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My coworker saw me reading the other day and pointed out the post-its because he thought it was funny and then I realized. Oh. Yeah... Yeah. Yeah I have the Dr Stone picture on the wall and I'm reading Dr Stone with post-its like im taking notes 💀 Which. I am. He's right, that is funny when you look at it like that.

Anyway... where did I leave off..

Mecha Senku Q&A

Volume 2, Chapter 10

Gen's first appearance

Volume 2, Chapter 12

Mecha Senku about Tsuakasa

Volume 2, Chapter 12

Senku making his tunic 😭

Volume 2, Chapter 13

Also Senku's face when he finds Taiju's statue... 🥺 The shine in his eyes..

Volume 2, Chapter 14

I wanna bring attention to this page because of how it manages to have so many different thought bubbles and yet your eyes automatically read them in the correct order. My teacher was totally correct when she said that top to bottom takes precendent over left to right (or in this case, right to left).

Also, the scene where Senku bites his thumb and uses the blood to write "E=MC^2" on his tunic looks way more impactful in the manga than in the anime, the concept itself is still goofy and brother I did laugh when I watched it in the anime but I really love the way Boichi rendered this scene. I also think the compactness of the speech bubbles crowding the composition makes it feel more frantic.

Volume 2, Chapter 14

What the text in the actual translation says is,

"The core principles of science...

...are rock solid!!"

This page is also after a page-turn which makes it really effective. Actually hold on, the dialogue in the real version makes it so much better in my opinion. Boichi is so bizzare why does he treat everything like one long page instead of 2 pages? It's really fun!

Volume 2, Chapter 14

This also gives context for the soundtrack, with the song title "And Test, Test, And Test Some More"

This is so silly???? The stupid pun oh my God

Volume 2, Chapter 14

Another example of insanely good specific expressions, I love Senku's face here!

Volume 2, Chapter 15

Senku struggling with the brace Yuzuriha made him

Volume 2, Chapter 15

They straight up give us stats for Kohaku's insane eyesight right from the get go!

Volume 2, Chapter 16

I don't remember if the anime showed all of this, but here's a more in-depth look at how Senku constructed the pulley:

Volume 2, Chapter 16

Instead of saying "I think I've taken quite a liking to you" Kohaku says "I do believe I've fallen for you quite hard" which is;

1) a really funny pun given the situation, and,

2) absolutely going to be taken the wrong way by Senku.

His face is really funny and then having it be the cliffhanger for the entire volume is even funnier LOL.

Volume 2, Chapter 16

And then shoutout to the INSANE DOUBLE WHAMMY OF AD CHOICES ON THE NEXT PAGE???

Volume 2, Ads

THIS MADE ME CACKLE OUT LOUD- Double whammy recommendation.... My Hero.... RWBY... Holy fuck

Anyway that was Volume 2, onto Volume 3!