Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu

Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Dōchū (月が導く異世界道中, Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy, lit. "Journey in an Alternate World Guided by the Moon") 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. 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.

Synopsis
High school student Misumi Makoto is called to a fantasy world by the god Tsukuyomi in order to become a hero. However, powerful others in this world aren't as thrilled to have him there, and they kick him to the edge of the world just as Tsukuyomi declares that he must leave Makoto to find his own way. Now it's up to Makoto to find his own way!

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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.

Character
Before coming to the other world, I was a high school sophomore (17 years old), vice president of the archery club. She has a family of five, including her parents, an older sister, and an older sister, and her parents were nobles and priests in a country called Keruneon in another world. She was called to another world by a contract made by her parents, but was given only minimal blessings because of her appearance and was cast out to another world, but before that, she was assisted by the blessings of Tsukiyomi Mei.

Originally descended from another world (human) and trained to a certain degree, Shin has superhuman-class strength (according to Tomoe, his magical power alone is "equivalent to that of several demon kings"), free from any burden in another world, and can use magic of the five attributes, excluding the wind attribute, but he has no aptitude for recovery magic, including that which he himself receives. He has no aptitude at all for recovery magic, including his own. He is level 1 in the Adventurer's Guild, but as mentioned above, this is because his basic stats are too large, and even with his specialty, the bow, he initially destroyed the target when he shot it. His magical power has repeatedly increased through the "diffusion and reorganization of consciousness" by means of the concentration method used when training with the bow. The capacity of magical power is originally governed by the upper limit of one's innate capacity, but it seems that training to diffuse and reconfigure one's consciousness, as True does, is out of the realm of common sense. As a child, he inherited the traits of a human from his parents and always had a fear of death by his side. However, he met a woman who was a sorceress from the earth world, and by reconnecting and reinforcing the lines of magical attributes, he lost his aptitude for recovery and wind but instead gained a path to strengthen his body. Such experiences have given him a sense of mastery, even though he verbally avoids pain and death.

In the other world, he is registered in the guild under the street name of Raido, the representative of the Kuzunoha (Kuzuha) Trading Company, so as not to cause distrust among the humans. He is the owner of the mirage city of Subaru and is called Waka-sama by the residents and Husband by some of the employees of the Kuzunoha Shokai. As a part-time lecturer in the school city, he teaches practical skills in combat techniques, and his seven students have grown to be among the top seven in the school.

Since his arrival in the other world, he has been treated as a human by the humans, but he has tried to learn the common human language, suppress his magic power, and hide his face with a mask, and has somehow managed to live peacefully while encountering malicious events of the humans, but he has not taken any offense at all. However, he realized that he had been too optimistic when the humans, who had moved him to the subspace as an emergency evacuation, took away his weapons that were to be disposed of and even caused an accidental explosion of Draupnir, causing damage to the people in the subspace, without taking offense at all. Since then, he has treated the humans in an extremely clerical manner, with the exception of those who have gained his trust through direct involvement. He also observes the war between demons and humans as a third party, and if there is a shortage of supplies, he will do business regardless of race. Even if this makes the war more serious, he is willing to protect only those who are related to him and leave them in the subspace if it will lead to the destruction of the human and demon races.

Abilities
As a human who was born on Earth, Makoto is shown to have seemingly incorporated the best qualities of both hyumans and humans which means a large mana pool from his hyuman descent and a superhuman body due to the harsh conditions of the Original World where he lived as a human. As time goes on he gets incredibly strong and can even fight against the Greater dragons without putting in much effort, excluding Root. His knowledge in magic begins with elemental magic and combining all sorts of elements into a brid (basic magic). He can also utilize his "Mastery of Words" gift from the Goddess to comprehend the Magic Languages which allows him to quickly grasp how the magic works and how to change and improve it. When he understands how the basic magic chant works, he stops chanting because it's easier to use it this way and with his absurd mana pool he can bring it out to its fullest potential without even needing one. He has affinity with the elements in this order (Water > Darkness > Fire > Earth > Thunder) and is unable to utilize the Wind and Healing element. He has created a new element called the Moon element and is the only user of it as of now (He can use it in Asora and the Goddess' World).


 * Spells
 * Paradise Protector, [Guardian]: Specialty enhancement
 * Sharp Blade of Determination, [D-Rapier]: Power enhancement
 * Conviction, [White Card]: Status ailment nullification
 * Lunar Halo: The Moon becomes red and red halos are created around it which slowly widen. After chanting the spell, rain starts dropping incessantly at an unimaginable speed from the halos.
 * - Effect - It has the effect of buffing, Debuffing, and destroying, it can be activated at a long range and he can choose the target at will. -Aria-"Moon/My enemy and the temporary lives that she has created…/Shoot them down equally/[Lunar Halo]". To cast this aria, he uses the power of his comprehension ability (It is now called a "Wisdom" ability since the bug gives Makoto the ability to understand the common language as well which was the only language he wasn't able to comprehend) and creates a new complex magic aria that nobody besides him can understand.

He has a basic knowledge of this skill (Judo), self-taught when his big sister used him as a training mannequin. Used once to keep on the ground the women of the Rembrandt family when they were in ghoul form (cursed). As he had the same teacher as Otonashi Hibiki even if the both of them didn't know that. His basic skill in kendo helped Tomoe (with the iai) and Shiki (with the 6th Step: ‘Fray’; “Sword Emperor Spirit Possession”).
 * Magic taught by servants
 * Isolation and illusion: Used to trap the targets mind in a sleep illusion used on the students in Rotsgard, taught by Tomoe and Shiki.
 * Alteration memory or memory manipulation: Used on Toa's group except on Toa and Rinon, taught to him by Tomoe.
 * Silver One, [Lapushka]: Used to create a needle endowed with unique status effects (Fire, Paralysis, Sleep, Petrify), or Blasting power, it was taught to him by Mio.

TV 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.

Game
A browser game distributed by Alphapolis for PC. Simulation RPG. started distribution on April 28, 2017, but service ended on March 19, 2018. An simulation RPG distributed by Alphapolis, a browser game for PC, which began distribution on April 28, 2017, but service ended on March 19, 2018. The image song, "Moonstream Advance" is performed by KOTOKO.

In August 2023, the G123 service announced that it will release a simulation video game based on the series, titled Tsukimichi Moonlit Fantasy: Peace Chronicle (月が導く異世界道中 天下泰平旅日記, Tsuki ga michibiku isekai dōchū: Tenka taihei tabi nikki)

Reception
The first season of the anime series has the highest overseas sales record among all Nippon TV anime.

External Link

 * Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu ─ Light novel and manga official website (in Japanese)
 * Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu ─ Light novel official website (in Japanese)
 * Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu ─ Manga official website (in Japanese)
 * Game: Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu ─ Wayback Machine (Archived on March 18, 2018) - Game official website
 * TV Anime "Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu S1" ─ Official Website
 * TV Anime "Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu S2" ─ Official Website
 * TV Anime "Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu" Official (@tsukimichi_PR) - Twitter X
 * TV Anime: Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu - G123 ─ Official (@tsukimichi_gm) - Twitter X
 * TV Anime: Tsukimichi Moonlit Fantasy: Peace Chronicles - G123 ─ Official (@tsukimichi_gmEN) - Twitter X
 * Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu ─ Wikipedia  JP 
 * Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu ─ Wikipedia  EN 

Trivia
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