Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase
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Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase Volume 1
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月詠 (Tsukuyomi) |
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| Genre | Comedy, Romance, Supernatural |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Keitarō Arima |
| Published by | Wani Books |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Comic Gum |
| Original run | March 2000 – March 27, 2008 |
| Volumes | 16 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Akiyuki Shinbo |
| Studio | Shaft |
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| Original network | TV Tokyo, TV Osaka |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 4, 2004 – March 28, 2005 |
| Episodes | 25 + omake OVA |
Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase (Japanese: 月詠 Hepburn: Tsukuyomi?) is a Seinen manga series by Keitarō Arima. It first appeared as a serial in the monthly manga magazine Comic Gum from March, 2000 to March 27, 2008. The series spanned sixteen manga volumes that were published by Wani Books in Japan. The manga series was later adapted into a 25 episode anime TV series by Shaft, and aired on TV Tokyo from October 4, 2004 to March 28, 2005. An additional OVA episode dubbed "Episode 26" was later released only on DVD on February 22, 2006 which featured Art from Type-Moon. Moon Phase is about a young vampire girl named Hazuki and a Japanese freelance photographer Kouhei Morioka whom Hazuki attempts to make into her servant.
While there are differences in adaptations, the main theme of Kouhei protecting Hazuki from harm is present in both. The OVA storyline though has very little to do with the original series outside of having some of the same characters, and has a completely different storyline which does not fit into anything which came before it. Tokyopop published an English-language version of the manga but stopped at volume 12 due to the company shutting down its North American publishing division which left the series unfinished. For the anime, Funimation released an English-language version under the name Moon Phase.
The story is about the relationship between freelance photographer Kouhei Morioka and Hazuki, a young girl who descends from a royal vampire lineage. At the beginning of the story, Kouhei travels to a castle in Germany to take photographs of paranormal phenomena for his friend Hiromi, who is the editor of an occult magazine. At the castle, Kouhei meets Hazuki, who feeds on Kouhei's blood and claims him as her unwilling servant. Although this "blood pact" is supposed to bind Kouhei to Hazuki as her obedient slave, her act has no effect on Kouhei. Following an action-packed sorcerers' battle in which Kouhei and his cousin manage to free Hazuki from her captivity in the dreary castle, Hazuki travels to Tokyo, and takes up residence with Kouhei in his grandfather's house in Japan. Hazuki claims that, because she fed on his blood, Kouhei is now her servant, but Kouhei continually refuses to obey her, especially when he thinks her requests are unreasonable. Despite their fighting, the relationship between the duo progresses over time — even in the face of repeated attacks by opposing vampires — until Kouhei becomes determined to protect Hazuki from the vampire servants of her family, who are determined to retrieve her by whatever means necessary.
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