Shovel

Shovel (シャベル, Shaberu) is one of the villagers of Ishigami Village.

Appearance

Shovel is a young girl with her hair pulled up into two giant ponytails that are tied up with rope bows at the ends. She has short bangs that fall in three segments over her forehead. She has wide blue eyes that glitter with mischief. Her eyebrows are thin and curved, giving her an expression of sly deviousness in her introductory portrait. Shovel also has prominent buckteeth that are always on show.

Her outfit is a very short grey-blue dress with rough hemlines and a high-but-loose collar. She has rope cinching her waist. She has a slight lisp as she speaks.

Personality

Shovel is very energetic and is frequently in the middle of any action happening in the village. She makes sure to pass along any news as quickly as possible to the others, such as the outsider's arrival and the subsequent destruction of the bridge for the magnet. Her manner of speaking tends to be the usual over-excited child type of speech, saying things like "get this, get this!"^[3] and "but wait, hey, listen!"^[4]

Abilities and Skills

Shovel's ability to run around and yell seems to be unmatched in the village, and as such she functions as a cross between a town crier and a newspaper boy.

History

Synopsis

Kingdom of Science Arc

Shovel first appears telling everyone of the arrival of someone new outside the village.^[5] She then keeps everyone updated on what he's doing.^[6] She is one of many roped into helping Senku make iron after eagerly slurping up ramen.^[7]

Due to her not understanding why Senku took a board from the bridge, Shovel accidentally sics Magma on Senku during a crucial experiment to create magnets.^[8]

Village Games Arc

During the Grand Bout, Shovel wonders what a last name is when Ruri brings it up, then later runs around yelling that the bout between Magma and Kinro is first.^[9] She then cheers on Mantle and Chrome's fight.^[10] When Ginro gives his Village Chief plans, she is shown agreeing with everyone that Ginro should absolutely not be chief.^[11]

Vs. Hyoga Arc

Shovel is shown running around and helping prepare for Hyoga's next attack^[12] and then later running around and shouting 'fire' when Homura set the houses on fire.^[13] Shovel is also on team 'grumble' when Gen describes what a cellphone is and how it's used, as she doesn't believe such a thing could be possible.^[14]

Communications Arc

When Senku makes electricity, Shovel is in awe at how good cotton candy tastes.^[15] When Senku was asking Gen about the woman from Tsukasa's army, Ginro thought he was stating what his type was with Shovel, Ruby, Sapphire, and Garnet seeming to be interested in hearing. However, Senku revealed Homura was spying on them.

In the late autumn, Shovel helps collect mushrooms and other roots to bottle over the winter.^[16] She then helps sort through rocks to try finding a new option for the lightbulb filament,^[17] and is around to listen to the first stone-world phone call.^[18] She also helps everyone collect plants for making paper.^[19]

Chapter Appearances

Chapter Appearances
Kingdom of Science Arc 13. Part 1: Stone World: The Beginning Absent 14. Those Who Have Faith Absent 15. Two Kingdoms of the Stone World Absent 16. Kohaku Absent 17. Nasty Looks Pictured 18. Sorcery Showdown Absent 19. Two Million Years of Being Absent 20. Stone Road Debut 21. Dawn of Iron Absent 22. Survival Gourmet Appears 23. The Smooth Talker Pictured 24. Lightning Speed!!! Appears 25. By These Hands, the Light of Science Pictured 26. A Shadow Alliance Absent 27. A Certain Scientists Wish Absent 28. Clear World Absent 29. Senku's Lab Absent 30. Death Green Absent 31. Friends Have Each Other's Backs Absent 32. Brain & Heart Absent 33. Baaad Chemicals Absent
Village Games Arc 34. Sneaky Grand Bout Strategy Appears 35. The Masked Warrior Absent 36. Kinro and Ginro Appears 37. Science-User Chrome Absent 38. Master of Flame Absent 39. And the Winner is... Pictured 40. Two Million Years in the Making Absent
Vs. Hyoga Arc 46. Stone Wars Absent 47. Science Vs. Power Pictured 48. Blades of Science Absent 49. To the Present Pictured 50. Humanity's Greatest Weapon Pictured
Communications Arc 51. Sweets for the Stone World Pictured 52. Age of Energy Absent 53. Hard Knocks Crafting Club Pictured 54. Flickering Blue Jewel Pictured 55. Treasure Dungeon Push Start Absent 56. The Treasure Absent 57. Heat Heart Absent 58. Wave of Science Absent 59. Voices from Here to Infinity Pictured 60. Angel's Song, Devil's Whisper Absent 61. Stone Wars Begin Absent 62. Double Chase Absent 63. Information Warfare Absent 64. Hotline Absent 65. Call From the Dead Absent 66. Liars and Truth Tellers Absent 67. Full Mobilization Absent 68. Flame of Revolution Absent 69. Steam Gorilla Absent 70. Paper Shield Pictured 71. Prison Break Absent 72. Experience Points Absent 73. Top-Secret Mission Absent 74. Fateful 20 Seconds Absent 75. 20-Second Countdown Absent 76. Final Battle Absent 77. The Power of Science Absent 78. That Which Destroys or Saves Absent 79. For This Very Moment Absent 80. Humanity's Strongest Tag Team Absent 81. Fingertip Absent 82. Epilogue of Stone Wars (End of Part 2) Absent
Moon Mission Arc 213. Unknown Known Absent 214. Stone World's Earth Defense Force Absent 215. Long, Long Road Absent 216. Hello, World Absent 217. Science Underdogs Absent 218. WWW (World Wide Workshop) Absent 219. Three Heroes Absent 220. A Desire for All Absent 221. Entrusting It All Absent 222. Science Road Absent 223. 0 Pictured 224. In Space Absent 225. Docking Absent 226. Giant Step Absent 227. It Was You Absent 228. Life Stone Absent 229. Why-Man Absent 230. Human Absent 231. A Future To Get Excited About Absent 232. Final Chapter: Dr. STONE Absent

Trivia

• Shovel is named after the tool most commonly used for digging. It's also a pun as in Japanese, her name, "Shaberu", means "to blab", and she's the village's gossip.^[20]

References

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v • eIshigami Villagers
Male	Alabaster • Argo • Carbo • Chrome • Ganen • Genbu • Ginro • Hagane • Jasper • Kaseki • Kinro • Kokuyo • Magma • Mantle • Natri • Sagan • Sho • Soyuz • Tetsuken • Titan • Unmo
Female	Alumi • Azura • Beryl • Dia • En • Garnet • Kohaku • Kujaku • Namari • Ruby • Ruri • Sango • Sapphire • Shirogane • Shovel • Suika • Suzu • Turquoise
Unknown	Chalk • Sagara

v • ePost-Petrification Humans
Ishigami Villagers	Male	Alabaster • Argo • Carbo • Chrome • Ganen • Genbu • Ginro • Hagane • Jasper • Kaseki • Kinro • Kokuyo • Magma • Mantle • Natri • Sagan • Sho • Tetsuken • Titan • Unmo
	Female	Alumi • Azura • Beryl • Dia • En • Garnet • Kohaku • Kujaku • Namari • Ruby • Ruri • Sango • Sapphire • Shirogane • Shovel • Suika • Suzu • Turquoise
Petrification Kingdom	Male	Soyuz's father • Ibara • Matsukaze • Moz • Oarashi • Soyuz
	Female	Amaryllis • Kirisame