...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!
The Moon (Manga)
- 174 statements
- 33 feature instances
- 4 referencing feature instances
The Moon (Manga) | type |
TVTItem | |
The Moon (Manga) | label |
The Moon (Manga) | |
The Moon (Manga) | page |
TheMoon | |
The Moon (Manga) | comment |
In the mountains, a group of nine schoolchildren come across an enormous robot called "The Moon". Its creator, a man who introduces himself as Baron Ma-Ma, offers it over to them, explaining vaguely that it is a Superweapon designed to move only when all nine kids combine their power. "God is dead", says Ma-Ma. The world overflows with wickedness, and so he has decided to invent justice.The Moon is a Shounen manga by George Akiyama, famous for controversial Seinen works like Asura, which ran in Shonen Sunday from 1972-1973.See Bokurano for a 2000s manga heavily inspired by this series (down to its main robot, Zearth/The Earth, being named after The Moon In-Universe, and having a character named Dung Beetle). | |
The Moon (Manga) | fetched |
2023-11-04T05:30:49Z | |
The Moon (Manga) | parsed |
2023-11-04T05:30:49Z | |
The Moon (Manga) | processingComment |
Dropped link to IronMan: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
The Moon (Manga) | isPartOf |
DBTropes | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_141a6acb | type |
Madness Mantra | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_141a6acb | comment |
Madness Mantra: When active, The Moon produces a sound like the wailing of "Moon! Moon! Moon!", sometimes accompanied by tears rolling down its cheeks. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_141a6acb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_141a6acb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_141a6acb | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_21889138 | type |
Crimefighting with Cash | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_21889138 | comment |
Crimefighting with Cash: This exchange between the kids and Baron Ma-Ma in their first meeting: | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_21889138 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_21889138 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_21889138 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_24383e9b | type |
First Church of Mecha | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_24383e9b | comment |
First Church of Mecha: The Moon is frequently compared to a "god of justice", or to the giant metal Buddha statues of old (though one character cynically points out that those statues, which inspired so much religious devotion, were ultimately built by humans for political reasons). Sansuu expresses a wish that it will be able to stay immobile, with no one needing its power. The ending also juxtaposes The Moon with a quote from Romain Rolland: | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_24383e9b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_24383e9b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_24383e9b | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_2854b56d | type |
Uncertain Doom | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_2854b56d | comment |
Uncertain Doom: The fates of Baron Ma-Ma and Dung Beetle are never revealed in the final arc, though given the nature of the ending, it's safe to assume they're dead. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_2854b56d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_2854b56d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_2854b56d | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_32a4f5d | type |
Strange Secret Entrance | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_32a4f5d | comment |
Strange Secret Entrance: Count Haruaki's mansion is built into a hill, with a driveway that can be tilted to connect to one of three possible entrances. The top level is a "normal" mansion, complete with separate garden, which he uses to conceal his activities. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_32a4f5d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_32a4f5d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_32a4f5d | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_33c99c49 | type |
Might Makes Right | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_33c99c49 | comment |
Might Makes Right: A recurring theme, with various forces (The Moon, hydrogen bombs, and Kennelian technology) presented as absolute powers which allow the holder to decide the meaning of justice. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_33c99c49 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_33c99c49 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_33c99c49 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_45fe3a2e | type |
Utopia Justifies the Means | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_45fe3a2e | comment |
Utopia Justifies the Means: The United Justice Army, a group of masked bikers who plan to unify Japan by dropping a H-bomb on it during the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombings. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_45fe3a2e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_45fe3a2e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_45fe3a2e | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_4e3d253b | type |
Downer Ending | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_4e3d253b | comment |
Downer Ending: The kids all die in a failed attempt to stop the Kennelian mould weapon, which is implied to wipe out all life on Earth. The final two panels are The Moon crying, and then a Fade to Black. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_4e3d253b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_4e3d253b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_4e3d253b | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_595a20c9 | type |
Chest Blaster | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_595a20c9 | comment |
Chest Blaster: In the first arc, when the crescent moon on Moon's body aligns with the moon in the sky, it can transform into a full moon which fires devastating rings of energy. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_595a20c9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_595a20c9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_595a20c9 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_5ce7dbb9 | type |
Central Theme | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_5ce7dbb9 | comment |
Central Theme: God is dead, but that only means his seat is vacant; who will take His place and impose their own justice? | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_5ce7dbb9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_5ce7dbb9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_5ce7dbb9 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_5e4cb57a | type |
Tears from a Stone | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_5e4cb57a | comment |
Tears from a Stone: The Moon sometimes appears to cry, though the kids dismiss it as just oil leaking. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_5e4cb57a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_5e4cb57a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_5e4cb57a | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_6d7026fa | type |
Punny Name | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_6d7026fa | comment |
Punny Name: The kids' names are based on school subjects. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_6d7026fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_6d7026fa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_6d7026fa | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_74ba85d1 | type |
Vertical Mecha Fins | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_74ba85d1 | comment |
Vertical Mecha Fins: The Moon sports an exaggerated pair, stylized to look like a giant crescent moon on its chest and shoulders. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_74ba85d1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_74ba85d1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_74ba85d1 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_874176be | type |
Psychic Powers | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_874176be | comment |
Psychic Powers: When The Moon is being overwhelmed by the flying Humongous Mecha Fabul, the kids manage to telekinetically lift it into the sky. They can do this only while their thoughts are perfectly aligned, which they normally achieve by chanting a sutra together. Baron Ma-Ma explains in a Flash Back that everyone has the potential for such powers, which he demonstrates by telekinetically influencing the roll of a dice. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_874176be | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_874176be | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_874176be | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_8a0cfe56 | type |
Merchant Prince | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_8a0cfe56 | comment |
Merchant Prince: Shouemon Ki-no-Kuniya, one of the antagonists of the final arc, is a wealthy merchant who seeks to cause chaos and destruction so that he can further increase his influence, with the ultimate goal of reorganising Japan into a corporation led by himself. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_8a0cfe56 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_8a0cfe56 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_8a0cfe56 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_8d0c9743 | type |
Intelligent Gerbil | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_8d0c9743 | comment |
Intelligent Gerbil: The Kennelians, a race of advanced aliens resembling talking dogs. Ki-no-Kuniya points out that to them, humans must seem like talking monkeys. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_8d0c9743 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_8d0c9743 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_8d0c9743 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_91672d3e | type |
Children Are Innocent | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_91672d3e | comment |
Children Are Innocent: The reason Baron Ma-Ma hands The Moon to a group of children is because he thinks that adults - himself included - lack hearts pure enough to distinguish good and evil properly. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_91672d3e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_91672d3e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_91672d3e | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_a2ece5bd | type |
Robeast | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_a2ece5bd | comment |
Robeast: Moon fights a giant apelike creature created by the United Justice Army, which is later revealed to be filled with cybernetic implants. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_a2ece5bd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_a2ece5bd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_a2ece5bd | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_a7382a73 | type |
Imagine Spot | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_a7382a73 | comment |
Imagine Spot: After learning that the United Justice Army have an atomic bomb, Sansuu looks into history books on the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombings, including photographs of the victims. This results in him having nightmarish hallucinations of his friends melting to death, accompanied by narration from the memorial poem Ningen wo Kaese. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_a7382a73 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_a7382a73 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_a7382a73 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_a7850fbf | type |
Only Known by Their Nickname | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_a7850fbf | comment |
Only Known by Their Nickname: "Popeye", a reporter in the final arc who looks like, well, Popeye. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_a7850fbf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_a7850fbf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_a7850fbf | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_bce16d24 | type |
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_bce16d24 | comment |
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: When the kids show up with The Moon to confront Count Haruaki, he pulls a handgun out of his coat and points out that he can stop the robot permanently just by shooting one of them. However, he then has a Freak Out in which he sees The Moon as a "god of justice", and immediately surrenders. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_bce16d24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_bce16d24 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_bce16d24 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_c37813c5 | type |
Ninja | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_c37813c5 | comment |
Ninja: Baron Ma-Ma's Gonk assistant, Dung Beetle, who assists the kids from the shadows. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_c37813c5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_c37813c5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_c37813c5 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_c37a9e13 | type |
Alien Kudzu | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_c37a9e13 | comment |
Alien Kudzu: In the final arc, the Kennelians become disgusted by humanity's warlike nature and unleash a mould which corrodes flesh and metal, capable of wiping out all life on Earth within a year. By sheer luck, the heroes find the machine which generates the mould but all of them get infected by mould and die before they can get close enough to shut it down. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_c37a9e13 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_c37a9e13 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_c37a9e13 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_c3963bc4 | type |
No Place for Me There | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_c3963bc4 | comment |
No Place for Me There: After devastating Japan and placing their leader in charge, the United Justice Army plan to commit mass suicide as atonement for the innocents they killed. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_c3963bc4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_c3963bc4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_c3963bc4 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_cb70651c | type |
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_cb70651c | comment |
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: There are some situations which hint that The Moon is in some way sapient or feels empathy towards human suffering. See also First Church of Mecha above. The Moon's strange "tears" seem to flow strongest in situations that could cause emotional distress, such as when it's under a villain's control and attempting to kill one of the kids. In the first arc, after colliding with power lines, Moon suddenly begins crying and acting without commands - grabbing the hydrogen bomb and running into the sea to get it as far away from civilisation as possible. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_cb70651c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_cb70651c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_cb70651c | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_cb9aeb6a | type |
Vigilante Man | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_cb9aeb6a | comment |
Vigilante Man: The United Justice Army are introduced in this way, with one of their members saving people from muggers and housefires. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_cb9aeb6a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_cb9aeb6a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_cb9aeb6a | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_d45cbb16 | type |
Wonder Twin Powers | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_d45cbb16 | comment |
Wonder Twin Powers: Exaggerated. The Moon is completely immobile unless all nine of the kids are sending it mental commands at the same time, indicated by nine lights around its head. This makes it useless whenever one of their number is absent, or unable to concentrate, or disagrees about how to use Moon's power, or dies from alien mould. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_d45cbb16 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_d45cbb16 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_d45cbb16 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_db88b941 | type |
Malevolent Masked Men | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_db88b941 | comment |
Malevolent Masked Men: The members of the United Justice Army conceal their faces behind identical masks with slit-like, crying features, resembling the helmet of Iron Man's first armour. The "iron humans" serving Count Haruaki wear masks with sinister grins. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_db88b941 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_db88b941 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_db88b941 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_e6f18344 | type |
Humongous Mecha | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_e6f18344 | comment |
Humongous Mecha: The Moon itself, the Fabul created by Count Haruaki, and Ki-no-Kuniya's Black Dragon. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_e6f18344 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_e6f18344 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_e6f18344 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_eb9afb9d | type |
Evil Old Folks | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_eb9afb9d | comment |
Evil Old Folks: Count Haruaki, an elderly man who robs and murders for his amusement, justifying his actions as simply things he's entitled to do because he's old. His minions are also revealed to be Brainwashed and Crazy old people, who have been falling into despair en masse after being called parasites by their own families. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_eb9afb9d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_eb9afb9d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_eb9afb9d | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_eff7d17 | type |
Mysterious Backer | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_eff7d17 | comment |
Mysterious Backer: Baron Ma-Ma is very supportive of the kids, but he also talks like a Nietzsche Wannabe, is weirdly abusive to his servant Dung Beetle, and admits that he may have created The Moon simply because he was angry at the world. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_eff7d17 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_eff7d17 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_eff7d17 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_feb1cd82 | type |
Cut and Paste Comic | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_feb1cd82 | comment |
Cut and Paste Comic: There's a particular drawing of a United Justice Army agent on his bike which is reused constantly, to the point where multiple scenes have crowds composed entirely of this picture. | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_feb1cd82 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_feb1cd82 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_feb1cd82 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_name | type |
ItemName | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_name | comment |
||
The Moon (Manga) / int_name | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_name | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
The Moon (Manga) | hasFeature |
The Moon (Manga) / int_name | |
The Moon (Manga) / int_name | itemName |
The Moon (Manga) |
The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.
Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.