Parallels between Hōseki no Kuni and Steven UniverseI was thinking about Hōseki no Kuni (Land
Parallels between Hōseki no Kuni and Steven UniverseI was thinking about Hōseki no Kuni (Land of the Lustrous) and White Diamond reminds me a bit of Kongo. He turns out to be a robot made by humans to pray for their souls when no humans were left. He is supposedly broken and thus will no longer pray for the moon people. Essentially when humans died they broke apart into bone (the Gems), flesh (Admirabilis), and soul (Moon People). In order to try and coerce him into doing so, they attack the Gems and destroy them over time thinking it will upset him enough to make him pray for them to send them on (thus they would stop attacking the Gems).What is interesting to me, is why he doesn’t just pray for the moon people to save the Gems not only from being destroyed but from the agony and sadness in losing those they love. He seems to be able to do it for the dog and the game board. I think that he either knows something we the readers don’t (maybe for beings from bone to exist the souls have to or something, or he simply can’t help them if he has no compassion for them). According to the leader of the moon people, there is something he emits that causes those around him to adore and love him. So the Gems follow him without questioning him, besides the story’s protagonist.It got me thinking of the parallels between the anime/manga and Steven Universe (SU). What if White Diamond is a machine of sorts (an AI) that is broken and can no longer perform its original purpose? She and the other diamonds are adored by the gems and rarely questioned, but our protagonist (Steven) does question the way things are and seeks to change them. Phos (the protagonist) in Hōseki no Kuni actually loses her eye at one point in the story, which is something we’ve seen in SU (the kitten, Eyeball, etc.). She also loses her head and gets a new one (like how PD becomes Steven, though much more gruesome). So I am just curious if as we find out more about WD, the parallels will increase.I’m curious to know what others think. :) -- source link
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