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Inspired by a classic Joseon legend from Korea's first collection of unofficial historical tales, about a fisherman who capture and kidnapped a mermaid, this drama tells the love story between the son of a Joseon noble family named Kim Dam-ryeong (Lee Min-ho) and a mermaid he named Se-hwa (Jun Ji-hyun).When Dam-ryeong was a kid, he almost drowned but was saved by a mermaid. Following the incident, they became friends and Dam-ryeong named her Se-hwa, after his younger sister. They ended up falling in love, but one day Dam-ryeong was forced by his family to marry another girl. Devastated by the news, Se-hwa decides to leave Dam-ryeong forever and erased all his memories of her and their love. However, fate brings them back together and they tried to escape from humans who were going to separate them. Fearing that the same ill-fate that afflicts himself and Se-hwa will replay itself, Dam-ryeong sends an artifact to be discovered in the future to try and warn his future self. The fates of...

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    • Author: Opithris
    I don't usually go for fantasy type dramas, but this one looked intriguing, so I decided to watch it. I'm glad I did. It was very enjoyable. I like everything about it, and hated to see it end, as with most other Korean dramas. This one was not only fun and humorous, but also very cinematic. I even had fun with all the costumes and backdrops of the show. Nicely casted and great storyline. Watch it! You won't be disappointed.
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    • Author: Voodoolkree
    Basically I never see much TV series. Cause it's boring to me see all part day by day. But after watch Legend of the Blue Sea my thought was totally change about TV series. OMG! It's make me cry, make me Happy, make me angry, confused and different kind of feelings. Really really I love Legend of the Blue Sea. And thanks the Legend of the Blue Sea team to give us such a thing like that.
  • comment
    • Author: Faell
    Its a fantasy drama so of course its not real. Anyways, must watch!!
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    • Author: OTANO
    I was not a fan of KDramas until i watched this. Beautiful one!
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    • Author: Freaky Hook
    This series was the the most beautiful K-drama i have ever watched. I loved the idea of a mermaid in drama. It was so sweet and warm. And so happy. So darn, ****ing happy! This made love seem like the most beautiful and powerful thing in the world. Seriously, EVERYONE has to watch this!
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    • Author: Golkis
    Its been long I have been watching K drama . This movie plot is based on how a lost love story happens again because love finds its way. The story is based on the innocent love of a man and a mermaid . The actor Lee Min Ho and Jun Ji-hyun have justified their roles beautifully . I would not shy away saying I like Lee Min Ho, he is too handsome and his different movie character maked me fall in love with him again and again, kind of boxset boyfriend he is to me . Actress Jun Ji-hyun justifies the role of the mermaid. Her features and acting skill looks inncoent to justify a mermaid. The other character in the movie are well potrayed and acted. Its the negative character that maked the protagonist outshine the movie . The character Lee Ji-hoon played leaves a greater effect . The character Lee Hee-joon plays is well potrayed . The actor makes the best supporting role . Shin Won-ho , Shin Hye-sun and Hong Jin-kyung keep the movie light and humour effect makes it relaxing through the tough story line. In short the story line is very captivating and keeps glue to the end . Its a must watch . I can watch it repetitive times.
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    • Author: Kale
    I really enjoyed watching this drama. Their every episode made me laugh loud and feel warm romance. Lee min ho my love
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    • Author: Skilkancar
    My daughter and I loved it. So blessed to find romantic drama without vulgarity. Breath-taking scenary. It had humor and sentiment as will as intrigue. Good acting and interesting throughout.
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    • Author: Onath
    What was good -

    1. The drama started off as quite an interesting story - the con man's tricks, intrigues, crimes, getting-aways etc. adding a lot of tempo and suspense. But only in the first 5-6 episodes. Then everything slowed down badly.

    2. Some physiological moments in the beginning were well portrayed, eg.: - the mermaid following a man who does not even remember her, or trying to adapt to the world like learning to eat, etc. Was a promising beginning.

    What was bad:

    1. after 6 episode the drama slowed down badly, lost momentum, was dragging on and on.

    2. it felt like in the middle of the shooting the producers decided t target a different audience - high school girls. here the drama began to lose on its maturity, slipping into nonsense cheesiness. Also It felt like a copycat of romantic scenes looked up in other high-ranking dramas.

    3. the ending was extremely disappointing. Of course it had to end well, but possibly, avoiding all the typical romantic clichés and poor script logic. Was not intelligent or smart or interesting. Very predictable, have-seen-it already, too wordy.

    4. The whole film one kept asking oneself - why mermaid? Why so much "kids book" magic? It could have been an exciting story if the female lead had some other physical defect or maybe even a weird psychic ability. The drama was unnecessarily "childishly magical" making is hard to watch for more mature audience. Can imagine lots of high-school mermaid emogies and stickers, but featuring in leading life style magazines - probably not so much.

    All in ll, not a high flyer with western fans that usually prefer more realistic romance, higher tempo and more complex, intricate story lines.
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    • Author: Livina
    I can never understand why writers/directors always using cheap cliche coincidences by coincidences and misunderstandings in their movie storylines (like telp picked right after caller hanged up or long searched loved one missed only by 0.1 second in the corner street).

    It's like being lied by stupid kid, and of course you know that it's a blatant lie because well, the liar is a stupid kid who could not makeup a better storyline.

    I watched K-drama "Goblin", which was not that stupid and sometime even came up with a witty dialog.

    "Secretary Kim" was a bit cheesy but quite enjoyable with an excellent chemistry between 2 lead actors,

    also "You from other Star" with horrible acting of lead male actor (a supposed to be wise hundred years old creature portrayed as a smug/arrogant yet emotionally unstable rich kid),

    and "My Girilfriend is a Gumiho" and some more, mostly stupid cliched drama like this one.

    I guess I had enough with these dumb K-dramas.
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    • Author: Dancing Lion
    Good story with little or no loose ends. The characters are lovable and each arc was thoroughly explored and explained.

    Kudos also for such a good ending. Normally korean series often mess up their endings. But this one totally was satisfying. 10/10 :)
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    • Author: Perius
    I was skeptical about liking this show, but I loved it. I appreciated that it wasn't heavy on the side plots. And I loved that figuring out the past life story line kept me guessing.
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    • Author: Nahn
    It is a disappointment drama. Perhaps i ecpect too high with this subperb casting. I do not feel the chemisty of two top noted superstars. And the plot is not written well.

    Female lead is repeating the character of her role in My love from the star. Lee as a cheating and poor guy, is to me, unacceptable.

    A total disappointment. A complete waste of the cast.
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    • Author: Steelraven
    I watched the first few episodeds and was like 'meh' -especially because when the mermaid first reaches land we see lots of clichee's, it's very much been there done that- especially if you've seen Disney's version of the litle mremaid. Also, the mermaid is a bit annoying at the beginning but she gets better. Having said that, It was cute enough to keep me going and I'm glad that I did. It's a love story told well, the supporting characters are good, the acting is superb, and her tail is amazing. I really debated whether to give this a 7 or 8- because I did end up loving this show- but because of the so-so beginning which could potentially put you off I ended up with a seven.
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    • Author: DireRaven
    Interesting story, only too long... Legend of the blue sea is about a mermaid who fells in love with a con man, after meeting him in Spain, and decides to find him in Seoul. However, she had erased his memory beforehand and so he can't remember her. Meanwhile, the drama shows the love story between the two main characters in a different era and how they have now reincarnated into the present lovers. I divide this drama into three parts, the first one which is the interesting one, the second one which is the romantic one and the last one that was kind of boring and more family drama like. The plus points for this drama are the performances, especially from the leading lady. She was really good and funny pretending to be a creature from the sea learning the human behaviour and way of living. The chemistry, however, between the two leads was weak...The family drama was interesting and the step mothervillain was really the ideal villain type that you want to see behind bars. Of course, when the family drama started progressing, the romance and the mermaid affairs got the second lead. And though it was entertaining, the last few episodes could have been combined into one and that would have made this drama perfect. However, they just prolonged the story by adding constant flash backs again and again which was tiring. So, 6 out of 10.
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    • Author: Геракл
    After watching My love from Another Star... which was awesome... I wanted to watch some more Korean Drama Shows. But this one disappointed me. There are many shows better than this you can find on web. But if you love Fairy Tales/Mermaid Stories you can watch it.
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    • Author: Dellevar
    1. Technically, too many instances of different language subtitles superimposed over each other. Poor attention to detail which is needed for a good movie. 2. CGI and modeling of mermaid's tail all the way to the part that it was obviously covering breasts looked cheap, definitely not real (seamlessly no other parts associated with a living creature), and plainly poorly thought out. Another lost attention to detail. 3. Acting was robotic photo-op pretty - attractive actors doing little else than pose for the camera. Dialogue was inane. Nothing likable about characters and their behavior, ethics. 4. Script/story of last mermaid (how?) with makeup (lipstick, etc.) reincarnating on her own with help from a bracelet appearing hundreds of years apart was unimaginative children's tale fantasy. Most of the film is her contemporary adjustment to modern civilization (learning to speak; how glass doors can not be walked through, eating, etc.) which was rom-tragi/com TV series meant to be funny and/or tragic, and finally ends up boringly predictable. 5. Ruined another ancient Asian folk tale for the daytime TV series romantic demographic. They should have learned from "My Girlfriend is a Gumiho (Nine-Tailed Fox)".
  • Series cast summary:
    Ji-hyun Jun Ji-hyun Jun - Shim Chung / - 20 episodes, 2016-2017
    Min-Ho Lee Min-Ho Lee - Heo Joon-jae / - 20 episodes, 2016-2017
    Shin Won Ho Shin Won Ho - Tae-O / - 20 episodes, 2016-2017
    Jung-woo Choi Jung-woo Choi - Heo Gil-joong / - 20 episodes, 2016-2017
    Sin-hye Hwang Sin-hye Hwang - Kang Seo-hee / - 20 episodes, 2016-2017
    Hee-joon Lee Hee-joon Lee - Jo Nam-doo / - 20 episodes, 2016-2017
    Hye-Sun Shin Hye-Sun Shin - Cha Si-ah 14 episodes, 2016-2017
    Dong-il Sung Dong-il Sung - Lord Yang / - 14 episodes, 2016-2017
    Ji-Hoon Lee Ji-Hoon Lee - Heo Chi-hyun 12 episodes, 2016-2017
    So-Ri Moon So-Ri Moon - Ahn Jin-joo 12 episodes, 2016-2017
    Young-hee Na Young-hee Na - Mo Yoo-ran 12 episodes, 2016-2017
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