Dr. Stone Chapter 161: Craft Wars

seiryu

Dr. Stone Chapter 161 Craft Wars Read Online! VIZ: here

seiryu

Woah! Per the norm for Inagaki, things are progressing straight to the action! I thought it was great that the secondary leaders are all immediately stepping up to do what they can: Tsukasa being the calming force that is insightful (and completely accurate with his tunneling estimate), Ryuusui being a rational leader that rallies the crew, and Chrome working hard to exceed what people expected. Of course Gen being able to read the situation immediately and act out as needed is always great. I mean, even his "lie" about being fooled about Taiju and Senku is legit and forces Xeno to ponder about the validity since it is a white lie. The biggest twist is definitely at the end though. I have a hard time imagining anything other than a missile launcher. It's too small for a spaceship of course, but this probably becomes the prototype for the future launcher when they go to space. It makes sense that they need an equivalent to Kaseki on Xeno's side, and I like how his personality so far so hopefully we get him explaining the remainder of the work in the next chapter. If they already can make bullets, making a missile isn't all that different. Plus, if he was working for NASA, Xeno knows how to not only build all of the rocket propulsion but the most important part of the remote control system (and not something elementary like how Senku uses a remote control car).

magicalmelancholy

Awww, Chrome made his first road map! I'm so proud.

seiryu

> Awww, Chrome made his first road map! I'm so proud. Right?! I completely forgot about the superhuman strength of the combat group though. I'm not sure how it is translated, but the "main" cog in the road map is the "genki" (not sure how I would translate it..."energy" or maybe "work force" since the literal translation of "healthy" doesn't apply). I can completely imagine Kohaku having a blast drilling away. With them taking turns, they will be just as effective as explosives.

Marco Polo

So Team Chrome have two weeks to execute their plan, as whatever Dr. Xeno is having built is even more powerful than the Medusa. Giving away their most valuable weapon as part of a bluff is a very bold strategy and a huge gamble given that the odds are currently stacked against them, but I’m excited to see how it pans out!

seiryu

> So Team Chrome have two weeks to execute their plan, as whatever Dr. Xeno is having built is even more powerful than the Medusa. Giving away their most valuable weapon as part of a bluff is a very bold strategy and a huge gamble given that the odds are currently stacked against them, but I’m excited to see how it pans out! I guess "powerful" is implied since Xeno and Stanley are biased to have used lethal force (Stanley) and or believes it is the best means (Xeno). The biggest breadcrumb for me is that it is an "instant win". The "kids" won't have the time to react. Even if they have Medusa, they won't be able to activate it because they'll all be dead. So yes, the bold strategy bought them time...but it also means Xeno uses lethal force against them because they are a legitimate threat. Since they are declaring war against him, he's just going to crush them. I guess we won't get to see the secret weapon until it gets close to being completed. Knowing Inagaki's pace, we probably skip ahead so we might be skipping days if not a week in the next few chapters.