Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy

Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy
is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Kei Azumi and illustrated by Mitsuaki Matsumoto. It began serialization online in 2012 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō, and it moved to the AlphaPolis website in 2016. It was also later acquired by AlphaPolis, who have published the series since May 2013. A manga adaptation with art by Kotora Kino has been serialized online via AlphaPolis' manga website since 2015. The manga is published digitally in English through Alpha Manga. An anime television series adaptation by C2C aired from July to September 2021. A second season by J.C.Staff is set to premiere in January 2024.
Plot
High school student Makoto Misumi, while being an avenge boy in every aspect, his sisters are well-spirited and good-looking. Underneath this, his parents are from a fantasy world and have eloped to Earth for various reasons. Part due to a contract agreed upon by a goddess, Makoto is to be sent to the world of Elysion to serve as the Hero. Unfortunately, it is not the usual case that Makoto always imagined. The Goddess has a vain beauty preference and deems Makoto to be "ugly," revoking his hero title, forbidding him to interact with other humans, and getting thrown off the edge of the world. Makoto is thankfully saved by Tsukuyomi, and he is gifted with great power so he will live a free life. In contrast to the Goddess' ideals, Makoto meets various demi-humans and mythical beings who become captivated by him and join in on building a new civilization where all of them can peacefully coexist. Another problem is Makoto's aura becomes too powerful and unstable for his yearning desire to enter human society. His new companions are willing to help him in any way to reform common sense along the way.
Characters
Makoto Misumi is the main protagonist of this series. He is into archery and one of three Earth dwellers who was summoned to the Goddess' World. Originally meant to be the only person to be sent to the other world as per the contract between his parents and the Goddess, due to her own preferences in beauty standards, she abandons and throws Makoto to the edge of her world into the Wasteland, while secretly kidnapping two other people from Earth and sending them to her world as Heroes. Tsukuyomi, the Moon God of Earth who worked as the middleman for the completion of the contract, helped Makoto provide him with his blessing and told him to be free and live as he wished. For unknown reason Makoto's magic capability is measured level 1 obstructing that he is inwardly compared to the Goddess. In the Goddess' World, he is also known by the alias "Raidou Kuzunoha" (in WN/LN) or "Makoto Kuzunoha" (in Manga/Anime), a powerful merchant and skilled teacher.
Tomoe, previously known as the , is one of the Greater Dragons, existing in the World of the Goddess. After an accident in which Makoto destroyed her shrine gate, she makes a pact with Makoto to learn more about the way of the Samurai. Her special ability is being able to use illusion mists to distort her opponents, as well as creating a Demiplane (fandom refers to it as Asora) which she uses as a mediating space. Tomoe later falls in love with Makoto, becoming one of his lovers.
Mio, previously known as the , is a unique existence in the Goddess' World, having terrorized humans and demi-humans for centuries in spider form due to her endless hunger and need to satisfy it. She makes a pact with Makoto (without his permission) after being convinced by Tomoe. Mio is prone to easily getting worked up over the smallest slight, but feeding her will calm her down. Her special ability is being able to harness dark magic, an element that is able to swallow other forms of magic. She later falls in love with Makoto, becoming one of his lovers.
, previously known as Larva, was a Lich who sought endless knowledge, in particular the path to becoming a Grant, humans who have traveled to other worlds, whether successfully or not. After some convincing from Makoto due to his desire to learn more about magic, he makes a pact with Makoto and is presently serving Makoto Misumi.
Emma is an orc who was saved by Makoto from a two-headed Liz while on her way to sacrificing herself to Shen (which later turned out to be a ploy set up by the demon race). After Makoto resolves the issue for her and the entire orc village, she becomes the secretary of Makoto Misumi and she acts as the Supervisor of the Demiplane.
Beren is an elder dwarf that Makoto Misumi met after Tomoe rescues him from the Black Spider of Calamity and is currently one of the blacksmiths of the Demiplane and the Kuzunoha Company.
Toa is an adventurer who came from Tsige to Zetsuya to look for her family's long-lost dagger as well as to get stronger. Due to her failure to complete one of her quests, she fell into large amounts of debt and was forced to subject herself to prostitution (manga)/human magic experimentation (anime) by high-ranking adventurers in Zetsuya, before being rescued by Tomoe and Mio. Her face resembles that of Makoto's junior on Earth, named Hasegawa Nukumi, whom Makoto feels a certain affection towards.
Rinon is Toa's younger sister who was burdened with the responsibility to pay off her older sister's debt. She was forced into becoming a spy for the high-ranking adventurers of Zetsuya to spy on Makoto and his party.
The main villain of the story. She made a deal with Makoto's parents to give them a life on earth in exchange for one of their future children to become the hero of their old world. However, because of her vain beauty preferences, the Goddess reneged on the deal; banishing Makoto to die, while kidnapping a weak-willed Otaku boy and a righteous, practical girl to serve the role instead.
Tsukuyomi is a moon god who was responsible for summoning Makoto to the Goddess' world, as per the agreement made with his parents. After witnessing how Makoto was treated by the Goddess, he bestows all of his power onto Makoto and gives him the freedom to live how he wants in the Goddess' world.
The owner of the Rembrandt Company. His wife and children were victims of a curse until Makoto helped resolve the issue. He offered his trust to Makoto.
Lime is a former top adventurer from Tsige and currently works for the Kuzunoha Company as an employee. He is a subordinate of Tomoe who crafts him a katana.
Sofia is a renowned adventurer and was the strongest adventurer registered to the guild, prior to Tomoe and Mio joining. She is very skilled with swords and magic, proving that her level of skill is not just for show. In the first encounter with Makoto due to Goddess' teleportation, Sofia is unable to harm Makoto and is later forced to escape his very deadly attack.
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He is one of the Greater Dragons, who partnered with Sofia in order to kill the other Greater Dragons while helping the Demons against Goddess. Thinking Makoto was a pawn of the Goddess, Lancer took a lot of damage from fighting him, labeling Makoto as the "Devil."
Hibiki Otonashi
Navarre Polar
Woody Baila
Belda Nortst Limia
Chiya Hazuki
Tomoki Iwahashi
Lily Front Gritonia
Guinevere Shlesha
Mora
Yukinatsu Kazusa
Media
Light novels
The light novel is written by Kei Azumi and illustrated by Mitsuaki Matsumoto. It began serialization online in 2012 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō, and it moved to the AlphaPolis website in 2016. It was also later acquired by AlphaPolis, who have published eighteen volumes since May 2013.
Manga
A manga adaptation with art by Kotora Kino has been serialized online via AlphaPolis' manga website since 2015 and has been collected in eleven tankōbon volumes. The manga is published digitally in English through Alpha Manga.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on October 20, 2020. The series is animated by C2C and directed by Shinji Ishihira, with Kenta Ihara handling series' composition, Yukie Suzuki designing the characters, and Yasuharu Takanashi composing the series' music. It aired from July 7 to September 22, 2021, on Tokyo MX and other channels. Crunchyroll has acquired the license to the anime and will stream it worldwide excluding Asian territories. Medialink has licensed the series in Southeast Asia and South Asia, and is streaming it on their Ani-One YouTube channel, but this series is only viewable in their YouTube channel with Ani-One Ultra Membership scheme. The opening theme song, "Gamble", is performed by syudou while the ending theme song, "Beautiful Dreamer", is performed by Ezoshika Gourmet Club. On April 27, 2022, Crunchyroll announced that the series will receive an English dub, which premiered the following day.
After the airing of the final episode, a second season was announced. It will be animated by J.C.Staff, with the main staff returning from the first season. It is set to premiere in January 2024, and will run for two consecutive cours.
Episode list
Reception
The first season of the anime series has the highest overseas sales record among all Nippon TV anime.
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References
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