What are we watching: Land of the Lustrous
What’s it about: In the mysterious future, crystalline organisms called Gems inhabit a world that has been destroyed by six meteors. Each Gem is assigned a role in order to fight against the Lunarians, a species who attacks them in order to shatter their bodies and use them as decorations.
Phosphophyllite, also known as Phos, is a young and fragile Gem who dreams of helping their friends in the war effort. Instead, they are told to compile an encyclopedia because of their delicate condition. After begrudgingly embarking on this task, Phos meets Cinnabar, an intelligent gem who has been relegated to patrolling the isolated island at night because of the corrosive poison their body creates. After seeing how unhappy Cinnabar is, Phos decides to find a role that both of the rejected Gems can enjoy. Houseki no Kuni follows Phos’ efforts to be useful and protect their fellow Gems.
Studio: Orange
Director: Kyougoku, Takahiko
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIYgPnSvnCE
Where can I watch it: https://twist.moe/a/houseki-no-kuni-tv/1 , https://nyaa.si/view/991627 , https://cytu.be/r/chapochat (At select times)
Spoilers beyond the current episode are :haram . Please use the spoiler tag if you would like to discuss past the current episode. Everything in this episode and before are fair game.
I want my peaceful idyllic gay gem life back.
Phos is a favorite character archetype of mine where someone wants more from their life and in their attempts ends up destroying something seemingly peaceful and gentle that is revealed to be
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Actually kinda bad? S1 wont go further into why everything is happening, but also Phos undergoes more changes as a result of the story. Very Ship of Theseus style, and also more importantly they can never come back. All the events batter our poor Phos like sea-glass and we’ll never see our dumb little 3.5 again :doomer: