Land of the Lustrous 12

Name: Land of the Lustrous 12
Author: Haruko Ichikawa

Phosphophyllite is on the war path, determined to make Kongo pray at all costs. The other gems attempt to protect their precious Sensei, but can they stop the vicious onslaught? Meanwhile, on the moon, Cairngorm demands an explanation from Aechmea…

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Published: August 22, 2023 (Kodansha Comics)

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Land of the Lustrous

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An elegant new action manga for fans of Sailor Moon and the litany of comics and animation that it inspired, Land of the Lustrous is set in a far future Earth, where humanity’s distant descendants live on in a small group of sexless crystalline beings who must fight off an invasion from the Moon.

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In a world inhabited by crystalline lifeforms called The Lustrous, every unique gem must fight for their way of life against the threat of lunarians who would turn them into decorations. Phosphophyllite, the most fragile and brittle of gems, longs to join the battle. When Phos is instead assigned to complete a natural history of their world, it sounds like a dull and pointless task. But this new job brings Phos into contact with Cinnabar, a gem forced to live in isolation. Can Phos’s seemingly mundane assignment lead both Phos and Cinnabar to the fulfillment they desire?

Rating: 13+

Kodansha Tags: Drama, Fantasy, Made into Anime

Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy

Demographic: Seinen

Volumes: 13
Chapters: 108
Status: Finished

Background
Houseki no Kuni ranked 10th in the 2015 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! for the Male Readers division. The series was nominated for the eighth Manga Taisho Award in 2015 and placed 13th in the final ranking.

The series has been published in English as Land of the Lustrous by Kodansha Comics USA since June 27, 2017. It has also been released in Spanish by ECC Ediciones since September 17, 2019; in Brazilian Portuguese by NewPOP Editora since November 5, 2021; and in Polish by Studio JG since May 24, 2024.