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“Half-mermaid girl holds key to ending human-merfolk war or destroying Earth; amnesiac Jimmy and merman Shona race to find her.”
Moon Child
月の子
7.25
5,971 rank · 1,865 readers · 19 favorites
Shoujo
Drama
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Half-mermaid girl holds key to ending human-merfolk war or destroying Earth; amnesiac Jimmy and merman Shona race to find her.
Will a half-mermaid, half-human girl bring an end to the feud between humanity and the mer-people—or bring about the destruction of all life on Earth? As a merman named Shona is returning to his birthplace to spawn, he meets a young human, Jimmy, who suffers from amnesia. Together, Jimmy and Shona set off to find the missing girl. Will they be able to avert a mysterious prophecy, or will finding the secret of Jimmy's identity delay them enough to set Earth on the path to destruction? (Source: CMX)
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Derived from 3 sampled reviews
9.3
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 10
mode 10
σ 0.94
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.94 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.67
Running avg · Dec 2008 → Apr 2019
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Tsuki no Ko or Moon Child it's my first Old Manga had my interest in old manga culture that's non familiar with my generation, at first only being interesting because I really love Gender Bender...”
- 10 “This underhyped and underrated "gem" should get all the praise it deserves and be acknowledged by all manga lovers out there. The story of Moon Child starts off peculiar and somewhat hard...”
- 8 “Story: Tsuki no Ko is a beautiful ~late 80's-early 90's shoujo manga that explores darker themes like reincarnation, the apocalyptic, alienation, loneliness, morality/moral obligation, and...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 33%
Long · 33%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 52 × 13 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 56m approx
- Published Feb 1989 – Apr 1993
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1325 catalog