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Aechmea
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FIRST APPEARANCE Volume 8, Chapter 53

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PERSONAL

NICKNAME Prince
Yama/Enma (Real Name)
Yama Khumela
Aechmea

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AGE [Show]

FAMILY Werregat (Spouse)

PROFESSIONAL

OCCUPATION Khumela Region Administrator

(Former)
Leader of the Lunarians
(Current)

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Aechmea (エクメア, Ekumea) is the leader of the

Lunarians. He appears to play an antagonistic role
throughout most of the story, though he is not
introduced until later on. It is later on revealed that his
true name is Yama.

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Appearance

Aechmea is a tall male Lunarian with slim eyes, light

features and a presumably light cream color scheme
with a mole under his left eye. His clothing and
hairstyle vary and he seems to be able to change
them at will without physically doing anything. He Arst
appears dressed in Buddhist-style clothing, similar to
the other Lunarians, and has long earlobes. During
their dinner with Phos, he wears a Western-style suit,
and has shorter earlobes. Later, he appears with an
unbuttoned dress shirt, round glasses, and rather
prominent rabbit ears.

Personality

He appears to have a calmer demeanour, but is very

wary of the eternal life the Lunarians possess.

He is extremely intent on having Kongo pray for the

Lunarians in order to allow them to pass on, viewing
the 'eternity with the restless nature of humans' to be
a 'terrible curse.' To achieve this, he is prepared to go
to great lengths. Over abducting gems and grinding
them into dust, he displays no remorse, showing he
can be very cruel. Aside from that, he generally
behaves politely.

After so long of failing to persuade Kongo, he has

become desperate and prone to moping. He appears
to have some degree to self-loathing, calling the
Lunarians, including himself, 'ghosts of garbage', and
being ashamed of his real name, leading Phos to
describe him as a 'complex guy.' However, he retains
some hope that Phos will save them.

According to other Lunarians, he gets drunk easily.

As Phos and the other Gems speak with more

Lunarians, they discover that Aechmea also has a
controlling personality. He appears to be used to
getting what he wants, which extends to controlling
the names and roles of each of the Lunarians
although they appear to possess the capacity of
making remarks about him, although not necessarily
to his face.

Aechmea has displayed aggressive manipulation

tactics that he may or may not be aware of. This has
included terrifying others into submission, to the
degree that some Lunarians avoid making him upset
altogether. This has also been displayed between
Aechmea and Cairngorm, in which Aechmea nearly
transforms into a beast form upon Cairngorm
returning from getting Phos, Padparadscha, and
Yellow Diamond from Earth.

However, he seems to be quite aware of his

charismatic manipulative tendencies, mainly in the
sense that he withholds information in order for his
own goals to be reached and the other party thinking
that they are assisting, despite it possibly meaning
the other party will ultimately reach a bad end.

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Story

For at least several thousands of years prior to

the beginning of the story, he has led the
Lunarians as they kidnapped gems and took them
to the Moon.
He greets Phos when they arrive on the Moon,
impressed by their Aghting abilities. Phos attacks
him, but he immediately regenerates. He shows
Phos a piece of artiAcial Antarcticite, and explains
that all the kidnapped gems have been ground to
dust and now cover the surface of the Moon.
Phos attacks him again, and he disables them. He
orders the other Lunarians to glue Phos back
together and not to grind them up.
He gives Phos a tour of the Moon, showing them
the Admirabilis. He changes his appearance and
explains the reason behind the Lunarian's attacks
to Phos over dinner. When it is over, he expresses
his hunch that Phos will save them.
When Phos later proposes the gems' betrayal as
an attempt to persuade Kongo to pray for the
Lunarians, he agrees, on the condition Phos
keeps an artiAcial pearl eye in them so they can
be monitored.
He makes a 'battle-talk stick' for Cicada so that
he can talk while on Earth when he is worried
about Phos and goes to check on them.
He welcomes Phos and the other Gems to the
Moon when they arrive.
Phos explains Padparadscha's condition to him
and he repairs them shortly afterward. After
talking with the newly awoken Padparadscha,
Phos asks Aechmea whether the powder can be
rebuilt, allowing the destroyed Gems to return. He
replies that he will try, but it may take a very long
time.
Aechmea informs Phos and the Gems that the
shattered Gems could be rebuilt, but only those
with a hardness of 5 and up.
Cairngorm approaches Aechmea after in his
quarters, demanding that Aechmea place a layer
of antarcticite on top of them to pretend to be
Antarcticite for Phos's sake. Aechmea demands
why before informing Cairngorm that there is a
piece of Ghost Quartz still in Cairngorm's eyes,
possibly manipulating Cairngorm still. Aechmea
tells Cairngorm that he will remove it and set
Cairngorm free.
Cairngorm and Aechmea begin a relationship.
Aechmea allows the second return to Earth for
Phos, accompanied by Yellow Diamond and
Padparadscha.
Aechmea yells at Cairngorm for going to the
Earth without permission upon the unsuccessful
return.
Aechmea tells Phos that Barbata is in charge of
the Gem Restoration Project, before going on a
date with Cairngorm. Aechmea and Cairngorm's
dates can be seen displayed on the televisions
available.
Aechmea and Cairngorm are married in a grand
ceremony. After the wedding, Aechmea shows
that he had kept Cairngorm's arm from a battle,
which Cairngorm promptly destroys. Aechmea
allows tells Cairngorm that he has built a house
for Cairngorm on another moon for complete
isolation.
Aechmea allows the third return to Earth for
Phos, but Arst tells Phos how the Admirabilis got
to the Moon and why.
Aechmea monitors what Phos is doing, shown for
the Arst time, as Sensei begins to pray. This
ultimately fails.
Aechmea cancels the Gem Restoration Project as
Phos is shattered.
220 years later, Sensei is praying again with
Phos's force. Aechmea takes Cairngorm to the
monitoring room where Aechmea lets slip that he
knows that Sensei praying will destroying not
only the Lunarians, but the Gems and Admirabilis
as well. Aechmea brushes it o[ once this praying
attempt fails again.
Aechmea greets Phos upon their return to the
Moon, where his wording seems to display more
and more that he doesn't care for the Gems and
only his end goal. He promptly tells Barbata to
rebuild Phos and to be careful.
While Phos is attacking the earth gems, Aechmea
explains to Cairngorm what it means to be a
human in order to activate Kongo, and how he
made Phos into a human, hinting that he was
behind all of the changes to Phos' body, also
stating that he purposely distanced Cairngorm
from Phos in order to take away their stability. He
hints that since Kongo will not work anymore, he's
going to turn Phos into something better than a
human.
After Barbata explains to Cairngorm about
Kongo's sibling, he talks about the history of the
Lunarians and Aechmea's role in it, calling
Aechmea "ema". Aechmea interrupts that his
name is actually "Yama" as he takes on a new
form and vanishes.
He appears behind Phos after Phos destroyed
Kongo, gesturing for the eye that Phos had been
given. Phos attacks him but he easily blocks the
attacks and sends Phos ]eeing outside, before
driving them to insert the eye into their own
head. He then vanishes once more.
On the moon, after the gems are restored as
Lunarians, he explains that they will now need to
wait while Phos develops into the new prayer
machine for them, and wishes them a wonderful
ten thousand years. Euclase asks him and Kongo
if there is anything they can do for phos, and they
say that there is.

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Relationships

As their leader, he is obeyed and loved by all

Lunarians, as stated by Cicada, in a manner similar to
the Lustrous' relationship with Kongo as noted by
Phos. They care about him, becoming annoyed at
Phos, accusing them of 'torturing' Aechmea with their
questions, although he then tells them to stop being
rude to their guest. Cicada seems to admire them,
and is ]ustered when they accidentally reveal
Aechmea's true name to Phos as they know they are
ashamed of it. Aechmea sees Cicada as a softie.

Phosphophyllite

Phos, although they are currently conspiring with him

to betray Sensei, remains very cautious of Aechmea,
believing it to be far too early to trust him, and they
are aware of their cruel nature. They are confused at
Arst by his desire to pass on, asking why they can just
keep living. Aechmea seems to treat Phos as a
business partner, before slowly caring less for them
as Cairngorm becomes his attention.

Werregat

The nature of their relationship is debatable, and it

hasn't been revealed whether or not Werregat,
previously known as Cairgnorm, is forced to be in a
relationship with Aechmea. However, what is known is
that the two are married and appear to be together
with Aechmea showering Werregat with gifts and
a[ection most of the time. However, Werregat has
mentioned on several occasions that Aechmea is
"scary" and Aechmea losing his temper at Werregat to
the point where he destroyed the landing strip. He
allows Werregat to wear what he describes as
"sensual" underwear and commented on how he
thought Lustrous had no understanding for such a
thing. He stated that initially, his goal was to separate
Werregat from Phos to help destabilise Phos, but
claims to have then caught feelings.

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Trivia

Aechmea is a genus in
the botanical family Bromeliaceae, which
includes plants such as pineapples. The name
comes from the Greek aichme (αιχμή, meaning 'a
spear'), which may refer to the spears the
Lunarians use to attack the Gems.

Aechmea fasciata in]orescence.

Aechmea's true name, Yama, as revealed in

Chapter 89, is a reference to the the Buddhist
God of Hell, Yama. SpeciAcally Yama's Japanese
name, Enma Daiō (閻魔大王, meaning Great King
Enma). In Buddhist mythology, he is said to be
both the ruler of the underworld, and the one
who judges the souls of the dead on whether
they go to Heaven or Hell.
In the art book that came with Volume 10,
Freedom, and in the Character Introduction of
Volume 12, Aechmea is depicted as having yellow
hair and orange clothes. It is unknown whether
this is canonical to his appearance in the manga.

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Gallery

First appearance in Ch. 53.

Aechmea with glasses and

prominent rabbit ears.

Aechmea, angry at Cairngorm.

Another of Aechmea's forms.

Aechmea, in a god-like form.

Characters

Gems

Kongo • Phosphophyllite • Morganite • Goshenite • Rutile •

Red Beryl • Benitoite • Cinnabar • Jade • Diamond • Bort •
Euclase • Neptunite • Yellow Diamond • Zircon • Obsidian
• Amethyst 84 • Amethyst 33 • Alexandrite • Antarcticite •
Padparadscha • Ghost Quartz • Cairngorm • Watermelon
Tourmaline • Sphene • Hemimorphite • Peridot • Unknown
28th Gem/s

Morganite (New) • Goshenite (New)

Heliodor • Green Diamond • Ruby • Sapphire • Pink Topaz

• Pink Fluorite • Lapis Lazuli • Topaz • Chrysoberyl • Blue
Zoisite • Aquamarine • Apophyllite • Red Diamond •
Fluorite • Sphalerite • Emerald

Lunarians

Aechmea • Barbata • Cicada • Quieta • Kima • Shiro •

Ladra • Bee

Admirabilis

Ventricosus • Aculeatus • Variegatus • Convallarius

Others

Pebble • Kongo's Brother

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