Phosphophyllite: No Longer Human | Houseki no Kuni

Phosphophyllite is a combination of the three races in Houseki no Kuni (Land of the Lustrous) by Haruko Ichikawa. But each of these races are human in their own right. Thus Phos has been human from the very beginning to even now in the story. Enjoy this retrospective on the series as a tie-over as we wait a month for Chapter 99 to drop.
Spoiler Warning Up to date with the Houseki no Kuni Manga (Ch 98)
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Creator (Agate, Carnelian): / inspirashamul
Thumbnail: JPV @KeirOffHours
Producer: Raster, / senzaii
Director (Lapis) : @Sadacado
Graphic Designer (Midcards, Animation): @KeirOffHours
Editor (Crystal): @DaPixelPenguin jacobiceberg.carrd.co/
Editor (Silver): Mads, / madsfgc
Editor (Gold): @SplatterPaintMLPv6803noC
Editor (Pearl): @kapital-m / kapital__m
Universal References/Visuals:
Houseki no Kuni Manga
Houseki no Kuni Anime
An HnK Analysis Masterpost by Houseki no Suffering on Tumblr
Prologue References:
Trails of Winter [Houseki no Kuni II OST #2]
Crystal References:
Kyoumen no Nami [Houseki no Kuni OP] Cover by Caliko
Main Theme + Phosphophyllite [Houseki no Kuni I OST #1, 4]
Boy looking tired by Pavel Danilyuk
A muscular bicep by cottonbro
(All found on Pexels)
Silver References:
Reasons to Love [Miles Avida]
Torn Apart [Infinity Ripple]
In Spring [Penny Key]
Lost in Reminiscence [Christian Anderson]
Form is Emptiness [Sayuri Hayashi Egnell]
Prayer for Alicia [Timothy Lewis]
(All found on Epidemic Sound)
Golden dust particles by Dan Cristian Paduret
Abstract grey silver by Dan Cristian Paduret
Full moon by Bruno Scramgnon
A colored liquid by Dan Cristian Paduret
Black and white by Luis Quintero
A pink liquid by Dan Cristian Paduret
An orange liquid by Dan Cristian Paduret
Colorful and blinking by Engin Akyurt
Light purple abstract by Uzunov Rostislav
Time lapse by Luz Calor Som
A red liquid by Dan Cristian Paduret
Slow motion footage by Dan Cristian Paduret
Pattern abstract slow motion colours by StefWithAnF
Abstract formed from mixing colored liquids by StefWithAnF
Slow motion of red and purple paint by StefWithAnF
Colored liquid mixing in the water by StefWithAnF
A blue liquid paint by Dan Cristian Paduret
An orange liquid paint in motion by Dan Cristian Paduret
Slow motion footage of liquid paint by Dan Cristian Paduret
(All found on Pexels)
Aluminum and Mercury by NileRed: • Aluminum and Mercury
"Mercury in traditional medicines" [2008] 10.3181/0712-MR-336
"Elemental mercury vapors interaction with individual gold nanorods" [2013] 10.1039/C3AN36841F
Mercury and Health by World Health Organization (WHO)
Where is Mercury Found by Sciencing
Cinnabar: Red, Beautiful and Toxic by howstuffworks
Ad Read:
Invisible Bonds [Kyousogiga OST #5]
Gold References:
Can't do Anything [Houseki no Kuni OST]
Respite + Puddles [Omori OST #59, 68]
My Publication on Nanoporous Gold Electrodes: 10.1021/acssensors.8b00498
Uses of gold on miningforschools
New platinum-gold alloy on materialstoday
Kintsugi the ancient art of broken pieces on historydaily
Kintsugi and the art of repair by Andrea Mantovani on Medium
Most Beautiful Shots of HnK by RC Anime: • Most Beautiful Shots f...
Lapis References:
Timber Hearth + The Nomai [Outer Wilds OST #1, 12]
What's the Difference between Pyrite and Gold on science how stuff works
Use Inductive Deductive and Abductive Logic on powerful problem solving
Peaceful Azure Sea by Lachlan Ross on Pexels
Photos of Lazurite polie (Afghanistan), Chrysob, Phosphophyllite on commons
Pearl References:
Ceremonial Library
Swans in Flight
Forest Lullabye
(All by Asher Fulero in YT Sound Library)
The End of Winter [Houseki no Kuni II OST #7]
Agate + Carnelian References:
108 + Extraordinary [The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbye OST #11-12]
Red and Black Threads of Fate [Tatami Galaxy OST #26]
1144_waltz_piano_solo [SSSS. Gridman OST #9]
Things to Think About These Days [Haruhi Suzumiya III OST #5]
Wandering Thoughts [Bloom into You OST #5]
inv (II.vi) [ASV OST #16]
On that Fateful Night + Violet’s Promise [Violet Evergarden: Echo Through Eternity I OST #7,15]
lesson room [Liz & The Blue Bird OST #12]
Lost [Haikyuu To The Top OST #12]
Lune [Sonny Boy OST #17]
Togire Yuku Omoi [Penguindrum (selected edition) OST #7]
Beginning [Houseki no Kuni II OST #10]
Video Table of Contents:
0:00 Prologue
0:26 Crystal
7:49 Silver
18:59 Ad
19:22 Gold
30:57 Lapis
38:57 Pearl
44:56 Agate
57:02 Carnelian
1:06:24 Epilogue
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[@titanbomb1]

Ichikawa told me this was the best HnK video in all of publication history! Leave a comment if you think Cinnabar would be a Trump Supporter in real life

[@inspirashamul]

Make Lustrous Great Again

[@asentientmonkey4860]

NOOOOO

[@Rachel-Pham]

cinnabar wants to turn california red

[@rev3062]

She would be, ugly gremlin

[@HanazukaNo.2]

Yes

[@Creatorsan]

Phos turned from gem, to human, then a deity. Basically Ichigawa made them a walking encyclopedia.

[@inspirashamul]

They really finished Phos’ Natural Historian role 🥲

[@dvdivine1962]

Phos also went from feminine to masculine.

[@killrama2222]

@@inspirashamul when the hero ends his journey

[@temutemacular]

@@dvdivine1962 ???

[@cguralol]

@@dvdivine1962 the gems doesn't have a gender, bruh

[@wowisthatabanana5465]

This man carries the entire fandom Finally someone who talks about Phos and Cinnabar's relationship

[@inspirashamul]

Hahah I appreciate the big praise thank you!

[@Gooberwares]

Enma: your the perfect Buddha ! Phos: no im a battered housewife you’ve got me ONE TOO MANY TIMES!

[@inspirashamul]

LOL Enma really beat the praying out of them

[@WhoMightThis1Be]

The thing i love about Phos is that even though she went though a ton of change you can still see her personality in all of them. A lot of other characters will start similiar to phos, being that naiv kid, then going through a traumatic experience and come out as a totally different character after it. Phos went from pure to a scary looking insane and in some ways evil character and turned back to become pure again with Buddha like forgivness and love to even to the people who wronged her. She never felt like she was not Phos at any point though. It really made you feel the thousands of years the story goes through. Not even her goals changed that much, from the moment she meets Cinnabar she was always looking out for someone, took a while for her to get a real shot at doing that by making a deal with the Lunarians who were the only actual threat in their live at that point and she went through so much that she didn't even remember her goals by the time she reached them but it was always heading for that direction. The real tragedy is how none of the other gems really cared for her in the end, especially moongems and most of all Cairngorm got absolutely perfect lives gifted by Phos and they still treat her like shit, adapting the lunarian way of this passiv ignorance that is really disgusting to me. Cinnabar said somethign like "i feel bad about not feeling bad" at some point and it really hit hard. Phos definetely started as a flawed character and spiraled down but as the story stands now she really achieved a form of enlightenment, going through the hell of total isolation several times for people that either used her or don't care about her at all only to come out on the other end to say "finally we understand each other" and fullfilling their biggest wish

[@inspirashamul]

There is this dichotomy of Phos who never changes at their core even though everything around them physically and mentally has changed. This seems like a difference in interpretation but please correct me if I am wrong in the assumption. I don't believe that Phos is truly Enlightened and that their desire might have always been the same of wanting to help another but the actual cause of that is far from it. The moment the goal gets modified even by a little bit, that goal is no longer the same and the story tells us that by how crucial even 1 word, Fun, is to Cinnabar. And Yeah Cinnabar says it in the middle of Ch 96 and it is painful to hear but looking at it from Phos' POV, they projected their own worries and feelings onto the gems that allow in their hallucinations. There is a huge disconnect between what Phos thinks Cairngorm, Antarc, Ghost, and Cinnabar care about and what they actually care for and we see that in Ch 96 regardless if the adapted the Lunarian passive ignorance because the gems themselves have always been ignorant just in a slightly different way. The "finally understand each other" is not true. Phos is equating things based on the heaps of information they got pounded into them for 10000 years. Doctor, Enma, Kongo have all guided to Phos to this moment and it is up to them to decide what they actually want because going into Nothingness is not it. It is just the only option Phos feels they have due to how the circumstances are presented. We shall see in Ch 99 what actually happens but Phos has a ways to go even now to become truly free.

[@amandamaglio6838]

I still hate the subliminal messages of continued societal victim shaming. It's teaching that the victim has to stuff the painful atrocities deep inside, not go after justice, and the victim will not be healed until you forgive it. IT'S VICTIM SHAMING AND IT NEEDS TO STOP! All that does is forcibly silences the victim and the abuser gets away with everything. This needs to stop.

[@WhoMightThis1Be]

@@amandamaglio6838 ​ @Amanda Maglio I see your point but i don't think the shaming part is true. Phos suffers a lot by other peoples hands but this is never portrayed as a good thing, instead of getting shamed she becomes a god figure like Buddha or Jesus who are both loved for showing true compassion, even to people who did them wrong. This isn't a revenge story where people do bad stuff and get punished for it. This is a story where people have goals and sometimes act selfish that resulted in Phos getting the short end of the stick, nobody intended for that though, it's just how the situation turned out. I think this is a very realistic dynamic of social structure, i don't see how applying basic black and white labels like victim and abuser to those characters does the situation justice. Sometimes bad stuff happens to us that isn't the fault of anyone, looking for someone to blame isn't always justified

[@melumeze8264]

Also I think that if phos would be so humane nothing is still nothing would have happened. In Cause of her feelings, they does a lot of effort to fit in this society. Other gems, especially old gems cant feel so deep like phos. Yeah they have feelings, but they doesn't feel.

[@jebes909090]

Except for the final form. Literally nothing like phos. A completely different character at that point.

[@HateItHere.]

This will always be my favorite manga/anime because it has inspired me to create my own story.

[@inspirashamul]

That's some amazing high praise Ichikawa doing things on another level!

[@BigStupidWhore69]

It’s a pleasant surprise to find someone who was touched and inspired by Ichikawa sensei. I also started working on making my own story due to Houseki no Kuni. Honestly, HnK is my all-time favorite story.

[@lilofication]

omg i understood this as it helped you understand that you can make your own choices to create your own life as if all the things that happened to phos weren't consequences of others' actions 😭

[@Chinelolamb]

HNK reassured me that my existing story could do well ^^. It feels just as, if not even more abstract, and I'm really happy that it was written, I feel like it's changed my trajectory

[@rga1605]

Phos is really one of the characters that had most swerves in their characterization that I know. I still feel HnK can be seen as a "critique", quotation marks necessary, of the human spirit. Phos grew up and prayed for them mostly because if he didn't, the cycle would start anew and the Lunarians eventually would conoct another plan and subject another person to the same ordeal as Phos to reach nirvana through "cheating" the system. The cycle of cruelty and kindness would restart and who knows how it'd end. Therefore, all this journey was for Phos to realize this and so pray. That's how I interpret.

[@inspirashamul]

That's a really cool way of seeing it I really like it! I haven't thought about it that way.

[@almessasorrow4950]

This also explains why phos is so obsessed with ridding himself of even the smallest Traces of humanity, the fear of the cycle repeating

[@mikenogen]

WOW I NEVER THOUGHT OF IT THAT WAY. That actually explains why Phos's forgive everyone even Aechmea. Thank you for the enlightment

[@SaiScribbles]

The quotes from Ichikawa puts a fascinating perspective on Phos’ journey.

[@inspirashamul]

Yeah reading her interviews were awesome and pretty eye-opening.

[@MegaAlexc123]

I just binged the series...man I miss dorky young Phos. I'm just sad now.

[@inspirashamul]

Yeah we are with you on this. It will only get sadder probably.

[@Semimarii]

This deserves 10x more views then it currently has this is insane, a whole hour too,

[@inspirashamul]

Hahaha thank you! It hasn't even been a day since release so we pray to the algorithm gods

[@robertoa8699]

I never thought of the gold as another character of Phos, taking its own position against Phos thinking and desires. Such a good new layer to read this manga

[@inspirashamul]

Yeah there's so so many layers for the reread if you fixate on just one small aspect that's always been there in the background.

[@peanutbutterdinosaur]

Phos is one of my favorite characters. Will definitely check this out later tonight! The editing seems great so far.

[@inspirashamul]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@Livingthroughthis_]

Houseki no Kuni is one of my all time favorites mangas im glad there's finally a deep dive into the characters motivations and actions because even though its relatively popular tge fandom is crickets mist of the time😭🙏🏻

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you! Do make sure to check the other videos on the other gems if you liked it although many are outdated to some degree because of the return on the manga!

[@Hash_walt]

Absolutely crazy work, from analysis to editing, thanks to all those who participated in this magnificent video.

[@inspirashamul]

Our pleasure!

[@Jazzimus]

same pfp gang

[@KitKat-sv9qp]

i was so shocked you mentioned houseki no suffering. They do really great deconstructions of these characters, and this video is super lovely too, following!

[@axotopl]

Ah same! I love their analysis so much.

[@KitKat-sv9qp]

oh and quick question- do you still remember the song that played at 41:16? sounds familiar but i can't quite place it. thanks!!

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you! And I love that tumblr account I've probably reread their analysis a hundred times during hiatus.

[@inspirashamul]

@KitKat I believe that's in the Pearl section, you can find the OSTs used in the description for that section!

[@Grappleberry]

Wow, just wow. This has to be the best Land of the Lustrous analysis I have ever seen, good job! Thank you for continuing to produce such amazing content for the fandom 💞

[@inspirashamul]

I appreciate the support that's what allows me to continue making content. Thank you and I will be here until the series ends don't worry!

[@someonecommentingonyoutube2596]

Truly a prayer-worthy video! 🙏

[@inspirashamul]

Happy to hear this thank you!

[@kayeanneotico1603]

I wonder if the cycle will repeat or the cycle will renew. And what will be Antarc's reaction after seeing Phos' new form that is now beyond recognition?

[@inspirashamul]

Yeah I wonder if we have enough chapters left for a new cycle.

[@axotopl]

Omg a 1 hour video talking about houseki no Kuni!?!? Yesss! I love this so much , the analysis is great! I never noticed how Lapis and Phos are sorta similar , and that makes me wanna see more interaction between them :,)

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you! When we came back with Ch 96 I had so much copium to see Lapis but Ichikawa shut that down so quickly. I wonder if things change with Ch 99 onwards.

[@nurri1890]

No, thank YOU for this amazing analysis. I'm not a very observant person so a big part of details and meanings get lost to me and your videos provide me the insight I need to fully appreciate this tremendous gem of a manga (seriously I don't understand your subscriber count you should have like 108 times that amount you have GALAXY BRAIN MY DUDE). Thank you.

[@inspirashamul]

You're very welcome! Glad these videos have been of value!

[@claybowman1242]

I’m just watching this through a second time cause it’s so dense, man what a ride! It was well worth the wait! Thank you for your contribution to the community and the fandom as always.

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you Clay I really appreciate the kind words! Hahah replay it as much as you like it'll be up until the end of time.

[@Skidoodle18]

I… don’t even have the words to describe how fantastic this was. I may be 10 months late, but damn, this is a masterpiece and should be required viewing for HnK fans

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you for the kind words!!! It's ok to be "late" this video will be up for eternity so there is no timestamp for it.

[@steampunk-llama]

Man, can I just say your talk about stretch marks in the gold section *really* resonated with me. I’ve had a similar experience, though my weight gain was caused by gender dysphoria preventing me from wanting to continue the many sports and general exercise I did prior to turning 14. I’m still fat now at 22, but I no longer feel shame in my stretch marks the same way I used to, and everytime I go swimming and start reshaping my body in the direction I want it to go (instead of the direction puberty forced upon me) I feel more at ease

[@inspirashamul]

Hey! Any progress is good progress so glad you are swimming and take a role in shaping the you that you want to be! It's a brutal journey, but we can at least treat these marks as battle scars instead of stretch marks. Thank you for the kind comment and glad it resonated with you.

[@steampunk-llama]

@@inspirashamul Yeah, it’s definitely the recontextualising the negative into a positive that’s helped a lot!! Phos’s journey as a whole has helped me in a lot of ways too actually, I can honestly say I’ve never read a series that tackles the concept of humanity and life changing events the same way Houseki has, and it really is something special

[@veppotoast3507]

Im so glad I went in blind. A true roller-coaster of a story

[@inspirashamul]

Yeah this story is so insanely well put together. Glad you enjoyed it!!!

[@Malvekazar767]

I appreciate this channel so so so much... Other manga I enjoy have a good amount of traction and attention but Houseki no Kuni often gets overlooked and I'm in desperate need of content like this. Love the video and can't wait to finish it.

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you for the kind words! Glad I am filling the void just a little bit!

[@TonixXz]

I’ve finished the anime some time ago and now I’m starting the from the beginning of the manga to have another experience with this masterpiece when I get in the most recent chapter I would be back in this video

[@inspirashamul]

Yes please do this video is intended for after someone catches up to the manga. In the meantime, enjoy the manga!

[@river-sama7681]

An hour long video on Phos?? Ik what I'm about to do with my evening.

[@inspirashamul]

Lmk how it is when you get around to watching

[@ruseagull]

Amazing video, helped me analyze my thoughts after chapter 98. And I was a MESS! Mix of the anger, frustration, denial and sadness. Just as hnk, deserves more attention:)

[@inspirashamul]

Glad it helped you process through that rollercoaster of a chapter haha. Thank you for watching!

[@honoka7917]

you are the best you carry this whole fandom on your back and i respect that

[@inspirashamul]

Big praise hahah I really appreciate it!

[@NightyKnight09]

I really love these kinds of videos because you get to see how other people perceived the same art you did but are able to pull different ideas or concepts from it. Like the gold cube phos was stuck in. I completely agree that the gold mirrors phos’s emotional state but I always viewed the cube scene as phos feeling like they couldn’t help even if they weren’t stuck. The gold hands covering their mouth as if trying to convey those emotions physically. I really love art for this reason

[@inspirashamul]

Glad you loved it! And yeah that's definitely a valid way of interpreting the cube scene as well

[@invertedconfusion302]

Ive been waiting for more people to talk about this series since under the scope but Ive only found your channel today its crazy, I hope more people find you

[@inspirashamul]

Welcome aboard! There's a good bit of videos waiting for you to be watched on the series, and thank you! I do hope many more will stumble across this little old channel :)

[@artemkuleshov1032]

Thank you so much. Your analysis is absolutely goated.

[@inspirashamul]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@hajojo]

this was an amazing analysis. genuinely. thank you for making this.

[@inspirashamul]

Glad you liked it!

[@ivynguyen6171]

i love this video!! The details and work you put in this is amazing, i hope to see more in the future!

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you!!! I will be around until at least the series ends!

[@gj3154]

I'm glad I stayed for your rendition of liquescimus, thank you for the work you do, I thoroughly enjoyed this video.

[@inspirashamul]

Hahaha I appreciate it! Glad you liked it!!!

[@SmellySockProduction]

Read the whole thing in the span of a day. Very conflicted with my feelings about it. Immediately went searching to figure out if it was over and I found this. Thank you, this video was wonderful to watch

[@inspirashamul]

Glad I could help! And your conflicted feelings is very natural so don't worry.

[@mr.patata7739]

This was an amazing video, i've been watching your videos this days and they gave me a new perspective of this wonderful series. Thank you!

[@inspirashamul]

Glad you liked it!

[@miyuoshiro7674]

Thank you so much for this video! Your analysis is so interesting ❤

[@inspirashamul]

Glad you watched it!

[@Pheonix1328]

I thought the platinum symbolized silver and the mercury/cinnabar was carnelian, although what you said makes more sense. I did have a bit of trouble following along. Not exactly sure why but I think it had to due with the pacing. At times it felt like really long run-on sentences.

[@WobblesandBean]

Agreed. Lots of run on sentences.

[@anonymouswhite7957]

That and also i think a lot of back and forth between symbolism, direct meaning, scientific facts, and philosophy with no clear separation. For example: The part where Inspirashmul mentioned gold/platinum material sciences irl and went straight into the alloy reacting to phos emotions improperly because of their mental instability. People who can connect the dots would understand it perfectly, but for the others the metaphysical and the physical gets muddled up together.

[@inspirashamul]

Yeah either interpretation is fine in honesty. I always found that platinum felt like it was just added-on for the sake of adding on as everyone talked about it as just gold (me included) for a long time. So I was looking for other possibilities and settled on what the structure of this video became. That's totally understandable, my thoughts are a little scatter-shot with this video. Looking at it on a macro level, I did have trouble finding the order that I wanted to display the treasures because I didn't want to just list them in order of appearance. Plus the changing of hands and the amounts of ad-libbing outside of the script to give editors some creative freedom to cut or add whatever they wanted for their respective sections could attribute to the pacing. I do have a lot of run-on sentences didn't really notice it until I started doing the closed captions post publication. I'll try to be a little more stream-lined in the future.

[@inspirashamul]

@Anonymous White Appreciate it yeah I didn't really think to add transitions between the different layers of interpretation and they all get mixed together even though it makes sense to how I process them. I definitely shouldn't expect every viewer to understand the thought sequencing so I can do a better job of having visuals to accent the script instead of add more confusion potentially.

[@anonymouswhite7957]

@@inspirashamul As much as i complain about it, i personally don’t really mind all that much. It’s a bit hard to follow at first but i get used to it later on by taking the context and essence to bridge the next one with. Now that i think about it, i’d also do similar thing if i was talking about a piece of media i’m invested in. Also i’m partly here to assimilate bits of your umwelt/perspective. While the video is kinda confusing, in a way it have a piece of you in it (and all the other people working on this). So... Not really sure if i wanted it to be more digestible or remain as it is. Don’t let my words influence you much, what’s important is what you wanted to do and convey

[@supernarwhals095]

this is such an incredible video. what a great analysis of hnk, so glad i watched this :D

[@inspirashamul]

Glad you liked it!

[@kailynchen]

I love this character deep dive you've done! Honestly after the hiatus I've forgotten a couple of plot points and motives, so this video definitely brought back a lot of painful suffering. I can feel the passion both you and Ichikawa have towards HnK with how your analyses are so detailed and how thought out the plot is. Now I feel like re-reading through the entire manga again before the newest chapter drops.

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you!!! Glad we could suffer together 🥲 yeah I always end up rereading before a chapter if I can because my memory is pretty terrible lol

[@MAY_7777]

I really appreciate this video a lot, it helped me to align few of my thoughts on this show as well. Thank you ❤❤

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you for watching it! Glad I could help a little bit.

[@sme7893]

Wow this deserves more views. This has to be the best hnk analysis I've seen and the hard work you and your team did to make this video deserves more attention.

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you!!! There will be many more analysis to come in the coming year so look out for it!

[@sme7893]

@@inspirashamul I will be looking forward to the next analysis

[@youcant1299]

I got got by the subtitle at the beginning calling me out for watching the preview in my feed. Well played.

[@inspirashamul]

Hahaha hope you liked the video!

[@dovy8968]

I'm glad this is one of my first HnK analysis videos to watch, because it's really good! Definitely going to rewatch and watch some others

[@inspirashamul]

Welcome aboard!

[@ViHtor]

I've been searching for some worthy stuff about Houseki no kuni and found that true _gem_ that is your channel and videos. You know, i almost always watch all the videos on youtube at 2x speed to spend less time on things. But, after a 10 minutes of this video i had to put the speed on 1x at listen very carefully to catch everything that you were saying there. Honestly, i had an idea about that Land of lustrous is some top-tier stuff, but, honestly, what i got is 108% upceeded what i was expecting. I know the taste of perfect things. But, i never expected that something will hurt so much in so short time-span. The way you feel the characters and cruelty is so clear that it transefers to you without any loses. The Outer wilds OST was a hit in a face tho. Huh-huh.

[@inspirashamul]

Hahaha I appreciate the change the 1x speed it makes my retention more 😅. Yeah the series really does hit you like a brick glad you’ve enjoyed the video/channel! At least you can now be ongoing with all of us soon!

[@ViHtor]

@@inspirashamul Also, id want to say that HNK reminded me about other book where was mentioned a story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"; "There was a story we read about this beautiful, utopic land where everything was wonderful and enlightened and pleasant and good and just, except for one child who had to live in confusion and misery. One child, in exchange for paradise to everyone else.”

[@the25thnight80]

Just binged the whole anime and manga today. Thank you for this amazing video that allowed me to understand more about phos

[@inspirashamul]

Glad you enjoyed and welcome to the waiting game for the next chapter! Happy to help in what little way I can

[@meowraiu2]

you are such an incredible writer and speaker

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you!

[@hanabananasmilana]

this was great! youve inspired me

[@takusaka3667]

Thanks for the amazing video!!

[@inspirashamul]

Our pleasure!

[@apocryphalepitaph]

Awesome video! You got me back into Houseki No Kuni!

[@inspirashamul]

This comment warmed my heart. Glad you liked the video and more importantly glad to have you back!

[@apocryphalepitaph]

@@inspirashamul yeaaaah!!

[@DreamingJayJay]

I love your Phos analysis videos.

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you! You can check out some of the livestreams at the bottom of the channel page to see some tierlists I did for the gems and other HnK related things. Outside of Phos, I love Yellow, Bort, Cairn, and Lapis!

[@aperson9603]

Have you seen the book called Life and Culture of Y-3579203181277? I read a partial translation about it (though keep in mind this was unoffical translation). It's really interesting, it looks like the book was written by an alien species, what if it's written by humans??? I mean humanity looks very advanced in the manga, like what if a few people colonised on another planet or smt? Lovely video as usual btw!

[@inspirashamul]

I have! I actually own it as well (although I can't read any of it lol) That's pretty cool I can definitely see that happening. I only really thought of the life and culture book as the completion of the Natural Historian role but didn't really think about who actually wrote it.

[@aperson9603]

@@inspirashamul Awesome! I find the section about the ice floes a little scary, I wonder what happened there...

[@bugi9309]

do you know of the book "All Tomorrows"?

[@aperson9603]

@bugi Heck yeah! Love it…….. oooohhh omg I’m getting what you’re saying!

[@thexcore4303]

Great video! Gunna have to reread the manga and rewatch this to fully understand!

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you!

[@coolrabi9534]

Such a great video. This is what i call quality content

[@inspirashamul]

I appreciate the kind words!

[@cleaver3168]

Wow, just wow. Exceptional video, one of the best I've ever seen when it comes to analyzing anime/manga. I just recently finished watching and reading the series just recently, and it's a definite favorite for me, Phos has become one of my most favorite characters in all of fiction. But your video just made me appreciate Phos and HnK more. Like it's so great to unravel the depths of any piece of media, especially with analysis of this kind of quality and passion. Just superb. By any chance do you plan on making an analysis on other anime/manga? Like Evangelion, Berserk, Serial Experiments Lain, and etc. Also you wouldn't mind if I used your video as a sort of point of reference whenever I potentially make my own analysis videos on anime/manga that I adore like HnK and others. This video is just too good.

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you for the praise. I am glad I added another perspective. I do have several analysis on other manga and anime but not enough I need to expand in time and talk more about my favorites (I have not seen Serial myself yet). And of course you are more than welcome to reference it given the proper credits. I think there's a feature to remix via shorts that will directly link the original video that you can use if that is the option you want to take. If you use screenshots or clips, please not only credit me but the people that credit for that section itself. You can DM me on twitter to talk more about the crediting process if you want. Good luck with your own pursuit of videos!

[@gann5264]

I just found this manga/show but it’s already one of my favorites of all time. I have chronic illness, and part of that is having episodes of paralysis when I over exert myself. When I watched the fragile gems break into pieces the first time, I got the same jolt of panic for them that I have whenever I collapse. Being at the mercy of whoever happens to be nearby is terrifying and I just feel really deeply for these characters. I can’t make myself dislike Phos or Cinnabar bc of my own similar isolation and self worth issues. The changes of personality from their actions is done really well

[@inspirashamul]

What a beautiful comment thank you for sharing and an amazing way to relate to Phos and the gems' physical and mental pain. Glad you found the series and glad you found this video! Hope to see you when Chapter 103 drops (whenever that is)!

[@gann5264]

@@inspirashamul hell yea, love your channel

[@fan4every1lol89]

dang an hour long hnk analysis, you deserve a sub

[@inspirashamul]

I appreciate it!

[@wakefulpizza]

Great video dude

[@inspirashamul]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sereza200]

what a great video, i meditated for hours after watching it. thank you

[@inspirashamul]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@fireworkcookie1002]

Phos got Dazai'd damn

[@inspirashamul]

Dazai got Phos’d imo

[@catsinwonderland7473]

I can tell there was a lot of hard work that went into this video. 20:00 also I immediately recognized the music... I have brainrot ("Respite") And "Puddles" 25:43

[@inspirashamul]

Hahaha yes great spots! My editors did an amazing job. Thank you for the kind words!

[@tearlach47]

One of the best LotL analyses on KZbin. _Full Liquescimus cover when?_

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you Sean! There is a full version but YT blocking it because it is too great.

[@krimchicheese4683]

you caught me with the autoplay captions so i had to watch lmao

[@inspirashamul]

Ayyyyy hahaha hope you liked it and was worth the click!

[@ajaaxy5835]

Great video.

[@inspirashamul]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@scoop4060]

Love that you slid some Outer Wilds in here to hit me with the Land of the Lustrous trauma and Outer Wilds pain all at once

[@inspirashamul]

All thanks to @Sadacado for those track picks the editors had a lot of freedom to put what they wanted for their section! Glad you liked it and I agree it’s a good mesh between the HnK and Outer Wilds (OST wise I haven’t played the game myself unfortunately)

[@scoop4060]

​@@inspirashamul Would highly recommend it, a literal once in a lifetime experience. Would put the "I want to experience this for the first time again" factor for Outer WIlds on par with HnK, in my opinion at least. Really enjoyed the video by the way! Lots of interesting connections and analyses I never made the couple times I've read through it, plus all the little facts like gold treating lagophthalmos really made it enjoyable and made me say "Oh shit" a few times. Looking forward to the chapter 100 discussion!

[@DraconicInsomniac9815]

Hello. I'm new to this channel. I'm about to head to bed, but I will definitely come back and watch this.

[@inspirashamul]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@hlebzon]

this is the best one i've seen and i'm only on the silver part at the time of writing this gj

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you!!!

[@daegukreb4219]

I'm genuinely impressed. how did I not find this earlier.

[@inspirashamul]

You found it that’s all the matters! Welcome!

[@shanereilly1480]

Losing part of their bodies, even a small amount randomly removes their memories. This leads to existential questions like what really defines a person and what constitutes death.

[@inspirashamul]

Great connection to it yeah! Phos feeling that loss which most of these gems that are currently there haven't creates this feeling of emptiness. As usually when the Lunarians attack, either they take all of the gem of none of the gem.

[@hanabananasmilana]

ichikawa made a fucking masterpiece. no other manga touched me like this. so complex but simple

[@inspirashamul]

She really is amazing with it

[@imkuelllgremlin]

snails? thats a slug lol This analysis was so very interesting and easy to follow, I'm very glad people are still bringing attention to this masterpiece. can't wait to see more videos of yours

[@inspirashamul]

Hahah I guess they are slugs I’ve just been calling them snails since forever I’ll fix that for next time. But thank you for the kind words!!’

[@kurokun07]

ichikawa is just a genius,enough said.

[@inspirashamul]

Yes she is!

[@bbittercoffee]

Man am I glad to have stopped at the halfway point because up until gold, not much in the way of big reveals happens, but after Gold?! HOLY SHIT THERES SO MUCH AND IT WOULDVE BEEN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE READING THE MANGA IF I KNEW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN Thank you for introducing me to this awesome manga, I'm at ch.47 and I am so excited to read it all to come back again and watch the rest of this video.

[@bbittercoffee]

Read it all today (yes, all 50 chapters, not a single detail missed) AND BOY THE EXPERIENCE SO GOOD

[@inspirashamul]

Glad you enjoyed it!!!

[@fableagain]

I'm going to go read this manga right now and then come back to this video. I watched the anime and absolutely loved it, but I also don't want to spoil the manga for myself.

[@inspirashamul]

Yes please come back after you finish the manga we will be waiting!

[@zanthon7511]

This Will be fire

[@inspirashamul]

A lot of heat packed into this

[@ceton1843]

Yes

[@girl2ninja]

thanks for your story about the stretch marks. I'm feeling that right now, but it's not from self improvement, but from not working out. so. working on acceptance as well

[@inspirashamul]

Hope that acceptance process goes a lot quicker for you. Good luck with it I know how tough it is!

[@cavemann_]

Watched the first 20 minutes and honestly, what a fantastic job! I will watch the rest some other time, when HnK finishes. Until then o/

[@inspirashamul]

Glad you liked it! And of course shouldn't be too long of a wait anyways.

[@Chinelolamb]

I just caught up with the manga today, and im still trying to process everything that happened. Its alot. Especially with everything that happened on the moon. And "Phos" wanting to burn that bridge. Loving this video so far ^^

[@inspirashamul]

Welcome welcome! Sadly still a couple months until the new chapter but at least it gives to time process it all hahaha

[@aperson1510]

27:40 mottainai is pronounced moat-thai-nai (nai sounds like hi but replace the h with an n). Good analysis!

[@inspirashamul]

Ahhh thank you for the correction, I am sure to reference it in the future so I’ll pronounce it correctly. Appreciate the love!

[@jebes909090]

I really think the most satisfying ending would be for phos to just pray for themself . when the light receeded everyone would have just been standing there now, condemned for eternity. Would have served them right. Would have been the most human of ends. The most suprising thing for me in the whole series was how kongo literally gave no craps about phos once he got to the moon. Did enma manipulate him too? There were a few gems that changed thier personalities once the lunarians got thier hands on them. Becoming cruel and selfish.

[@inspirashamul]

I think once Kongo was turned into a Lunarian, the restrictions that were placed on him were lifted as well which led to a change in personality. Now for the other gems, yeah maybe a new environment affected them a lot more than it should’ve? We know that Phos was a considerably different gem pre and post moon for example. I hope Phos gets some kind of closure like that we can only hope we a few chapters remaining in the series!

[@jebes909090]

I​@@inspirashamuli dont know. Enma has been shown to manipulation gems before. Literally all the gems except antarctacite and yellow diamond(who mysterious is taken out of commission) have dramatic changes in personality after being 'worked on' by the lunarians. Padparadscha becomes a complete psychopath. Caringorn becomes a sociopath. Diamond becomes crazy too. Its like he takes away thier empathy and replaces it with hostility.

[@Dahlia-kz8oz]

And this is why Phos is one of my favorite characters

[@john-up5nm]

Damn one hour let's gooo, was sure you said one time it's gonna be like 20 min😅

[@inspirashamul]

The length of this video came first and then everything else followed lol

[@ultimateprocastinator4156]

this is seriously a work of art though haruka ichikawa is such a genius

[@inspirashamul]

She really is

[@alextaylor4725]

As myself, thank you so much for giving me the chance to see this

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you for watching!

[@siemenpersyn4451]

Haven't seen/read HNK but good on ya!!!

[@inspirashamul]

Ayyy siemioon I still appreciate the support regardless!

[@8thguy633]

Not having read a single page of or watched a single scene of this story makes this video very confusing but very intriguing. I knew that HnK was about living geological elements, but beyond that I knew nothing.

[@inspirashamul]

Hahaha this video is definitely not intended for you but I guess glad it got you interested. If you are ok with CG anime, Houseki’s is the best there is and a perfect starting point to the series.

[@ferretbutler1326]

@@inspirashamul I tried reading the Manga but it was a bit too confusing for me, so I've been watching recaps and video essays. This video helps give insight into Phos a bit more, as well as a cinnabar.

[@inspirashamul]

@@ferretbutler1326 How far did you get into the manga when you tried?

[@saffronstiegmann2542]

I would love to how you feel about the recent chapters. I feel like Phos finally has a community and I dont how that fits with enlightenment

[@inspirashamul]

I cover every new chapter from Ch 96 onwards on the channel in two forms usually (A live stream on the 25th that the chapter comes out and then a video specifically for that chapter). Check them out!

[@bugi9309]

left this on while cleaning my house :3 thanks!

[@inspirashamul]

Enjoy! Hopefully the cleaning was more fun lol

[@brimple]

"Hey, you who has this video autoplaying on your home feed. How about you go ahead and click, it'll be worth your time" i feel called out

[@inspirashamul]

Hahahahah glad you clicked on it!

[@A-bp9hq]

perfection

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you!!!

[@chaoseq69]

Inspirashamul doesn't need autotune🔥🔥🔥

[@inspirashamul]

LMAOOOOO I appreciate it! I definitely recorded that singing at like 3 am completely sleep-deprived to get some filler in case.

[@What-ki4we]

Finally, I get to watch an hour long deep dive on HNK that I didn't search up because I was thinking "What if it actually gets recommended to me that is if it even exists?" Will be back to watch the rest of it.

[@inspirashamul]

Hahah enjoy enjoy

[@ci3rr420]

The ending was unexpected

[@inspirashamul]

Hahahahahha....yeah same I really didn't want to use it unless I had to

[@Johan-em6kg]

The goat of mangas

[@inspirashamul]

Yes it is!

[@gesaltcrystals2233]

Great video! Although admittadley i found it hard to keep up at some points >.>. Was that omoris ost i heard in there somewhere?

[@inspirashamul]

No worries you are more than welcome to replay sections as much as you want and I can answer any questions here as well. And yes there were some Omori OSTs! Check the description and you'll find which ones were used.

[@ImadLourd]

fire

[@inspirashamul]

Thank you!!!

[@vivechjorviani5440]

Math teacher: "Show your work on the test" My work: 59:19

[@inspirashamul]

LMAOOOOOO

[@springsong7710]

Preparing my popcorn

[@inspirashamul]

Need some tissues for the tears as well

[@springsong7710]

@@inspirashamul Me to myself two months ago before binging the entire manga in a day

[@niello5944]

...I saw in the description that Kyousougiga OST is used for the ad section and search the video for the ad section before I even watch the video and then there's no ad...

[@inspirashamul]

There is an ad! It's at 18:59 where I ask for people to subscribe (which I consider as an ad). The OST plays in the background of that small like 15 second section.