Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu (Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-)

As part of a mysterious contract agreed upon by a goddess and his parents years ago, Makoto Misumi finds himself sent to another world to meet the goddess and become the hero. However, the deity deems Makoto to be "hideous," refusing to even lay eyes upon him and revokes his heroic title. Disdainfully giving him the ability to understand all languages except the human language as compensation, the goddess drives Makoto off to the farthest edges of the wasteland, far from human civilization.

Due to the disparity between Earth and this new world, Makoto's inherent physical and magical capabilities awaken, making him extremely powerful. He meets various demihumans and mythical beings who all end up being captivated with his characteristics and join Makoto in building a new community where all of them can peacefully coexist.

Nevertheless, despite this success, Makoto still yearns to meet fellow humans. In a world where the goddess herself has barred him from interacting with his kind, it is up to Makoto and his companions to fulfill his desire—and perhaps reform society along the way.

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Adaptation:	Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu
Sequel:	Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu 2nd Season

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Misumi, Makoto

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Hanae, Natsuki
Japanese

Tomoe

Main

Sakura, Ayane
Japanese

Mio

Main

Kitou, Akari
Japanese

Eris

Supporting

Tanaka, Minami
Japanese

Shiki

Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou
Japanese

Ema

Supporting

Hayami, Saori
Japanese

Tsukuyomi

Supporting

Maeno, Tomoaki
Japanese

Bulga, Sofia

Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki
Japanese

Toa

Supporting

Kubo, Yurika
Japanese

Ranina

Supporting

Kitamori, Saika
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Ishihira, Shinji

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Hata, Shouji

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Ihara, Kenta

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Hanae, Natsuki

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"Gamble (ギャンブル)" by syudou

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	1: "Aa Jinsei ni Namida Ari (ああ人生に涙あり)" by Makoto Misumi (CV: Natsuki Hanae) (eps 1)
	2: "Beautiful Dreamer (ビューティフル・ドリーマー)" by Ezoshika Gourmet Club (eps 2-3)
	3: "Aa, Jinsei ni Namida Ari (ああ人生に涙あり)" by Tomoe (CV: Ayane Sakura), Mio (CV: Akari Kitou) (eps 4)

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Sep 22, 2021

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

KANLen09 (All reviews)

188 people found this review helpful

Isekai by itself is a huge genre spanning lots of good and bad iterations, but parody series like KonoSuba's are really far and few in-between just to shake up the AniManga scene by sheer, pure undulated mockery of its tried-and-true genre of many sorts. And Kei Azumi's Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu is one of those works where strangely, there isn't any amount of hype and marketing prowess behind it. But if there's one thing I want to make it clear about this show, is that I can guarantee that this is one of the low-key better Isekai shows of the Summer season.

Rightaway, put off everything that you've seen of the same Isekai repetitive tropes, because Kei Azumi wants to make that point clear to us that this is a parody, first and foremost. Through the series' central MC Makoto Misumi, he is anything but your typical OP MC, anything and everything about him is for a reason. He isn't as good-looking as many others in their own series, gets ridiculed by those who summoned him to only then be banished to the farthest of lands to pick up his own pace, to then settle issues with "ugly-looking" species because Makoto is just that: he's ugly by his looks alone. Makoto is supposed to be branded as the titular hero, but the Goddess deity has no compassion and judged him as such to rid of his "ugly" existence to be capable of all languages except the human language. While the Goddess lacks all sympathy for Makoto, there's Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto (Tsukuyomi for short) the moon god to provide him with the basic essentials of being OP in another world just for survival reasons on his own adventure. On that note, it's really fascinating to see a parody series like this work so well, something that's different from the tried-and-tired regular "Demon Lords battle" or outrageously evil, revenge stories like Tensei Slime and Shield Hero.

The real reason behind Makoto's conviction is this: his parents are from the Isekai-ed fantasy world, so you can count this show as a reverse-Isekai of sorts. And going back to the fantasy world to seek answers for Makoto is neither easier said nor done, as mentioned that the Goddess pays no heed to Makoto to drive him off to the far wastelands of the world, and Makoto must find the answers by himself whilst travelling in lands uninhabitable. Thankfully, Makoto's not alone in this gruelling "task" of a mission. The characters in Tsukimichi drive the show's world and nation-building narrative to areas unforeseen, and with the monster "overlord" heroines of the dragon kind (Tomoe) and a somewhat comical psychotic yandere of a spider demon (Mio), together with the backing of the "ugly" orc race that Makoto first met (under the charge of Emma), Makoto's long journey to trace the remains of his familial roots. Honestly though, every single one of these characters shown in Tsukimichi, whether they are Makoto's memory reincarnations or purely inhabitants of the fantasy world, they're amusing and amazing to see (not because of the ugliness, mind you). I like how as much as both Tomoe and Mio are constantly thirsty for Makoto's affection with absolutely no hints of fanservice at all, try to mess with these power-laden girls, and you have trouble incoming to the point of struggling between life and death. At most times, Tsukimichi strikes the perfect balance between comedy and action, so there's some semblance of uniqueness right there with the comedic awkwardness and moments of turmoil, such a good time of enjoyment.

Weirdly enough, studio C2C doesn't a reputation for producing action shows, with the closest reference being 2017's co-production with Satelight on SukaSuka (y'know, that obscenely long title). While the adventure and fantasy genres go hand-in-hand being the studio's current production bread-and-butter landscape, it's nice to see some action animation flex, even if it's not the best, and still manages to look as nice as it should be. It's typical Isekai production values done marginally decent.

Speaking of the music, I've never heard of syudou or Ezoshika Gourmet Club before, so if anything, these Anisong theme songs being the gateways to their music biography serves as a good eye opener. syudou's OP is a certified banger, but IMO I liked Ezoshika Gourmet Club's ED much better, and that comes with a growing repetitive listen and garnering interest since this Summer season felt very dry. And as you would expect of a typical Isekai show, it checks all the right boxes and served good complements left and right.

This show to me, resembles the literary fairy tale of "The Ugly Duckling" in its ugly, yet "at the end of the tunnel" beautiful surrealism that I come out of Tsukimichi feeling satisfied, anf awaiting the sequel season in the future (to which the manga version of the LN is readily available to all for read continuation purposes). If you're looking for something very similar to KonoSuba, look no further than Tsukimichi for an alternative communal side of Isekai that's like Tensei Slime but without all of the action-heavy pizzazz.

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Sep 22, 2021

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

skysurf (All reviews)

106 people found this review helpful

An enjoyable isekai that makes you think of the good aspects of other shows. Imagine the comedy style of Konosuba, world building of Slime (on speedrun), power fantasy like Overlord, and a bit of dark aspects like Re:Zero.

The MC has a meme harem with a couple of waifus that have unique and quirky personalities. The plot progresses rapidly and the world is established quickly. Supporting characters are added to the story without having to wait a full "arc" on them.

Production wise, the animation has good quality, the art style is nice, the character designs feel unique and you can perceive the artists put a lot read more

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Sep 22, 2021

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

bufi_ (All reviews)

60 people found this review helpful

Tsukimichi is a very messy anime. Yet, it works. It's funny, it's enjoyable, it has good twists on the tropes in it and relatable characters. It's actually pretty damn good. The only complain I have would be the possessive harem trope, which I really hate, but that's not such a big problem given all the good parts about it.

The premise sounds interesting, and altough it's not really something new since it's more like a mashup of tropes with ocasional twists, it isn't boring at all and it actually lives up to the expectations. The MC ends up in a different world (yet not after dying, read more

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Sep 22, 2021

12 of 12 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 4

Stark700 (All reviews)

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You ever got into trouble at school and put into detention for something ludicrous? First phase is the denial, then comes the anger. That sort of reminds me of the reaction I got after watching Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu. Yes, this show is a ludicrous anime adaptation.

To the surprise of probably no one, Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu's anime announcement was about as inevitable as any other popular light novel in these years. Kei Azumi's light novel takes place in a fantasy world inspired by the endless isekai trend. Here, we have a boy named Makoto Misumi who gets summoned to a world by the God Tsukuyomi. After realizing his ugly appearance, he gets banished into a Wasteland realm. The catch is that Makoto is gifted with powerful abilities and it doesn't take long to start gaining companions. The most prominent of them is a dragon girl named Tomoe and the Black Spider of Calamity, Mio.

It appears from the start that Makoto has the average humble personality of an adventurer. There's nothing distingushing about his characteristics although his humbleness leads to gain Tomoe and Mio's trust. This form of trust quickly develops into affection as the two swears to serve him. Watching the three on their adventure almost translates to an JRG-like game with a party of members taking on quests together. The catch is that Makoto starts strong as a protagonist while his companions are also no short of being powerful in their own rights. A supposingly draw for the show is the relationship between these three. However, that ends up being a degrading experience for us. The fact is, these three lack any real chemistry. Makoto's naiveness holds back the trio's character relationship. When you see Mio fangirling over Makoto or expecting some sort of intimacy with him, he rejects it without even realizing. For a protagonist, Makoto is nothing short of being plain and uninteresting.

However, I am almost certain that the author had fun writing the series. You can see how playful the humor works with each episode while also adapting the fantasy drama you'd expect to find in isekai anime these days. Furthermore, the characters he adds such as Ema, Rinon, or Shiki adds some flavor in the show. These include Shiki's character debut that seems to come across as a meme (the 'oh no, he's hot!') or Ema's pig appearance. With each progressing episode, it became more and more obvious they wanted the show to be strictly a fantasy and ditch away its real world references. Does it succeed? From the surface, it looks like so but in reality, the world fiction is what you can find in just about any damn light novel you open these days.

So what does Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu have that other isekai anime lacks these days? Well, we do have a naive straightforward protagonist who takes everything for face value. But, the core relationship in the show isn't carried with a degree of solid writing. There's hardly any creative development between the main cast. I already mentioned about the fantasy world and it's nothing really distinguishable from others. Then, we have the God Tsukuyomi who was the one for Makoto's transportation to the fantasy world. As a divine being, we hardly learn about his main purpose in the show or his background. It appears the show just decided to drop the audience into the story just like the protagonist. It just wanted us to get started right away and absorb everything all at once. With just 12 episodes, it also shouldn't come as a surprise that the anime serves as an advertisement of the novels. Let's face it, the main material far exceeds in length than what we see on TV.

Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu is advertised as a fantasy isekai and the art style reflects as one. The promotional materials and character designs are what you'd expect for a cast of non-human characters. Tomoe has her dragon form who can become a busty woman with cyan hair. Then, there's Mio in a black silky yukata and sly attitude. When the two are near Makoto, they act as devoted companions who wants to please him physically and emotionally. Don't believe me? Just watch their expressions ranging from jealousy, embarassment, to anger. The fact is, if Makoto ever gets harmed in any way, you can expect hell to break loose. On the other hand, the show is incredibly straightforward to adapting Makoto as a plain-looking guy. He's not a hunk or has any princely characteristics. Physically, he looks like an average male with the same stoic look 24/7. And to me, his face lands a spot on a character list I want to punch this year.

I won't deny that the show is fun to watch for some giggles and popcorn entertainment. It didn't take itself seriously as it should and you shouldn't either. What did ultimately hold this anime back from being a success is the lackluster storytelling, its mediocre character cast, and a world that was made without much of a plan. Do I enjoy the anime? Sometimes. Do I recommend this show? Definitely not.

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