A Cloudflare Worker for the Houseki no Kuni community & fans of Haruko Ichikawa in general.
The goal of this project is to build a comprehensive catalogue of all things Houseki no Kuni & Haruko Ichikawa
Many routes have convenience aliases, displayed in the tables of each route. You are free to use any of the listed aliases as they're functionally identical.
All routes are relative to the base URL https://hnk.rocks.
Table of Contents
- Houseki no Kuni Routes
- Other works by Haruko Ichikawa
- Works directly related to Houseki no Kuni
- "Pseudomorph of Love" (Artbook)
- "Pseudomorph of Love" Illustration Notes
- "Statue" (Japanese Volume 9 Extra)
- "Freedom Love Hell" (Japanese Volume 10 Extra)
- Original one-shot (Part of Japanese Volume 10 Extra)
- Lorebook (Japanese Volume 11 Extra)
- "Party at the End" (Japanese Volume 12 Extra)
- Drone Show for Volume 13 Release Countdown (2024-11-20)
- First Volume Commemorative PV (2013-07-19)
- Haruko Ichikawa's Defunct Blog
- Works unrelated to Houseki no Kuni:
- Works directly related to Houseki no Kuni
- Interviews
- Community works
- Miscellaneous Routes
- Technical & Protected Routes
/ |
Redirects to the MangaDex title page for Houseki no Kuni.
Usage: https://hnk.rocks
/c/[number] |
/chapter/[number] |
/chapters/[number] |
Redirects to the MangaDex reader for the chapter in question. If the chapter doesn't exist, redirects to the MangaDex title page for Houseki no Kuni.
Requires providing a chapter number.
Parameters:
[number]- integers or decimals (don't add the brackets)
Example: https://hnk.rocks/chapter/1
/p/[pageNumber] |
/page/[pageNumber] |
/pages/[pageNumber] |
Parameters:
[pageNumber]- integers (don't add the brackets)
Redirects to the MangaDex reader at the given page for the chapter in question. If the chapter doesn't exist, redirects to the MangaDex title page for Houseki no Kuni. If the page doesn't exist, MangaDex will display the first page by default.
Requires providing a chapter number.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/chapter/1/page/2
/i |
Provides a specially formatted HTML response which will be rendered as an image embed of the specified page number.
Requires providing a chapter and a page number.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/chapter/1/page/2/i
/latest |
/newest |
/new |
Redirects to the latest released chapter as scanlated by the MangaDex user Tissal.
Note that this link will always redirect to the newest chapter, so it is not suitable as a permanent link to any one chapter.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/latest
/p/[pageNumber] |
/page/[pageNumber] |
/pages/[pageNumber] |
Redirects to the MangaDex reader at the given page for the latest released chapter as scanlated by the MangaDex user Tissal. If the page doesn't exist, MangaDex will display the first page by default.
Parameters:
[pageNumber]- integers (don't add the brackets)
Requires providing a page number.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/latest/page/1
/i |
Provides a specially formatted HTML response which will be rendered as an image embed of the specified page number.
Requires providing a page number.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/latest/page/1/i
/next |
Provides a countdown to the (estimated) next chapter release. The exact hours, minutes, and seconds won't be perfectly accurate, but give a broad picture.
Supports Social Media link previews, so just sending the link to e.g. Discord will show the remaining time.
Usage: https://hnk.rocks/next
/since |
Provides a counter of the time elapsed since the last chapter was released, as scanlated by the MangaDex user Tissal.
Supports Social Media link previews, so just sending the link to e.g. Discord will show the remaining time.
Usage: https://hnk.rocks/since
/minimalist |
Redirects to the MangaDex title page for the Houseki no Kuni Minimalist Coloured version fan project.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/minimalist
/color |
/colored |
/colour |
/coloured |
Redirects to the MangaDex title page for the Houseki no Kuni Coloured version fan project.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/colour
/fandub |
/fandub/playlist |
Redirects to the YouTube Playlist for the Houseki no Kuni Fandub Project.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/fandub
/fandub/e/[number] |
/fandub/episode/[number] |
/fandub/episodes/[number] |
Redirects to the YouTube video for the Fandub episode in question. If the episode doesn't exist, redirects to the YouTube Playlist for the Fandub Project.
Parameters:
[number]- integers (don't add the brackets)
Requires providing an episode number.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/fandub/episode/1
/stories-fandub |
/stories-fandub/playlist |
Redirects to the YouTube Playlist for the Ichikawa Short Stories Fandub project.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/stories-fandub
/stories-fandub/[work] |
Redirects to the YouTube video for the Ichikawa Short Stories Fandub episode in question. If the episode doesn't exist, redirects to the YouTube Playlist for the Ichikawa Short Stories Fandub project.
Parameters:
[work]- titles of works as described below (don't add the brackets).
Requires providing a work title.
/on-pandora|/pandora- "On Pandora" short story from volume 2 of the Haruko Ichikawa Anthology.
/other/[work] |
/etc/[work] |
Redirects to other works by Haruko Ichikawa. Not all links redirect to MangaDex, as not all works are available there.
Requires providing a work, see list below.
Parameters:
[work]- titles of works as described below.
All these work URLs are relative to https://hnk.rocks/other or https://hnk.rocks/etc.
/artbook |
/pseudomorph |
/pseudomorph-of-love |
Redirects to the Houseki no Kuni fandom wiki article with the Artbook.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/pseudomorph
/artbook-notes |
/pseudomorph-notes |
/pseudomorph-of-love-notes |
Redirects to the Imgur post with the translation of the illustration comments by Haruko Ichikawa in the "Pseudomorph of Love" artbook, as translated by Tumblr user red-dia.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/artbook-notes
/statue |
/vol9-extra |
/vol09-extra |
Redirects to the Pastebin with a fan translation of the text in the Volume 9 Statue
Artbook extra. Translation by Discord user @anonymously5866.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/statue
/freedom |
/love-freedom |
/love-freedom-hell |
/vol10-extra |
Redirects to the Houseki no Kuni fandom wiki article with the Artbook. This includes the original Houseki no Kuni one-shot chapter.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/freedom
/one-shot |
/oneshot |
Redirects to the section of the Houseki no Kuni fandom wiki article with the Freedom Love Hell Artbook, which includes this one-shot chapter.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/one-shot
Update (2025-03-12):
Since adding this section originally, a new fan translation has been created. The links have been changed to redirect
to the newer translation. The MTL version can be accessed by appending -mtl to the previous links.
/lorebook |
/hnk-lorebook |
/vol11-extra |
Redirects to the Google Docs document with the community-translated version of the Volume 11 Lorebook extra, as created and shared by Reddit user Terminator_Slap. Other community members have also contributed to other sections of the translation.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/lorebook
/lorebook-mtl |
/hnk-lorebook-mtl |
/vol11-extra-mtl |
Redirects to the Imgur post with the machine-translated, non-typeset version of the Volume 11 Lorebook extra.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/lorebook-mtl
/party |
/party-at-the-end |
/vol12-extra |
Redirects to the GitHub repository of the translated Volume 12 Extra book titled "Party at the End".
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/party
/drones |
/drone-show |
/vol13-drone-show |
Redirects to the past livestream on the official Kodansha YouTube channel of the Volume 13 Release Countdown Drone Show.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/drones
/ona |
/2013-pv |
/2013-ona |
Redirects to the animated PV released in commemoration of the manga's first volume release on the YouTube channel of Afternoon magazine.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/ona
/blog |
/blog/[entry] |
Redirects to captures of Haruko Ichikawa's defunct AGAR blog in the Internet Archive.
Note: These "blog entries" are rarely more than one sentence long, if that.
Parameters:
[entry]- blog captures as named in the list below (don't add the brackets)
If no entry is provided, this will redirect to the last available successful capture (December 4th, 2022).
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/blog
Below is a selection of available captures that may be of interest to fans of Houseki no Kuni. There are other captures available pre-2013 but most graphics went uncaptured and the contents of the page are now mostly lost as a result. The curious are encouraged to take a look by navigating through the timeline shown at the top of the captured webpage.
Available Blog Captures:
/hnk-revived|/hnk-announced- Haruko Ichikawa announcing the revival of Houseki no Kuni as a series in the Afternoon monthly magazine
/hnk-pv-posted- Haruko Ichikawa announcing that volume 1 will be on sale. Accompanied by the animated PV made for the occasion.
/hnk-vol2-posted- Haruko Ichikawa announcing that volume 2 will be on sale.
/hnk-vol4-promo-posted- Haruko Ichikawa announcing that volume 4 will be on sale. Accompanied by a single-page comic promoting the card game extra.
/hnk-vol6-promo-posted- Haruko Ichikawa announcing that volume 6 will be on sale. Accompanied by an illustration of Hemimorphite, Watermelon Tourmaline, Cairngorm, Sphene, and Peridot promoting the BAGGU collaboration extra.
/25-ji-no-vacances |
/25-hour-vacation |
/vacances |
Redirects to the MangaDex chapter reader for the story "25 Hour Vacation" in the Haruko Ichikawa Anthology.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/vacances
/anthology |
/ichikawa-haruko-sakuhinshuu |
/sakuhinshuu |
Redirects to the MangaDex title page for the Haruko Ichikawa Anthology.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/anthology
/moshimo |
/moshimo-tokyo |
Redirects to the MangaDex title page for "Moshimo, Tokyo", which includes a contribution by Haruko Ichikawa.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/moshimo
/mushi |
/mushi-to-uta |
Redirects to the MangaDex chapter reader for the story "Mushi to Uta" in the Haruko Ichikawa Anthology.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/mushi
/ouji |
/ouji-no-himitsu |
Redirects to the MangaDex title page for "Ouji no Himitsu".
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/ouji
/saegusa |
/saegusa-sensei |
Redirects to the MangaDex title page for "Saegusa-Sensei".
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/saegusa
/tsuritama |
/tsuritama-illustration |
Redirects to a fan translation blog entry for an illustration and special message by Haruko Ichikawa, made for the Tsuritama anime debut in 2012.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/tsuritama
/social-choice-illustration |
/toyotaka-sakai-illustration |
Redirects to a bookstore listing for an economics textbook titled "(New Edition) Introduction to Social Choice Theory" by Toyotaka Sakai (Professor of Economics at Keio University), for which Haruko Ichikawa provided the cover illustration.
The illustration itself can be viewed in a larger format by clicking it and/or right-clicking it to open it in a new tab. There is currently no better link available to view the illustration on its own outside of this bookstore listing.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/other/social-choice-illustration
/interview/[language]/[interview] |
/interviews/[language]/[interview] |
Redirects to interviews conducted about Houseki no Kuni or other projects of Haruko Ichikawa. Some may only be available in specific languages.
Requires providing a language AND an interview. Please refer to the listed interviews below for the correct parameters.
All these work URLs are relative to https://hnk.rocks/interviews or https://hnk.rocks/interview.
Parameters:
[language]- language shorthand (don't add the brackets). Currently only usesenfor English language interviews.[interview]- interview link as specified below (don't add the brackets)
/en/eureka-2010 |
/en/eureka |
Redirects to a fan translation of an interview conducted by Eureka in 2010.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/interviews/en/eureka-2010
/en/kono-manga-2014-pt-1 |
/en/2014-pt-1 |
Redirects to a fan translation of part 1 of an interview conducted by Kono Manga ga Sugoi in 2014. This part of the interview is specifically about Houseki no Kuni.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/interviews/en/kono-manga-2014-pt-1
/en/kono-manga-2014-pt-2 |
/en/2014-pt-2 |
Redirects to a fan translation of part 2 of an interview conducted by Kono Manga ga Sugoi in 2014. This part of the interview is about Haruko Ichikawa's works in general as well as her process and sources of inspiration.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/interviews/en/kono-manga-2014-pt-2
/en/current-obsession-2015 |
/en/current-obsession |
/en/co-2015 |
Redirects to an interview with Haruko Ichikawa, conducted by the Dutch magazine Current Obsession via e-mail.
Note: The website credits text and translation to 2018 but the relevant issue of the magazine was released in 2015, so 2015 is used here.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/interviews/en/current-obsession-2015
/en/entertainment-week-2016 |
/en/entertainment-week |
/en/entertainment-2016 |
Redirects to a fan translation of an interview conducted by Entertainment Week in 2016. The Japanese interview was originally conducted by Entertainment Week, whose website was shut down in June 2024.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/interviews/en/entertainment-week-2016
/community/[work] |
Redirects to specific community works that aren't bigger projects like the Fandub or Short stories fandub or translations of Ichikawa's works.
Requires providing a work, see list below.
Parameters:
[work]- titles of works as described below.
/community/weights |
/community/weights-spreadsheet |
Redirects to the Google Sheets spreadsheet of Tumblr user rinboz's weight estimations for each gem character.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/community/weights
/community/weights-tumblr |
Redirects to the thread of Tumblr posts by Tumblr user rinboz that showcases the spreadsheet of character weights.
Example: https://hnk.rocks/community/weights-tumblr
/about |
Redirects to this Redirection Overview.
Usage: https://hnk.rocks/about
/uselessphos |
Shows the uselessphos Discord Emote.
Usage: https://hnk.rocks/uselessphos
/feedback |
Redirects to a Google Form to provide feedback and bug reports about HnK.rocks.
Usage: https://hnk.rocks/feedback
/oembed |
oEmbed API to facilitate enhanced embedding of hnk.rocks links. Only useful for the redirection
backend.
/submit |
Protected Route. Used to add new chapter links and to update the /latest, /since, and /next endpoints.
hnk.rocks made by @majortanya on Discord. Entire router source code available on the
GitHub repository.