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ぴちぴちピッチ [Pichi Pichi Pitch] #3

Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch, Vol. 3

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DEEPLY IN LOVE AND DEEPLY IN TROUBLE!

Mermaid princess Lucia Nanami has survived several villainous attacks, that also threaten her fellow princesses, her relationship with her beloved, Kaito, and the health of the seven seas! When the evil Gackto captures one of Lucia’s allies, she has no choice but to gather a rescue party and head to the deepest part of the ocean to confront her enemy. But in the deep-sea castle that is Gackto’s fortress home, the magic of the princesses’ pearls won’t work. How can a girl survive in the enemy’s lair with no more powers than those of a normal teenager?

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

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6,266 reviews329 followers
May 3, 2012
This remains a guilty pleasure series for me. I like it because of the mermaids, but I know that I wouldn't be half as into it if they were, say, angels instead.
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148 reviews
August 19, 2024
Aparecen las hermanas bellezas negras y las princesas Sara,Karen,Noel y hasta Coco🤭
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262 reviews2 followers
June 29, 2025
Le drama omg 😭
Gakt quel homme mdr
Kaito qui change de personnalité
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1,740 reviews77 followers
November 15, 2025

Review for complete series

Mermaid Melody is probably one of the more internationally successful magical girl manga series out there and I apologise to all its fans: I think it's a dreadful manga. That being said, I'd like to stress that this is strictly referring to the manga rather than its anime adaptation. While I have not seen the anime, I can well imagine that it has smoothed out some of the bigger issues I have with this series and it's certainly not the premise that is bad. But before I get into details, I have to ask: who on earth thought Wet and Wonderful is a good marketing slogan for this?

Magical girl series are a little unrealistic and formulaic by nature - one needs to let go of some disbelief. But there are nonetheless many great series out there that own this genre; classics such as Sailor Moon and more recent ones that give it a bit of a modern spin like Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Between the classics and the new, there seems to be this niche of series that didn't manage to add anything new and thus didn't age well. Mermaid Melody helps itself to everything known in the magical genre and somehow manages to amplify everything in the worst way possible.

As a premise, we have mermaids that can quite conveniently take on the shape of humans. Their kingdoms are being attacked and they have to band together to eventually defeat whoever is causing all the havoc. We start off with Lucia, naturally, she is the pink mermaid. It is beyond me why she lives in Japan in human disguise, attends school and runs a bathing house. Let's call it plot convenience. Other mermaids pop up one by one to join the ranks and they're all spending a jolly good time as humans. Even when they are underwater, they seem to spend more time in human form than their true mermaid one.

Villains pop turn up in every other chapter, one more ridiculous than the other. Their ultra-evil plan is silly at best and easily thwarted: the mermaids win by singing songs. These action sequences, if they can be called such, consist of a page or two where the mermaids say a cheesy line about love conquers all and we're to assume their magical singing has saved the day. To stay true to the magical girl pattern: Lucia falls crazy in love with the first guy she sees and must keep her true identity a secret. But fear not, the young man has plenty of secrets of his own, the villains are actually sympathetic and love and friendship save the day.

None of this is new, and none of this is in and of itself bad. The problem lies within the execution and that already starts off with absolutely horrible pacing. It takes as little as 15 pages for the story to cover the prequel, the basic premise, the introduction of the main characters, the meeting of the love interest, their first argument and events just trip over each other left and right. The scenes jump around like crazy which makes every single interaction and reaction of the characters wholly unbelievable. It was hard to feel anything for this story that was just moving around at a crazy speed resulting in undying emotions that I fail to grasp. This isn't even what I would call insta love, there is zero build-up in any of the romances or friendships, everything just happens. Characters are conveniently always at the right place and time.

One of my biggest issue with this series is the stark over-sexualisation. Magical girls are typically very young - Lucia is only thirteen years old but looks a good deal older physically. It's not unusual that they are made to look more mature, I also never thought that Sailor Moon looked like fourteen, but it's the treatment of it here that I find rather appalling. There are countless sexual allusions and so many panels where for whatever ridiculous reason Lucia's clothes come undone and she's naked in front of a crowd. Her love interest is constantly making remarks and giving hints. The mermaids themselves keep talking about being or looking sexy. I just kept shaking my head thinking these girls are hardly even teenagers! The worst part was the soda drink, though. I can't decide whether it was idiotic or lazy writing - maybe both? Lucia visits her love interest while he is sick. She helps herself to a can of soda and forgets that mermaids become drunk from soda. I don't even know where to start: is Lucia that stupid that she'd forget it? It's like saying a thirteen-year-old would forget beer is alcohol. But the concept itself is what really gets me: it's so absurd, I think I prefer vampires that sparkle in the sun. And of course, this was only a means to an end to get Lucia to jump into bed with the guy and press herself against him - breasts-and-all. This scene was not sexy, it was absurd and given their age rather disturbing.

I also took a lot of issues with the art. Don't get me wrong, the art is actually pretty cute. If you like shoujo style with big googly eyes, this might be for you. I love shoujo style so I'm certainly not put off by the style overall, strictly speaking, this is just my cup of tea. But I'd have to say that the artist was extremely lazy. There are plenty of panels and artworks that show that she can draw very nicely. But more often than not, the proportions are bizarre and completely out of place. I spent a good deal of time wincing at the weird angles of limbs or distorted faces feeling disappointed because I knew full well that the artist could have done a lot better.

I know I had a lot more on my mind as I was reading this - I already didn't like it much a decade ago but this reread only seems to have made it worse. It is cliché upon cliché, awful pacing, characters without any depth, inappropriate sexual content given the age group and lots of content that had me speechless with its stupidity. I apologise again to those who love this series but I do not share your sentiment. It may seem surprising that I am still giving this a two-star rating. I'm probably being generous here but I do see this working rather well as an anime version and I do like the mermaid premise and there are some pretty cute designs. But goodness me, the plot needs a rewrite and either the characters need to be given some extra years on top or please save the sexual contents for an office romance or something.
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125 reviews6 followers
September 9, 2024
Este tercer tomo ya no se parece tanto al anime. Si que es cierto que tienen lugar los mismos acontecimientos como por ejemplo que capturen a Karen, que esta le eche en cara a Rina que por su culpa Gaito capturó a Noel, la canción que Taro le dedica a Sara, cuando van al castillo de Gaito a salvar a Karen y Noel... Son los mismos acontecimientos pero narrados de distinta forma al anime. En principio tenia miedo de que esto sucediese y no me gustase, pero debo decir que este nuevo enfoque me sigue gustando igual.
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Profile Image for Maria Canet.
71 reviews
August 25, 2022
Soc tonta i continue sense saber llegir manga, però m'encanta. Això sí, cada volta es més porno xd.
Que traguen el 4 ràpid per favor.
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170 reviews9 followers
August 23, 2022
La subjetividad no va con este manga, porque cada vez que abro sus páginas me hace revivir esos momentos de ponerme delante de la televisión en cuanto escuchaba la canción del principio.

La trama se está complicando cada vez un poco más y yo LIVING. Ganas de seguir con el siguiente 😍
Profile Image for Yoyomaus Die Büchereule.
2,222 reviews31 followers
October 30, 2019
An Luchias Geburtstag boomt das Geschäft im Cafe des Perlenbades. Als die Mädchen Hippo, ihren sprechenden Pinguin nicht finden können, machen sie sich auf die Suche nach ihm und finden ihn prompt in seiner menschlichen Gestalt. Dem Pinguin ist es nicht mehr möglich sich zurück zu verwandeln, da er schon zu lang an Land lebt. Während sich Hippo in ein Mädchen verliebt, muss er bald feststellen, dass es sich bei ihm um ein Meeresungeheuer handelt. Gemeinsam mit den Prinzessinnen stürzt er sich in den Kampf.
Und auch Kaito ist immer wieder für eine Überraschung gut, denn wieder einmal lässt er Luchias Gefühle Achterbahn fahren, denn an ihrem Geburtstag hat er etwas ganz besonderes für sie vorbereitet. Als die beiden schließlich zu einem Surfwettbewerb fahren, muss auch Kaito feststellen, dass Luchia für andere Jungen nicht ganz uninteressant ist. Sein Kampfgeist ist geweckt. Und auch Luchia setzt alles daran, dass sie einen Wettbewerb gewinnt, denn die Siegerin darf den Sieger des Surfwettbewerbes küssen. Und dann müssen sich die Mädchen auf den Weg in Gakutos Palast machen, um die anderen Meerjungfrauen zu retten.

Auch dieser Band überzeugt wieder durch seine niedlichen Szenen und seine zuckersüße Geschichte. Zwar ist auch hier der Handlungsablauf wieder sehr schnell und oft kommen Fragen auf, doch das ändert nichts an den wunderbaren Zeichnungen und das Herzblut, dass die Autorin in die Geschichte verwendet hat. Die Geschichte lädt erneut zum träumen ein. Ein wahr gewordener Mädchentraum.


Taschenbuch: 192 Seiten
Verlag: Heyne Verlag (1. Juli 2005)
Sprache: Deutsch
ISBN-10: 3453595076
ISBN-13: 978-3453595071
Originaltitel: Mermaid Melody - Pichi Pichi Pitch
Größe und/oder Gewicht: 12 x 1,7 x 18 cm
Profile Image for Hatsumi Chinami.
49 reviews
January 10, 2022
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Okey... OKEY.

Me explotó la cabeza.

Ahora, se está tornando más diferencia entre el manga y el anime. Ya que, a partir del capítulo 13 del manga. Las cosas van a ir tomando por su propio camino. Ame demasiado este volumen. MAS LA ESCENA DE KAITOxLUCHIA ES QUE LLORO A MARES CON ESTE SHIPP.

Híjole, no se que le pasa a Coco al final del tomo. Pero quiero saber que le pasó ;-;. ME DEJAN EN EL SUSPENSO. Y Sara es más cruel en el manga. AJFI3NCIWNXOSNZOQND9ENC8. En el anime al menos tiene un poco de empatía jajajajajan't.

Definitivamente también la aparición de las hermanas belleza negra; es de mis favoritas. Aunque también la desaprovecharon para este tomo. Quiero ver más escenas de esas dos por qué si no, me cortó una galleta oreo sin sabor.

Vale, que dejo mi fangirleo y descansaré un poco de los mangas. Nos vemos ^^
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Profile Image for Noelia Querino Paniagua.
70 reviews3 followers
July 27, 2022
¡Me está encantando! 😍
Me he percatado de que la historia es bastante distinta al anime, no por lo ocurrido, ya que todo –o la gran mayoría al menos– lo que aparece en el manga aparece en el anime. Sin embargo, los hechos ocurren en distinto orden, lo cual en alguna ocasión me ha chocado un poco. 🙃
Ya ha aparecido Sara y, por supuesto, Karen. Además de la corte de los Panthalassa, la cual ya ha desarrollado la historia a todo lo que puede verse en el anime, por lo que espero que a partir de ahora se vea más allá. 🥰
Los ilustraciones siguen siendo, por supuesto, preciosas. 😍 Sé que es algo que siempre digo, pero son las únicas ilustraciones que no me canso de ver, por ello mi insistencia. 🥰
Luchia y Kaito siempre me llegan al corazón. ❤️
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168 reviews7 followers
August 29, 2022
Le pongo cuatro estrellas porque son las Pichi, pero este tomo lo he visto bastante flojito... Y es que su mayor pega es, a mi parecer, que le faltan páginas. Las escenas parece que estén incompletas y, lo he dicho ya anteriormente, si no fuese porque he visto el anime iría muy perdida... 🥺
Como las escenas parecen estar incompletas siento que le falta coherencia a la historia.

Por otro lado, el manga sigue siendo más adulto que el anime, pero no tiene escenas +18, simplemente es un poco más spicy en algunas escenas. 😌

¡Aun así lo recomiendo! 🤭
Aunque si no habéis visto el anime, sería muy buena opción verlo a la vez que se lee el manga, para enteraros bien de qué va la historia 🤩
Profile Image for Eva.
139 reviews7 followers
August 14, 2023
⭐4'5⭐
Qué chuloooooo. Me encanta estar leyendo estos mangas, porque literalmente estos personajes son mi vida.
Cómo me gusta (a la vez que me sorprende) que este manga difiera tanto con el anime. Vemos cosas nuevas, vemos otras facetas de los personajes.
La relación de Kaito y Luchia va viento en popa, muy a diferencia del anime, que va lenta y no interesa tanto. Aquí tienen tensión, y es de agradecer. Y Kaito no es tan imbécil.
El rescate de Karen: un 10.
En general, mañana me leeré el tomo 4. Solo tengo una pega: salta de una escena a otra rápido. Si no hubiera visto el anime a lo mejor no estaría siguiendo el hilo tan fácilmente.
Profile Image for Hadala Gil.
49 reviews4 followers
August 7, 2022
Como los anteriores tomos, este me ha encantado. Diría que me ha gustado incluso más que los anteriores ya que hay más diferencias que en el anime y además está muy bonito.

No he podido evitar leerlo en una tarde, lo coges y no lo quieres soltar. Además, siento que aquí son más graciosos y podemos conocer más a algunos personajes que en el anime no detallan mucho.

Deseando que salga el cuarto tomo, es una pena que salga cada dos meses 😢 pero bueno… ¡a finales de Septiembre lo tendremos!😍

Mis ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5) a este tomo
Profile Image for Mariah.
614 reviews4 followers
November 30, 2016
I'm trying to find manga that I like. I guess I'm really picky. I really liked Attack on Titan!

Anyway, I picked this up because it had to do with Mermaid Princesses. However, I was really disappointed. I basically finished it so I could finish it. I didn't really understand the story all that well.

I wouldn't recommend.
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7,169 reviews133 followers
August 2, 2020
Son successe un sacco di cose in questo volume e questo ha fatto sì che la mia valutazione si alzasse. Continuo a pensare che la storia sia un po' confusa e ci sono un paio di cose che ancora non mi sono chiare.

Però la storia si fa leggere. Anche se Kaito sembra un ragazzo di trent'anni per quanto è maturo e non un adolescente.
Profile Image for Gólem Biblióvoro.
23 reviews
March 11, 2025
Es mi saga de manga y anime shōjo favorita junto con Sailor Moon. He estado toda la vida queriendo leerla y al fin la han traducido al español. Supera todas mis expectativas, es mucho más picantona que el anime y te permite comparar las cosas que quitaron del anime y, por otro lado, el relleno que le metieron.
Profile Image for Sofía Quiroz.
46 reviews
April 10, 2025
Este tomo me ha encantado, especialmente por los dibujos. Me parecen preciosos, con muchísimo detalle y expresividad. Además, me emocionó que por fin aparezca la historia de Yuri y Hippo, que llevaba esperando, y también el desarrollo entre Sara y Tarō. Cada página se siente más intensa y la magia se respira a través de las páginas… Con ganas de seguir leyendo 💚
Profile Image for Hannah.
130 reviews9 followers
August 19, 2017
Is this a 3.5? A 3? Who knows! The usual problems of the series remain, but the plot has picked up even more, and the result is a read that's both more interesting and still frustrating. In the end, I'm feeling generously enough towards it to rate it a 4 instead of a 3.
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171 reviews2 followers
August 11, 2022
Ya al fin se entre ve quienes son todas las sirenas, y tengo muchas ganas que desvelan todos los secretos que existen.

Aunque me encanta el manga, me siguen faltando las canciones, tomó su ausencia entre los enfrentamientos ya que se siente un poco en saltos 🙃
Profile Image for Ade Fraser.
551 reviews
August 31, 2022
Ya estamos todas como quien dice!! Wow que montaña rusa de tomo! Pasa de todo y cosas muy interesantes, van bastante más rápido que en el anime.

Por otra parte, Luchia y Kaito van avanzando...solo falta que ate cabos🤭
Profile Image for María Carroza.
166 reviews1 follower
October 4, 2022
La relación de Kaito y Luchia no me puede gustar más. Ya me estoy haciendo a leer al revés, y este tomo me ha encantado. Me siguen faltando las letras de las canciones, sobre todo la de las hermanas belleza negra (villanas favoritas de siempre).
Profile Image for Acacia Weber.
338 reviews3 followers
June 22, 2020
I really wished I liked this more. It's getting interesting, but there isn't enough to make it any better than the Shoujo of that era
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7,033 reviews23 followers
September 16, 2021
Gakuto kidnaps Caren and Noel. The princessess travel to his castle to get them back.
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118 reviews1 follower
August 6, 2022
El que más me ha gustado hasta la fecha. Los dibujos son preciosos y la trama aún más.

Luchia y Kaito >>>>>>>>>

¡Estoy deseando que salga el cuarto!
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