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Yes. But I don't understand Buddhism, so there's probably some esoteric bullshit that makes the ending satisfying if you're a bodhisattva or something. To me, it just seems like Phos suffers for eons for the sake of some assholes who don't deserve salvation in the first place, and then dies unceremoniously when everything else is gone.And, by the way, if Phos attained humanity to the level of praying for the moonies, he/she would just end up in the same state of limbo, since there would be nobody left to pray for him/her. So they doomed Phos to an eternity of meaninglessness to save themselves.Fuck moonies, man. Can't trust 'em.
>>286209843they can, you're just retarded.
>>286209718I liked the final war once Phos got revenge but it feels like the manga got boring once Phos visited and stayed with the Lunarians. Also did the Admirabilis get sidelined?
>>286209718>anyone else felt let down by the ending?i think it depends on how juvenile you are. for example, this guy: >>286209856
What was even the point of v.13?The series had a good ending with v.12.
>>286209907>no argument, so resorts instantly to ad hominem*tips fedora* Good sir, a scholar and a gentleman such as yourself would find Reddit a much more inviting environ than this den of degeneracy.i.e. fuck off, faggot
>>286209718Only thing that didn’t fully click with me was the cyclical thing with the comet I didn’t think it really added anything>>286209856It wasn’t really about them deserving salvation it was about everything else being free from their desire and the suffering it caused The meaninglessness is the point at the end, it’s an existence without any suffering, the fact that we demand meaning is part of why phos had to leave humanity behind to reach this new world
>>286209718No. The rocks were cool. Phos gained true friends and left the world with no regrets.
>>286209718Phos did nothing wrong
>>286209718I still don't get why Lapis wasn't reborn, did she just completely mix with Phos so both the original Lapis and Phos were gone?
>>286209718what would you rather have had?
>>286210398It's the Buddhist idea of non-self. In the end we're just amalgamations of various cause and conditions. There is no real Phos nor real Lapis. Or my interpretation could be wrong lol
I had already soured a bit on it by the time everyone were unceremoniously prayed away with no closure, but after I truly didn't care, all actual characters with personalities replaced by rocks without even uttering a word to phos
>>286209718It makes sense from a thematic standpoint.It doesn't fulfill the ending you wished it had.
>>286210468k but then what is the point of some of them transcending or not?
>>286210138good job proving his point
>>286209718the ending was great, I was let down by the middle part with edgy spider phos and all the sci-fi babbleyou probably picked this up because you're an Erenfag and thought phos would be your ideal revenge fantasy
>>286209718maybe but to be fair with Ichikawa Enlightenment and post Enlightenment is difficult to convey
>>286210138>calls out fag for ad hominem>starts flinging shit like a screeching monkey himself?
Lunarians did Phos dirty. Should've enslaved and tortured them for all eternity.
>>286209718what was the point of cinnabar even. turns out she was just a massive bitch
>>286209718I thought it was beautiful albeit bittersweet. Life rarely goes how you want it to, and it went that way for Phos. It pains me in every fiber of my being that we will never ever see the entire manga adapted
>>286210398At one point they mentioned they weren't able to gather enough of Lapis's inclusions to being her back, either way whatever remained of her got prayed away along with Phos's humanity
>>286211275>what was the point of cinnabar even. turns out she was just a massive bitchThat was the point of every character, they're all suffering due to their humanity when they'll could be living in peaceful idleness as the rocks they are
>>286209843Yes they can you're just reading garbage
>>286209718I think the ending rocks!:DWoaaaah livin on a prayer
don't care, laphos best gem
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>>286209718Extra Book translations when!?
>>286212467It's not printed, but you can read it here.https://houseki-no-kuni.fandom.com/wiki/Life_and_Culture_of_Y-3579203181277
>>286209718It was amazing and left me feeling complicated things. I felt like I had the opposite reading as anyone else, I felt like the story pretty much celebrated humanity in all its flaws.
>>286211543OH MY GOD DO I PRAY
>>286212643>I felt like the story pretty much celebrated humanity in all its flaws.really? because all i got was the author hating humanity
>>286209718Nah, I was satisfied. After Phos did what he had to do, the rest of the story felt just like a thematic epilogue.
>>286209718I liked it all, from beginning to end
>>286209718I didn't want revenge, but I expected the Lunarians to be forced to demonstrate learning about their sins and not have Enma's bullshit torture of Phos just pay off entirely for him and his people. I know Phos was basically doing the rote routine of a Buddha without thinking and is criticized for that later on, but that moment still gave the villains of the story (even if they had a reason behind their brutality) exactly what they'd always wanted. Even the Amida Buddha only whisks you away to his holy land to teach you how to actually find Nirvana, rather than giving you that absolution fully for free.
>>286211275Just a mirror for Phos's character being twisted. Phos originally wanted to prove their existence through helping Cinnabar. Then it became a relationship where Phos and Cinnabar stood more as partners to one another. Then it changed to Phos trying to use Cinnabar as another tool in their 'game'. Then they stood as enemies. Finally Cinnabar let Phos go, as they'd grown apart too far to have any connection. It is just a relationship lost due to life's circumstances changing people in ways that aren't always positive.
>>286214039>I expected the Lunarians to be forced to demonstrate learning about their sinsThey did, they restored the gems and uplifted the remaining snails and all of them lived peacefully
>>286214605That isn't learning. Because if their Phos gambit failed, they'd have done it all over again.
>>286212643the burn the bridge part is basically the author saying "fuck humanity".
good to see no one loves Phos anymore
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>>286209856>But I don't understand BuddhismStory's whole theme is about buddhism and it's shenanigans...
>>286214744>They acknowledge their wrongdoings >Make amends>Don't do bad things againHow is that not learning?
>>286214881They didn't do bad things because they didn't need to. If Buddha Phos for whatever reason couldn't pray them away, they'd have started smashing all the little rocklings next.
>>286214605Dusting the gems was a tactic to get Sensei to pray. They restored the gems once that no longer served a purpose, not because they particularly felt guilty about it. Same with Phos suffering for 10000 years, some of them might have felt sorry for him, but at the end of the day they're fine with it if it means he'll bail them out.
>>286214954Why would they?, they used to do that because Sensei loved the gems and they thought that was the cause of his malfunction, if Phis wasn't the final solution they'd probably go back to either try to breed humans to pray them away the old fashion way or try to build a new praying machine from scratch
>>286215054>Phos suffering for 10000 yearsWas he suffering?, he was just replaying Sensei's memories, other than when a meteor struck they were probably mostly peaceful
I'm never reading the ending fuck you I love moonphossu
>>286215126>Was he suffering?He considered throwing everyone into the sun for eternity. I don't know, you tell me.
>>286215126Experiencing Sensei's memories would mean seeing all his gem children die again from first person.
why was Phos chosen for Moonman's masterplan again? s(he) was the sweetest and dumbest of the rocks
>>286209718I'm just sad this will never have a second season.
>>286215320He had the most vitality despite being made of a weak material. His inclusions were more powerful than the crystal he was made of.It meant that he was a good 'crucible' for the mixing of various Buddhist holy minerals, to melt together and make a human. Look up the "Seven Treasures".
>>286212625When is VIZ GOING TO TRANSLATE IT? LIKE 99% of the fans don't even know it exists
>>286215414the fact that Orange broke through to normies with Beastars instead of HnK is the worst
>>286210578>all actual characters with personalities replacedThat happened long before the end.
>>286215281I mean, Phos did that himself not that long before
>>286215320She wanted a big role that would make her important and would let her save everyone, in the end the lunarians just gave her exactly what she wished for
>>286209718Yes, the ending was gay. The author through away any and all mystery search for truth in favor of some edgy pagan shit. Also, all the gems were assholes, including Phos. Criiiiiiiiiiinge.
>>286209718Yea it was kinda ass. 2deep4u level crap that just made Phos suffer.
>>286209718same. yeah ok buddhism, life is suffering and that broken boat shit, i dont fucking care, i didnt like the ending.
Does /a/ still hate Gormy?
>>286216430>being a retarded bimbo was literally her actual best life and there was no twistWomen are insane.
>>286216448The BEST retarded bimboI'm happy for her
>>286209718I hateed it in the beginning but upon re-read i realized that Phos well and truly won so i'm fine with it now.There are aspects that i still dislike(the nu-rocks are lame as fuck) but it's a necessary outcome to get the point across that Phos literally did noting wrong.
>>286214039The whole point is that they are not villains they are the victims of their own desires and Phos frees everyone from that, not just themselves but herself too and the rest of existence that’s used to satisfy those desires
>>286216750Atonement and contrition are part of the freeing process, wouldn't you think?
>>286215613Well, sorta, Antarc and Ghost were my favorites aside from Shinsha but only the latter remained relevant throughout, and they all changed for the worse after being turned into moonies
>>286214782AAAAAAAA I LOVE PHOS
>>286214780The doc wasn't a sympathetic PoV character. The characters hated humanity but I don't think the story did. Phos becoming more and more "perfect" and Buddhalike was shown as a bad and depressing process so I don't even think the story was meant to have a pro Buddhism message. The story never judged Phos for her pain and her flaws. Phos cradling humanity in its final moments was very beautiful.
>>286209856>I don't understand BuddhismBuddhism is a root subversion and demoralization tool disguised as a spiritual practice, which started in the east and morphed into modern christianity in the west. In case you wondered why (((they))) are using slogans like own nothing be happy; it's the same shit over and over again.
>>286210704>what is the point of some of them transcending or not?No one aside from Phos trascended and what Phos became was a guiding Buddha. The bumfucks like Admirabillis, Gembutts and Moonies were irredemable, Aechmea (Enma) was the only one that might have been able to trascend but he was too attached to his role as Moonie king/saviour and instead did a 4D Masterplan to turn Phos into a saviour because Phos was the purest of all of them on the "Pure Land".It was both a risky/safe bet because Phos' heart was too pure, too human and was able to go beyond it, Phos' love was the last gift of humanity that eventually led the Rockchads to a true Pure Land.
>>286209856>>286219041I second based schizoposter.Buddhism isn't meant for a human (white) mind. Anyone who claims to like or understand Buddhism is a literal kike here, statistically backd up by the 4chan hack which shows that 50% of the site's traffic literally comes from Israel. Buddhism is literal goy slave-cattle thinking.If you're a human with a soul (white) you know that God (white) put you on Earth to fight evil (niggers, women and jews). By defeating evil within (homosexuality) and without (homosexuality) you cultivate the ability to fully understand and recreate God's love. Destroying faggotry, troonery, niggardry and jewery is not hate or discrimination. It is the mandatory prerequisite of love. Since love is creative and generative. Faggotry, troonery, niggardry and jewery is selfish and parasitical. It is parasitical because it's selfish. It's selfish because it's parasitical.You can't be a Buddhanigger, and just bend over and suck trannycock. It's bad for you, it's bad for society it's even bad for the trannynigger.What your duty as a human (white) is to beat evil (jews) to death, so that even the subhumans (nonwhite) and household appliances (poles) get freed from their inherent selfish and degenrative genetic tendencies, so that they too get to understand and experience the meaning of love.God's love is endless, and magnanimous. And to join with it, means mastering both the understanding of its architecture and the desire and ability of its recreation.The gems and moonies are soulless selfish troons, incapable of salvation, and the central flaw of the manga is that Phos is incapable of helping them to mend their ways. In my interpretation the gems and moonies just vanish into nothingness, and Phos being the only one who actually earned the ability and desire of love, ascends into having a soul and becomes white.tl,dr chinkoids lack the human soul to understand spiritual ascension, thus they can only ape and mime true religion
>>286209718Is this yuri?
