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The story barely touches on canon events; it's primarily about Robu-san's relationships with the Sailor Senshi and their close friends and families. Not that there aren't fight scenes, but those tend to take a back seat to the characters.

 

 

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* [[Adaptation Expansion]] and [[Compressed Adaptation]]: Yes, both apply. For legal reasons, the writer cannot simply re-tell the core parts of the original anime, leading to anything that's based on an original episode being compressed. But there are places where the original anime left room to add details, which the writer has taken advantage of to add scenes, [[Original Character|characters]], and entire subplots to the story.

* [[Affectionate Nickname]]: The "[[True Companions]]" version. Robu-san calls Usagi "Bunny-chan".

* [[Ascended Extra]] / [[OC Stand-In]]: There's more to Urawa Ryou (who appeared in two episodes in canon) in this story than just "precog who likes Ami".

* [[Asian Gal with White Guy]]: Makoto and Robu-san. Race isn't a factor in their mutual attraction, but the fact that Robu-san was a ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' fan before being transplanted into their world certainly helped.

* [[Beach Episode]]: During the third chapter, when Robu-san, Ryou, Makoto, and Ami were Sent to [[Another Dimension]]. They went to the beach for Robu-san's birthday. Ami and Makoto wore bikinis; nobody noticed what Robu-san wore.

* [[The Big Damn Kiss]]: Makoto and Robu-san, just before the Senshi take the battle to the Dark Kingdom. Bittersweet because she knows from him that she probably isn't coming back... and it's her [[First Kiss]], too.

* [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs]]: Conversed. "Zoicite. Sewers. Rats. Zoicite covered in sewer rats."

* [[Bruce Wayne Held Hostage]]: Kooan threatens to kill Rei Hino unless Sailor Mars shows herself.

* [[Chick Magnet]]: In one scene in the fifth chapter, most of the group convinces {{spoiler|Ryou}} that he is one.

* [[Chosen Family]]: By the end of the fourth chapter, many of the Sailor Senshi considered themselves to be closer than siblings — to the point that the characters who had no living parents were either informally or officially adopted into Sailor Mercury's family.

* [[Continuity Snarl]]: While the story primarily follows the '90s anime timeline, elements from the manga, ''[[Codename: Sailor V]]'', ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Crystal]]'', the live-action ''[[Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'' and even Naoko Takeuchi's earlier manga ''[[The Cherry Project]]'' have ended up in the story — some [[lampshaded]], some not.

* [[Cool Sword]]: {{spoiler|Naru Osaka}} develops the metahuman ability to ''make'' swords in seconds when needed, but only if the raw materials are available. Since carbon is usually available, the swords often have diamond blades. Eventually the intimidation factor of making a sword out of "thin air" doesn't work against an opponent, and the character needs to actually learn how to fight with a sword.

* [[Crane Game Gag]]: In order to take his mind off of being [[Trapped in Another World]], Robu-san plays the crane game at the arcade, using a ridiculously-small amount of money to win a full set (at the time) of ''Sailor Moon'' dolls. It's only after the fact that he realizes that he must have been using some sort of power to win.

* [[Crash Into Hello]]: How Robu-san met Makoto.

** The events of the ''Sailor V'' manga are included in the backstory of ''Isekai by Moonlight''... which means that, unlike in the canon anime, Minako has blood on her hands.

** In the fourth chapter, where in anime canon the Ayakashi Sisters are purged of their Dark Energy, ''Isekai by Moonlight'' runs closer to manga canon and the Ayakashi Sisters do not survive. The reasons vary: {{spoiler|Sailor Mars is unable to save Kooan}}, {{spoiler|Sailor Mercury lets Berthier decide whether to live or die by her own hand}}, {{spoiler|Sailor Jupiter ends up killing Petz during a [[Curb Stomp Battle|duel]]}}, and {{spoiler|Sailor Venus accidentally kills Calaveras in combat}}.

* [[Duel to the Death]]: Sailor Jupiter did her best to avoid one with {{spoiler|the Ayakashi Sister Petz}}, but her opponent insisted. Unfortunately for said opponent, this was Jupiter's first one-on-one battle after being sent to another dimension, receiving training, and returning, so what the challenger expected to be a fair fight was actually a [[Curb Stomp Battle]].

* [[Everything's Better with Sparkles]]: Becomes a [[Discussed Trope]] when the Sailor Senshi watch an episode of their own anime.

Rei-san asked, "Would you rather people saw pictures of you naked?"

"Sparkly is good."}}

* [[First-Name Basis]]: A handy barometer as to who Robu-san thinks is important, and vice versa, in the story.

** Makoto goes to first-name-without-honorific basis before the end of the first chapter, while Rei remains "Hino-san" for the entirety of chapter 1.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: "my ... nosebleed." Context shows that this isn't referring to a literal [[nosebleed]].

* {{spoiler|[[Ghost Memory]]}}: {{spoiler|One of Robu-san's powers, which requires the cooperation of the person donating the memories, is to copy the other person's memories... and give them back later.}}

* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: [[Played With]]. Robu-san had no idea what his powers were until he used some of them reflexively to protect other people. Once he realized what his powerset was, though, he could use the powers without effort.

* [[How We Got Here]]: The third chapter starts with a short scene of the characters who had been sent to another dimension at the end of the previous chapter announcing their return. [[Whole-Episode Flashback|The remainder of the chapter shows how they managed to return home.]]

* [[I Know You Know I Know]]: The "absolute honesty" version is used by Robu-san when he wasn't sure whether Zoicite was spying on him.

* [[I Need to Go Iron My Dog]]: Robu-san points out an eye-catching rosebush in order to give Sailors Moon and Jupiter some privacy to transform back to Usagi and Makoto... and then Makoto points out that it's a poinsettia plant.

* [[Instant Costume Change]]: After Ami learns some magical theory, she makes the [[Transformation Sequence]] instant.

* [[It's the Principle of the Thing]]: In the first chapter, Ichigo (who was not yet friends with the other characters) made a comment about Robu-san that he shrugged off... but Makoto verbally lambasted her for making it.

* [[Literal Metaphor]]:

** Throw pillows. Especially after somebody's made a horrible pun.

** Between the canon ''R'' and ''S'' story arcs, [[New Transfer Student|Elmira Bogdonava]], Sakamoto Kazuya, [[Jerkass|Matsudaira Hanzō]], [[Those Two Guys|Ueno Daisuke and Yamaguchi Toshiaki]].

* [[New Transfer Student]]: Makoto (as per canon) and Robu-san (the same day) at the start of the story, Minako later, {{spoiler|Urawa Ryou}} in the second chapter, and [[Original Character]] Elmira Bogdonava in the fifth chapter.

* [[Pop Cultural Osmosis Failure]]: Of the "Who's X?" variety, whenever Robu-san references or quotes from famous works that haven't been written yet.

* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: Discussed and consequently averted:

{{quote|"So, Ami-chan, you want a teenage boy who you know can turn invisible to join you in a trip to an onsen?"

'''Minako''': Pull the other one, it has bells on.}}

* [[Secret Keeper]]: Robu-san for the Sailor Senshi, and vice-versa. Also, Osaka Naru and Urawa Ryou by the end of the first chapter, and Aoyama Ichigo midway through the second chapter for all of them. By partway through the fourth chapter, the Tsukino, Mizuno, Aino, and Osaka families know about Usagi, Ami, Rei, Makoto, Minako, Ryou, and Robu-san, as does Rei's grandfather, and all of the Secret Keepers know about all of the other Secret Keepers.

* [[Sexy Discretion Shot]]:

{{quote|I closed the door behind me... and that is all that anybody will learn from me about the rest of that day, except that we were both very happy at the end of it.}}

** When they were sent to another dimension, Robu-san downloaded ''[[Shadowjack Watches Sailor Moon]]'' and Ryou downloaded a copy of what existed of ''[[Dungeon Keeper Ami]]'' in 2017, so that Ami and Makoto could read them.

** Sword-wielding [[Original Character]]s Ichiro and Sakura were named after the characters in ''[[Sakura Taisen]]''.

** The canon trope-naming [[In the Name of the Moon]] speech occasionally includes a sentence about how a relevant famous or trailblazing person might forgive the malefactor, but Sailor Moon will not. ''[[Isekai by Moonlight]]'' follows this pattern on occasion. In order:

*** During the figure-skating lesson trap: "Kristi Yamaguchi might forgive you, but I will not!" Kristi Yamaguchi won an Olympic gold medal for figure skating in 1992.

*** At the grocery store where the Dark Moon's "Dark Fruit" was being sold: "Shizuo Tsuji may forgive you, but I will not!" Shizuo Tsuji, head of the Ecole Technique Hotelier Tsuji and author of ''Japanese Cookery: a simple art'', passed away on March 9, 1993.

*** During the chess match between Berthier and Mercury: "Naoko Takemoto might forgive you, but I will not!" Naoko Takemoto won the Japanese Women's Chess Championship every year between 1979 and 1994, and placed sixth in the 1987 Women's World Chess Championships.

* [[Something Completely Different]]: The [[Whole-Episode Flashback]] story arc that starts when Robu-san, Makoto, Ami, and Ryou get sent to [[Another Dimension]] by the Black Moon's Stick and {{spoiler|[[crossover]] with ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]''}}. Most of the Senshi appear only in the chapter's first, short framing scene, and [[Absentee Actor|Mamoru, Naru, Ichigo, and Mizuno-sensei do not appear at all]].

* [[Standard Female Grab Area]]: No, Usagi, you don't get to leave and immediately come back as Sailor Moon, thus blowing your cover.

** Cosmic Weight (6): nobody

** Author Weight (7): nobody

{{quote|"Naru-chan," Bunny-chan asked, "what are they talking about?"

"Oh, Usagi... I'll tell you later, but not in front of Chibiusa."}}

* [[Tap on the Head]]: Robu-san is knocked out by one blow from Makoto during a training session during the fifth chapter. When he comes to, he's receiving (magical) medical attention for the concussion he's received, and ends up having to sit out the remainder of the training session.

* [[The Team Normal]]/[[Ordinary High School Student]]: Aoyama Ichigo, who isn't even a formal member of the team... but she isn't a [[Magical Girl Warrior]] or a [[Designated Victim]], either.

{{quote|'''Robu-san''': By the way, there was a door.

'''Makoto''': With a droid blocking it, darling.}}

* [[Today X, Tomorrow the World!]]: Downplayed in the second chapter by Touhi-chan, who doesn't know just how large the world is:

{{quote|"Ho-ho! I am Touhi-chan! After ten thousand years of being suppressed by the guardians of the Silver Millennium, I have finally gathered enough energy to re-form myself! And now I will drain your energy and use it to establish a toehold in this barbarian land! Today, this lodging; tomorrow, the settlement!"<ref>Said "settlement" being Tokyo, of course.</ref>}}

* [[Vomit Discretion Shot]]: Immediately after {{spoiler|Sailor Venus' first Unison}} and immediately before she swears to never do that again.

* [[Wacky Marriage Proposal]]: Essentially a proposal in reverse – Makoto announces herself to someone she just met as Robu-san's fiancée, then asks him, "We are going to get married, right?" (He says yes.)

* [[Watch Where You're Going]]: Done deliberately by Sailors Moon and Jupiter as part of their plan to convince Kunzite that they aren't getting along.

* [[Waxing Lyrical]]: In order to give advance notice of his presence in one scene, Robu-san starts singing the opening theme to ''[[Princess Principal]]'', gender-swapped where necessary.