I’ll admit that the second season was much better than the first, however the anime is still not that great and could be improved on. It has still it’s major flaws mentioned by Krunchyman on the first season of Dr.Stone regarding how the show loves to over exaggerate things and put it way over the top. Character development in this show is literally non-existent and does not stay consistent with one person. Not only this, but many of the episode scenes were rushed and did not felt meaningful to the viewer. An example of this is when Tsukasa and Hyoga were fighting against Senku and the group (Some of them joined from Tsukasa’s plan) but suddenly later on in the episode, we see Hyoga betraying Tsukasa to get the upper hand, so that he can take control and be the powerful leader he desires to be. We do not see any logical justification why he is unexpectedly backstabbing him now. Not in the least.
We know that Tsukasa purpose in the first place to destroying the statue was so that as stated by himself is “We can dismiss the established powers who do nothing but take from the young nots and a create a new world” Hyoga dismisses Tsukasa ideology and plan as anything but absurd as apparently “if we’re left with nothing but brain dead youths, we still be taken from in order to keep them fed” yet his logic is to allow only the elites to survive is such a naive plan and does not make any sense because how does he not know that these “Elites” could end up backstabbing him later on and want everything for themselves, just like how he is doing with Tsukasa. Moreover, I did not feel anything when it came to Tsukasa Death or when his sister Mirai came back alive because the show does not like to put any emphasis on this. Also, characters like Taiju and Yuziraha are barely ever talked about. Do we even care about them anymore at this point?
Another ridiculously ludicrous thing we see in the show is how the characters are so quickly swayed that they practically abandon Tsukasa's army like flies to join Senku to be a part of a "Science revolution." Nikki san's undying love for Lillian Weinberg Music and how it supported her throughout her former school life was the only one that I really enjoyed, made sense, and felt meaningful as to why she left to join Senku. But when it comes to Ukyo’s turn, you can tell that the anime studio rushed it and had to come up with something on the last spot. Because suddenly he’s a kind-hearted person and doesn’t want anyone to die? Lol, give me a break. The anime can do WAY better than this. It’s just so disappointing. Despite this, characters like Mentalist Gen contributed majorly to the show and is entertaining to watch. Overall, character developments and story are mediocre at best in this season.
The only good aspects of this anime is that viewers are interested how Senku is going to bring the stone age back to modern civilization using the different sort of inventions he is creating with his kingdom of science buddies. The way the anime studio (TMS Entertainment) executes how Senku does these inventions along with the comedy is quite ingenious and something I will give credit for. When it comes to Art and sound, Dr. Stone has its own distinct and vivid style, and it is a good one.
Just like the first season, this show is 5 billion percent average and if you agree with me on this, 10 billion points to you - *High fives*. Anyways, I just hope that they can take the character development a bit more seriously in the upcoming season 3 and that the story doesn’t get into conflict as much as when it comes to the philosophical views between the protagonist and the antagonist; like it did with this season.
