History Manga / CrescentMoon

The Moonlight Bandit's thefts put them into conflict with the police with police inspector Kimiteru Kusakabe, who has dedicated himself to catching them. They also come into conflict with an ancient order of magic-using humans called Dawn's Venus, which is dedicated to the destruction of the Lunar Race.

* CaperRationalization: The Moon Bandits are thieves, but they are stealing things that was stolen from their race centuries ago, and they need them to cure a disease that threatens their race with extinction.

* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Childhood marriage promises are referenced in a [[ShowWithinAShow Story Within A Story]] about the a girl that makes such a promise to a demon.

* ImplausibleHairColor: Somewhat invoked in the story. Mahiru at first thinks that Nazomu is foriegn, because of his blonde hair and blue eyes. However, he speaks with a thick KansaiRegionalAccent and was born and bred in Japan. It is latter revealed that he is a case of ButNotTooForeign, being half-British.

One day, Mahiru finds herself approached by four mysterious youths. The youths are not human, but are members of a supernatural race called "People of the Moon" or the "Lunar Race." The four are the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] Nozomu, the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] Akira, the {{kitsune}} Misoka, and the {{tengu}} Mitsuru. Together, the four form a band of thieves called the Moonlight Bandits. The Moonlight Bandits steal gems known as Teardrops of the Moon, which the Lunar Race can use as a source of power. The Lunar Race is dying off, and hopes to use the Teardrops to preserve themselves.

* AChildShallLeadThem: The Lunar Race is currently ruled by a child emperor.

* {{Kitsune}}: Misoka Asagi, the leader of the Moonlight Bandits.

* {{Youkai}}: Called the Lunar Race. Several types appear, including {{kitsune}} and the tengu Mitsuru Suou.

* {{Bishonen}}: Nearly all the males, but especially vampire Nozomu Moegi.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Several of the characters have green hair.

''Crescent Moon'' (未完の月 Mikan no Tsuki) is a shōjo manga by Haruko Iida and Takamura Matsuda. The story is about a high school girl named Mahiru Shiraishi, who has the ability to grant others good fortune by touching them. She herself does not benefit from this good fortune, and occasionally laments that this is because she has given all of her luck away to others.

One day, Mahiru finds herself approached by four mysterious youths. The youths are not human, but are members of a supernatural race called "People of the Moon" or the "Lunar Race." The four are the {{vampire}} Nozomu, the {{werewolf}} Akira, the {{kitsune}} Misoka, and the {{tengu}} Mitsuru. Together, the four form a band of thieves called the Moonlight Bandits. The Moonlight Bandits steal gems known as Teardrops of the Moon, which the Lunar Race can use as a source of power. The Lunar Race is dying off, and hopes to use the Teardrops to preserve themselves.

* HunterOfMonsters: Dawn's Venus is a group of humans dedicated to hunting down and destroying the Lunar Race. They view themselves as an order of {{Demon Slayer}}s fighting monsters, however in fact they are exhibiting FantasticRacism.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Akira Yamabuki. His major abilities are super-speed, super strength, and an amazing sense of smelling and hearing. He can take on human, PettingZooPeople and LittleBitBeastly forms.

One day, Mahiru finds herself approached by four mysterious youths. The youths are not human, but are members of a supernatural race called "People of the Moon" or the "Lunar Race." The four are the vampire Nozomu, the {{werewolf}} Akira, the {{kitsune}} Misoka, and the tengu Mitsuru. Together, the four form a band of thieves called the Moonlight Bandits. The Moonlight Bandits steal gems known as Teardrops of the Moon, which the Lunar Race can use as a source of power. The Lunar Race is dying off, and hopes to use the Teardrops to preserve themselves.

* TheHunter: Dawn's Venus is a group of humans dedicated to hunting down and destroying the Lunar Race. They view themselves as an order of {{Demon Slayer}}s fighting monsters, however in fact they are exhibiting FantasticRacism.

* ThemeNaming: [[ThemeNaming/CrescentMoon Has its own page.]]

* {{Youkai}}: Called the Lunar Race. Several types appear, including {{kitsune}} and the tengu Mitsuru Suou.

* HalfBreed: Misoka is half-human.

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* {{Youkai}}: Called the Lunar Race. Several types appear, including {{kitsune}} and the tengu (raven youkai) Mitsuru Suou.

* {{Seers}}

* HairTriggerTemper: Mitsuru gets angry very easily, and sometimes even goes into a crazy berserk mode. One of the other characters describes him as having anger management issues.

* [[VampiresOwnNightClubs Youkai Own Nightclubs]]: The Lunar Race owns a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizushobai nightclub]] because dancing and music is associated with moon worship.

* NeverBeHurtAgain plus IJustWantToBeBadass: Mitsuru was raised by humans but apparently was betrayed by them. As a result, he distrusts everyone and wants to be more powerful so no one can ever hurt him again.