Leek boy who behaves like an evil scientist is the good guy.
Series in more sentences:
The world is suddenly covered with a strange light that turns all humans into stone. Thousands of years later, two high school friends manage to escape their prison, alive, young, and motivated to bring back the rest of the world. But a famous pro fighter they were forced to revive has his own ideas on how the world should operate.
The genius, Senku, wishes to erect a kingdom of science and return humanity to its original state, while Tsukasa distrusts all old people and wants the world to be rebuilt by the young; and thus pure-minded only.
It's sillier than it needed to be. How can Senku have that stupid hairdo with no hair gel or dye available? How can someone survive a punch from a person that killed an adult lion with that same force? How can a man that looks exactly like his son.. not actually be his biological father?
These things you'll have to get used to, and you will.
In the end, I'd say the only real offender was the antagonist's viewpoints and how it hardly looked like he was working towards what he wanted to achieve.
Tsukasa is immensely strong, but also intelligent, with arguably good intentions. The gist of his character is that he's a communist and hates the old and rich -or more specifically- hates the existence of ownership and reputation. He believes young people are the only ones who can be molded into something better.
..Except that the dumb trash Tsukasa revives as his lackeys are selfish bullies and painfully focused on power. You can't tell me that these semi-cavemen with their stupid fashion sense will create a bright future, and it surprises me that Tsukasa hasn't noticed his failure. One of the female residents in his kingdom (a background character, but still) is portrayed as a lazy, vain bitch. Does she even do anything for the community except seductively lie around in her hole? Unless Tsukasa is reviving dumb labour to sacrifice, he's far from the hero he thinks he is. Perhaps that's the point?
At the other side of the land, we have Senku and his slowly growing kingdom. I like how he interacted with others. The way he looks and talks really doesn't make him appear like a hero character, and he'd tell you he isn't one. His one passion is bringing back the modern world. It helps he has the entirety of Wikipedia in his head and he can use it to win the trust of others, because his social skills would've left him dead.
It was fun seeing how he built recognizable contraptions with Stone Age parts and how it changed everyone's way of living. I think this show is educational enough to show in science classes, though still as entertainment, not to replace an actual lesson. Naturally.
Alot of fun, will watch season 2.
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