01x03 - Weapons of Science

[bunniefuu]

[TAIJU]
He was called

"the strongest primate
high-schooler."

Shishio Tsukasa.

[TSUKASA]
As long as we're together,

the two of you will not
be in danger again.

From now on, I'll take
care of all the fighting.

But I have a nagging
feeling that the new guy

may be a little bit too strong.

[TSUKASA]
Heh.

[TSUKASA]
Tell me something, Senku.

Are you planning to bring back

all the greedy,
black-hearted adults

who ruined the world
we came from?

We live in the Stone World now.

A paradise that hasn't
been ruined by greed.

I think we should only revive
the young and pure-hearted,

and make sure that we
keep this world natural

and not owned by anyone.

This is our chance
to purify humanity.

Don't you agree with me, Senku?

[SENKU]
This guy's gonna be trouble.

But if we hadn't woken
him up right then,

we would've been
lion chow for sure.

The situation forced our hand.

Now he tells me he only
wants to save the young.

I doubt do he'll anything rash

until he learns how to make
his own revival potion.

So no matter what,
I have to stay tight-lipped

about the miracle
fluid in the cave.

[TAIJU]
Hey!

Awesome news, you guys!
Check this out! You see?

I got a whole pot full of
miracle fluid from the cave!

And that means we
can use this stuff

to finally bring back Yuzuriha!

[wheezes]

[TAIJU]
Huh?

So what's this "miracle
fluid" you're talking about?

[gasps]

[chuckles]

[SENKU] I won't waste
my breath trying

to explain the
science behind it.

Showing you will be ten
billion times faster.

I hope you realize what
an honor this is.

You're getting to witness
humanity's revival firsthand.

Okay, Yuzuriha.

I promised we'd save you,

and it's happening
for real this time.

[SENKU]
What the hell?

For some reason, we don't
have enough revival fluid

for even one person.

Crap! Did I really
get it too soon?

Just grab some more.

We'll hang back and play
20 questions or something

while you're gone.

But do try and make it quick,
would ya, big oaf?

Of course! Be back
before you know it!

Full steam ahead!

[TAIJU yelps]

[TSUKASA]
I'm the fastest,

so it makes more
sense for me to go.

But I'll need to know
exactly where to find

this "miracle fluid."

[chuckles]

[SENKU] Yep, I knew he couldn't
resist taking the bait.

Once he finds the source
of the miracle fluid

and decides to keep
it for himself,

there's a ten billion
percent chance

he'll stop my plan of
bringing everyone back.

Tsukasa's gone, isn't he?

Yeah. Like a bolt of lightning.

Never seen a guy move so-- Uh!

[SENKU]
Let's make some revival juice!

We'll bring her back A.S.A.P.

Before he has a
chance to return.

[TSUKASA]
Bats.

[TSUKASA] Touching it
turns my finger yellow.

I see. So the miracle
fluid is just nitric acid.

[TAIJU]
What's going on?

You literally just said there
wasn't enough revival fluid!

Do you really believe I would
set out a collection pot

that was the wrong size?

No, you wouldn't!

Then why did you send Tsukasa
out to get some more?

It's a calculated risk.

I wanted him gone
before we revived her.

Even if it meant revealing
the location of the cave.

Why would you want
to get rid of Tsukasa?

He's like totally awesome!

[SENKU] That's why he's
too much to handle.

He wants to remake this
world into a place

where only the strong survive.

And that kind of thinking
doesn't move me one millimeter.

Heh.

But a civilization-building
game gets me excited.

Yeah, okay. No need to explain.

It's cool. I trust you to
make the right decision.

Something happened
while I was gone, huh?

You're right.

Shishio Tsukasa is
an awesome guy.

[SENKU]
Who happens to be a m*rder*r.

[TAIJU] Yuzuriha. Sorry to keep
you waiting, but I'm here.

Just like I said.

I'll help you.

Did you forget that we're
in a hurry, ya big oaf?

[TAIJU yells]

You just dumped it?

We should be more
like, you know!

[TAIJU] Wait, why is
nothing happening?

Don't worry,
Yuzuriha, it's fine!

Is this fine, Senku?

Well, the reaction
isn't instantaneous.

The petrification is
much like cryostasis.

The stone shell acts
as a protective coating

made from trace
metals in the body.

An unknown process caused
them to phase shift,

and they took on
a petrified state.

You lost me, Senku!
It's so complicated!

[SENKU]
Tch. That's my theory at least.

Based on an entire year of
painstaking experiments.

Anyway, my point being.

If just one part is
exposed to the natal

and begins to break down,
it initiates a chain reaction

that ripples across
the organism's body.

And the petrification is undone.

[gasps]

[TAIJU]
It's like this, Yuzuriha.

I've kept this inside
me for five years.

I'm gonna tell Yuzuriha.

I'm gonna survive this,
even if it kills me!

I was able to stay alive
because of you.

Sorry. But I just
couldn't protect you.

[TAIJU]
I've loved you.

For hundreds and
thousands of years.

Yuzuriha! Please
open your eyes.

That you, Taiju?

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to make
you wait 3,700 years.

Forgive me.

[YUZURIHA]
What's going on?

It's like I've been
asleep forever.

But still, I... I feel
like you saved me.

You did, right?

You saved me from something.

Oh, wow. Thank you.

[TAIJU] It wasn't me.
Senku did all the work.

He spent a whole year
working on that revival fluid.

[SENKU] Pardon the intrusion
on your big moment,

but you need to make a
decision before he gets back.

There're only two options,
so choose carefully.

Plan A: The two of you
run away this instant

and find a new place to live.

The farther the better.

Plan B: We join together

and fight to stop
Tsukasa's m*rder spree,

using the weapons
of civilization.

Come on, man!

Obviously, we'll stay
and fight by your side!

I mean really, what kinda
people do you think we are?

[YUZURIHA]
Mh-hm!

I have no clue what's going on,
but I'll help however I can!

[SENKU]
I'm not making any assumptions

or trying to be nice.

It just seems logical to give
you the chance to flee.

Listen, Senku!

If Tsukasa is k*lling
people, we've got no--

[TSUKASA]
So I'm "k*lling people"?

Huh. I'd say that's a
matter of perspective.

[BOTH gasp]

[TSUKASA]
I call it culling them.

For the benefit of
the new world.

[chuckles]

[SENKU]
He's not even trying to hide

his murderous intentions
in front of them.

Which means anyone
who gets in his way...

[gasps]

[TAIJU] Senku, if things go bad,
please take care of Yuzuriha.

I'm gonna stop him!
Right here and now!

[yells]

[SENKU]
You pea-brained idiot!

This guy k*lled a freakin'
lion with his bare hands!

You're ten billion
percent screwed!

[grunts]

[SENKU]
Now I've got no choice

but to bust out
my secret w*apon!

[TAIJU yells]

[SENKU]
By sh**ting at him now,

I can at least break
up their fight!

[gasps]

Nobody has ever taken one
of my kicks full force

and remained standing before.

It's true, but what's
even more interesting

is the feeling I get that
you actually refused

to att*ck me just now.

Why is that?

I don't hit anyone!

You can hit me or kick me or
whatever the hell you wanna do!

But I'm tellin' ya! You gotta
stop breaking those statues!

Because k*lling is wrong!
End of story!

Taiju, let me make sure
I understand you.

You'll let me pummel
you as much as I like

so I stop breaking
those statues.

That's what you're
saying, right?

Yeah! Exactly!

[sighs]

I don't understand.

You aren't making
any kind of deal.

[chuckles]

But if you insist
on getting in my way--

I don't care how many times
you wanna come at me,

I'm not gonna stop
trying to stop you!

[TSUKASA]
That girl you just revived,

what if I told you
I'd k*ll her instead?

[TAIJU gasps]

[YUZURIHA]
I get it now.

This is why Senku was telling
us to run away before.

[YUZURIHA]
Huh? No! Taiju!

Seems it did hurt him. He's
bleeding like a stuck pig.

He'll need a couple of
days to sleep it off.

Yeah. So let's not
fight each other.

You just protect your girlfriend

and quit worrying about
some random statues.

Meanwhile, I will do
what I need to do.

[TSUKASA]
Stay out of my way.

That arrow I sh*t was moving
at over 200 kilometers per hour.

That's crazy.
He just grabbed it.

[SENKU]
Nap time's over! Rise and...

What're you doing?

You said he needed to
sleep for a few days!

Give me a freakin' break!

Is this it?

You're just gonna lose
that easily, ya big oaf?

No way! Not me!

Oh, wow! Are you really okay?

I'm made of stronger
stuff than that!

And I'm still
crazy-full of energy!

Well, thank goodness.

[gasps] We gotta stop him!

Before he can m*rder
anybody else!

Wait, ya big oaf!

I won't give up that easy!

Don't you understand
what just happened?

He showed us we can't
stop him with brute force!

Still, we gotta do somethin'.

[SENKU]
In the Stone World,

there's only one sure-fire
path to defeating a monster.

Advancing civilization,
and crafting weapons of science!

[cracking]

Uh. That seems wasteful.

The heck are you doin', Senku?

Staging a scene, obviously.

This way it'll look like
he freaked us out so badly,

we just took some
food and ran off.

Whaddaya mean by that?
Are we really gonna give up?

No, but it'll look like it.

[chuckles]

If we can make some
weapons of science

before he realizes what
we're really up to,

then victory is ours.

But if he gets wise
to us? Game over.

The race is on, you guys.

We're gonna hunt for
materials to make weapons.

Starting at Hakone!

Just think of it as a big,
80-kilometer adventure!

[TAIJU]
That's like two full marathons.

We can knock it
out in five hours.

[SENKU] Maybe a freak
of nature like you can.

[YUZURIHA] The cherry blossoms
seem different somehow.

Because the ones we're used to,

called Prunus yedoensis,
aren't self-pollinating.

And that means?

[SENKU] They must've gone
extinct right off the bat.

[TAIJU gasps]

[SENKU groans]

Man, what an amazing view!

It's perfect.

Uh. What's that thing? A scope?

[SENKU]
A sextant.

It's been 35,970 seconds
since sunrise.

You just spit that number
out like it was no big deal.

Well, while he was a statue,

he counted for hundreds
of billions of seconds.

So he's pretty
good at it by now.

A sextant is supposed
to tell you

your exact location
based on the time.

Unfortunately, this one
seems to be total garbage.

[sighs]

[SENKU] But without GPS,
this is all we've got.

I'm guessing we're
around Kamakura,

but I'd love to know
our true coordinates.

Huh.

Think there're still
any buildings

we can use as landmarks?

They've all crumbled
after this long.

There's nothing left.

Hey, is something the matter?

[YUZURIHA]
Isn't that--?

[YUZURIHA] It looks like
there's some kind of clearing

in the trees up ahead!

Kamakura's landmark's
still standing.

[laughs]

Our location

is 35 degrees, 19 minutes north
by 139 degrees, 32 minutes east.

Look, you see?

Hey! What's wrong, Yuzuriha?!

Did someone make
you cry?! Was it me?!

[YUZURIHA]
I'm not crying!

I mean, I am, but it's
not that kind of crying,

'cause it's not
anybody's fault, okay?

It's just... this is a
lot for me to handle.

I haven't been up
for a full day,

and none of this
feels real to me yet.

But seeing the Great Buddha
of Kamakura like this

makes me realize that
we really are in Japan,

and thousands of years
have passed by without us.

I thought about my mom,
and my dad, and everyone else.

And I just...

C'mon, there's nothin'
to worry about.

We're gonna b*at Tsukasa
before too long,

then saving humanity is
right around the corner.

Senku's right, ya know!

Thank the Great Buddha here
for showing us the way!

He's still standing strong
after thousands of years,

just like a god!

Hm? Or like a buddha.

Well, anyway, it's
a true inspiration!

[laughing]

Well, yeah. The statue's
made outta bronze.

The chemical compound's
resistant to corrosion.

Look, though!

There's no trees or
plants or anything

growing around the Buddha!

Kinda like he wanted us to find
him so he made it super easy!

Well, yeah. It's leaking
copper ions like crazy.

And those are toxic to
most kinds of vegetation.

That gives me an idea, though!

We'll use bronze
to make mirrors.

Time to give my crappy
sextant an upgrade!

I just need some of this, so...

No, stop! Ah!
That is like, so wrong!

Don't hurt the Great Buddha!

[SENKU]
You're too superstitious!

He'd want us to survive anyway!
I believe in science!

We need the resources, you
dumb ox! Don't you wanna live?

[SENKU]
What the hell are you doing?

Guarding us against predators.

And Tsukasa might
come after us, too.

Sorry, man, but if the lion
k*ller finds us, we're screwed.

So stressing about
him is illogical.

[TAIJU]
Hm?

Seriously?

Just go to sleep.

You need rest to do
your job, ya big oaf.

[TAIJU yelling]

[SENKU chuckles]

Looks like our big
water buffalo

is actually struggling
a little bit.

Don't worry about
me! I got this!

There's still plenty of
juice left in the ol' t*nk!

We'll be just fine. Uh.

Hey, Yuzuriha, your toe is
still kinda rocky-lookin'.

Yeah, I know. Not gonna
lie, it's not great.

But I don't want you
to worry about me.

But I am worried, tho--

[YUZURIHA]
That's cold!

Feels like the pain is
finally starting to go away.

[TAIJU]
Whoa!

Does the revival fluid have
some kinda healing power, too?

Though that would be amazing,
it's just cracks filling in.

Another part of the
de-petrification process.

I mean, we're still alive, even
with these cracks in our faces.

Yeah, that's true.

So let's keep going, shall we?

Soon we can soak in some
real rejuvenation fluid.

I just remembered something
that's in Hakone!

[TAIJU gasps]

[TSUKASA]
The room's been torn up,

and there's all
these footprints.

Seems like they
panicked and ran away.

Yeah. That's exactly what
they want me to believe.

I'm no fool.

I know Senku's not the kind
of man to turn tail and run.

[TSUKASA]
But why would he lie about Taiju

being down for the count, and
then secretly head west?

[TSUKASA]
It's obvious.

Senku's planning on using
his knowledge of science

to make weapons to fight me.

But where'd they go?

Ah! We made it
to the goal, guys!

Hot springs here we come!

Wow. And the view of
Mount Fuji is incredible!

It's great, yeah.

But you two better not
forget the real reason

that we traveled all this way.

So what's this
"w*apon of science"?

[chuckles]

Oh, just one of the greatest
inventions in human history.

[TAIJU]
Smartphones?

You do love your
smartphones. Wrong.

The g*n. We're gonna
make some gunpowder.

[SENKU] The stone age was
two million years ago.

Gunpowder was invented fairly
recently, in comparison.

About 700 A.D.

Basically, we're gonna warp
ahead 1,998,700 years.

A giant leap in civilization.

Time to get excited, you guys.

[gasps]

[TSUKASA]
Hakone.

If they make gunpowder,
I don't stand a chance.

Senku can do it.

So I have to stop him
before that happens.

[SENKU] Lucky for us,
Japan is full of volcanoes.

Go to any hot spring and
there's a plethora of sulfur

just waiting to be taken.

And that's the main
component of gunpowder.

[chuckles]

We're about to create our
ultimate w*apon against Tsukasa.

Some black powder should
do the trick just fine.