Funny / Dr. STONE

Downward force @ 25 ^km∕_h + lever = Upward force @ 125 ^km∕_h into groin. SCIENCE!

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Prologue, & Ishigami Village Sagas

• Chapter 5: When Tsukasa first declares his plans to break all the adult statues he can find, Senku thinks to himself he can't let him know about the revival formula... and there comes Taiju. The anime lets us hear the amazingly inhuman noise Senku emits when his friend spills the beans.
  Taiju: We have a full pot of miracle fluid from the cave! We can finally revive Yuzuriha!
  Senku: UUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhh-ughhh...
• Senku manages to terrify Kinrou and Ginrou with bubbles. No, really.
• Chrome's first "sorcery" technique is Rainbow Bridge, which is really just him throwing minerals into fire to make it change colors. While Chrome manages to amaze Kohaku, Ginro, and Kinro with it, Senku, knowing the science behind it, explains what he did right down to the minerals he used to make the fire change color. Chrome is left utterly baffled at how Senku figured out his sorcery and believes Senku can read minds.
• Chrome's second technique is using a ball of sulfur to generate static electricity. Senku uses his Kingdom of Science flag on it and ends up with even more Anime Hair than usual before using the static he made to electrocute Chrome.
• Chrome admits that Senku might have him beat in the realm of "sorcery" (just plain chemistry), but if he wants access to Chrome's cache of minerals, he'll need to beat Chrome in the field that he's never lost in - ARITHMETIC. Senku wins offscreen between panels.
  • We later get to see said Arithmetic Battle as The Stinger for Chapter 22. It's just as one-sided as you'd expect.
  • In the anime, Chrome is simply buried underneath a bunch of math formulas that fall from the sky, implying that Senku gave him a Curb-Stomp Battle there as well.
  • The terms of the third "sorcery battle" are as follows: if Chrome wins, Senku must bow to Chrome and leave the village forever, if Senku wins, Chrome will give both his collection and his service to Senku.
    Narration: Shed of Science and Chrome acquired!
• When Chrome references Momotarō, Senku asks how he knows about it. They say it's a story they've told, and their interpretation of the tale is very very different. In that Momotaro looks like Kenshiro and instead of a dog, a monkey, and a pheasant, this Momtotaro is joined by a lion, a bear, a gorilla, and a crocodile.
• Chapter 22:
  • Upon making use of foxtail millet to make flour, and thereby ramen, Senku thinks to himself that it's been thousands of years since he last had a proper bowl of ramen. And then immediately realizes upon eating it that this is not a proper bowl of ramen; the millet flour created noodles that are entirely the wrong texture and flavor, and he nearly spits it back out. And this is while Suika, Chrome, and Kohaku are reacting to theirs like it's the food of the gods.
  • Senku delivers the ramen to the village with a ramen cart, and he has Suika announcing it with a shell flute.
    Senku: With the raw power of ramen on my side, soon I'll have complete control over this village!
    Kohaku: You look and sound like a bad guy right now.
• The Arithmetic battle, played out like a fighting game, with math problems as attacks:
  • First, Chrome sends out 8 times 8, which Senku and Kohaku easily block with the correct answer: 64, much to Chrome's shock.
  • Then he sends out 83 times 87, which Kohaku is unable to answer, while Senku simply blows the answer: 7221, to counter, to Chrome's greater shock, then Senku explains the rule behind how he figured it out easily.
  • In the aftermath, of the Arithmetic battle, Kohaku gives a measure of her battle power compared to the guys- Kohaku: 1000, Kinro: 500, Ginro: 100, Chrome: 5, Senku: 3.
    • Chrome isn't happy with his, saying that Kohaku is underestimating him too much, while Senku agrees with his, if it doesn't count science that is.
  • Kinro also believes that the numbers are off, so Kohaku suggests a match between her and Kinro, Ginro, Chrome, and Senku. Chrome protests as he knows they can't win against her.
    • Ginro on the other hand, believes that they should try it while making a face that clearly suggests he's got impure thoughts in his mind.
    • The end result, a Curb-Stomp Battle and Winner: Kohaku. Chrome lampshades that he knew it would be like this and Senku states that 500+100+5+3 (608) is way smaller than 1000.
• Chapter 23: When Senku is serving ramen, Ruby becomes impressed with him and asks what type of girl he likes. Senku responds "A girl who can pump a ton of oxygen into my furnace".
• Chapter 25: Kohaku says that they might've failed to create magnets and Senku, worried, turns around and sees that the problem is that the magnets are being held by the same polarities. Kohaku then states that there must be some force forcing them apart. Senku, unamused, tells her to switch one of their poles. Then when Senku sets the poles correctly, the attraction is so strong that Senku is seemingly lifted off the ground.
• Senku yanks off Suika's mask with no warning, revealing her extremely adorable face. Kohaku immediately falls into Cuteness Proximity... and just as quickly backs out of it when Suika's face shrivels like a raisin due to eye strain.
• Kaseki's introduction: tied up by Chrome and led to Senku and the others. It makes one wonder how Chrome managed to pull it off when Kaseki shows off his muscles by tearing his way out of the ropes.
  • Speaking of that, the anime makes Senku and Chrome's reactions to this even funnier. First, we get an "Eh?" from both, and then Chrome begins to scream in shock. Senku, meanwhile, just deadpans he wasn't expecting this. Aaron's delivery in the dub just sells it!
    Senku: [totally deadpan] He's jacked. Who'd have guessed.
  • The technique they use to rile him up first deserves mention: they simply try (and fail) to create glassware in front of him, basically weaponizing every skilled craftsman's urge to correct sloppy work.
• After obtaining sulfuric acid, Senku and co. are able to knock out hydrochloric acid, chlorosulfuric acid, and sodium hydroxide. And each time, Senku explains what they do with an increasingly demonic-looking face, resulting in a very freaked-out Suika.
  • After explaining the sodium hydroxide can be used to dissolve bodies, he gives a Don't Try This at Home telling good boys and girls not to do so. Chrome then points out that good boys and girls wouldn't need to dissolve bodies in the first place.
  • Since the substances will be used to create a medicine for her ill sister, Kohaku responds to Senku's increasingly wicked applications with a Nightmare Face that stops him and Chrome cold. She doesn't take it any better upon seeing the next ingredient: ammonia, which comes from urine.
• Ginro tries a primitive method of doping by stuffing his cheeks with the raw materials of a performance-enhancing juice that Senku made. Not only does he look ridiculous, the delusions he experiences are priceless.
  Kinro: He really believes he's gotten stronger, just because he ate all those herbs?!
  Senku: It's his first taste of caffeine; so the guy's wired out of his mind. His delusions make him fearless, but it seems to be working out alright.
• Chapter 40: Senku wins the title of the village chief and marries Ruri on the spot, no ceremony or anything. Then three pages later, divorces her on the spot, with just as little ceremony, leaving the whole village dumbfounded.
  • After Senku divorces his daughter and runs off with the wine^note He needed the alcohol to help develop the sulfa drugs to cure Ruri, Kokuyo freaks out so hard his eyes are looking in different directions.
    Kokuyo: THIS IS BULLSHIT!
• To help Byakuya train for the clothed swimming exam (one of the tests required to become an astronaut), Senku builds an electrode-riden suit to help him train the right muscle groups. He then pushes Byakuya right into a pool, where it becomes painfully clear that Senku's got some bugs to work out.
  • The crazy thing is that while the suit itself was completely useless, the fact that Senku put so much effort into helping him gave Byakuya the drive to train harder, leading to him passing the exam.
• Lillian's introduction. She loudly complains about the narrow passageways on the ISS, and goes full diva, demanding everybody's full respect and attention... and then Byakuya bursts out laughing, revealing the whole thing was a prank she thought up. Then Shamil notes that they had practiced on the way.
• Byakuya plays with his food. In Zero-G.

Stone Wars Saga

• Chapter 51:
  • Chrome and Kaseki, overeager to know how a cell phone works, gets all over Senku's face, much to his discomfort.
  • Senku discusses his plan to make the metal fibers needed to make cell phones. For which he'll need... A COTTON CANDY MACHINE!!!
    Gen: I feel like the IQ of this conversation just dropped a thousand points.
    • And just as quickly it is explained: they need a centrifuge to spin molten metal into fibers, and a cotton candy machine is a centrifuge that spins molten sugar into fibers. So before running it with a precious metal like gold, Senku want to test the centrifuge with the much cheaper sugar first to iron out bugs.
  • The villagers' reactions to tasting cotton candy for the first time. Even the stern-faced Kokuyo and Magma are quick to fall in love with the sweet taste.
• Chapter 56:
  • Senku explaining that the worst scenario after they escaped from a hole during their mining expedition wasn’t dying in the hole with Magma. It was being stuck in the water for so long that they’d have to hug each other for warmth. Magma and Chrome both agree with Senku, even vomiting at the thought of Senku and Magma hugging each other.
  • After Senku, Chrome, and Magma successfully find a critical ore deposit for making tungsten in a cave, Chrome drops a cliched line about their friendship is the real treasure that would normally be taken seriously in a shonen. Senku and Magma can only look at him in mutual disgust for what he's just said. Even Chrome regretted saying it the moment the words came out of his mouth.
• Chapter 57:
  • When the mining team bring back tungsten ore, Kokuyo believes that with their heavy weight, they would make excellent throwing stones. Ruri is quick to correct him and Kohaku states that it's because he's from an older generation.
  • As Senku explains about the tungsten inside the ores, Kohaku asks how they're gonna get it out and as Senku explains that it's quite difficult, Magma and Mantle take the ores and starts smashing them much to Chrome, Kohaku, and Suika's shock. Senku then awkwardly says it's fine because they need to smash them eventually, and Magma brags that he was right.
  • As Kohaku and Magma work the pump to melt iron, Chrome cheers at them, referring to them as "Gorilla Team", which Kohaku doesn't appreciate and in the next panel, Chrome has four bumps on his head and Kohaku is in the background with an angry look and a clenched fist
• Chapter 58: Gen once again being forced into labor, first by Kaseki, and then, being forced to make manganese batteries, 800 of them.
  • The anime makes the battery making scene funnier by adding a really catchy beatbox beat and song. It really comes out of nowhere.
• Chapter 59:
  • When the phone has been completed by Senku and company, Ruri is amazed that now they can send their voice over long distances. Then Kohaku points out there's nothing on the other side that can catch it to hear it. After a few Oh, Crap! faces, Senku cheerfully states that they need to make another one, leading to a mass Face Fault. Gen theorizes that Senku left that part out on purpose.
  • When testing out the phone, Ginro convinces Chrome to confess his true feelings to Ruri - and he does by screaming SCIENCE IS GREAT. Even Ruri is disappointed.
  • After discovering the hidden time capsule inside Byakuya's gravestone, Senku mentions that they'll need to break it open, and Magma immediately attempts to smash it, only being stopped by Senku.
• Chapter 60:
  • When the glass record is unearthed, Ruri imagines an image of Byakuya looking cool, thinking about how he created the record. Senku then interjects, stating that it was probably the other astronauts that made it. This causes the Byakuya image to lose his cool.
  • When getting the idea to create the record from the bottom of a glass bottle, Connie asks if Byakuya decided glass because glass is sturdier than plastic. Byakuya admits that he chose the glass because it was round. Shamil asks if he's serious.
  • When Byakuya's voice comes through the record player, everyone is in awe shouting, causing Senku to complain that he can't hear.
  • Then, Byakuya greets Senku like in a parent-child reunion… then says that he's kidding and points out how the sentimental stuff isn't Senku's thing. Senku says that Byakuya gets him and Kohaku calls him out for being so cold to his dad. Kokuyo, with tears in his eyes, says that Kohaku is like that the most.
• Chapter 61: Chrome eavesdrops on Senku and Gen's conversation on their plan to turn members of Tsukasa's army to their side, but he fails to understand what they're talking about. So, when Senku decides to end the conversation, Chrome ends up busting his head through the floor saying that he didn't get a single thing, knocking Senku and Gen off their feet.
• Chapter 62: Senku manages to pin Homura down!… until she tries to escape and finds it exceedingly easy to slip out. And right after the villagers thought that even with Senku's pitiful strength, he would at least be able to hold Homura down.
• Chapter 67: After Chrome is taken captive by the Tsukasa Empire, Kohaku attempts to go save him. The villagers attempt to stop her but she is too fast for them, but Senku manages to get her to stop. How? He reroutes the telephone into a megaphone and calls her a lioness, which gets her to stop and shout that she's not a lioness.
• Chapter 68: Senku says that Tsukasa's army will probably see Chrome as just a harmless primitive, so he should be fine as long as he doesn't shoot his mouth off. Kohaku then asks, "This is Chrome we're talking about, right?" She even repeats it for emphasis before everyone else gets a Mass "Oh, Crap!" expression, and Senku realizes they need to speed up their timetable.
• Some of the faces Senku makes in chapter 78, and others' reactions to them. The first being when he's gloating over having taken control of the nitric acid cave, which has even his own allies calling him a scumbag. The second when he's planning to use dynamite to blow through the bedrock so they can unearth some statues.
  Senku: On the off-chance, a stone statue gets blown up, we'll just stick it back together again!!
  Yuzuriha: Ummm, just who will be doing that hellish work again, Senku?
• Chapter 82:
  • After a shattered manga artist is reassembled and revived, he panics and asks how long he was asleep, and Kaseki replies thousands of years. The manga artist panics more and shouts he missed his deadline.
  • After running away to avoid responsibility for Chrome's escape, Yo returns to the base a few days later to find that through Senku's leadership, the base's facilities have improved immensely. So he makes his grand return claiming to have had amnesia, which EVERYONE sees through immediately. Yuzuriha still vouches for him, since she's always looking for somebody to help her piece together statues. Yo agrees... and then he sees the full scale of the excavation project.

Source of the Petrification Saga

• Chapter 83: It's a part of a tear-jerking moment, but some of Senku's final words to Tsukasa for now? Comparing the mushrooms that Mario eats to hallucinogenics and saying he only thinks he's bigger because he's tripping so hard.
• Chapter 84:
  • Yo and Magma very quickly establish a Teeth-Clenched Teamwork dynamic, usually by way of Magma laughing his ass off from ideas like the Earth being round and a flying machine. Followed by Yo doing his best to suppress laughter, mumbling about how he mustn't laugh at the savages.
    • Later in chapter 87, when Senku mentions the flying machine, Magma starts to laugh about it when he remembers Yo's whole "Don't laugh at the savages" bit. He wheels around angrily... and Yo, completely straight-faced, admits "I'm not laughing this time, I don't know what he's talking about either."
  • Gen holds a competition to see who can design the best boat for their trip to South America. Senku's design wins easy, being a full-fledged diagram with measurements, design plans, and everything. Magma's, while dramatically under scale, is a practical vessel, which he roped one of the best artists in the village into drawing out for him. Yo, meanwhile, boasts about having his already built... and it's an utterly pathetic, outright unusable wreck of a raft.
• Chapter 85:
  • To get them across the ocean, Senku enlists the aid of Minami Hokutozai, a former reporter who had previously helped Tsukasa find people to revive. She leads them to the site of a maritime school where she's traumatized to find the petrified "prodigal son" of the school's owner, a passionate and very skilled sailor, but one whose personality makes her say they should revive anyone but him. So while the others are debating whether it's better to go for pure skill or someone who's almost as skilled and easier to work with, Senku goes ahead and revives the guy in the background.
  • When they get to the site, Senku dubs the group who'll be digging up statues (consisting of Taiju, Magma, Nikki, and Kohaku) the "Gorilla team", which Kohaku certainly doesn't appreciate.
  • After his revival, Ryusui Nanami pretty much instantly establishes himself as a Bunny-Ears Lawyer rivaling any other character in the series. He's so loud and obnoxious, it's easy to see why Minami was against reviving him, but it's equally obvious that he's the only one they'll find who's capable enough to get the job done.
  • When Ryusui realizes what's happened to the world, he immediately sees it as a chance to acquire it all for himself, then Minami hands him some clothes and asks him to acquire them first.
    • Then, Ryusui accepts them and excuses himself for such an inelegant behavior in front of three beauties. Magma states that there are only two, only counting Kohaku and Minami, leaving out the more brawny-looking Nikki. Nikki then proceeds to knee kick him in the junk for saying that.
  • How about the fact that Ryusui overall is pretty much the embodiment of everything that Tsukasa hated (which actually comes up in Chapter 142).
• Chapter 87:
  • When Senku unveils the road map for the flying machine, Kaseki believes that it will be the longest and most complicated one yet, only to realize that it's only two steps long.
  • To help speed up cloth-making, Yuzuriha enlists Team Science to make a loom. She expects a small scale hand-powered one... Senku and Kaseki give her a factory-grade one that's bigger than she is, complete with a chair, a lamp, and CUPHOLDERS (one of which seems to have a plastic Slurpee cup). On seeing her expression of shock Senku apologizes for lack of time to make it more heavy-duty and asks if she wanted it electric.
    • What really sells this is the look of genuine remorse on Senku's face. He isn't boasting "I can do better than this!", he honestly believes that he's failed his friend by making an inferior product, and is begging for the chance to make it up to her.
    • Furthermore, some of the sheets of cloth made aren't suitable for Senku's project, so Gen bluffs the group of workers with making more thread on the promise of the winner receiving 10,000 Dragos^note The new currency Ryusui made, with a large amount of that being fake. To make up for this, they decide to use said faulty cloth for merchandising clothes. Cue a visibly worn out Yuzuriha taking a 180 in expression and loudly proclaiming that not only will she make them, but that she wants to make them.
    • And then everyone sees her working so hard, she looks like she's pulling off Kenshiro's Hyakuretsu Ken. Taiju merely notes with a smile that this is how she's like when working on craft projects.
    • Not even Ryusui is immune to the charm of modern world clothing restoration, he even laments that it's most likely going to hurt his future fortunes, and then it cuts to Gen and Senku laughing in a style that'd definitely fit ala Ren and Stimpy-style hilariously.
  Ryusui: Giving them a ton of money's only gonna hurt me, isn't it...?
  (cut to Gen and Senku laughing maniacally◊ over their successful gambit)
• Chapter 91: After they successfully create a wheat field, Senku tries to make bread. It's a black burnt hardened rock. While the Ishigami Village residents love it, the de-petrified people can't stomach it.
  • When Francois first sees Senku's bread, their response is to stand in stunned, horrified silence, before asking Ryusui if he served this "industrial sludge" to their guests while covering their mouth with a handkerchief. Senku can only stare in dismay at his Epic Fail.
  • To top it all, Ryusui answers "Yes" with a big grin, knowing perfectly well that Francois will respond by making better bread.
• In Chapter 93, Kaseki hears that Senku is planning another project and insists on being a part of it. How does an old man make the two-day trip from Ishigami Village to the former Tsukasa Empire? He rolls up the new-and-improved Steam Gorilla automobile, wearing a three-piece suit and sunglasses and looking like a Dwarven pimp ^note an image only enhanced by the fact that Minami the reporter is driving the car while also wearing sunglasses. He tells the stunned group that this is going to be his new style from now on...only to end up shredding his suit when Senku tells him what they're building.
  • When Senku finally creates a camera, Ryusui decides that as the person who's basically creating the new society, Senku should be the subject of the first photograph, and furthermore, the pose he should take is a homage to the famous photo of Einstein sticking his tongue out. The villagers, who aren't familiar with the Einstein photo, are extremely confused.
• In Chapter 95, when Senku declares that he's making a GPS, Ukyo, Ryusui, and Gen are utterly stupefied at the thought of creating something like that in the Stone World, all the while, Chrome just picks his nose, as he has no idea what a GPS is.
• Chapter 96:
  • Following the message from the Why Man, the five commanders that heard the message (Senku, Ryusui, Gen, Ukyo, and Chrome) hold a meeting to discuss their next move. Kohaku mentions that while Chrome is smart enough to match the other four, he doesn't have the personality and composure of a commander. Chrome popping out of the tent to shout that he heard her only supports her claim.
  • Senku has the Power Team take some sphalerite and smash it into powder. Not only do they do it in an instant, a rogue chunk from Taiju and Magma's pounding ends up hitting Senku in the face.
• Chapter 97:
  • As Ryusui comments that radar and sonar let them see through anything, both Ginro and Chrome get an idea, with emphasis on "see through anything". Ginro asks about clothes and Kohaku and Kinro quickly call him out for his perverted thought while Senku states that X-Rays can kinda do that but not through clothes only. Chrome also asks a similar question and Ginro is quick to state that Chrome is thinking the same dirty thought like him to try to vindicate himself, but Kaseki points out that Chrome's got the look of inspiration on his face.
  • After exploring a cave with the radar and creating a metal detector in the process, Chrome calls Senku on the phone to call him over while shouting out really loud, making Senku block his ears.
    • Also, Suika and Kohaku were with Senku and the loud yelling made Suika's mask fly off her head and knocked Kohaku over.
• Chapter 98:
  • Gen is once again forced to endure a bumpy ride on the Steam Gorilla, then the Power Team starts laying down pavement and his eyes pop out in surprise.
  • When Gen gets to a river to hand over the cargo to the boat, Ginro acts all smug stating that they can leave it to the water-people of Ishigami Village, leading to Kinro telling him to stop.
  • Ryusui's flashbacks:
    • After having angered his uncle, Ryusui is informed by Francois that his allowance for that month is a mere 1 million yen, as a maid questions the thought of 1 million yen being considered "mere."
    • When he went to a VR Racing Center only to be denied because he's not 13, he responds by building his own personal racetrack, much to the surprise of his friends.
• Chapter 99 is a photo chronicle made by Minami during the ship's production. Highlights include:
  • Ryusui wanting to put a casino on the ship.
  • Kohaku getting so into skiing and swimming that she ends up just a blur, resulting in the Stone World's first spirit photography.
  • Senku manages to cobble up some chocolate for Valentine's Day, with Ginro trying to get some. Also, Senku mentions that he made the chocolate using local herbs, beans, and ozone.
  • On Minami's suggestion, the crew try putting captions on the photos. On a picture of the kids attending Ukyo's Science Academy, Yuzuriha sees some ultra-cutesy captions and asks who did them, thinking it's Mirai's handwriting. It's Nikki's.
    • Also, you can see Magma as one of the students in the picture.
  • Then, Senku tries his hand at captioning. The result is a technical explanation of the construction of the engine they're making, looking like something out of a textbook.
  • After bathing suits are made, Ruri states how nice they feel, and Ginro gets his head in the gutters again as he asks to feel the women's bathing suits, much to Kinro's disapproval.
  • Minami proposes that everyone take one picture together before the voyage and quickly realizes that since she has to press the shutter, she won't be in it, then Francois comes by, having predicted this would happen and presents an automated camera timer built by Kaseki. Chrome then notes Francois's ability to plan ahead.
    • As everyone gets ready for the picture, there's alot of pushing and struggling as everyone tries to get in place, though by the time the picture is taken, they're shown to have been able to get properly organized.
• Chapter 100, The Perseus sets sail with its crew, and Ginro opts to stay behind, only to come swimming after them after having a tearful change of heart... except not really. He was counting on nobody on the ship being able to notice him, so he'd be able to swim back and act brave for all the women in the village. Except Senku decided to turn the sonar back toward shore, causing Ginro to be detected, and Taiju dove overboard to bring Ginro up onto the ship, leaving him stuck on the voyage he wanted to avoid. Even better, from his arbitrary decision to aim the radar back at the shore, it’s implied that Senku knew what Ginro was up to, and used the radar to catch Ginro in the act so that Senku could essentially troll him.
  • During the crew-selection process, Kohaku points out that, with all their strongest fighters leaving on the ship, if Hyoga and Homura were to break out of their cells, they could potentially take over all of Japan, with no one left strong enough to oppose them. We then cut to Hyoga and Homura, having been transferred to a portable cell, which is pretty much a tiny doghouse nailed to the ship’s deck, Senku having decided to just bring them along.
• Chapter 107, Kohaku is overwhelmed by Kirisame and screams out "LAB!" Realizing that these people have no idea what a "lab" is, Gen takes the chance to make it look like Senku and Kohaku are a couple (with Senku's name being Lab). To further the deception, Kohaku plants a kiss on Senku's cheek. The look on his face as she grabs him is beyond priceless. And as everyone watches flustered, the looks on Senku and Kohaku's faces show that neither of them are actually into it. Kirisame completely buys their act and leaves them alone.
  Kirisame: [blushing furiously] J-just get out of here and never come here for your lover's trysts ever again!
• Chapter 108:
  • It's revealed that there is apparently a survivor of the mass petrification of the Perseus' crew. Unfortunately...it's Ginro. Once they realize that, the reactions of the shore crew are very appropriate.
  • They notice that Ginro is trying to get their attention, and Senku reads his lips through the telescope. Ginro mouths out "CAN... YOU... HELP... ME?"
    Senku: [as everyone facepalms] No we can't help you, dumbass, you're supposed to be helping us!
• Chapter 110. Where to begin?
  • The operation to makeover Kohaku begins. First, they try letting her hair down, only it's too ratty and frizzy and sticks up everywhere. They try using shampoo... and nothing changes; Senku even gets knocked down by the hair snapping back into its messy form.
  • Kohaku tries applying make-up for the first time. She ends up looking like Heath Ledger's Joker or a victim of Homer Simpson's makeup shotgun.
  • Amaryllis believing that their chances would improve if they had more candidates, tries to make over the guys. Giving us Senku, Gen, and Soyuz in drag. On top of everything else, everyone agrees that Senku can pass off as a woman as long as he doesn't talk, Gen is very convincing because of his face and his ability to imitate Lillian's voice if it weren't because he is too tall to pass as an average cute girl, and Soyuz is a definitely NOPE.
    • When the group want to have one last candidate, they theorize that the man they need to dress in drag has to be petite enough and have hair long enough so they can do them up enough to pass them off as a woman. Everyone immediately turn to Ginro, who instantaneously gets an Oh, Crap! face complete with Flop Sweat.
    • In the following chapters, Amarillys gets instantly accepted, Kohaku tries to act like a Genki Girl, which makes Ibara think hard before giving her a pass, and then Ginro tries to act as unappealing as possible to not get selected, to Amarillys and Kohaku's frustration. It turns out that Ibara took Ginro's act as being shy, which makes Kohaku and Amarillys realize that Ibara doesn't have a type.
• Chapter 113: When Kohaku, Ginro, and Amaryllis try to figure out how to inform Senku about their discovery of the Soyuz capsule, Ginro has a flashback of Kinro participating in a writing class, and persuading his younger brother to join in. Amaryllis realizes that Ginro could write a letter about their discovery. Then Kohaku reveals that the flashback was fake and that Ginro chose to ignore Kinro's advice.
• Chapter 117: A freshly revived Ryusui immediately deduces that Senku plans to snatch the petrification weapon from the bad guys when it’s thrown. The idea he guesses utilizes a kite, stated with absolute confidence, along with his catchphrase, “Am I right?” Only for Senku to immediately respond with a cheerful “Wrong!” complete with his image of the drone. Ryusui’s reaction is a sight to behold. On top of that, even the sound effects get in on the gag, with Ryusui’s guess being highlighted with the customary “Don!!” sound. But Senku’s response tweaks the sound effect, the katakana appearing behind it saying “Drone!!” instead.
• Chapter 119:
  • Before they can revive Kaseki, they notice there's a piece missing in his back. Senku says it will be fine as the regeneration will heal that, but Ryusui notes it would leave a mark, and the hole looks like... poop. Thankfully Tajiu finds the missing piece and Suika places it leading to this exchange.
    Suika: It fits perfectly inside of Kaseki's poop hole!
    Gen: Please don't ever say "poop hole" again.
  • At the end of the chapter, Kaseki finishes the drone... only for it to crash. As Senku points out, it's a prototype, and now they need to stabilize it before they can properly use it.
• Chapter 128: Magma's attempt to use the gun Senku created on Ibara (which had a low accuracy that even trained policeman Yo needed practice to use) predictably misses and punctures a boat belonging to two villagers amid evacuation. Gen salvages the situation by claiming the hole in the boat was because of his magic, and that he plans to put holes in them if they don't leave. Afterwards, Gen notes that with the boat Magma can sail closer to Perseus to shoot Ibara... before realizing that he's on the boat right now heading to the Perseus.
  • When protesting to Magma why he is not going to become his new minion, Gen reminds him that he tried to kill him over a year ago. Magma merely laughs it off saying that he forgot, which only terrifies Gen more.
• Chapter 130: Trying to come up with a plan to get Hyoga to fight on their side, Gen tries to get Nikki to pull an Amarillys and pretend to to be in love with Hyoga. Despite her tough appearance, Nikki starts to blush like a teenager and says that she is saving those words for someone special. Gen promptly panics, just remembering that Nikki still has the heart of a maiden.
• Chapter 131: Yo shoots Ibara in the hand before he can use the petrification device, starts on the Miranda Rights... and then forgets how they go about midway through. He then switches to listing Ibara's crimes, only to realize he doesn't know the full extent or context. So he just sums it up as "being a jerkface".
• Chapter 135:
  • After Senku escapes petrification, he spots Oarashi's body and tries to smash him with his fist to get the Medusa inside, except he only manages to hurt himself, with his hand ending up comically red and swollen.
  • Senku casually tells Ibara that he managed to craft some "cutting-edge tech the likes of which Google and Toyota were once eager to create themselves", and the narration immediately catches on:
    Narration: Self-driving A.I. acquired!
    • ...only to be subverted by the reveal that Senku simply used carbon fiber wire to jury-rig the mobile lab's manual controls to run over Ibara:
      Narration: Except, not really!!
• Chapter 138:
  • After Senku revives Chrome, there is a quick montage of the two reviving specific people based on their current needs: Amaryllis for food, Taiju for the stamina to carry the food, and Francois to cook it.
  • When Chrome notes that it's surprising Ruri would call them out of the blue, Amaryllis asks Francois if the two are in a relationship. Francois casually states that they heard Senku and Ruri were married. Senku himself is nonchalant when Taiju asks him about it, and equally so when he states the two are divorced.
  • While retrieving Yo from the ocean floor, Taiju finds Kirisame after she was petrified by Ibara. Magma immediently suggests that they kill her by smashing her with a hammer, which terrifies Gen. Of course, Senku casually pours the revitalization fluid on her.
  • After Senku revives Ginro and Kohaku, the former is delighted and tries to hug Kohaku, planning to use that as a chance to feel her breasts. Kohaku sees through his plan and punches him into a tree, with Chrome and Nikki commenting that he's the same old Ginro. Then, Kohaku hugs Senku, and Ginro complains about it. Kirisame then blushes at the former act because she still thinks the two are dating because of their ruse in Chapter 107.

The Truth Of The Petrification Saga

• Chapter 139: Senku revives the stray statue Taiju brought back, and it returns to Matsukaze, who rushes to save Ginro from Kohaku and Kirisame since he looks like his former lord. Ginro's sleezy side wakes up and he claims to be the reincarnation of Matsukaze's lord.
• Chapter 141:
  • After Tsukasa's revival, Nikki prompts Minami to go to him since she's a huge fan. She doesn't want to get in the way of the family reunion between him and his sister. So Ruri forcefully nudges her to go, surprising everyone. Chrome mentions that she is "resident gorilla" Kohaku's sister and the next panel shows him with a stack of Cranial Eruptions. next to Kohaku's clenched fist.
  • In a Call-Back to Tsukasa's first awakening, he asks Senku "What's the situation?" Everyone says that's Tsukasa for you; he never loses his cool. Then Senku tells him they're going to the moon, and Tsukasa loses his cool.
  • Since chapter 139, Ginrou's cocky level has been increasing with the addition of Matsukaze as his lackey/bodyguard. However, during a spar between Matsukaze and Tsukasa, the Strongest Primate easily bests him, bringing Ginrou's cockiness back down to zero.
• Chapter 142:
  • To help visualize the roadmap for the spaceship so others can easily understand, Senku requests Kaseki and Yuzuriha to convert the maps into a 3d form. The two artisans (offended by Senku's suggestion that it's okay if the model is sloppy) end up creating a massive globe lined with models of cities, all of which leave Senku befuddled by how overboard the two went.
    • The names of the cities (Corn City, Rubber City, Math City) are pretty funny too.
  • When Senku announces his plan to revive the entire population of Earth to use as manpower, Ukyo and Yo bring up that this could present problems when seriously evil get revived, especially before proper governments are in place to establish law and order. Tsukasa of all people dismisses their worry with "It'll be fine." Then repeats "It'll. Be. Fine." Everybody decides that yes, it'll be fine. Since they have the Strongest Primate on hand to deal with any villains who get revived, and anybody who doesn't already know about his strength with learn the hard way.
  • When planning Perseus's next trip to America, Ryusui offers 100,000 Drago reward to whoever finds it first. Tsukasa is confused by what he meant, and Minami quickly fibs that the captain meant "Doraemon" and moves him away, knowing that Tsukasa would not approve of Ryusui's greed.
• Chapter 143: On their journey to America, Senku and Ryusui argue about which route to take between Japan and their destination. How do they settle this? By having a Poker Tournament to decide the winning path.
  • Counts as a Brick Joke from Chapter 99 when Ryusui proclaimed his desire for a casino on their ship.
  • They also rope in Ukyo as their dealer and Yuzuriha to make lavish suits for the three and Gen, as well as an alluring dress for Kohaku, with Gen serving as Ryusui's partner for the match while Kohaku serves as Senku's.
• Chapter 147: During their journey to America, the Perseus sails past an iceberg and a pod of whales. While the unpetrified look at them in amazement (already knowing what they are), the Stone World residents are befuddled and shocked at the unfamiliar sights.
• Chapter 148: Arriving in America, the crew runs into a group of massive alligators. The battle team easily takes one out, sending the other three running scared. How do they use their kill? Make Gator Burgers!
• Chapter 151: Gen is captured by a pair of American survivors, and their scientist interrogates him for the identity of their leader. Knowing full well the other scientist plans to kill Senku, Gen tells them that their leader is... Dr. Taiju!
• Chapter 152:
  • The group's reaction on hearing Dr. Xeno ask for "Dr. Taiju". Even Tsukasa joins in.
  • The glory of Dr. Taiju. Yuzuriha has a doctor's outfit prepared for him (even though it's a phone call and he can't be seen), and his first statement to Xeno is "Shooting people with machine guns isn't nice." Prompting a "Well, duh!" from Senku, Yuzuriha, and Ukyo.
• Chapter 153: Senku sends out an elite team with the goal of capturing the enemy leader: a world-class MMA fighter capable of killing lions barehanded, a martial artist trained in specialized spear fighting, an expert archer with superhuman hearing, and an 11-year old girl with a watermelon on her head.
• Chapter 155: Luna tries to use her detective skills to identify "Dr." Taiju, only for Yuzuriha to call for him and Taiju to respond (prompting a Face Fault). So she tries to devise a plan to get him on the deck, only for Taiju to run up with a log without any hesitation (prompting another Face Fault). Then Senku puts on the charm and prepares to ask her a question, with the crew suspecting he'll ask about Xeno in a roundabout way. Only for Senku to directly ask for info on Dr. Xeno (prompting a trio of Face Faults from the crew).
• Chapter 156:
  • During a roadblock in his rocket test, 10-year-old Senku asked for assistance from scientists from around the world. When NASA scientists in America read his letter, it was heavily detailed with more information than a child his age should know and revealed his process such as using the research lab his father worked at to access its university's supercomputer to calculate his simulations. Dr. Xeno is the only one to respond.
  • Dr. Xeno replies to Senku about the equipment that he needs for his rocket. When checking the prices, Senku and Taiju end up spitting out the ramen they were eating. For example, a resistance thermometer they need costs 500,000 yen. This led to Senku flying all the way to the NASA Space Center. Byakuya initially thinks that Senku came for a casual visit, only for Senku to reply that he only came for Byakuya's astronaut training credit card to buy the equipment for his rocket.
• Chapter 158: Conflicted on if she really should point at "Dr. Taiju", she keeps picking her nose instead.
• Chapter 161: To help dig underneath the enemy's base to rescue Gen and capture Dr. Xeno, Chrome comes up with an invention that can push through the Earth by turning. He thinks that it's something the 21st century never came up with... until Tsukasa and Ukyo identify it as a drill.
  • Even funnier, Chrome ^note At least in the Viz translation comes up with a name that is the abbreviation of its function: Diggerific Rotating Impelling Land-Eating Loop-Knife, AKA DRILL.
• Chapter 162: To keep a group to a minimum and have enough strength to operate the drill, the Perseus crew sends Taiju to join Chrome's digging team. However, on the drive there, he runs into Carlos and Max (two of Luna's followers who remained behind to make sure she was safe). Despite the language barrier, Taiju ends up talking Carlos into coming with him. Carlos when they're in the mobile lab shows he can't believe this is happening.
  • Upon realizing that Taiju is a rookie driver that keeps crashing into the trees, Carlos (who was Luna's personal driver before the petrification) takes over. Once more, he asks himself why he is even going along with this.
• Chapter 163:
  • Luna agrees to help Senku on one condition: Be her boyfriend. It's not shown, but Senku ends up accepting the deal.
  • While having a drink, Luna comments that there's no way that Senku would just say what she wants to hear just so he can achieve his own objective right? A Beat Panel happens, followed by Kinro bringing up how Senku was willing to get married to achieve a goal.
• Chapter 171: With Senku and Xeno working together, Chrome enters their lab thinking they're writing down calculations. He finds them blowing bubbles.^note They were doing so to study how the petrification wave spread from South America to the rest of the world by blowing bubbles against a globe
  • Later, Kohaku arrives with food to check up on the science trio. She finds them working with bubbles, a globe, and several small toys. She decides to leave quietly.
• Chapter 174: In order to distract Stanley while they acquire rubber, the Perseus crew send the mobile lab towards the remains of the Panama Canal to make it look like their splitting up (and betting on Stanley finding the "Panama Crew" more suspicious). Kaseki, however, ends up crying at the loss of his precious creation, and he, Chrome, Suika, and Taiju tearfully wave it goodbye like it was a comrade sacrificing itself for the crew, while the other crewmembers look on nonchalantly.
• Chapter 177: The introduction of Joel the watchmaker, brought back to analyze the petrification device. He has a normal reaction of panic when he realizes he's naked.
• Chapter 181: After Senku tests a handful of Medusas and learns they are powerless, Taiju decides to help by jumping into each layer of the Medusa pyramid and yelling out "One second, one meter". Kohaku and Suika find this fun and soon join in.
• Chapter 196: With the other two faster options unfeasible, Suika has to settle for the third, and it requires excrement. First, she scoops up some capybara stool, then wonders where she can get more and thinks that she uses her own only to turn that down immediately.
• Chapter 208: While the Perseus is on its way to India, a math competition is held between Senku, Chrome, Sai... and Magma.
  • The problem is a long math problem ^note 995204154 / 10583 x 293719 / 2239 ' 67071. To everyone's shock Magma beats the others thanks to the calculator built by the American team.
• Chapter 215: The satellite everyone worked hard to build is prepared to launch.... and suddenly cartwheels off of the platform, much to the shock of everyone present. What follows is a combination of a Hard-Work Montage and Failure Montage where Senku and Xeno identify an issue with the craft and remedy the problem. So far, the rocket exploded on the platform, tremored awkwardly without launching, and made a loop-de-loop before crashing once more and exploding in midair. Despite this, Senku and Xeno remain undeterred.

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