7.025 minSeason 1 • Episode 25
LatestLife for the Midou family returns to normal. Ryuuhei welcomes friends and family to celebrate, but plans go astray as the full moon feast begins. Kouhei might have to save the day one last time.
Paranormal photographer Kouhei stumbles into the arms of Hazuki, a vampire beauty who has waited for years to be freed from a forgotten castle. Unwilling to part with her unwitting hero, the petite vamp follows Kouhei home and starts causing trouble. But domestic disorder is the least of Kouhei’s problems. With dark forces gathering, he’s about to enter a world he can’t begin to comprehend!
Direction
Shinbo's early head-tilts and obsessive visual framing.
Acting
Chiwa Saito's 'Nii-san!' delivery is permanently brain-rotting.
Production
Gothic Lolita aesthetics meet domestic comedy.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Akiyuki Shinbo's first major directorial work at Shaft, containing the DNA of his later *Monogatari* and *Madoka Magica* visual tics.
The 'imouto vampire' archetype MoonPhase helped popularize directly influenced later hits like *Dance in the Vampire Bund* and even aspects of *Bakemonogatari*'s Shinobu.
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