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I don't know what to say, the fact that every single person in this world is an asshole to Phos, or the fact that this is the most amazing thing I have ever read. The message is big and truly if I were to dissect this manga piece by piece I would find myself lost in its philosophy (get it? phos, philosophy (▰˘◡˘▰)) The character Phos first starts off as a young child/gem who knows nothing of the world and is pushed down by his peers for being too weak and useless. In their journey to become better, phos is put through some traumatic injuries. where they start to lose limbs of themselves and become stronger in that fact. now that is the basis of the plot, there is a lot more trust me. But let us dissect just this part. Gems each time they lose a limb lose a piece of memory, the bigger the limb, the more memory is lost. Phos is basically sacrificing EVERYTHING, to become stronger including his innocence, his memories, his feelings, and everything above. Because in general without memories we become husks of who we once were, with goals that were utterly useless to our former selves. Phos does all of this for his friends and sensei, in the end, Phos is left to rot for 10,000 years to become the next god to save the world. They do this for 10,000 years and their friends don't even fucking care, they quite literally say it in the manga "Do you feel bad?" "No" that is quite literally the fucking dialog. can you guess what happens in the end??? PHOS FORGIVES THEM and SETS THEM FUCKING FREE. WHAT A FUCKING SAINT, and what is their fucking answer to phos?? NOTHING, NOT A FUCKING WORD IS SAID, NOT EVEN A FUCKING THANK YOU OR SORRY??? phos WENT through HELL to become exactly what these gems wanted, he went through every single fuck ton of hell to save his friends and find out the truth about the lunarians. ONLY TO BE USED and FORGOTTEN FOR 10,000 YEARS. I would say that this manga's main message is that you should not sacrifice yourself for people who do not actually care about you. Even if they do care and love you they will still betray you once you sacrifice yourself, that is the simple truth of human nature and that is the simple truth for being without human nature. so, everyone who is reading this comment, I hope you know that you are not a sacrificial lamb following a shepherd, you are human, and as a human, you do not deserve to be sacrificed.