Mermaid melody

Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch(shortened to Mermaid Melody) is a manga created by Mitchiko Yakote and Pink Hinamori. This manga was inspired by Hans Christan Andersen's tale The Little Mermaid. The story is about a mermaid named Lucia falling in love with a surfer named Kaito after she retrieved her pink pearl whom she entrusted to him seven years ago after rescuing him from a shipwreck. The manga has been adapted into two anime series. The first is Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch. The second is a sequel named Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure comprising mostly of filler episodes and additionally both anime are light-hearted, The manga was darker and more brutal.