Surplus mermaid is in a rare genre by itself. Yes its fantasy. Yes its comedy. Yes its romance. And also a bit slice of life by focusing on a bunch of job seekers and their struggle along with a mermaid gaining legs and finding true love. But its rare because its weird. The humour is kooky. The CGs are outlandish. In the first 2 episodes it slips in from actual to HaNi's imagination be it dream or nightmare. Its sometimes outrageous from butt pinching to dry humour then it suddenly slid into quite reflection. So weird is the word that keeps popping in my mind as i watched. Granted i admit i did fastforward some parts esp on HaNi's love rival. The greatest weakness are one dimensional characters so i really didnt care for HaNi's prince aka Chef. They never explores his character further from his face blindness to his stern nature that dissolved to nothing aft a few encounters with our mermaid. Some other characters fare better. Hyun Myung was a thoroughly good guy, sweet and does all the heroic things without saying a peep. Hye Yeong potrayed by the awesome Seul Hi was exceptional and fun. She has her own loveline with Big. Hani the mermaid literally brought out tje bubbles from the sea, shes bubbly, outgoin, childish but adorable. And her fairy godmother is veteran actor Ahn Kil Kang currently playing Kim Bokju's father in weightlifting fairy. The first two episodes takes some getting use to as the comedic side was lashed out outrageously n a bit out of the norm for K dramas. They do dial that down lateron. The show also suffers from pacing. Cause by end of ep 9 you can literally hear the pd shouts Wrap it up hence ep 10 feels rushed. You have just gotten use to the surplus house and its inhabitants and suddenly they chased you out. Thats the result of 4 episodes being cut off. Regardless its enjoyable for being an oddball, being alittle kooky and also its potrayal of how love isnt like what naive Hani imagined it to be. Additional .5 marks cause im happy a real couple is born from this drama and happy to report they are still dating.