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Did you want to see my ugly crying face??? Cuz I'm crying...

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Ending was good but not satisfying

Really great video 🫶🫶

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IM ALSO LIKE SUPER BUMMED ABOUT THE ENDING IT FELT SO RUSHED. WE. NEED. MORE. 😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤

YES PLEASE YESSSSSSSS

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Noragami fr ended? Wow. Still need s3 tho

Life is suffering Life happens wherever one is One can be happy without being satisfied So many messages to be found within this beautiful journey, both written and untold

My biggest complain is that Kazuma x Bishamon didn't become cannon. I've been obsessed with them since 2016, I got so excited in 2018 when they announced that manga is coming back, I got so much hopes and all of that was for nothing. Of course, they still have a close relationship with some intimate scenes but it still pisses me of how they didn't make them cannon... All the romantic teasing for majority of manga and anime only to gain nothing from that. Low-key same thing with Yato x Hiyori, of course, it's hinted that they became cannon at the end of the series, they even had a kiss (even if it was one-sided) but they still didn't satisfy the majority of fans because of the lack of romantic scenes after all the teasing... Overall, I'm happy with Noragami ending, but it could've been better.

the only ship i ship in houseki no kuni is probably cinnabar and phos cause theyre kinda cute- unlike some comments, i dont have a very larger analysis to give for that but i never really got most of the ships, mostly diamond x cinnabar??? i dont get how they have that much shippers??? no offense but its kinda weird to me... anyways this video was really accurate. the thing i like about cinnabar and phos is how phos kept returning after cinnabar just kept being edgy to her and just told her to stop but phos' need of a meaning in life. my theory is that phos was this into searching for a job for cinnabar because they needed a meaning for life. as for rutile and padpa, definitely a disastrously unhealthy ship. like, its so disastrous its funny how disastrous it is. a very interesting relationship dynamic indeed. dunno what to feel but ichikawa just likes spicing up things alright. overall, this video was really accurate and thats what i personally think about houseki no kuni ships. turns out i did have a large analysis on this...

My favorite shonen and one of my favorite mangas. Thanks for talking about it! I also recommend Adachitoka previous work, ALIVE: The final Evolution. Not as good in my opinion, but definitely worth reading. And you can also notice from where some of Noragami's concepts and main thematics came from.

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after realisng i needed to wait a very long time until the manga was finished, i put it down for about 4 years. Finally back and finishing it all in the span in 12 hours, this series has left me quite speechless and lost for words to describe it. Im glad you were here to help me understand what this whole series is, and it gave me insight into the tragedy and the eventual peace phos is able to find by the end of it. Its so sad that phos was the one characters, that even after all his efforts, suffered the most in the end, and wasnt really given closure to all their gems. However, he never really had those friends until these last chapters. I hope i could learn a thing or two about this wonderful tale. Thank you Riza & Haruko Ichikawa <3

Oh my god... I didn't even get to that part of the manga yet but seeing it here... This Cairn x Aechmea thing is so disgusting on so many levels that I wanna delete this manga multiversally.

I just jumped into the manga again and finished it, thanks to your videos I got to understand a lot I had forgotten ☺ thanks, really nice analysis you got there

I just finished reading the manga and was pretty confused with the ending. I really appreciate your analysis and interpretation. I've cried so much but it felt so good and cathartic. Thank you so much! ♥♥♥

Thanks for the message at the end of the video. I'm going through a f*cked up season in my life and your words made me feel like there is, indeed, a chance for me to be happy after all the mess I'm living right now. Thank you very much

HNK is somehow a gem sacrifice manga :"( now Phos can be free and rest

you are an amazing human being for making this

It wasn't a realistic ending, it was just a convenient ending, I recognize the author's health problems as a cause of this ending, but it also seems to me to be the typical bad ending of another japanese manga. I imagine that when someone talks about how realistic a story was, it's just a projection. I don't hate the ending, I just found it to be Meh.

Honestly, I just though Phos was tired of them. All their antics of betrayal, friendship, and family were just exhausting and it would be better if they weren't around. It's only after they're gone that Phos can start living for himself, rather than what he thinks he should be.

Man it was so hard to see phos suffer for so long alone for gems who couldn’t care less about them. But finally she can be happy🥹

The chapters that came after made everything better. Phos wanted to be loved, but always only received acknowledgement after giving up parts of themself. After everything they got that acknowledgement from rocks that accepted them unconditionally. And it says a lot that ordinary rocks accepted them but 'gems' held them to specific standards. Phos had to give up their longing for the Gems and their resentment for the Lunarians in order to get a better life and a better family. One that didn't give up on them even when the world was ending. That was beautiful to read

While I think it’s true that Yato has changed a lot and is being selfless for letting Hiyori go as his shinki, I think that the alternative of keeping her as a shinki would have been impossible. She had such a huge impact on Yato and Yukine that they couldn’t pretend they didn’t know her before now that her memories are wiped clean as a shinki. She would have quickly been triggered her into remembering and obsessing over her own death. Even the three blessed vessels barely survived this revelation. So it wasn’t just out of pure love that he revived her, it was also a necessity that they maintained their roles as god and human. I mean it still breaks my heart thinking about the sacrifice. That said, now she’s an adult (and not a HS freshman) who can make informed decisions for herself about getting involved with Yato and the far shore. Anyway I loved the series and finished the manga in a week. 😭

such a beautiful video

This is a very well done video. This series, and especially this video, hit me at a time in my life when I need it the most. Thank you for all the things that you said in this video and for sharing your story

When we're talking powder, we definitely need to mention Rutile, whose new look is so similar to Phos in the future, don't you think?

ngl i never thought that much about the powder but now i have aNOTHER reason to hate kongo, for which i must thank you, riza. (also the editing looks so smooth and has a remarkable attention to detail and tone! good job mack.)

The Opening to season 2 will and forever will be the best anime opening and even one of the best songs imo. I’ve never heard a song that can hit as hard as Kyouran hey kids.

hnk is the true definition of stonned

and here I thought there aren't any small details left to talk about so glad I'm an avid fan of this series

I think this really highlights how gem society and their love of Kongo is responsible for so many problems. To the audience Kongo is disarming because of how kindly he treats the gems but look below the surface and you see its all rotten to the core. The gems don't realise they are being manipulated due to Kongo's effects on the human descendants nor do they understand the restrictions he imposes upon them out of fear of humanity. Kongo is a living (are machines even alive?) contradiction he is terrified of humanity yet shapes the gems to be as human as possible. The permanent powder on phos post moon could also be seen as him clinging to the past. Even after the invasion ark the first thing phos thinks of after his battle with aechmea is rebuilding the gems. After all that has happened phos clings to the hope things will go back to the way they where that he can go back to adamant back to to the others. Phos still wants acceptance from the other gems and from kongo even if he doesn't realise it until after he prays. Phos motivating through the manga could be seen as variations get rid of the lunarians and become the ultimate hero of gem society.

Absolutely love your videos and can never get enough of your chapter analysis. Im curious if you'd be willing to go over an iceberg someone made on reddit regarding the series, I'd love to see your thoughts on it!

It's wasBuddha's journey. Phos was the most human of the rocks and he was forced by the literal king of hell (Yama) to undergo a journey of crippling and transformation to become a new Bodhisattva so she could pray everyone into true death.

finally watched, interesting analysis of the subject at hand. will memorize for further pondering.

This was beautiful, thank you Riza for giving me something else to take into consideration in this series, I will admit that the powder is not something I had give much thought

love your analysis! i dont comment on videos because im overwhelming mess of thoughts but wanted to say i enjoy your work somewhere while watching i remembered how i miss phos, like a lump in the throat also never stared enough through phos' invasion arc costume (even tho its one of my favorites), looks like the shape of hnk logo but vertically. oh am i seeing things?

One detail about Cairngorm is that they’re technically smoky quartz, a greyish-brownish form of quartz, with Cairn specifically being uniquely the kind that’s almost jet black. Ghost was most likely milky quartz, which is whitish and just barely translucent, as she managed to almost completely cover up Cairn’s rich color without completely doing so in their hair. Ghost quartz forms when a crystal manages to grow completely over another and you can still see the original crystal inside. So, if we go by the whole prison imagery here, Cairn’s total lack of choice from birth to be or do anything unless Ghost also wanted the same clearly affected them. I think that’s more why the Cairn realizing Ghost was still in charge after most of the gem was carved away resulted in such a violent scene that ended in Cairn just carving out their own eyes with their shattering hands after Ghost was forcing them away from Aechmea’s offer to surgically remove them. The dramatic shift in personality wasn’t actually a shift at all; that’s the person Cairngorm always was. And them fully embracing of Lunarian freedom of expression and the slinkier than average clothing? That’s what Cairn always wanted to do. And now Ghost’s soft conformity and love for Phos wasn’t stopping them.

One of the things I love about HnK, anything really can be a true revelation.

One of my favorite aspects of Phos is their agate legs because of how beautiful yet distinct it is. It’s a shame that they were hidden for most of the series because of the exact thing you talk about: appealing to the humans that Kongo looked up to. This is why I was glad that the gold alloy couldn’t even be contained by that powder itself. Their shame could be covered. Their change was irreversible. Great video and fantastic concept to tackle as always!

gonna be busy today will watch later! love HnK videos

I didn't feel like crying for a fictional character on Wednesday night, but here we are I guess

4 hours early

Another interpretation I’ve seen raised about Phos’ permanent powder is how it locks their appearance into being more human-like. Building on that, it also places them closer to Kongo who doesn’t need powder.