Dr Stone

…Shouldn't they all be cousins in this village, anyway? With only 40 people over at least 3 or 4 generations, there has to be some degree of consanguinity…

Also a bit of Fridge Horror: considering that everyone was turned to stone on the same day, what became of the nuclear power plants and other dangerous facilities that were no longer maintained…?

Probably melted down, but I suspect it's been long enough that they aren't an issue anymore.

Nah man. 4000 years is nowhere near long enough to get rid of that problem. How long exactly it would take depends on what specific materials we're talking about, but, well, Plutonium has a 24000 year half-life and that's one of the shorter-lived ones.

It's probably not a huge issue as long as you stay away from the meltdown sites, though.

Million+ year half-lives mean the nuclide isn't active enough to be a threat. All the fission products except Tc-98 and Tc-99 (ground) would have decayed away. In addition to their extremely long half-lives, the technetium isotopes don't bioaccumulate because technetium doesn't exist in nature.

Hmm… I wonder if it would have affected the evolution of some species though? Like, 3-eyed fishes and stuff. >.>

On another note, volume 1 will be released in France in April 2018… i.e. at the exact same time as The Promised Neverland by another publisher. I'm sure it's a coincidence.

New Chapter is out

The way the antibiotic was fed in that last panel, though.

Yep, that looks like something else.

That Cola must have tasted like crap, but Gen probably didn't mind.

Ahaha Goddamn is this manga amazing.

Senku is a fucking treasure.

So does this mean that Ruri is free to marry whomever she chooses?

New chapter.

Damn, did Senku almost marry one of his own relatives?

Ishigami… The god of stone… Roll credits?

Seems like the plot will finally move forward next chap.

I forgot there was a plot.

Maybe we'll finally see the return of Whatshisface and Whatsherface.

Screw them.

What can they honestly provide?

The author had his chance to do something with them, and botched it.

An Q&A with Boichi, with some interesting stuff. I didn't expect Senku's clothes to be made of leather. Where did he even learn to tan skin?

It's quite astounding to me that Boichi managed to have a successful career in Japan while barely speaking Japanese… He seems to be quite the reclusive artist though…

edited 30th Dec '17 8:59:13 AM by Lyendith

Chapter is out.

Now this is some convoluted backstory.

Huh, so… Senku's dad and his crew survived the apocalypse because they were in space at the time? That's unexpected. It raises a whole lot of questions though.

…Also, that mannequin wasn't actually alive, right? >.>

edited 12th Jan '18 5:43:57 AM by Lyendith

That does explain some things.

But it also means that the thing that turned people to stone was earth born.

I wonder how many people were in space, or if people survived in other ways. I remember hearing that you need ~150 people to create a population that won't eventually inbreed itself to death, and this seems like the sort of manga that would care about that sort of thing.

With few thousands years any blood relation between Senku and either of sisters is practically nonexistent so Kohaku is still option and there is no problem with his five minute long marriage with Ruri either.

edited 12th Jan '18 11:48:11 AM by Tenzen12

Besides, the fact that he mentioned that they look like foreigners points to them being descended from the western astronauts Papa Ishigami traveled with. The author could go the route that Senku's dad was an inspiring leader, but didn't have any other kids.

Boy did Senku have an awesome dad.

This whole chapter was a crowning moment of heartwarming.

Dude, Senku just cooked up antibiotics, most of the raw materials for which had to be refined. Tanning skin is easy in comparison.

I love how the facial features of the astronauts match the ones of the people from the village.

Is six people enough for proper genetic diversity?