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Mar 6, 11:51 PM
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I really hope Senku is going to be alright... and for what reason did Gen deserve to get his head smashed by that ugly woman?
Mar 7, 12:12 AM
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DzoniTS said:
I really hope Senku is going to be alright... and for what reason did Gen deserve to get his head smashed by that ugly woman?

She blocked his ears so he couldn't hear what secret weapon they are talking about?
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DzoniTS said:
I really hope Senku is going to be alright... and for what reason did Gen deserve to get his head smashed by that ugly woman?

She blocked his ears so he couldn't hear what secret weapon they are talking about?
@GTRaijin okay, makes sense to block his ears... But why smash his head!? That woman (I can't remember her name) is too brutal...
Mar 7, 12:17 AM
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@GTRaijin okay, makes sense to block his ears... But why smash his head!? That woman (I can't remember her name) is too brutal...

That's just the type of comedy in this anime... It's not like he got his head crushed or anything.
Mar 7, 12:21 AM

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@phantomfandom I believe slowing the velocity of the bullet was to allow it to pass thru while doing less damage internally on its way
@drew_yashisan Or Senku hoped the flour mix would absorb the remaining energy of the bullet, stopping it completely.
Of course realistically it would be utterly impossible for any bullet (even a .50 BMG caliber) to get shot from ~3 km, then penetrate the thick hull of the ship like it was butter, and then the bullet fragments still retain enough energy to pass through the flour/water bag and Senku's body.

Bullets lose lots of energy -and thus speed- due to air friction. The .50 cal Browning, assuming that's what Xeno reproduced, has a max range of 5+ km but an effective range of 2 km tops. At 3 km away even a .50 cal bullet would barely pierce a boat's wooden hull, since 80 - 90% of its energy would be spent.

Furthermore, when you shoot from such distances the bullets take 5 to 8 seconds to reach their target; you effectively shoot into the future, betting that your mark will not move. They are unlikely to move if they are not aware they're targeted by a sniper and do not hear the shot. Both of which did not apply for Senku; Stanley lost the element of surprise, Senku heard the shot (much earlier than he should, since the writers did not account for the speed of sound delay; in reality the bullet would have hit a couple of seconds after Senku heard it, not after 4 - 5 seconds), and yet he was still implausibly shot.

Simply moving a few meters left or right after hearing the shot he could have avoided it. He could not tell for certain how far away the sniper was, but he could estimate from the shot's sound and pitch. Stanley shot from a ridiculous distance, which is not unheard of for top pro snipers. But such a distance only makes sense for silent kills of stationary targets.
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Senku almost died, hes in "fatal injury".
Its time for Dr Chrome to shine! Drill to enemy base!
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It's a drill that will pierce the HEAVEN!!!
Mar 7, 9:53 AM
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Well without senku the series is not as interestng anymore. Sure it's a new spin and is refreshing but it isn't the same.
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That improvised shield slowed the bullet down. Senku is lucky it didn't fragment, which would have sealed the deal. Or exited at a higher velocity, making a huge exit wound. Either result, instant fatality.
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Dr. Chrome simply lovely 🤌🏻
Mar 7, 2:34 PM
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It's time for Chrome to shine as science user finally, yay~



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Senku being out of commission should be interesting for a few episodes. The rest of the gang has to step up now, which we we see with Ryusui taking immediate control of the situation on the ship while Chrome having to come up with the plan to take X's headquarters.
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RIP Senku for now. It's time for Chrome to become the new MC!
Mar 7, 6:46 PM
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I dunno why but I cried throughout this episode. The fact that we’ve come this far and Senku’s life was actually at risk this time makes me realize that this journey could all be over in a flash.
Mar 7, 7:27 PM
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they figured out drills when do they use spiral power to defeat xeno
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Absolute Cinema!!!
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Shower thoughts about half a day later now...

Are we gonna find out that Stanley was secretly told not to actually kill the enemy leader (whoever that would turn out to be)?

Think about it. Xeno's entire shtick of science being elegant. Stanley's very much scientific sniper skills.

If a sniper wants to kill someone, they do indeed go for the head - I know I always do whenever I play any such game. It's the safest bet, there's no rhyme or reason to doing otherwise. Sure, Senkuu got behind cover, but... so what? Anyone behind cover will eventually either peek out, or have to move somewhere else, inevitably revealing themselves. Stanley's perched way the fudge up there, completely hidden, and with his bragging about how long he can stay still, and even having had all the water hauled there just for that exact purpose... there was no point in him taking such a dirty shot. Sure, arrogance is very much part of his personality, but is it big enough to overwrite his primary, most rational sense about his very profession? In addition, the way he takes the shot and immediately jumps down, that's it, job's done, not even waiting or checking anything... could be his arrogance too, ofc, but is it really? If I have an objective in a game to kill someone, I gotta make damn sure they are dead before I can advance - indeed, a few games actually have a separate "confirm kill" objective too before the mission can move on or be completed. This alone is sus.

On top of it all, to loop back to Xeno's motto: taking out the enemy, with minimal damage - not destroying the equipment, and ultimately not even killing a single person? If that isn't elegant, I can't imagine what would be. The whole thing is very sus, it's almost theatre.
@yellowheartren in the real world snipers aim for the body it a bigger target with many easy to hit important organs. Only in games and movies do snipers aim for the head. Body shots in most cases will end in a kill.
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Now it's Chrome's time to shine, I'm just curious how they're going to end it all in 3 episodes, as they said it would be the final season and there's still a lot to be explained.
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Now it's Chrome's time to shine, I'm just curious how they're going to end it all in 3 episodes, as they said it would be the final season and there's still a lot to be explained.
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Shower thoughts about half a day later now...

Are we gonna find out that Stanley was secretly told not to actually kill the enemy leader (whoever that would turn out to be)?

Think about it. Xeno's entire shtick of science being elegant. Stanley's very much scientific sniper skills.

If a sniper wants to kill someone, they do indeed go for the head - I know I always do whenever I play any such game. It's the safest bet, there's no rhyme or reason to doing otherwise. Sure, Senkuu got behind cover, but... so what? Anyone behind cover will eventually either peek out, or have to move somewhere else, inevitably revealing themselves. Stanley's perched way the fudge up there, completely hidden, and with his bragging about how long he can stay still, and even having had all the water hauled there just for that exact purpose... there was no point in him taking such a dirty shot. Sure, arrogance is very much part of his personality, but is it big enough to overwrite his primary, most rational sense about his very profession? In addition, the way he takes the shot and immediately jumps down, that's it, job's done, not even waiting or checking anything... could be his arrogance too, ofc, but is it really? If I have an objective in a game to kill someone, I gotta make damn sure they are dead before I can advance - indeed, a few games actually have a separate "confirm kill" objective too before the mission can move on or be completed. This alone is sus.

On top of it all, to loop back to Xeno's motto: taking out the enemy, with minimal damage - not destroying the equipment, and ultimately not even killing a single person? If that isn't elegant, I can't imagine what would be. The whole thing is very sus, it's almost theatre.
yellowheartren said:
If a sniper wants to kill someone, they do indeed go for the head - I know I always do whenever I play any such game. It's the safest bet, there's no rhyme or reason to doing otherwise. Sure, Senkuu got behind cover, but... so what? Anyone behind cover will eventually either peek out, or have to move somewhere else, inevitably revealing themselves. Stanley's perched way the fudge up there, completely hidden, and with his bragging about how long he can stay still, and even having had all the water hauled there just for that exact purpose... there was no point in him taking such a dirty shot. Sure, arrogance is very much part of his personality, but is it big enough to overwrite his primary, most rational sense about his very profession? In addition, the way he takes the shot and immediately jumps down, that's it, job's done, not even waiting or checking anything... could be his arrogance too, ofc, but is it really? If I have an objective in a game to kill someone, I gotta make damn sure they are dead before I can advance - indeed, a few games actually have a separate "confirm kill" objective too before the mission can move on or be completed. This alone is sus.

Did you miss the part where they wanted Senku to tell the others the secret to the revival fluid on his death bed?
Mar 8, 11:11 PM
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I know it isn’t her time or focus right now with how the plot is being laid out, but I do miss having Kohaku up in the mix and getting her own hands dirty.

Also I was curious to see what her reaction would be when she got the news about Senku being out of commission, but it didn’t seem to affect her too much - or maybe that’s just the way her personality works.

(I do admit that I have sort of have a twisted ship for them but it’s not the normal kind of shipping, it’s a lot more like - the two of you are probably going to end up together just because neither of you can’t be bothered with relationships just by process of elimination. Scientifically. XD)
Mar 9, 7:57 AM
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so friggin peak bro like holy smokes chrome is bouta go bazonkers
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Funny how nobody told Gen the plan, but somehow, our mind-reading guy still got it and did his thing.

Anyway, with Senku down, inow t’s all on Chrome now, science buddy gotta dig a tunnel straight to Xeno’s place lols.
Mar 9, 2:44 PM

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Chrome is LOCKED IN NOW. Xeno looks like he's building a nuclear reactor, so I hope that's not real. Really nice
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Of course Stanley (of all people) didn't confirm his kill -.-
And of course no one had anything to say to Luna, who was practically the catalyst for this incident.

Still a solid episode tho. Aside from all the annoying yelling, the scenes with wounded Senkuu being treated felt serious enough and the passing-the-torch moment between him and Chrome was simply fantastic. Dr. Chrome 🚬

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I'm just curious how they're going to end it all in 3 episodes, as they said it would be the final season and there's still a lot to be explained.

"Final season" but divided into 3 single-cour seasons. So apparently there are still like 25+ episodes to go.
Mar 11, 11:53 PM
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Pacing is slow, but overall I'm intrigued for the ending of this story.
Mar 12, 12:32 PM
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elegant!!!!!!!!
Mar 12, 2:49 PM
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@Skyrus456 It was a cruise or ballistic missile, and the warhead will be conventional, or even just kinetic.
A nuke would make no sense for a number of reasons, ranging from scientific to common sense:

Though Dr Xeno might know how to design and build a nuclear warhead without blowing everyone to nuclear ashes,
I can think of no way he could find enough uranium ore, process and purify it chemically, and finally isolate its fissile isotope to forge enough weapons grade uranium (U-235) (plutonium would be out of the question in this world, since it would require a nuclear reactor to breed it).

That's the main scientific reason, which however the writers can disregard, since the average Joe/Jane has no clue how a nuclear warhead is made (btw, the know-how is public knowledge after 80+ years; the reason most countries don't have nukes is not because it is very hard to make them; it's because it's extremely hard to purify plutonium or uranium to weapons grade purity without countries already having nukes or nuclear watchdogs getting wind of it; this is why all the talk around Iran's nukes is not about containing nuclear weapons design -that genie is out of the bottle- but hindering the production of high purity U-235).

The common sense reason, even assuming the writers danced around the above, is that a nuke would be overkill for a mere... boat. At such a short distance Xeno and his team would be hit as well - either directly, dying right away, or via nuclear fallout, which would kill them slowly, depending on the nuke's yield.

Yeah, now that you mentioned it a torpedo or smaller naval ballistic weapon would be more realistic and likely. All they need to do is take out the Ship and its crew. I also somehow completely forgot that a nuke would cause nuclear fallout and by proxy also wipe Xeno's Kingdom out. Yeah, a nuke would be extremely overkill and would definitely backfire.
Mar 13, 5:48 AM
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aaaaaaaaaaaasooooooooooooo
Mar 13, 10:21 AM

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I'm actually happy they're taking this opportunity to give Chrome more spotlight. I still remember how sidelined he was in the 1st season...

Chrome coming up with the idea of a drill just shows that if he had the basis that Senku and Xeno had, he might have had more knowledge than both of them.

Anyways, Senku didn't die, what a surprise. Luna being a med student made 0 difference I think, because they didn't do anything to Senku that they wouldn't do otherwise (like cleaning the wounds). And her dropping out of med school just adds to that, because if she dropped out in the 1st year, she certainly won't know much (well, I guess she knows more than most of them). But I always wondered why we didn't have a Doctor on board, and we're on season 4 already. But as I said, I doubt Luna will be of great help in that regard, unless she became a genius and with only 1 year in med school she was able to know everything.

Anyways, really curious to see how they will build that drill, because it just seems undoable, especially in 2 weeks. And I wonder what is Dr. Xeno building, a rocket?
Mar 15, 1:22 AM
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Chrome, Dr. Chrome is the key in the next two weeks!!!
Senku survived to the shot!!!
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Mar 15, 11:33 AM
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Has gotten interesting in a long time. There is something to overcome and is at stake. Probably why I guess
Mar 22, 3:03 AM

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Rare to see Senku in such a panicked state right before getting sniped
Mar 23, 2:56 AM
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I love the fact that their due dates are the same
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Senku may have taken a beating from the shrapnel, that's almost to the point of death. But that's also the chance to regain back lost opportunity in spite of the same fact, and it's clear that they need a doctor to tend to him badly, which Luna offers her help, and Taiju needing the assistance. Meanwhile, Tsukasa and the others reaching towards Xeno's headquarters to assess how they can counteract, the bad news reaches to them as soon, and Chrome taking over from Senku, it's the only choice now.

With Senku out of commission, Chrome has to take his chances, but while giving the empty Medusa to Xeno as a gift as an intimidation, Gen can only do so much as to do his convincing (which is clearly failing) as Xeno hurries the takeover, and Chrome and the gang playing catchup within the time they have before all is lost.

Chrome's science better work, or the Kingdom of Science will be wiped out.
Mar 25, 6:52 AM
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Dr Stone always had some cringe moments here and there but this episode was just unbearable. The reaction of that med student when she saw Senku's wound was so unrealistic and melodramatic, it was so embarrasing to watch that scene.

Also I want Senku to die if he holds back at killing Dr Xeno. That much of pacifism is just plain stupidity.
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This show is unable to keep proper tension going, because of it's goofiness at every opportunity. Wounded Senku scenes felt more comical (well, idiotic really) than anything else.
@GakutoDeathGlare I second this
Mar 25, 6:47 PM

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Senku is always ahead of everything

My goat
Mar 25, 8:46 PM

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That's lit, Chrome! 🔥
Mar 28, 2:25 AM

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Stanley’s insane gun skills nearly sent Senkuu to his grave, but thanks to his quick thinking, he somehow survived.

Didn’t expect Luna to be a med student, but yeah, not everyone in medical school becomes a doctor—it takes a certain level of intelligence.

Now I’m curious about the weapon they’re developing. Whatever it is, it’s definitely bad news.
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Dr Chrome invented drill!
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Man I LOVE it when Chrome locks TF in and makes that serious face bc bros actually such a good scientist like this dude had no concept of 21 century technology and managed to come up with a drill…A DRILL with no prior knowledge like Chrome is actually such a a great character man I’m happy he’s getting his time to shine🥹🔥🔥🔥

Senku x Luna even though it wasn’t much I still liked seeing her become sad and concerned for bro☺️

Chrome making that roadmap even had Tsukasa surprised that shit killed me bc I bet he’s only used to seeing a road map being created by Senku not by a man who was raised in the stone world🤣🤣

Gen is such a great liar man this nigga kills me and he’s the most clutch side character in anime imo like this dude left flower petals for Tsukasa Ukyo Suika and Hyoga to follow to catch up to Chrome and Kohaku AND he’s fucking with Xeno and his plans like he’s so clutch man I love his devious slimy style🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭
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This season has just felt a little off for me but the road map really sucked me in. I'm not a huge fan of the action, much rather see the inventions and the work up to them.
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It's Dr. Chrome Anime now!!
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i loved this episode. senku saying dr. chrome was so heart warming and touching. science kingdom is going to win. i wonder what machine the other people are making
Apr 15, 7:47 PM

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Chrome is just so precious. On the contender for best boy.
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The gang moves forward without Senku, looks like Luna has defected. Chrome is in charge and they'll be pushing forward underground!
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A lot of talk about waht Senku did to stop the bullet, but that all misses the point. There was no need to do that at all. In fact, as we can see, it made matters worse (though maybe not as bad as getting hit without it).

There is no way Stanley knows where Senku is exactly. Senku dived onto the floor and robbed along. There was like a 10 meter area where the hull planks are raised a bit higher, high enough for him to still not be visisible when moving away from them towards the middle by several meters.

The only reason he was hit was because he positioned himself directly in the line of fire, for whatever reason. He also was right besides that cabinet. THAT would have been the perfect shield. Several planks of wood a couple of cm thick each time, with plenty of space for the splinters of the bullet to move away in between. Or he could simply have moved back down again. Being able to perfectly position himself in the line of fire, he would have been able to move directly away from it as well.

Also, the bullet had already splintered after passing through the hull there. Then he stopped most pieces with the floor/water mix - but one piece (called "the bullet" for whatever reason, that's simply wrong) passed straigh through him, and at the same time nearly killed him? There is no mention of it having hit any organs, and if, he would certainly NOT survive, so a small fragment of the bullet passing cleanly through should not do so much damage.

They are so focused on showing of "science" that they throw basic logic out of the window to be able to get there.
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Dr. STONE S4E9 NOTES

senku got hurt more than i was expecting

why does stanly not care if they get luna back? they dont have revival fluid so they are limited in numbers

oh yeah is senku has revival fluid or can make some, he can get potentially new numbers from the statues in the area

luna is about to do some rose quarts healing tears on senku

that book that luna is reading is absurd, no one can understand what it says

WOAH UKYO, TSUKASA, AND HYOGA OH AND SUIKA TOO MADE IT TO WHERE CHROME AND KOHAKU ARE
I FORGOT ABOUT THEM

tsukasa thinks hes senku, he thinks he can say impossible things and make it happen
there is no way for you to make a tunnel under the enemy base
thats not possible
you arent going to do that
do you not have the technology to even consider it

you are definitely not digging now

doctor chrome is the scientist now
this will not end well

OH DANG SENKU (actually ukyo) HANDED OVER THE MEDUSA TO SCARE THEM
also i dont know if ive thought of this before
is there a separate medusa for swallows?
i guess the human one was in space and eventually fell down
maybe the swallow one fell down too


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