There, Beneath the Water, Volume 1

An eerie manga that mixes fantasy and horror set in the countrysides of Japan. For fans of stories with lonely girls who crave affection and where the beauty is also the monster.

Everyone in town knows the story of the mermaid.

She lives in the lake, alone.

The townsfolk say she eats pets. They say she lures people into the water. They say she'll turn you into a monster.

But the town is peaceful. The town is happy. The water is sweet. No one ever leaves.

And as the lives of the town's girls ebb and flow around the girl called "Chitose," the mysteries of the mermaid in the lake drift to the surface, revealing something older, lonelier, and far stranger waiting just beneath the water...
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Content Warnings: Mature themes, references to animal death