#i'm anime only rn btw so there's probably more about byakuya in the manga but i'm not there yet

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byakuya ishigami amazes me. he worked tirelessly for the rest of his life after the petrification—no, for thousands of years, even after his death—simply because he had complete and utter faith that his son would wake up one day and might need it.

he started a village from nothing, with only the five people around him. he watched each and every one of those people die or go out to sea, never to return.

he ensured that his knowledge would live on through the hundred tales for millennia, with no way of knowing if his descendants would follow his wishes, or even survive long enough to have their own children, for the simple reason that he didn't want senku to be alone when he woke up.

he didn't know how the petrification worked or how to cure someone of it, but he knew his son. he knew senku had the drive, the motivation, the will, to break himself free from an impossible, never-before-seen stone prison. the selflessness and optimism to develop a cure with nothing but his bare hands and nature's gifts.

everything byakuya did was for senku. to give him a better chance at survival and a comfortable life in a second stone age. dr. stone really is simply about a father's love.