Full Moon: O Sagashite, Vol. 5 [Paperback]

Arina Tanemura (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 4, 2006

A bittersweet tale of puppy love, tragedy, and aspirations of pop-star fame. A spark of hope ignites to a blaze in twelve-year-old Mitsuki Koyama's life when a comical pair of magical beings appears to prove to her that dreams really do come true.

Young Mitsuki loves singing and dreams of becoming a pop star. Unfortunately, a malignant tumor in her throat prevents her from pursuing her passion. However, her life turns around when two surprisingly fun-loving harbingers of death appear to grant Mitsuki a temporary reprieve from her illness and give her singing career a magical push start.

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About the Author

Arina Tanemura began her manga career in 1996 at the early age of 18,

when her short stories debuted in Ribon magazine. Tanemura gained

notoriety with the 1997 publication of I-O-N, a high school romance with

a supernatural twist. From 1998 to 2000, she worked on the popular series

Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne, about a young girl who is the reincarnation of

Joan of Arc, followed by Time Stranger Kyoko in 2000-2001 and Full

Moon o Sagashite in 2002. Despite Tanemura's intentions to draw in a style

that makes her stories difficult to animate, both Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne

and Full Moon o Sagashite have been adapted into TV series.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; 1 edition (April 4, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1421502666
• ISBN-13: 978-1421502663
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Troubling Times, March 26, 2006

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This review is from: Full Moon: O Sagashite, Vol. 5 (Paperback)

When we last left our characters, Takuto had expressed his love to Mitsuki. Meroko, upset at the loss of Takuko's love (though she never had it to begin with ^_^) and confused by the sudden return of her human memories, asked Izumi to take her back to the underworld. In the newest volume, just before Meroko and Izumi leave, Mitsuki shows up to try and bring her back. She tries to explain the circumstances but will this be enough to bring Meroko back home?

With Mitsuki and FullMoon's birthday 2 days away, everyone is celebrating... including a fan of FullMoon's who does not want her to sing. When the crazed fan starts to attack FullMoon's human friends, Mitsuki wants to give up her singing career. Will she give into the fan's demands? And more importantly: will the culprit ever be caught?

Also in the manga, Izumi's human past revealed! What forced him to take his own life?

After the first four light-hearted volumes, volume 5 seems to be the most troubling, with less laughter and several heart stopping moments. Its not any less awesome than the other volumes but it is darker. The ending will blow you away! What a terrible place to leave the story at! Hopefully July will come fast so we can get volume 6 soon. Add this volume to your manga collection as soon as possible. It was well worth the wait so why wait any longer? Enjoy!