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Houseki no Kuni


Alt Names: alt 宝石の国alt Country of Jewelsalt 보석의 나라alt Il Regno delle Gemmealt Kingdom of Gemsalt L'ère des Cristauxalt Land of the Lustrousalt Mücevher Ülkesialt Reino de Gemasalt Страна самоцветов
Author: Ichikawa Haruko
Artist: Ichikawa Haruko
Genres: Drama DramaFantasy FantasyMystery MysterySeinen Seinen
Type: Manga (Japanese)
Status: Ongoing
Description: In the distant future, a new life form called Houseki (gems) are born. The 28 Houseki must fight against the moon dwellers who want to attack them and turn them into decorations, thus each gem is assigned a role such as a fighter or a medic. Though they hope to fight the moon dwellers, Phos is a gem who is given no assignment until the gems' master Adamantine asks them to write an encyclopedia.
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As a final post, we will upload our releases of Houseki no Kuni to MangaDex. We hope to see you in a few days!

    • rautes , aLynx , belkrax and 2 others like this


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Unfortunately. However, we will continue to post updates on Houseki no Kuni on our website. This includes future chapters and extra stuff (including the redone chapters). Other websites might mirror our releases as well, but please feel free to contact us about anything.

 

Already bookmarked you as soon as I found out, friend.

Bato was taken by the Lunarians. Say goodbye, people! Our beautiful gems are going to be ground to dust.

Unfortunately. However, we will continue to post updates on Houseki no Kuni on our website. This includes future chapters and extra stuff (including the redone chapters). Other websites might mirror our releases as well, but please feel free to contact us about anything.

    • YqpvWjRSHw , Noruhma , belkrax and 4 others like this

everyone tryna theorycraft with the Lunarian tech capabilities or if they'll betray them or muh translations based in Buddhist anecdotes and references, but it's quite clear to me that the answer to all our problems has been in every page of the moon stuff -- the snails.

just get the snails to eat up all the gemdust and harvest it from their shells. yes, it won't be exact like it was when Phos got eaten since it's all mixed and scattered, but it makes it a hell of an easier process to actually have it as a solid rather than dust, even if it's all mismatched.

This has been mentioned before, just got buried in between the drama and shit.

Bato was taken by the Lunarians. Say goodbye, people! Our beautiful gems are going to be ground to dust.

    • rautes , sonoran825 , A-tan and 8 others like this

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everyone tryna theorycraft with the Lunarian tech capabilities or if they'll betray them or muh translations based in Buddhist anecdotes and references, but it's quite clear to me that the answer to all our problems has been in every page of the moon stuff -- the snails.

just get the snails to eat up all the gemdust and harvest it from their shells. yes, it won't be exact like it was when Phos got eaten since it's all mixed and scattered, but it makes it a hell of an easier process to actually have it as a solid rather than dust, even if it's all mismatched.

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SanitaryCockroach
Jan 04 2018 06:20 AM

Welp, with the Lunarian's tech, there is some hope for the Gems, but I am *very* concerned about the endgame. I feel bad that the Gems are caught in between Adamant and the Soul folk. Unanswered questions concerning the snail-peeps and why the Lunarians haven't tried negotiating with Gems through to Admanat are there as well. Also, this manga needs a psychological tag.

    • thisisavaliduname likes this

Kindle only has up to v4, where can I get v5? or rather, does v5 have a digital format? will v6?

Volume 4 was released about a week ago. Volume 5 should be released in March. All volumes will presumably have digital versions.

    • YqpvWjRSHw likes this

Partly, since we purchase the tankobon for HQ raws, and redoing from 43 would require us to buy v6 to scan as well, but partly not because of the official translation. The official v6 is set to be released in July, so, if we did redo it, it would become obsolete in a short time. We hope not redoing those previous chapters will also encourage people to buy the official volumes.

 

Kindle only has up to v4, where can I get v5? or rather, does v5 have a digital format? will v6?

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    • YqpvWjRSHw , A-tan , Orange orange and 2 others like this

I see, thanks for your reply! Out of curiosity, why 46 onwards, and not 43? Is it due to lack of raws?

Partly, since we purchase the tankobon for HQ raws, and redoing from 43 would require us to buy v6 to scan as well, but partly not because of the official translation. The official v6 is set to be released in July, so, if we did redo it, it would become obsolete in a short time. We hope not redoing those previous chapters will also encourage people to buy the official volumes.

    • YqpvWjRSHw , A-tan , aeroline and 3 others like this

We plan on re-translating from chapter 46 onward. We have already redone 47.
 
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I see, thanks for your reply! Out of curiosity, why 46 onwards, and not 43? Is it due to lack of raws?

Orange orange
Dec 28 2017 01:19 AM

What is the majority bet here?
The story will have 108 chapters or the story will end in the span 108 years?
 
You know, 108 prayers and blah blah of Buddhism.
There's a lot of references of the religion here, it became "obvious" at this point that Phos is turning into a mix of the "Seven Treasures".
40+ chapters to read would be a joy, but not if Haruko have to drag and prolong the story, so I'm satisfied with less than 40+ chapters. By my counts, 104 years already passed inside the story, and this would be more relevant int his story for Phos, representing her 108 chances to "transcend".

My honest answer would be that it depends on how well the manga does. If the author wants to continue it I could very well see it going past chapter 108, while if they want to end it they'll use the 108 chapters instead of 108 years as the end. Similarly if the manga somehow gets axed I could see a time skip and rushed ending to make use of the 108 years rule.

So the answer is that it depends on external elements.

As an aside, where did you get the 108 chances from? Using wikipedia, the most reliable of sources(!), The only mention of you having 108 chances I could find is the following.

"In the neo-Gnostic teachings of Samael Aun Weor, an individual has 108 chances (lifetimes) to eliminate his egos and transcend the material world before "devolving" and having the egos forcefully removed in the infradimensions."
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/108_(number)

Personally I thought you had infinite rebirths, since it is the cycle of rebirth that is the annoying part of existence that you are trying to escape. It could be my bias though playing in, since I have never liked the idea of people being beyond redemption even when faced with eternity. Eternity is a damn long time.

Orange orange
Dec 28 2017 01:07 AM

Regarding the wording there, it's possible that he's deliberately skirting around saying something like "the rest of your life" because he considers gems objects and therefore not alive. It would be hard to know without seeing the original Japanese.

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What is the majority bet here?

The story will have 108 chapters or the story will end in the span 108 years?

 

You know, 108 prayers and blah blah of Buddhism.

There's a lot of references of the religion here, it became "obvious" at this point that Phos is turning into a mix of the "Seven Treasures".

40+ chapters to read would be a joy, but not if Haruko have to drag and prolong the story, so I'm satisfied with less than 40+ chapters. By my counts, 104 years already passed inside the story, and this would be more relevant int his story for Phos, representing her 108 chances to "transcend".

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Redpandagirl
Dec 27 2017 06:24 PM

The only bad thing is that is 1 chapter x month formula, a very pain to follow a manga in this format once you are in par with the official japanese release.

The one-chapter-a-month format allows Ichikawa to create such beautiful artwork and have the time to develop the story. Without it HNK would be rushed.

    • A-tan and luckyeleven like this

We plan on re-translating from chapter 46 onward. We have already redone 47.
 
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"it may refer to kalpa, which is the time spent in a world"

So... "a life time"?

How does the current translation group see translating the previous chapters that were translated by Belkrax? That way we can have more polished translations and everyone can shut up about it instead of having a back-and-forth in the comments section and pissing each other off over it. Sounds more reasonable instead of trying to prove who was in the right on the matter.

We plan on re-translating from chapter 46 onward. We have already redone 47.
 
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    • Alhazred23 , A-tan , Orange orange and 2 others like this

Sorry I didn't reply, maybe I should have. But thanks for linking me to the author! Which is exactly what I wanted since I prefer to support authors directly than seeing their content stolen from some random website : )


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