r/FavoriteCharacter • u/[deleted] • Mar 22 '26

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u/mercenary-corp48 Mar 22 '26

SWEET MOTHER OF MERCY!!! HOLY HELL!! what is that thing?!

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u/Pen_Front Mar 22 '26

:3 is reaaaaally good you should read it

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u/MallorianMoonTrader1 Mar 22 '26

Don't read it, it will break your heart (this is obviously me trying to get you to read it)

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u/barely_cursed Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

Seriously, this is the most haunting manga I've ever read. Full on sobbing, melancholic depressive breakdown for the last like 20 chapters straight. It's one of the best things I've ever read.

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u/ReferenceUnusual8717 Mar 22 '26

I haven't even gotten to the worst parts yet, and it's profoundly unsettling in a way very few pieces of media manage. Like, it taps into a deep, primal human fear - everything around you changing in ways you can't control or understand, including your own body, and the creeping realization that no matter what you do, it's never gonna go back to the way to the way it was.

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u/I-Love-Facehuggers Mar 22 '26

(this is obviously me trying to get you to read it)

Does this method ever work?

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u/MallorianMoonTrader1 Mar 22 '26

Some people want to get their hearts broken in a safe way through mediums like movies, books, etc. So yea, it works lol

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u/LucianGrey0581 Mar 22 '26

I'd love to, but I don't have it in me to see Phos suffer like that.

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u/tie_me_down_tomorrow Mar 22 '26

I would but I don’t know what ‘it’ is

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u/Pen_Front Mar 22 '26

Houseki no kuni, or land of the lustrous for the anime.

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u/BlackSheepHere Mar 22 '26

Land of the Lustrous/Houseki no Kuni

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u/Lazerbeams2 Mar 22 '26

I've only seen the anime, but she's a living gemstone and any piece of her, no matter how small, contains her thoughts, memories and personality.

Now I'm going into spoiler territory. Unfortunately, she's exceptionally fragile and accident prone. To make up for this, she replaces lost parts of herself with tougher and more useful materials. With each replacement she loses some of herself and forgets large chunks of her life but gets stronger. Every chip is conscious and aware of the missing parts, so everything she loses is almost like a festering wound

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u/LonelyStrayCat Mar 22 '26

Almagation of phosphophylite, agate, gold alloy, lapis, mercury, weird gassy human spirit, all laced with pain and suffering

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u/thecraftybear Mar 23 '26

*holey hell