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Full Moon, in full Full Moon o Sagashite (満月をさがして, meaning Searching for the Full Moon and also spelled Full Moon wo Sagashite), is a Japanese shōjo manga and anime series by Arina Tanemura. The kanji in the Japanese title are read "furu mūn" (i.e. Full Moon) and not "mangetsu" or "mitsuki". The full title is always used in Japan whereas in the U.S. the full title is present only on the front cover of the manga.

Originally this manga, or Japanese comic, was serialised in Ribon, a Japanese magazine for girls. As of 2004, it has become a completed series with a total of seven volumes, and an artbook. The manga is published in English by VIZ Media with translations by . As the manga began to gain popularity, an anime version of the story was simultaneously made and completed before the manga's ending. Produced by Nihon Ad Systems, the anime enjoyed high ratings. It aired on TV Tokyo and has been licensed in North America by VIZ Media.

Story

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 that will destroy her voice. One day she is visited by two shinigami whom only she can see, Takuto and Meroko, that go by the team name "Negi Ramen" or "Onion Noodles". These shinigami tell her she has but one year left to live. Mitsuki realizes she can't wait any longer and attempts to achieve her dream of becoming a singer. She does not look old enough to be a singer, so she makes a deal with one of the shinigami, Takuto, to transform her into a 16-year-old body who goes by the stage name of "Full Moon". 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.

To start a career as a singer, 16-year-old Mitsuki auditions in a singing contest. Though there is much competition, she is able to win over the judges with her enthusiam for singing and her excellent voice. Two years before the shinigami's arrival, she promised Eichi Sakurai, a boy she met in an orphanage, that they would both achieve their dreams together. Eichi wanted to become an astronomer and Mitsuki wanted to become a singer. Shortly after, Eichi was adopted and emigrated to America before Mitsuki could express her feelings for him. Because Mitsuki is fated to die, she is intent on achieving her dream and meeting Eichi. Mitsuki hopes that one day Eichi will hear her songs and return to her so they can be together again before her life ends.

In the manga, like the anime, Mitsuki debuts as a singer under the alias 'Full Moon'. However, unlike the anime, she does not gain instant overwhelming success and popularity as Full Moon and instead struggles to survive in charts. Despite their similar beginnings, the manga and the anime of this series enjoy extremely different plotlines.

Characters

Names are in Western order, with the surname after the given name.

Humans

Mitsuki Koyama (神山満月 Kōyama Mitsuki) - Seiyu Myco

The protagonist, she dreams of becoming a pop singer but suffers from throat cancer. She is told that, without a surgery that would remove her vocal cords, she will die but Mitsuki still refuses the surgery. With Takuto's help, she is able to transform into Full Moon, a sixteen-year-old pop idol, completely free of cancer and able to sing. She wanted to become a singer because she wanted to tell her love, Eichi Sakurai, that she loves him. Mitsuki lost contact with Eichi when he moved from the orphanage he left for America. In the manga, after he left Mitsuki she realized that she loved him. She waited to call him in America but on the TV they said that his plane had crashed she saw his name on the list of the deceased. In the anime she doesn't find out until much later that he is dead.

Full Moon

A pop idol and the stage name of Mitsuki Koyama in her 16 year old form. The reason Mitsuki chose her stage name to be Full Moon because Eichi's goal is to become an astronomer and the term full moon reminds her of him. It is also because Mitsuki's name means 'full moon' in Japanese.

Unlike Mitsuki, Full Moon does not have throat cancer, and therefore, can sing. She was discovered by Seed Records and was selected from their audition. Full Moon is a great hit, and released several singles in the anime, such as Myself and Eternal Snow. Full Moon did several public performances and two concerts.

Eichi Sakurai (桜井英知 Sakurai Eichi)

Mitsuki's first love. After his parents died, Eichi lived with his grandfather until he too died. He was moved to the orphanage and met Mitsuki there. They became fast friends, and Mitsuki was heartbroken when he went to America because she could not confess her true feelings to him. Part of the reason she became a singer was to find him. However, in the manga, Mitsuki knew Eichi was dead all along, but pretended not to realize it (in the anime, she really didn't know that Eichi had died until later in the anime). Much of the manga revolves around Mitsuki dealing with Eichi's death.

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