Today we have a volume full of body horror and psychological issues! Come and join the fun! Best boy will appear.
>What is Houseki No Kuni?
A Manga from author Haruko Ichikawa. 28 genderless Gem People are the only habitants of the land in the far future, and they must defend themselves from the mysterious attackers that come from the Moon to capture them. Phos, the protagonist, is completely useless, so Adamant, their leader, asks him to make an encyclopedia which kicks a series events that make him start to discover whats going on with the world they are living in.
What we saw so far:
>Phos gets chosen to make an encyclopedia. He meets Cinnabar, who wants to fucking die, and decides to find a job for him. Phos befriends an Admirabilis, Ventricosus. Admirabilis are used as slaves by the Moon People. Ventricosus tells Phos about the Humans and their myth of creation. She tries to sell Phos to the Moon People and he loses their legs, but they sort things out and she gives him agate legs.
>Phos new legs makes him super fast. Adamant Sensei sends him with the Amethyst twins to see if he learns how to fight. Phos gets too scared to even call for help during battle. Due to feeling bad about it, Phos cannot hibernate like the other gems during winter. He is paired up with Antarciticte to defend the sleeping gems from attackers, and loses his arms to the talking ice floes. When he gets an alloy replacement, Moon People attack and take away Antarc.
>Phos gets temporarily partnered up with Bortz since he is now strong. A double sunspot anomaly appears, and from there a giant Moon People who attacks the gems, but they manage to defeat him. Phos realizes the giant was related to Sensei in some way and decides to learn about it by directly trying to talk with the Moon People.
>Phos can only get breathing sounds out of the Moon People. He pairs up with Ghost Quartz, a multilayered gem and keeps trying to investigate Sensei in secret.
For more info (Previous volumes)
-Volume 1: >>160572958
-Volume 2: >>160590998
-Volume 3: >>160657589
-Volume 4: >>160696839
-Volume 5: >>160783548
Wonder if i should use the dramatis personae or the first manga pages for the OP. I dunno which one is more noticeable.
oh shit the dramatis is not noticeable at all
oh well
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aaand he is here
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End of the chapter.
I have a feeling that no one is gonna even notice this thread.
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oh fuck White!Ghost Quartz is dead
uh oh
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End of the chapter. Phos not doing fine.
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sad sensei
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End of the chapter.
>>160825064
getting a real Evangelion vibe from all of this bed rest Phos has been getting
>>160826083
yeah
phos waking up in the infirmary after fucking something up is sort of a trend in the series
>>160826130
that and the whole Antarc PTSD freakout reminds me of Shinji and Kaworu
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End Of The Chapter.
Now a short break and ill continue with the later half.
illl slow dump to keep the thread aiive while im dinning
>>160827602
BOSS BATTLE 2
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>>160827913
The moon people have discovered psychological warfare
End.
They are up against a very irritating enemy.
>>160828322
Sphene and Peridot getting molested
>>160828612
Now this is a shitty way to go.
Like a brochet.
MELON ON THESE MOTHERFUCKERS
Is this NGE but with gems?
>>160828743
less "deep" and with a better protagonist i guess. But i dont have ground to compare it with anything since i cant say i know any manga simmilar to this one.
>>160828713
HERE FOR THE PYROELECTRIC HYPE
>>160828743
it seems to have gone from ominous SoL times to detectiving to that
>>160828830
no images in storytimes anonespecially not if they might be spoilers
>>160828877
My bad.
I want Bortz to hairslap my head into oblivion
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>5 posters and 160 post
Kinda sad
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hehe now we are 6
but yeah i can never quite make this manga popular
it doesnt matter, ill keep up
last page, now a break and the last one from the volume!
prepare yourselves for awful font and typsetting. Eventually it gets better.
>>160829383
you made me read it anon, dont give up
>>160829549
At least belkrax tried their best
>>160829728
Yeah just for that its worh it
Im also sort of counting on those anons that just see the title and take note. I have made that for many story threads without participating in them and then later i read those mangas.
>>160829756
yeah cant really judge, the manga was pretty much dropped by scanlators and this required some effort
aand there he goes.
>>160830163
:(Progress requires sacrifice I guess
>>160830253
you know it
>>160830399
END of volume
The omake, about the probably most ignored gem of them all.
Aaaaand now like always ill bump a few times, i believe that there are one or two anons more that read it.
Hope you enjoyed it! Tomorrow the plot will move forward a whole lot.
Don't know if this is the right place to ask, but what would be the best place/site to order physical copies of the volumes? This manga is enthralling
Is Phos's still alive?
>>160830801
Come by tomorrow and find out! Next volume will be an interesting one.
>>160830801
phos fukken died
F
>>160830751
im not sure. If you want the official english translated first volume, you can get it from an amazon store
https://www.amazon.com/Land-Lustrous-1-Haruko-Ichikawa/dp/1632364972
Its also in digital edition now
>>160830801
Phos is already dead inside.
Thanks for the dump, I forgot how much gore (shattering?) this volume had. The tiny game pieces were a nightmare.
>>160832088Renegade Phos a best[./spoiler]
Poor Phos just can't catch abreak.
Thanks for the dump, Anon! I'll look forward to tomorrow.
>>160832721
You are welcome! As always. Thank you
>>160832141
The Pieces are that one videogame enemy i fucking hate fighting
Cairngorm best boy
>>160834252
He is a fucking best.