Dr. Stone: Science Future Part 2

After a strategic maneuver, Senkuu Ishigami's team stalls Dr. Xeno's more scientifically advanced forces. A ceasefire between the two factions allows for the establishment of Corn City in North America, a hope for a future thriving population. Meanwhile, Senkuu and some of his teammates rush toward the Amazon in South America—the epicenter of the petrification beam's impact—to create Superalloy City and progress their spaceship project.

With dangerous enemies still pursuing Senkuu and his companions, it is a race against time to reach the heart of the dense Amazon. As unexpected allies and scientific creations further fuel this leg of their journey, Senkuu is closer than ever to finally uncovering the mystery behind the petrification phenomenon.

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Ishigami, Senkuu Main

Kobayashi, Yuusuke Japanese

Asagiri, Gen Main

Kawanishi, Kengo Japanese

Nanami, Ryuusui Main

Suzuki, Ryouta Japanese

Chrome Main

Satou, Gen Japanese

Suika Main

Takahashi, Karin Japanese

Kohaku Main

Numakura, Manami Japanese

Ooki, Taiju Main

Furukawa, Makoto Japanese

Ogawa, Yuzuriha Main

Ichinose, Kana Japanese

Dr. Xeno Main

Nojima, Kenji Japanese

Shishiou, Tsukasa Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Matsushita, Shuuhei Director

Aketagawa, Jin Sound Director

Inaba, Hideki Episode Director, Key Animation

Saitou, Yoshinari Episode Director, Animation Director, Key Animation

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Sep 25, 2025

ReAwakenZ

Recommended

This is, in my humble opinion, the greatest season (or part of a season) of "Dr. Stone" so far.

I've watched thousands of episodes of anime (I guess on this site, this isn't that big of an achievement, but still), and a lot of the time, the initial premise of the show isn't fully realized, or the series changes it completely, which sometimes might result in a feeling of betrayal, especially if what we got later is worse that what came before. With this season, I'm happy to announce that we are witnessing something completely different, a true and well executed *evolution* of the initial ... premise, the inklings of which could be seen back during Season 3, but with this season, they're at full power.

I can't stress enough how happy I am that it was executed well. Part 2 of "Science Future" truly respects the past of "Dr. Stone", while at the same time managing to one-up it, and that is an achievement I admire. The scientific advancements which I loved dearly from the earlier installments are more integrated with the story than before, and combined with the ongoing chase, they increase the tension, making the story even more compelling than it already was.
Although I guess it is true, that the increased intensity calls for the reduction of slow, methodical progress (and I get how for some it might be a dealbreaker), but I consider it an evolutionary sacrifice. The characters need to be more crafty, act faster, and take advantage of their quirks more often to further the science, otherwise we'd run into the problems with pacing - it'd probably be too slow. Now, I was sitting on the edge of my seat for most of the episodes, and got constantly hyped, which I consider a success.

Additionally, I applaud the series for how it tries to use most of the characters (which isn't easy, when the roster is that big), and adheres to their earlier developments (the biggest example being Tsukasa). I understand that not everyone could have their time to shine, and some people might be annoyed at Luna jokes, but this season isn't worse than immediate predecessors in this regard, so I don't really subscribe to the issues pointed out by the others.

Then to top it all off, we spend a couple of episodes with an established character who not only becomes the MVP of the season, but also beautifully reminds us of the beauty of human perseverance in the face of hardship and how the science is simply awesome! It's almost as if we went back full circle, and that makes me appreciate the whole story even more. It's simply coherent thematically.

Coupled with decent animation, good music (especially the intense opening), and constant excitement built by the story, it makes for a great watching experience, and I could really recommend this portion of the show to any long time fan of "Dr. Stone".

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Sep 27, 2025

ma1kawa11

Mixed Feelings

When I first started watching this series, while I knew it wasn't going to be something I was going to really enjoy I did think it had some potential as an educational series following the footsteps of shows like "The Magic School Bus" and the like. And in the earlier series of the show it did at least, in my opinion, accomplish at least that goal very nicely. Each episode solved its own problems with scientific solutions. Broader narratives to a degree took more of a back seat. And although the narratives and characters weren't very interesting to me in the first season, It didn't ... distract from what I thought was the main educational purpose and interest that I could get from each episode. The educational content also did follow a sort of logical narrative structure as well, because it was clear that the writers wanted there to be sort of a gradual development of technology throughout the series but in ways that at least attempted to make some sort of sense.

As the seasons continued, though this started to change. It did start relatively early during season 2, and this issue matured in everything following season 3. The primarily educational and episodic nature of the show was dropped in favor of a more narratively focused one. Because the narrative foundations of early seasons of Dr. Stone were shaky, it created extremely large problems by this point in the series. The kinds of educational content you get in the show post season 3 ends up only being short clips of info dumps. Additionally, the previously logical structure of technological development stopped existing. The designers wanted there to be more of a venire of cave-man life because the series is of course, entitled "Dr Stone". But also I think that the change in focus from "Trying to rebuild society" to "Figuring out and stopping the people behind why everyone turned to stone" had a big impact as well. Because there was less focus on technology each episode, development ended up feeling super rushed. In Season 1, you had entire episodes derived towards part of a broader technological goal in a way that was somewhat believable in the timeframe they had to achieve the goal. In Season 4 part 2, you have them deciding they want to make motorcycles and doing so in like... a day in a way that just does not make sense especially in the time constraint they had (Like handmaking tires).

Another sort of unintentional impact of all this is that the characters take a hit to it too. Dr. Stone forgot its established character personalities (even if they were 1 dimensional) creating large plot-holes. In I believe it was either episode 3 or 4, When they are collecting rubber for the tires they are making, Gen gives Dr. Xeno a knife to do the work, in spite of Gen supposedly being the conniving socially intelligent of the bunch, and Dr. Xeno being essentially a held captive. What's worse, is that in that same episode, you see Dr. Xeno using anything in his power to contact his allies, such as blinking to send morse code, or creating an improvised radio signal to transmit details. Why would someone who is using every opportunity he is given to subvert the main group not use a knife for his favor? Why did the writers never make sure the characters disarmed his metal finger claws (Well this one is most likely because they didn't want to draw a new character model)? Unfortunately these are the kinds of questions that you now have to ask due to this series poor writing.

For me, this sort of culminated in the end of Science Future Part 2, where they compare the "Medusa" ability to turn people into stone and back with the "Forbidden Fruit" that Adam and Eve ate. That sort of mythological reference just completely ruined my ability to ever be able to take this show seriously again. This was a show that was supposed to be scientifically focused by the way. There was so much room for this series to be better. And it all got wasted on a now 60 episode running McGuffin chase that still hasn't ended yet.

This series had the capability of something that was made for children but enjoyable and intellectually stimulating for adults as well. Unfortunately this season just really solidified that something like that just will never happen. I don't believe this series deserves as high of a rating as it currently has, but I'm also not going to just give it a 1 in order to 'offset the rating' or whatever. I've definitely seen much worse out there than this. And if you just want a shonen to turn your brain off to, it's possible to find this enjoyable.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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Sep 25, 2025

Seansy

Not Recommended

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Dr. Stone Science Future, both part 1 and part 2, has been the worst season by far of Dr. Stone yet. This series has been in steady decline for a while now, but this season it has truly fallen off a cliff. A lot of people will argue otherwise by stating how great this season was based on the last few episodes, but that's just an excuse from people that believe the "rule of cool" regarding plot twists should trump all else, regardless of how terribly written they are. Worst of all is that the science aspect of Dr. Stone has been nearly completely erased ... in favor of short montages (if that) given the time constraints the story put on itself. Stuff just magically appears left and right now with little or no explanation to facilitate a story that has lost the plot.

This is a spoiler free review, so I will avoid going into specifics for major plot points, but here are a few spoiler free examples of the regularly terrible writing:

People can uproot a giant tree by themselves to throw at enemies.

Thin tree branches can block bullets.

Language barriers don't exist between Japanese and American characters despite never being explained.

Sadly, these are somehow significantly less stupid compared to the ones involving the plot itself, which is really saying something. Suffice it to say that anime logic has completely taken over Dr. Stone this season and the season's ending points to even more nonsense up ahead.

The main reason I was interested in the series in the first place was the scientific progression, so having that almost completely removed made much of the season near unbearable given it's other long standing issues with 1 dimensional characters, average at best production values, and childish writing over dumb drama.

Maybe the series gets back to its roots next season, but things have been so bad recently that it's become very tempting to just drop it and spoil the rest of the story to be done with it. That's a really depressing thought given how much time I have invested in this series thus far.

Story/Plot - 2
Characters - 3
Art/Animation - 3
Music - 3
Enjoyment - 3

Thank you for reading.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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