Dr. STONE (Dr.STONE)

That's the guy Tsukasa-san's been looking for all this time.

What? Really?

Who is this guy?

Hello, Hyoga.

You're 3,700 years in the future.

This is a new world, where your skills can truly shine.

I was wondering what kind of badass he was going to revive,

but this guy's just a little twig!

Is he really gonna be of any use?

You'll understand if you fight him.

Care for a spar?

You sure? He might end up dead.

I feel kinda bad for the guy.

He just woke up, after all!

I don't mind.

If I can use my favored weapon, I'll take on ten men by myself.

Too late to back out now!

Well, that's certainly impressive.

I apologize. There weren't enough men for a warm-up spar after your rest.

It's not a question of numbers.

The only proper fighter here...

in other words, the one I wouldn't want to fight,

is you, the strongest primate, Shishio Tsukasa-kun.

Let me show you around our new world.

You see, Hyoga, nature is generous with its bounty.

We lack nothing.

The world was like that for ages, long before people began to live on it.

It didn't belong to anyone.

But the moment you and I were born, the old world told us:

"This world, down to its last square centimeter,

belongs to some rich old fool."

That's right.

I worked myself ragged day in and day out,

then had to give up more than half of it for rent and whatnot.

That's more or less slavery, looking back on it now.

The privileged exploit the impoverished young, feeding on them.

That was the old world, where people fought and stole from each other.

I'm a lot happier now.

Although part of that comes from being a fan

of the strongest primate, Tsuka-san.

Hey, we caught a big one!

We're back, Tsukasa-san.

Excellent work.

We managed to find a boar this time. Brought it down, too!

Well, Tsukasa-chan was already charismatic in the old world...

Thank you both.

Take someone strong, handsome, and soft-spoken,

give him a half-decent argument,

and it'll be tough to talk anyone into turning on him.

Now, Hyoga, would you have called the society of 3,700 years ago a utopia?

Not at all.

Suppose the privileged class of the old world was revived now,

and they obtained the weapons of science that make killing so easy.

What do you think would happen?

I imagine they'd try to use those weapons to recreate

the pyramid of wealth they stood upon.

No one who has sampled that sweet nectar could ever abandon it.

Regardless, this world has been reset

and is in no condition to support seven billion lives.

There must be a culling.

The two most dangerous fighters, and they're in total agreement...

Then a new world must be built by the young.

There's no need to recreate the old one.

There was a... I'm not sure I can call him a friend,

but a man named Senku who had a superhuman grasp of science,

and he sought to revive the old world.

So...

I killed him with my own hands.

With no Senku, there will be no science.

The corrupt human race will be purified and march on to a new world.

To accomplish that...

I'll stain my hands as much as necessary.

To Modernity

Th-They even cut through Hyoga-san's spear!

Damn it, it's useless! Run for it!

We did it!

Remarkable athleticism, coordinated teamwork,

and dirty betrayal...

And the scientific knowledge to create guns and Japanese katanas.

You people truly seem to know the proper way to do things.

It would have been even more proper if you had realized

that all of this was a distraction.

So that's what they were after...

Crap! A fire!

Run!

Head for the bridge! Hurry!

Jasper! Turquoise!

I don't need protection! Save the children!

Right!

The bridge...

Who is that?

A hindrance.

Get everyone to safety!

Another one?

Say hello to my right hand, Homura-kun.

She can properly handle herself, unlike these men and their melted brains.

What are those moves?

This is not good.

Once a fire starts,

the wind from the mountain will become a wind of death,

carrying the flames far and wide!

Everyone!

This way!

Forget about the houses! Do you people want to die?!

Get out of here right now!

We can't go that way, either! The bridge is burned out!

We have to get to the science shed!

Nice work, Homura.

I couldn't leave after being humiliated like that.

Your humiliation means nothing.

We set those fires to force the villagers out into the open.

That should be obvious, even to your melted brain.

We're dealing with people so naive that they wouldn't even abandon a village guard.

Why does that matter?

I get it!

We grab one of the kids that we smoked out

and use 'em as a hostage! Then we win!

Of course! That makes sense!

There's no guarantee they'll attack head-on.

Keep your senses spread out in every direction!

Can we really protect a group this big?!

Shelter the children in the science shed! It's our only hope!

O-Okay!

Get the water!

This way, hurry!

Start dousing, quick!

Hurry up!

It's burning up!

All those minerals Chrome spent years gathering,

and the lab we spent months building!

If it gets wrecked, we'll...

I'm going to protect the kingdom of science!

Look!

Some dumb kid who didn't get away in time!

After her! She'll be our hostage!

So devoted that she'd act as a diversion to help the others?

I certainly appreciate her naïveté.

We only need one captive to win,

and this will be far easier than attacking the home base of those soldiers of science.

Gotta hide and run in turns to lure them away from the kingdom of science.

I'll run upwind, toward the mountain,

so they can't smoke me out with more fire!

There she is! That way!

Suika did what?!

I-I tried to stop her!

She was heading up the mountain to the hot springs!

Hey, this is the hot spring area that I draw hot water from all the time.

It gets dangerous up ahead.

The poison gases that form here,

hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide, are heavier than air.

There's a strong wind coming down the mountain...

Something about this wind...

It's not exactly giving me a good feeling.

Give it up already!

Let's break one of her legs when we catch her!