Senku definitely holds that position, and of the authors I wouldn’t be surprised if Boichi at least did—he is famously a big lover of classic science fiction. If you check out his Dr. Stone: Byakuya solo spinoff manga, it starts out as a simple side story, showing the life of Senku’s dad and his astronauts companions in space, and then spirals out in a completely insane direction involving essentially an AI singularity (understandably, it’s not canon).
There is a certain “Jump heroes shouldn’t kill wantonly” vibe I guess but truth be told Jump heroes have gotten significantly more willing to dirty their hands recently (now Kagurabachi seems set to become the next big thing, and Chihiro has a body count in the dozens at this point). So I don’t think editorial fiat explains this either.
It’s really part of the manga’s fantasy, as in, realistically, sure, Tsukasa would have been killed or kept in stone. But just like everyone is able to make up really complicated fully functioning devices with rudimentary means, everyone is able to reach Aumann Agreement within a relatively short time of being proven wrong. That’s just how the world rolls.
Senku definitely holds that position, and of the authors I wouldn’t be surprised if Boichi at least did—he is famously a big lover of classic science fiction. If you check out his Dr. Stone: Byakuya solo spinoff manga, it starts out as a simple side story, showing the life of Senku’s dad and his astronauts companions in space, and then spirals out in a completely insane direction involving essentially an AI singularity (understandably, it’s not canon).
There is a certain “Jump heroes shouldn’t kill wantonly” vibe I guess but truth be told Jump heroes have gotten significantly more willing to dirty their hands recently (now Kagurabachi seems set to become the next big thing, and Chihiro has a body count in the dozens at this point). So I don’t think editorial fiat explains this either.
It’s really part of the manga’s fantasy, as in, realistically, sure, Tsukasa would have been killed or kept in stone. But just like everyone is able to make up really complicated fully functioning devices with rudimentary means, everyone is able to reach Aumann Agreement within a relatively short time of being proven wrong. That’s just how the world rolls.