I've heard that. Part of why I never did actually finish it. Kind of a shame cause honestly, I felt like Volume 2 felt like a good enough stopping point.
One of these days I'll go ahead and go back and finish it though.
Speaking of The Little Mermaid, apparently the author Hans Christrian Andersen was bisexual, and part of his reason for writing The Little Mermaid was over a man he loved getting married. So having a gay adaptation of the story does check out.