Dr. STONE (Dr.STONE)

It's been thousands of years

since all of humanity was mysteriously turned to stone.

Those of us who revived into the primitive,

post-apocalyptic world

have been working non-stop to rebuild civilization

from square one.

And at last, we've built a ship capable of crossing

the Pacific Ocean.

To anyone out there listening to this recording,

I'd like to say, hello.

My name is Hokutozai Minami

and I'm making this recording for posterity.

We're well on our way to uncovering the truth

behind this mysterious phenomenon.

Our final stop is the enemy's home base,

the moon!

Going from the stone age to space travel

is an enormous undertaking.

We'll need to gather materials from all over the world,

starting in America.

Don't you worry.

Once you meet our crew, you'll know that

we're in extremely capable hands!

Once humanity has been revived,

there will be those who'll misuse guns,

those who'll seek power

and rely on exploitation of their fellow man.

But I will not allow that.

They won't stain science with blood.

Now...my job is to make sure of that.

So pure!

America, huh?

Yeah, I lived there for ten billion years, or so,

then, it was packed to the gills with pretty girls.

Oh, yeah, the Statue of Liberty might still be around,

copper lasts!

They say she's made of it, but what do I know?

Stop messing around and get serious!

Since I helped out on the island,

they asked me to come, and I didn't have to stow away!

I'm gonna make myself even more helpful on this journey!

I've only ever seen you be extremely helpful, Suika.

You're using my precious recorder!

You are, right?

You're recording right now?

We're carving sound into an Urushi lacquer coated tube!

it works like a freakin' dream, if you ask me!

Well, what do you think? Pretty baaad design, yeah?

Listen, my whole gig here is to get your thoughts

on our big departure!

I was told to help you people out,

so I'm simply following the orders

that were given to me.

Well, aren't you fun?

Surely you have some personal thoughts or feelings

you'd like to share for the record.

Maybe there's something you'd like to say

about our other stoic crewmember, Kinro?

You may have more in common!

I have no comment, thank you!

My thoughts? On her?

Quite a skilled warrior.

Which means we'll have to train harder.

We cannot fall behind!

Now, Ginro, on the other hand...

I mean, how would he fare without Matsukaze's

tending to him?

Tending to master Ginro?

Nonsense, though I did briefly serve as his legs.

Nothing out of the ordinary.

Oh, man,

right before we were heading out,

my legs started hurting like hell!

I was like "no, what do I do?"

I mean, it's not like I don't want to go

on this super long voyage,

but I seriously don't think I can!

Of course, right then,

Matsukaze was all like, "Master"

then just scooped me up and brought me on board!

That just makes me so happy!

I hate it so much!

I'm gonna die of boredom down here!

It's only when the skies are clear, though!

How long is this gonna take, anyway?

Like, seriously.

This sucks so freaking bad!

This kind of work is gonna kill me, for real!

It's only like this in a storm, though.

When is this horrible journey finally gonna end?

In seventy days!

I say forty days!

Uh, oh!

This is bad, you guys!

- -It's Senku and Ryusui!

Oh, shit, they're not fighting, are they?

What?

No fighting allowed, you hear me?

Fighting?

We're having a gentleman's discussion.

A diss? You were dissing each other?

Yeah, that's what's happening, you big oaf!

It's a real serious fight.

I just said...

there's no fighting allowed!

I think they may have learned their esson-lay.

Talking about the route to America?

The submariner picks that up right away.

Sharp as ever.

The starting point was Tokyo, here.

And the end?

USA, right?

Yup.

Right here.

Naturally, we're gonna take the quickest route

to San Francisco.

So, we just wanna go in a straight line?

That's easy!

Even I could've figured that one out!

Hang on a sec, there's no way it's that simple.

It's gotta be some kinda trick question, yeah?

Excellent answer!

That straight route is what's called Rhumb Line.

You just travel in the same direction

for the whole voyage!

It makes navigation easy, and it's how ships

have been doing it throughout most of history.

We'll be taking that route

for seventy days to the US!

Whoa, nailed it!

-BZZZZT! -

How about the actual correct answer?

If we want the shortest route...

it's this!

Seriously?

That'll obviously take longer!

Can't believe what you see?

Check out the globe and tell me what you think then.

-Suika? - Ah?

Hmm.

What in the...

It looked so much longer on the map,

but on the globe, it's shorter?

Yeah, you're right!

Well, that's because it's a sphere.

So, the quickest way for us to get there...

is the Great Circle Route.

And we'll be using that awesome

circumnavigational shortcut to get to the US in forty days.

In seventy days! We are taking the Rhumb Line!

The Great Circle Route means constantly having

to adjust your bearing depending on your position!

It's the most difficult route to take!

And It'll put extra stress on the crew!

We're getting there in forty days,

with the Great Circle!

This is a scientific vessel!

And it may be janky, but we have ol' professor GPS!

So, we're gonna stay ten billion percent on course!

You two need to ill-chay!

Yeah, I really don't love seeing the guys in charge

duking it out!

They may have had some training,

but we're a band of newbie sailors,

and we could go down!

We're not crossing the Pacific on armchair idealism!

Seventy days, and that's it!

As a sailor, I'm telling you that's how we're getting there.

Am I wrong?

We won't be able to make it in time

to harvest the yellow dent corn.

Even taking forty days will barely get us in by fall!

That's as late as we can be

if we wanna make revival fluid.

Dick around at sea for almost double that,

and we'll hit winter, which is way too late.

We'll be waiting a whole year for fall,

and we don't have that kinda time.

We gotta get there in 40 days,

and it's not rocket science, it's the only logical way.

- Am I wrong? -

You know, I'm not an expert on this stuff,

but it kinda sounds like they're both right to me.

Yeah.

Ryusui's cautiously pragmatic

for the sake of our crew,

and Senku's as logical as always

for the sake of the future.

Seems like there's not just one right answer here.