Recaps

Senku and Li Xiang sent Taiju and Yuzuriha to infiltrate Tsukasa's camp while they went in the opposite direction. In the woods, they heard a cry for help, found Kohaku trapped beneath broken logs, and decided to rescue her after Li Xiang confirmed she had no serious injuries.

• Taiju and Yuzuriha set off to work undercover in Tsukasa's camp.
• Senku and Li Xiang headed into the woods, where they heard someone calling for help.
• Senku and Li Xiang found Kohaku pinned beneath heavy broken logs.
• Li Xiang examined Kohaku and found only superficial wounds, with no serious damage to her bones, muscles, or organs.
• Li Xiang asked Senku to save Kohaku, and Senku agreed.

Li Xiang and Senku rescued Kohaku from fallen logs with a pulley system, and she led them to a village where outsiders were barred from entering. After learning Kohaku carried hot spring water to help her sick older sister, Li Xiang offered to examine and cure her, leaving them needing permission to enter the village.

• Senku and Li Xiang built a pulley system and lifted the logs off Kohaku, freeing her safely.
• Kohaku thanked them, explained that a tree had suddenly fallen on her, and carried a huge jar of hot spring water toward her village.
• Li Xiang and Senku discovered a human village, but two guards stopped them from crossing the suspension bridge.
• Kohaku explained that she fetched hot spring water every day for her frail older sister, whose lungs were weak and who coughed constantly.
• Li Xiang said she was a doctor and offered to cure Kohaku's sister, then noted they first needed to get inside the village.

Li Xiang and Senku gained entry to the village so Li Xiang could examine Ruri, the village Priestess. After diagnosing Ruri with chronic pneumonia, Li Xiang promised the village chief she could cure her once they made the right medicine.

• Kohaku pleaded with Kinro and Ginro to let Li Xiang and Senku enter the village, but Kinro refused to break the rules.
• Senku prompted Li Xiang to persuade Kinro, and she warned him of the consequences if Ruri died; Kinro then allowed them inside.
• Kohaku led Li Xiang and Senku to Ruri, where Li Xiang examined her and diagnosed chronic pneumonia.
• Li Xiang told the village chief that Ruri could be cured if she held on until they made the right medicine, giving him hope.

Li Xiang diagnosed Ruri with bacterial pneumonia and planned to make antibiotics from scratch with Senku. As they set out to find materials, Chrome challenged Senku to a sorcery contest, then joined the group to help save Ruri.

• Li Xiang told Senku that Ruri likely had bacterial pneumonia and outlined antibiotic treatments and a fungal-infection backup plan.
• Senku agreed to help make the necessary medicine, and Kohaku volunteered to guide them through the mountains to gather materials.
• Chrome confronted Li Xiang and Senku, challenged Senku to a sorcery contest, and demonstrated colorful flames by heating different rocks.
• Senku recognized the rocks as useful materials and pressed Chrome for their location, while Li Xiang warned Chrome to leave before Senku roped him into work.
• After Kohaku explained that Li Xiang could cure Ruri, Chrome abandoned the contest and joined the group to help make antibiotics.

Chrome led Senku, Li Xiang, and Kohaku to his secret hut, where his collection of ores helped Senku begin gathering materials for antibiotics. Li Xiang took Watermelon into the hills to find medicinal herbs, learned he was nearsighted, and promised to ask Senku to make him glasses.

• Chrome brought Li Xiang, Senku, and Kohaku to his hut, where Senku praised his collection of ores and began sorting materials.
• Li Xiang met Watermelon and asked him to guide her through the hills to find herbs to help stabilize Ruri's condition.
• Li Xiang asked Watermelon why he always wore a helmet, and he revealed his face and explained that everything looked blurry.
• Li Xiang let Watermelon try her old glasses, found they did not match his strong prescription, and promised to ask Senku to make him a suitable pair.

Li Xiang found the herbs needed to treat Ruri’s pneumonia and asked Senku to make glasses for little Watermelon. That night, she watched footage of the group’s earlier lion attack, where she and Taiju fought to protect their friends.

• After searching Back Mountain all afternoon, Li Xiang found the medicinal herbs in the weeds beside her and gathered a full bag with little Watermelon.
• Li Xiang returned to the village, where Senku had asked a pottery elder to make a medicine pot for brewing the herbs.
• Li Xiang told Senku that little Watermelon had severe congenital nearsightedness, and Senku agreed to make him glasses.
• That night, Li Xiang watched footage of the group’s fight with a pride of lions and saw Taiju knock one lion down with a punch.
• Li Xiang pulled Yuzuriha out of danger, struck down another lion, and urged her and Senku to escape while Taiju stayed beside her.

Li Xiang and her friends survived a lion attack after Senku revived Tsukasa Shishio, and they settled into camp while Li Xiang recovered. After learning about Tsukasa’s painful past and his plan to revive only the “pure,” Li Xiang challenged his ideal, and he left the camp alone.

• Li Xiang injured her arm taking down a lion, and Taiju stayed with her as Senku and Yuzuriha retreated.
• Senku revived Tsukasa Shishio, who returned and quickly defeated the remaining lions.
• Yuzuriha splinted and bandaged Li Xiang’s fractured arm, and the group built a cabin camp while she recovered.
• The episode showed how Tsukasa’s poverty, his sister’s illness, and abuse by a fisherman shaped his hatred of the old world and his plan to revive only the pure.
• Li Xiang questioned Tsukasa’s belief that a new world could exclude evil people, and Tsukasa left alone into the forest after listening.

After Senku developed gunpowder, Li Xiang used a laxative to foil Tsukasa when he attacked, then revived Senku and escaped with Taiju and Yuzuriha. The group planned to win the village’s support by offering ramen and clothes.

• Tsukasa left the camp, and Senku announced that the group would make gunpowder; Li Xiang whispered a secret plan to him.
• Senku, Li Xiang, Taiju, and Yuzuriha gathered ingredients and successfully made black powder while Li Xiang prepared a separate project.
• Tsukasa arrived and struck Senku unconscious, but Li Xiang’s laxative incapacitated him before he could take her away.
• Li Xiang carried Senku to safety with Taiju and Yuzuriha, then used Revival Fluid to wake him and explained what had happened.
• After Watermelon investigated the villagers’ opinions, Senku proposed making ramen to win their support, and Li Xiang decided to make clothes.

Li Xiang discovered Gen Asagiri spying on Senku’s group and forced him to defect from Tsukasa’s camp. She brought him back to camp as a new teammate, then returned to the mountains to gather materials.

• While gathering materials with Little Watermelon, Li Xiang noticed Gen Asagiri spying on Senku and confronted him.
• Li Xiang offered Gen the choice to join Senku’s group or face her threats, and Gen chose to defect.
• Li Xiang escorted Gen back to camp and introduced him to Senku, Kohaku, and Chrome as a new teammate and free labor.
• After Senku accepted Gen, Li Xiang headed back into the mountains, while Gen finally relaxed from fear.

Li Xiang and little Watermelon made soft, naturally dyed fabric, and Li Xiang recruited Gen Asagiri to design clothes from it. Senku finished a primitive ramen recipe, then invited the Thousand-Year-Old Village to a gathering where villagers could try the noodles and see the new garments.

• Li Xiang and little Watermelon gathered vines and made soft fabric, then dyed it with natural colors.
• Li Xiang sewed a simple garment but, unable to come up with more designs, forced Gen Asagiri to help with fashion design.
• Senku completed his first bowl of primitive ramen, which Kohaku, Chrome, little Watermelon, and Li Xiang enjoyed while Gen and Senku criticized it.
• Senku sent Kohaku and little Watermelon to invite the village to try the new dish for free.
• Villagers flocked to the entrance, where they found the ramen and the new-style garments.

Senku and Li Xiang recruited most of the village to help build a generator by offering ramen and free clothes. Li Xiang continued treating Ruri, whose chronic pneumonia was improving, while they worked toward making an antibiotic.

• Kohaku and little Watermelon spread the word, drawing villagers to the clearing for Senku’s ramen and Li Xiang’s new clothes.
• Li Xiang offered the clothes in exchange for a favor, and Senku persuaded the villagers to work on building the generator.
• Li Xiang joined Senku and the villagers at the construction site, while the generator’s foundations began to take shape.
• Li Xiang left the site to brew and give Ruri her final bowl of medicine for the day.
• Ruri said her chest felt lighter and she was coughing less, and Li Xiang told her to keep resting while they worked to make an antibiotic.

Li Xiang helped Senku give Little Watermelon glasses, then encountered Tsukasa’s scouts and helped Senku prepare a trap using Gen as bait. Senku agreed to enter the village tournament after Li Xiang pointed out that becoming Village Chief would give him control of its resources.

• Senku gave Little Watermelon custom glasses, and the boy tearfully thanked him and Li Xiang after seeing clearly for the first time.
• Li Xiang and Kohaku encountered two unfamiliar figures in the woods, who fled before they could be questioned.
• Li Xiang told Senku she believed Tsukasa had sent scouts, and Senku enlisted Gen Asagiri to help deceive them.
• Senku and Li Xiang tied up Gen and had Kohaku secure him to a post at the village entrance as bait for Tsukasa’s scouts.
• Li Xiang told Senku that winning the village tournament would make him Village Chief and give him control of its resources, and he agreed to compete.

Li Xiang discovered that fans had flooded the system forum with suggestive fanworks and pairings, leaving her mortified and newly famous. After fleeing Senku’s concerned attempt to check her temperature, she was reassured by Kohaku but remained embarrassed about facing her friends.

• Li Xiang checked the forum and found an explosion of fan pairings and suggestive edits, including an embarrassing video depicting her.
• The system told Li Xiang her online popularity and rewards had increased, but she angrily demanded it stop discussing the fanworks.
• Senku noticed Li Xiang’s flushed face and tried to check her forehead, but she dodged him and hurried away.
• Li Xiang went to a riverside spot to cool down and fret about remembering the fanworks whenever she saw her friends.
• Kohaku followed Senku’s concern to Li Xiang, checked her temperature, and offered to handle her camp work while she rested.
• After Kohaku returned to camp, Li Xiang remained alone by the river, dreading how she would act around Senku and the others.

Li Xiang lured Homura away from the camp and knocked her unconscious, capturing Tsukasa's scout. After Gen Asagiri was untied, Li Xiang sent him to fetch Senku so their real plan could begin.

• Hyoga left Homura to watch the camp and returned to report to Tsukasa.
• Li Xiang led Chrome and Watermelon toward the woods to draw out the scout following them.
• Homura pursued Li Xiang, who ambushed her from behind and knocked her unconscious.
• Li Xiang, Chrome, and Watermelon carried Homura back to camp, where the others tied her up beside Gen Asagiri.
• Senku signaled for Gen to be untied, and Li Xiang sent Gen to fetch him for the next stage of their plan.

After capturing and interrogating Homura, Li Xiang and Senku accepted that war with Tsukasa was unavoidable and planned to cure Ruri while undermining Tsukasa's camp from within. They left the details of their next moves to be carried out as the conflict began.

• Hyoga reported Senku's survival to Tsukasa, who vowed that he could not let Li Xiang go.
• Senku questioned the captured Homura, and Li Xiang tickled her until she revealed that Tsukasa had sent her to gather information and watch the village's movements.
• Li Xiang ordered Ginro and Kinro to guard Homura, then told Senku that their conflict with Tsukasa had become an official war.
• Li Xiang said they should strike first because the village could not withstand Tsukasa's forces in a direct assault.
• Li Xiang and Senku agreed to prioritize curing Ruri and recruiting allies inside Tsukasa's camp, with Taiju and Yuzuriha as potential operatives.

Senku's group put sulfuric acid extraction on hold after learning the village tournament was the only way to obtain supplies for antibiotics, and they entered the contest as a team. With two weeks to prepare, the group trained while Senku trusted Kohaku to win and Li Xiang worked on an unspecified plan.

• Senku decided to handle the dangerous sulfuric acid extraction himself, but Li Xiang argued that he should not risk his life.
• Kohaku announced that the village martial arts tournament would begin in half a month and that its winner would control the village's resources.
• Li Xiang postponed sulfuric acid collection, and Senku's group signed up for the tournament after Li Xiang persuaded Gen Asagiri to compete in exchange for a wish.
• Maguma watched Senku's group with hostility after registration, marking himself as their chief rival.
• The group began half a month of training; Kinro and Ginro practiced together, Kohaku looked after her sister, and Senku relied on her strength instead of training.
• Li Xiang tinkered with something while Watermelon kept watch over Homura.

Senku built a crude hand-cranked generator while the village prepared for the tournament, and Maguma watched the outsiders with growing hostility. The opening round ended with Maguma, Senku, Kohaku, and Li Xiang advancing, as Li Xiang hoped to face Maguma next.

• Senku completed a hand-cranked generator, and Li Xiang warned Ginro and Kinro to guard Homura and watch the perimeter after she noticed Maguma spying on them.
• The tournament draw paired Kinro with Maguma, Kohaku with Ginro, Gen Asagiri with Senku, and Chrome with Li Xiang.
• Maguma exploited Kinro's poor eyesight to defeat him, while Gen Asagiri surrendered immediately to Senku.
• Kohaku worried that Watermelon had gone missing, but Li Xiang reassured her before she defeated Ginro.
• Chrome surrendered to Li Xiang after a brief, staged exchange, and Li Xiang hoped to draw Maguma in the next round.

Li Xiang defeated Maguma in the semifinal by exploiting his lowered guard, while Kohaku conceded to Senku. Li Xiang then conceded the final to Senku, making him champion of the Ishigami Village tournament and leaving him standing atop the arena as the villagers celebrated.

• The semifinal matchups were announced as Senku versus Kohaku and Li Xiang versus Maguma, disappointing Senku’s team.
• Li Xiang dodged Maguma’s attacks, tricked him into dropping his guard, and struck his vulnerable weak point before dragging him out of the arena to win.
• Kohaku conceded to Senku, setting up a final between Senku and Li Xiang.
• Li Xiang conceded the final, and the referee declared Senku the tournament champion.
• The villagers cheered for Senku while whispering about the dishonorable path to his victory, but Li Xiang said their goal had been results.

Senku became the Village Chief and immediately declared his marriage to Ruri over once he had secured the supplies he needed. Li Xiang secretly cared for the prisoner Homura, then reviewed her memories of arriving in Ishigami Village and reflected on the coming effort to cure Ruri.

• Senku won the tournament, became Village Chief, and announced that he would divorce Ruri immediately after agreeing to marry her.
• Gen Asagiri lamented Senku's bluntness as Senku collected the brewing supplies and turned to his research.
• Li Xiang brought Homura warm food, assured her she meant no harm, blocked the draft, and left a thick quilt in her hut.
• Li Xiang watched the system footage of her journey with Senku, recalling how they joined Ishigami Village and diagnosed Ruri's lung disease.
• Li Xiang recognized that Senku's new position brought Ruri's cure within reach, then questioned whether she was truly gentle.

Li Xiang tried to help the team overcome the danger of obtaining sulfuric acid, then found a possible alternative after Little Watermelon led her to poisonous mushrooms. She considered using their toxins against Tsukasa's group and reasoned that montmorillonite powder could treat the resulting diarrhea.

• Li Xiang persuaded Gen Asagiri to win Homura over by offering him cola.
• Senku and old Fossil made a gas mask, but Li Xiang worried that gathering sulfuric acid would still endanger Senku and Chrome.
• Little Watermelon brought Li Xiang to a clearing of colorful mushrooms, and she warned him that they were poisonous.
• Li Xiang realized she could extract the mushrooms' toxins and secretly put them in Tsukasa's group's food or water.

Gen persuaded Homura to remain neutral, while Senku and Chrome prepared to gather sulfuric acid. Li Xiang and Kohaku rushed to warn them of an ambush, but Hyoga’s warriors blocked the mountain pass and Hyoga threatened to kill Senku.

• Gen visited Homura and persuaded her to stop fighting both sides, though she refused to become an ally.
• Senku and Chrome prepared gas masks and set out to collect sulfuric acid in the mountains.
• Kohaku sensed an approaching group, and Li Xiang took her to warn Senku and Chrome while Gen stayed to guard camp.
• Li Xiang and Kohaku caught up with Senku and Chrome at the mountain pass, where Hyoga and his warriors blocked their way.
• Senku taunted Hyoga, who declared that killing Senku would remove every obstacle.

Li Xiang and Senku’s group escaped Hyoga’s attack by climbing a tree beside the sulfuric acid pools, forcing Hyoga’s men to retreat when Li Xiang warned them about the toxic fumes. The five of them were left trapped in the tree with only three gas masks as poison mist spread around them.

• Hyoga confronted Li Xiang and threatened to capture her, while she insulted him and the Bald-Headed Strongman.
• The Bald-Headed Strongman charged at the group, but Kohaku knocked him down and Li Xiang continued taunting their opponents.
• Senku and Li Xiang signaled the group to flee, and Kohaku held off the attackers while they retreated into the forest.
• The group reached the sulfuric acid pools and climbed a tree to escape the pursuing Hyoga and his men.
• Li Xiang warned Hyoga that toxic fumes could poison his men, and Hyoga ordered them to retreat.
• Senku, Chrome, Kohaku, Li Xiang, and Ginro remained trapped above the acid pools with only three gas masks as the poisonous mist spread.

Li Xiang gave her gas mask to Ginro and leaped across the dangerous gap to safety with Kohaku’s help. She left Senku, Chrome, and Ginro to collect sulfuric acid, while Ginro watched her with renewed awe and guilt.

• Kohaku, Senku, Chrome, Li Xiang, and Ginro weighed how to escape the sulfuric acid pool with only three gas masks as the wind spread toxic fumes.
• Li Xiang gave the last intact gas mask to Ginro and said she would jump across with Kohaku.
• Kohaku cleared the gap and urged Li Xiang to jump, while Senku warned that the distance was too dangerous.
• Li Xiang leaped from the tree, and Kohaku caught her safely on the other side.
• Li Xiang told Senku, Chrome, and Ginro to collect the sulfuric acid, then encouraged Ginro to help them as he struggled with his feelings about her bravery.

Ginro overcame his fear and saved Senku as the team collected natural sulfuric acid. Senku and Chrome used it to complete the antibiotic for Ruri, leaving her illness treatable.

• Senku, Chrome, and Ginro descended into the poisonous mist to collect natural sulfuric acid, while Ginro found the courage to join them.
• When Senku slipped near the acid pool, Ginro grabbed his collar and pulled him to safety.
• Kohaku brought the exhausted Li Xiang back to Ishigami Village, where she and Gen waited for the others.
• Senku, Chrome, and Ginro returned safely with containers of sulfuric acid, the last ingredient needed for the antibiotic.
• After three days of work, Senku and Chrome completed their first antibiotic, giving them a way to treat Ruri's lung disease.

Li Xiang, Senku, and Chrome safely tested and administered the antibiotic, and Ruri recovered completely. With Tsukasa’s next move looming and their allies unreachable, the group decided to build telephones and a cross-regional communication network.

• Li Xiang used Grandpa Fossil’s handmade syringe to give Ruri an antibiotic skin test, which showed no allergic reaction.
• Li Xiang prepared an oral antibiotic dose for Ruri, and she took it without discomfort.
• Over the following days, Ruri’s infection cleared, and she regained her health.
• Li Xiang and Senku recognized that Tsukasa might act while their group remained cut off from Taiju, Yuzuriha, and the others.
• Gen Asagiri suggested making a telephone, and Senku and Li Xiang agreed to build a cross-regional communication network.