My thoughts on Dr. Stone’s S03E22 (“Beyond The New World”)
(Safe to read for anime-only folks.)
01. Chrome looks so proud to show off the Medusa to Ruri and the others who didn't go to Treasure Island! And Minami and Chalk are still so adorable! :)
02. The last episode where this beautiful song is the opening song... The title of this episode, "Beyond The New World," shows that there is still so much to explore! :D
03. Senku asked the Medusa for five meters, but he only got a meter and a half?! It's a good thing that he asked for more than he needed to begin with! Ibara is so cunning that I wouldn't put it past him to cut off his hand if there was a chance that would save him, like how Amaryllis tore off her braids :O
04. I love how Taiju and Kohaku - both characters who, um, are not on the science team, to put it lightly - were totally on the same page about the logic of the Medusa's chances of working increasing according to how hard they press down on Tsukasa's hand XD
05. And, it's really nice to see Kohaku interacting with Senku's oldest friend like this :)
06. Senku went along with it too! :) Obviously, his hand being on top of Kohaku's in this context isn't romantic, but it IS a touching show of camaraderie from somebody who's as logical as he is! :D
07. I like how except for Mirai, it's only Season One characters participating in this. The specific combination of people has this "where we came from" kind of feel to it :)
08. It's also interesting that all the adults participating in this - Senku, Kohaku, Taiju, Chrome, and Gen - have all been threatened by Tsukasa personally, and yet they're the ones now working together to... um, encase him in stone? Hmm, kind of feels like the culmination of long-term revenge when I put it that way... XD
09. Look at the detail on the Medusa! Dr. Stone sure is keeping up the tradition of really leveling up the animation quality when it comes to significant episodes... :D
10. I'm glad it worked, but shouldn't Senku have waited until the green light had dissipated before using the revival fluid? Ah, well, they can make an infinite amount of it now, so I suppose there's no danger of a shortage... XD
11. Mirai is the third sibling in this series to have a sibling miraculously healed... :) This scene was so touching! :D
12. I imagine that Ruri's intervention might have been a bit surprising to anime-only folks, but Kohaku's response to Chrome's gorilla statement certainly wouldn't have been! Oh, Chrome, you never learn... XD
13. "What's the situation?" Ah, classic Tsukasa! He's always so focused after breaking free from the petrification! :O
14. Senku and Tsukasa's childish faces look adorable XD The idea of the moon while living in the stone world WOULD make anybody lose their cool... :D
15. Come to think of it, Tsuka'sa pretty lucky. Not about the being impaled and dying part, but the waking up with basic necessities, infrastructure, and future plans already in place. He didn't have to lay asphalt to build roads; he just took a nice, cool nap and woke up to a more developed world :)
16. Ginro has a way of announcing what's in Senku's heart :) Even if he's totally tactless about it, and he's basically saying stuff that the other people around him are also aware of, it's still nice to know that Ginro knows Senku that well :D
17. Okay, so, if Matsukaze was fighting with a thin, brittle stick... I feel like anybody from the power team could have smashed said brittle stick. Of course, Tsukasa IS incredibly strong; I'm just saying that that wasn't the best way to see who was the better fighter in that battle... :O
18. Okay, those Ishigami Village folks behind Ginro... I know Carbo, Argo and Tetsuken... and the guy on the far left also looks familiar... but I'm sure I've never seen that blonde dude before! I don't even have to double-check to be absolutely sure that you're not on the list of forty non-kids and non-elderly! Who are youuu??? XD
19. Trembling aside, that was a nice display of loyalty towards Senku by Yo :)
20. Tsukasa's honor compelled him to say that he couldn't join the kingdom of science as a warrior :O And while Senku's response is totally in-character, it's funny how Kohaku is looking at him knowingly. She knows Senku so well that she expected him to say that! XD
21. Also, Tsukasa was petrified just as long as Senku was, but he lost his scars and Senku didn't. Inagaki and Boichi must have really wanted Senku to stay the same, and I fully agree! :D
22. Gen's idea to use war paint as a vow is BRILLIANT, and there's so much meaning and faith behind it! Everybody was on board! :)
23. Wait... Taiju, Yuzuriha, Ryusui, and Francois' scar are right - although Ryusui's must have meant that Gen also had blue paint ready to go - but Yo? I've watched so many episodes and video clips of Dr. Stone, and Yo did NO have those lines above and below his right eye! :O
24. I remember Gen's dialogue going a bit differently in the manga - more like taunting Tsukasa about not being so fussy about war paint - but the sentiment was the same :)
25. At last, Tsukasa had wholeheartedly and completely joined the party! :D
26. Um, what's this orange thing in the between scenes thingy? :O
27. For somebody who's adopted, Senku looks SO MUCH like Byakuya in that spacesuit! XD
28. Gen providing an opening for Chrome to take pride in his exploration and gathering skills, and receiving genuine gratitude from Tsukasa... :)
29. I agree with Gen; Francois is that last person who can say that people can't do things on their own... XD It's cool that while Ryusui desires everything, he isn't lazy - he's right there baking bread that the crew will need :) Of course, we already knew he wasn't lazy, because even though he started with privilege, he worked hard to have pro gamer skills and sailing skills! :D
30. The detail of Kohaku carrying a medium-sized crate with ease, while Ginro struggles with a smaller one... XD
31. Yuzuriha and Kaseki, the ultimate crafting pair! They're both so ticked off that Senku just told them to make something quick and dirty XD Of course, having the hearts of true craftsmen, they could never do such a thing! :O
32. And she calls Kaseki "Kaseki-sensei!" I wasn't expecting that, but it's just like Yuzuriha to be so polite! :)
33. Meanwhile, Suika is terrified by their craftsman's aura :D
34. They finished that thing in one night?! :O That's going to be interesting to write about when I get to that point in my fanfic! :)
35. Honestly, I wasn't expecting the spaceship roadmap to be moving on its own, nor was I expecting it to be placed inside dark cloth that looks like outer space and its uncountable number of stars! I thought the cloth was for an unveiling, but this is so much better! Another thing to look forward to writing about! Also, they probably totally depending on Yuzuriha's knowledge of the Earth to build it! Well, maybe some knowledge from Senku, too. Yuzuriha and Kaseki did an incredible job! Globe acquired! :D
36. Here are Kohaku and Taiju, being on the same page again, and both supporting Senku's goal! :)
37. Wow, Gen really leveled up his, um, paper flying machines... The airplane from Season Two looked way simpler than this spaceship! XD
38. Okay, I liked the group shots, but if Yuzuriha and Kaseki unveiled the globe in the morning, how is Gen's paper spaceship being shown with stars and the moon? :O
39. Tsukasa's pretty confident to just think that he can WILL people's bad intentions away... and he's so strong that people are agreeing with him just to not make him mad?! XD
40. I wonder if that tool that Ryusui is using, the long stick with a boat at the end, has a name? :O
41. And Tsukasa learns that the concept of currency has returned... :O Also, "honey" is a wild way to translate "kimi wa ne." What subtitles am I working with here?! XD
42. This scene has a gentler, more conciliatory feel in anime compared to the manga version. I suppose the animation makes it look softer :)
43. Wait a minute, why is even Gen here when this is a private conversation between Minami and Ryusui? Being as knowledgeable about psychology as he is, Gen must have offered his services as a mediator :D
44. Minami must have been so bewildered when Ryusui said he loved her, hahaha! Although "kisama" sounds like a weird word to use in an actual confession of love XD
45. Aww, it's nice that Tsukasa was down there and able to hear Ryusui's reasoning from Ryusui himself :)
46. Ah, so according to Kohaku, they know about grape wine and potato wine... interesting! I guess I'll have to learn about winemaking when I write about Unmo... :D
47. Corn versions of Senku, Kohaku, Chrome, and Ryusui! XD Looks like their next destination is the United States, to get all of that sweet, sweet corn! :)
48. Gen, I really don't think you should be reminding the huge crowd of people that you once lied to them all... :O
49. They're leaving already! Such a loss in terms of fanfic chapter potential, but a kingdom's gotta do what a kingdom's gotta do. And... doesn't Mantle's head look weirdly huge? XD Ganen's outfit has changed to look more casual, and he even has some grilled fish in his hand XD
50. Goodbye for now, Ruri and the rest of the folks on the mainland! :)
51. Everybody's looking forward to the journey, but nobody more so than Chrome! :O
52. I really like how Senku and Kohaku have a personal, one-on-one, grounding conversation at the end of every season. It really shows the special connection they share :) This one was super short, but the meaningful conversation they had on Treasure Island more than makes up for it :D
53. Little Senku and Big Senku both want to go to the moon immediately! :)
54. That was a really cool shot of the moon in the end :D
55. One last Sukishinayo ending song with Kohaku in beautiful colored sand art :)
56. Season Three was amazing, absolutely AMAZING, from start to finish, but especially when they were on Treasure Island! High stakes, deep emotions, and well-deserved triumph! :O Thank you so much to Inagaki, Boichi, Caleb Cook, Kurare, and everybody involved in the Dr. Stone manga and anime! :D Now, it's time to go beyond Treasure Island and beyond the New World! :) I probably won't be writing about the episodes of Season Four until after the anime series has finished, partly because I'll be spending quite some time on writing Dr. Stone fanfic chapters instead, but I hope to get back into this after the conclusion of the anime series. While I'm not happy that Season Four will be the final season of Dr. Stone, because the series is so wonderful, I am ten billion percent certain that it will be exhilarating! :D
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