Moon Child
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A melancholic, vampire-tinged tragedy about childhood friends whose bond fractures under the weight of immortality, rivalry, and romantic entanglement in a dark futuristic underworld.
Moon Child follows a group of childhood friends as they advance in a futuristic criminal underworld. Sho feels he is doomed to walk in his idol Kei's footsteps as a vampire with the gift of eternal life and the curse of blood thirst. Over time, their tight friendship becomes corrupted because of their rivalry and love for the same woman.
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