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was rewatching dr. stone and this scene made my heart clench so painfully i just had to draw it (oh senku can't you see that they love you?)

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current obsession: senku's winter outfit

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I'll eventually post more about other anime but right now Dr. Stone is my current obsession I don't think I'm capable of thinking of anything else right now. I think one thing I'm enjoying is how a lot of the character's feelings aren't explicitly spelled out and how many things are implied, and it leaves so much room for interpretation – I'm just having so much fun with this analysis and introspection.

I have 5 drafts I wanna get to so badly but I need to reread the manga to better understand the characters. I feel like there's a lot of things I missed so a reread will definitely help (and getting screenshots would be so helpful when referencing certain scenes).

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Ishigami Byakuya exemplifies so much of what it means to be a good teacher and father it just, physically pains me. Byakuya who understands the importance of not only teaching but passing things on to the next generation. Byakuya who wasn't a genuis like Senku and understood his strengths and limitations better than anyone else (because isn't it a teacher's job to know that about their students? so why wouldn't Byakuya know his in return?), who knew that he wasn't capable of reviving humanity – so if he couldn't save everyone the best thing he could do was to set the stage for those who can.

And I think another thing that gets me is that Senku takes after Byakuya, whether he knows it or not.

Because Senku also knows the strength of the people around him. Of course he uses it to his advantage because he needs the best of the best to be able to make progress in the stone world, but is that not what a teacher does? Encourage and help build the strengths of their students? To not only watch them grow but to allow them to excel and flourish?

Other than being their friend, Senku understands Taiju and Yuzuriha's strengths. He knows of Taiju's insane stamina and Yuzuriha's crafting skills. He knows of Gen's ability to negotiate and Ryusui's mastery of the winds and seas. He respect's Kaseki's craftsmanship and acknowledge's Chrome's enthusiasm for science. (Because even though Chrome was born in the stone world, Senku cannot ignore his love for science and his desire to know more and apply the things he's learned. He can make fun of Chrome all he wants but Senku was also a kid who couldn't figure out why the moon was following him – and so if Chrome's curiosity leads to a deeper love for science then how can Senku keep that from him?)

Byakuya didn't just leave behind resources and an entire village behind to help Senku when he revived, but he also (knowingly or not) passed on the ability to discern between a person's strengths and weaknesses and how to continue building on those strengths.

But I think one of the most important things that connects the two of them is hope, and it's why the people around them are so drawn to them. Because Byakuya didn't give up when the Earth was petrified, yes he was scared, there were so many things he didn't know or understand, but he had hope that Senku would wake up in the future.

Senku totally isn't the type who'd call himself a hero – I mean, he and Gen damned themselves to hell when they planned on tricking the Tsukasa Empire with Lillian's recording, so I'm sure he'd ten billion percent reject the idea. But there's no denying the hope he instilled in the people around them.

The joy of sight for Suika by making glasses for her, for Kaseki by allowing him to create things he's never even dreamt about in his old age, for Chrome and his never ending curiosity and ever growing love for science. Not only for the people of Ishigami Village but from the "modern time" people as well.

Gen was almost moved to tears when he saw the date carved into the tree by Senku because he realized there was someone who was not only conscious but knew that they would break out of their petrification one day. How could he not feel hope when he knew there was someone out there who envisioned a future after what was believed to be the end of humanity?

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Recently finished Dr. Stone and I cannot stop thinking about Ishigami Senku. Other than the fact that he's absolutely insane (because who even thinks of these crazy inventions? and to not just think of them but to make it a reality?), I've really been thinking about Ishigami Senku the person, not the scientist.

Which can be hard to separate at times because being a scientist is so deeply ingrained in his being, how can someone even begin to imagine Senku without science? But I find myself thinking about his relationships with everyone else. How he so adamantly dismisses love as being illogical and yet there's no denying that love is present in every relationship and every single thing he does.

Ishigami Senku who would never in ten billion years admit that he cares for others but so obviously does. Waiting and trusting that Taiju would revive? Placing him in the cave to help speed up his revival without absolute guarantee that it would work? Waking up Yuzuriha not only because of Taiju's feelings but because she is also his friend? (Senku can use the excuse of Yuzuriha's handcrafts an excuse for her revival but the fear he experienced when she was being threatened by Tsukasa? The fact that he uses the flag she gave him as a symbol of the Kingdom of Science all throughout the story? God Senku loves his friends)

And the way Senku never gives up on anyone. How he understands everyones limitations and never uses that against them – because as invincible he seems with his knowledge in science, man his stamina and strength are just ass. And so he helps them. He makes glasses for Suika and Kinro, a car for the children and elderly of Ishigami Village because they can't walk far distances, furnaces for them to keep warm during the winter. Hell, he even gave Homura cotton candy and she was literally affiliated with people who wanted him dead.

Senku disguises everything he does as just another science project. Something to take control of the people, something to make sure they're staying on task, but more than just that he shows them the beauty of science. Because Senku didn't have to go so far as to making fireworks on his own (until Chrome showed up) for everyone on Treasure Island and yet he did.

Because how can someone love something and not want to share it? Just because love isn't explicitly expressed doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. And Senku knows this more than anyone, because that's always how his relationship has been with this father. Because Byakuya understands that his son isn't into all that mushy stuff and yet he loves Senku so much. And he doesn't have to say it (though I'm sure he did for a time before Senku got tired of hearing it) because Senku knows Byakuya loves him.

How can he not? The man he has no blood relations to took him in, raised him, cared for him. Sold his car to buy science equipment for Senku. Encouraged him to delve deeper into his love for science. Supported him, believed in him. Not only prior to the petrification but even after – How can Senku not know what love is?

Senku sees science as both the object of his affection and as a means of expression. Because love is illogical, it makes people act differently and do stupid things – the intricacies of it are without rhyme or reason, and there's no use in trying to understand it. So if Senku can use science as a means of conveying his emotions – something based in facts and reasoning, that he knows will work ten billion percent of the time, then who can blame him?

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nothing hurts more than binge reading/watching a series, hyperfixating on it, and finding out it's not getting as much recognition as it should ;-;

anyways here's an ukyo screencap redraw to soothe the soul