Strawberry Seafoam

by Bryan Golden

Frasei is a shy young mermaid who attends the prestigious Delphic Academy to learn sea magic. But everything changes when she discovers a unique calling!

Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Comics, Webcomic, Manga, Middle Grade

Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 2017

Reviews

[Tyler Gray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mermaids. Magic. Fantasy. Friends. Danger. Good messages. I enjoyed the journey with this webtoon.

[Anubha (BooksFullOfLife, LifeFullOfBooks) · Rating 4 out of 5]

A mermaid school, and a bunch of friends who fight ink monsters and the sea witch. The artwork just leaves you breathless.

[Khalida · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sailor Moon under the sea. Love, love, love.

[Gee Rothvoss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super sweet Webtoon! Sailor Moon, but make them mermaids (and mermen). Favourite character by far was Luisant, and although Frasei was your typical magical girl MC, she too was likeable and sweet. The art was really bursting with colour, and as the comic progressed, it just got better and better! All the transformations were amazing.

Even though the plot isn't anything mindblowingly new, it's still enjoyable, and I had a very good time reading this. It's 100% a comfort story now ❤️

[Dee · Rating 4 out of 5]

The art is really cute and elegant. This is "magical girls meets mermaids". The plot is kinda straight forward but could do with some subtlety.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Young mermaid Frasei is new to the elite Delphinium Academy, and though she has a rocky start, she soon makes friends. However, the bigger issue is that something sinister is invading the sea in the form of a poisonous, sentient, "phantom ink." When it tries to take out Frasei, she discovers that she has a gift she never suspected--she is an "evoluer" or tail-changer; she can change her tail into that of several different sea creatures, and gains different powers accordingly. This is illegal magic, though, so she must keep it secret, even though it turns out that she is the only one who can neutralize the effects of the phantom ink on sea creatures it has corrupted. This is a long-haul battle, though, with lots of adventures both for Frasei and her growing group of friends: Rouge, who has secretly been cursed by the phantom ink and is desperate not to give in to its corruption, Bijou, whose artistic talents come with surprising abilities when she comes into her advanced Delphinium powers, Sage, who was at the merman academy but his magic and desires mean he's a much better fit with the Delphiniums, and nascent Guardian Dolphin Soleil, who has a snappy comeback for everything and always goes around in her floaty to make sure she doesn't sink to the sea floor. Will they ever be able to prevail over the phantom ink?

This is a long webtoon I read on the Webtoons site, and lots of the commenters say it's like Sailor Moon under the sea. I've never read/seen Sailor Moon, but I liked this one a lot. The artwork is stunningly gorgeous, if often a bit over the top (would you really be fighting battles wearing long floating scarves and intricate outfits?), and will appeal to fans of manga and anime. All the characters are stunningly gorgeous, including the bad guys, because, of course. While this is mostly about battling the phantom ink, there are less fraught times when the characters are making friends or learning about their abilities; the relationship that gets the most time is Rouge's romance with a northern sea witch, Koris. The characters are all distinct, and I really appreciated the LGBTQ representation (it seems accepted in this world). There's nothing inappropriate in it, and I especially noticed zero fanservice related to the females--the girls' and women's outfits reveal little beyond navels and sometimes bare arms and shoulders. The men, on the other hand, are all ripped, so there's a little fanservice there! Fine for middle school and above.

[bug]

yea, i’ll count webtoons on goodreads if i want to.

this one had beautiful art!!

but i wont rate nor critique it since it’s a webtoon that the creator made available to enjoy free of charge. like fanfiction, non-traditionally-published webtoons are a labor of love made with practically no financial gain. when a webtoon is behind a paywall and/or has physical copies available for sale, i’ll rate it.

[Marissa Barba · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art in this webtoon comic is absolutely amazing, and the creativity of the ahthor that went into the story and all the different transformations of each character is incredibly impressive! I overall loved the story, but it was a bit cliché. It is definitely a good read though!

[Sam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Es bastante previsible y no aporta mucho, pero pasas un rato entretenido y el dibujo está bien hecho, con un toque a heroínas con súper transformaciones de toda la vida

[Ciara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute artwork, but there is little consequences in the story. Because of this, the story seems like it is more for a children and early middle school audience.

[MelinaJulia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read it, loved it, winx club vibes and was there mainly for the artstyle. Worth it.

[Ailiya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful artwork <3 <3 <3

[Alicia · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art was wonky yet really gorgeous at times but the plot was meh

[নিটোল]

Beautiful artwork, but the story didn't work for me.

[sladynoire · Rating 2 out of 5]

This didn't really interest me so I stopped reading to find other webtoons. I may come back to it later in the future.

[Lucy Khan · Rating 5 out of 5]

🥰🥰🥰🥰

Such and amazing read. Artwork was amazing, plot was amazing. 😍😍😍😍

[Lorena · Rating 5 out of 5]

¡Me encantó! Me recordó mi infancia de cuando veía MMPPP.

[Fern]

If you liked Winx Club or Tokyo Mew Mew, I'd think that you'd enjoy this.

[Kaz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very cute.

[Isabelle Grey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honestly most of the stars I gave were for the beautiful artwork and sea puns. The characters are rather flat and most of the plot falls into their laps versus them seeking it out. Even so, it had heartwarming themes and seriously BEAUTIFUL art.

The creator clearly loves magical girl comics and this is a great homage to Sailor Moon, W.I.T.C.H. and others that gave the genre it's start.

[leo :2 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This art style was absolutely mesmerizing with all the details and beautiful colours. The plot was great but I was really more interested in the art aspect of this comic. I did love how much fantasy was in this story and the mermaid school and defeating evil, it was kind of like sailor moon but like if it was mermaids. Pretty awesome comic and the art was absolutely gorgeous.

[Annie · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my all time favourite webtoons and made better by the fact it's not on that ridiculous daily pass system. I reread it to my heart's content! Such a beautiful story with even more beautiful artwork! Couldn't recommend this more!