Also known as: 宝石の国, housekinokuni_fanart, housekinokuni, 寶石之國, 宝石之国, 보석의나라
Houseki no Kuni (Lit. "Country of Jewels", English: "Land of the Lustrous") is an ongoing action/fantasy manga series. The series is written and illustrated by Ichikawa Haruko and has been published in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine since December 2012. The manga was on hiatus from December 2020 until June 2022.
Set in a world inhabited by "jewel people," it chronicles their efforts to find the place where they belong and defend their way of life.
An anime promotional video was released on July 2013. A 12 episode anime adaptation aired between October and December 2017.
Characters
Gems (Houseki)
A humanoid species made of gems that inhabit the land of the planet. There are 28 gems at the start of the story. They appear to be genderless.
Gems on Earth at the start of the story
- Kongou Sensei
- Phosphophyllite
- Morganite (Houseki No Kuni)
- Goshenite (Houseki No Kuni)
- Rutile (Houseki No Kuni)
- Red Beryl (Houseki No Kuni)
- Benitoite (Houseki No Kuni)
- Cinnabar (Houseki No Kuni)
- Jade (Houseki No Kuni)
- Diamond (Houseki No Kuni)
- Bort
- Euclase (Houseki No Kuni)
- Neptunite (Houseki No Kuni)
- Yellow Diamond (Houseki No Kuni)
- Zircon (Houseki No Kuni)
- Obsidian (Houseki No Kuni)
- Amethyst (Houseki No Kuni)
- Alexandrite (Houseki No Kuni)
- Antarcticite
- Padparadscha (Houseki No Kuni)
- Ghost Quartz (Houseki No Kuni)
- Cairngorm (Houseki No Kuni)
- Watermelon Tourmaline (Houseki No Kuni)
- Sphene (Houseki No Kuni)
- Hemimorphite (Houseki No Kuni)
- Peridot (Houseki No Kuni)
Gems on the Moon at the start of the story
- Heliodor (Houseki No Kuni)
- Red Diamond (Houseki No Kuni)
- Green Diamond (Houseki No Kuni)
- Ruby (Houseki No Kuni)
- Sapphire (Houseki No Kuni)
- Pink Topaz (Houseki No Kuni)
- Pink Fluorite (Houseki No Kuni)
- Lapis Lazuli (Houseki No Kuni)
- Topaz (Houseki No Kuni)
- Chrysoberyl (Houseki No Kuni)
- Blue Zoisite (Houseki No Kuni)
Gems born after the beginning of the story
Admirabilis
The species that inhabits the seas.
Tsuki Jin
The species that inhabits the Moon.
