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# Land of the Lustrous 1

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Review: Absolute Masterpiece - This is my favorite manga, no, book by far. First off, the quality of the actual paper it's on is great. It's just like a soft cover paperback book. The cover art is fantastic and speaks for itself. The art of the manga is masterful as well. Haruko Ichikawa draws her characters to be androgynous, which allows her to always adjust her characters' designs while keeping them consistent. In any given page a gem might go from being shown in full with feminine proportions to the next page being shown from the shoulders and above, angling their face, widening their shoulders, and making them look masculine. It's really cool! She also uses shading unlike any other artist I've seen. She doesn't use gradient shading, but mainly uses three shades. She'll use bright white, pitch black, and a shade of grey. Everything is extremely high contrast and you could genuinely use any of her dramatic pages as a background. Lunarians come from the moon in unending numbers, hunting the gems for vanity. The main character is Phosphophyllite, an immortal 200-something year old gem who is extremely brittle with a hardness of 3.5. She's generally apathetic, but due to her weak constitution she doesn't have a job and feels jealous of the others' abilities. Phos eventually finds a purpose in helping another, but isn't capable of doing anything. Here's where the genius of the narrative shines. I'll avoid spoilers because I want people to read for themselves, but here's a vague rundown. Phos tries something extremely risky to help this other gem and ends up losing a large part of her body. The gems' bodies contain their memories and so she loses an extremely important memory regarding this other gem, however she still has the drive to improve, but has lost that impetus. As she keeps losing parts of herself she, well, keeps losing parts of herself. I won't explain any further, but you have to believe me that the narrative is genius. Absolute 10/10, I own all available english volumes and would totally buy them again.
Review: Nice - My daughter is so excited to read these.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #47,756 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #151 in Fantasy Manga (Books) #412 in Science Fiction Crime & Mystery #702 in Action & Adventure Manga (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (1,097) |
| Dimensions  | 5.68 x 0.63 x 8.19 inches |
| Edition  | Illustrated |
| Grade level  | 3 - 7 |
| ISBN-10  | 1632364972 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1632364975 |
| Item Weight  | 8.2 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Part of Series  | Land of the Lustrous |
| Print length  | 192 pages |
| Publication date  | June 27, 2017 |
| Publisher  | Kodansha Comics |
| Reading age  | 13 years and up |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolute Masterpiece
*by S***N on August 18, 2019*

This is my favorite manga, no, book by far. First off, the quality of the actual paper it's on is great. It's just like a soft cover paperback book. The cover art is fantastic and speaks for itself. The art of the manga is masterful as well. Haruko Ichikawa draws her characters to be androgynous, which allows her to always adjust her characters' designs while keeping them consistent. In any given page a gem might go from being shown in full with feminine proportions to the next page being shown from the shoulders and above, angling their face, widening their shoulders, and making them look masculine. It's really cool! She also uses shading unlike any other artist I've seen. She doesn't use gradient shading, but mainly uses three shades. She'll use bright white, pitch black, and a shade of grey. Everything is extremely high contrast and you could genuinely use any of her dramatic pages as a background. Lunarians come from the moon in unending numbers, hunting the gems for vanity. The main character is Phosphophyllite, an immortal 200-something year old gem who is extremely brittle with a hardness of 3.5. She's generally apathetic, but due to her weak constitution she doesn't have a job and feels jealous of the others' abilities. Phos eventually finds a purpose in helping another, but isn't capable of doing anything. Here's where the genius of the narrative shines. I'll avoid spoilers because I want people to read for themselves, but here's a vague rundown. Phos tries something extremely risky to help this other gem and ends up losing a large part of her body. The gems' bodies contain their memories and so she loses an extremely important memory regarding this other gem, however she still has the drive to improve, but has lost that impetus. As she keeps losing parts of herself she, well, keeps losing parts of herself. I won't explain any further, but you have to believe me that the narrative is genius. Absolute 10/10, I own all available english volumes and would totally buy them again.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nice
*by M***4 on January 11, 2026*

My daughter is so excited to read these.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well worth the ride! One of the best works available right now!
*by S***L on December 6, 2018*

Land of the Lustrous is one of the most unique works available right now, and great for all ages. It's difficult to encapsulate why I recommend this series so much but it more than deserves my effort so I'll give it a shot. The series is about a rock named Phos (genderless because she's literally a rock). She's made from the gem Phosphophyllite which is brittle. Far too brittle to assist the other gems in combating the race of moon people attempting to abduct the gems and take them away forever. At the start of the adventure the useless Phosphophyllite is finally given a job. Phosphophyllite is a protagonist who grows and is allowed to grow, which is something that is becoming increasingly more difficult to find. Her flaws are treated as actual flaws rather than played off as cute quirks. She's allowed to fail and grow past that failure. Not everything works out for her but when it does it's a joy to see. Land of the Lustrous isn't afraid to challenge the protagonist. She struggles, and some of these struggles will bring tears to your eyes. Despite this the series is also one of the funniest I've ever read. It manages to weave in moments of incredible levity even during some of the main character's lowest valleys without losing tone or thematic momentum. There is no tonal whiplash and it takes incredible talent to maintain that balance without jarring the reader. If you want a story where you can laugh and cry, if you want to watch a hilarious yet real protagonist grow after undergoing trial and tribulation, a story more than just black and white, from an author that knows how to hit all the right beats in terms of plot, character, and tone/atmosphere, then Land of the Lustrous should be your next stop.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Land of the Lustrous 1
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