No skirts, no shoes: we are in mermaid school. To be a professional mermaid you must act accordingly. Holding your breath for at least 5 minutes, while exhaling perfect bubbles. Gliding through aquarium tanks, greeting sharks and singing songs of sirens.
This is no child’s play; only girls above 15 may enter. Choose a name – Aqualily? Aquamarine? Match your hair to the colours of your tail. Forget your woes; life is much prettier under the sea: softer, all edges blurred. Can you fall where you can float?
One girl, Akame, shows exquisite results. Her personal record of apnoea is 16’ 36’’. Fluid, elegant and pure. Or at least until Kotaro, her coach, gives her the kiss of life. Desire awakens. As a unique love story unfolds secretly, she questions her own motivations.
“Kotaro” she asks, “which is your favourite Ocean?”
“Titanic Ocean” he replies.
But love is a wicked game for mermaids. Left with no choice, Akame must discover just how deep the ruins of the Titanic lie.