MY THOUGHTS ON THE DR STONE FINALE
spoilers ahead
First of all the finale episode was not what I was expecting, I haven't read the manga so this is all new to me. Comparing the big finale boss battle with the past seasons, S1 and S2 were the stone wars, S3 was with Ibara in Ishigami village, while S4 Cour 1 and 2 was with Xeno and Stanley. All of them involved them having fights and battle tactics, yet in this finale episode, it's not a big fight, but a conversation.
A conversation between two civilisations, albeit Why man was a mechanical parasite but still has intelligence like human civilization may be even more. With two different ideologies about life, who was preserving life as the more advantageous choice, while the other viewed their life as something to live despite having an end.
What Senku says might determine their fate of the people on earth. And that tension really gave me the excitement watching this.
What really shocked me was the end when Why Man left, only one Why Man stayed. The Why Man was like Senku. The Why Man wants to know more about Earth because it excites Why Man. Just like how science excites Senku. In both civilisations, there is always this person who is intrigued by the world around them, and want the answers to them.
I found that absolutely beautiful. Despite Inagaki not really writing the best in dr stone ahem (my complaints on characters one dimensionality and unexplored themes still remain) ... I found this last episode quite beautiful, celebrating our achievements as humans, that bringing the world together makes us do great things. Even if our progress rate isn't as fast as what Why Man wanted, we still did a lot to reach this point with all the discovery we made. And with the time machine going forward it seems we still are moving forward with hope, one small step at a time.
And we cannot forget our curious beans Senku and Why Man, it's people like Senku, and why man wanting to know more that Inagaki FINALLY shows that curiosity is a dangerous yet exciting thing for us humans (and also mechanical parasite haha) and encouraging us to explore that curiosity because it excites us.
Lastly I want to thank everyone in the dr stone community, my mutuals 💖🥺 and also all the writers, artists and rebloggers out there. I've been in the dr stone community for like 10 months and I see everyone's love for the show, their criticisms, their dissatisfaction, their enthusiasm, their excitement, everything and it's the best community that I have joined ❤️💖 so far thank you for making this a safe space for everyone to share their ideas and ships, being there for one another ❤️💖💖💖 Even if the show ends now, I'll always remember how this show and the community always had my back.
I'm 10 billion sure we're getting new dr stone content soon, get excited!