Moonlight Act

Moonlight Act (Japanese: 月光条例, Hepburn: Gekkō Jōrei, lit. "Moonlight Regulation") is a Japanese manga series created by Kazuhiro Fujita. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from March 2008 to April 2014, with its chapters collected in twenty-nine tankōbon volumes.

Moonlight Act
Cover of the volume 1 of Moonlight Act, showing Gekko Iwasaki and Engekibu.
月光条例
(Gekkō Jōrei)
GenreAdventure, fantasy[1]
Manga
Written byKazuhiro Fujita
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runMarch 26, 2008 – April 9, 2014
Volumes29

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.[2]

Characters
Gekko Iwasaki (岩崎月光, Iwasaki Gekko)
A violent hero.
Lady Teatro (演劇部, Engeki-bu)
A member of a drama club who is popular in Gekko's high school.
Princess Hachikazuki (鉢かづき姫, Hachikazuki-hime)
A heroine escaping from the fairy tale. She is crazy for speed.

Publication

Moonlight Act is written and illustrated by Kazuhiro Fujita. The series began in the 2008 17th issue of Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday, released on March 26, 2008.[3][lower-alpha 1] The series finished in the 2014 19th issue of the magazine, released on April 9, 2014.[5] Shogakukan collected its chapters in twenty-nine tankōbon volumes, released from June 18, 2008 to May 16, 2014.[6][7]

Volume list
No. Release date ISBN
1 June 18, 2008[6]978-4-09-121420-1
2 September 18, 2008[8]978-4-09-121469-0
3 December 18, 2008[9]978-4-09-121519-2
4 March 18, 2009[10]978-4-09-121610-6
5 July 17, 2009[11]978-4-09-122018-9
6 September 17, 2009[12]978-4-09-121747-9
7 November 18, 2009[13]978-4-09-121886-5
8 February 18, 2010[14]978-4-09-122149-0
9 May 18, 2010[15]978-4-09-122297-8
10 August 18, 2010[16]978-4-09-122508-5
11 November 18, 2010[17]978-4-09-122660-0
12 January 18, 2010[18]978-4-09-122771-3
13 April 18, 2011[19]978-4-09-122854-3
14 July 17, 2011[20]978-4-09-123199-4
15 October 18, 2011[21]978-4-09-123336-3
16 January 18, 2012[22]978-4-09-123536-7
17 March 16, 2012[23]978-4-09-123618-0
18 May 18 2012[24]978-4-09-123656-2
19 August 17, 2012[25]978-4-09-123790-3
20 November 16, 2012[26]978-4-09-124011-8
21 February 18, 2013[27]978-4-09-124183-2
22 April 18, 2013[28]978-4-09-124284-6
23 June 18, 2013[29]978-4-09-124323-2
24 August 16, 2013[30]978-4-09-124361-4
25 November 18, 2013[31]978-4-09-124495-6
26 January 17, 2014[32]978-4-09-124550-2
27 February 18, 2014[33]978-4-09-124610-3
28 March 18, 2014[34]978-4-09-124611-0
29 May 16, 2014[7]978-4-09-124617-2

Reception

Moonlight Act was nominated for the Seiun Award in the Best Comic category in 2015.[35]

Notes
  1. Anime News Network incorrectly stated that the series began in the 18th issue, but it actually began in the 17th issue.[4]

References
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