Who will win? Who's side is correct? What are the benefits and flaws of each Empire?
This was my mindset too. But then really thinking about it Tsukasa has put himself basically as "God". I mean branding every adult as bad and every kid as good is too simple. I can sympathize with him especially after the glimpse we got of his backstory, but he's not only reviving the young people, he's murdering the older ones by breaking their statues. I think this is what Senkuu is mostly against. Tsukasa is like that leader in Children of the Corn lol.As for who's right, I'm actually not so sure. I'd say Senkuu on instinct, but what Tsukasa does have right imo is that the resetting of the world is an opportunity to make things better than before, because the society they came from (ie ours) has a hell of a lot of flaws about it. Just bringing it back exactly as it was would be a bit of a shame really. So Tsukasa's ambition of restarting with an empire of innocent children has a certain appeal too. To be fair though, if you bring a load of unsupervised kids up in a world where the strongest survive it could become pretty brutal itself, and like I said, cult-y.
However I will admit to understanding where Tsuakasa is coming from. Granted he's basically judging from his own experiences which is selfish and he's a bit of a dictator, but him wanting the world to be made up of the younger people and to keep it "pure" is admirable. (...) In the end you can't create something pure from something dirty, and as the manga progresses I can see Tsukasa falling deeper and deeper into this pit he's already digging for himself.
Senkuu's brain will overcome Tsuaka's brawn. Plus Senkuu has already created gunpowder, so it's safe to assume the weapons in his empire will be a lot more advanced. And he has spies in Tsukasa's camp to keep him a step ahead.
Gen may be a good reference - If someone is very knowledgeable and intelligent, it is actually not that likely he'll be against science ^o^ Most of them will oblige on the surface out of fear of their dictator, but they'll be the first to do a face turn if they even know another scientist is alive and is creating a kindgom of science and making antibiotics.So far the advantage is his. But if Tsukasa manages to revive someone who can at least counter Senkuu in the brains department it'll be a lot more difficult to predict lol.
To be honest it probably depends upon how quickly Tsukasa finds them and whether he finds anyone who is somewhat similar to him physically.
On the flip side, the longer Senkuu has to tinker the more likely he is to win. As of right now, he could already create chemical weapons which are likely one of the best counters to Tsukasa (...)
This is just my guess as of now though, Tsukasa could eventually obtain such a massive army to the point that Senkuu gets beat by sheer numbers for all I know.
Interestingly in the science vs (Tsukasa's) brawn and ideals debate, I feel Magma is a living prove that you can remove civilization and science and all the good things and wealth that comes from civilization, and people are still as greedy / evil as ever. The material wealth in the village is nothing like modern Japan has seen (what can a strong guy like Magma gain in the village and he couldn't obtain for himself anyway, and damn he isn't even interested in beautiful woman like Ruri.) and yet people will still kill for that measly little "status" thing. I agree about the brutal world you described, and I suspect also that some of the kids will grow up very brutal and unkind due to the brutailty of living in the nature, become as uncivilized as many violent indigenous tribes actually are, and thus end up with keeping many of the same flaws as Tsukasa saw in modern society, PLUS some more violent tendencies from ancient tribes, if Tsukasa Kingdom were to win.As for who's right, I'm actually not so sure. I'd say Senkuu on instinct, but what Tsukasa does have right imo is that the resetting of the world is an opportunity to make things better than before, because the society they came from (ie ours) has a hell of a lot of flaws about it. Just bringing it back exactly as it was would be a bit of a shame really. So Tsukasa's ambition of restarting with an empire of innocent children has a certain appeal too. To be fair though, if you bring a load of unsupervised kids up in a world where the strongest survive it could become pretty brutal itself, and like I said, cult-y.
I remembered that Tsukasa had (or used to have) a sick sister. I wonder how if his heart will sway a tiny bit when he heard about trying to find cure for someone's sick sister.Or well, 'ethical' Science, if we can term it in black and white terms:
-Coming up with ramen, a food for the masses.
-Trying to save Ruri by coming up with a cure for her.
-Making weapons and giving them to Kohaku's friends (Their names elude me for now)
Yep, this is pretty much it A draw which brought about a truce. What I'm curious about though is, provided Tsukasa lives on after the current events. Will the alliance be permanent or was this just a one time thing?So from previous chapters I guess it's safe to call this one a draw? We can reason that technically Senkuu's science empire won but since he chose to go the route of a ceasefire it's definitely split evenly. I have to say making dynamite in such a tense moment was well done of Senkuu. No way Tsukasa could counter that. Knowing Senkuu as well as he does i'd think he'd have every defense he could think of in place. He was prepared for their eventual attempt to rescue Chrome, so I thought he was going to keep up with Senkuu for a bit lol. From a tank to Nitroglycerin Senkuu was just too much for Tsukasa. I don't mind this outcome.
You mean...I think ceasefires usually last until someone breaks the terms. So I guess since, despite what he says, Senkuu has the upper hand then let's say someone from his camp attacks someone from Tsukasa's or someone uses the dynamite against the other faction, then it would be safe to assume the ceasefire cancelled lol. As for them merging, Tsukasa did say from now on he would fight for Senkuu so it looks likely that they will merge and expand the village.