How many episodes are in Goodbye, Lara?

Goodbye, Lara has 1 episodes in this listed season.

When does Goodbye, Lara premiere?

Goodbye, Lara premieres on 2026-07-05.

Is Goodbye, Lara a new series?

Goodbye, Lara is a new series (Season 1).

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Goodbye, Lara(2026)

Also known as Au-revoir, Lara • Sayonara Lara • さよララ

Upcoming · Tokyo MX

N/A

TV-141 eps

S01

AnimationSci-Fi & FantasyDramaFantasy

ON AIR: JUL 5Season 1

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

A slow, melancholic romance built around longing, sacrifice, and the cost of a wish granted too late.

The pacing is quiet and emotionally deliberate, rewarding viewers who sit with grief and wonder in equal measure. The fantasy premise centers on a mermaid mythology with a tragic arc, death as a turning point, and a 200-year gap that reframes identity and belonging. The tone leans toward bittersweet rather than hopeful, with romantic tension rooted in loss and rediscovery. Animated drama with a fantasy-romance core, oriented toward audiences drawn to supernatural love stories where the emotional weight comes from what cannot be undone.

Best for

bittersweet romance, forbidden love and Animation

Story lane

Animation and Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Commitment

Season 1 · 1 episodes

Where

Tokyo MX

Official Premise

The story follows a mermaid who makes a forbidden wish to be loved by a human. Following her death, she is reborn 200 years later into modern-day Japan in Lake Biwa, where she learns to adjust in a human world.

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Strongest Match

Every Year After keeps the same bittersweet romance focus as Goodbye, Lara, where longing is the main event and time does the heavy lifting. The story stretches first love into a final one with an elegiac pace, so you feel grief and tenderness build quietly rather than through big plot turns.

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