[SENKU chuckles]
[SENKU]
Just hang in there
until our paths cross
again, ya big oaf.
We already had to wait 3,700
years to see each other.
A few more months or
even years is no big deal.
Time is relative, ya know.
But no matter how long it takes,
we will build our
kingdom of science.
[gasps]
[HOMURA]
Explosions?
Move! Now!
[CHROME] We're gonna get
the kingdom of science's
custom-built cell phone
to Taiju and Yuzuriha
even if it kills us!
[MAGMA] Why do we have to sneak
around like this anyway?
[GEN] Because if she spots us,
she'll likely follow us.
[CHROME] And then our whole
top-secret cell phone plan
would be blown to pieces.
Well, if we're so worried about
that scout, Homura, or whatever,
all we gotta do is catch or k*ll
her and our problem's solved.
We don't even know where
she's hiding, Magma!
That is true.
However, right now, with all
the noise they just made,
she'll have to leave her spot
to see what's happening.
After all, they're worried
about our gunpowder supply.
Her job is to keep an eye on us,
so she can't ignore the
assive-may explosions going off.
If Homura's gonna show herself,
it'll be along the line
between that hill and where
the sonic bombs went off.
[gasps]
I saw something just now!
A shadow moving really fast!
[SUIKA gasps]
[SUIKA]
She's already in pursuit.
Well, that's Kohaku.
She's so impressive.
She sees a problem
and off she goes.
[KOHAKU] Senku gave us this
one-in-a-million chance
with his sonic bombs.
I have to catch her,
no matter what!
[HOMURA]
Those craters, from the blasts?
[gasps]
[HOMURA]
Chills.
[HOMURA]
My neck.
[gasps]
[KOHAKU] How can she move
like that? It's crazy!
[HOMURA] Gymnastics. You, born
in this age, wouldn't know.
[KOHAKU] I'm not trying
to k*ll you, okay?
[HOMURA]
Yes, back of your sword.
How long will you chase me?
[KOHAKU]
Until I catch you!
You can't, so give up.
Stop running and come with me!
And why should I?
[HOMURA] She's trying to exhaust
me by making me talk, but...
Kohaku... I can't shake her.
[KOHAKU] Homura...
I can't get any closer.
[BOTH]
She's fast.
[KOHAKU] I'm gonna to have to
herd her toward the village.
[gasps] They're coming this way!
Children and elders,
take shelter!
The rest of us
will surround her!
[BOTH gasp]
[HOMURA]
Senku?
[chuckles]
[SENKU]
Heh. Curious, aren't ya?
Turn your peepers over this way
and take a real good look!
Check out my shocking
science gadget--level two.
It's a Flash Grenade.
[gasps]
So bright!
What is that?!
Long time no see, folks!
Mecha-Senku back again!
And now, I'm gonna teach you all
how to make your
own flash grenades!
First, boil sea water. That'll
make this stuff called bittern.
Then, you gather it up and
zap it with electricity.
And blam! Magnesium acquired!
Shove it in a light bulb
and you're done.
This is what they use
in Print Gocco.
Huh? You've really never
heard of Print Gocco?
Well, your mom and dad might
know, so go ask them!
[GINRO] Senku's as weak
a flea, but look!
[SUIKA]
That was awesome!
Watch where you're
touching me, okay?
Heh. Sorry, but that old
trick's not gonna work on me.
Once we've rebuilt
civilization, though,
I can pretend to be a sweet,
innocent little boy
all you want.
[HOMURA]
Hmph.
[HOMURA] Force him off and run?
I doubt I'm stronger.
[SENKU]
Huh? Ah!
[SUIKA, KASEKI, KOKUYO]
That was a total fail!
He is weak as a flea!
Whoa. It's not about power!
[KINRO] You're right.
It's all about how she moves.
No, she's getting away!
I still can't see anything.
I suppose your top-notch
vision's not helping us now.
[HOMURA]
Kinro. Ginro.
Kohaku. Suika. Kaseki. Jasper.
Kokuyo. Turquoise. Mantle. Argo.
How the heck do you know
what all of our names are?
If her job has been to keep
watch on us this whole time,
it appears that she's taken
that task very seriously.
[HOMURA] But no Chrome,
Magma, or Gen.
Most of the villagers are here,
yet those three are missing.
Something's wrong.
[HOMURA]
Where are they?
[GINRO whimpers]
[HOMURA] Chrome has brains
and Magma has brawn.
Are they mining for ore?
No. They wouldn't need Gen.
What purpose would he serve?
To guide them? But to where?
[HOMURA] They're taking
something to our base.
This was all to distract me.
Must be a critical w*apon
of science. But what?
She must have figured it out.
She knows Chrome and
them are on the move.
[GINRO]
This is bad!
I guess we can't count on
following her scent, huh?
Chrome's team got a head start.
Right now, they're racing toward
the Tsukasa empire's base.
Homura's in hot pursuit.
And when she finds them, she
finds the cell phone. Not good.
If she destroys or she reports
it, we're so done for.
[KASEKI]
Uh!
And that also means
all of our hard work
will have been for nothing!
So we're just gonna
have to catch her.
Homura's chasing after
Chrome and the others
and we're gonna have
to chase after her?
Ah! That sounds tough!
It's time to bust out
our ultimate w*apon.
AKA our surprise science
gadget--level three.
[ALL gasp]
Do you see all those
spots glowing?
[SUIKA] Yeah, they're
like marks of light.
Well, there's no time
to lose, guys.
I hope you're ready for this
because we're about to begin
a fun little race within a race.
[KOHAKU]
So all of these glowing spots
are showing us Homura's path?
[SUIKA] Wait, but how come
we can see them like this?
[SENKU] Heh. You guys need
to pay better attention.
You've seen this twinkle before.
[SUIKA]
Oh! The blue gemstone!
Yep. In powder form.
I get it. You put it on
her arms and legs, huh?
That so?
But even still,
I thought that stuff
only lights up for a little
while right before dawn.
Naturally, yes, but we can make
ultraviolet light
artificially using science.
It's called a "black light."
Nickel, barium.
We needed all those treasures
we found in the cave to make it.
It's basically just a purple
light bulb we made
by mixing them with glass.
This is great! Now we can
follow her with these.
Hey, Senku, you
should know this.
[SENKU]
Huh?
The way she moves is unusual.
Gymnastics. It's a skill that
doesn't exist in this age.
[KOHAKU] I don't think we
can capture her unharmed,
but if we need to,
I could stop using the back
of my sword and behead her.
We could do it all without
spilling a single drop of blood.
Is that an option? To k*ll her?
[SENKU] Kohaku, have you ever
k*lled a person before?
Be honest.
No, of course
I haven't, Senku!
[KOHAKU] That's why... I know
I'll hesitate when it's time.
That is definitely
a weakness of mine,
so I have to acknowledge
it right now.
For me to have the conviction
to go through with it,
I think I'm gonna need
some reassurance from you.
Relax, okay?
Because if everything
goes according to my plan,
you won't even have to
use that awful thing.
[KOHAKU gasps]
[SENKU] Heh. Why do you
think we worked so hard
on that ridiculously huge box?
I promise, it wasn't
just for fun.
We've got the ultimate
w*apon of modern times:
Information warfare.
[BOTH]
Huh?
[MAGMA yells]
[CHROME, GEN]
No, no, no, no no!
[CHROME]
Bad!
[GEN] If those tubes are
broken, we're in trouble.
It looks all right,
but I think we should check it
every now and then
just to make sure.
[ringing]
Is someone there?
Stop! I don't think we
should answer right now!
But why not?
It stopped ringing.
I can only think of one reason
that they'd want to contact us
at this stage of the plan,
and with only one ring...
...Homura must have spotted us,
and we're being followed.
She's from my time,
so if she saw us talking,
she'd realize we're
carrying a cell phone.
The best thing to do
is just keep going
and act like we don't
have a clue about her.
[SENKU] This race is like
two games of tag in one.
There's Chrome's team
carrying the cell phone,
Homura who's chasing them,
and we're all chasing Homura.
Check it, though.
You wanna know what happens
if we use radio waves to
coordinate our movements?
We could turn our little game
of tag into a pincer att*ck!
[SENKU chuckles]
[SENKU]
And that's information warfare.
I'm coming, Hyoga.
[phone ringing]
Bad news. The light spots
end at this river.
Dang, she must've washed
off the tracking powder.
I'll bet she noticed
it this morning.
By the way, Senku,
how come this thing won't
stop ringing like this?
[SENKU] Oh, that? Nothin' to
worry about at the moment.
It's Gen sending us a message.
He's using something
called Morse Code.
We can't use voice, so that
forces us to text each other.
It makes sense if you
think about it that way.
Yeah? Not to me, Senku.
We're not from your
scientific era, ya know.
[SENKU] Gen's reported
locations and Homura's route
have synced up for the
past several kilometers.
So you're telling us that
Homura has caught up to them
and now she's right
on their tail?
Heh. That information's
worth its weight in gold.
'Cause with Homura
directly in front of us,
and with us communicating our
positions via the cell phones,
we can see where every
piece is on the board...
...and pull off the pincer move.
It's not orking-way.
There's no signal anymore.
Hey, Chrome, think you
can put it up a tree?
Sure thing.
[HOMURA]
"Signal"?
[gasps]
[HOMURA] No way!
Not in the stone world!
A communicator?
[HOMURA] I'm a scout.
That means I have to make sure.
I'll destroy it right now.
Might be my only chance.
[gasps]
[HOMURA]
A fake? But how?
[HOMURA]
Gen, his sleight of hand.
[gasps]
[BOTH yell]
[HOMURA]
No. Can't land safely.
This is it. I'm dead.
Goodbye, Hyoga.
Now go!
Ah! You may be crazy
fast and nimble,
but if we know right
where you're gonna be,
and exactly when
you're gonna be there,
then we can still
capture you unharmed.
Hell yeah!
Get excited, you guys.
This is information warfare.
Brought to you by the
kingdom of science.
We made it.
Finally! We're here!
The home base of the
final boss Tsukasa!
Don't yell like that, Chrome!
Tsukasa has a guy with insanely
good hearing in his army.
Sorry about that!
It'd suck to get caught
after coming all this way.
[gasps]
That statue looks bad, guys.
As a matter of fact, all of
them look pretty scary to me.
Something's written
in blood on its face.
I think they're priority numbers
that order when to revive them.
And I'm positive they weren't
there last time I saw these.
The lowest number is .
Which means...
since I've been gone,
ol' Tsukasa has revived
people at the very least.
Awfully, quick, huh?
Seems he's in a hurry.
Even if we can convince
some of his people
to come over to our side,
we may not be able to keep up
with how fast he's making 'em.
Yeah, that is a real oblem-pray.
Huh?
Why don't we just smash
all of these stupid things
and be done with it now?
No, that's way too much work.
All we gotta do is break
off their arms or legs
as we find them and they
won't be able to fight.
[BOTH grunt]
Wow. You're pretty
damn brutal, Magma.
You're kind of an ally now,
so I forgot about that.
I don't recall him
being that big
on showing ercy-may in the past.
Although, logically,
he does make a valid point.
It's probably best to destroy
them while we have the chance.
[laughing]
[MAGMA yells]
Sorry. Let's slow down though.
These statues have done
nothing wrong, you know?
Maybe if we knew they were
major villains or something.
I talk like a strong pragmatist,
but when I have
to make a decision
on whether someone's
going to live or die,
I'm actually quite weak.
It's true.
[GEN]
Tsukasa is an earsome-fay foe
because he doesn't
have those reservations.
That's why we have to stop him.
I don't think that
you're weak, Gen.
Huh?
[CHROME]
We're takin' the high road here.
Trying not to spill any blood.
All we gotta do
is convert people
faster than Tsukasa
can grow his army.
Let's keep going.
'Cause we've got a mission.
We've gotta set up
this cell phone hotline
as soon as we possibly can.
[GEN chuckles]
[CHROME]
Dude, Magma,
you were about to
destroy those statues
without a second thought.
[MAGMA]
So? Why do you care?
It's not like you know them.
[GEN]
Yeah, I'll say this
we're quite uky-lay
you're on our side, big guy.
Where are we?
At a gravesite.
Is it for Tsukasa's guys?
No, sir.
So whose, then?
This grave is for Senku.
You mean Senku's dead?!
Come on, man,
he's obviously still alive.
This is just to keep up the
illusion and throw off Tsukasa.
[SENKU chuckles]
[SENKU] We have them
thinking I'm dead,
so you'd better visit
my grave regularly.
[KOHAKU]
Ha! Our communication spot
is really at your grave, huh?
[SENKU chuckles]
It's the perfect sacred ground.
Considering Tsukasa's men have
no interest in me or my grave.
And if your friends
go there often,
it'll look like they're
paying respects.
[SENKU] It is a place to go
converse with the dead.
This is the birth of
the ghost communicator.
[GEN]
What a illiant-bray plan.
Nothing odd about going to a
gravesite to talk to the dead.
But I will say... it's looking
a little obvious, ya know?
You're gonna draw too much
attention with all that stuff!
Dumb stone's in the way.
Man, that's bad.
[GEN, CHROME scream]
[CHROME] You don't give a damn
about anything, do you, Magma?
[GEN]
Just hurry up and bury it!
Okay. It looks like we
pulled it off, you guys.
You little wimps freak
out way too much.
It's still too early to say.
Didn't I tell you? There's
a guy with azy-cray hearing.
[GEN wheezes]
[GEN screams]
[CHROME]
This is bad!
[UKYO] I know I definitely heard
something right around here.
[SUIKA]
Tsukasa's guys.
If one of them finds the cell
phone first, it's all over.
[SENKU chuckles]
That's why the
mentalist is there.
He'll know the best
way to cover it up.
And I'm not worried at
all about my friends.
They're a tag team
of diligence and guts.
No matter how well it's hidden,
those two will find it.
[ringing]
Ah! It's ringing!
Hang on! What if it's
one of Tsukasa's people?
[SENKU]
Yo.
Senku!
[chuckles]
I missed you guys so much,
I could almost start crying.
Even your ridiculously
loud voice, ya big oaf.
02x02 - Hot Line
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Japanese anime series based on the manga series of the same name, 3,700 years after a mysterious light turns every human on the planet into stone, genius boy Senku Ishigami emerges from his petrification into a "Stone World" and seeks to rebuild human civilization from the ground up.
Japanese anime series based on the manga series of the same name, 3,700 years after a mysterious light turns every human on the planet into stone, genius boy Senku Ishigami emerges from his petrification into a "Stone World" and seeks to rebuild human civilization from the ground up.