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Read it [http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14508 at the Drunkard's Walk forums] (HTML) or [https://web.ncf.ca/fm536/IsekaiByMonlight.pdf on the author's website] (PDF). As of ~~late~~-~~June~~ 2023, ~~three~~ chapters have been published; the writer has prepared at least a skeleton of an outline for the entire story.

Read it [http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14508 at the Drunkard's Walk forums] (HTML) or [https://web.ncf.ca/fm536/IsekaiByMonlight.pdf on the author's website] (PDF). As of mid-August 2023, four chapters have been published; the writer has prepared at least a skeleton of an outline for the entire story.

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* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Cliff Hanger]]: The end of the second chapter.

* [[Cloning Blues]]: The "robot doubles" subtype, played with. Two of the synthetic-intelligence characters introduced late in the third chapter remember being the biological people that they were based on.

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

* [[Crystal Prison]]: {{spoiler|Naru}}'s only attack when she was a youma was to put Robu-san into one of these, with no way to breathe. Luckily for Robu-san, she's defeated quickly.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]:

* ~~[[Darker and Edgier]]:~~ 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.

** 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}}.

* [[Doorstopper]]: ''Isekai by Moonlight'' has 168,298 words as of the end of Chapter 4, which corresponds in anime terms to the end of the ''R'' season.

* [[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.

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

'''Rei''': Bad idea.}}

* [[Rags to Riches]]: During the "Sent to [[Another Dimension]]" story arc, they discover that the dimension has so much gold that it's an industrial metal, not a precious metal. They earn enough money to buy a literal metric ton of gold, and the metal (and Ryou's skills at day-trading) make the four of them multimillionaires once they get home. Since they continue to be part of the Sailor Team and they all have plans for careers once they graduate from school, this also makes them [[Non-Idle Rich]].

* [[Reset Button]]: Robu-san lampshades in the second chapter the canon occurrence of this trope at the end of the first anime season and first chapter. In order for the canon timeline to make sense, it's a near-literal reset, winding the clock back by one year.

* [[Sarcastic Clapping]]: One of Robu-san's favourite ways to draw attention to himself and away from the Sailor Senshi. The trope being unknown in Japan in the early 1990s, the clapping serves less as a psychological attack and more as a distraction.

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{{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.}}

* [[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.

* [[The Stations of the Canon]]:

** The story starts with the anime-only "Seven Great Youma" arc, and in the first chapter canon events are shown in the same order that they appeared in canon {{spoiler|to show the inevitability of the canon season ending}}.

** And again in the "Doom Tree" arc, because - having ruined one canon relationship already - Robu-san doesn't want to take any chances that he'd end up derailing Usagi and Mamoru's relationship. Once Chibiusa shows up, The Stations of the Canon become less important.

* [[Sued for Superheroics]]: Sailor Mercury and Oni don't wait for the bill; they just pay for the broken window at the juku as soon as they break it while destroying a droid.

* [[Super Empowering]]: In the [[backstory]] for Robu-san, and {{spoiler|in-story for Osaka Naru}}.

* [[Super Family Team]]: Mizuno Saeko appears to be doing her best to put one together. As of the end of the fourth chapter, the family includes her daughter Ami, Ami's future husband Ryou, Ami's adopted sister {{spoiler|Minako}}, and honourary members Robu-san and Makoto. All but the last two either are or have agreed to be listed in the Mizuno family register with the official paperwork filed at city hall.

* [[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.

* [[Their First Time]]:

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** Discussed but never actually happens; it's pretty clear that [[First Girl Wins]] is in play instead.

** This applies to Ryou, Robu-san, and Mamoru; nobody has or wants a harem. No matter how many girls try to throw themselves at {{spoiler|Urawa Ryou}}.

* [[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.