Was phos getting molested at the end of Ch. 52? I don't see anyone talk about this but the imagery is very sexual in nature (finger barely under the pants, finger under the mouth, fingers running along her legs, two hands on her breast...)
Spoilers if you haven't read up to Ch. 52 obv. Image related.
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I LOVE PHOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You can't molest a rock
Nobody talks about it because Phos has bigger things to worry about, and Aechmea is the only one who seems to actually want to fuck a rock
Well Aechmea displayed jealousy when he left Cairngorm with that scientist guy... like he knew other lunarians would fuck rocks if given the chance
Also another question: the lustrous don't have any sexual anatomy, right? So did Aechma just rub his peepee all over Cairngorm and call it a day?
Counter point: I would totally rub my peepee on Bort
Who knows what Aechmea is really thinking, although it is interesting that he seems to follow his emotions when they come up.
Gems don't have any sexual features, so the mystery of what exactly happened will have to wait until Ichikawa feels like explaining it, I guess.
Let's not cloud objective facts with your warped tastes
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
I LOVE PHOOOOOOOOOOOOOS
I'm posting this just because I liked them together before Cumslut became a massive harlot.
Yes
Well, the moonies were definitely having fun with his body, yeah, but it's not like it matters to Phos anyway.
We know for a fact that the moonies see the gems as objects of sexual attraction, so this shouldn't come as a surprise.
Notice how one of the moonies starts sticking its hand under Phos' shorts on the third panel.
We can only assume what its doing on the fourth panel.
it's not actually molestation since Phos is completely unable to take anything from it except "they're checking if I can move". In the same way that you can not molest a doll.
In other words they were just using her as a fucktoy.
That's immoral!
So why did Benito left exactly?
Benito felt too plain compared to all the other gems. Ironically Benito is actually a very rare and prized gem, but that doesn't matter to him since it matters about as much as hair colour does in real life.
What are some lesser known, plot-relevant gem properties?
The imagery is there for the reader, but it's reused in context to feel eerie, since it's not 'sexual' for Phos because gems have no idea of sexual traits, gender, reproduction, etc
There was that thing about Lazarus from the bible being brought back to life by Jesus after being dead for three days and lying in a room.
Then later after he died again his head was preserved at the bottom of a temple.
That's not a gem property, user. Plus unless Ichikawa suddenly converts to Christianity I doubt she'll ever incorporate that sort of imagery into a manga she absolutely filled to the brim with Buddhist concepts, imagery and references to the point that anons keep finding more after years.
We already have some roman shit on the moon, it's most likely intentional on Ichikawa's part that the story about Lazarus is similar to stuff in the manga involving Lapis Lazuli.
>not a gem property
yeah, I'm dumb. I thought you wanted trivia.
Gems are girls, fags fuck off please.
There's nothing Roman on the moon except the Admirabilis having Latin names unless I'm misremembering. And the Lazarus parallel would amount to "a disembodied head exists in the story" since neither resurrection, the temple or the three days are relevant -again, even if you didn't want to consider how deeply rooted in Buddhist lore the manga is.
But they're featureless rocks.
this
Aechmea, please, for the love of god.
Agreed. I'd rub my peepee on the lustrous and I'm not a faggot
>only gem to be shown completely naked without any embarrassment
user, do you think sex will become a bigger issue in the next few chapters? I feel like the lustrous that have gone to the moon are being corrupted with sex and desire. Will master abandon them after they've been licked by the lunarians? Is earth for incels only?
I think the other gems are pretty safe.
Benito will probably be made special using UV lights, Yellow will be turned against Phos due to the pure rage of Phos leaving for the ocean, and not being willing to kill the slugs, Dia will be turned with physical strength enhancers, etc.
I don't like the gems that left to the moon, they're all butt butts
Why couldn't they be satisfied with their comfy life on earth and headpats from sensei?
Because they're butt butts who craved change in their lives. Dealing with the exact same problems for 900 straight tires you out.
Phos (+Cringeworm), Alex and Yellow were the only ones who had a genuinely good reason to go there. Pad was kidnapped so he doesn't count, but he was fixed there anyway.
>comfy
haha xd.
Moon gems are tempted by nothing but their already too present desires is all. Ichikawa is playing with the idea that our Earth is the world of sensous desire, while the moon is supposed to be a realm of purification. Instead, the moon is a place of unabashed materialism despite the moonies trying to decorate it with everything you're supposed to find in the Pure Land (lotus flowers, raining petals, shiny gems on the ground, palms) because you can't escape your attachments and petty desires just by moving to another place.
So it makes sense that Cairo falls for an authoritative manly figure, but each gem has his own "temptation" so to say (we've already started to see what those might be). And Sensei doesn't feel like one who would hate them for their choice, he's visibly upset whenever a gem gets taken but he doesn't have an emotional reaction when the gems choose to go to the moon, he only steps down and suggests everyone should do the same.
Nice link but awful art.
>pic related
This is an actually funny rock joke
Is this Melon?
> Benito
>implying gemdick isnt canon
I really do like Houseki no Kuni's wonderful characters and whimsical fantasy tone -- until it loses it along with most of its charm and Phosphophyllite's sanity. From chapter 19 onward, Houseki no Kuni's tone and pacing suffer bouts of schizophrenia. Excessive and often repetitive action scenes drag out the midsection of the currently released chapters, littered with gratuitous "deaths". The most interesting and nuanced characters are sidelined until all that's really left to focus on is Phos, Cairngorm, and Adamant -- and maybe Cinnabar, too, since the mangaka really likes to remind you that Cinnabar exists just as you're about to forget.
Houseki no Kuni's greatest sin is wasting your time, which comes to a head when Phos is forced to learn about the existence of humans again despite already learning the information some 40 chapters earlier. After 40 months (this is a monthly series, so storytelling time is precious), Phos finally learned information they had already learned and then forgotten. No new information is gained, so for the reader this is a colossal waste of storytelling time. The long stretch of fights in the midsection of the 61 chapters play like a groundhog day loop of Phos's failures, wearing down your energy to continue reading.
The art is simplistic and rough, with Clamp-like spaghetti limbs. Each of the gems wear the same clothes and have roughly the same face, making them hard to distinguish save for their distinct hairstyles. The roughness of the art begins to take its toll the more Phos's design changes with each "upgrade" they receive. These upgrades come in the form of new materials to replace Phos's lost body parts, roughly corresponding to the Seven Treasures of Buddhism and meaning to date there are likely 2 more upgrades left. This gives Phos a Frankenstein's monster appearance of mixed colors and a messy design that doesn't do the art any favors.
I'm only a mineralogy master scholar, but I was under the impression that tourmaline can be green, pink or a weird amalgamation of the two, but watermelon tourmaline is reserved to those formations that are either green on one end and pink on the other or green on the outside and pink on the inside. So, maybe?
ok.
those lunarians are the same people who scream they love for phos
will they rock?
You bet, once they get the gist of this 'music' thing
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nice dumblr art lmao
> but each gem has his own "temptation" so to say (we've already started to see what those might be)
Elaborate, please, as to whose is what. It's interesting.
Based
As per the little we've seen so far, I think we're starting to see some trajectories: Aleki on earth was perfectly in the known that his Lunarian obsession was a way to cope with Chryso's loss and could border into unhealthy territory, but once he gets on the moon he buys into the moonies' explanation that his red transformation is purely physics-based. Now we've seen how the Lunarians seem to conceive everything into materialistic terms, but Aleki should know better: instead, he'd have gone as far as weaponizing his red persona, thinking little of the psychological trauma factor behind it, as long as it would help achieve the goal of resurrecting his former partner.
Dia went on the moon to escape from the presence of Bortz, but now the mere mention of his name is enough to make him shudder.
Benito seems now less afraid to speak his mind, but still thinks so little of himself that he didn't trust himself with the care of Aleki or to retrieve Phos even as a joke.
nuGoshe is basically a child who understands little of this whole deal since he never suffered any loss but is easily amused by the moon's fun activities to the point he didn't even say Phos goodbye.
Yellow is now more depressed than ever.
That seems a little off to me.
I guess they're not molesting her but I think it would be better to say they are at least -trying- to molest her, in the same way a murderous bee can't kill me but sure it can intend to and try to kill me.
>the action of pestering or harassing someone in an aggressive or persistent manner.
>sexual assault or abuse of a person, especially a woman or child.
I mean, technically, if there's nothing to molest, it isn't molestation. It's not sexual abuse or assault, because there's nothing to sexually abuse or assault.
It is their intent though.
I think the question is, were the lunarians finding sexual pleasure from rubbing up on phos? even if phos doesn't know what sex is?
The novelty of rubbing a gem for sexual pleasure would probably get old after the first hundred times
I think we're all forgetting the most important thing: that scene is right at the end of the chapter, and closes volume 7 as a whole. We still don't know anything about the moonies at that point, with this being the first scene of the inside of their ships. It's simultaneously the first time this kind of interaction can happen, and the very last one before we discover that moonies are just valley girls who can talk and do everything just as normal people so the creepy facade drops completely.
But here the creepy, silent, spooky act is still fully in play: it serves to suggest an imagery of violation and harassing to us more than anything as Phos's journey starts. That stuff is not really followed upon as we see the moonies generally want to throw Phos into the grinder over the next chapter but they're pretty much chill about it, like a spoiled child asking his mom to break a toy he doesn't find fun anymore.
Unrelated, that is a great pic.
i would love to see more houseki album covers
The Frosty Bois are also great as a solo act
Early foreshadowing of her(his) transformation on the moon?
Like Cockgrab didn't associate themselves with their appearance because they were trying to be (and seeing themselves as) a surrogate Antarc, rather than recognising it as themselves being naked? Or am I reading too much into that?
It makes sense with the explanation that he was trying to emulate Antarc, but before that it could easily just be the case that he just didn't really care, which fit with his personality.
I really do like the commenter's wonderful character and whimsical fantasy appreciation - until it loses it along with most of its charm and user's sanity. From paragraph 2 onward, the comment's tone and pacing suffer bouts of incoherency. Excessive and often repetitive mentions drag out the midsection of the currently posted comments, littered with gratuitous "over-reductions". The most interesting and nuanced points are sidelined until all that's really left to focus on is reduction, repetition and aesthetic differences - and maybe missing some of the point, too, since the mangaka really likes to maintain a cogent mood just as you're about to ask why no plot-racing.
(sorry, user, had to be done)
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH
I LOVE PHOS!!!
Well, with Euc I think the shame was part of having us understand he's supposed to be a bit the "prim and proper" type. He also was facing the window and probably didn't want to be in public display, seeing as he covered when Reddo walked in.
Corncob is supposed to sound more masculine and was alone with Rutile in a closed space. Sure the visuals alone of showing the powdering right after he said "I might sign up for winter duty" after a very significant exchange with Phos point to the Antarc analog interpretation, but I wouldn't go as far as making it a body consciousness thing.
reminds me that red beryl is my favorite gem
He's right you know
it's hard to hate that annoying smug cutlet
>literally dressed up just for finishing tailoring an important outfit
Based dress autist
sometimes I regret not taking textiles at O-Level, would have been comfy analysing and designing kimonos and mongolian fashion. would have also been fun to join a class with no other guys and all-in on mode mode.
I took history instead, and I probably got a lot more employable for it. but damn, sometimes i wish i was in fashion especially when people post those AAAAAAAAH-tier gems-in-normal-clothes, like the punished phos watering can one, or the user who put each gem in the national dress of their primary mining locations
in short, i want more gem fashion!
>the user who put each gem in the national dress of their primary mining locations
I really want to see this one
>the user who put each gem in the national dress of their primary mining locations
I usually dislike gems in anything but houseki clothes, like gems in today's high fashion just looks lazy, but this sounds interesting. Where can I find it?
>in short, i want more gem fashion!
Have a Beryl then
I mean, I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't do the same. Phos is one smoking hot gemlady after all.
this is not the op i expected to see when i came here today
Dumb unrelated observation but I reread the chapter and noticed that Barbata's bunny ears are in the same place as everyone else's.
I remember people saying he might've been a special moonie when he first appeared in spoilers and we couldn't be sure of where he had those
>look at his ears
totally not dumblr
Yeah, it seems like they're usually just flacid, like Aechmea's.
If user is right, and Phos does get platinum plated arms, how would that affect his fighting capabilities? Wouldn't he get significantly weaker?
Genki Phos - Gempussy
Alloy Phos - Gemdick
Ponytail Laphos - Gempussy
MoonPhos - Gemdick
current phos went back to gempussy again somehow
unf, nice gemfashion user
>post gemfashion
Found some of them on desuarchive
Yeah, Phos went to high tier pussy in the latest chapters. Thanks Ichikawa.
More fashion
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH I LOVE FASHION GEMS
The Aztecs incorporated obsidian into their weapons, as its ultra-sharp edges made for great barbs to axify their clubs. Hence, one of the many enlightened draw anons decided Phos needs a paddlin'
>lewding phos
Cease
I think its just that he stopped buffing his shoulders with the alloy so he looks feminine again. I like it.
Earth chapter/sea arc soon.
Leaks when?
Eh, it's not like being able to fight has really helped Phos aside from perhaps increasing his self worth a little bit, he still gets broken pretty badly in every serious fight.
Bort and Aculeatus would have an amazing friendship.
>Bort loves jellyfish.
>They both love fighting.
>Both are otoutos very protective of their older sibling.
>Edgycool.
What about now?
Leaks are usually around 22nd-24th, user. Couple of days before chapter drop on the 25th.
But if you already knew that, then I agree. Leaks when?
Don't forget that they both have the best butts out of their respective species
both are also devoid of personality
MORE GEM FASHION I NEED IT
thats all I got
something a bit more modern
Bort butt is too muscular but Aculeatus beats every single character.
ops meant to attach this
I wonder if Variegatus inherited his butt and her tits.
>too muscular
>he doesn't want Botz to sit on his neck and crush his windpipe
From what we saw, she inherited his tits and her butt.
Worst of both worlds
>muh afraid to speak in VC
pussy ass faggot
>We know for a fact that the moonies see the gems as objects of sexual attraction, so this shouldn't come as a surprise.
When had this been stated or shown before Phos was captured?
Never, but we know it now. That said, I disagree with the anons. The moonies ARE molesting Phos, but now with sexual purpose, but to check if he can move or not. One of them even complies after Phos starts trashing them that "they checked him". Its a way to make him react.
*not with
*complains
I mean its not a bad logic.
>Can this guy move or not?
>Lets try sticking a finger up his butt.
Normally that would work but Phos was prepared.
I wish phos would stick their alloy fingers up my butt
legendary
>torture user
>meticulously plans torture for every gem, most make sense
>get to yellow
>not "I just let him keep existing"
Why is suffering so hot
Post the whole pic
it's the drive to protecc that makes it hot
Nah im not getting banned
It's like an overwhelming alternative to sexual tension.
Sexual tension can be ignored/doesn't affect much in day-to-day activity, while existential tension/suffering of the Yellow kind ends up pretty all-encompassing, as existential themes are so fundamental to the human (and thus bone/flesh/spirit) experience.
It's kinda like sexual tension ramped up to 11, and focused at anything and everything
imho, anyway
>that dick
Is the artist from these threads?
That looks like traditional mexican clothing.
I forgot another traditional clothing one
Euc is Russia, and Jade is Myanmar according to the archive