02x03 - Call from the Dead

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Dr. Stone". Aired: July 5, 2019 – present.*
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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.
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02x03 - Call from the Dead

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[MAN A]

Oh, yeah!

[gasps]

[SENKU chuckles]

[SENKU]

We have them thinking I'm dead,

so you'd better visit

my grave regularly.

Taiju.

See that? It looks like

someone dug around here.

[TAIJU]

Hm? You're right.

Good eye, Yuzuriha. Way to go.

You think it was Senku?

Maybe he and his team

buried something here for us.

[YUZURIHA]

What do we do?

She's watching us like a hawk,

so we can't just get a

shovel and start digging.

[NIKKI] They come to visit

this grave every day.

Why? Are they talking to

the dead or something?

I got this.

[YUZURIHA]

Huh?

Whoa, it's a--

[phone ringing]

[SENKU]

Yo.

Senku!

[chuckles]

I missed you guys so much,

I could almost start crying.

Even your ridiculously

loud voice, ya big oaf.

[GINRO]

Whoa!

Is this the guy we've

been hearing about?

That's Taiju?

Woo-hoo! It's finally

been connected!

Our cell phone hot line works,

and over such a long distance!

Senku.

[chuckles]

It's been a while, hasn't it?

Hard to believe almost

a year's passed.

Senku, I...

I am... Senku.

[TAIJU]

I am... Senku. I am... Senku.

I am Senku!

No, you're not, 'cause I'm

Senku. Get it together.

[TAIJU wails]

[TAIJU]

Senku!

So the thing's called

a "cell phone"?

And it makes it possible

to talk to someone

who's really far away.

I can't even begin to

understand how it works.

Voices dancing across

the sky. So far.

The science of "radio

waves" is connecting us

all the way to the

enemy's home base.

It's amazing, Father!

[chuckles] Are you done

blubbering yet, you big oaf?

You're killin' me, here.

I'm sorry about that, man.

I'm just so happy.

Hey, Senku.

[SENKU]

Yo, Yuzuriha.

You worked all the way up to

cell phones in just a year, huh?

Heh. I always knew you

were incredible, but wow.

[NIKKI]

Huh...?

What's up? Why are they

wailing and crying so much?

Is it the anniversary

of the guy's death?

I'd love to sit here and

talk about how awesome

my homemade cell phone is,

or just catch up on all the

crazy stuff that's happened

for the next ten billion years,

but I know we're way too short

on time for that kinda crap.

So, I'll get straight

to the point.

Listen carefully.

You gotta get someone over

there to leave the group.

Have 'em come over

to the cell phone.

[BOTH gasp]

[SENKU]

Give 'em whatever bogus reason.

I'll fill in the details later.

Uh. Are you sure you don't

need to rehearse this first?

I'll bet that there's a guard

watching them right now,

so it's probably not

a viable option.

As a matter of fact, Taiju,

it'll be better if you

don't know anything.

Just stay dumb and believe

whatever weird stuff I say.

Are you trying to piss him off?

'Cause I wouldn't

put up with all of that!

[TAIJU] Senku, let me

make sure of one thing.

[SENKU]

Hm?

You swear, your plan,

it's how we can avoid bloodshed?

Yeah. With my way,

nobody's gonna get hurt.

[TAIJU]

All right, works for me, Senku.

If you say it's the best way,

then you don't need to

explain anything else.

[ALL gasp]

Even though they've

been apart for a year,

they still have absolute

trust in one another.

I think I see how they did it.

How Senku and his friends

could survive against Tsukasa.

[SENKU]

We don't have much time left

until Tsukasa's Army

launches a full-on att*ck.

As soon as Gen gets

back to our base,

the mission begins

in full swing.

Have you gotten any

messages from Gen?

Huh? No. At least,

none I know about.

We just noticed the ground

had been dug up,

and then found the receiver.

[gasps]

Oh, dear.

So that means they just

happened to find it

by a stroke of pure luck.

That's not Gen's style.

No. Something must've happened.

Why are we hiding in the bushes

like a bunch of damn

cowards, anyway?

'Cause if we run into the enemy,

I'm just gonna straight-up

m*rder the guy!

We don't even have a clue

where they are, bonehead!

People who just rush

out like that

are always the

first ones to die!

The one stalking us now is Ukyo.

He's got an uper-say sense

of hearing. It's unreal.

So then being in

these bushes is bad.

Bingo.

If we keep scurrying around,

all the rustling

sounds'll tip him off.

Trust me, we'd definitely

get sh*t then.

Actually, the reason we're

here hiding right now

is because he lured

us into them.

He wants us here.

Ah, damn.

Gen's gotta get back to

the kingdom of science,

with or without us.

We need him there to

pull off this whole plan

with the cell phone and take

down the Tsukasa empire.

[MAGMA]

Ah.

If all we gotta do is get

Gen home, I have an idea.

[GEN, CHROME]

Huh?

[MAGMA] First, Chrome, you're

gonna charge right out.

And I'll be right behind you!

Ooh! And what's the next step?

He's sh**t' from up there,

huh? Ha! I've got you now!

Smash!

Ah-ha! Now I see!

Or not! If we do that, I'll die!

Come on!

So you're not willing to die

for the cause, huh, Chrome?

Only worried about yourself,

ya selfish bastard, you!

Seriously?!

Why the hell am I the decoy?

Uh. Decoy.

[CHROME] The spare battery

we were supposed

to give Taiju and Yuzuriha.

There's a "positive"

and "negative," right?

All I need to do is

connect the ends

and it'll make the wire heat

right up, like, crazy bad.

The noise and smoke would

give away our position

if we sat there rubbing

wood to start a fire,

but with science,

we can do it in a flash!

[GEN, MAGMA yell]

[chuckles]

This is bad!

Real bad!

[GEN] He's hiding under the

smoke and screaming his head off

to drown out the sound of me

running through the underbrush.

[laughs]

This is awesome.

A hell of a lot better than

just sneakin' around.

--[MAGMA yelling]

--[CHROME] This is bad!

[CHROME]

Attaboy, Gen!

You've gotta run now,

or we'll be putting our

lives at risk for nothing.

You've got the

ridiculously important job

of talking people

from Tsukasa's army

into joining up with us!

If you don't make it home alive

after all this, I'll k*ll you!

[CHROME]

This is bad!

[YUZURIHA] I already know who we

should try to bring over first.

Hey, there's something

you gotta hear.

[YUZURIHA] If we get our guard

to join up with us,

then with a little persistence

and determination,

we can keep winning

them over, one by one.

[KASEKI]

Woo-hoo!

Look at this, guys!

I made a little swirly

thing outta copper!

[ALL gaps]

That thingy Kaseki made

is making the record

spin so smoothly!

Doing it by hand

messes up the song,

'cause it's hard to keep

up a steady pace.

[SENKU] Even with the record

playing perfectly, though,

it'll never work

without Gen here.

Yuzuriha and Taiju are

gonna bring their target

to the cell phone soon.

If Gen doesn't get back before

that happens, it's game over.

[GEN panting]

All right, my dear Senku,

who's gonna the first person

that I need to seduce?

It's Gen!

I'm so happy you're okay!

[TAIJU]

Your name's Nikki, right?

Just hear me out.

Come over and--

Not happening!

My job is to keep an

eye on the two of you.

To see you don't meet anyone

or do anything that is

remotely suspicious.

I know Tsukasa wouldn't want

me to tell you all of this,

but I don't care.

I assume you're smart enough

to've figured it out, anyway.

Just so we're clear,

we ain't friends!

I have no intention of gettin'

buddy-buddy with you,

so don't even try!

The only thing I'll accept

in response is "Yes, ma'am."

Say any more than that

and you're gonna be

in a world of hurt!

Please just listen!

[YUZURIHA squeals]

Didn't I tell you not to say

anything but "Yes, ma'am"?

[NIKKI]

That didn't hurt him at all.

No. He's just taking it.

I don't care!

I'm willing to let you clobber

me on every third word I say,

but you have to hear us out!

Just listen to my friend!

He's got something big to say.

Hm? What is that?

[phone ringing]

A phone? There's no way!

That's impossible

in the stone world!

Hey! Lillian Weinberg

here sayin' howdy!

[ALL gasp]

Now, I'm not the

smartest guy around,

but I do know who she is!

Do you know her, Nikki?

Do you think I'm that stupid?

Yeah, of course I know her.

Hey! And I'm Sebastian,

her personal assistant.

[TAIJU] Sebastian?

No, that's Senku's voice!

Wait, he said to stay dumb

even if he says a

bunch of weird stuff.

[LILLIAN] Anyhoo, I'm

callin' from the US of A!

[SENKU] Yes, we're in America

at this very moment.

[LILLIAN]

Y'all in Japan should listen

to what I'm fixin'

to tell y'all.

[SENKU] What she's about to

say is extremely important.

[LILLIAN]

The USA is back from the stone.

[SENKU] That's right, America

is up and running again!

[gasps]

Oh, snap! Did you ladies hear

that? Finally, we're saved!

[YUZURIHA]

Wow, is that really their plan?

I think I see where

they're going with this.

I can at least tell that

Senku's trying to play her.

Stop right there.

First of all...

...Lillian was up in space

when everything happened.

Yep.

Soon as I got back to Earth,

I was turned to stone.

But some folks

recently revived me!

[NIKKI yells]

Lillian, please listen.

I finally have a

chance to tell you

just how much you mean to me!

Your songs helped me get through

some rough high school years!

You really saved

my life back then!

[NIKKI] Honestly, I'd do

anything for you. No question.

But if I find out this is

someone pretending

to be Lillian Weinberg...

...I'll k*ll you myself!

[GEN]

This could get ad-bay.

[SENKU]

She's being legit.

We got a super-fan

right off the bat.

You know, I've always

noticed something.

Your luck of the draw like

ridiculously sucks, doesn't it?

I mean, the first person

you revived was Tsukasa,

and that lightning struck

before you were ready.

[NIKKI]

Something's off here.

Your voice doesn't

sound right to me.

If this really is Lillian,

then forgive me...

...but could you answer

some questions?

I have to know

you're the real deal.

Lillian would know

the right answer.

So, how many CDs have

you sold in total?

[YUZURIHA] Ooh, what are

they gonna do now?

There's no way Senku and

Gen would know that!

We've got three options here.

Turin' to stone wiped

my dang memory!

[GEN]

One: Dodge the question.

How many? Ten billion.

[GEN]

Two: Guess.

How rude! That's private!

[GEN]

Three: Snap.

So what should we do, Senku?

Four: Be right.

[gasps]

[SENKU]

Here's a quick Fermi estimate,

a logical approximation.

A seat on the Soyuz spaceship

cost million dollars,

or five billion yen.

Say Lillian has double that

in cash, ten billion yen.

Given singers of her status

make most of their

money from touring,

I can calculate her

royalties in reverse.

At least million copies,

but I don't know how much more.

Yeah, okay, that makes sense.

I can take things

over from there.

We had ourselves a big

" million copies sold"

shindig a while ago,

but most of my sales

don't come from CDs,

so I've plum forgot.

Sorry 'bout that. Should

I wake up my manager?

No need.

[NIKKI]

She's right.

Okay. I've got one

more question.

If you know these numbers,

I'll believe you.

Maybe your luck's

not so bad, Senku!

If it's just hard

numbers she wants,

you can use your Fermi-whatever

technique, can't you?

Your measurements are?

Just give me a rough estimate!

It may be wrong, but if it is,

I can just say I've changed!

[SENKU]

I gotta estimate from memory.

Byakuya's height.

The sizes of the equipment.

I can use that to calculate

her proportions!

Eighty-eight, sixty-five,

eighty-five!

You look a lot skinnier

in your profile pictures.

[SENKU]

How would I know that?!

Ugh, she's a professional.

Of course she shops her

photos for her fans!

Bless your heart. But these

are the honest truth.

'Course, Lillian would

never tell a fan

her real measurements.

'Cause she's a pro.

Even in this stone

world we're in now,

she'd wanna keep the fantasy

alive for all her fans!

I know you aren't the

real Lillian Weinberg!

[GEN]

We're in deep ouble-tray.

Should we risk it

and play the song?

No, if a super-fan heard her

voice after my impression,

it'd be totally obvious

I'm a fraud.

Should I keep talking and try

to smooth things over, or what?

We'll play the record.

The sound quality's better

now with the coil.

Instead of bluffing,

we'll bet on science.

[LILLIAN]

♪ No where to turn... ♪

That's--!

Music?

[gasps]

♪ Someone to find ♪

♪ I know that times are tough,

just down and out ♪

♪ Putting my faith

in tomorrow ♪

♪ No way to know

so I'll just... ♪

[YUZURIHA]

Amazing. How'd he do it?

[LILLIAN]

♪ Each and every road ♪

♪ seems to be calling to me... ♪

[NIKKI]

Yeah, that's real.

At least, the song is, anyway.

I'd never mistake it

for anything else.

It's not something you can fake.

You have any idea how

much I listened to this?

It must've been hundreds

of thousands of times!

♪ Just taking one

small step to hero ♪

♪ I'll take the chance ♪

♪ And when I do... ♪

I know Lillian's really gone

now... and that's the truth.

[LILLIAN]

♪ It's always you ♪

You're right. She is.

But she can live on forever

all because of you.

You bought this piece of her

back to life though the song.

[CROWD cheering]

Got a science question for ya.

Can you use your power

to bring some more of Lillian's

songs back from the dead?

Ah! Yes! You've gotta tell

the girl yes, Senku!

There's no way in hell.

I'm ten billion percent sure

that all recorded media

turned to dust thousands

of years ago.

However, I'll make this

one promise to you, okay?

I will protect this final song

by using the power of science.

I swear on my life.

[NIKKI] You're kind of

an awkward guy, huh?

I could tell right away.

But I believe you wouldn't

lie about science,

so I'll put my faith in that.

Heh. I might even fall for you.

How about you don't do that?

To bring more of Tsukasa's

troops over to our side,

I'll need this record.

Which means I've gotta protect

the thing with my life.

Sounds like you'd give your

life to preserve the song.

[chuckles]

So I'd say we're

on the same team.

That works for me!

You and I have a deal!

Whatever you're plannin' to

do next, consider me on board!

[TAIJU yells]

[YUZURIHA]

Thanks so much, Nikki!

[TAIJU]

We did it!

It took a year, but we've

finally got ourselves

a real ally in the

Tsukasa empire!
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