Senku took 3717 loses to win 1 time
We know Senku counted seconds to keep himself awake for thousands of years but I’ve noticed few new things which made me respect Senku even more. First of all - He didn’t just count. He was thinking at the same time probably to keep his sanity and don’t get stuck on loop of seconds which would made him probably unable to do anything else even after getting out of stone. He would really end up as vegetable unable to do anything beside counting.
Anime showed pretty well that Senku while counting was really struggling. His voice was weak and almost cracking. Senku was clearly in pain while counting even simple numbers.
It looks like every 800,000 seconds Senku’s mind was almost having a breakdown and tempt Senku to just give up and lose consciousness. If my math is right Senku had moment like that every 9th or 10th day which makes almost 40 breakdowns per year which makes 148,720 breakdowns in 3718 years. 148,720 - This is how many times his body just wanted to give up and he had to willpower away sleepy feeling. I think we all experienced feeling exhausted and wanting to just drop and sleep. It’s really hard to stay awake in moment like that.
But this is moment when my respect for Senku skyrocket higher than ever. Senku’s plan was to wake up during spring because waking up during winter without clothes, shelter and food would be instant Game Over. For what I’ve seen many people thought Senku just willpowered himself out of stone and it’s just randomly happened in 3718 spring. Oh no no no. There is something deeper in here.
Senku actually tried to get out of stone 3718 times. Now let me explain how looked Senku’s rutine every year beside counting and almost falling asleep every 9th or 10th day:
Senku had no other choice than try to willpower himself out of stone because he didn’t knew there is needed also outside factor like nitric acid. Every spring Senku would put on himself another reason to suffer. He would count, think, have breakdown in mind every 9th or 10th day AND scream in his head ,,Get up!”. He was doing it 24/7 for whole spring. Of course that ended with frustration hitting him from time to time which we see in tossing curses between screaming to himself to get up. He would do this multitasking in every second, every minute, every hour, every day for whole spring.
Now comes the worst part. In the end of every spring Senku had to give up trying to get out from petrification. Every year Senku had to try wake up during spring and give up in the beggining of summer. He had to give up 3717 times and keep counting for the rest of the year. I can imagine Senku being fine in just few years and just keep going but we are talking about 3717 loses. We know Senku pushes forward but he has moments of being weak. During search for revival fluid on his own he was experimenting many times and ended up holding shelf with birds leaning forward in pain and moment of doubt. That forced him to write E=mc2 to keep going. We don’t know how many moments of doubt Senku had everytime he had to give up trying to willpower himself out.
When we see Senku screaming to himself ,,Get up!” it’s night time and moment when he broke out is already day time. This proves how Senku was going for hours with trying to get out of stone and like I said ealier he was doing this 24/7 all springs. He broke out in 3718 spring. Senku took 3717 loses just for this 1 win.
After knowing what Senku actually went through I can belive he wanted to scream and cry after success but his logical part kept him quiet and calm. Senku really doesn’t cry often. We only saw him crying after finding out about Byakuya’s death. Getting out of stone would be another reason for Senku to cry and I’m surprised he holded it in. Conclusion - While Taiju thought of something nice to keep himself awake like his love for Yuzuriha, Senku took path full of pain and suffering which included not only counting insane numbers but mental breakdowns, keeping his sanity and giving up thousands of times. Senku really is amazing and I respect him so much and admire his mental endurance.
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