Full Moon (manga)
|
|
53024.jpg
Full Moon, known in Japan as Full Moon o Sagashite (Searching for the Full Moon), is a Japanese manga and anime series by Arina Tanemura.
Produced by Nihon Ad Systems, Full Moon o Sagashite is one of the highest-rated anime of all time. The manga is published in English by Viz Media.
Full Moon focuses on a 12-year old girl named Mitsuki Koyama (神山満月 Kōyama Mitsuki). While Mitsuki is a talented singer, and indeed dreams of becoming a pop idol, she is afflicted by throat cancer, which seems curable only through surgery which will destroy her voice. One day she discovers two shinigami, Takuto and Meroko, the "Negi Ramen" or "Onion Noodles", whom only she can see. These shinigami tell her she has but one year left to live. She doesn't look old enough to be a singer, so she makes a deal with one of the shinigami, Takuto, to transform her into her 16 year old self, who goes by the stage name of "Full Moon" in order to achieve her dream of becoming a singer. Not only does she become older, but when she is in this form her throat is healthy, and she is able to sing without any difficulty. In order to start a career as a singer she auditions in a singing contest, and even though there is much competition she is able to win over the judges with her enthusiam for singing and her good voice. Two years before the shinigami came to her, she promised Eichi, a boy she met in an orphanage, that they would both achieve their dreams together. Eichi wanted to become an astronomer and she wanted to become a singer. Since she found out she is fated to die, she wants to achieve her dream and meet Eichi. In addition, Eichi has emigrated to America and is uncontactable. Mitsuki hopes that one day her songs will be heard by Eichi who will come back to her so they can be together again. Originally this story was published in Ribon, a Japanese magazine for girls. After it gained much popularity an anime was made, and was based off of the manga, or Japanese comic. As of 2004, it has become a completed series with a total of seven volumes, and an artbook.
Spoiler By Kirara1987 Takuto is once a singer who had commited suicide. Therefore, he was assigned to take Mitsuki's soul. He didn't know that Mitsuki is so close to him. He is the lead singer of the L route band together with Mitsuki's doctor Wakaouji sensei and her parents. Slowly he changes the girl's fate and faded away. However, his partner, Meroko had sacrifice her life to let him to be reborn. Meroko turn in to an angel while he is reunion Template:Anime-stub
de:Full Moon wo Sagashite ja:満月をさがして
Categories: Manga | Anime