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| I think Zeno might of had somewhat of a superior complex. He did have a huge ambition for using his talents though. Oh and Stanley is no pushover. He seems like one of the more dangerous characters Senku and his group has to deal with this arc. A thrilling episode imo. Zeno's character feels like a parallel to Senku but also very different in how they approached their goals. |
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| Thereās the saying that great minds think alike, and tbh, this entire backstory of Xeno is just a practical representation of that. I mean he and Senku managed to survive and live through this stone world in the exact same manner, except nobody betrayed Xeno and he had people who were a bit more capable than Senkuās bunch. But nah, that man is messed up, I mean for all his admiration for science and Senku, he didnāt hesitate at all when calling shots on him. If theyāve left it only up to Luna, then yeah, of course, the scene wouldnāt have escalated the way it got lol, but then again, it was her who passed the information about Senku to Xeno, so canāt really say she isnāt much to blame here. Really really impressed with Senkuās last minute effort to save himself, otherwise you know, average people donāt even try when they know a bullet is coming towards them. Impressed with Ryusuiās awareness as well. Though all said and done, some great last few minutes. This show knows how to hype you, looking forward to the next one. |
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| Yeah, no, my suspension of disbelief is shot to pieces at this point. Not everyone's first and only thought is to become a dictator of such a world, that obsession of Xeno's is just that - at the same time, it's just waaaay to fitting for an American's first thought to be weapons and bullets, that feeling of unease about it really snaps me right out of any and all the immersion. And then having literally all the easymode cheats there, basically everything he'd need practically a stone's throw away, including manpower, including Stanley himself (his smoking becomes another groan-inducing focus)? Having Senkuu accidentally discovered by Luna, after all her fumbling, and calculating his height from nothing but his voice, which he just happens to have stored on recordings, and in a matter of what, minutes? Lol. Lmao, even. Gimme a break already. If the end goal was to have Senkuu sniped, the road there is just too damn bumpy at best, imo. Some of the core elements are still there, in minimal amounts, but this arc (or just this part of it? idek) really doesn't work at all for me. |
| Another great backstory episode! These have been some of my faves of the series. Last week we saw Senku and Xenoās pre stone world story, this episode we got to see how different their nation building and scientific development processes were. Senku prioritised restoring and improving life for people, Xeno prioritised controlling it. They even both have childhood meathead friends who aren't great at science, but will do anything to support their smart best friend lol. They played the one guy proposing and saving the ring as a joke, but it quite literally ended up saving months and months of work by instantly giving Xeno access to platinum thus a consistent supply of nitric acid and other supplies! No wonder he's got a castle and all this other advanced stuff, he got to shave off months of development time. Luna is so real for being conflicted about ratting out Taiju/Senku to Stan for the killshot. Best girl. Worst double agent lol. OH SHIT. The end of the episode was some of the most tense action we've ever had in Dr. Stone. Xeno figuring out who the real leader was and Stan having a clear line of sight on the deck.. whew. Cinema. That was some incredibly quick thinking by Senku to get the starch to solidfy and use it as body armor, but holy shit if Stan's shot did that much damage even with that, imagine if he had nothing to slow it down. It's cool that they showed the impact of shrapnel as well, it's not just the initial bullet you have to worry about! Banger episode. |
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| What are the odds that Dr. Xeno and Senku reawakened around the same time? I guess higher than I thought. One scientist wants to save the world and the other one wants to take over it. Xeno was an adult and saw the reality of the world. So, I get why he became so cynical and wanted to rule the world from scratch. Senku was a kid and probably didn't face the hardships of Xeno's life so he has a much more optimistic outlook on life. I wonder if he would've been more like Xeno if he was older. I like the dichotomy between the two. Miss "Cool-headed" Luna didn't give away the location of "Dr." Taiju. But she ended up causing way more damage than she was going to. Damn. Some great last minute thinking from Senku. I don't doubt that he'd survive. The question, just how wounded is he? Tho I suppose if he was severely wounded they could apply the revival fluid to cure him. Tho I don't remember if they have any extra left. What a cliffhanger. |
| xeno wants to be the king of the new world so he knows senku is a big problem for him |
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Thereās the saying that great minds think alike, and tbh, this entire backstory of Xeno is just a practical representation of that. I mean he and Senku managed to survive and live through this stone world in the exact same manner, except nobody betrayed Xeno and he had people who were a bit more capable than Senkuās bunch. But nah, that man is messed up, I mean for all his admiration for science and Senku, he didnāt hesitate at all when calling shots on him.
If theyāve left it only up to Luna, then yeah, of course, the scene wouldnāt have escalated the way it got lol, but then again, it was her who passed the information about Senku to Xeno, so canāt really say she isnāt much to blame here. Really really impressed with Senkuās last minute effort to save himself, otherwise you know, average people donāt even try when they know a bullet is coming towards them. Impressed with Ryusuiās awareness as well. Though all said and done, some great last few minutes. This show knows how to hype you, looking forward to the next one.
If theyāve left it only up to Luna, then yeah, of course, the scene wouldnāt have escalated the way it got lol, but then again, it was her who passed the information about Senku to Xeno, so canāt really say she isnāt much to blame here. Really really impressed with Senkuās last minute effort to save himself, otherwise you know, average people donāt even try when they know a bullet is coming towards them. Impressed with Ryusuiās awareness as well. Though all said and done, some great last few minutes. This show knows how to hype you, looking forward to the next one.
| @Softhenic03 He did hesitate a bit though. In his own way he thought very logically through the benefits and issues that would arise with joining forces with Senku and even showed some emotional attachment to knowing who he is. Ultimately he decided that preventing Senku from getting ahead of him was the best course of action. Him and Senku are very similar in the sense that they decide and do things based on logic, and logically it just seemed to best course of action to him. |
| It is now clear that Dr. Xeno has no qualms about ordering the death of his apprentice. And here I thought that when they found out that Senkuu was behind it all they would try to be a little more civilized. Although Senkuu and Xeno woke up at the same time, Xeno was playing in easy mode, so to speak. There was no one to oppose him, unlike Senkuu, who suffered delays due to his war with Tsukasa. Xeno already had experienced adult military and resources such as platinum and corn to advance his scientific kingdom by building weapons, airplanes, communication equipment, and so on. Meanwhile, Senkuu was making ramen to convince the teenagers in the village to help him make glass. I think there was a "slight" downside. |
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| Although Senku and Xeno woke up at the same time, they pursued different approaches to science. Things got intense now that theyāve discovered who Senku is. Insane ending, |
| While Senku and Xeno woke up at roughly the same time, their paths to where they are now couldn't be more different. Xeno had his trusted friends and allies around him, plus a reliable source of nitric acid. Add in the ring which was made from platinum and he was all set to get things rolling at incredible speed. Contrast to Senku, who had to go through the equivalent of hard mode with all that he has dealt with in the previous seasons just to get to where he and his friends are right now. It led back to the present, where the way Luna was conflicted with herself to point out the target for Stanley to shoot was pretty funny. I never expect her of all people to stick her fingers up her nose! XD That brought enough time for Xeno to stop Stanley after figuring out that Senku was there and was the actual leader, but he did end up with a difficult situation whether to order Stanley to kill him or not. Ultimately, he gave the go ahead, but it gave Senku enough time to get to where Francois was, take the potato starch and produce a makeshift body armour which might've just saved his life from Stanley's sniper bullet hitting him. A very good cliffhanger to end an impressive episode, I must say. |
| Although Senku managed to protect himself from a fatal sniper shot at the last minute, it was obvious that he got hit from the shrapnel of bullet fragments. I guess Xeno decided that there was only room for one scientist in this Stone World. |
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| great ep so X decided to be the evil... |
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| by far the weakest episode and de-valuing the whole series. At least senku had a logical path towards his science advancements, but xeno just pops out hardened steel out of nothing, magically produces stuff that is actually not that easy to mass produce etc. just to make him the "better" scientist. |
| Alright, I've decided we hate Xeno. |
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| "Hey Stanley, do you see anybody with leeks for hair? Really noticeable and unlike any other human being on this planet...Yeah, that's the guy." How hard was that? |
| Dr. Xeno awoke the scientists, soldiers and civilians at the venue using what he knew from experiments on the bird such as the nitric acid and staying conscious. Although he has the catalyst, platinum, he uses it to make gunpowder rather than research the revival fluid like Senku, it really contrasts their ideologies. I like the allusion to a Tsukasa-like figure when Xeno mentions a martial artist could seize power if they were revived. It is so American of them to name their headquarters White Castle. |
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| HOLY SHIT Senku was wounded by the shrapnel from the bullet, at least he didn't die, he doesn't seem to have had a fatal wound, although we will know that in episode 9. Good episode, I had great tension in the last minutes, X decided to go the way of evil even though he could have chosen to be Senku's ally. |
| That's one hell of a cliffhanger. |
| I love the implication that in the real world they would have normal hairstyles otherwise Xeno could have been like "Do you see anyone with leek hair?" lol |
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| Omg they know that Senku is the real target and now he even got hit by the sniper, I don't know if his artisanal last minute bulletproof vest worked, I mean we saw a lot of blood during the hit so it's not reassuring at all :( |
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| Wasnāt expecting more flashback but Iāll gladly take it, it was cool seeing the start of Dr. Xenoās empire and how he managed to get such advanced tech so quickly, I guess having a platinum ring right there made that easy for him lol, and wow he has way more people than I thought, I was thinking no way all of them stayed conscious that whole time but I guess they are considered āsuperheroesā, they must be if they managed that insane feat. And Iām ngl I found Stanley getting his cigarettes kinda wholesome, almost like when Gen got his cola, only one will kill you quicker than the other lol, but I respect Stanleyās love for them, you only live once after all, might as well enjoy the ride. And damn the 2nd half of the episode was very intense, I love Luna but damn they couldnāt have picked a worse person for her job lol, but maybe itās good for Xeno that she couldnāt point a finger so he could eventually discover the real head scientist. It is kinda sad that Xeno still issued the kill order even after discovering that Senku is his enemy, but like Senku, he is very logical, so it makes sense that he would still make the call, at least he did consider allying with him for a moment. And once it was clear there was a sniper things got really crazy, but Senku thankfully made use of that starch to most likely save himself, even if we saw blood thereās no way our science boy is going down, Stanley played that very well but you canāt account for the random invention of a bulletproof vest lol. Great cliffhanger tho, canāt wait to see the aftermath of the shot. |
| How did xeno know senku was going to revive too?? what a stretch |
| Why make it easy when you can make it difficult? Because calculating height based on his voice is sick, lol. Intense episode. |
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| Man... Luna is hot, so very fucking hot. |
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_Shash_ said: It seems I was the only one who found this episode quite dang stretched out. After the previous episode being completely a flashback episode, when this episode started with Xeno's flashback, my first reaction was "Ah cmon now! End this already". I get it, you broke out of the petrification because you kept your brain active and there was Nitric Acid nearby. I get it, you want to rule over the world with your science knowledge and preferred making weaponry over finding the science behind petrification. You talked about all this stuff in the previous episode already. No need to explicitly show me all of it. Once the flashback finally got over, we had to deal with Miss "capable woman"'s endless indecisiveness, endless stalling and endless mental rambling. I get it, you don't want to witness people your age dying. Why not just refuse going on such a mission from the start? She feels like Ginro(minus the perversion part). Bet they would be a good match. Only after Xeno figured out the "Dr. Taiju" bluff did the episode get really interesting. Only sad part was, we were already past half the episode by then. For real man, Luna is so damn annoying.. And we have to get a lot of her screentime in which she is just being a pain in the ass to watch. |
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