Episodes 1–7
The Foundling by the Sea
An abandoned mermaid baby is taken in by a mother and daughter in a seaside town, and the household slowly learns the girl is not ordinary.
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The story
The short version. Fantasy, 40 episodes on YourChannel. An abandoned mermaid baby named Aria is unexpectedly adopted by a mother and daughter in a seaside town. Her tears magically transform into pearls.
The premise is a magical-orphan setup with a dark center. Abandoned as a baby, the mermaid Aria is taken in by a mother and daughter in a seaside town, and the quiet miracle of the household is that her tears turn into pearls. That gift is meant to be a secret, but the adoptive mother discovers it and realizes she can profit simply by making the child cry.
The series runs 40 episodes in English, with the opening stretch playable on the official YourChannel player. That opening stretch covers the adoption, the discovery of the tear-to-pearl secret, the adoptive mother's exploitation and Luna's decision to rescue Aria; the sea-god thread promised by the title belongs to the later arc, which this page leaves to the show.
The conflict in the opening arc is therefore domestic rather than romantic at first. The adoptive mother deliberately engineers Aria's suffering to harvest pearls, and a fierce fight over who controls the precious treasure breaks out around the girl. The kind-hearted Luna, who shares the household, is the one character who cannot stand watching Aria hurt, and it is she who decides to act on her own.
Series facts checked against the YourChannel listing. Notes cover the opening episodes only; nothing here reveals the ending.
