Episode 15

**The Culmination of Two Million Years** (200万年の結晶, *Ni-hyaku-man-nen no Kesshō*) is the fifteenth episode of the *Dr. Stone* anime.

## Summary

With Magma defeated, it's down to Senku and Ginro to take the throne. Although both are on the same team, one is driven by personal greed and opportunism. The fight is on!

## Plot Details

    Ginro tells Ruri that Senku and he will forfeit their fight and Chrome will be the winner, just as she would prefer. However, being in that position, Ruri states she would marry the winner, no matter who he is. Ginro misunderstands it like she had no preference. As the second semifinal between him and Senku starts, Ginro takes Senku seriously as he had imagined himself as the village chief and quickly turns the crowd against him with his fantasies. Chrome throws Suika's mask to Senku. Seeing that, Ginro decides to act quickly before he uses some crazy sorcery; however, Senku uses the mask as leverage and smacks Ginro in the balls, knocking him out and taking the victory.

    Next is the finals and Senku intends to lose on purpose, so Chrome can marry Ruri. However, Chrome is unconscious and unable to fight. Everyone is shocked, but having no choice, they announce Senku as the winner, and the man that will marry Ruri and become the village chief. Senku agrees to do it and asks them to bring the wine. Ruri coughed up blood and Senku realizes they are almost out of time. He wants to make antibiotics, but the villagers explain he first need to celebrate all night. Hearing that, Senku then announced his divorce and takes the alcohol with him and heads to make the medicine.

    Returning to their base, Senku leaves Kaseki and Gen Asagiri watch over a spinning bamboo at a waterfall. At their base as first step Senku takes burned coal and wash it with hydrochloric acid, then adds ethyl acetate made from alcohol and vinegar to get anillin. They proceed to do 25 more steps. In the morning, Gen is eager to see what is inside the bamboo and is surprised its carbonated water. Happy that Senku may indeed be making cola, he returns to their base to find Senku and the rest lying on the ground with as experiment seemingly went wrong. Senku explains how he mixed some things and it caused a small explosion. Taking the carbonated water, Senku mixed it with sodium hydroxide and created baking soda. After mixing the last ingredients, after six months of hard work, Senku created the sulfa drug.

     The group heads into the village, but as Gen isn't allowed, he has to stay out. Senku tells him to stay and wait for them in the lab. Gen is disappointed he can't see Ruri getting better, but entering the lab, he sees a bottle of Senku's cola on the table and happily drinks it. Senku's group meet with Ruri and he gives her the medicine. As he examines her, he sees a dead mouse and takes it back to his lab. Making an autopsy, Senku confirms the mouse also has bacterial infection and explains that depending on the bacteria his cure may not work. Moments later, Suika calls them as Ruri got worse. Seeing Ruri's condition getting worse, Senku admits it may be due to his medicine and explains the bacteria is getting serious and is making allies by spreading its toxic genes into the harmless bacteria around it. That is pneumococcus bacteria's special move, making him realize Ruri has pneumonia, but his medicine completely destroys pneumococcus bacteria. If they keep giving it the medicine, she will recover. With everyone support, Kokuyo and the rest accept. Soon, Ruri makes a complete recovery. Kokuyo announces Senku as the village chief of Ishigami Village. Hearing Ishigami name surprises Senku and Ruri tells him she is aware his name is Senku Ishigami.

## Characters

KINGDOM OF SCIENCE:

* Gen Asagiri
* Chrome
* Ginro
* Senku Ishigami
* Kaseki
* Kinro
* Kohaku
* Suika

VILLAGERS:

* Carbo
* Chalk
* Jasper
* Kokuyo
* Magma
* Mantle
* Natri
* Ruri
* Sango
* Shirogane
* Shovel
* Turquoise
* Unmo

PICTURED:

* Sho

DEBUT:

* Genbu
* Sagan

## Locations

* Ishigami village
* Kingdom of Science
* A small waterfall by the river

## Inventions and Discoveries

* Water carbonating machine
	+ Carbonated water
* Various intermediate chemicals of the sulfa drug process: Ethyl acetate, Anillin, glacial acetic acid, ketene, acetic anhydride, acetanilide, P-acetamidobenzenesulfonyl chloride, P-acetamidobenzenesulfonic acid, sodium bicarbonate.
	+ Sulfanilamide antibiotics
* Senku Cola
* Stethoscope (makeshift, using a beaker as such)
* Autopsy (of a mouse)
	+ Scalpel and face mask

## Anime to Manga Differences

* In the manga, Suika comments that Senku is not a devil for allowing Chrome to rest after the Grand Bout. In the anime, she says nothing.
* A scene was extended within the events of Chapter 41 which heavily implied that Ruri told Kokuyo to make Senku the next village chief. In the manga, it seemed like it was Kokuyo's idea though it was not specified.