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{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image           = Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand 1.png
| caption         = First {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volume cover
| ja_kanji        = 青い鱗と砂の街
| ja_romaji       = Aoi Uroko to Suna no Machi
| genre           = [[Fantasy]]<ref>{{cite web|title=The Official Website for Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand|url=https://www.viz.com/mermaid-scales-and-the-town-of-sand|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=February 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206090122/https://www.viz.com/mermaid-scales-and-the-town-of-sand|archive-date=February 6, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = Yoko Komori
| publisher       = [[Shueisha]]
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher|NA=[[Viz Media]]}}
| demographic     = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Josei manga|Josei]]}}
| imprint         = 
| magazine        = [[You (Japanese magazine)|You]]
| first           = March 15, 2013
| last            = January 15, 2014
| volumes         = 2
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer|portal=yes}}

{{Nihongo|'''''Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand'''''|青い鱗と砂の街|Aoi Uroko to Suna no Machi|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by Yoko Komori. It was serialized in [[Shueisha]]'s [[Josei manga|{{Transliteration|ja|josei}} manga]] magazine ''[[You (Japanese magazine)|You]]'', with its chapters collected in two {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes.

== Publication ==
Written and illustrated by Yoko Komori, ''Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand'' was serialized in [[Shueisha]]'s [[Josei manga|{{Transliteration|ja|josei}} manga]] magazine ''[[You (Japanese magazine)|You]]'' from March 15, 2013,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:小森羊仔、YOU新連載は海辺の街に住む少女の成長物語|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/86716|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=March 15, 2013|access-date=February 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=February 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221004149/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/86716|url-status=live}}</ref> to January 15, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:漫画大充実、増ページ！月刊ＹＯＵ２月特大号 1月15日(水)発売！！|url=http://you.shueisha.co.jp/latest/|website=[[You (Japanese magazine)|You Official Web Site]]|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|access-date=February 20, 2023|language=ja|quote={{lang|ja|静かなる時の流れ…小さな海辺の街での少女の成長記小森羊仔［青い鱗と砂の街］作品紹介 試しよみ海の家のおじさんの話を聞いた時子は…。物語はクライマックス！}}|archive-date=February 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209104030/http://you.shueisha.co.jp/latest/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Shueisha collected its chapters in two {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes, released on August 23, 2013,<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:【8月23日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/97780|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=August 23, 2013|access-date=February 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=October 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025164559/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/97780|url-status=live}}</ref> and February 25, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:【2月25日付】本日発売の単行本リスト|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/110519|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=February 25, 2014|access-date=February 21, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026095659/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/110519|url-status=live}}</ref>

In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by [[Viz Media]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Viz Announces Fall 2022 Book Releases Including Mission: Yozakura Family, Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe Manga, Jujutsu Kaisen Novels|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-14/viz-announces-fall-2022-book-releases-including-mission-yozakura-family-thus-spoke-rohan-kishibe-/.182623|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 14, 2022|access-date=February 21, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218001541/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-14/viz-announces-fall-2022-book-releases-including-mission-yozakura-family-thus-spoke-rohan-kishibe-/.182623|url-status=live}}</ref> They released the series in a single volume on February 21, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/mermaid-scales-and-the-town-of-sand/product/7354|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=February 21, 2023|archive-date=February 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221004149/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/mermaid-scales-and-the-town-of-sand/product/7354|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite web|title=Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781974734658|publisher=[[Publishers Weekly]]|date=January 6, 2023}}
* {{cite web|last=Silverman|first=Rebecca|title=Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand GN - Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/mermaid-scales-and-the-town-of-sand/gn/.193883|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 20, 2023}}
* {{cite web|title=Critique Vol.1 Secret des écailles bleues (le)|url=https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/manga/critique/Secret-des-ecailles-bleues-le/vol-1|website=manga-news.com|date=February 9, 2022|language=fr}}
* {{cite web|title=Critique Vol.2 Secret des écailles bleues (le)|url=https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/manga/critique/Secret-des-ecailles-bleues-le/vol-2|website=manga-news.com|date=September 9, 2022|language=fr}}

== External links ==
* {{Anime News Network|manga|25774|noparen=true}}

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[[Category:Fantasy anime and manga]]
[[Category:Josei manga]]
[[Category:Mermaids in anime and manga]]
[[Category:Shueisha manga]]
[[Category:Viz Media manga]]