History Manga / LandOfTheLustrous

* EasterEgg: As it turns out, [[https://twitter.com/azolitmin/status/926618358765649920 every]] [[https://twitter.com/azolitmin/status/926618872584716289 cover]] of the manga has Cinnabar hidden somewhere in it. They're usually featured on the inside flap.[[note]]Volumes and 10 9 are exceptions since thtey feature the Earth, but Cinnabar was still on Earth at the time so it may as well count[[/note]] This is broken with the eleventh volume, where Cinnabar is finally front and center.

* EasterEgg: As it turns out, [[https://twitter.com/azolitmin/status/926618358765649920 every]] [[https://twitter.com/azolitmin/status/926618872584716289 cover]] of the manga has Cinnabar hidden somewhere in it. They're usually featured on the inside flap.[[note]]Volume 9 is an exception since it features the Earth, but Cinnabar was still on Earth at the time so it may as well count[[/note]] This is broken with the eleventh volume, where Cinnabar is finally front and center.

* DebateAndSwitch: [[spoiler:The Lunarians present Phos with the possibility of reviving all of the dusted Gems, but on the condition that Phos also commands the Admirabilis to die out so they can retrieve any stray pieces from their shells and bodies (which would have healthier inclusions due to being digested instead of ground to dust). While Phos does agonize about it, ultimately the conflict comes to nothing; the Gems wouldn't even be the same anymore due to UV rays bleaching their pieces and inclusions, meaning there wouldn't be any point to bringing them back. And when the Lunarians discover that they can just move all the inclusions to pure ice crystals they discovered on the moons and not harm anybody, the debate is put down for good.]]

** Post-winter, Sensei tells Phos that the gem would have to become stronger than him, enough to handle a whole squad by themselves in order to overcome their handicaps. [[spoiler:Phos not only became one of the strongest of the current Gems, but also became capable of fighting their former teammates singlehandedly.]]

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Implied to be Shiro and the Pieces' demise after Sensei deals with them. [[spoiler:Later pretty much confirmed, and stated that this is the goal for every Lunarian still stuck in this world.]]

%%* Badass: Several characters, including Sensei, Bort, Aculeatus, Antarcticite and later Phos.

* PsychologicalCombat: Chapters 1 and 41 haslve the Lunarians' tactics evolve to include more personal attacks on the Gems. They bait in the Gems with shards of Gems they've already taken to the Moon, and once they're close enough they start chipping away at them. This is especially noticeable in that the shards they use to take advantage are of Gems with partners that were with Phos at the time (with the exception of Chapter 1, where Heliodor's shards were used). [[spoiler:Aechmea states that these aren't even the real shards; they're synthesized to perfectly mimic the taken Gems, and he deliberately had it so that they wouldn't be able to revive a Gem with them, to pick at Sensei.]]

* PsychologicalCombat: Chapter 41 has the Lunarians' tactics evolve to include more personal attacks on the Gems. They bait in the Gems with shards of Gems they've already taken to the Moon, and once they're close enough they start chipping away at them. This is especially noticeable in that the shards they use to take advantage are of Gems with partners that were with Phos at the time.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Yes, Phos is able to finally achieve peace and find acceptance and happiness with the Rock Lifeforms and Aniki as they now live in a beautiful world of flowers and tranquility, but the jounrey there was most definitely not a pleasant one. Phos still lost everyone they used to care about, was forcibly made into a god so that the Lunarians and the converted Lustrous can be prayed away to Nirvana, and ended up needing to stay behind on the burning Earth in order to ensure no trace of humanity survived as to ruin the Rock Lifeform's future. If the Rock Lifeforms hadn't insisted on taking away Phos's last remaining inhuman component with them so that part of them can enjoy the new world with them, Phos would had gladly stayed behind completely.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Yes, Phos is able to finally achieve peace and find acceptance and happiness with the Rock Lifeforms and Adamant's Brother as they now live in a beautiful world of flowers and tranquility, but the jounrey there was most definitely not a pleasant one. Phos still lost everyone they used to care about, was forcibly made into a god so that the Lunarians and the converted Lustrous can be prayed away to Nirvana, and ended up needing to stay behind on the burning Earth in order to ensure no trace of humanity survived as to ruin the Rock Lifeform's future. If the Rock Lifeforms hadn't insisted on taking away Phos's last remaining inhuman component with them so that part of them can enjoy the new world with them, Phos would had gladly stayed behind completely.]]

* ComingInHot: [[spoiler:The spaceship the Lunarians left for Phos gets quickly drained of its energy after the First Machine uses it to rescue Phos' last piece of crystal. As a result, they barely have enough to make it to another planet, and make an emergency crash landing on a planet full of beautiful flowers.]]

** [[spoiler: Once Phos becomes the last living being that contains human DNA, they beg the Machine to find a way to kill them in fear that humanity will recreate itself from it.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After going through so much, from losing pieces of themselves both figuratively and literally, to being forcibly made into a god to pray everyone else away, and coming to terms with their own flaws, Phos is finally able to find acceptance and happiness amongst the Rock Lifeforms and Adament's Brother who willing take away their last piece of inhuman self with them to a new, beautiful world where Phos can be happy with them while the Earth burns away into nothing along with the miserable God-Phos, who also finds peace as they perish, hoping to see everyone they lost again soon.]]

* FantasticFlora: The titular "Land of the Lustrous" finally makes its appearance in Chapter 108, as [[spoiler:an idyllic, peaceful flower field with each flower holding a gem inside of it. The First Machine theorizes that the flowers are each their own universes, which is reflected in one showing an abstract version of a comet passing by a field with a Phos in it.]]

* HumansAreBastards: Posthumously, Humanity is not given any kind words by its successor races, up to and including [[spoiler:the woman who built Sensei]]. They were constantly described as getting into wars pre-extinction, their remains as the Ice Floes are both pitiful and can be malicious to otherwise innocent beings, and the story often portrays more overtly "human" behavior in a negative light. [[spoiler:Sensei, despite being built to pray the remains of humanity away, also sees the race as pitiful and barbaric. Phos similarly comes to the opinion that ''any'' trace of humans left will start the vicious cycle over again, and [[DeathSeeker wishes to eliminate themselves]] so that the Earth's next inheritors will live their lives free of what they consider a toxic influence. The most bittersweet exchange of this comes at the end of the world, where the only solace Phos gets is that the Rock-Forms and Adamant's Brother take the sole inhuman piece of crystal left in their body while leaving the rest to burn with Earth.]]

** As Adamant's brother and the other pebbles are about to leave the planet...
--> '''Adamant's brother''': You're coming right?

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Yes, Phos is able to finally acheive peace and find acceptance and happiness with the Rock Lifeforms and Adamant's Brother as they now live in a beautiful world of flowers and tranqulity, but the jounrey there was most definitely not a pleasent one. Phos still lost everyone they used to care about, was forcibly made into a god so that the Lunarians and the converted Lustrous can be prayed away to Nirvana, and ended up needing to stay behind on the burning Earth in order to ensure no trace of humanity survived as to ruin the Rock Lifeform's future. If the Rock Lifeforms hadn't insisted on taking away Phos's ladt remaining inhuman componant with them so that part of them can enjoy the new world with them, Phos would had gladly stayed behind completely.]]
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: The Lunarians' base is probably made from bismuth. It also melts at night, creating an ocean of structures and transforming the buddhist imagery into more modern, western-like fancy imagery.