The Perfect Character Design of Senku
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- Senku is probably my favorite genius character in anime. I often struggle with this type of trope since it's been overused but luckily Dr. Stone approaches the idea of being a genius from another perspective and it works wonders.
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Plus, he also has some of the most glorious facial expressions.
Senku is such a great character. He’s a very balanced character who plays to his strengths and understands his weaknesses. The way he uses his genius is very exciting
*exhilarating
@OddFuture I don't think he has it all in his head, I think he just understands the fundamentals and works it out from there on the spot
He’s also one of the few genius characters I’ve seen who actively enjoys sharing his knowledge. Most genius characters horde their knowledge and find it tiresome to explain their plans to those who can’t keep up with them. Meanwhile Senku loves sharing his scientific knowledge. He enjoys pranks and trickery, but clearly because it’s such a fun way of using the scientific knowledge he’s spent his whole life learning and gets others interested in learning. His earnest friendship with Chrome built on the desire to share knowledge is probably my favourite character dynamic I’ve seen in shonen in a long time.
Truth Factor: 10 billion percent
I do miss Taiju tho.
Aye quick theory, spoiler warnings......
So you know how Senku’s dad found the Ishigami village, and most of the people there are basically his dad’s blood. What if Taiju’s parents were alive then too and had their own descendants in the Ishigami village. Cuz I can’t help but notice how similar Chrome is to Taiju.
@@davidedos9031 Spoiler warning!
That could've been true if
1) Taiju's parents were Astronauts
2) They were alive before the petrification event
Also he's really good at dumbing things down so that anybody can understand it if they wanted to, not excluding anyone from the conversion
I love it how he tries to put up a facade of a morally grey dude while being a genuenly good guy ay heart
There's so much of Senku to break down and love, but one thing that really stuck out to me is that he's not the condescending genius. Yes, he knows he's scientifically the smartest guy in the room at all times, but he not only genuinely values and openly praises others' strengths, like exploration (Chrome), investigation (Suika), psychological insight (Gen) and craft skills (Kaseki), but he's never one shy away from putting in the same effort as others. Even though he's not the strongest, he still puts in the labor along with everyone else. Even when he has the entire village at his command, that doesn't change anything except make his ideas bigger. Though he'll delegate as it makes sense, he still busts his ass with everyone else and he's never shown that he ever feels like something is beneath him and I think that humanizes and makes him incredibly likeable. As much as they joke he looks like a villain when he schemes to make people help him, its not ever like a deal with the devil where people wouldn't do it anyway to get what he can offer them. Its an equivalent exchange. People aren't his pawns or tools, they're his potential community and its so heartwarming that he happily uses his intellect for good.
Senku has brains, but not brawn, so he isn’t a Mary Sue, which I like.
That and I love the face he makes when he and the others are trying to make iron xD
Senku is just a regular student but with the knowledge of Wikipedia
ever since I watched Dr Stone, I immediatly fell in love for Senko, and how he has a different vision than others. And is always positive, and able to make up from his mistake, like other great people we have in real life. I say that dr Stone is somewhat a real anime, meaning, geniuses we have in real life (surpprisingly watches anime) can actaully feel the grief, struggle, thoughts Senko has. And conclusion, people, even me can understand him why he does this for the sake of saving humanity and making the world amazing again, without sacrifing anyone else.
In short, I REALLY REALLY REALLY love and respect Senko's character.
there is no such thing as an obejectvly good morality.
But ye senku is a damn well written character.
That statement is ironically a mere subjective opinion.
It is true though, there is no objectively good morality.
Let's an age old question, the troley problem, either do nothing and kill everyone or kill a person to save a person. If you think killing a person to save a person is objectively moral good. Then you're wrong. Since while one school of ethics would agree what you did was good, another would say no you're evil (cause you killed someone).
All actions have consequence, and it's not the direct consequences that are often judge by people after - and often than not that's where the morality of your actions are weighed.
Guy that spared Hitler in WWI? He just didn't want to be a mindless slaughterer. Did he do someting morally good? maybe.
@@joshuafogg6600 Well, to that I have to say, sir... UMMM YOUR'ER OPINION BROOUU
@@Valorhammer If there really is no objectively good morality, then why are there actions that every normal person fundamentally knows is wrong. Murder (which does not include dying through self-defense), sexual assault, theft, etc. Even if you just say that those taboos came out of the creation of society, then why it that avoiding those taboos naturally leads to a better society? If everything is subjective, then shouldn't a society built upon constant atrocities work? History shows that to be unsustainable.
Also, you cannot have subjectivity without objectivity. Shades of grey cannot be without the existence of black and white.
@@abe6229 Well yes, but actually no. My response to Azy's comment was an observation of fact.
As someone with a good relationship with his parents and an insatiable interest in the sciences, I relate to Senku a lot. Making him possibly my favorite shounen protagonists ever.
There's a difference between someone being a living supercomputer who can calculate exactly how and when a leaf will fall off of a tree based on the color of the trunk of the tree, and then there is Senku who is an actual genius.
I'll say this as many times as I have to, but character design is just about how the character looks, and how the personality of said character is personified by their appearance. Learn what a word means, before using it incorrectly. What you're describing is a "character study". Where you analyze what makes a character tick, and go over every aspect of their personality, morals, and other personal traits
Its also interesting that Senku, even though he is a genius, he is not deus ex machina genius. Not only has he made less than optimal decisions, sometimes he was even off. Or to be precise his science is not always the solution.
This show has several genius level characters, but different kinds of genius.
E.g. Senku with his scientific knowledge of many things.
Gen with his understanding of human psychology.
Tsukasa with his intellect. Yes he is very smart. Street smart but also intelligence wise. The fact that simply by deducing the direction in which Senku, Taiju und Yuzuriha left, he knew Senku was making gunpowder shows that he is very smart.
The show is good at showing the different kinds of characters being good in their field of expertise.
Even Chrome will shine. Chrome will re-inventing things of which Senku doesnt think about, even though he knows about them. Which shows, sometimes Senku mind is a bit too high up in the clouds sometimes.
All in all, I love this story. Not only is it different from the typical shonen stuff that I watch, it is also believable in its own way.
his grin and smirk just makes me melt- LIKE:
*Senku grins*
Me: JSJXJSJXJSJJSJSJS AHHH *malfunctions*
I know this video is 3y old but also, another apect that I like about Senku isn't specially ass-holish about his knowledge, I mean he did own Chrome when they first met and didn't seem to understand how much Taiju helped him with his muscle, but he's quickly humbled and started to appreciatte everyone by their unique skills. At first appreciating Taiju and Stukasa's strength but also people with different types of knowledge after he understood what true science is like Chrome's logic and quick thinking skills or Gen's social inteligence and trickery. So by the middle of season 1 we already have a Senku wich understands that his enciclopedic knowledge isn't the only knowledge that there is.
"Couple Hundred Years" A COUPLE HUNDRED?? REALLY??
It was over 3000 years...
Me hears a couple hundred years. My brain : "IT'S BEEN 3700 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Manine Matt: Senku
Subtitles: Zinc, Sink, Sync, Sanku, Zanku, Sing ku
I just love how senku never needs to explain what he is about to do, he just does them
My hero academia they will blab on and on about how and why they’re going to do something simple like punch a guy
Whereas Senku will just start making a lightbulb
This anime was fantastic at Showing the viewer whats going on which make things way more exciting
this is my thoughts exactly! i thought im not gonna like senkuu but hes amazing and i love him!!!
also. gen. gen!!!!😍😍
Gen seemed like a decent enough guy, especially since he just wants a few simple things back, and Senku promised one of them.
10 billion percent agree with this video
Haven’t watched the video yet so apologies if I end up repeating what you say: one of the first things that occurred to me about Senku is that he is actually not that different from a typical shonen protagonist:
Doesn’t know when to quit? Check
Seemingly uninterested in romance? Check
Wants to ‘save everyone’ no matter how unlikely it seems? Check
Tendency to put his friends’ well-being above everything else, including ‘logical thinking’? Check
Just really strong set of morals in general? Check
RIDICULOUSLY passionate about his favourite thing in life? Check
Generally emotionally driven? Check
(Also he loves ramen but I don’t know if that counts... ^^’)
You get my point. Really the one thing that makes him stand out is, to nobody’s surprise, his intelligence. When you go back to my point about ‘ridiculously passionate’, a typical shonen protagonist would be passionate about, let’s say, football, if you’re watching a football anime, or adventure, or whatever the subject of the anime is. The fact that Senku’s passion is... science of all things, is, in my opinion, the biggest AND one of the _only_ things that separate him from the shonen protag archetype... But man what a refreshing twist that is!
Of course I don’t mean that all shonen dudes are the same, they’re really not, but I really like how Senku still manages to fit the typical criteria while being so unique.
FOR SCIENCE!!!
The motto of the Kingdom of Science.
Best boi Senku!!! Yeah I thought I wasn't going to like him. But he is so well written.
Chrome needs some respect too. He started off with nothing only to be one of the most useful characters in the whole story.
This. This is one of the reasons I absolutely love Dr.Stone.
Genius characters are still better than the ones that win by the power of friendship or sheer op
Yup
Me: *reads title
What? His hair is stupid *clicks off video
ANYONE DOING THAT WOULD'VE LOST THERE MINDS BY THE 2ND OR 3RD MONTH
As a person who likes math/science/and alike, I also don't like the stereotypical brainy nerdy anime characters who feel like Gods. I can't feel any relatable moments/ I can't relate to the said above. Senku on the other hand, is smart, kind, and most of all, IS A HUMAN AND HAS FLAWS. I agree with everything you've said. This is why Dr. Stone has been one of my most favorite anime/manga series.
I take it you don't like the irregular at a magic high school
Senku is currently my favorite Shonen protagonist for many of the reasons you listed. I’d also add that his subtle emotional moments help make him human without overriding his overall characteristics. Though I do disagree with your morals statement. Senku does make morally gray decisions. He’s open to cheating, manipulation, blasphemy, and making selfish decisions. But he has a good heart and doesn’t flaunt it. That’s why he’s at the top of the list.
This guy is phenomenal in natural science, history and can easily write a Bestiary. But even his knowledge and craft-skills are flawed: Point 1: He knows appearently nothing about Martial-Arts, Point 2: He is not that good vehicle-designer....Except a certain Awesome-looking Boat which will likely come in 2nd Season
Couple of hundred years?
*say sike right now*
"Frozen for a couple hundred years"
Boi, u mean a couple thousand!
Senku is also different in being a genius in that he is not simply a collection of autism stereotypes.
1:50 dont you mean a few thousand years?
IT'S YUZURIHA
YU-ZU-RI-HA NOT YUZUHARA
I hate people not getting names of anime characters right like that because IT ISNT SPELLED LIKE THAT AND THEY DONT SAY IT LIKE THAT IN THE DUB OR SUB
I'm getting hard Gary Stu vibes from him.
I'm surprised that I like this show, but I do have 1 major complaint that ruins my immersion. I know a lot of highly curious, well educated people and I asked myself seriously if this could be the anime to get them into anime. The answer was no for one simple reason: Senku's lack of curiousity. Granted, I am only up to episode 7 as of writing this, but his curiosity takes a major step back for survival and that would make sense if he didn't waste energy on gloating on knowing things. The more you learn, the better you understand how much you *don't* know. Everyone I know in the science field is constantly telling me about the amazing things they *don't* know yet and how hard they're trying to know them. That's really what being a man science *means*... Maybe it's because Senku is a teenager, maybe there is a better reason to come about later, but that's my one and only complaint. He's a great character otherwise, but he's deeply unrealistic to his defining characteristic.
Sorry to throw a negative point of view out here, excellent video and great breakdown of why the trope succeeds here. It might have been cool to see some specific examples instead of video feed of "geniuses gone wrong" but nicely made video regardless.
Ah, you should skim the comic! Things change quite a bit, and there's a few situations where he's out of his depth.
Slight spoilers, but there's a few times where it's a major flaw that he already has knowledge, as the more "Primitive" Chrome (a person born in the stone world) ends up teaching/humbling Senku a few times, since he's self taught and learned science (considered Sorcery) out of natural curiosity. It's good!
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I feel like you're overlooking the fact that a child can make antibiotics by using the stuff around him, and is also a doctor to add to it. He's just as unrealistic as all the other ones, the creators just package it in a way that you find tolerable
agreed Senku is great and all but what is that background music ?
LAKEY INSPIRED - Blue Boi :)
@@Wehuzz thx man its a month late but ;D
True
Bruh don’t diss Ray and Norman my guy
In real life, social ineptitude & genius-level intelligence tend to go hand-in-hand a lot. Senku is a super-genius with excellent charisma & social skills; honestly, the only thing keeping him away from full-on Marty Stu status is his lack of physical prowess, which is pretty much treated as a non-issue, considering how the series glosses it over. It barely feels like Senku has to struggle. If he were socially inept, I think it would have made for a compelling struggle as he tries to convince the people around him to trust him & work together, tripping & stumbling in his efforts a bunch but ultimately managing to win people over through perseverance. Just because Senku has a trait that most anime geniuses don't, that doesn't necessarily make it a good thing.
The only real problem with social ineptitude in your typical anime genius is that this flaw doesn't cause any friction or issues; it's just brushed off as part of what's supposed to make them "cool"/"mysterious", whatever. There are never any problems arising from miscommunication, no one ever gets significantly upset or angry with them, and the genius character never experiences any internal conflict from their ineptitude.
It's kind of odd that No Game No Life was displayed as an example of played-out, typical anime geniuses; a lot of Sora & Shiro's decisions are driven by personal desire or a sense of morality, rather than cold, amoral logic, and Shiro suffers from anxiety that's so severe, she goes catatonic when Sora isn't around.
I don't think its so much that hes "almost a mary stu" moreso than hes playing to the character archetype of the Paragon and doing a good job of it. The story isnt really about senku struggling and growing as a person, its more about how the people and world around him react and grow in the presence of a Paragon like senku.
Should watch overly sarcastic productions video on paragons. It goes into far more depth about the type of story Im talking about.
New sub but i am loving your content
He's indeed a very well written character.
Just Some Guy without a Mustache yo
YOU are a well written character
The only thing I hate about him is his catch phrase "get excited" that he repeat all the time
I haven’t seen you in a while
Are you being sarcastic or for real?
Senku isn't an interesting character because he is a genius. He's a great character with depth that also just happens to be a genius.
That's honestly a great way of putting it. Not gonna lie I would have made that my tagline for the end of the video if i had thought of it lol.
My two most interesting anime protagonists are Light from Death Note and Lelouch from Code Geass, though I might put Senku in my top ten since he is also showing great development as a character.
@@trackuniverse9121 do it :D
All I'm going to say is that if Senku was in real life, I'd totally back whatever sort of Kingdom of science he wants to create. Dude has vision like no other
I just realized he is what we wanted Elon Musk to be haha
I'm pretty sure people like him exist out there
senku will totally get elon musk's support
10RexTheWolf01 they definitely do, I have one in my class
Kono, Ishagami Senku niwa yume ga aru
"That's what science is. You complete things by trial and error."
- Senku, the yolo and smartass one.
"He's realistic". Senku proceeds to count seconds for 3 thousand years
Im sorry are you a genius? because thats what geniuses do!
The amazing thing about Dr. STONE is that they provide a somewhat decent explanation for that
Bro I do that every weekend
Well....to be fair if you were in a coma and don't know why or how what would you do for the time being?
10RexTheWolf01 I think we would all lose consciousness like most people.
I feel like everyone here is ignoring his best quality...
THAT HAIR!
it looks cute tho-
ehe-
leek hair
He uses lot of hair wax
He is a leafeon
BRUH IKR, MY FAVORITE LEEK
The relationship he has with his father is honestly one of my favourite parts of this anime, it felt so good to see a positive familial relationship especially seeing how well this relationship also ties into the plot.
Yeah, it makes it even more tragic.
Dude Senku is becoming very attractive and I didn’t know I found being a genius attractive but here I am
Big faccs
I love how he tries to play the part of the genius character making the logical choices and sometimes even tries to claim that some of the more emotionally driven choices are logical choices
Well, he's not wrong. Logic and Emotion are not mutually exclusive. Apparently saying the word is now "comment-delete-happy" on TH-cam, but look to WWII and fighting the baddies. It was both the logical and moral/emotional choice to fight against them and their plans. A bit of an extreme example, but the principle still stands.
emotions≈logic, if you have brain
Senku isn’t just a genius to be genius with out reasoning. He actually has an actual interest in science as a kid and then grew with that. Science, is more than just engineering and chemistry. It’s a collective of curiosity/questions and the drive to push to get the answer.
Wow! An intelligent character that doesnt sound pretentious nor comes off as "I am 500 billion percent higher in IQ than you ever will be in your lifetime" either?
Sign me up!
Yeah, the whole series is good hearted and idealistic, even when things get tense and dangerous. Very much "glass half full, not half empty"
Mae Davids but did you get back on board?
“And his parents saw that...”
“Parents”
Ouch
Samuel Stapelman ikr
also, kinda spoiler but i think not, he doesn't kill anyone!! even with science! and he tries to find peaceful solutions to problems! i love that in him. and he has really poor stamina
not to say he's 100% against killing its just that if he can avoid it he will and he's smart enough that he can.
sanattia not true cause kinda spoiler but people have died because of him but it was self defense. It’s just that he doesn’t seek out people to kill and he cares for the well beings of the people around him.
@@bubblegumblue5304 yeah but he didn't fight them or killed them himself, it was science that did it and it was in self defense. that what i meant, i just didn't elaborate . i just really liked how conflict with tsukasa was resolved, especially his followers
we stan a pacifist king
It always depends on their morals and what they're willing to do to achieve that goal
One of the aspects i find really pleasing about series is the fact that Senku is actualyl a humble person, who find a pleasure in hard work and love to share his perception with others. Suika not being able to see world as Senku made him want to share his literal vision with her, same as he did with Chrome, by sharing his knowledge of scientific world. He also respect people around him and understand importance of diversity in society.
And additionaly, his "shared vision" trait is something you'd find in art or education. It's a desire to share experiences with others.
He's smart, but not a god.
He's charismatic, but doesn't have the Luffy/naruto/Goku "powah to maek frendz wif anywun" aka"I have no reason to like this clod, but there's something about him that makes me listen to and like him, a power, an innate kind dangerous power"
Senku is a “good” genius character,he had his supplies given to him before the New Stone Age but now he realizes he is only the brains and not the brawn.Tsukasa could have been the perfect protagonist (kind of making him generic) but he has the wrong ideals,we see he is almost as intelligent and intriguing as Senku therefore making him the perfect antagonist .
Yup, Taiju is definitely closer to the stereotypical protagonist but he mostly helps Senku.
Manime Matt: a couple hundred years.
The 3700 years that passed: am i a joke to You.
He's almost like Rock Lee; a genius of hard work. He wasn't born with this massive intellect, but worked to achieve it. He doesn't act like a god wielding science as a weapon, but rather a mortal man who understands the beauty of science while deftly utilizing it.
Senku's commitment takes the cake, for me. He will keep failing until he succeeds. That is my favorite aspect of his character, learning from his mistakes and the trials of others. He is goal driven like no other hero so far.
"I thought you knew how to do this!"
"I know how to, I've just never done it before. Science is all trial and error."
I'm paraphrasing but that's my favorite thing that he says!
It's always refreshing to see a Shonen anime protagonist who isn't a hot-headed dumbass, especially after Black Clover tragically revived that.
Every once in a while its good to have a hot head it makes the story far less predictable sometimes, totally see where you coming from, but i have to say that this revival is not a tragedy.
Shinra from fire force, after reading the manga is one of the few chracters within that archetype that I can accept and is tolerable.
I would have said a lot of them are tolerable and some of them are even my favourite characters.
@@Embo_1 I mainly said this because he isn't flimsy about his ideas and just does it. He dosent get too emotional about dumb shit. Actually correction hes able to control his hot headedness pretty well in latter chapters and is able to come up with solutions without focusing on what he dosent need to focus on.
Well, I can at least respect Black Clover because it at least knows that it's not doing anything new, the author just took the conventional shonen tropes that he likes and just dialled all of them to 11, and somehow this actually ended up working
I absolutely love this anime. It is SOOOO refreshing to have a protagonist whose goal is not to save a woman, find a woman, has NO interest in relationships, but to reach his goals instead. I absolutely love what they did and are still going to do with this anime. As a manga reader I am SUPER STOKED for what is yet to come, it's going to get so good. They did an awesome job all around in my opinion with Senku's character development.
I like how they explain why he knows so many topics instead of focusing on one like most geniuses do. His motto early on was to study everything, question everything. If he had a question he would find out what the answer was for himself and went deeeep into that knowlage. I can imagine him questioning what antibiotics were and then researching that and then questioning how they were made and discovered and researching that too!
Cross out design. My baby boy is perfect in any way, shape and form.
I really love his endless dedication to bringing the old world back and nothing else, it would be easy to think about making a world of his own design. But he knows that that world would only be perfect according to his standards and that the only right thing to do, is to bring the old world back. All of it.
The best part about anything that Riichirou Intagaki touches is that the characters are guaranteed to be top notch in terms of realisticness when you go past their ridiculous outer shell.
To anyone that is enjoying Dr. STONE I highly recommend you to read the manga Eyeshield 21. It has the same writer and is even drawn by Yusuke Murata of One Punch Man fame.
I see Trigun's protagonist "Vash(the stampede)" in Senku! Both having their own talents but always trying to do the right thing. Love and peace! :)
He's the optimistic pragmatist. Honestly, it's a character type that is rarely used. A shame, really.
Senku is a genius through knowledge and dedication to the nature of science, while most normal genius characters are basically a super-computer pretending to be a human.
Senku is the best mc i'v seen in a long time. He's kind,humble,grateful and all around a normal human that possess burning passion for helping and making things to happen not only for himself, but for others aswell
“After a couple hundred years”
heh
Senku is a good genius character because he is basically a side character moved into the limelight. The best example would be Ritchie from static shock.
Instead of saying that Senku getting promoted from side to main character, I'd say the author just simply told the backstory from different point of view. Senku is the main character from the start, however the prologue (manga chapter 1-15/anime eps 1-5) is narrated by Taiju.
@@maharanient6636 I apologise, I didn't mean that the first part is not his, what i meant was that his "Trope" is often a side character. I get what your saying though, he was never promoted, he was always the main character.
it's YuzuRIHA.
Leeks are great vegetables
What was wrong with Norman?
Jiraiya Sannin up!
I think he was talking more about what makes Senku different.
@@spinyslasher6586 understandable. Norman is a genuinely great genius character tho
and the best part is, as an A level chemistry and physics student, everything chemistry and physics is true to the bone
"After a couple hundred years." More like 3,700, but nice try. 😜
"a couple hunderd years"
OOF
Senku has this Never give up,Can do attitude. This is why we all can relate cuz he is a realistic type of character. Not only that, he is also socialy active to others, funny and he has a sense of morality. The genius he is is a bonus. He also has that villanous face when he is excited/Hyped by his creations or when he get to kinda inslave people for his cause which will also benifit all of them😂. By far, senku and the anime itself is the greatest anime i have seen in 2019 and second is Kemitau no Yaiba.💓🤘
I agree with everything you stated! *"10000000000 points for you!"*
I like how he's not afraid of failure, so many other 'genius' characters always put forth a lot of effort in order to not fail or the idea of them failing isn't even a concern in the first place; personally I just find that to be kinda cheap and it's not entertaining at all. If someone constantly gets everything right, always has the answer, always knows the optimal solution I get the feeling they're akin to a bot, like a Google search gets animated or something. People are interesting because they're flawed and watching them work to overcome or even utilize their flaws to their advantage is entertaining to me, they have depth, colour, vibrancy and more to the point they're relatable.
Yuzahara is my favorite character too. Yuzuriha is just a cheap copy
Lmaooo
is there any other character like him I want to watch more of someone like him
I love Senku but I like Norman too.
I don't think senku is genius
He is very smart, knowledgeable
, he has a great memory
And He just works hard
you realize he has the whole of all human science history in his head right? and knows where to find the thing to use that knowledge.
It was a few thousand years, not hundred.
The amazing implications of Game Theory is that science without morals isn't scientifically founded. Game Theory is the study of strategy in cooperation and competition.
These "genius" characters should learn the philosophies put forth by the study of Game Theory.
It puts forth the philosophy that the most beneficial outcomes to you are ones that are empathetic to both your partners and opponents. especially over time. but, it is important to not be a pushover. Senku is able to play to the tune of those he meets that have shady intentions, which is really cool. Senku certainly seems to exhibit Game Theory philosophy time and time again.
I really freaking love how Dr. Stone is the most and least realistic anime I've ever seen like- the whole world petrified because of (MANGA SPOILERS, DUNNO WHICH CHAPTER BUT OF THE LAST ONES)
Because of a kind of alien that "lives" on the moon? VERY NOT realistic. All the science? Realistic af
what i find interesting is from a visual design, i got the complete opposite vibe from him. i haven't watched the show, and a big part of why is that to me, senku's look gave me the impression that he's the kind of character i wouldn't like; that typical smarter than you, progress at all cost, science is the only worth cause kind of character. his facial features are all very sharp, like having almost fangs, the dark lines near his bright red eyes, all things typically used for villainous/morally grey characters. then, he literally has E=MC2 on his shirt right over heart, showing what he values. it's an interesting contrast to what his character actually seems to be from watching this.
They even make a joke in the anime about how he looks like the bad guy. The sharpness of his look contrasted with his character is very interesting to me as well, I really love how he was drawn!
I thought you were going to talk about his literal visual design. A bit dissatisfied
He looks like a vegetable
hi bye but a good looking vegetable
hi bye like a hot vegetable tho
this anime was magical to me. I dreamed pretty much this EXACT plot 3 days prior to this anime first airing.
The only difference being that i had died (couldn't remember how), not turned to stone, and was revived 110 thousand years in the future instead of 3000 ish. The natives of the future were living in the ruins of our civilization and had lost all technology, and they were extremely impressed when i talked about our past world. Then i made a point that i would restore humanity to our former glory using everything i know.
It was a hell of a surprise to see my dream made into an anime so close to me having dreamed it. i wish this happened more often.
although i have to say plan spanned centuries, not just a couple months like his. I had first planned to bring us to the iron age (with some period inappropriate techs mixed in, like electricity) and go from there. like if the industrial revolution happened at the same time as the iron age. Didn't have long to plan specifics though, dreams are fleeting and this one ended just when i was about to spring into action. the only thing i had in mind was to create all the most common tools, to create basic machinery to create even better tools. wouldn't be that hard because i was starting from a kind of razed down ruins of a industrial complex. The place those people were living in were similar to levels in half life 2 if they spent 150 further years abandoned (yeah it felt more like it had been some 300 years, not 110 thousand years). so i had plenty of usable metal available
i love senku. only gods say they are not gods 🥴 in my 21 yrs of life senku is the only anime character that makes me truely respect on the highest level.