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Animechic420
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They're not females at all. Why you're using "she" is a mystery 
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Yttrbio
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Is it really a mystery to you? Do you honestly not comprehend why someone might perceive them as female rocks?
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RyuuGP
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Can we stop this "they, he, or she" debate? It doesn't matter, people call the gems "they" because the gems are genderless, people call the gems "he" because the gems use masculine pronounce to call themself, people call the gems "she" because each gem looks, sounds, and behave like girl. I think everyone can use whatever they want as long as it is understandable. |
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DuskyPredator
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They have just generally looked and sounded feminine. I mean no disrespect over it, and honestly it does not really have much to do with any such sex. Blend S spoiler[has me as much calling Hideri as "she" as the character makes the choice to dress feminine, although there are conflicting elements there.].
Although now I am stopping to think in how Phos seems to have lost a lot of her femininity, and it has been kind of having me reassess how I thought of the character, and perhaps even the others. Or maybe even in terms of their master being clearly masculine, and there is something lost. Although there is the addition of gold on Phos's heels that look like high heels. I had another strange thought in the episode where all of the gems trying reach at the master and Phos felt kind of similar to what we have seen of the Lunarians when they try and reach at him. |
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Agent355
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I just started watching and caught up with the show over the weekend. I know this has been an ongoing discussion since before it aired, but
I agree that everyone should be allowed to use whatever they want, especially since most of the gems seem really boyish to me, except for a few like Dia and Rutile. Antarcticite, who I just called "Ice Boy." Episode 8 was basically me yelling at the screen "Oh, no! Ice Boy!" 
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Yazu13
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Watching this most recent episode, it's clear now that 3DCG anime CAN be beautiful, but it's on the studio making it to give a fudge. Looking at what happened to Berserk, it's clear that they didn't know what they were doing. It churned out characters that had all of the expression of wet clay, and the movement of a mannequin, yet here in Land of the Lustrous, we see that characters can move and emote with gorgeous results. The studio behind this should be very proud of their work and for possibly making the very first fully 3DCG anime that actually looks fantastic and plays to CG's strengths. The camera work for the scenes in today's episode would have been hell to animate traditionally for starters.
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Hikaru Suzuhara
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jenthehen
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This is definitely my favorite anime of this season! Although everyone watching praises it, it doesn't seem that popular, unfortunately. I hope it continues on after this season and continue to make fantastic use of the CGI - plus, I feel like there are a lot of mysteries in the plot that need to be developed!
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vonPeterhof
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I really loved the camera work in that final third with Dia. The segment with running and hiding from the Lunarian got a lot of suspense out of it, almost feeling like watching someone play a survival horror game, whereas the battle was just brutal. |
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Niello
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^This is the firsts time the episode title doesn't match the actual content. The chapter titled "Shiro" in the manga, which this episode title is named after, covers content that will appear in the upcoming episode where it will be explained.
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Terrible90sDub
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The more horror-esque aspects in this episode were fantastic, as was the battle at the end and Dia's reactions during it.
I do wonder if it would have the same effect if it had a different animation style. |
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Cross_Yuki
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I come here for some gushing about the amazing episode 10.
Everyone praised already the cinematography and the fantastic story telling, so I want to point out how good the music was (ep 10 and the rest of the series, btw): it highlighted and enhanced the feels for every scene, the synchronization with the visuals was impressive and the melodies were a perfect fit in every case. The tunes used for the lunarians never fail to give an otherworldly vibe. And there is also this melody that they use in the moments of biggest despair, here when Dia was cornered by the monster (also used in ep 8 when Phos sees how the lunarians are taking Antarc while she is still caged). But my favorite moment in this episode is when Bort decides to run away and throws Phos against the bell. That race gave me the chills thanks to the music; it gives this sense of emergency and impending threat... Well, all in all, this week's episode was fabulous and I can't wait for next week,...only 2 more to go 
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Joshua Zarate
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Like everyone else before me have already said, the camera work with Dia in this week’s episode was absolutely phenomenal and the staff did such a great job of making it all feel very suspenseful and engaging. The story continues to intrigue me and makes me sad knowing that there’s only two episodes left in the season.
I can only hope a season 2 can be made for this at some point in the future because it truly deserves it.
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killjoy_the
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How does Bort usually call Dia? 'because I felt that scream of "Onii-chan" was important to the character, but can't for the life of me remember if they called Dia by name or aneki or whatever before that.
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Gaebonggie
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I think Phos is supposed to be sort of a child/teenager in gems' years, so what we witness is her growing up and becoming an adult. I never thought of her as annoying, she is clumsy but has noble purposes, like when she tries to help Cinnabar. Also, when the other gems call her an idiot (for example when she is appointed master of the Encyclopedia), to me, she comes across as mainly too innocent and naive. And she is lazy the way children are, they just prefer to enjoy other things than to do hard work. |
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