 Imagine being turned to stone while you're taking a dump, while you're eating, while you're having sex. Hey everybody, welcome to another exciting episode. Yes, another review here at Weekend Geeked in My Name is Joe Anemaranda, and this time we're going to be talking about Dr. Stone, the first volume of the Shonen Jump manga. This of course is written by Richiro Inagaki and Art by Boichi. But if you don't know what Dr. Stone is, it is a very interesting title. Let me tell you why. Imagine a world where this unforeseen, unknown calamity occurs, and sort of this apocalypse where every single human being in the face of the earth gets petrified. They get turned into stone, and it isn't until several years later where humanity wakes up again from that disaster. And they are trying to figure out how to prevent it from happening again. That in a nutshell is Dr. Stone. You follow the main characters, Taiju and Senku. Taiju is this big oaf as Senku likes to call him, where, you know, he's not extremely smart, but he has heart, passion, and brawn, and it's going to come in handy in this post-apocalyptic situation that we find ourselves in. By we, I mean the human species, the human race. Senku, on the other hand, is this maniacal shounen lead. He is a science nut. He is a scientist. I think they were in high school or something like that. And he's like this prodigy or something. And when the calamity hits, Senku is, I believe, or as the word led to believe in this first volume, he is the first to wake up after many years. I thought it was like a hundred years later or something like that. No, it turns out it is actually thousands of years later. It's another century when humanity wakes up. And these characters, you know, when the joke is that you're turned to stone, so everything stops and all this change occurs throughout the planet and it is fantastic to see. But the joke being that you sort of lost track of time and it's time standing still. So the characters now have to figure out how exactly they are going to bring humanity up to speed, wake everybody up and advance the human race to the point where they left off and continue that expansion. And it's all through the power of science. If you like science and ingenuity and apocalyptic tales, then this might be the story for you. It is sprinkled with humor throughout. And on occasions, the scene transitions between chapters isn't exactly the smoothest. Like something might be happening and then I'm gonna dime something else. And I don't, I don't know, it may just be that it's a manga that's for starting or something, but it's not as smooth as I would have liked or I would have enjoyed a little bit more time with certain things like acquiring Guano, for example, which they might use it to do like this acidic potion or something that will corrode the stone and free people. Stuff like that. I would have enjoyed taking just an extra little bit of time with it. But I do understand the demographic and I do understand that you kind of have to keep the ball rolling to entertain a certain crowd and keep the story action packed and funny and all that stuff. Actually one of the sweetest things about this book is the character of Taiju and his devotion not only to his friend when he wakes up I think several months after our cookie scientist is that when the thing was about to happen he had this massive crush on a girl and he's trying to look for her to see if she's still there and all that stuff. I won't spoil what happens but it is a very sweet and heartwarming thing amidst all the jokes and all that stuff. I found it really cool plus the interaction between these guys. They obviously have a friendship even though one of them is super smart and the other one not so much. It's very endearing and it's a bromance that I enjoy. There is an antagonist aspect of this series which you will have to read on to find out but it is pretty friggin interesting and goes into the deconstruction of human society in the face of something as apocalyptic I say mass extinction event because take a minute and realize like you might on like what happened with me at first glance you might be like okay so everybody turns to stone okay so they wake up later but think about it and the manga goes into detail when the thing that the calamity first happens trapped and anxieties is setting in like everything has stood still they can't focus they can't breathe they're losing consciousness and one character compared it to like having a stroke or something like that so imagine that plus people that got turned into stone on a plane or a boat they're driving they're on a train it could lead it or does lead I guess I should say to a massive percentage of the population across the globe to be extinguished just like that plus with a hundred or two hundred years you would think like the settings would be the same cities all that stuff they would just be covered with grass and nature would take over no it's actually thousands of years so literally the whole landscape of earth itself changes there might be some recognizable statues or landmarks or something but for the most part streets are gone everything's covered in grass water mountains all that stuff the wildlife grows and expands animals that were ensued in zoos that they escape and stuff like that pets are pets grow feral it's actually pretty frickin interesting I would have maybe I'd like to see something again this is because it is the shonen jump market it has to appeal to certain demographics like I mentioned earlier but I would have liked if the story gone I would have gone just the tiny little bit more darker and the ramifications and implications and all that stuff but the cool aspect of Dr. Stone here I have the first volume once again is the fact that there is going to be this new renaissance of scientific exploration our scientist Senku has this awesome epic goal of restoring humanity to the way it was and using the cleverness and the skills that he knows as a scientist to do it using the power of science and hypothesis and experimentation and all that stuff bringing everybody from the stone age as to the modern age I should say to the modern technological age as quickly as humanly possible and even faster because they don't know if that thing is going to happen again so they have to work their butts off not only to determine what happened how to prevent it and of course ensuring that it doesn't happen again and restoring as many people as they can so I really do think it is an awesome quirky title that you guys are going to enjoy as for the art it it's spectacular some of the character models I'm not a huge fan of it's not one of my personal tastes in manga and stuff but it looks great it the artist serviceable a good chunk of the time the landscapes are beautiful it's just the character designs themselves that doesn't don't do much for me as you say but overall it's awesome it looks great it's bright it's bright crisp clean and just really cool looking I cannot wait to read volume 2 and continue the series and see where the story goes I think it's awesome and I don't know I would like for you to try it and let me know down below in the comments if you did read it and if you already have what did you think of Dr. Stone so yeah guys thank you so much follow me on your favorite social media platform and we can keep the conversation going thank you so much God bless I will see all of you on her next installment