The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki *****

The Full Moon Coffee Shop

When your life has taken a wrong turn, where do you go? The Full Moon Coffee Shop. How do you find it? It finds you. What should you order? You can’t. The cats will bring desserts and drinks selected just for you, consult your horoscope, and reveal where your path has deviated from your true self. “Who knows—maybe it’s all a dream.”

Warning: The author describes this as “a book about astrology.” Welcome back to the 1970s and The Age of Aquarius.

“After graduating from university, [Mizuki Serikawa] became a substitute primary-school teacher. The scriptwriting work felt like a side hustle, a hangover from [her] student days.” However, her scripts were very successful. After years as a “hitmaker,” she lost touch and her fancy apartment with expensive furnishings. She made ends meet by writing scripts for side characters for video games. Her only friend was Jiro, the gay hair stylist.

Akari Nakayama was a director who remembered Mizuki’s time as a hitmaker. She arranged a meeting with Mizuki to turn down her latest submission, and … She forgot to tell Mizuki that she remembered her from primary school. Mizuki led Akari’s walk-to-school group.

Satsuki Ayukawa was a popular, cute/kawaii actress until the tabloids reported that she had an affair with a married man. Akari broke the news to her that this was the end of her career. Satsuki was also in the walk-to-school group.

Takashi Muzimoto hired Mizuki to write scripts for his video game. He was also in the walk-to-school group. When the old man who played piano died, he found foster homes for the man’s cats.

Megumi Hayakawa, also in the walk-to-school group, left her hair stylist job and ended up with Jiro.

All these people were intertwined, and the horoscope-reading cats at the Full Moon Coffee Shop set them all straight through the use of astrology.

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