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Nov 24, 2022 10:19 AM
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This chapter was nice, [spoiler] the spread was really nice & phos’ realization/reflection of her wish after everything that’s happened was heartbreaking. [spoiler] It’s been awhile for me but i’d say it’s time for a reread! How’s everyone feeling about this chapter?
Nov 24, 2022 10:48 AM
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Fantastic Chapter once again, this made a lot of things in the past chapters more easy to understand. I have my suspicions that this egg rock thing is actually a reincarnation, or something similar, if the professor. I still wonder what happened to her lab assistants and how Enma/Kongou know of each other. Perhaps Enma was also a researcher before he died.
Nov 24, 2022 10:58 AM
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Damn man this got me a bit emotional... Hope this is a true new beginning for Phos
Nov 24, 2022 11:52 AM
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Here is my chapter analysis/theory for this months release.
Let me know what you think of it!
Nov 24, 2022 2:00 PM
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The fully-black panels paralleling Phos' first interaction with Morganite and Goshenite in Chapter 1 made me have the best "wait a minute" realization I had when re-thinking about a chapter in Manga. It's so... needlessly... painful.

Our little, lost God found solace from an insignificant pebble that cannot feel nor see. And yet, the pebble's words are just enough to decompartmentalize centuries upon centuries of aimless, hateful suffering the regretful God has gone through. All of it collpases into itself in a view of the night that fills the lonely God's world with just the tiniest bit of wonder. Even a pebble cast in the middle of a lake creates ripples that eventually reaches the shore. Houseki no Kuni is just... wonderful.
Nov 24, 2022 2:40 PM
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This is perfect...perfect
Nov 24, 2022 6:20 PM
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At least with the talking rock Phos isn't alone...
Nov 24, 2022 6:23 PM
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Good chapter and Phos got a talking rock friend!!! that's way better then being all alone
Nov 24, 2022 6:36 PM
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What a fantastic chapter
Nov 24, 2022 8:48 PM

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man i feel the solitude, it hurts
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Nov 24, 2022 9:39 PM
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We really need to make HNK reach atleast a 9.00 score, my favorite manga of all time fr
"I know anything goes here...
but this...
this is clearly not fucking okay...!"
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Nov 25, 2022 2:06 AM

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I just feel so sorry for Phos,I hope this is a new beginning for them
Nov 25, 2022 2:54 AM

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How much time has passed?
Nov 25, 2022 4:58 AM
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Ichikawa the goat no cap
Nov 25, 2022 5:51 AM

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Most overrated manga of all time. 40 chapters of learning shit the reader already knows with pointless fights where nothing happens. Tons of characters and questions just swept aside and never answered. This manga is a 2/10 at most. Only quote worth saving from this godforsaken manga is sensei saying this: "Tolerance and equality. Those were held up as ideals in ancient times, but they never lasted long." Thoroughly disappointed.
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Nov 25, 2022 6:09 AM
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Nice chapter especially phos's wish and self-acceptance that is realized by just talking to a stone signifying that everyone, no matter how small he is, or how useless he may think of himself, everyone is important to/in this world

But also I wonder what the black panels meant!!? It got me so confused😭
I mean my 1st interpretation is that Phos was melting or something and then it fell in deep sleep for centuries. but it doesnt need all these panels and in that specific pattern to say that😭
Nov 25, 2022 10:13 AM
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flawless chapter
Nov 25, 2022 10:15 AM
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Hasan_Lelouch said:
Nice chapter especially phos's wish and self-acceptance that is realized by just talking to a stone signifying that everyone, no matter how small he is, or how useless he may think of himself, everyone is important to/in this world

But also I wonder what the black panels meant!!? It got me so confused😭
I mean my 1st interpretation is that Phos was melting or something and then it fell in deep sleep for centuries. but it doesnt need all these panels and in that specific pattern to say that😭


i think it's a callback to the very first panels of the first chapter, where phos seemingly awakes from a deep, void-like slumber to the taunts of their fellow gems, asking that they go to the gems' aid.
Nov 25, 2022 12:38 PM

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The blacked out chapters are a callback to chapter 1, but since everyone else is gone, and Phos has lost all her memories, its all just black now. Just painful.

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sezbian lex
Nov 25, 2022 12:51 PM

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How much time has passed?
Enough for him to become a smooth grass hill.

Another thousands of years?
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Nov 26, 2022 1:49 AM
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loved it. beautiful that phos has come to a realization; i relate to that in a lot of aspects of my life. im glad she has a friend.
Nov 26, 2022 10:49 AM
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Most overrated manga of all time. 40 chapters of learning shit the reader already knows with pointless fights where nothing happens. Tons of characters and questions just swept aside and never answered. This manga is a 2/10 at most. Only quote worth saving from this godforsaken manga is sensei saying this: "Tolerance and equality. Those were held up as ideals in ancient times, but they never lasted long." Thoroughly disappointed.

Gives blue lock and haikyuu a 10/10…
Nov 26, 2022 11:09 AM
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vamos ver até onde essa nova forma de vida vai levar a Phos
Nov 26, 2022 1:50 PM
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oh :O :( :0 :) :9 very good
Nov 26, 2022 2:35 PM
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A perfect ending to a perfect series. What a great story.
Nov 26, 2022 8:54 PM
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iGotIceInMyRice said:
RaZn_ said:
Most overrated manga of all time. 40 chapters of learning shit the reader already knows with pointless fights where nothing happens. Tons of characters and questions just swept aside and never answered. This manga is a 2/10 at most. Only quote worth saving from this godforsaken manga is sensei saying this: "Tolerance and equality. Those were held up as ideals in ancient times, but they never lasted long." Thoroughly disappointed.

Gives blue lock and haikyuu a 10/10…

both of those shows are pretty great. the problem is he gave plot slayer 9/10.
Nov 27, 2022 1:27 AM

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I have no words, actually I spent the last two days thinking about it, in the end all of my theories were busted which is good, all disappeared and Phos found that rock being who was very happy with being a rock.
from the rock's pov the rock was perfect but from phos's pov it wasn't, then phos realized her existence
anyways, few more chapters till 108 I guess, I can't even imagine what can still happen
Nov 27, 2022 11:56 AM
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I'm adding this egg rock to my favorite character list ;(
Nov 27, 2022 1:56 PM

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absolutely amazing, truly makes me more depressed. I just want Phos to be happy
Nov 28, 2022 4:14 AM

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special pv for volume 12, it looks amazing
Nov 28, 2022 2:05 PM
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tell me you have reading comprehension disorder without telling me you have
RaZn_ said:
pointless fights where nothing happens

Nov 29, 2022 8:32 PM

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New anime seasons WHEN!?

For the God's sake, don't sleep on this Japan.
Nov 29, 2022 10:38 PM

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RaZn_ said:
Most overrated manga of all time. 40 chapters of learning shit the reader already knows with pointless fights where nothing happens. Tons of characters and questions just swept aside and never answered. This manga is a 2/10 at most. Only quote worth saving from this godforsaken manga is sensei saying this: "Tolerance and equality. Those were held up as ideals in ancient times, but they never lasted long." Thoroughly disappointed.

> Almost all the conflict was meaningful for the story or characters.
> Learning what that was already known?
>What questions are you looking for?

I saw your scores for AoT, so I'm very interested to hear this one.
Nov 30, 2022 11:23 AM
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What a chapter! Ichikawa does it again. And this time, I really don’t know what to say. I hope this small rock thing gives phos so happiness in the end.

Also… Guys… Those black panels…
Dec 1, 2022 11:51 PM
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FiendishChan said:
The blacked out chapters are a callback to chapter 1, but since everyone else is gone, and Phos has lost all her memories, its all just black now. Just painful.



I am surprised you noticed this -- I was like WTH is going on with these black panels
Dec 3, 2022 2:02 PM
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Phos did nothing wrong...
Dec 4, 2022 4:41 AM

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My heart hurts seeing those black panels as a parallel to the very first chapter. Also this chapter reminds of the rock scene in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Dec 6, 2022 7:00 PM
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i think it is interesting how our new pebble friend that shows the most kindness to Phos feels no need to change their current form to be like the lustrous we have seen in the series. They feel no need to have a body or face.
It makes me think about all the other lustrous we saw. How they were all shaped and formed with no sort of choice in the matter. how they all seemed desperate to find a job and provide to their little society. how quickly they assimilated into lunarian society once given new tasks/desires. and how little compassion they had for phos in the end.
It feels as though when you do not have to change in order to provide the most, you are able to connect to your peers more. if that makes sense?
Dec 7, 2022 10:32 PM

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Finished the anime with friends, and we all binged the manga this last week. Completed the whole manga in 2 days. We all knew that it got 'grim,' but none of us were expecting it to snowball as much as it did. All of us are still processing what went down, and I'm pretty interested to see what turns out in the end. Given that, at this point, everyone has gotten closure but Phos and a pebble.

FiendishChan said:
The blacked out chapters are a callback to chapter 1, but since everyone else is gone, and Phos has lost all her memories, its all just black now. Just painful.


Good catch.
Dec 13, 2022 10:45 AM
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FiendishChan said:
RaidenHUN said:
How much time has passed?
Enough for him to become a smooth grass hill.

Another thousands of years?

Phos says the sun is now a white dwarf, so it’s more like billions of years have passed.
Dec 15, 2022 6:46 PM
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based schizo Phos talking to his rock pet
Dec 16, 2022 9:35 PM

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Still more to go? I think this is a perfect conclusion... everything is gone but Phos begins again.
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Dec 19, 2022 1:02 PM
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The greatest i was tearing
Dec 22, 2022 1:44 PM
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Is it over? I hope not
Jan 1, 2023 8:11 PM

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No. So sad. Houseki no kuni truly is beautiful.
“I won’t rely on anyone anymore. I don’t care if no one understands.” – Homura Akemi
Jan 2, 2023 10:31 PM
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i felt empty reading this.. i hope its not the end :(

this was a beautiful and tragic journey though, love it.
Jan 2, 2023 10:33 PM
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My heart hurts seeing those black panels as a parallel to the very first chapter. Also this chapter reminds of the rock scene in Everything Everywhere All at Once
I didn't even notice that holy..

How things have changed huh. Our sweet peppermint protagonist has ascended to godhood now T_T
Jan 8, 2023 11:12 PM

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Maisyyy said:
notPara said:
My heart hurts seeing those black panels as a parallel to the very first chapter. Also this chapter reminds of the rock scene in Everything Everywhere All at Once
I didn't even notice that holy..

How things have changed huh. Our sweet peppermint protagonist has ascended to godhood now T_T
Yeah ikr, it feels like yesterday when i read chapter 1. Also amazing pfp btw
Jan 9, 2023 6:06 PM
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god damnit mane
Jan 11, 2023 2:15 PM

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It'll be cool to see where it goes from here. Almost thought that it was ending last chapter.
Be happy with what you have to be happy with
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