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It was a late autumn night when a pale light descended from the night sky that only a scent few have noticed. The following morning, Tobari, the chief hall monitor of her school, arrived to the school's preparation of their culture festival to find her friend, Hina, not wearing her school uniform. Later that afternoon, many students gathered and the sky suddenly grew dark and dusk-like, like something out of a fairy tale as time leapt forward. Amidst the chaos, Hina began to act strangely and head away from the school. With that, Tobari began her adventure on the [[TitleDrop night of the curious moon]].

''Tobari and the Night of the Curious Moon'', also known as ''Fushigi na Tsuki no Yoru no Tobari'', is a [[PlatformGame platforming game]] by Desunoya. If you were to take ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY and blend it with]] ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' with a touch of {{Moe}}, your result would likely be this doujin platformer; the gameplay is reminiscent to ''Super Mario Bros.'' yet our heroine Tobari can use the magical powers of her enemies by whacking them with her Keystaff.

The game was first released in Japan (obviously) during Comiket 81 for Windows PC, and later received an official English release on [=DLsite=]'s English website; the localization credits includes Mauve, a programer of [[http://www.gensokyo.org/ Gensokyo.org]] who also worked on the FanTranslation of some of the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' games and ''VideoGame/{{HELLSINKER}}''. You can find the English version on [=DLsite=] [[http://www.dlsite.com/eng/work/=/product_id/RE099794.html here]]. The overseas version later made its way onto UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on May 26, 2015 for Windows and Linux. The game's English webpage and its trial version can also be found [[http://www.desunoya.sakura.ne.jp/product/tobari_e/index.html here]].



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!!This game features examples of:
%%* OneUp
* OneHundredPercentCompletion: There are 48 "achievements" of sort. These range from easy ones (find the hidden shops, get more than 5000 coins), to hard but doable (beat the game with less than 10 deaths, get all Moon Fragments) to ridiculously difficult ([[NoDamageRun beat the extra boss without taking a hit]], complete the second special world).
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Farilina and Hina]] show up during [[spoiler: the fight with [[TrueFinalBoss Lucea]]]] to save Tobari and give her new powers.
* BonusDungeon: Two of them. The first is unlocked by collecting all Moon Fragments hidden in the normal stages, and it provides a continuation to the story along with a [[TrueFinalBoss True Final Boss]]. [[SurpriseDifficulty It is also much harder than the normal game]]. The second can be "bought" from the shop after beating the extra world, and it can only be described as [[PlatformHell the really evil son of]] ''Super VideoGame/MeatBoy'' and ''Videogame/{{I Wanna Be The Guy}}''
* BrutalBonusLevel: The aforementioned World??. It combines navigating through absurdly difficult platforming segments, filled with [[SpikesOfDoom red spikes]], [[BottomlessPit lots of pits]], [[AutoScrollingLevel fast scrolling screens]] and overall requiring extremely quick reaction times, with some [[MoonLogicPuzzle completely illogical puzzles]]. It also pretty much [[ForcedLevelGrinding forces you to grind coins for one of its stages]].
* BulletHell: Endgame enemies and bosses are quite fond of this strategy. The second special boss isn't even funny.
* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase
* ChargeAttack: The {{Magic Missile}} spell can be charged up to make the shoots travel faster and further instead moving slowly and dropping down afterwards.
* CollisionDamage: Most mobs damage you on contact, but [[ZigzaggedTrope surprisingly enough]], bosses don't. You can freely hang around them while they're not in the middle of an attack.
* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler: The Dark Clan of the moon as a whole, and Lucea in particular. Corruption aside, she's just a sad little girl who thinks she's lost her best friend.]]
* DoubleJump: Tobari can do one with the Air Bound power, though the second jump is activated by the attack command instead of simply pressing jump again.
* DreamLand: The world around Tobari has been turned into one.
* ElementalPowers: Some of the magic-casting use them, which Tobari can also borrow with her Keystaff.
** FireIceLightning: A few enemies use each. Tobari can also borrow these powers to shoot [[PlayingWithFire fireballs]], create a [[AnIcePerson blizzard]] [[HarmlessFreezing to freeze enemies]] and [[ImprovisedPlatform use them as platforms]], and [[InstantThunder summon]] [[ShockAndAwe thunderbolts]] from above.
** BlowYouAway: One of Tobari copied abilities lets her use wind to jump higher and slow down her falling speed.
** DishingOutDirt: The Shoot Rock spell.
* ElegantGothicLolita: Tsubaki.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: In true ''Kirby'' fashion, you get the Holy Staff for the second phase of the [[TrueFinalBoss extra boss]]. It works exactly like your normal attack, but has greater power and reach, and most importantly, it cancels enemy bullets. [[BulletHell You WILL need it]].
* FollowTheMoney: Mostly played straight, and can be a way to reach hidden parts of the level, but [[SubvertedTrope cruelly subverted]] in the bonus worlds, where doing so will lead to your death most of the times.
* FlunkyBoss: Everyone does this to a degree, but it's most notable with Tsubaki and the bonus boss, who summons [[DegradedBoss very weak but annoying clones of every other boss]].
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler: Hina corrupted by the "Moon's Illness". She gets better, thank to [[ThePowerOfFriendship the power of friendship]]]]
* FinalBossNewDimension: With said dimension obviously being an [[AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield amazing technicolor battlefield]].
* GetBackHereBoss: The bonus boss moves around like crazy, [[AutoScrollingLevel and takes the screen with her]].
* GoombaSpringboard: Much like in the ''Super Mario Bros.'' games, Tobari can bounce off enemies higher by holding down the jump button.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: A non-romantic example, this is [[spoiler: basically the reason Hina went ahead on her own instead of consulting Tobari, since she didn't want her to get hurt]]. The feeling is also mutual.
* KaizoTrap: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] Nothing will ever kill after touching the goal, but getting past it in some way or another is often necessary to get hidden goodies.
* LifeMeter: 3 Hearts, but you can temporarily get up to 6 by buying the "Jellied Yam" item.
* MagicStaff: The Keystaff used by Tobari.
* MarathonBoss: The bonus boss has so much health that her life meters ''[[SerialEscalation break the screen]]''
* MercyInvincibility: Only lasts for a few instants, but can still be exploited.
* MoonRabbit: The Usagi/Rabbits, cute girls [[LittleBitBeastly with rabbit ears]] that often offer useful advice. Most enemies also have various kinds of rabbit features.
* OptionalBoss: [[spoiler: Farilina]] fights you at the end of the last world. [[LampshadeHanging She flat out says]] the fight has zero meaning and there's nothing to win [[BraggingRightsReward besides a sense of self-satisfaction]].
* PassionateSportsGirl: Asuka, head of the the sport club. Even her attacks often involve tennis, basket and volleyballs.
* PointAndClickMap: The World Select screen à la the classic ''Super Mario Bros.'' games.
* PowerCopying: Our heroine can gain different powers by striking certain enemies with her Keystaff.
* PuzzlePlatformer: Not really evident if you just blast your way through, but getting all Moon Fragments require tinkering with the right skills in creative ways. The extra world also has multiple levels that employ this.
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: World 4. Slippery platforms will continue to appear now and then too.
* SpringJump: Some stages have springboards for you to jump to higher places.
* SuspiciousVideogameGenerosity: If you find lots of coins, a couple of [[OneUp life stars]] and a shop, expect a boss ahead. The penultimate stage is also a glaring example, as it [[BreatherLevel contains nothing but coins and extra lives]].
* ThirdPersonPerson: Tsubaki talks like this.
* TimeStandsStill: The Stop spell. Tobari even yells "WARUDO FREEZE" when using it.
* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Corrupted Lucea, the princess of the Dark Clan of the Moon and Farilina's best friend]].
* ZergRush: The Sheep Butlers/Jeeve-Sheep's favourite tactic. They're weak, but good luck fending off a thousand of them..
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