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Tsuki no Ko

Review Date: 04.01.2001
Japanese Title: Tsuki no Ko
English Title: MOON CHILD
Author: Shimizu Reiko
Publisher: Hana to Yume 1989
Genre: shoujo / sci-fi
Target Age: 12+
Status: 13 volumes, finished
Vol. 1 ISBN: ISBN4-592-11291-1
Rating: 7/10


MAIN CHARACTERS

Jimmy Jimmy
A mysterious young boy without a past; he is found wandering in the streets one day. Followed by two older boys who look exactly like him. Can see monsters.
Shona Shona
An alien mermaid living in New York; he tends bars for a living and waits for the coming if his true love's daughter, Benjamin. He is mysteriously drawn to Jimmy.
Art Art
A human dancer living in New York, he nearly runs Jimmy over and ends up taking him home. He has a quick temper. Wants to keep Jimmy with him but is frightened by his powers.


BASIC PLOT
While saving a stray kitten, a little boy inadvertently causes a car accident. The driver stumbles out of his car, bleeding from the head, and passes out in the street. He wakes up in the hospital, and finds the boy waiting for him. When he suggests that the boy ought to go home to his family, the boy replies "But, aren't you my family?" This magical tale revolves around dancers, mermaids, and aliens; could the little boy be more than he appears? Could it be he is Benjamin, the chosen one?


POINTS OF INTEREST
Shona is a recycled character from an older work of Shimizu-sensei's called "Neo-Doberman", found in the comic Tennyo Raishu.


OTHER MANGA BY THE AUTHOR
Noah's Spaceship ISBN unknown
Tennyo Raishu ISBN4-592-11808-1
22XX ISBN4-592-12655-6
Mou Hitotsu no Shinwa ISBN unknown
Yume no Tsuzuki ISBN unknown
Milky Way ISBN unknown
Tenshi-tachi no Shinkaron ISBN unknown
Papillion ISBN unknown
Ryuu no Nemuruboshi 1-5 ISBN unknown
Kaguya Hime 1-? ISBN4-592-12411-1 (vol.1)
Magic ISBN4-592-12494-4
WILD CATS ISBN4-592-17145-4


RELATED LINKS
Reiko Shimizu's World
Moon Child