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"Your date of death is the Harvest Moon! But think of it conversely. If you live past midnight tonight, your treatment will go well, and your health is guaranteed to recover, because on any other day, the Mochizuki family is immortal."

- Noboru Mochizuki to Haruko Mochizuki

The Mochizuki Family (望月家) is a family both introduced in and acted as the main group of focus within the one-shot, Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 4: The Harvest Moon, as the current family must deal with a mysterious curse that has been affecting their family lineage for decades.

Summary
The Mochizuki family currently consists of five family members and their pet dog, but the complete family goes back sixteen generations, as far back as the (October 21st, 1600). They reside in Morioh, as Rohan Kishibe states they live near him. Their real family name is unknown since Rohan used "Mochizuki" as a pseudonym before telling the story about them. Every direct descendant of the family shares the exact date of death of September 8th, the date of the Harvest Moon, which ties to a curse that has been dealt with for every generation.

Family Curse
"I suppose I'll return to the skies... Though I come back every year. Time will always continue to flow... Generations will come and go... and within this family, someone will eventually get careless, and forget the rule to always go moon viewing during the Harvest Moon."

- The Moon Rabbit

Every year during the Harvest Moon, they must view the moon altogether until midnight. If they follow this rule, they will live long lives, as shown by Seizo Mochizuki and his wife Sae, both living to 100+ in good health. However, if a family member doesn't follow the rule, they will be killed by unfortunate events. These unfortunate events can be seen with Noboru's brother Mamoru who died by drowning at 17 while trying to help a neighbor's kid from drowning, and his father Sakuzo, who died of an allergic reaction to a sting at 46. Unbeknownst to them, the family is stalked by a spirit known as the Moon Rabbit, who is the one that brings misfortune to anyone in the family who doesn't follow the rule. The origin and reason why this curse has befallen this family for past, present, and future generations to come are unknown.

One way to avoid this misfortune is if a family member accepts someone's hand in marriage. This condition is met when Aki is narrowly spared of misfortune by hornets by accepting her boyfriend's proposal, thus causing the spirit to proclaim she is no longer part of the family in mind or body. Instead, the misfortune was redirected to a motorcyclist driving by that caused them to crash and be killed to even the balance.

Members
One of the parents of Tsukiji, two unnamed children, and Kentaro has two additional siblings with the partial names of "-zo" and "-mon"  that aren't listed below due to their names being incomplete.

Family Tree
The number of relatives some members may have is unknown because the family tree is only partially shown within the one-shot.

Steel Ball Run Vomic
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 * https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1773092
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 * http://web.archive.org/web/20090909195155/http://vomic.shueisha.co.jp/index.html
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSirx76szaQ
 * http://vomic.shueisha.co.jp/vomiccv_new.html
 * https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW24lhKvPT007MuvZoNhTtw
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuLbuVDl4y0

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