Land of the Lustrous
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| I just read this entire manga in one day and oh my god. So far I pretty much only have 2 problems with "recent" story points: 1. The gems who stayed on earth didn't even try listening to Phos when they first came, they just attacked and that made everything worse on both sides. Making these kind of misunderstandings is very common in angst stories, but it really felt kinda weird. I love Eucleas to death but like, they should've been in "let's to try talk to Phos" way earlier than they did, and also had to shut up Bort (which didn't happen at all). I feel like the resolution (or a journey to a new solution) could've been brought up a while ago with way less suffering (especially for Phos), and the reason it didn't happen just doesn't sit well with me. 2. Everyone (aside from Phos) becoming Lunarians. Since this happened in the last chapter I still don't have solid arguments about this one, but again something about it just feels off. I'll have to wait and see if my gut feeling is correct or not. Also I miss Ghost. They were a great character and I loved them way more than annoying Cairngorm (they were annoying before getting to the moon and after became even worse). I hope we can see Ghost again like Antarc.... |
EvilWolfJun 22, 2021 5:57 AM
| Goddamn. Poor Phosphophyllite. |
| Man, the mangaka move was brilliant. Straightly tell that the history is going to have a mtf huge timeskip of 10.000 years. And enter in hiatus with the series to enforce the idea of that long time of wait in the audience. |
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| Houseki no Kuni has been such a wild ride. I've wanted several times throughout to drop it because of the sheer amount of pain and suffering that's inflicted not only on Phos, but also on me while reading. However, it's truly the type of story that rewards you for persevering through Phos's tumultuous journey of existentialism and their subsequent spiral into madness. And in a way, I feel as if I've undergone my own changes while catching up to the latest chapter. Anyways, this was a great fucking read. I can't wait to see how Ichikawa Haruko ends this series. Until next time, Houseki no Kuni. I'll see you again once the hiatus is over! |
aimansyafiq14 said: So I just caught up to the latest chapter. I have one question though. Why the Lunarian didn't pick up Phos on Earth? Why must Phos wait for 10,000 years? I felt like I am missing something. I do know that all the gems (On Earth and on Moon) were all converted to Lunarian on Moon include the Master. But why Phos was alone on Earth? Can someone help to clarify this for me? And why Enma came to Phos after Phos gain the eye of the sensei? What's the implication of his action? I'm sorry for all the questions but I just can't move on from Phos's suffering. Help a brother here will ya :) late reply, Phos is too dangerous to be on the moon, she wanted to destroy all gems and she could've possibly destroyed the machines that made life easy for the lunarians. She needs to be on earth in order to be transformed into a perfect bodhisatva. They could've captured her but it would have been for naught, she needs to grow there just like sensei. Also, there is something about that eye she gained and the strange minerals on that asteroid, so I guess the prince thinks that she is too dangerous to be on the moon and he wants to keep her oblivious of the whole situation but I may be wrong, it's just an interpretation |
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| Wow, what a manga, it's going in my top 3. I put this series off for so long but I never expected it to get this dark or invoke so many emotions in under 100 chapters, 10/10 for me. Personally I feel like Phos could become the new sensei and start raising gems during the 10,000 years, that would make me happy to see. Only 9,999.5 years left until hiatus is over |
| And no signal of the end of the 10.000 years of hiatus. Hope that by the return of the mangaka, the anime studio could announce the 2nd season, to boost the merchadising of both manga x anime. Be a bit more "material", oh budhist-like mangaka. |
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Rob7 said: And no signal of the end of the 10.000 years of hiatus. Hope that by the return of the mangaka, the anime studio could announce the 2nd season, to boost the merchadising of both manga x anime. Be a bit more "material", oh budhist-like mangaka. That's my theory on the Hiatus. They're waiting on the completion of a second season so the finale of the Manga and Season 2 can happen simultaniously |
| In 9/10 cases, the worst thing about an anime is its fandom. |
| Sheesh i didn't think it would be like this |
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| Almost one year down and only 9,999 years to go. I guess we'll all be Lunarians by time this manga continues, lol 😆 😭 😆 😭 😆 😭 |
| WTF It's been a fcking year. How long will the Hiatus stand? We are pretty much in the finish, I dont get why he cant finish his manga. |
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| depressing. Everyone just gave a big fuck you to phos it's gonna be 10,000 years until ch. 96 |
Evangelist said: Im lost and confused... 1) How did phos became human? And if he is human, how he is going to survive for 10.000 years? 2) So sensei betrayed phos? Thats it? Why? 3) And how did the prince betrayed phos?, i thought they were on the same side even if i was suspicious of him... 4) Sensei and the prince were friends? Of so, why didnt they didnt resolve this sooner?? To me it just feels sensei is the villan of this story... so all they needed is someone to replace sensei's place? Im just confused because all the gems and sensei dont seem to care about phos even tho he was the one that wanted to save them... 1. Phos is not an actual human lmfao. She is a pseudo-human, this is how Adamant broke as he finally recognised a human like figure to command him. 2. Could u elaborate? lol 3. Enma was using Phos from the beginning, this was established many chapters beforehand. His true intentions are unclear still but it should have something to do with the original lifeforms (humans). They simply had overlapping interest. 4. Sensei knew of enma previously, not his actual name though. The chapter literally says their relationship is extremely complicated. I'm not sure what's confusing, why would the gems care about Phos? She literally just committed genocide and now they are safe on the moon and free to live eternally. We also don't know if their memories have been altered from the synthetic minerals, but that seems unlikely as Antarc remembers Phosphophylllite. |
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Evangelist said: Weebookey said: 1. Phos is not an actual human lmfao. She is a pseudo-human, this is how Adamant broke as he finally recognised a human like figure to command him. 2. Could u elaborate? lol 3. Enma was using Phos from the beginning, this was established many chapters beforehand. His true intentions are unclear still but it should have something to do with the original lifeforms (humans). They simply had overlapping interest. 4. Sensei knew of enma previously, not his actual name though. The chapter literally says their relationship is extremely complicated. I'm not sure what's confusing, why would the gems care about Phos? She literally just committed genocide and now they are safe on the moon and free to live eternally. We also don't know if their memories have been altered from the synthetic minerals, but that seems unlikely as Antarc remembers Phosphophylllite. I agree with everything u said. Sorry lol. I wrote this comment right after i read the chapther and was mindblown for a moment. Oh I see, all good then lol. The suffering continues... ;p |
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| Theory time: Phos will make new friends throughout the 10,000 years by being like Adamant and gathering gems on the beach. After amassing many gems throughout the years Phos invades the moon. I can only picture the AoT song "My War" playing in the background where Phos has truly become a monster, a human being. Finally, an epic battle of inconceivable proportions takes place between the earth gems and Lunarians... Either that or Phos literally just prays and everyone gets Thanos-snapped out of existence. |
| "You can't have a rainbow without a little rain." |
| I'm heartbroken how could they do this to her? Lied and used her for this and now she continues to suffer afterward? 💔💔 |
| It's a good ending honestly don't care if the author never comes back |
HiddenSilentMe said: well this isn't hxh or berserk here10000 years...or at least for however long the hiatus remains. |
| Now that I have caught up time for a 10000-year-long wait for the next chapter ;-; |
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Hasan_Lelouch said: Enma is not the villain, never was.One question tho, What was the purpose of Enma going himself to Earth!? he didnt seem to do anything, I thought he was going to destoy Phos and that he manipulated Phos so he(Enma) can get Adamant's Eye from the beginning, then reveal his untold yet plans and that he is the Evil one but it wasnt like that at all, at least for now lol, or am I missing something important!? There are no villains in Houseki no Kuni, they're all just trying their best to die (as backwards as that sentence sounds). The purpose of Enma going to Earth is to force Phos to become the next praying machine, the only way is if Phos plugs Kongo's eye into himself. Enma couldn't risk Phos just keeping the eye safe somewhere and never plugging it in, so he uses one of Phos' older cards (where he tricked the Lunarians into thinking he's dead so they take him to the Moon) basically acting as if he's after the eye which in turn gets Phos to plug the eye into himself, therefore becoming the next prayer machine aka the next Kongo/Adamant for the Lunarians. |
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David0702 said: This is the correct interpretation according to Buddhism. You must suffer for 10000 years until you find enlightenment. It is also correlated to the Period of "Mapo" in Buddhism which is basically that eventually people's beliefs will be lost and forgotten, or the "Dharmic decline" that it will over the years decline to the point that it is forgotten. Which circling back to ch95, "let us have a pleasant 10,000 years" implies that they might just forget that Phos is even there. The only person that consistently suffers for all those years and walks that path to enlightenment is Phos which is his final stage before he finally finds peace. Aikotoba said: What if the 10,000 years are symbolic of how long it might take Phos to achieve Nirvana. I suspect that she may start another school, same as adamant did, and find inner peace that wayPeak of character development indeed. But we sure do miss her smile, let's cross our fingers to see it once again after 10 thousand-years... Whether Phos makes another school or just wanders aimlessly for the rest of his life is obviously something we'll have to wait and see but he will find peace or he should unless Ichikawa decides to say "fuck you Phos lol" and sends him on another bender. |
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| Damn I can't imagine how much Phos is suffering... I just remember Phos at the beginning being an airhead with a cute behavior and now suffering alone for 10.000 years while the other became lunarians... |
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| reading this in my school library bawling almost, this chapter was tragic.. |
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| Serves Phos right, for everything they did. Everyone else gets to live happily in moon for 10 thousand years atleast. Finally decided to get back to this as it's continuing in a day and will be over soon. Can't believe 2020 was 3 years ago already. Time sure flies. |
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