Goodbye, Lara Episode 1 Story & Preview Cuts Released: A Forbidden Love Begins

The story and preview images for Episode 1 of the TV anime Goodbye, Lara (JP: さよならララ) have been revealed. This episode will air on Monday, July 6 at 12:30 AM (JST), and will later be available on various international streaming platforms.

Episode 1 Story

Lara is a mermaid princess born to her father, the King of the Sea. One day, Lara falls in love with a human living on land. In the world of mermaids, it was a forbidden love that broke the sacred laws.

Teaser Trailer

Introduction

Once upon a time, there was a mermaid princess named Lara. Loved by her father, the king of the sea, and her older sisters, she grew up happy and carefree.

One day, Lara fell in love with a human prince living on the surface. In the world of mermaids, this was an unallowable, forbidden love. Despite this, Lara departed for the surface. She drank a potion obtained from the witch Grace and assumed human form. However, it was a taboo potion that would cause her to dissolve into foam and vanish unless she found "true love."

Though she was a mermaid princess, Lara desired love with a human. Yet———that wish was not granted, and she dissolved into foam, vanishing into the sea.

200 years have passed since then. After a long stretch of time, the mermaid princess Lara is resurrected in Lake Biwa. This time, it is to find "true love" for sure———

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Source : Goodbye Lara Official