Original subtitles

One day, a very long time ago,

there was a strange flash of light.

It appeared suddenly, out of nowhere,

covering the entire world.

[GEN] In the blink of an eye,

that wave of light turned every man, woman, and child to stone.

Afterwards, everything began to collapse.

Buildings decayed into rubble,

and over time, all traces of civilization disappeared.

What humanity had spent millennia building

was gone forever.

What a shame!

However, there was one man who refused to give up.

Though he was petrified, he never lost consciousness.

He figured that the date and time

were far too important to lose track of,

so he stayed awake, counting the seconds one by one.

He's one ad-bay dude!

That man, you know him. It's our friend, Senku!

And one summer day,

thousands of years after humankind was petrified,

Senku woke up, all alone.

He found himself in an empty, primitive Earth.

Now, I probably would've just died

from shock right then and there,

but since Senku is a brilliant scientist with an amazing mind,

he figured out how to make his own food, clothing, and shelter.

[GEN] Eventually, he developed the miracle fluid

that could undo the petrification.

Senku is so awesome!

[BOY A] I want to be just like him!

Wow. You kids certainly do love him, don't you?

I know, let's hear a word from our antastic-fay leader.

He must have some wisdom to share.

Well, Senku?

[SENKU] What can I say, that was absolutely riveting.

I mean, how could I hope to top all of that?

Your super stone world foundation story was epic.

Just trying to hold back my tears.

So, Gen, maybe you should quit running your mouth

and put your hands to work.

[laughs]

Got me. I admit, I was procrastinating a bit.

[GEN snickers]

Anyway, before long, he used the miracle fluid

to bring back this super tough guy named Tsukasa.

We live in the stone world now--

a paradise that hasn't been ruined by greed.

I think we should only revive the young and pure-hearted,

and make sure that we keep this world natural

and not owned by anyone.

This is our chance to purify humanity.

Don't you agree with me, Senku?

No, I don't. That speech didn't move me one millimeter.

I'm going use the awesome power of science

to rescue every last person.

[GEN] To put it lightly, this was an ajor-may disagreement.

So, while Tsukasa is all like, "Let's build a new world!"

and revived the strongest people to join him,

Senku decided to build a kingdom of science

right here in this village in order to fight him.

[CHILDREN gasp]

[BOY A] The kingdom of science rules!

[BOY B] Tsukasa stinks!

By the way, Senku,

the reason we worked so quickly on the cell phone

was so we could execute a preemptive strike on Tsukasa.

We should get moving soon, right?

Spring's around the corner and they're gonna come knocking,

so what's next?

What's next?

Well, we gotta finish our ridiculously awesome

science project and make this super item.

And what is this super item?

It's gonna take agility and speed

to defeat the Tsukasa empire.

That's why we'll need plenty of humanity's

greatest survival science creation.

We're whippin' up some space food!

--Huh? --Space food?

What's that?

[GEN] Yep, here we go again!

Senku's got another craft

that could never exist in the stone world.

[KASEKI chuckling]

So, what is "space"? I was wondering.

Up there. It's that bad place way, way above the sky!

Woo-hoo!

I'm starting to get excited again.

I can barely contain myself!

But it's just food, though, right?

Kinda. But with an upgrade.

We're making our favorite foxtail millet ramen

battle ready.

[OTHERS gasp]

Ooh, me! I can help you, Senku!

I want ramen so bad right now! Really! Like, super bad!

Ginro, calm down, this is serious.

Okay, but why do we need this, uh,

"space ramen" for the battle?

Is the plan of attack to launch lots of steaming hot bowls of it

at the enemy?

Good guess, but I doubt it's that, Father.

Ah!

There isn't any gravity way up in space--

not to mention any room or time to sit down for a meal.

This stuff is quick to prepare and mega-nutritious.

It's also small, light, and ultra-portable.

I'm talking about the ridiculously

well-thought-out scientific delicacy that is space food.

I see.

Tsukasa won't attack in the winter

partly because he wants more men,

but that's not the only reason for him to wait.

[SENKU] It's a pretty obvious problem.

In this stone world,

an ice-cold winter battlefield is a frozen version of hell.

But to us, that's just another hurdle

we can clear by using science.

Once we develop a warm, proper meal

that we can prepare instantly,

then we'll have a ten billion percent advantage.

A winter battle's ultimate weapon.

[SUIKA] Warm science food is gonna keep us powered up.

It'll give our bodies and our spirits the boost we need!

[CHROME] Space food sounds baad!

[SENKU] This is it, the final super item we need

for our attack on the Tsukasa empire.

Let's get started!

Ha! Leave it to us to make the ramen, Senku!

Now that everyone in the village has come together,

we can be more efficient than ever before.

Yeah! The maker team's gotta keep up with you,

so we're gonna have to build some kinda machine

to turn regular ramen into space ramen!

How will that work, exactly? Looks like you have a plan.

We're gonna vacuum the ramen.

Take all the air out, just like before.

[KASEKI] Ah! Like when we built the cell phones.

Those vacuum tubes were a real pain in the neck.

Wait, did you say vacuum the ramen? I'm lost.

[chuckles]

[SENKU, CHROME yelp]

Okay, this batch of ramen is done!

[GINRO gasps]

Now, we just gotta put it in some bowls and soup's on!

Not true. That won't be necessary.

We're gonna be freezing it all solid.

[ALL gasp]

[GINRO] It's cold,

so why do we have to freeze all this delicious ramen?

[KINRO] The rules are the rules.

Stop your whining and get to work, Ginro!

So this is space ramen?

Not quite. It's just frozen right now.

The goal is to lighten the hell outta this stuff

so our troops can be super well-fed while on the go.

[GEN] You want to "lighten the ramen"?

You mean--?

Oh, yeah. You know it.

We're making cup noodles.

This'll be the birth of freeze- dried food in the stone world.

[GEN] Freeze-dried, huh?

I mean, I've heard of it, of course,

but how exactly are we supposed to do that?

[SENKU] Just like it sounds.

By literally freezing it and then drying it.

That's really all there is to it.

When you freeze food, the moisture inside turns to ice.

[GEN] Yeah, obviously. I get that part. So then what?

[SENKU] Then, you put the frozen food in a vacuum,

and the total lack of air in the environment

will sublimate the ice.

Poof! Turning it directly into vapor.

Thus, completely drying out the food,

which makes it ultra-tiny and lightweight.

All this stuff is way too complicated for me.

So how exactly do we pull off the "poof" part?

[chuckles]

Well, that's where the maker team comes in.

Ha-ha! Our team's done it again!

Yo, check this!

We went through hell to make our water wheel before,

but we were able to use it here

to power our freeze-drying machine!

[ALL gasp]

I'm impressed, Chrome and Kaseki, way to go!

Everything we have is made by using things

we all built together with Senku.

[SENKU] Yeah. That's the same thing humanity did.

Working away for thousands and thousands of years.

That's science.

[VILLAGERS chattering]

Feast your eyes, everyone! Freeze-dried ramen acquired!

Hell yeah! Hold on, what is that stuff?

Well, it does look small and lightweight.

But, uh, it looks totally disgusting.

Like it's all tough and spongy.

[chuckles] Yeah? Just watch.

[GIRLS gasp, chuckle]

[KOHAKU] Can you actually eat that, though?

Fine, I'll be the guinea pig!

Science users are naturally brave people.

We're not afraid to try out new things.

You've said something like that before.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure you just wanna

eat the ramen before we do.

So good!

So bad!

And I mean that in the best way possible--

it's so steamy and delicious!

[CHROME] Here ya go.

[inaudible]

[MAGMA laughs]

Can hardly believe I can fight with one hand

and eat with the other!

Oh, yeah, it's arvelous-may.

However, doing them each separately may be a good idea.

I really don't want anyone to get hurt.

[SENKU] Hm?

We can't avoid fighting them anymore, can we?

Nobody's going to die, if that's what you're worried about.

The condition for a kingdom of science victory

is actually remarkably simple.

We just wanna capture the cave with the miracle fluid

so we can revive everyone.

By using our cell phones

to connect with my friends on the other side,

we can do it all without spilling a single drop of blood.

[KASEKI] Senku, are you positive

that these friends of yours are actually safe?

They've been embedded with the enemy army the whole time.

Sounds dangerous to me.

Relax. I don't have one millimeter of worry.

They're fine, I'm sure.

There's no way Taiju and Yuzuriha

would let themselves croak that easily.

[gasps] I wonder what they're like.

They're Senku's friends, after all.

They're probably super smart, just like him!

Who the hell are these guys?! They look nothing like that!

Taiju's a simpleton who handles all the brawny stuff!

Huh?! You gotta be kidding me!

[music playing]

[LILLIAN] ♪ I know that times are tough ♪

♪ Just down and out ♪

♪ Putting my faith in tomorrow ♪

♪ I am ready to go, but... ♪

That song's like the constant background music, huh?

Wow. Who'd've thought?

Dear Lillian's still the world's diva.

Even in this age, everyone's in love.

I could never get tired of a voice

that was so full of beauty.

I think Tsukasa's army should get to hear

her beautiful singing, too.

It's so beautiful, it's making me cry!

Hey, maybe if they did hear it,

they would decide to throw their weapons away.

Although I wish that were the case,

the song is way too familiar to people from our age.

So I don't think it alone will be enough

to bring them to their knees.

Besides, with this audio quality...

Wait, the audio quality.

[LILLIAN] ♪ I'll be thinking of the same thing I always do ♪

♪ Always you ♪

Just come up already. Tell me what you want.

Heya.

Sorry, but I didn't want

the innocent, pure-hearted ones to hear this.

Kinro and Kokuyo wouldn't approve.

[chuckles]

I can sense an underhanded scheme brewing here.

Well, you know me.

[GEN] All we need is the record and our pair of cell phones.

With my plan, we can defeat the Tsukasa empire

and save seven billion people with a bloodless siege.

But if God really is watching us...

...then surely Ishigami Senku and Asagiri Gen

will be keeping each other company in hell forever.

I'm not worried.

God hasn't been a part of the world of science

for practically ten billion years.

So whatcha got, eh, mentalist?

[GEN] Sorry, but I didn't want

the innocent, pure-hearted ones to hear this.

Kinro and Kokuyo wouldn't approve.

[SENKU] I can sense...

It sounds like Senku and Gen are meeting in secret?

Quiz time! Can you name the key to the Tsukasa empire?

Which of the following three options is the unifying force

that holds the people within it together?

A: Food. B: Hot chicks.

C: Tsukasa himself.

C, obviously.

[GEN] Bingo! Ten billion points!

Tsukasa himself.

He was already a charismatic, popular celebrity,

thanks to his "strongest primate high-schooler" title.

So what I think, is that in order to break them apart,

we simply need to enlist a celebrity of our own.

Someone who's as famous and popular as Tsukasa.

Hey! I'm Lillian Weinberg, y'all.

[CHROME] A woman's voice? From that record!

[coughs]

Not bad, eh?

I can fake it somewhat. Far from perfect, though.

You know, that was close. Very close, actually.

Even so, it's still ten billion percent obvious

that you're a dude, so that's a problem.

Yes. It is.

However, hearing it over a phone

with poor sound quality like ours...

[gasps]

[SENKU] And with the voice on the record as authentication.

[GEN] Bingo! A hundred billion points!

[CHROME] What are they talking about?

They'll hear the raw power

of Lillian's live singing over the phone.

A voice so unmistakably ovley-lay,

it could only belong to her.

Well, yeah, it does belong to her.

They won't have a choice.

They'll have to believe that Lillian's alive

on the other end of the line.

From America, this is Lillian Weinberg.

People of Japan, please listen.

The world hasn't really collapsed.

In fact, the United States has already recovered.

Help is on the way to Japan, so please stand by.

I see.

You'll deceive everyone on the other side with false hope,

offered by a zombie Lillian created to tell a big, fat lie.

[chuckles]

Oh, yeah, we're definitely gonna wind up in hell for this.

Okay, got it.

We'll settle the details later. Let's go with that plan.

That quick?! No way!

Ah! "Got it," huh? Well, I don't get it at all!

I think you're gonna need to spell out the plan from the top,

mentalist, real slow.

Step by step, then.

One: Get the phone to Taiju and Yuzuriha.

Two: They show it to Tsukasa's army.

And three: We play them Lillian's song.

Then, the trick.

Howdy! Calling from America.

The world hasn't actually collapsed, y'all.

[SENKU chuckles]

They think the old world's been destroyed

and every country wiped out.

That's the only reason they're following

their great leader, Tsukasa.

Well, to be fair, it was destroyed.

But if they think that America's back in action

and help is on the way,

then that'll change their entire calculus.

Once the bulk of Tsukasa's army has switched

from his side to ours, we coordinate using our cell phones

and conquer them in one swift move,

without spilling a drop of blood.

[chuckles]

Wait, won't they figure out you lied at that point?

Yeah, but who cares?

With Tsukasa and Hyoga down,

we can worry about sorting the rest of the mess out later.

Leave it to the mentalist to come up

with a ten billion percent underhanded plan like that.

So exciting!

[GEN] Naturally, everyone in the Tsukasa empire

is going to hate our guts

for playing such a cruel trick on them.

There's no helping it, though.

Keep this a secret from the rest of the villagers, okay?

I don't think we need any villains

besides the two of us old-worlders.

[CHROME] Sure, great idea.

Except now that you've told me, I'm an accomplice.

Hey, you were the one who barged in on our private conversation.

Quite literally.

Well, I'll be the one carrying out the plan, anyway.

You'll need a technician on hand

to set up that giant-ass cell phone, won't you?

They'll recognize you. Not me.

[CHROME] We'll go to hell together--the three of us.

But in exchange, we'll save seven billion people.

[SENKU] All right, mission team's set and ready to go.

Three people with three jobs.

Chrome, the engineer.

Magma, the hauler.

And Gen, the guide.

Huh. Seems like there's a problem you're forgetting.

The Tsukasa army scout, Homura.

From the lack of snow on the branches,

I think it's safe to assume she's been keeping watch

from that hill over there.

You can see that?

How's that possible?

Smart place to watch from.

It's right on the path between here and the Tsukasa empire.

If they find out we're planning a preemptive strike,

or even worse, learn that we managed to create a cell phone,

then it's all over.

[gasps] What if we have the team set out

in the middle of the night?

We're carrying vacuum tubes, though.

If we trip in the dark, then they'll break.

Think you could outrun her?

Hauling all this stuff? No way!

And Homura is rather ast-fay.

An easy fix.

We're gonna lure the empire's scout away from her position

with the help of a super science gadget.

While she's distracted, the mission team moves.

[CHROME] And what exactly is this super science gadget?

[SENKU] If you run electricity through water,

it sends hydrogen and oxygen bubbling out.

The mixed gas you get is called a detonating gas.

Use it to inflate a deer bladder like a balloon

and you've got yourself a weapon

that'll make a wimpy explosion but a ridiculously loud nose.

In other words, a sonic bomb.

Right, here we go. Time for our preemptive strike.

Detonate... sonic bombs.

Move! Now! The other side!

Go!

[SENKU] We're bringing the battle to the Tsukasa empire.

The epic Stone Wars are about to begin.

[SENKU] This is exhilarating.

Get excited!