Dr. Stone

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Synonyms: Dr. Stone: Terraforming, Dr. Stone: 4D Science

Japanese: Dr.STONE

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 27

Chapters: 237

Status: Finished

Published: Mar 6, 2017 to Dec 25, 2023

Genres: Adventure, Award Winning, Sci-Fi

Theme: Survival

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)

Authors: Inagaki, Riichiro (Story), Boichi (Art)

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Score: 8.19¹ (scored by 96,659 users)

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Ranked: #449²

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Popularity: #40

Members: 200,275

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Ranked #449Popularity #40Members 200,275

MangaShounen Jump (Weekly)Inagaki, Riichiro (Story), Boichi (Art)

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When a mysterious light suddenly engulfs Earth, humanity is left petrified, frozen in stone. Thousands of years later, the world is teeming with vegetation, and forests have taken the places of cities that once stood proudly. One of the very first to emerge from their stone prison is Taiju Ooki, who finds that his good friend, a brilliant young scientist named Senkuu, has been preparing for his awakening. While Taiju wishes to save the girl he loves, Senkuu is determined to figure out the cause behind the strange phenomenon and restore the world to its former glory.

But when they free the infamously powerful Tsukasa Shishiou in order to gain an upper hand against the dangers in an unfamiliar world, they realize that their new comrade has other plans. Tsukasa sees their predicament as a chance to start over; free from the corruption and destruction wrought by technology, he will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. With both sides unable to see eye to eye, Senkuu and his devotion to science will clash with Tsukasa and his primal nature in what will truly be a battle of the ages.

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Dr. Stone won the 64th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen category in 2019. The manga ranked 17th in the 2020 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! for the Male Readers division.

As a part of the JUMP START initiative, the first three chapters of the manga were published in English in VIZ Media's digital Weekly Shonen Jump on the same day as the Japanese release. After, the series was added to VIZ Media's Weekly Shonen Jump lineup, and it was also simulpub through MANGA Plus. The volumes were published in English by VIZ Media under the Shonen Jump imprint from September 4, 2018, to July 4, 2023. It has also been released in Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics since September 2018.

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Jun 17, 2024

Terishiro

Recommended

As many people on this website already said, it is really a wonderful manga, entertaining, crafty, REAALLY sci-fi. Personally I was very pleased with the plot, villains, characters, and their development, and how everything is explained to every last detail, it took some hard work to produce this, and its showing! I'm recommending this to everyone who loves science and anime. I've really never read something like this, and I probably never will again.
I love how the personality of each character was really shown by their actions. and how unique they were.
It's still a sci-fi anime even if it's based on reality, some moments ...

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Apr 25, 2023

luqspy

Mixed Feelings

Dr. Stone is a manga unlike any other. It has been successful in finally providing unity between science and fan. If you are a science this manga is for you; if you aren't, this manga is still for you. Its art is fantastic, A 10/10; The storyline is really gripping and it manages to maintain its zeal until the end. The character are goddamn amazing with each having a distinct personality and not the characters feel left behind; every character has his/her moment and this just shows the how brilliant the mangaka is. I seriously believe that is a must read for anyone and everyone. ...

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Jan 16, 2025

EternalSunboop

Not Recommended

Dr. Stone is a perfect example of a formula that works fantastically at first, but soon becomes so restrictive that it sabotages its own potential success. The opening arcs of the manga are genuinely great. There's a great pace of new characters while existing ones continue to be fleshed out and feel important, the art is impressively detailed and the writing is decent enough all round. On top of that, it really feels like you're learning as you go, and it's incredibly satisfying. If you've ever felt a deep satisfaction as you advance up a tech tree in a survival game, Dr. Stone is basically ... that feeling rendered on to paper. Sure, it's a little melodramatic and I could do with a little less of the characters all just spouting how they feel at each other, and dear lord the fan service is a bit much, but all in all, a really solid start.

It doesn't take long for it to all go downhill though. The main problem with Dr. Stone is it refuses to evolve whilst not having much of a plan. Very early on, the finish line is set and the rest of the series feels like it can't wait to reach it. Earlier inventions and technological progressions felt believable and detailed, but towards the end Senku and co. are just pulling all kinds of nonsense out their arses. That narrative loop that was so satisfying to start with - goal, idea, progress, problem, solution, emotional conclusion - feels completely artificial very quickly, which is only worsened by the paper thin characters. Seriously, there are so many of these buggers. Hordes upon hordes of side characters, and with all of them refusing to die or go quietly in to the background, by the end every page has a different character with no relevance to the plot who's just there to spout their incredibly annoying catchphrases (oh god, the catchphrases). Almost no-one has any development either, beyond antagonists being seduced to do-gooderism with never a hint of regret or indecision. All of this on top of the leering art and eye-rolling character designs (even the young child character is aged up to be a sexy glamour model at one point) made for a borderline painful read before it was done.

Maybe it seems like I hate Dr. Stone, but really I was just massively disappointed in it. For such an interesting and original concept and strong opening to be squandered on copy and paste writing, boring characters and horrendous pacing feels tragic to me. You might hold out hope that the ending at least has a good answer for the series' central mysteries, but nope. Have a final showdown that is basically just the authors turning to you the reader and telling you the first thing they could come up with that makes about as much sense as how all the female characters always manage to fit both the chests and butts in frame at the same time. Honestly I would have preferred the ending be "and I guess we'll just never know why or how this happened, but that's science. There's always more to learn" than this incomprehensible mess. I've done my best not to spoil any thing here, but honestly it's just not worth reading. The first 80 chapters or so are great, but I really wouldn't bother past that.

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