#dcst kaseki

[littleholmes]

“But no thanks. I’ll be just fine without all that. Cuz in the end…it wouldn’t give me more time to be up and about living life. Naw, the precious years left in these old bones…ought be spent the right way.”

I don’t want to think about Kaseki dying and missing all of this but he’s right😭

[senkusphone]

Dr. Stone chapter 3D trivia post

Hello, um. I hope yall had a pleasant solstice celebration of your choice- I've been pondering whether what we just saw merits a triva post, but let's try to squeeze some for the sake of completion, shall we?

Check out also my trivia posts for chapters 1D and 2D.

They're the same picture.

It took me way too long to notice what was off in this cover, it seems to be nothing but an aesthetic choice. Other than these off colors, this specific suika melon design first appeared during the Treasure island arc, right after Ryusui punted her off the Perseus.

To directly quote what I wrote at one time on the wiki:

Too bad, the ship Chelsea shows up in is not the Perseus D. Monkey from chapter 214 (which itself is a One Piece reference, as Boichi is a big fan).

Interesting that we get a nearly identical shot, instead of Kohaku standing behind her, it's Ruri and Matsukaze.

This posture done my Matsukaze is called Namaste (with other names such as Namaskar), which is used both as a greeting and as an indication of reverence all over the southern parts of Asia, along with other similar gestures. I know this is familiar to many myself included but I had never looked into the deeper details until now.

Figurines showing this pose have been excavated from the Indus valley civilization dating to between 2700 and 2100 BCE, making this piece of cultural heritage at least 7800 years old by the time of this panel.

Xeno has clearly had his hand in the architecture of the Japan side of the KoS, with some new constructions resembling his own Evil Disneyland back home.

Hold back yer tears

Kaseki has lived well. It's hard to tell how old he is now, he lived longer than the timeline's consistency thats for sure, I blame time travel.

At the time Taiju got wed, he was around 70 years old.

Kaseki and Chrome go back way further than the KoS, the fanbook tells us that Kaseki helped Chrome build his shed when he was just a boy.

Feel your heart a bit shakey? hang on there, we now get to talk about whyman's sorrow, and a small observation that I've made

Whyman can have emotions, the circuits that process that can be switched on and off, but the fact that a message can, or needs to be "left" for themselves, as well as his farewell for all eternity, has an interesting implication: once switched off, whyman loses the recollection of any experience they had in the meantime. These circuits allow whyman to feel, and also to then forget. This is useful, as emotions help them survive, but forgetting prevents the emotional baggage from growing infinitely over a virtually immortal life.

"If we remembered every single parting person, it would only be a few generations before the sorrow would pile up to the point it became unbearable. Maybe it is a blessing to forget. Forgetting allows us to get even. Forget sorrows as new ones replace them. Life can go on, if tragically. No accumulating loss that would one day make everyone struggle to survive and eventually pass on; though that last thing does also sound very much like today."

(10B points to the ~2 people who know where this quote is from, I digress)

So that's cool, and heartbreaking, but so what, does it connect to anything we've seen before?

Well...

In ch. 232 we see that Whyman does not know what created them.

How could that be, if they can remember things over deep time?

Maybe it is that Whyman chose to forget their creators, and everything they felt about them. Beings that they may even have loved in the deep deep past, and could not cope with yearning for.

The blonde, bangs & ponytail lineage.

The village graveyard. Last time we saw it, Byakuya's gravestone was opened to reveal the glass record.

A lot of recognizable headstones are still up now, some appear to have moved.

Other headstones might be gone or be different... The one with four dots that was there originally can't be seen in this new shot but it can be seen later in the chapter.

Also, I hate to break this to you, but there's more headstones now than there were before.

I counted 45 in the original shot, 50 in the new one, not including any that Chelsea and Senku may be covering. Granted this is likely just an oversight.

(I should mention that in order for them to match bottom to bottom, the top image is flipped horizontally).

(omg look at the babiesss)

What Xeno is telling Chrome is that if whyman went and altered their own past, then what they are seeing currently is the result of that, since whatever changes they made, are in the past after all.

They already happened and they are part of the timeline that leads them to where they are now.

Assuming they actually found Byakuya (or a petrified time traveler) means that either whyman created some sort of causal loop that is self sustaining (ie, the ramifications of the changes in the past include whyman going back to do them in the first place), or more in line with the many worlds hypothesis, that going back to the past and changing it creates a new parallel timeline where the repercussions of that happen, with no effect in the first one.

In the latter case it means the timeline we see now was altered by the whyman from a parallel universe.

The stone axe is a bit dissonant with where they are, technologically speaking, yes? Thing is, that's the one Senku took to the moon with him.

He's had it since chapter 1.

A few people I've seen mystified about this structure they unearthed at the cementery:

This is a collapsed building just like the structures that the Tsukasa empire occupied.

(shoutout to that guy about to die in the back)

Interestingly, this means that Ishigami Village is established on top of a once urban area.

I am always pumped for any extra bits of village lore I can get.

Did Suika's handwriting trigger your AI generated image senses? it did for me.

We were bamboozled again. If it ends up happening it's gonna be like the tale of the wolf. The moment we stop taking it seriously, Inagaki is gonna smack us across the head with it.

We were actually preparing for the poop on a stick to hit the f.a.a.n on discord. What do I make about the ending? I don't know, I got no big analysis this time around but I believe it's very likely we'll see more at some point.

[headphonemouse]

What's that? I'm late? Time isn't real

Big thanks to @birbliophile for the suggestion

valentine cards

also here's Peter's edit

[megah3rz]

u know as much as i love the idea of kaseki and gen being close... would it really have been that much work to, you know, actually show it in the manga???

the most we ever got was kaseki dragging gen to work iirc? (we never even saw what kinda work gen has to do bruh)

like, couldn't they have had at least one scene of them talking? like, maybe kaseki giving gen some of his wisdom or whatever??

or any kind of explanation of why kaseki even seems to like gen so much? it would've taken like 1-2 panels to include smth like "he reminds me of someone" come onnnnnn

[favficbirthdays]

Happy Birthday

Kaseki (9th February)

Dr. Stone

[frogizz]

My First Impression of Dr Stone Characters, Part 1!

MANGA SPOILERS!!!

Reblog with your first impressions! [Doesn't have to be all of these characters]

Senku: Super serious dude who is extremely literal and snooty.

Taiju: Stupid doofus who can't do anything right.

Yuzuriha: Useless character just there as a love interest (man was I wrong).

Tsukasa: Attractive but brutal villain who can't be redeemed

Kohaku: Strong female character to not get called sexist.

Ruri: Weak and helpless.

Ginro: Perverted and lazy.

Kinro: Silent but deadly(ish).

Chrome: Reki Kyan but science (because of his dub voice actor).

Kaseki: Rude old man "get off my lawn" type of guy.

Suika: Child having issues with her purpose in life.

Magma: Douchebag.

Gen: Physically attractive yet manipulative, cruel, and apathetic.

Hyoga: Evil, pure evil. "My favorite color is blood" kind of guy.

Homura: Extremely dependent.

Yo: Idiotic douche.

Ukyo: Mean and cruel.

Minami: Boobs.

Nikki: Beautifully strong woman with obvious traumatic experiences.

Ryusui: Rude/Annoying.

Francois: Most incredible human being there is out of everyone here.

[Again, these are just my first impressions, my thoughts/opinions have changed on all or almost all of these characters since I first saw them in the anime/manga.]

[sengenarchives]

I couldn’t decide 😂

Dr. STONE Text Posts || Part 9

Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3 || Part 4 || Part 5 || Part 6 || Part 7 || Part 8 || Part 9

Bonus:

Adding these here because I didn’t want to do a new one

Dr. Chelsea 🎃

[shysheeperz]

[kadrii-art]

Eng

I wanted to start with Ishigami Village, as if they were a water tribe (most of them)

Also, Chrome may not be a non bender jij

What do you think the rest are? Like Kinro, Ginro, Magma, etc

Esp

Quise empezar a ahondar en la aldea al ser los primeros acercamientos de Senku en la era de piedra 🙏 da pie a como se desenvolverá en su camino de ser el avatar (aparte de restaurar toda la humanidad)

Senku se sabe la de chambear

¿Qué creen que será el resto de la aldea?

[courtesanofdeath]

Kingdom of Science depetrified!

[slut4stansny]

Happy Holidays! Here are some Christmas Headcanons for the favs

-StanXeno give each other gag gifts and then watch Die Hard

-SenGen subtly argue over what Christmas movie to watch and end up watching Home Alone with Suika for “life lessons”

-Kaseki makes everyone little trinkets 🥲

-Chrome makes makeshift stockings and stuffs small gems in them for everyone

-Yuzuriha makes gloves and hats

-Taiju accidentally gets tangled in Christmas lights and Senku has to save him

-Tsukasa cries when Mirai gives him a gift

-Kohaku nails Moz with a snowball

-Ginro is actually really thoughtful when it comes to gifts (even though he boasts about it)

-Like his brother, Kinro is one for sentimental gifts so he digs DEEP when gift giving

-Ryusui gives people what he thinks they desire (he fails but it’s okay)

-Amaryllis gives Kohaku a smooch under the mistletoe

-Chrome and Ruri fall asleep watching Xmas movies and Kohaku and Suika take a picture for “evidence”

-Senku allows everyone ONE hug for Christmas since he isn’t a super touchy feely guy

[littleholmes]

I know why they don’t just make a rule that old man Kaseki would get revival fluid so he could live as long as everyone else but still 😭

[senkusphone]

Hooo boy

Stay tuned, trivia post coming later about the chapter, I gotta do some irl stuff first. In the meantime, I have a guess about what happened at the end, putting it after the break.

So, Ryusui notes that things are progressing too easily and it seems like humanity's scientific progress is being steered by someone else, then he accuses the medusa of impersonating Byakuya.

I think the medusa wants humanity to progress to the point it can make more medusas quickly and at any cost; and to this purpose it petrified all mosquitos to make work easier like Kaseki noted.

It might have been pulling strings in a number of ways but this was the one that got them caught.

[paulinaaam]

*drops the mic*

[wildmizz]

Doing a few Dr Stone themed prompts this month, so first up: gourd carving!

[frogizzhc]

Dr. Stone Headcanons: Bonfire Activities Edition!

[ The characters have a bonfire event. They're all just chilling together, just hanging out, having a good time. What could they be doing at the bonfire or what could they have brought to it?]

Senku: Working on making some more Cola last minute, specifically for Gen, because he promised him some if he helped set up the event.

Gen: Teaching the post-petrification people how to make 'smores, also telling really engaging ghost stories

Chrome: Making the fire change color per other's requests

Ukyo: He's prepared a few campfire songs he remembers from when he was little

Ryusui: Talking about the many ships he had and telling many pirate stories he's read and heard since he was little

Tsukasa: Making sure Mirai isn't too close to the fire and playing hopscotch with other kids that're around

Taiju: Making sure the fire doesn't burn out, so he's chopping wood

Yuzuriha: Creating an abundance of blankets that people can sit on in the grass

Francois: Making BBQ with whatever meat's available

Ruri: Playing games with the kids and enjoying the food

Kohaku: Listening to the scary stories Gen is telling and the pirate stories Ryusui is telling

Suika: Eating 'smores and listening to the scary stories Gen is telling

Kaseki: Thinking up more ideas on what he could craft next

Kinro: Eating a 'smore and just listening to whatever Ginro says

Ginro: Chatting with his brother about how delicious the food is

Hyoga: Standing away from everyone, just eating

Homura: Sitting beside Hyoga, just listening to everyone chatter

Luna: Attempting to get Senku's attention while having a first aid ready if anyone is hurt

Chelsea: Drawing out maps and discussing the interesting facts about those locations to whoever is listening

Max: Playing tag with Carlos

Carlos: Playing tag with Max

Sai: Writing some code on pieces of paper for the fun of it

Matsukaze: Making sure Ginro doesn't face any trouble, listening in on other people's conversation

Moz: Listening to other people's stories and interrupting them

Kirisame: Listening to other people's stories or eavesdropping on conversations

Xeno: Sitting by Stanley, chatting with him about memories from their childhood

Stanley: Having a smoke using the bonfire's fire and making sure he stays away from the kids