Moonlight Act Explained

Ja Kanji:	月光条例
Ja Romaji:	Gekkō Jōrei
Genre:	Adventure, fantasy^[1]

Type:	manga
Author:	Kazuhiro Fujita
Publisher:	Shogakukan
Demographic:	Shōnen
Imprint:	Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine:	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
First:	March 26, 2008
Last:	April 9, 2014
Volumes:	29

is a Japanese manga series created by Kazuhiro Fujita. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 2008 to April 2014, with its chapters collected in 29 tankōbon volumes.

Plot

A high-school student named Gekko Iwasaki is struck by moonlight and becomes an executioner of "moonlight regulation", who makes characters escaping from fairy tales come back to them.

Characters

An aggressive high school boy of few friends. His family owns a ramen shop. He is charged, in spite of himself, to carry out the "moonlight regulation".

A member of a drama club who is popular in Gekko's high school.

A heroine escaping from the fairy tale. She is crazy for speed.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Kazuhiro Fujita, Moonlight Act was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 26, 2008,^[2] to April 9, 2014.^[3] Shogakukan collected its 286 individual chapters in 29 tankōbon volumes, released from June 18, 2008, to May 16, 2014.

Volumes

Reception

Moonlight Act was nominated for the Seiun Award in the Best Comic category in 2015.^[4]

Further reading

• Web site: Saika. Yoshiyoshi. ja:マンガ批評：「月光条例」 巨匠・藤田が原点回帰？ おとぎ話を“熱く”描く. http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/manga/review/archive/news/2008/20080716mog00m200003000c.html. Mainichi Shimbun. https://web.archive.org/web/20081204062650/http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/manga/review/archive/news/2008/20080716mog00m200003000c.html. December 4, 2008. ja. July 16, 2008.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Moonlight Act. Kazé. November 3, 2018. https://archive.today/20181103161502/http://manga.kaze.fr/catalogue/moonlight_act. November 3, 2018. French.
2. Web site: Loo. Egan. News Daily Links of the Day: Disney, Urushihara, Gundam Seed. Anime News Network. November 3, 2018. March 14, 2008.
3. Web site: ja:藤田和日郎「月光条例」が完結、最終巻には描き下ろしも. http://natalie.mu/comic/news/114059. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. November 3, 2018. April 9, 2014. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20190801200625/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/114059. August 1, 2019. live.
4. Web site: Loo. Egan. Yamato 2199, Moyashimon, Aoi Honō Win Seiun Awards. Anime News Network. November 10, 2020. August 29, 2015.