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“Terminally ill 12-year-old Mitsuki, given one year to live, becomes teen pop star Full Moon to fulfill singing dream.”
Full Moon wo Sagashite
満月〈フルムーン〉をさがして
8.06
812 rank · 41,449 readers · 1,956 favorites
Shoujo
Music
Showbiz
Comedy
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Terminally ill 12-year-old Mitsuki, given one year to live, becomes teen pop star Full Moon to fulfill singing dream.
At the tender age of 12, Mitsuki Kouyama has a sarcoma in her throat. Though this rare cancer can be cured by removing her vocal cords, Mitsuki refuses because of her desire to become a pop singer and keep her childhood promise to Eichi Sakurai, her first love who left for America. Unable to both heal and keep her voice, she allows her health to deteriorate, as she accepts her tragic fate. One day, while escaping the home of her music-hating grandmother to attend an audition, Mitsuki meets two shinigami, Takuto Kira and Meroko Yui. Realizing that Mitsuki can see them, Takuto and Meroko reveal to her that she will die in a year. Moved by her plight, Takuto allows Mitsuki the chance to pursue her dream by giving her the ability to transform into a healthy sixteen-year-old girl. After being chosen for a contract with Seed Records, Mitsuki makes her debut under the stage name Full Moon and chooses to pursue her dream music career before her life's end.Included one-shot: Volume 2: Ginyuu Meika
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 19 sampled reviews
8.7
/10
What 19 readers settled on.
95%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 1.52
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.52 · some divergence
The polarity gap
4.9 pts
Recommenders 8.9 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.32
Running avg · May 2008 → Feb 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “My eyes still have the beginnings of tears in them from this story. I laughed and I cried it was so good. The story is amazing and it really makes you think about certain things. A lot of the time...”
- 10 “This is shojo but not for kids under the age of nine. It could upset them easily. I mean very easily!!! It had me laughing in places and almost shredding tears in others. It is very kawaii (cute)...”
- 10 “Story: 10/10 A girl and boy promises each other to fulfil their dreams. Her dream is to become a singer, however, unfortunately, she suffers from throat cancer. But, with the help of two...”
Verbosity
Short · 58%
Medium · 26%
Long · 16%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 35 × 7 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 40m approx
- Published Dec 2001 – Apr 2004
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0006 catalog