What Happens After the Anime? | Houseki no Kuni (manga recap)

Not gonna lie, I left out a lot of important lore details that you may find interesting, but I either forgot to add them or didn't have the time to put them in.
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[@MysteryMedia2001]

I love this manga but it’s so tragic. To quote the author “oh you’re expecting a happy ending?”

[@diarrhea6344]

the spiral phos goes down is so deeply tragic. just knowing how she used to be in episode 1, the innocent happy gem, and then seeing her turn into this vengeful monster is such an interesting way to lead a story.

[@finndemoncat9379]

Yes, I just finished readint the latest and omg.

[@diarrhea6344]

@@finndemoncat9379 did they make new chapters for the manga? i still havent read it.

[@finndemoncat9379]

@@diarrhea6344 up yo 107, I don't know when it was released. tho.

[@magpiezaychik]

It’s possibly the perfect depiction of humanity from their beginning to end. From their naivety to their complexity’s. The option has always been here to simply live in peace and enjoy things as they are but humanity’s craving for more has always been its undoing. That’s why it was fitting that both Flesh and Bone were able to live happily but it’s with the addition of Soul that we fall. That conscience and sense of self is both a blessing and a curse. Something depicted throughout the entire story of each gem having its own purpose and the ones without purpose being the ones most troubled instead of simply just being happy with the life they’ve been given

[@lolyoutoobe]

Thank you perfect summary. I read the manga but I was still confused as hell about the story.

[@nameless_1]

I binged that shit in a day and understood most of it I have an existential crisis now tho

[@bondrewd2147]

What it’s on the Moon? it’s quite simple actually *PAIN* This manga makes me appreciate the adolescence, the youth ignorance

[@code066funkinbird3]

Same today

[@VTsimpingSan]

I didnt realize they added more. Last i read was "Have a pleasant 10000 years" or something

[@L16htW4rr10r]

New chapter had come out?!

[@mercuryenthusiast]

cant believe its still going,,

[@kanaefan372]

the author went on a year and a half hiatus i believe- i think that happened around chapter 95? there's 102 now. the new chapters I highly recommend- it really hammers in the sadness surrounding this story. however, there is another hiatus for about another month, the next chapter wont be out for about ~24 days

[@Janal_Hoe]

​@@kanaefan372 dang, with that much hiatus, i js hope this depressin manga dont beat her too much or take a toll on her mental state

[@indorianshell]

HAVE YOU RED TILL CHAPTER 106 OF THE MANGA ? (a lot is going on)

[@ghostcritic8508]

I like the fact they're all fragment of humanity but they never be human we have no right to question the justification of there action as humane as they never be human they act like us they have vices and morality like us human but similarity doesn't always equal originality. The manga shows the extend of bastardization of means to achieve the needs of existence, glamorize the imperfection of such naivety and using religious and poetic base of storytelling to emphasize the struggle and success to achieve nothing and lead to meanless yet to peaceful end. It's tells the story of only the broken glass makes you bleed so don't let the fragile glass fool you. As beautiful nihility is, it's so tragedy of each journey.

[@peen2804]

this is these most nothing ass pseudo-intellectual fake deep nonsense like-bait comment ive ever read

[@hdanimatesorsomething]

can't believe they didn't even let Phos beat that last level

[@PenPinappleApplePen]

Phos should have never trusted no one.... no one cared, and even at the end when he frees EVERYONE EVEN LUNAR PPL, GEMS ETC they mocked him... now even tho he is god he is all alone... he is the only one that deserved peace since everyone also used him and changed him

[@peen2804]

thats a bit of a stretch

[@vlad5042]

it breaks my heart that theres no season two, i hope all the time that theyre eventually gonna continue the anime. the story of the manga is great and the art is wonderful but the anime adds so much, the score and animation were stunning.

[@a.p.2554]

I think it is also important to say that it was not only a plan from the king of the lunarians, but also had the cooperation of adamant all this time, so Phos had been cheated since the beginning

[@peen2804]

i dont think you read the story

[@egilbert1884]

Its so devious you have all these chapters getting to know and care about the gemstones and in the end you can't help but hate every last one of them

[@Lavi____]

I firmly believe a second season will be announced in the next 1-3 years once the manga fully ends in late-April. Based on an interview dated to 2017 on animate Times's website, Studio Orange was directly approached for the adaptation over other studios because of their prior 3D work. Given that Orange has been busy as of late with Beaststars and Trigun: Stampede, nothing will happen until everything related to those franchises is halted or comes to a close.

[@lovelyrat8687]

So glad you’re making a video on my favorite manga!

[@jjaa_joyjoyartist]

Yo... wtf. I may ot may not regret watching, now I HAVE to read it. If not to find out what happened to the jellyfish people

[@Lavi____]

SPOILER Probably my biggest disappointment with the series is how the admirabilis were introduce in only the second volume, and then have almost no further appearances (1 major scene) or real significance to the rest of the story, especially considering how incredible their designs were and they are so to represent a third (the flesh) of the whole that is humanity.

[@vanilla7349]

I loved this video so much! Perfectly explained and exactly what I needed. Probably the best summary video I've ever seen! Instant sub. I would love if you did more of these!

[@diiiittt]

I just read the manga and this helps clear it up a bit, ty!!’ Also why r u so undrrrated

[@Tasuke]

Very glad for this summary! I had watched some of the anime back in university but I didn't finish it and I've checked the wiki several times over the years and I am always so surprised to see where Phos is at.

[@joshuaayala8571]

Thanks man . Needed this

[@mirahurt543]

Awesome recap 😊

[@rifandyadnan9501]

a really unique manga i must say, one of the best i've read.

[@gabriele.3161]

Thank you, I just got my hands on Volume 12 and am hyped to go back into the story with a refreshed perspective 🤵‍♀️ 💎

[@falentino_xd]

Thank you for explaining that, I was really confused when I read the manga

[@skugskchannel5056]

thanks for the recap 😊

[@lemon_maho]

Epic the summary I was looking for

[@lavune]

perfect just perfect recap really thank you very much

[@emm-15]

Great summary thank you very much

[@ah08223]

was hoping things will get explained in the anime. came to watch this directly after finishing the last episode. hope the anime will continuous once the manga finish

[@christesterman]

And here I thought there wasn't going to be a happy en......oh God

[@aidaeggo5794]

thanks for the summary :)

[@yuukadoodles]

This is so tragic oh my God. I'm obsessed with this series after I binged it on a whim. I can't even deal why isn't this like top 5 manga ever?

[@peen2804]

because there is no objective "top 5 manga ever"? like wym ? if you want it to be then it is

[@finndemoncat9379]

This manga left me a night without sleep, I was so curious about how it would end, expecting a good ending, but like one of the comments mentioned "you were expecting a good ending?".

[@Barakon]

This is just steven universe but for bigger weebs than rebecca sugar./j

[@chatGPT5.0premium]

Steve universe 2013 AND houseki no kuni 2012

[@Leshy_]

Why did Adamant/Sensei refused to pray? Is he afraid all the people are going to the moon and hes going to be all alone?

[@TrueYezzer6969]

Bruv ye need more views Asap

[@lovelyrat8687]

Do you have any manga you recommend that you haven’t covered in videos yet?

[@SquireG]

Sure! I recently started The Boxer and Sousou no Frieren. Haven’t finished them yet but they look promising.

[@lovelyrat8687]

@@SquireG I’ve read Sousou no Frieren, it’s pretty good! I’ll have to check out The Boxer, thanks!

[@Leshy_]

Lunarians are savage, emotionless spirits. Just cruel beasts

[@ShapeShifterKibayo]

you should summarize the manga Ciel the last autumn sky and dazzle!

[@sunshinelkcs1630]

I wannq keep reading the manga, any clue what episode this recap ends on?

[@toastedcookies-fn6kp]

I feel so bad for phos and how the other gems just did not care about how they left her

[@catsinwonderland7473]

So... goddamn.... depressing... I used to be really into rocks and geology, so picture my surprise when I found out about an anime about living rocks. But Jesus Christ... why did it have to be so tragic... In my mind there is an alternate universe where everything went okay for the gems... I need the delusion

[@EJ_XD]

Depression, that’s what happens after the anime

[@Leshy_]

Maybe phos shouldnt bother changing anything at all, just party in the moon along with moon people. Instead of going in this tragic 100000 of sufferings.

[@baitposter]

It's like a more awkward counterpart to NieR Replicant's story

[@yaboi7232]

What Happens After the Anime? depressions that's what happens

[@caligulasAquarius]

I THOUGHT CINNABAR AND PHOS WERE GONNA BE CUTE LESBIANS NO WHAT THE FUCK-

[@caligulasAquarius]

sorry im like.. 13. this is a lot

[@Revealingstorm.]

​@@caligulasAquariusit's ok I forgive you

[@pepe2c]

poor Phos 😭

[@yassinebenyamina4861]

why did the lunarians abduct the sea creatures tho? was this answered in the manga

[@calebgoodman3028]

Yep. The Admirabilis feed on the grounded dust of Gems in order to strengthen their shells and they’re evolving to integrate with their shells rather than separate. So in order to preserve the Moon Gems, they have to kill the Admirabilis. Either by waiting for them to die out as they’re organic beings or by wiping them out themselves.

[@peen2804]

that doesnt answer why they initially abducted them, that answers what would happen if they wanted to restore low hardness gems from dust. the reason they were "abducted" is because of a plea made with a previous ruler of the admirabilis. at the height of their civilization they were plagued by a massive famine from overusing their resources, leading to the death of said civilization. eventually the lack of food and the ability to evolve and adapt caused regression and loss of intellect along with rampant cannibalism. the previously mentioned ruler pleaded with the lunarians to take them to the moon where food was abundant thanks to the lunarians technology. the whole "abduction" and "slave" thing was either an intentional or unintentional misinterpretation of events. the amdirabilis eventually evolved into what we see on the moon in the story@@calebgoodman3028

[@Leshy_]

Phos takes Adamant's role pf praying?? What

[@yurikadzz]

friendly PSA for the anime guys: DO NOT READ THE MANGA it is very depressing

[@Witoree]

it's not very depressing, it's the materialization of sorrow, sadness, despair and the embodiment of depression itself

[@peen2804]

its really not that sad imo. especially if you compare it to other works that exist. like yeah sure its kinda sad and has some depressing themes, but i dont know why people act like its just the most heart-wrenching traumatizing thing. i love the story but i just dont find it to be particularly depressing. Oyasumi Punpun is to me a good example of something genuinely and incredibly depressing.

[@josearmandovalencia7349]

Why they didnT finish the anime?

[@boymeetworlf3433]

The Manga was still going on

[@henrykdodwel6913]

Hmm, you may a bit behaind

[@POWERPOWERPOWER_]

Do not watch!!! READ

[@POWERPOWERPOWER_]

This, by the way is nothing but a light jab, the people will do as they will and I have no qualms with these types of videos existing. I absolutely love this story though, Haruko Ichikawa's art is amazing to me, this story is as heart-wrenching as it is mystifyingly I absolutely love it and it is absolutely worth a read before diving into a full spoiler retelling. Said my piece ✌️

[@bergkatze3186]

Karen*

[@mocabe01]

The use of they/them to refer to single characters sounds sooo stupid.

[@martyrtothesystem]

you do realize they are genderless objects right? Theyre literally gems lol. And even then, they/them are gender neuteral pronouns, it sounds stupid because youre stupid methjinks

[@ZhangLee.]

the plot is truly stupid :V

[@jakoja9755]

Why?

[@ZhangLee.]

@@jakoja9755 the war start all because the monk didn`t pray :V and could avoid any type of tragedy had happen during the manga if he pray so you tell me why it not dumb :V

[@respectyourself1786]

@@ZhangLee.because the monk’s broken? If he prays everything disappears. And he doesn’t want the gems to disappear. Are you truly stupid?

[@LoveisStoredInTheLain]

@@ZhangLee.he can’t pray without a human asking him, there are no humans left. The whole plot is pretty much a Buddhist allegory when you get down to it

[@sniv1886]

@@ZhangLee. lmao they literally explain that he only follows human´s orders and there are no more humans until phos becomes one v:

[@sparrowriver7916]

Don't refer to the individual gems as they. They are clearly feminine despite being gems. Modern woke terminology ruins everything.

[@lizz552]

As a person who speaks japanese it is right to use they. The gems refer to themselves with masculine terms and even call each other brother. Although they look feminine the gems dont have a gender which the author of the manga clarified themselves. So yeah it has nothing to do with modern terminology

[@tintedpalette653]

They are non-gendered beings. They don’t come to life looking like how we usually see them. They emerge unrefined, lacking many features of humanity. They don’t even start with eyes. An unspoken part of the story is how the gems’ appearance are molded by others. First by Sensei since the first gems wished to look closer to him, and then Aechmea with Phos and especially cairngorm (since Aechmea wanted a wife as a partner, so he dressed them feminine). Projection of gender onto the gems is a part of the larger theme of those around them trying to make them closer to humans.

[@earth2k66]

Maybe they are gender less and just adopted the pronounces that their sensei was given?

[@abcdefg-hv2ks]

Pronouns are a "problem" for only the english language. Singular they is pretty common is most languages

[@Barakon]

What like the gay space rocks who also had an all female gem based species?

[@peen2804]

everyone is constantly talking about how tragic and overwhelmingly sad the story is but honestly i really didnt feel much if anything as far as emotion goes while reading it. it usually doesnt take much to get me to cry either, like at all. anytime something happened to a character there was a 99% chance they were going to be just fine and it took the impact from those types of scenes. i eventually just stared rolling my eyes when Phos or another character would get shattered every other page and put back together with 0 consequence until later in the series, and by then still its only Phos who really faces any consequences. The story frames these scenes in such dramatic and beautiful ways but the end up just not mattering outside of when gems are abducted and never return. On top of that by the later parts of the story such unfathomable amounts of time pass that things start to lose any weight or meaning and character writing ceases almost completely. Its just difficult for me to connect emotionally to the story. Obviously some of these are intentional and play into the themes. That being said its interesting and beautiful. I love the story and its one of my favorites. I just think its funny because 99% of comments i see are "omg reading HNK did me a trauma!11!!!" and "pRePaRe 2 GeT eMoTiOnAllY dEsTr0yEd"