Tsuki Desu is a YouTube and Nico Nico hosted Fanime series by Anthony W.H., started in the Spring of 2012. Najika Tsuki attends the night school Sugoi Gakuen Academy School in modern-day Tokyo, living a seemingly normal life (albeit with no friends). She pines after Student Council President, Yukari Bueno, spends her free time with cats, and laments that she definitely has no friends. But that all changes when New Transfer Student Chitose Miyamoto shows up one day, and he seems to want to be Najika's friend....!
This is the second series released by master fanime creator Anthony, who already released a fanime of similar QUALITY, known as Quest Of Laizen.
Current episodes you can watch on the creator's channel, or on English Nico Nico for commenting enjoyment.
Tropes that ''Tsuki Desu" provides an example of:
- Accent Upon The Wrong Syllable: Sakooruh and Cheetoes are good examples. Though Chitose, when Yukari pronounces it right, Chitose specifically asks him to call him Cheetos. More of an In-Series Nickname.
- Artistic License – History: Ryuubi Gentoku and Kan'u Unchou were from China, not Japan. Also Najika refers to them by the Japanese pronuntiation of their names.
- Anime Hair: Principal Daisuke...looks like he has a giant green mustache on his head.
- Anime Theme Song: The intro "Drivin' Through The Night" from Ikki Tousen, and the ending theme "Tokimeki no Doukasen" from Fushigi Yuugi.
- Bilingual Bonus: Najika works for one episode at Hazukashi Diner. Hazukashi means I'm embarassed.
- Bittersweet Ending: Najika defeats her evil side, but finds out that while she was trapped in time, Yukari and Chitose lived their lives without her. They eventually die of old age and reunite with her, Kureno and Daisuke in the afterlife. Though it's shown years later that Najika has reincarnated, meeting with a now adult Sakura once again.
- Canon Welding: The last few episodes heavily imply Quest Of Laizen took place in this verse's past.
- Captain Ersatz:
- Anyone who is familiar with the *ahem* popular fanime Yin Yang will see quite a few similarities between the two.
- Episode 5 gives us Bunny and Kitten, who are unmistakable copies of Jessie and James from Pokémon
- Cerebus Syndrome: The plot becomes far more intense after Najika goes back in time. Made all the more obvious because the Eye Catches that referenced previous fanime vanish right around then.
- A Death In The Lime Light: Sakura performs a Heroic Sacrifice near the end of the episode. Subverted when she shows up in The Stinger of the final episode.
- Department of Redundancy Department: Count how many times "Tsuki Desu" is mentioned in the first episode, or how many times Najika muses on her lack of friends.
- Deuteragonist: Yukari, with Chitose as the Tritagonist. The same applies to their ancestors in Feudal Japan after they replace them in story role, with King "Yukari" Ryuubi Gentoku playing Supporting Leader with "Cheetos" Kan'u Unchou as his Knight in Shining Armor Number Two.
- Famous Ancestor: As it turns out, Yukari and Chitose are descendants of Liu Bei and Guan Yu from The Three Kingdoms.
- Friend to All Living Things: Najika spends her free time with the local cats
- Halfway Plot Switch: When Najika travels back in time, the story drops most of the supernatural aspects and becomes a story more explicitly about The Three Kingdoms....in Japan (see Artistic License – History above). Major characters Chitose and Yukari are Put on a Bus and replaced by their Identical Ancestors.
- Heel–Face Turn: Chitose claims to have made one before the series began, having formerly belonged to a group trying to acquire Najika's heart. This isn't brought up much at all after its being mentioned.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: Chitose and Yukari, after Najika leaves them behind when going to the past.
- Hidden Depths: Sakura, of all people It turns out she is an alien from the moon, who forgot her own origins. Her love for Najika causes her to fight for her sake.
- I Will Wait for You: Turns out that while Najika was trapped in time, Yukari and Chitose refused to accept her disappearance, forever waiting for her until eventually dying of old age. They do reunite with Najika in death though.
- Identical Grandson: Yukari and Chitose have counterparts who are physically indistinguishable from the present counterparts, who take over their descendants' major character status. Yukari and his ancestor Ryuubi Gentoku have a few more differences in personality than Chitose and his counterpart Kan'u Unchou. Interestingly, Doppelgänger Replacement Love Interest is mostly averted, though that isn't to say there's a complete lack of Ship Tease.
- Identical Stranger: A little girl named Nagika appears in The Stinger of the finale, with no indication of any connection to the similarly-named heroine.
- Informed Ability: Apparently within hours of transferring to SGAS, Cheetos became "the most popular boy in school"
- Kindhearted Cat Lover: Najika loves to play with cats instead of going home, because "her stepmother is a baka-idiot."
- Large Ham:
- Cheetos and Daisuke are probably the biggest offenders, though special mention goes to the likes of Kureno, Shu, and Sakura.
- Najika flip-flops between being hammy and being a Dull Surprise. Given the nature of this show, it's pretty obviously done on purpose.
- MacGuffin: Najika's heart, the Tsuki Desu.
- Maid Cafe: Najika visits and works at one briefly, called Hazukashi Diner.
- Meaningful Name: Najika Tsuki - Rainbow Moon
- Mind Screw: A brief moment in Episode 1, when Najika has what can only be described as a bad trip while she stares at the school bullies.
- Nice Guy: Chitose never really does anything mean. In fact, despite being a Succubus, there's no indication that he's bringing any harm to Najika via their relationship.
- Our Zombies Are Different: Yukari was brought back to life via magic, and can remove his body parts at will and use his bones as projectiles. Being a zombie doesn't seem to affect much besides his voice acting, though.
- Out of Focus: Episode 5 is the only time Sakura does much of anything.
- Poorly Disguised Pilot: According to Word of God, the special's Gainax Ending with previously unseen characters was meant to be this for a second season of Quest Of Laizen, an idea that is presently shelved...
- The Reveal:
- Yukari is a Zombie, demonstrated by his foot-removing technique in episode 2.
- As of episode 3, Cheetos is apparently a succubus.
- Shrinking Violet: Najika. She's shy, socially-awkward and prefers cats to people.
- Together in Death: Najika, Yukari and Cheetos in the end. They even reunite with Daisuke and Kureno.
- You Can't Go Home Again: Najika becomes trapped in the past at some point. Not only she never finds a way to return to her own time, but Yukari and Chitose grow up without her. Thankfully she does end up reuniting with them....in death.