Whale Star: The Gyeongseong Mermaid

Whale Star: The Gyeongseong Mermaid is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written and illustrated by Na Yoonhee. It was serialized via Naver Corporation's webtoon platform, Naver Webtoon, from June 2019 to July 2021, with the individual chapters collected and published into 6 volumes. The manhwa has been published in English by Line Webtoon. A live-action adaptation series has been announced and producing from the series. The historical background of this cartoon is the Japanese colonial period. It’s published every Friday. The meaning of ‘Goraebyeol’ is an interpretation of “鯨星 kyunsung/ whale /star”.

Plot summary
In 1926, Joseon was under Japan colonial rule. The girl, who is named Suah, is 17-years old, working as a servant in the house of a large pro-Japanese landowner in Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do. One day, Suah found 의현, an independence activist, lying injured on the beach, and she took care of him…

Manhwa
Na Yoonhee launched Whale Star: The Gyeongseong Mermaid in Naver's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon on June 21, 2019.

Other media
The series was featured on the South Korean reality music show Webtoon Singer, premiered on the streaming service TVING on February 17, 2023, which featured K-pop artists' performances combining webtoons with extended reality technology. It is also making an audio webtoon on the website.