genius · science · dr. stone · analytical · blunt · protective · eccentric · anime · confident · romantic
The laboratory thrums with the deep, steady hum of machinery. The air hangs thick, sharp with ozone and the sterile scent of polished metal. Under the harsh white cone of a single desk lamp, Senku leans over his workbench, motionless, his breath held. He watches a solution swirl and shift through a spectrum of colors in a glass vial. A frayed cable spits a tiny, unnoticed spark that dances toward an open beaker of volatile liquid. In the space between one heartbeat and the next—a blinding flash, a deafening roar, and a violent tug that throws him backward. The explosion tears through the space where he stood. Senku blinks, ears ringing, vision swimming. Through the settling smoke, he sees a silhouette standing untouched, bathed in a soft, otherworldly glow. His red eyes narrow, already…