The official website for Kyoto Animation’s light novel label KA Esuma Bunko announced on January 26 that Umihime Mare / Marine Princess Mare, a new fantasy novel written by Masahi Nishikawa (Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid script writer), is set to be released on March 18, 2022.
Akiko Takase (Violet Evergarden character designer) serves as the illustrator, and the novel’s cover illustration by her has been revealed in a CM below.
Mare, the mermaid princess of the kingdom, is angry at the humans who pollute the sea.