Land of the Lustrous, Vol. 10: Failure

An elegant new action manga for fans of Sailor Moon and the litany of comics and animation that it inspired, Land of the Lustrous is set in a far future Earth, where humanity's distant descendants live on in a small group of sexless crystalline beings who must fight off an invasion from the Moon. In a world inhabited by crystalline lifeforms called The Lustrous, every unique gem must fight for their way of life against the threat of lunarians who would turn them into decorations. Phosphophyllite, the most fragile and brittle of gems, longs to join the battle. When Phos is instead assigned to complete a natural history of their world, it sounds like a dull and pointless task. But this new job brings Phos into contact with Cinnabar, a gem forced to live in isolation. Can Phos's seemingly mundane assignment lead both Phos and Cinnabar to the fulfillment they desire? Failure After failing to get Kongo to pray for the Lunarians, Phosphophyllite returns to the moon to regroup, but Padparadscha has been covered in Cinnabar's poison, and Yellow Diamond has taken a severe psychological blow. Now Phos must come up with a new plan, but ideas are in short supply. Meanwhile, Cairngorm and the other gems are finding life on the moon to be surprisingly agreeable...