Now, then, Why-Man, I want to negotiate with you, one-on-one.
What is this?
Senku!
Why-Man does all their communications through radio waves.
Their surfaces are made to absorb radio waves.
Which means the inside of the dome is completely cut off from the outside world.
So y'all just float around like it's nothing, huh?
I have no idea how you're doing it.
This is affirmative.
For example, we can scan your form.
Thusly, we can reproduce your image.
You don't give a damn about gravity, do you?
In that case...
What are you going for, Senku-chan?
Give us your bodies,
and we might have a shot at doing something incredible.
Give you our bodies?
The whole universe is going to be exhilarated by this.
Ushers of an Exhilarating Future
I have no idea what's going on.
What are they talking about in there?
You know, he's been in there for a while.
We might need to prepare for the worst-case scenario.
For example...
Senku's already petrified inside.
Your kind's intellect is lacking.
Attempts to replicate us are futile.
We will abandon you and seek another planet.
You will be granted petrification.
Evasion is discouraged.
Perfect line of fire.
Many of our kind will perish.
I don't care to fire.
Not if you back off.
I don't know what Senku said to you,
but we need to keep you at the negotiating table.
That's the only thing we can do.
You guys are parasites.
You aren't dumb enough to go to war with your hosts, are you?
Never mind that. Let's get back to business.
If you'll stay here and work with us...
Between humanity and Why-Man,
we might be able to craft some crazy shit.
The probability of this succeeding, approximately, is zero percent.
Yeah.
Nearly zero, sure, but not zero.
You've seen us.
A bunch of shiny apes started off in this barren Stone World,
and in just ten years...
we made it to the moon!
Your request is impracticable.
We will abandon your kind. Another planet will be sought.
A more intellectual lifeform is required.
However, this individual's continued presence is offered.
This body may be destroyed.
I may be terminated.
The "crazy shit" you propose we craft, potentially, is exhilarating.
The near-zero probability of success is acknowledged.
Nonetheless, I wish to bet on you.
Is this acceptable?
Yeah.
Why-Man gave up parasitizing us
and vanished into the distance.
They'll never hit us with their petrification beam.
And our trophy is this one piece of future science.
We did it!
I see.
You can stay conscious and active as long as you're in a vacuum capsule.
Yes. This is known to be true.
You lot called yourselves "machine parasites."
Who made you in the first place, anyway?
Where did you come from?
This is unknown.
Is it known to your kind who created you or where you came from?
You make a charming point.
Yeah. It's mighty strange, now that you mention it.
What exactly is life, anyway?
The purpose of life is to live.
Why, then, do you detest petrification?
You detest it despite endless life?
Why?
Because it isn't exhilarating.
Nothing fun happens while you're petrified.
Am I right?
I fell asleep right away.
This is perplexing.
For any lifeform, this assessment is injurious.
Why?
You say that,
but you left the Why-Mans behind to join us because it's exhilarating, no?
We don't care if it's advantageous or not.
We go up to the unknown, ask, "Why?" and get exhilarated like crazy.
There's a ten billion percent chance you end up with weirdo eccentrics
who go on advancing science little by little.
That's how it's been for a thousand years.
And for the thousand years ahead.
A Few Years Later
Welcome home.
Here's what you asked for.
I've gotten so much more used to this outfit now, for real.
Anyway, jeez!
I haven't been in Japan in forever.
I'm a mentalist, not a foreign diplomat.
Your skills are highly valuable for negotiations and discussions,
and for bringing the new world together.
It's not just you, Gen.
Ryusui-sama officially founded the Ryusui Conglomerate.
He's now collaborating on projects to rebuild the world.
And I bet he's hogging all the rights to those projects.
Of course!
I want everything in this world!
Tsukasa-sama is traveling the world, responding to calls for help.
Concerns about public safety
have been on the rise with the surge in people being revived.
But Tsukasa just has to wave his hand,
and for some reason, all the bad people just run away.
That's our almighty martial artist!
Ukyo-sama has been occupied working as an executive
in the reconstruction government.
As for the others...
Hold it right there!
Stop, or I'll shoot!
You lousy shot! You're going to get me killed!
Shut up!
Hey there, cuties.
Come with me.
Ginro! Are you slacking off again?!
Yuzuriha-chan and Taiju-chan started a fashion company together, right?
They're also joined by Mirai-sama and Ruri-sama.
Taiju's in charge of heavy lifting and moral support.
And as for the Kingdom of Science's esteemed science team?
Of course, we're still working on our science crafts every day.
Everyone's keeping busy, huh?
Though this is one thing we can't afford to miss.
Taiju-chan's and Yuzuriha-chan's wedding!
It's the second day of your wedding?!
They wanted to make it easier for everyone to come, since we're all busy.
It's a celebration! There's no reason not to do it more!
The science team's been mighty busy.
Senku had everyone leave after the first day.
Yeah, that's normal, though.
Weddings only last one day.
Happy day.
You sure are adorable.
Come with me.
Guys! Long time no see!
Here!
Here.
Given the occasion...
Rather, especially because of the occasion, it's a good time to ask.
What exactly is going on between you and Chrome, Ruri-nee?
W-Well, I'm a collected girl, you see.
It's not like I'm curious about how I can seduce a scientist or anything.
Miss Luna...
Well, see...
Hey, Ruri.
Once we're done with the crazy science craft we're working on,
we should get married, too.
Wha?!
Okay.
That isn't helpful information at all!
Miss Luna!
Crazy science craft?
Every time science makes great strides, the rules of the world change anew.
Hyoga, Xeno, and I went so far as to bloody our hands to stop those
who sought to rule the old world.
But perhaps we've arrived in a future where that isn't even possible.
Either way, we're going to be judged by this new world's judicial system
once it's established.
Depending on how the science team's craft goes, even that might be...
The science team's busting their butts! I gotta at least bring them today's cake!
The newlyweds themselves making the delivery?
Traditions be damned!
Senku-chan!
Who are you?!
Scientists from around the world have gathered here
to study the petrification device.
It wasn't him at all.
Matter has mass because it exists inside a pool called the Higgs field.
And the petrification device changes the pressure of the water in the pool.
Make your mass—that is, your weight—zero, and you can fly.
And when you increase the mass of particles inside a living creature,
they become petrified.
Er, right.
Even Senku-chan's intense commentary was easy to follow compared to this.
Did you destroy the Medu— the Why-Man-chan
we brought back from the moon to study?
No way.
That's one of the countless broken ones that've been lying around.
The precious living specimen is up ahead.
In Dr. Senku's team's special project room.
Is that the crazy science craft Chrome-chan mentioned?
Listen up, Senku!
I'm getting married to Yuzuriha today!
You made that declaration yesterday, too.
Oh?
Well, that sure is fascinating.
I'll cheer for you until my throat dries up,
from inside this lab.
Wait, didn't we have this exchange before?
Did we?
Have some cake, science team.
Woohoo!
Is this impressive-looking device the crazy science craft?
That's right.
You wouldn't believe what we're making!
Looks badass, doesn't it?
We like to make sure the form fits the function.
This is what a craftsman lives for!
A return to the past is planned.
For the many of our kind who perished,
by preventing our attack on Earth, death is evitable.
The past?
You don't mean...
No way!
We're making a time machine.
That would have been unthinkable in the 21st century.
But if...
If that's really possible...
Maybe you could send a petrification beam into the past
and petrify people before they become victims.
We might be able to save them.
We might really save all seven billion humans.
If we can at least send back information,
we could deploy an AI to save humanity.
There are all sorts of ways we might go about it.
Very elegant indeed.
People have always desired science of all sorts.
Each time, it was mocked as impossible, and then it was made possible.
Am I right?
Why-Man
Higgs Field Controller
Niobium
Supercomputer
Helium
Super- conductor
Particle Beam
Superconducting Magnet
Particle Accelerator
Ion Getter Pump
Titanium
High-speed Cyclotron Motor
Semiconductors
Resin
Photosensitizer
Crystals
Silicon Wafers
Capacitors
Cockcroft- Walton Generator
Super High-power Power Supply
Nickel
Steel
Cobalt
Aluminum
Maraging Steel
Pilot pod
Ultra-high Vacuum Device
Time Machine
Senku-chan might...
No, this team might get it done.
They might really build a time machine.
They'll get there, step by step.
Even if it takes decades, centuries, or millennia, they'll get it done.
Yeah.
We'll use science to traverse time itself and dig up new rules of the universe.
This is exhilarating!
Translation: Rei Miyasaka Timing: Andy Ellis Editing: Zachary Carlysle Quality Control: William Haggard Translation Check: Becky Cottrill
Ishigami Senku.
The scientist who rebuilt civilization from scratch in the Stone World.
In the newly rebuilt world, the people called him
Dr. Stone.
Thank you for all the love!! Boichi
Thank you for the freaking awesome anime!! Inagaki Riichiro
This is a work of fiction, but the plants, animals, and production methods described are based on reality. Foraging and making things on your own accord is extremely dangerous and, in some cases, illegal. Please do not imitate without expertise.