2020 Yuletide Fandom Promo Post

[crantz]

Welcome to the Fandom Promo post, everyone!

Here's where you get those eyes on your fandoms for sign ups!

Share what makes your Yuletide fandoms the shiniest and why you love them. A big part of Yuletide is how small our fandoms can be, and this is a good way to make sure other people know what gems there are out there!

Suggested form to use:

<b>FANDOM NAME</b>:
<b>WHAT MAKES IT GREAT</b>:
<b>WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional)</b>:


For reference, last year's promo post!


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Merc StoriA (Anime)

[foxinthestars]

FANDOM NAME:Merc StoriA: The Apathetic Boy and the Girl in a Bottle (Anime)

WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: A 12-episode anime aimed at a younger target audience. It follows a boy named Yuu who is a healer (ie monster-tamer) and his friend Merc who is a kind of water fairy who lives in a jar. The two travel the world having adventures and meeting fun arc characters in a bunch of interestingly worldbuilt countries: there are furries, there are fairies, there are angels. It all starts out pretty fluffy and simplistic, but as it goes along the arcs get surprisingly deep and twisty; by the end we've seen the impact of depression on relationships, a fantasy indictment of the idol industry, and a person with a disability struggling with their faith in God. The arcs all have happy endings, sometimes at the cost of simplistic-ness or "wait, back up, I think you skipped some stuff," but I like that element of healing atmosphere, and maybe you will too.
(It's also based on an online game but I don't know anything about that. All I know is the anime has characters in its ED who aren't in any of the episodes.)

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): on Crunchyroll (at least in the US)