Ha! We're sure covering
a lot more ground
in our oil search now that
we have cameras, huh?
[KASEKI laughs]
You bet!
My adorable creations
are pulling their weight!
Your eyes are great, Kohaku,
but putting all the burden
on you wasn't fair. [chuckles]
Huh.
Heyo, ground search team,
can you hear me?
This is Gen.
There's a suspicious
looking blur
just past the big river
beyond Mount Fuji.
[GEN] Could you check
it out, pretty please?
No problem, leave it to us!
[SENKU chuckles]
We'd better hurry up.
We need ten billion photos
before winter comes.
We're screwed after that.
Can't find anything once
it's all covered in snow.
Don't worry,
we'll find it by then.
That liquid gold
sleeping in the ground!
I want oil!
[gasps]
This sucks so bad.
Where the hell is the oil?
Ow!
[CHROME]
Chestnuts.
[KASEKI laughs]
Aerial photos are great!
They show us everything!
Helps prep for winter.
And we're well into fall.
It is the season of harvest.
[TAIJU gasps]
It grew this much
in just a few months?
Wheat is incredible, guys!
It's easy to see how it
became a staple worldwide.
Wheat's an
all-you-can eat treat!
[CHROME sighs]
[UKYO, CHROME panting]
[motor revving]
[CHROME]
Whoa, dude!
[YO groans]
I think I just pulled something!
Farming is back
t*rture, I swear.
Don't sweat it, Yo!
You can leave the rest to me,
I'm still raring to harvest!
Yeah, well you might
be the only one,
Mister Infinite Energy.
We get a lot more
food from farming
than we ever did from hunting,
but it takes much
more out of us.
I can see why we
never bothered with it
until there were more
people to put to work.
[RYUSUI laughs] Humanity finally
has our essential crop.
Time to open a restaurant.
A three-star Francois joint!
Huh?!
If that is what you wish.
I'll begin developing
the menu immediately.
Our aerial photos will be
a good source for ingredients.
[SENKU chuckles]
Not a bad idea.
A lot of people are
exhausted from
the crazy amount of work we've
gotta put in all of a sudden.
And you can't power muscles
on inspiration alone.
Working is its own science.
If the body's a car,
then food is our gasoline.
Ideally, we want
something full of protein
and easy to preserve.
Don't forget insanely
delicious and luxurious!
Yeah baby.
I'm talking truffles,
caviar, maybe foie gras?
None of that is ever
appening-hay.
Be real. Even if we wanted them,
we don't have the ingredients.
Huh. You think so?
I've never heard
Francois sh**t down
a request like that
in my entire life.
Just watch.
[FRANCOIS] Luxurious, high in
protein, and easy to preserve.
Uh--
[FRANCOIS]
Understood.
With that in mind,
I've got just the dish.
I'll be serving black
truffle boar rillettes.
Wait, truffle?
[FRANCOIS] I had a feeling
this might happen,
so I've taken the liberty
of summoning an expert.
The one most knowledgeable about
the flora and fauna
near the village.
Who the heck is that?
No clue.
Huh?
Long time no see, everyone!
[CHALK barks]
Suika!
Okay, they are way too prepared,
it's getting freaky.
That's my Francois.
Uh...
[SUIKA squeals]
Let's see.
It's hard to be sure because
of how fuzzy the image is,
but it looks to me
like something is
rubbing against
these tree branches.
Just a guess,
but maybe it's a boar!
[inaudible]
I can't wait for the pork!
'Kay, the meat's taken care of,
but what about the truffles?
They're so expensive that some
call them "black diamonds,"
so they must be rare.
Actually, you can find truffles
growing in many forests.
Even here.
Eriously-say?
[KOHAKU] So we're looking
for black fungus, huh?
Ha. Suika was able to spot
boars in these photos, right?
Was this one taken
around there, too?
With my eyesight,
I bet I can find what we need!
Spotting mushrooms
from a bird's eye view
might be too big an ask.
Not really a matter of
vision at that distance.
Hey, you never know.
If anyone can pull it off,
it's our girl Kohaku.
Huh?
She obviously has
idiculous-ray eyesight,
but maybe her skills
are less about talent
and more about experience.
She's lived her whole
life in the wild.
Perhaps she's developed some
unreal power of observation.
[KOHAKU gasps] I think I found
them, the black diamonds.
[BOTH]
Uh--
Hang on, there's no way
you're able to
see mushrooms
in that blurry-ass photo.
Then what's this
black splotch I'm seeing?
[CHROME] Huh. It is suspicious,
I'll give you that.
[GEN] Though proportionally
it looks a little big.
Like, around the size of
a puddle or something.
[SENKU gasps]
Hold up, you don't think...
[SENKU] A dark liquid
seeping up to the surface.
[chuckles] You didn't find
what you were looking for,
but this is better!
[ALL gasp]
[SENKU] It's the ultra-rare
treasure trove we've been after!
The Sagara Oil Fields!
[ALL cheer]
Wish the photo was less fuzzy,
so we could get
an exact location!
Ha, ha! That's not a problem!
We can narrow it down
if we work smarter!
Let's split up and
search the area on foot!
[FRANCOIS] Our job is to
support the search effort
with the culinary delights of
our soon-to-be restaurant.
But we still haven't
found the black diamonds.
I'm starting to think that
maybe there aren't any.
Don't worry, Suika, there are.
And luckily for us, the boars
know what they smell like.
I'm not very well-versed
when it comes to science,
but any chef worth their salt
is familiar with this fact:
The scent of truffles
is very similar
to that of boar pheromones.
Because of that overlap,
boars are adept at locating
underground truffles.
[URIBOU]
Ooh, what did I find?
Whatever it is,
it's time to pig out!
[SUIKA, CHALK gasp]
Right, how could I
have forgotten?
This is the exact reason
that people stopped
using boars and pigs
for hunting truffles.
Everything will
be okay, Francois!
Huh?
The Great Detective Duo,
Suika and Chalk,
can take it from here!
[CHALK barks]
We'll use chalk's nose!
He can track the scent
now that we found some.
[barks]
[gasps]
[SUIKA gasps]
[CHROME panting]
It's no use.
Damn it, if only the photos
were just a little more clear.
Yeah. This is tough.
I'm running on umes-fay!
[UKYO] We're looking for a
puddle inside this vast forest.
We need something more to go on.
[KOHAKU] And once it snows,
the puddle will surely
vanish without a trace.
That's effectively our deadline.
We have to find it by then
or all our efforts will have
been for nothing.
[SENKU] We're doing so much,
my brain's all over the place.
I must've missed something.
Some hint, staring right at us,
floating around my hippocampus.
[FRANCOIS] With that in mind,
I've got just the dish.
I'll be serving black
truffle boar rillettes.
[GEN]
But what about the truffles?
They're so expensive that some
call them "black diamonds,"
so they must be...
[KOHAKU] Suika was able to spot
boars in these photos, right?
Was this one taken...
[SUIKA] But we still haven't
found the black diamonds.
I'm starting to think that
maybe there aren't any.
[FRANCOIS]
Don't worry, Suika, there are.
And luckily for us, the boars
know what they smell like.
The boars know
what they smell like.
[SENKU gasps]
Right! The boars!
[ALL]
Huh?
Quick, in , how did they
discover the Sagara Oil Fields?
Uh. I don't think any of us are
gonna know that answer but you.
[SENKU]
It's super common for wild boars
to roll around in the mud.
But one day,
people came across one
that reeked of oil
for some reason.
They were like "What the hell?"
So they followed it
as it did its thing.
Now that we found the truffles,
we can finally move on to
making food for the restaurant!
Let's start at once.
First we'll simmer the boar
meat for the rillette.
[SAGARA cries]
Huh? That's strange,
this boar smells of oil.
Stop, we need him alive!
[snorts]
We want you to take us
somewhere you've been.
It's wherever you were
playing in the mud.
Do you understand?
The liquid gold is there!
[SAGARA snorts]
Oink, oink!
[SUIKA gasps]
[CHROME]
That's so bad.
She's practically
tamed the little guy!
Thank you, Sagara!
You're the best!
Sagara? Did you really
give that boar a name?
He's still food.
Well, we can't be friends
if we don't know
each other's names, right?
[SAGARA squeals]
[SENKU panting]
[SAGARA squeals]
[ALL gasp]
Yeah, this is it!
We made it to the
black puddle I saw.
It looks just like
what's in the photo.
Hey, what are you
doing, Senku?
[ALL gasp]
The mud water's burning!
Which means it
isn't water at all!
And this is the power
we're using to move the boat?
Yeah, in this new world,
humanity's finally got it.
Oil, the king of resources,
is ours for the taking!
We've discovered
the Sagara Oil Fields!
All right!
Really good job, Sagara!
[gasps] But Francois is
going to cook you up now,
I'm sorry buddy.
Francois.
[FRANCOIS]
Hm?
Can we get your opinion
as a pro chef?
Whaddya say?
Is that boar worth eating?
No. The oil smell is soaked in.
It's unfit for consumption.
You heard them.
Let 'em loose or
take him home. Up to you.
[gasps] Thank goodness!
Now we can really be friends!
[SENKU] Gotta reward people
for their accomplishments
or it'll t*nk our morale.
You're right, but was that
really why you did that?
Huh? Yeah, of course it was,
why else would I do it?
[SAGARA snorts]
Now then, let's get
right to an oil test.
This is what it looks like?
Yup, it's a motorboat.
Oh. Wait, sorry,
you were talking about
the engine, weren't you?
It's known as a Stirling engine.
Remember the
Stirling refrigerator
we made to freeze Tsukasa?
It turned piston movement into a
heat differential. This just...
[GEN] I wasn't asking
about the engine,
but I don't think anything'll
stop you at this point.
With this boat,
we can finally set out.
To the sea!
Well, depending on the
quality of the oil we found.
And we're sure this is safe
to pour in? No isk-ray?
[TAIJU]
Hm?
[sniffs]
Hey, that's the love potion!
You find someone you
wanna use it on, Senku?
[ALL]
Hm?
What's a love potion?
[GEN] Yes, what are you
talking about, Taiju?
You 'member that stuff
you whipped up
in the lab back in the day.
That would've given
me extra confidence
to confess to Yuzuriha?
Just before we were petrified?
You know!
[SENKU]
Huh?
I've developed this drug
as a kind of "love potion."
It maxes out your
pheromone levels,
granting you a ten billion
percent chance
of winning her heart.
[SENKU chuckles]
[SENKU laughs]
I did say that!
Oh man, the "love potion"!
Never stopped believing
that lie, huh, you big oaf?
That stuff was gasoline!
Wait, what? Are you serious?
You smelled this without
any preconceived notions
and were confident
it was the same.
[SENKU chuckles]
Then that settles it.
Our Sagara oil is
the same as what I made
out of plastic bottle
caps that day.
With a carbon count of to ,
this is some grade-A gasoline.
[RYUSUI]
Huh. Is that so?
You mean to tell me
the last bit of science
you did in the old world
was making gasoline?
And in this moment,
in this new world of ours,
we've already caught up
to that point?
Guess all that's left
is to go beyond it.
All aboard!
We're headin' out now!
[gasps]
Ahh, bad! It's freakin' fast!
Ha, ha! Time for us
to leave Japan!
We're off to an uncharted world,
to the open seas,
on a ship of science!
[CHROME laughs]
[CHROME] So bad! The coast's
already completely gone!
I know, right?
The horizon's only
a few kilometers away.
I've never been out here before.
We're just surrounded by water!
There's something
kind of lonely about it.
Like we're the only ones
in the whole world.
Yeah. I know the earth
is percent water.
But seeing it firsthand
is always something.
I don't even know
which direction
we came from anymore.
Are we sure we can
get back home?
And the plan is to go, like,
hundreds of times
farther than this right?
The ocean is bad!
Ha! Not to worry, Chrome.
We have our sextant!
Wasn't Senku a little
suspicious of that thing?
Yeah. And since we're all gonna
be risking our lives out there,
we're gonna want our coordinates
to be ten billion
percent accurate.
Yes, "want" being the
operative word there, I guess.
Unless you've got something
new up your sleeve?
Yup, we're making a GPS.
G.
P.
S?
[CHROME]
Huh?
[SENKU] It's a navigation system
in cars and phones.
It uses satellites to estimate
your exact position
in the world.
Satellites? Navi-what now?
We can't be making satellites!
Yeah, no kidding!
Luckily we can get
a similar result
with a massive
land-based radio beacon
placed in friendly territory.
[KASEKI laughs]
The waterwheel packs a lot more
of a punch than a battery.
It gives our phone signals
a major upgrade.
Time to turn this thing on! Ha!
[SENKU] Let's run a test
on our new beacon.
I'm counting on your
sonar skills for this, Ukyo.
Just keep spinning the
antenna around at random.
We'll get our position
from the direction and
strength of the signal.
This last part
relying on manual labor
makes it feel a little slapdash.
How's it going, sailors?
Have you found your bearings?
Is everything working?
Yeah, we're in business!
[GINRO clears throat]
Say, Ruri.
Remember that first phone call
between you and Chrome?
The one where he
chickened out and
couldn't tell you how he
really felt, deep down?
This is some pretty
bad stuff, huh!
Science is awesome!
You've been given
a second chance!
How about you share
your feelings this time?
This is the first
land-to-sea call!
Do something special!
Whaddya say?
Girls are allowed to
make the first move, too!
In fact, I bet he'd like that!
Huh? Share my feelings?
Whatever are you talking about?
Hey, Chrome?
[RURI] Everyone's telling
me that I should--
--[buzzing]
--[CHROME gasps]
Come on, what a cliché!
Static, right when we're
getting to the good part?
[buzzing]
[UKYO]
That's not static.
[GEN, CHROME]
Huh?
[UKYO]
How? Just now, we suddenly got
a strong signal from somewhere,
but it's too saturated
to tell the direction.
Plasma from space?
[SENKU]
No.
It's no natural phenomenon.
It's deliberate.
It's tuned to exactly
the same frequency we're on.
[SENKU]
Meaning, when we fired off that
powerful signal
from our radio tower,
someone out there took notice.
Wait, what do you mean
by "someone out there"?
But even if someone
else was revived,
would they have the tech?
[buzzing]
Uh... Wait a second,
could it be--
I think that's morse code!
It's a message meant for us.
It seems to be repeating
the same signal over and over.
Let's see,
there's a "W," then "H."
[gasps]
It's "W," "H," and "Y."
Huh?
It just... says "why."
[SKELETON A]
Why, why, why, why?
[ALL gasp]
[SENKU]
Yo.
[SENKU] Are you the mastermind
behind humanity's petrification?
[SENKU chuckles]
[SENKU]
So we finally meet.
Been waiting ,
years for this.
I can't help but get excited.
03x03 - First Contact
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Japanese anime series based on the manga series of the same name, 3,700 years after a mysterious light turns every human on the planet into stone, genius boy Senku Ishigami emerges from his petrification into a "Stone World" and seeks to rebuild human civilization from the ground up.
Japanese anime series based on the manga series of the same name, 3,700 years after a mysterious light turns every human on the planet into stone, genius boy Senku Ishigami emerges from his petrification into a "Stone World" and seeks to rebuild human civilization from the ground up.