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It's been thousands of years

since all of humanity was

mysteriously turned to stone.

Those of us who revived

into the primitive,

post-apocalyptic world

have been working non-stop

to rebuild civilization

from square one.

And at last, we've built a ship

capable of crossing

the Pacific Ocean.

♪

To anyone out there

listening to this recording,

I'd like to say, hello.

My name is Hokutozai Minami

and I'm making this recording

for posterity.

We're well on our way

to uncovering the truth

behind this

mysterious phenomenon.

Our final stop

is the enemy's home base,

the moon!

♪

Going from the stone age

to space travel

is an enormous undertaking.

We'll need to gather materials

from all over the world,

starting in America.

Don't you worry.

Once you meet our crew,

you'll know that

we're in extremely

capable hands!

Once humanity has been revived,

there will be those

who'll misuse guns,

those who'll seek power

and rely on exploitation

of their fellow man.

But I will not allow that.

They won't stain

science with blood.

Now...my job

is to make sure of that.

So pure!

America?

Yeah, I lived there

for ten billion years, or so,

then, it was packed

to the gills with pretty girls.

Yeah, the Statue of Liberty

might still be around,

copper lasts!

They say she's made of it,

but what do I know?

Stop messing around

and get serious!

Since I helped out

on the island,

they asked me to come,

and I didn't have to stow away!

I'm gonna make myself even

more helpful on this journey!

I've only ever seen you

be extremely helpful, Suika.

You're using

my precious recorder!

You are, right?

You're recording right now?

We're carving sound into

an Urushi lacquer coated tube!

it works like a freakin' dream,

if you ask me!

Well, what do you think?

Pretty baaad design, yeah?

Listen, my whole gig here

is to get your thoughts

on our big departure!

I was told

to help you people out,

so I'm simply

following the orders

that were given to me.

Well, aren't you fun?

Surely you have some

personal thoughts or feelings

you'd like to share

for the record.

Maybe there's something

you'd like to say

about our other stoic

crewmember, Kinro?

You may have more in common!

I have no comment, thank you!

My thoughts?

On her?

Quite a skilled warrior.

Which means

we'll have to train harder.

We cannot fall behind!

Now, Ginro,

on the other hand...

I mean, how would he fare

without Matsukaze's

tending to him?

Tending to master Ginro?

Nonsense, though I did

briefly serve as his legs.

Nothing out of the ordinary.

Man,

right before

we were heading out,

my legs started

hurting like hell!

I was like

"no, what do I do?"

I mean, it's not like

I don't want to go

on this super long voyage,

but I seriously

don't think I can!

Of course, right then,

Matsukaze was all like,

"Master"

then just scooped me up

and brought me on board!

That just makes me so happy!

I hate it so much!

I'm gonna die

of boredom down here!

It's only when the skies

are clear, though!

How long is this

gonna take, anyway?

Like, seriously.

This sucks so freaking bad!

This kind of work

is gonna kill me, for real!

It's only like this

in a storm, though.

When is this horrible journey

finally gonna end?

♪

♪

In seventy days!

I say forty days!

This is bad, you guys!

It's Senku and Ryusui!

Shit, they're not

fighting, are they?

What?

No fighting allowed,

you hear me?

Fighting?

We're having

a gentleman's discussion.

A diss?

You were dissing each other?

Yeah, that's what's

happening, you big oaf!

It's a real serious fight.

I just said...

there's no fighting allowed!

I think they may have

learned their esson-lay.

Talking about

the route to America?

The submariner

picks that up right away.

Sharp as ever.

The starting point

was Tokyo, here.

And the end?

USA, right?

Yup.

Right here.

♪

Naturally, we're gonna

take the quickest route

to San Francisco.

So, we just wanna go

in a straight line?

That's easy!

Even I could've

figured that one out!

Hang on a sec, there's

no way it's that simple.

It's gotta be some kinda

trick question, yeah?

Excellent answer!

That straight route

is what's called Rhumb Line.

You just travel

in the same direction

for the whole voyage!

It makes navigation easy,

and it's how ships

have been doing it

throughout most of history.

We'll be taking that route

for seventy days to the US!

Whoa, nailed it!

-BZZZZT!

How about the actual

correct answer?

If we want

the shortest route...

it's this!

Seriously?

That'll obviously take longer!

Can't believe what you see?

Check out the globe and tell me

what you think then.

♪

-Suika?

♪

♪

What in the...

It looked so much longer

on the map,

but on the globe, it's shorter?

Yeah, you're right!

Well, that's because

it's a sphere.

So, the quickest way

for us to get there...

is the Great Circle Route.

And we'll be

using that awesome

circumnavigational shortcut

to get to the US in forty days.

In seventy days!

We are taking the Rhumb Line!

The Great Circle Route means

constantly having

to adjust your bearing

depending on your position!

It's the most difficult

route to take!

And It'll put extra stress

on the crew!

We're getting there

in forty days,

with the Great Circle!

This is a scientific vessel!

And it may be janky,

but we have ol' professor GPS!

So, we're gonna stay

ten billion percent on course!

You two need to ill-chay!

Yeah, I really don't love

seeing the guys in charge

duking it out!

They may have had

some training,

but we're a band

of newbie sailors,

and we could go down!

We're not crossing the Pacific

on armchair idealism!

Seventy days, and that's it!

As a sailor, I'm telling you

that's how we're getting there.

Am I wrong?

We won't be able

to make it in time

to harvest

the yellow dent corn.

Even taking forty days

will barely get us in by fall!

That's as late as we can be

if we wanna make revival fluid.

Dick around at sea

for almost double that,

and we'll hit winter,

which is way too late.

We'll be waiting

a whole year for fall,

and we don't have

that kinda time.

We gotta get there

in 40 days,

and it's not rocket science,

it's the only logical way.

Am I wrong?

♪

You know, I'm not

an expert on this stuff,

but it kinda sounds like

they're both right to me.

Yeah.

Ryusui's cautiously pragmatic

for the sake of our crew,

and Senku's as logical

as always

for the sake of the future.

Seems like there's not

just one right answer here.

♪

I think if both

approaches are right.

I've gotta side

with Ryusui on this one.

It sounds like there'll

be way less hard work involved.

Well, I agree

with Senku's strategy.

It won't be worth the journey

if we don't

make it there in time.

Of course,

you'd say that, Kohaku.

You're always a fan

of immediate action.

♪

We're gonna have to double

everyone's rations.

You're right,

sounds good to me.

Doing that will cut

our maximum voyage time

in half, are you positive?

As long as we

get there earlier.

We can shave off

ten days from the trip.

But that's it.

Try for more

and you're forcing my hand.

I'll have to stand up

for the crew.

Hear me?

I'll fight you

if that's what it takes.

Forty days.

We're on nature's

timeline here!

Looks like

we'll need to battle!

No, the situation

just got way worse!

They're doing it

for real, aren't they?

It's a duel!

♪

This is the duel?

Poker?

♪

Why obsess over the fancy

clothes, ya dumbass?

Come on, isn't it obvious?

I mean, it's a pretty clear way

to show the gallery

that this is a formal game.

Makes them more likely

to follow the victor's orders.

And by the victor,

I mean me, obviously.

You know why?

Hey there, Senku, old friend.

So-orry-say.

But this time, I'll be riding

with Team Ryusui!

Are you kidding me?

There's like

a ten billion percent chance

that this shifty dude's

gonna cheat!

His whole deal is he's a fraud!

Well, what an

ugly thing to say.

Everybody's

free to take a seat.

Am I wrong?

My.

We've got a little

tag-teaming?

If that's the case,

you boys wouldn't mind me

playing with Senku, would you?

Sounds great.

Once again, your eagle eye

will come in handy.

Keep a watch on Gen

for any slight of hand.

♪

High stakes

are on the table tonight.

It's a showdown

between our ship's captain

and our science captain,

to decide our route

across the ocean!

Man, crazy!

This is hard to call.

Yeah, you said it.

No telling who'll win.

It's gamblin' time!

All in on Ryusui!

'Cause with Gen on his side,

they're gonna cheat

their way to victory!

I dunno what gambling is,

but Ryusui seems like

he may be better at games.

There's no freakin' way

that Senku would lose

in a battle of wits!

Do you even know

that Kohaku's got,

like, super-powerful eyes?

You guys are having

way too much fun!

Don't forget that your lives

are on the line here!

Well, are we ready to play?

♪

I'll go ahead

and deal the first five cards.

♪

Moving forward,

we'll take turns

dealing each round.

Let's choose the first dealer

with a game

of rock-paper-scissors.

Okay.

First comes rock.

Rock-paper sci--

Whoopsie, pardon me!

I wasn't trying to get

in the way of the

rock-paper-scissors game.

I can't believe I did that.

Well, that was kinda weird.

But, unless I'm mistaken.

That looked a lot like

you put a specific card

on top of the pile.

However, if that first card

is anything besides

the ace of hearts,

I'll be willing to admit

that I was wrong.

♪

Um?

My,

what a shocking twist!

We've got ourselves

a heart-shaped ace!

Must be a coinky-dink!

Whatever you do, don't let

this cheating bastard

touch those cards!

Little bitty ol' me?

I raise.

I call.

Full house.

Three-of-a-kind.

♪

Got a straight.

Flush here!

From what I can tell,

they're neck-and-neck so far.

Maybe, but it looks like Ryusui

has a few more chips

than Senku.

Raise.

Now that's

a hefty raise by Ryusui!

Will Senku accept

the challenge or will he fold?

This guy

is the epitome of "cocky,"

so it's ridiculously

hard to tell

if he's bluffing or not.

♪

-I call.

♪

You sprinkled

something onto the deck.

Care to explain?

That sugar?

He could be trying

to make the card slide

a bit differently.

Come now, Kohaku!

I never even touched

a single card!

No waving

your hands over them, either!

Yeah, okay.

♪

I see what's going on here.

You mind checking

his sleeve for me?

A beetle?

How are you supposed

to cheat with that?

Once it senses the card

with the sugar on it,

those antennae will twitch

just a little bit.

Seriously?

How sketchy can you be?

No more tricks, I swear.

I don't know

how the little fella got there!

Give those cards a look-see.

Go on

and examine the whole deck.

Each and every last card...

very carefully.

♪

Everyone,

including me and Kohaku,

has our eyes glued

to the deck right now!

How about I raise

it to the max?

Ryusui has put

even more chips on the table!

Are we watching him

pull off his finishing move?

Ryusui's hand changed position

while we were distracted!

Didn't it?

You switched out his cards,

didn't you, you cheater?

I can't believe

you'd accuse moi!

You started by diverting

everyone's attention

with your little sugar bug

and overly dramatic card check,

pretty basic magic technique.

I should have

caught on much sooner.

All that stuff seemed unusually

careless and sloppy for you.

You gave us confidence

catching an obvious trick,

and then, had everyone

focus on the deck.

That's when you had your chance

to switch four of his cards.

So, all that nonsense before

was just to pull off

this one big move.

If he's been

setting it up this whole time,

all four of them

have to be aces.

The strongest four of a kind.

♪

The only way

Senku can pull ahead now

is if he's got

a straight flush.

The odds aren't looking good.

♪

-From the top.

The second, and the fifth.

And the second from the bottom.

Senku, you're going

to have to fold, man.

All right, then.

♪

I'm goin' all in!

♪

♪

Now, Senku is going all in!

A bold move,

but will it prove

to be worth the risk?

Whoa, what could

he be thinking?

He's diverting

everyone's attention.

A basic magic technique!

And we're gonna draw

three new cards,

from the top

of the deck, of course!

Slow down!

Did you really take

those cards from the top

or from the middle?

From the top.

You'd really accuse moi?

Those cards were

from the middle of the deck.

Yeah?

I don't get

why they'd wanna do that.

It's not like they could see

which ones they were

or anything.

Upon closer inspection,

I'm not seeing any kind

of markings on these.

So there's a good chance

ol' Senku could

just be bluffing.

♪

[both chuckle

This is fun!

Let's settle this thing

right here and now!

I'm gonna go all in, too!

This just got real, folks!

♪

I've got four-of-a-kind!

♪

♪

Royal straight flush

will beat that, though.

-What?

What?

So that means all these chips

belong to me, the big winner!

Looks like we've got

five aces in play.

Guess that doesn't matter now.

How'd you pull it off, Senku?

I don't see anything!

This is crazy!

You had to've done something!

You should know

science isn't sloppy.

And sometimes,

it's practically invisible.

Urushiol.

There happened to be some

urushi lacquer lying around,

so I took a smidge.

I'd been looking

for these key cards

from the beginning

and rubbing the lacquer

onto the edges.

♪

But why was that stuff

lying around?

We're carving sound into

an Urushi lacquer coated tube!

I don't understand

how anyone could even see

that urushi stuff or whatever,

if it's invisible?

How could Senku tell

which cards had it on them...

Yeah,

I'd forgotten that Senku

is super allergic to urushi.

It affects his delicate skin.

The winner is Senku!

Of course, you're willing

to risk your health for this.

♪

We're taking

the Great Circle Route

across the Pacific Ocean.

It's faster,

but ten billion percent harder.

We'll coordinate with Ruri

and the others back home

and GPS our way

across the Earth.

A shortcut made possible

by science.

I win all the Drago!

I blew almost all of my money

on that stupid game!

Damn it!

Hey, what do you guys say

to one more game,

double or nothing?

I gotta win back my cash!

Obviously not gonna happen.

You got it!

-Seriously?

Seriously?

One condition.

We're doing it out here!

♪

♪

Well, whaddaya know?

You've always wanted to have

your own casino and here it is.

Luck's on your side after all.

Recreation is a vital part

of our strategy.

If the goal is to shave

30 days off this voyage.

We'll make up for it

by improving

conditions for the crew.

♪

More generous rations

will buy us the first ten days.

Letting them have a little fun

will get us another ten.

We just gotta get

one more component

to cover that last

ten-day deficit.

What's left after food and fun?

I guess we've gotta

have some drinks.

♪

Francois is setting up

another shop or something here!

"Bar Francois."

Hold on, are we

getting a real bar?

With booze?

♪

Let's drink to rejuvenation!

Cheers!

Another round!

I think this should

cover that last ten days.

Everything ended up

going Senku's way.

Perhaps a little too perfectly.

♪

The poker game got everyone

excited for the casino

and the crew gets a bar

as an added perk.

The route may be tough,

but we'll survive, now.

I get the feeling

that if Ryusui had won.

Things probably

would've worked out

pretty much the same way.

Seems to me,

that from the moment

those two started fighting,

they were both

working on getting us

to take the faster route.

One might suspect

it was all choreographed

by a certain mentalist

with a flair for the dramatic.

A fun little theory, at least.

Well, sometimes

things just happen, Ukyo.

I wouldn't read

too much into it.

Although...

I'll let you in

on a little secret.

The poker game

was actually legit.

I was really trying to win,

but I ost-lay.

I'd be lying if I said

it didn't bum me out.

That one stung.

Just a little.

You got me, Senku.

We're gonna be

in the New World in no time.

This is exhilarating.

Get excited!

♪

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