This reminds me of two things: the comic of a dinosaur who trains to hit the meteor, and the novel 終末のフール (Goodbye Earth or some lame title in English).

WE CANNOT DO A THING! PROBABLY.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_impact_avoidance

Asteroid impact avoidance encompasses the methods by which near-Earth objects (NEO) on a potential collision course with Earth could be diverted, preventing destructive impact events. An impact by a sufficiently large asteroid or other NEOs would cause, depending on its impact location, massive tsunamis or multiple firestorms, and an impact winter caused by the sunlight-blocking effect of large quantities of pulverized rock dust and other debris placed into the stratosphere. A collision 66 million years ago between the Earth and an object approximately 10 kilometers (6 miles) wide is thought to have produced the Chicxulub crater and triggered the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event that the scientific community understands to have caused the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs.

In 2022, NASA spacecraft DART impacted Dimorphos, reducing the minor-planet moon’s orbital period by 32 minutes. This mission constitutes the first successful attempt at asteroid deflection.[15] In 2027, China plans to launch a deflection mission to the near-Earth object 2015 XF261, with the impact estimated to occur in April 2029.[16]

I think that’s a FLCL reference. Or maybe I’m thinking of another anime?

Hey I saw this episode of One Punch Man.

I love this so much. It has very “if nothing you do matters, all that matters is what you do” vibes. Thanks for sharing <3

I have this print in my apartment. It’s almost perfect, and better without the context of who Minus is. I’d want to remove the “probably”, then I’m happy.

I think the child or whomever has God like powers or something … which I found out many years after seeing this and it changed how I felt about this.

Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayreon) created an album based on this concept. It’s pretty good if your into progmetal.