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
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Misumi, Makoto

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Hanae, Natsuki
Japanese

Tomoe

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Sakura, Ayane
Japanese

Mio

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Kitou, Akari
Japanese

Eris

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Tanaka, Minami
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Ema

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Hayami, Saori
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Shiki

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Tsuda, Kenjirou
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Tsukuyomi

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Maeno, Tomoaki
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Toa

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Kubo, Yurika
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Bulga, Sofia

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Sawashiro, Miyuki
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Ranina

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Kitamori, Saika
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Aoi, Hiroyuki

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Cao, Cong

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Maeda, Yoshiteru

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Sawada, Airi

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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

KANLen09

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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

skysurf

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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 ...

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Sep 22, 2021

bufi_

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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, ...

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