father and Uncle Hisatora. 

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