Chicago Typewriter
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The Legend of the Blue Sea
ComedyFantasyRomance
How can a mermaid from the Joseon era survive in modern-day Seoul? Shim Chung is a mermaid who finds herself transplanted to modern times. She is caught by Heo Joon Jae, a charming but cold con artist who is the doppelgänger for Kim Moon, the son of a nobleman from the Joseon Dynasty. But in the present time, Joon Jae works with Jo Nam Doo, a skilled conman who guides Joon Jae to become a genius scammer. But Joon Jae's friend, Cha Shi Ah, who works as a researcher at KAIST, may be Chung's only hope for surviving in her strange new world.
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- Korean
- Premiered
- November 16, 2016
- Ended
- January 25, 2017
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