Dr Stone Review

Honestly, I don't think Dr. Stone was that good. The science was probably very accurate, but that alone doesn't make for an interesting story or plot. The first few episodes also felt very cringy as Senku was just flexing his knowledge on Taiju, which I don't believe science is about. Furthermore, he kept using science and technology interchangeably, when they aren't. For instance, he didn't have to use any scientific theories or the scientific method to make things like the hand-crank, he only used technology. Science is more about how we obtain knowledge, e.g. a thousand monkeys doing random things could eventually make any technology (given resources and time), but they wouldn't necessarily understand it. He also gives science a bad look - science has some implications of egalitarianism as replicability is very important - so his constant flexing on Taiju without actually trying to teach him to understand it. I already have some of these thoughts here, , so I won't restate them. I do think that the science-orientation to this anime makes it quite unique. In terms of character development, I think the show isn't very good. A lot of the episodes are very formulaic - they work on building stuff. Thus I don't really think much character development is made. IMO the most interesting part of this show was Tsukasa (although he felt very unrealistic in terms of abilities). He felt like a pretty fleshed out character given the number of episodes he is in. I also think he juxtaposes Senku really well. His motivation felt pretty real, his background felt complete with his philosophy, and his close-to-Senky intellect made him very interesting. I didn't really understand why their beliefs was contrasted so harshly though. The show makes it seem like they are very, very incompatible, yet it is clear that Senku can't just revive every single of the >7 billion people immediately. He has to prioritize who to revive, which falls in line with Tsusaka and Hyoga's philosophy.

Overall, this show felt pretty typical. RN, my anime rankings are:
Death Note
ATLA
AOT
Dr. Stone