History Manga / MoonlightAct

* MakeMeWannaShout: The four Town Musicians of Bremen weaponize their singing as a terribly effective sonic attack.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Gekko and Engekibu are equally prone to being victims of ''Moonlight Act's'' various kinds of physical wackiness. Notably in the first chapter alone, Engekibu plants her foot on Gekko's face and a page later he plants ''his'' fist in her face. And in the next chapter, upon first meeting Hachikazuki they pinch each other. On each other's butts.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Gekko perform this when he seals himself along with the final big bad in order to prevent him from destroying both the fairy tale world and our world but fortunately, he just returned to our world when his friends forced the mangaka Kazuhiro Fujita to make another series based on his adventures which is ''Moonlight Act''.]]

* {{Bishonen}}: Idea from Splash, your typical well-dressed pretty guy the girls swoon for, even Engekibu!

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Gekko, who literally has bluish-lilac hair.

So begins ''Moonlight Act'', a fairytale-themed UrbanFantasy manga by Creator/KazuhiroFujita. While the series is not as well-known as ''Manga/UshioAndTora'' or ''Manga/KarakuriCircus'', it stands on its own merit as an action-oriented FracturedFairyTale [[FairyTaleFreeForAll Free For All]], notable for highlighting some lesser-known tales from both Japan and other regions of the world. It also alternates between arcs focusing on Japanese and non-Japanese tales, which creates a nice balance of cultures represented as well as a refreshing pace of meeting characters from all sorts of stories from all around the world.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Engeki-bu (演劇部) translates to Drama Club, and that's the only thing everyone calls her. The English release goes with Teatro.

* CreatorCameo : Creator/KazuhiroFujita makes an appearance in the final chapter when Gekko’s friends barge into his studio begging him to make another series based on Gekko’s adventures in order [[spoiler:to bring him back to our world after he performed his HeroicSacrifice [[TitleDrop which is the series you are reading right now]]]]

* HeroicSacrifice : [[spoiler:Gekko perform this when he seals himself along with the final big bad in order to prevent him from destroying both the fairy tale world and our world but fortunately, he just returned to our world when his friends forced the mangaka Kazuhiro Fujita to make another series based on his adventures which is Moonlight Act]]

* HeroicSacrifice : [[spoiler:Gekko perform this when he seals himself along with the final big bad in order to prevent him from destroying both the fairy tale world and our world ever again but fortunately, he just returned to our world when his friends forced the mangaka Kazuhiro Fujita to make another series based on his adventures which is Moonlight Act]]

On one such night, as Engekibu is reading the classic Japanese folktale of Hachikazuki (the Bowl-Bearing Princess) on the roof of the Iwasaki ramen shop, the tale’s protagonist jumps suddenly jumps out of the page and accidentally hits Gekko in the face with the giant bowl that’s stuck on her head, with the side-effect of imprinting the mark of the moon onto his face. Hot on her trail is one of her sisters-in-law, transformed into a monster by the light of the blue moon. After working with Gekko to defeat her sister-in-law, Hachikazuki explains that every time the light of the blue moon hits an open fairy tale or folk story, characters bathed in said light go berserk and rampage through both the story and the human worlds (this event is called getting 'moonstruck'). To combat this, an executor from the human world is chosen to bear the task of working with an emissary from the story world to execute the ''Gekkō Jōrei'' (lit. [[TitleDrop Moonlight Act]] or Regulation), and Hachikazuki has unintentionally marked Gekko as an executor. Ever reluctant to admit he wants to help and encouraged by Engekibu, Gekko begins his adventure as the executor.

* PinchMe: Gekko and Engekibu's first reactions upon meeting a character from a Japanese folktale. They take turns pinching each other... on their butts.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Gekko and Engekibu are equally prone to being victims of ''Moonlight Act's'' various kinds of physical wackiness. Notably in the first chapter alone, Engekibu plants her foot on Gekko's face and a page later he plants ''his'' fist in her face. And in the next chapter, upon first meeting Hachikazuki they [[PinchMe pinch each other]]. On each other's butts.

Gekko Iwasaki is a rough-and-tumble OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent with four weaknesses: 1) he can’t ever talk about his emotions honestly, 2) his grandfather, owner and runner of a ramen shop, 3) his [[ChildhoodFriends childhood friend]] [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname known only as]] Engekibu (literally: Drama Club. Yes, [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer that’s really what everyone calls her]]), and 4) melancholy strikes him every time it’s a full moon night.

On one such night, as Engekibu is reading the classic Japanese folktale of Hachikazuki (the Bowl-Bearing Princess) on the roof of the Iwasaki ramen shop, the tale’s protagonist jumps suddenly jumps out of the page and accidentally hits Gekko in the face with the giant bowl that’s stuck on her head, with the side-effect of imprinting the mark of the moon onto his face. Hot on her trail is one of her sisters-in-law, transformed into a monster by the light of the blue moon. After working with Gekko to defeat her sister-in-law, Hachikazuki explains that every time the light of the blue moon hits an open fairy tale or folk story, characters bathed in said light go berserk and rampage through the both the story and the human worlds (this event is called getting 'moonstruck'). To combat this, an executor from the human world is chosen to bear the task of working with an emissary from the story world to execute the ''Gekkō Jōrei'' (lit. [[TitleDrop Moonlight Act]] or Regulation), and Hachikazuki has unintentionally marked Gekko as an executor. Ever reluctant to admit he wants to help and encouraged by Engekibu, Gekko begins his adventure as the executor.

So begins ''Moonlight Act'', a fairy tale-themed UrbanFantasy manga by Creator/KazuhiroFujita. While the series is not as well-known as [[Manga/UshioAndTora some of the mangaka’s]] [[Manga/KarakuriCircus other works]], it stands on its own merit as an action-oriented FracturedFairyTale [[FairyTaleFreeForAll Free For All]], notable for highlighting some lesser-known tales from both Japan and other regions of the world. It also alternates between arcs focusing on Japanese and non-Japanese tales, which creates a nice balance of cultures represented as well as a refreshing pace of meeting characters from all sorts of stories from all aroundthe world.

!! ''Moonlight Act'' contains examples of:

* PinchMe: Gekko and Engekibu's first reactions upon meeting a character from a Japanese folktale. They take turn pinching each other... on their butts.

On one such night, as Engekibu is reading the classic Japanese folktale of Hachikazuki (the Bowl-Bearing Princess) on the roof of the Iwasaki ramen shop, the tale’s protagonist jumps suddenly jumps out of the page and accidentally hits Gekko in the face with the giant bowl that’s stuck on her head, with the side-effect of imprinting the mark of the moon onto his face. Hot on Hachikazuki’s trail is one of her sisters-in-law, transformed into a monster by the light of the blue moon. After working with Gekko to defeat her sister-in-law, Hachikazuki explains that every time the light of the blue moon hits an open fairy tale or folk story, characters bathed in said light go berserk and rampage through the both the story and the human worlds (this event is called getting 'moonstruck'). To combat this, an executor from the human world is chosen to bear the task of working with an emissary from the story world to execute the ''Gekkō Jōrei'' (lit. [[TitleDrop Moonlight Act]] or Regulation), and Hachikazuki has unintentionally marked Gekko as an executor. Ever reluctant to admit he wants to help and encouraged by Engekibu, Gekko begins his adventure as the executor.

* {{Bishonen}}: Idea from Splash, your typical metrosexual hot guy the girls swoon for, even Engekibu!

* BreatherEpisode: One-chapter Acts tend to be placed after a long and emotionally-intense Act. The earliest examples are Acts 5 to 8.
* CarryABigStick: Hachikazuki's default weapon form.

* YamatoNadeshiko: Hachikazuki is a SpiritedYoungLady version of this, since her original tale focuses on her becoming a full-on Yamato Nadeshiko, but her position as an emissary of the story world relies on her being able to kick ass and take names.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Gekko and Engekibu are equally prone to being victims of ''Moonlight Act's'' various kinds of physical wackiness. Notably in the first arc, upon first encountering Hachikazuki they [[PinchMe pinch each other]]. On each other's butts.

On one such night, as Engekibu is reading the classic Japanese folktale of Hachikazuki (the Bowl-Bearing Princess) on the roof of the Iwasaki ramen shop, the tale’s protagonist jumps suddenly jumps out of the page and accidentally hits Gekko in the face with the giant bowl that’s stuck on her head, with the side-effect of imprinting the mark of the moon onto his face. Hot on Hachikazuki’s trail is one of her sisters-in-law, transformed into a monster by the light of the blue moon. After working with Gekko to defeat her sister-in-law, Hachikazuki explains that every time the light of the blue moon hits an open fairy tale or folk story, characters bathed in said light go berserk and rampage through the both the story and the human worlds. To combat this, an executor from the human world is chosen to bear the task of working with an emissary from the story world to execute the ''Gekkō Jōrei'' (lit. [[TitleDrop Moonlight Act]] or Regulation), and Hachikazuki has unintentionally marked Gekko as an executor. Ever reluctant to admit he wants to help and encouraged by Engekibu, Gekko begins his adventure as the executor.

So goes the beginning of ''Moonlight Act'', a fairy tale-themed UrbanFantasy manga by Creator/KazuhiroFujita. While the series is not as well-known as [[Manga/UshioAndTora some of the mangaka’s]] [[Manga/KarakuriCircus other works]], it stands on its own merit as an action-oriented FracturedFairyTale [[FairyTaleFreeForAll Free For All]], notable for highlighting some lesser-known tales from both Japan and other regions of the world. It also alternates between arcs focusing on Japanese and non-Japanese tales, which creates a nice balance of cultures represented as well as a refreshing pace of meeting characters from all kinds of stories from all over the world.

* ActionGirl: As expected from [[AuthorAppeal the mangaka]]. Any female character that gets hit by the light of the blue moon becomes this, though they tend to also become TheBerserker.

* TheBerserker: Any character hit by the blue moon's light almost always turns to this, and being hit by the mark of the moon that's on Hachikazuki's bowl (and Gekko's face) returns them back to normal.

* CerebusRollercoaster: Thanks to the series's penchant for switching between long, multi-chapter Acts and {{BreatherEpisode}}s, it can often read like one of these (for better or worse).
* ChildhoodFriends: Gekko and Engekibu have known each other since they were kids.

* GenkiGirl: Engekibu's default existence.

* HumanWeapon: Hachikazuki can swallow objects and transform into a version of it that is (by her own admission) ten times more effective. In the beginning of the story she swallowed an Oni's mace and thus it's her default weapon form for Gekko to wield.

* VisualPun: The blue moonlight is what causes fairy tale characters to rampage, and according to Hachikazuki these series of events happen every few decades. In other words, it happens ''once in a blue moon''.

* ActionGirl: As expected from [[AuthorAppeal the mangaka]. Any female character that gets hit by the light of the blue moon becomes this, though they tend to also become TheBerserker.

* HumanWeapon: Hachikazuki can swallow objects and transform into a version of it that is (by her own admission) ten times more effective. In the beginning she swallowed an Oni's mace and thus it's her default weapon form for Gekko to wield.

* UseYourHead: Since Gekko's face has been (accidentally) marked with the moon's mark from Hachikazuki, he can slam his face onto any rampaging fairy tale character and it'll work just as well as if he was wielding Hachikazuki.

So goes the beginning of ''Moonlight Act'', a fairy tale-themed UrbanFantasy manga by Creator/KazuhiroFujita. While the series is not as well-known as [[Manga/UshioAndTora some of the mangaka’s]] [[Manga/KarakuriCircus other works]], it stands on its own merit as an action-oriented FracturedFairyTale [FairyTaleFreeForAll Free For All]], notable for highlighting some lesser-known tales from both Japan and other regions of the world. It also alternates between arcs focusing on Japanese and non-Japanese tales, which creates a nice balance of cultures represented as well as a refreshing pace of meeting characters from all kinds of stories from all over the world.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Engeki-bu (演劇部) translates to Drama Club, and that's the only thing everyone. The English release goes with Teatro.