Tsuki no Sango (月の珊瑚?, "Lunar Coral") is a short story written by Kinoko Nasu.
Story[]
Setting[]
Tsuki no Sango takes place in approximately the year 3000, when humankind arrived at the peak of its civilization, but is losing its will to keep living. Tsuki no Sango is a world where the event of Tsukihime did not occur. Tsuki no Sango is "a degenerated world where magecraft yet lingers". Tsuki no Sango has a Land of Steel type of world.[1]
Plot[]
The story follows a girl, called "princess" by those around her, living on a small island with a fifty-person colony and a shining coral reef. She is descendent of Moon people, and it focuses upon how her ancestor supposedly came to Earth.
Characters[]
Present day
- Storyteller Girl
- A girl who lives on a small island with a population of about 50 people. She is called "princess" by the residents of the island.
- Small Person
- A tiny man about the size of a doll. He wears a tinplate spacesuit and rides upon a small spaceship.
- Prince of Arishima
- A suitor of the Storyteller Girl.
Past
- Girl of the Moon
- She is a life form that manages the stability and environment of the Moon.
- Man of the Earth
- A man from Earth who came to the Moon in order to distance himself from other humans.
- Chief Yuzukura
- The supervisor of the Man of the Earth.
- Engineer Inumaichihiyu
- A colleague of the Man of the Earth who committed suicide.
Development[]
Tsuki no Sango
Tsuki no Sango is a story by Nasu for Maaya SakamotoWP's Full Moon Recital Hall, a project organized by the Japanese online magazine Saizensen, that consisted of Sakamoto reading short novels in a theater while an accompanying short animation was aired in the background. Tsuki no Sango was the first of the recitals on December 21, 2010, and it was aired live on UstreamWP. The short movie was animated by Ufotable, which also animated Kara no Kyoukai and Fate/Zero, and features drawings by Takashi Takeuchi and Chihiro Aikura. The animation used Frédéric ChopinWP composed music.
There is also a 42-page booklet version of the story with illustrations by Takeuchi and Aikura.[2] The concept is "Tsukihime 3000" and the "Princess Kaguya" folktale.[3]
Trailers[]
Manga[]
- Main article: Tsuki no Sango (manga)
Tsuki no Sango got a manga adaptation with story and art by Shounen Sasaki. It was serialized on the Saizensen web magazine from July 7, 2012 until January 22, 2019. The chapters were compiled into two tankobon volumes published by Seikaisha Comics. The first volume was released on March 10, 2014 and the second volume on May 26, 2019.
References[]
- ↑
[] TYPE-MOON Fes. Official Pamphlet 10th Anniversary Q & A Booklet:
Q: The concept of Tsuki no Sango is the "degenerated what if scenario" of Tsukihime 3000, but is Tsuki no Sango a potential future of Tsukihime universe?
Q: The concept of Tsuki no Sango is the "degenerated what if scenario" of Tsukihime 3000, but is Tsuki no Sango a potential future of Tsukihime universe?
A: Tsuki no Sango is a world where the event of Tsukihime did not occur. Different from EXTRA's "what if" scenario, the one of Tsuki no Sango is "a degenerated world where magecraft yet lingers". Tsuki no Sango has a Land of Steel type of world.Ｑ：月の珊瑚の裏コンセプトが「月姫３０００」で『退廃的なイフ』とされていますか、月の珊瑚は月姫世界 の未来の可能性の一つなんでしょうか？
Ａ：「月姫」が起きなかった世界というか。でもエクストラのイフとも違う、「魔術残ってたけど退廃的な世 界」という扱いで一つ。「月の珊瑚」はどっちかっていうと鋼の大地系です。 - ↑ http://blog-soth.blogspot.com/2011/06/tsuki-no-sango.html
- ↑ Haru to Tsuki to Sora to (2012) from Bamboo Broom, page 24, COMIC1
External links[]
| Tsuki no Sango |
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| Storyteller Girl • Daughter of the Moon • Man of the Earth • Small Person • Prince of Arishima • World • Moon |