Embraced by the Moonlight

Embraced by the Moonlight (Japanese: ボクを包む月の光, Hepburn: Boku o Tsutsumu Tsuki no Hikari) is a science fiction manga series by Saki Hiwatari.

It was published by Hakusensha in the monthly manga magazine Bessatsu Hana to Yume from its November 2003 issue to its January 2015 one.

It is a sequel to Please Save My Earth, one of Hiwatari's previous works and the short story Things Accidentally Left Behind featured in the anthology manga Vivid Memories II.

A sequel titled I Sing with the Earth (ぼくは地球と歌う, Boku wa Chikyū to Utau) has been running in Melody since 2015.

In later chapters, it turns out he does possess psychic abilities that had been in a dormant state since his birth, and awakened when he was able to see his father's role in the events of the first series.

This causes him to develop a split personality disorder, which Shion and Mokuren help him keep under control by telling him how his existence is treasured by them and the planet.

In chapter 38, it is discovered that Alice is pregnant with their second child, which will be a girl and Ren names his daughter Chimako.

In the later part of the series, it is discovered that due to Shion subconsciously giving his powers to the unborn Chimako, Rin will die five years in the future.

However, due to interference by Ren and Chiyako from the future, they are able to save Rin and he will live a long life with his family.

In the events after the first series, Shion has lived in peace with Mokuren and watching over Rin, Alice, and Ren as spirits.

Shion is fond of Ren and treats the boy as his own son due to his and Mokuren's inability to have children.

After the ending of the first series, Mokuren was able to live happily with Shion, and together, as spirits, have been watching over Rin, Alice, and Ren.

She still retains a close connection with Alice, offering her important facts on serious situations in the later part of the series.

It is revealed that Kachiko was conceived when her biological mother, named Pamela, offered to give Mikuro a child for him to raise on his own.

While unborn, she appears to Ren to warn him about their father's death in the future and find a way to change his fate.

By the beginning of the series, they have been married for five years and have been unable to conceive, leading her to fear she is infertile.

After five years of marriage, they nearly give up on their last hope of becoming parents when, in an unexpected twist of events, Sakura finds out they are expecting their first child, much to their excitement.

He meets with Rin after his ESP abilities begin to weaken and is interested in learning more about the Kobayashi family.

Kachiko's mother and former friend and lover of Mikuro, originally introduced in the short story Things Accidentally Left Behind.