Film Theory: Solving Anime's HARDEST Mystery, Dr Stone's Petrification Beam!

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Dr. Stone is an anime you NEED to be watching. When a green light mysteriously turn all of humanity to stone, only a few people have been able to break free. They are left to figure out what happened to the rest of the world. Theorists, I too want to figure out how a light can turn a human body to stone. Today, I am to find out the answer to anime's new mystery!
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Credits:
Writer: Matthew Patrick and Geoff Thew
Editors: Alex "Sedge" Sedgwick and Marc Schneider
Assistant Editor: AlyssaBeCrazy
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman

[@whalen4400]

The whole show is just a teenager speedrunning humanity

[@fallleave100]

Tru

[@soildersniper]

I mean he already has a walkthrough for his speedrun.

[@plasmanova6275]

Lol I completed a whole season in 20 episodes I am so far speed running faster

[@papi_chulo-]

So far he got the world record

[@papi_chulo-]

@@enmunap Dr stone

[@yahia5476]

Captain America: I've been frozen for 70 years. Senku: *_Laughs in stone world_*

[@purplefire3377]

*laughs in stone*

[@gabeaguilera7753]

Frozen*

[@MakkusuOtaku]

Senku: *Hold my beer*

[@Dowsk1]

Frozen

[@SnakesAnimations]

@@purplefire3377 *chuckles in granite*

[@Zerum69]

"Eventually, Kars stopped thinking" Senku: just count seconds

[@pai1327]

Wait... maybe Kars pietrifaied the world

[@HeindsAG]

@@pai1327 who is kars

[@rosan3755]

@@HeindsAG The main villain of JoJo part 2

[@BritishCube]

Someone refeerencwd my 2 fav anime’s in one comment less go

[@parrott4634]

Maybe the time limit before losing all thought is 3701 years

[@miq482]

its a bit frightening how more than 2 years and a whole 100 chapters later, his theory still lines up with what the manga says so far

[@jksupergamer]

Held up but didn’t last

[@quinn6922]

@@jksupergamer nah it lasted to the very end, they never explained how the Why-Men were able to make the light but it could be nano machines

[@jksupergamer]

@@quinn6922 dude, it literally said it manipulates boson field or something, and i dknt think the why man could be considered a nano machine in it of itself cux its too big

[@Prrprrlmao]

@@jksupergamer but they are called "parasites" right? So in order for the machines to be called parasites they must be living in the hosts. Otherwise they are simply not parasites since they themselves don't win anything from petrifying the people

[@twoheartsoff3255]

@@jksupergamer I do think that the boson field part was about how the why-men could fly, I'm really not sur taht the beam of light itself was explained (plus nanomachines are cool so letsgo).

[@briteclanofficial6638]

imagine this is the reason why the roman statues are so realistic

[@kingnathannn207]

Hmm perhaps, you might be on to something🤔...

[@cephi]

the government is hiding something from us again

[@ryanyoon6588]

But roman statues are idealistic not realistic...

[@suzusat]

Yeah, like photoshopping. They remove all the unwanted facial features and make your body look perfect, so that you’re the ideal human

[@GingerofDread]

and the terracotta army!

[@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

Everyone: *Trapped in stone for thousands of years* Kars: "First time?"

[@linkholder]

I thought you were RonaldMcOnePunch from that profile picture

[@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

@@linkholder Actually i know him, he often streams games and ddlc I subbed to him before

[@iPhoneeditor]

*Aztec dubstep commences*

[@m.g5384]

Nice one

[@raychangalarza179]

*AYYAYAYAYYYYY*

[@frogstarian]

Now with Chapter 228 being released, we can see that this theory was actually spot on. Great work MatPat!

[@pipboy4572]

I think the medusa devices are kinda like nano machines? Or just actual machines. Kinda.

[@user-sp3dq7cc2l]

@@pipboy4572 pretty sure the medusa was not 100% explained but i assume the medusa is indeed a sort of robot or some machinery with its own thought, that’s how i interpreted it. So it wasn’t confirmed to be a nano machine i think but it’s not like it was confirmed to not be a nano machine

[@thanquolrattenherz9665]

the anime is not 1000% perfect if it has nanomaschines but no armstrong who has a shirt named senator.

[@glareninja]

Honestly looking at medusa it’s pretty close to nano machines just on a larger scale

[@familyguysofunny1933]

To be fair, they outright say that the lifeforms are far more advanced than what humans are capable of. But I think they use the concept pretty effectively rather than the whole "we wanna take over the world" stuff

[@kelvinkoh7248]

Hats off to the King! Solving a mystery 3years before it was reveal!

[@miyukixxnikki7959]

* senku explains sometihng * Characters in anime: tHaTs So CoMpLiCaTeD Mat: Ah yes, it all makes sense!

[@harleyretherford6329]

This happens at my job, most of my coworkers don't care for science, or any 'complicated calculations', and they'll end up asking a question, which I respond, doing my best to explain how I reached the conclusion, why I believe it to be correct etc. And half way through I realise they have that look of "I should have kept my mouth shut"

[@PauloCB]

Why of course, it's simple really! 5head Clap

[@mr.nemesis6442]

I never expected that pre ap chemistry class to pay off

[@thtotaku]

the thing is... i'm a science user, but his complicated mumbo jumbo just doesn't add up... senkuu: *sosoruze korewa*

[@streetrhymestv4640]

Check out this song about DrStone kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqTbqIWAZ6x1fJI

[@Hierophant_Bean]

Kars: I’ve been petrified for the last 77 years Senku: hold my cotton candy

[@Shijaru64]

Who's Kars? What series?

[@q.1.0]

Illyasviel von Einzbern Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 2

[@gnarlypancake2362]

Wasnt kars petrified for 2000 years

[@gnarlypancake2362]

oh wait are you talking about the time he was in (spoilers) _____?

[@q.1.0]

Gnarly Pancake they are probably talking about that time Kars was in _____

[@dramallama180]

So, I saw the latest chapter of Dr.Stone and I am back here to tell you that MatPat here got it on the nose. I am sure everyone else is who is a fan of Dr.Stone will point this out too. Yes, it was in fact an AI that turned all the humans into stone. So give this man a medal!

[@hosungyoo5441]

One problem though is that MattPatt couldn't have predicted that the mastermind had different set goals and it was closer than we thought. For anyone who read the manga raws or ch 290 you know what I am talking about

[@blueturtlekhun]

@@hosungyoo5441 chapter 290? how advanced are you?

[@lauxeca]

So fucking crazy, this has been in my watch later playlist for so long and I just watched it because it popped up in my recommended again. My mind is blown, he got it down to a T.

[@kiarak4948]

@@hosungyoo5441 290??

[@hosungyoo7601]

@@kiarak4948 I rechecked my sources its actually 232. I don't think this is a spoiler but I will like to say the story of Dr. Stone has ended with the small words for manga which is the end. According to the wiki says they will publish a new chapter somewhere 2022 to coincide with the tv special. But the manga has ended serialization.

[@dywaynejonathan2489]

How did he call the main villain of the series, who has be shrouded in plenty of mystery, 2 entire years in advance. Man's an absolute legend.

[@dusk8381]

Tsukasa: I'm making a paradise with no wars. Also Tsukasa: So anyway, I started a war against Senku

[@beasnoil3139]

wEll-

[@aymslt8743]

Tsukasa: Im making a world that no one owns Also Tsukasa: So anyway I started a empire

[@malliemaile6746]

Spoiler alert: . . . . . Tsukasa teamed up with senku because senku revived tsukasa's little sister.Now they have embarked to sea because they heard a signal coming from the radar that maybe is the cause of the petrification.They have their own radar now. Also the petrification devices cannot be found with radar making them invisible to radar machines amd they found millions of petrification devices,why do they need that? They have an enemy.

[@aymslt8743]

@@malliemaile6746 shhh

[@malliemaile6746]

@@aymslt8743 it has spoiler alert.

[@RenoRelapse2287]

Dr.stone in a nutshell "Nu you can't just revive everyone!" "Haha technology go brrr"

[@x0o0ox_]

Lol

[@levylost8550]

No it goes brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@pricklythepear4900]

Haha nitric acid go brrr

[@felreymiguel5734]

Smart phone would be a great thing to have

[@unusualnumber2831]

Haha meme go dead!

[@nschannel826]

Now that Dr Stone's ended (spoiler warning, obviously): The machinations of the petrification beam were never fully explained in the manga, but your explanation seems plausible considering you were spot on with the identity of Why-man.

[@115zombies935]

It’s explained in chapter 232.5

[@Jason-vr9ry]

Holy crap man congrats on predicting Dr.stone! New manga chapter was basically what you predicted.

[@Sappysappster]

Therapist: Anime Matpat isnt real he cannot hurt you. Anime Matpat:

[@chichichichichichiOwO]

XD

[@london7415]

"heavy breathing" " very heavy breathing" "stops breathing all together"

[@meloD30]

Anime Matpat: That's just a theory...

[@alternate9836]

I have a theory your wrong Mr therapist

[@eclipseslayer98]

0:00 This new Junji Ito anime style really gives me the creeps.

[@louisamarierecile6662]

*When you're so dedicated that you made your own opening song to avoid copyright strike* 😂

[@lytuy7952]

Yep. And the Japanese is so cringey it had me swelled up.

[@streetrhymestv4640]

Check out this song about DrStone kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqTbqIWAZ6x1fJI

[@bbexrr]

I don't think he will get copyrighted because it's sponsored by crunchyroll

[@AnimeKat8849]

I'm the 666th (God I sound like a five year old ;-;.... I'm just immature lol.. Sorry)

[@aceric1646]

But it wasn't one minute and thirty seconds...ceveryone knows that all anime openings are one minute and thirty seconds

[@LilianaKali]

New theory proposal: how in-bred is Kohaku and her tribe?

[@doppiovinegaro3525]

the fact that MatPat guessed it right is amazing

[@awakenedcrowl]

Well, not quite. He got very close - but not quite.

[@doppiovinegaro3525]

@@awakenedcrowl , yeah. Well I do agree that it's not AI, rather more like cyber alien life, but yeah. Tbh I do still love the final, kinda wish to sequel

[@georgerountree6142]

@@doppiovinegaro3525 Lucky you that there sorta is a sequel but it finishes on a cliffhanger.

[@ovigamer.]

Bro why did you have to say it at least say spoiler or other will get spoiled

[@pochita-ku3ib]

"Behold, the Stoninator" -Doofenshmirtz

[@kingnathannn207]

Dr Doofenshmirtz is a top 10 Anime Villians

[@inlandish]

*Petrificatinator

[@Edit.handle.]

What if there was a plot twist where doofenshmertz caused the prettification and agent P fails for the first time

[@pinkliongaming8769]

R/unexcpecteddoof

[@Skully_0]

The S T O N E R

[@gabrielbarbara250]

Next make a theory on Yuzuriha's indestructible headphones

[@MakkusuOtaku]

I was just wondering about that lol

[@NishantKumar-qb9qn]

It might be just her hairband

[@sephypantsu]

It's made from human flesh

[@AntediluvianRomance]

@@NishantKumar-qb9qn the clothes don't normally turn to stone or survive thousands of years of exposure.

[@NishantKumar-qb9qn]

@@AntediluvianRomance yup that's true...she got horns😋

[@crazy4food440]

I think it's safe to say since the manga ended, MatPat's theory on this is technically right

[@HPMCCPooTis]

To a degree, yes. Those who haven't read the manga's ending yet, *SPOILER WARNING* MatPat mentioned here that it's an AI that was responsible for the stonification of humanity in Dr. Stone. Throughout the story, it shows the source of the 'green light' we call the Medusa. It somewhat resembles a ring, but it has an irregular shape. Shortly after its introduction, it was shown that a number of those had fallen onto an island from the sky, all lit green turning every island inhabitant into stone, and the source of that transmission was from the moon, of all places. Later on, upon reaching the moon, they find the one place "Why Man" was hiding. But it was in fact a whole colony of Medusas, that were discovered to actually be a techno-organic parasite species. While they behave in perfect sync with each other, they're not really connected to a hive mind because they decide on things for themselves. To sum it up, yes. Mat was right to an extent that some extraterrestrial entity was responsible for humanity's downfall.

[@hmsgameship6443]

Dr.Stone is what made me REALLY REALLY love Science. It taught me more than my school ngl. But the manga ending was really unsatisfactory. What, the Medusa can manipulate time? What, Byakuya Ishigami is still alive? What, the Medusa somehow revived him in the future?

[@TheAmazingBoogeyMan]

Best thing about Dr. Stone for me is that it stokes some curiosity in me about natural science. Second best thing is that it makes me appreciate how much I take for granted in my day-to-day life.

[@MothGirlHina]

Exactly! Technology in the Stone Age is such a cool concept too.

[@blasttrash]

@@MothGirlHina Checkout anime called Gate: Japan military goes to fictional world where they have magic but only medieval weapons and the kings in that world are all surprised by modern machines like cars, guns etc. Zipang: A more serious story similar to Gate. A modern japanese navy ship gets transported to 1942 during world war 2 and well gets caught in politics between US and Japan. Both US and Japan soldiers are surprised by the knowledge and weapons these modern humans possess. For the most part, it stays within realms of reality, no magic nothing of that crap. Of course the weapons and stuff might not be realistic but they seemed fine to me since I am not into military etc.

[@cant_think_of_a_username7795]

Its one of my most favourite anime.

[@Hello-nj6pg]

Iv gotten more interested in science after watching Dr. Stone as well, and im learning alot.

[@crazysenpai2625]

Indeed but if the same thing happend to real world there always be someone idiot to try everything and restore the humankind to the last peace

[@sweebmakuto]

Senku: how does the beam work? Matpat: nanomachines, son

[@Hecilo]

I understood that reference!

[@drowsymachinist]

they harden in response to physical trauma

[@aaronboi1888]

Heheh nice

[@jacek107ify]

In Metal gear solid 4, Frogs and Beauty and the beast turned into stone through nanomachines. Firstly they were covered by blue flame, then they turned into stone.

[@voxelfusion9894]

Everyone turns to stone and nature takes over. RULES OF NATURE plays in the background.

[@D44RK_Iced_Yogs]

Matpat: “What’s this beam of light? And how does it work?” Solid Snake: “NANO MACHINES” Matpat: “Great idea Snake!”

[@standardhecugrunt8289]

Me when funny man talks about freedom and memes

[@abyssalphantom3166]

Nanomachines, son. You can't- (*gets petrified*)

[@theonlydissconector7228]

bro i just finished the manga and he was so close to the mark like he hit it but not a bulleyes

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

This is the perfect anime to watch when you're supposed to study for science exams

[@v._.v6835]

ah yes, it really helped me with my Chemistry test. Also finally, our king has arrived.

[@jerzyadamiak1886]

E

[@AK-vy2bb]

Everywhere I go I see your face

[@lourdthebluefoxie]

yeasssssssssss

[@palgunk5906]

Yep because of dr stone I got 100% in physics

[@randumanimetions4430]

Captain america: I was on ice for 70 years Dr.stone ( senkuu): *laughs in 3700 years of petrefication*

[@Catumbo]

Senkuu, not Dr. Stone, Dr Stone is the name they gave to the petrification, and it's 3700 ish years.

[@randumanimetions4430]

Fine. Lol

[@october3229]

@@Catumbo no taiju called him dr stone in episode 6

[@williamkwl6153]

@@october3229 no, he's calling the petrification process and ability to cure decease "Dr.Stone" he never call Senku Dr Stone

[@october3229]

@@williamkwl6153 you imma rewatching that episode not cuz I know I'm right but I just wanna see if I'm right cuz it's been a while since I've seen the episode

[@lorenzpadua8451]

just came back from reading the manga and here to say *_THIS THEORY AGED WELL_*

[@115zombies935]

Only partially.

[@brawyancarrera4007]

Man, two years later and your theory has now been confirmed, at least half of it

[@JBrander]

Dr. Stone is one of the few shows where it legit gives me goosebumps. The show uses science to a great extent to portray an apocalypse that lasted for millenniums, each discovery to what or who caused the petrification leads to more questions. Legit one of the best animes (storywise, theme, soundtrack) to have been released.

[@asukanakamura3743]

same here T_T at first, I thought this was just a boring anime since there are shows that talk about science but not seriously....they're more like throwing bullshit and calling it science...but when I saw the whole season of this anime, I legit enjoyed the anime... it was soooooo awesomeeeeeeeeee....

[@zumogerstubchen2340]

I just hope they will choose the right voice actors for Ibara or Why-Man. You know what? It's Japan, of course they will.

[@bluetowel-reko]

Hope it doesnt get bad like other good animes

[@vroom4777]

Thus far, it’s my favourite anime of all time and I think it’ll stay that way if they’re faithful to the manga :). I also love the soundtrack. One small step makes me *feel* things

[@kahiruo]

@@zumogerstubchen2340 why-san

[@animegx45]

I can see Mat cosplaying as Senku at a future convention.

[@animal8006]

Same lolz

[@sharilshahed6106]

make it happen MatPat

[@parnmurasake]

I kinda want him to group cosplay steins:gate

[@crediblejumper]

Becomes bald

[@FrostyLich]

animegx45 I read that as senko lol

[@Grace-ol2id]

MatPat: I want an anime inspired intro. Nothing crazy just something fun Head editor Dan: hold my coffee

[@vincent8545]

WTF MATPAT JUST PREDICTED THE LATEST CHAPTER . . . . Well he almost predicted it

[@akaslash5373]

The fact that Yuzuhira's headphones survived for 3700 years is amazing *coincidence? I THINK NOT!!!!*

[@raineinidal5388]

HAHAHAJAJAJJAJHAHAHAHAHAA

[@chuahseongteik4488]

Quick,we need someone to find out what brand the headphones are

[@BauttAlt]

But they got petriefie--.......... Oh fudge...

[@loveice-cream4392]

i think they made new ones for her along with her clothes tho?

[@mangoneaway9250]

I don't think they're headphones

[@Babidi111]

I did not know about the birds. for some reason it seems even more sinister, like something was practicing on them first.

[@peggycook5066]

Babidi you a-hole how dare you unleash main buu

[@thegoldenanddiamonddragon5518]

ur getting really warm

[@editguy1027]

Bibidi babadi buu

[@icyhawt2854]

I too think that could be the case that the birds were mere test subjects but again later we found out that the green light is originated fron south america so why would someone or something test their experiment so far from where their original plan is supposed to take place

[@tachmaham3897]

@@icyhawt2854 Does they already say how the petrification works in the manga or who did it?

[@senkuplushie]

I'm almost scared by how accurate this ended up being...

[@sud8842]

Matpat was right they revealed whyman is a program, its like the hovering of Medusa in latest chapter 228

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

Yup

[@Nessafox4670]

When i first watched this, at first i was afraid, i was petrified.

[@nickikurosaki8439]

Vanessa Reniers Underrated comment!

[@benjiggz]

Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side

[@princevegeta2723]

BJL TV spent so many nights, thinking how you did me wrong

[@theoneandonly4301]

Suddenlyyyyyyyyy

[@artomaton776]

and I grew strong

[@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

*Everyone is encased in stone* Me: "Yo, Angelo"

[@brodyupton9155]

Dr. stone is just a part 8 refrence

[@inspektical2393]

"ᵂʳʸʸ"

[@warthogs3098]

🗿

[@alanjastrembzski2049]

Han Solo says it wasnt so bad

[@weebuschrist2560]

@@brodyupton9155 *Part 3600

[@Flamingo_04824]

I have read the manga, the entire manga, WHY WAS THIS SO ACCURATE

[@SanjiPlayOff]

fr he actually predicted the future

[@zenshing3293]

This theory is so close with just one detail vastly changed that it's scary

[@thajyeebyang2878]

"Why are you in jail?" "I murdered 2 people. You?" "I said narooto."

[@areswalker5647]

"GET AWAY FROM ME YOU MONSTER"

[@pizzaman7397]

Correct me but I don’t really get it sorry if it’s offensive

[@sharktenko267]

@@pizzaman7397 he pronouced naruto wrong

[@Dark-yo7tz]

@@pizzaman7397 he pronounced it nuh-ROO-tow instead of NA-roo-tow

[@acebautista9650]

@@Dark-yo7tz it's without a w

[@blankjack8305]

Chruncyroll:do a theory on dr stone Mat pat : NO cruncy boi: u will have your own anime op Mat pat:u get urself a deal

[@BPgamemaster12]

No no, I see it like this Chruncyroll: Can you do a theory on Dr. Stone MatPat: SURE, can I have my own anime op Chruncyroll: ............... sure

[@feynman9959]

@@BPgamemaster12 No no, I see it like this Crunchyroll: We will pay you to make content. MatPat: Yes!

[@GoldynHaz]

@@feynman9959 No no no, I see it like this Crunchyroll: Money. MatPat: Lol ok

[@a13mcr]

@@GoldynHaz No no, I see it like this Crunchyroll:$ MatPat:👍🏻

[@user-fi3or2ee7k]

No no I see it as this: Crunchyroll: You're a weeb. Take my money MatPatty: NANI

[@jocasteins4309]

Well guys the theory now have an answer in the manga spoiler : They are mechanical parasites acting as one entity. They are the Medusa devices themselves. So it is a kind of Ai in fact.

[@ultraturtle4765]

He was even right about the whole “for the good of humanity” part

[@johnbash-on-ger]

But who built the AI?

[@uncookedchicken8761]

Raiden: Why do people turn to stone! Film theory: nano machines son

[@johnbash-on-ger]

But who built the nano machines and AI?

[@twitchimgraviti2346]

Mat pat - This anime is doing all of the work for me Me - Mat pat is doing all the work for me

[@illogicalflix8418]

you're not getting paid like him tho...

[@carlosortiz1070]

but laser light light sound and that stuff is still radiation

[@nothing-sv5jc]

Beam of light turn living things into stone Medusa joined the party

[@meepwagon8031]

funny enough thats what they alias the light

[@lak395]

That's... what it's named by the team.

[@thtotaku]

oh my... jeepers

[@ellusiv5121]

They named their ship Perceus because of that fact.

[@usafriptide1719]

I'm willing to bet that the development of the Nanobots was probably called the Medusa Project. My bet someone was developing nanomachines specifically for medical purposes as well as military purposes which is why they have the stonafication capability as well as the medicinal capabilities. That's just how science does. Two birds one stone, and sometimes they accidentally break the stone in the process.

[@Bjsforeveryone]

Bro is quite literally absolutely correct

[@fwa8590]

Of course matpat guessed the ending right, he's a man who made science fun too, like senku.

[@clown.asmrtist]

Mat pat is like mecha senku who tells you not to try this at home

[@Boltzy_Sam]

Yes.

[@kamrunbegum3480]

@@Boltzy_Sam Yes.

[@memez44]

@@kamrunbegum3480 yes.

[@jaesonhunter5377]

Hmmm...would you consider Mecha Senku and Ai....

[@omarhossam3791]

@Adrianna Sy yes

[@connerrock1164]

Being trapped in stone while being conscious is absolutely terrifying

[@nitroweeb41]

It may not be the same thing, but I imagine it'd be like sleep paralysis.

[@lousy7916]

Nitro Weeb and since they people can fall asleep because senku fought against unconscious

[@vroom4777]

@@nitroweeb41 like coma paralysis, and the demon is time

[@friendfris9699]

i'd go insane by the time i get unpetrified, unlike Senku who counts trillions of seconds just to find out the date of when he woke up

[@malliemaile6746]

Guys...when you blink while being petrified,it skips for months and if you sleep while petrified it will take decades for you to wake up or maybe more.

[@Romminouss]

The fact that mat's theory actually was right

[@Celestial-rn4vm]

it was never confirmed what the stone shell is, or at least what it is that turns them into stone. We only learned that there are those sentient medusa robots which release this green light.

[@user-yr8of2cp8i]

its crazy that even now a 100 or so chapters he's 90% correct

[@PrizMatex]

Matpat making a video on Dr. Stone has been one of my long awaited dreams...... Dr Stone (Science) meets Matpat (the theorists)

[@bibhudendupanda3584]

Chapter 1 : builds a small hut Chapter 200 : discovers immortality

[@berrylicious674]

lmao

[@melisyeager1812]

Wow manga reader, impressive

[@izunarei13]

Yup thats happen

[@ar.michael8306]

Chapter 217:trying to create internet in modern stone world

[@user-cu9rb9cx6m]

Chapter 200.00001 nuclear wourld ending bombs

[@SakuraSeed8]

massive spoilers | | V 16:07 the fact that this was spot on- wow!!!

[@osasob007]

IKR!!!

[@johnbash-on-ger]

But who built the AI?

[@SakuraSeed8]

@@johnbash-on-ger i think its safe to say after a certain point in time the ai would have built itself

[@johnbash-on-ger]

@@SakuraSeed8?

[@SakuraSeed8]

​@@johnbash-on-ger manga spoilers: its insinuated that the devices come from another plant/timeline and that they are their own sentient beings. so obviously the ai used for it would have been built by a human like race but at some point they became more advanced then the ones who built them. it has been over 2 years since i read the manga so this info may not be super accurate

[@victikirby15]

Came back here after finishing the manga in its entirety. It’s surprising how consistent it still is with the eventual reveal of what the nature of the “stone ray” actually is.

[@BelltheDemon25]

Isnt it called Medusa Beam?

[@SateLight]

"Getting stoned" Ahh... i'm high as mount EVERest

[@LIVEanimeMovies]

Nepal?

[@callmepoki]

Why is ever on all caps?

[@randomperson9390]

This is the name of my drug dealer

[@everyone5200]

hi , im beck

[@stuckonaslide]

chro-chome brobrobrobro imagine like, we open a bar man

[@lucascampanatiescaleira9112]

This is one of my top 10 best anime intros Edit: just kidding, they're all JoJo's

[@jakexx2]

waiting for the anime only for it to be messed up by the studio doing it

[@alexgu6916]

3rd reply

[@xtox1cx428]

Yeah but not better than Tokyo ghoul season 1

[@luisleongaming1776]

I was here

[@Life_equals_42]

Brother

[@niaelnegash8552]

Bro was like 80% right

[@514musique]

more like 90%

[@QuantumPurple]

Kinda crazy how this held up, it goes strong until a certain point in the series

[@darthgames3]

Viewer: So,how does that beam work? How does it turn people into stone? MattPat: *Nanomachines,son*

[@Jpx0999]

Senku:my theory is about a viruz,aliens or even a new millitary weapon I read the mangá until 178 I think the last one is true

[@glennquagmire8093]

Darth Games don’t f with this senator

[@Raccon_Detective.]

"I used to play footbul you know"

[@itsjustsilver8172]

Stardust crusader. “At some cushy Ivy League school!”

[@taxevasiongaming]

Lol

[@goldenwalzt1335]

Imagine if the reason for whatever or whoever turned them into stone was to save them from 2020

[@Swigbro]

It makes sense for him/her/them to do that.

[@malliemaile6746]

Uh....Its already past way that.

[@Marsonpika]

Lol

[@severalaiz]

(Edited)GIYS LESVE THIS COMMENT ALONE ITS FROM A YEAR AGO I WAS BEING STUPID😭😭

[@goldenwalzt1335]

@@severalaiz wait what if after 20 years a year is so bad it could destroy all humanity and they were petrified because it would so bad we would have no chance of life

[@tylerscira9324]

Man he actually got the robot part correct

[@huugi8930]

No lol They arent robots they are a parasite

[@johnbash-on-ger]

But who built the AI?

[@alinaweis9549]

After reading the whole manga I can say he did an imacular job on this theory. He deserves a golden medal for this one.

[@A_JinglyRabbit]

I honestly feel really bad for the petrified people who are still alive, but they're at the bottom of the ocean. (or at least very deep underwater)

[@A_JinglyRabbit]

@@onjo6736 Oooo I'll keep my eyes out!

[@MrSuperTeenGohan]

Imagine de-petrifying at the bottom of the ocean. That's horrible

[@axa122]

watchu know bout rollin down in the deep

[@OxeMizeria]

Pretty sure most would be vaporised from the pressure, the 'Stones' are actually way more fragile than a human

[@MrSuperTeenGohan]

@@OxeMizeria Who knows, maybe the stone is somehow pressure resistent. So far the petrification has defied most logic, so it wouldn't be completely unthinkable that the statues can endure deep waters

[@Ali_g8or]

MatPat:spoiler warning Me:*laughs in manga reader*

[@landonmcneely7728]

Yes

[@duckfoo]

Same

[@JackKahunaLagunaFGC]

yeah pretty much

[@checkpng]

Same

[@xeno4445]

ryusui is best boy

[@tallalkhan4979]

2yrs later and im glad to say ,you did it,you were basically right and now that the series has now ended(manga of course)i now have come to appreciate all the things i was taught on that journey from light bulbs to rockets and from the earth to the moon.(thanks boichi for such a great series)

[@ockertoustesizem1234]

don't forget inagaki's writing

[@cardinalhamneggs5253]

Senku: “I wonder what caused everyone to turn to stone…” MatPat: “Nanomachines, son!”

[@pancakemix1170]

Senku: I'm going to find out how everyone turned into stone. Matpat: *Hold my diet coke*

[@erikmaster3]

Pancakemix *hold my diet coke

[@qixe_6007]

@@erikmaster3 *hold my theory

[@pancakemix1170]

@@erikmaster3 fuq is it ok if I change mine to that instead Edit: I'm using it anyway

[@Atheinn]

*hold my stone

[@ailenekava1374]

*ever human on earth turns Stone* Animals: it's free real estate

[@ryangshooter_1682]

Human's Return 3,700 years later animals "NANIIiiiiiii"

[@MrMcgill9]

I get it and I love it.

[@PunchBug-nd3pp]

what about the swallows Pepehands

[@alexplayer77]

*sad swallow noises*

[@incription]

Did you forget that humans are animals too?

[@EthanTSB]

The world: gets reset for almost 4,000 years Senku and Tsukasa: So anyway we started a war with 2 people arguing

[@ismaeelabdulghani2089]

Who’s here after the latest chapter?

[@reddfeather8007]

An anime film theory that's actually right? Is this a new world record?

[@waspberry4318]

I am

[@LowIntSpecimen]

"So, how did you solve the anime?" *Nanomachines, son.*

[@dundun9731]

They harden due to phisycal trauma

[@dundun9731]

bruh bruh i love i for this reffrence

[@jobhunter5090]

you can't solve me mat

[@MarshmallowHope536]

Played college ball, ya know. Try university of Texas. Coulda gone pro if I hadn’t joined the Navy

[@everygameguy]

Don't theorise with this senator.

[@marklll4426]

matpat: There is one big spoiler im gonna be talking about me: **Cries in Ohayosekaigumoningworld**

[@nightmarecorporation9991]

Wh-what

[@giornogiovanna2162]

Is that the opening song lyrics? 😅

[@cc-coaster1234]

@@giornogiovanna2162 yes

[@klym8_]

I thought it was Ohayo sekai kumo ni wo lol

[@emibondo]

*MAYBEIDONTKNOWHATTODO*

[@itsmike0484]

Anyone coming back to this after the Why-man episode came out?

[@kiarak4948]

Well I’m here after the manga ended and matpat got it right

[@GermanDas]

The name is brilliant cuz Einstein in german actually means "a stone" so the name Dr. Stone is not only referring to the stone pandemic. But also refers to how it's about science!

[@danielantony1882]

Lolis. Absolute Lolis.

[@nikkumakesthings]

They actually mention the reason they call it Dr. Stone, its because it has healing properties.

[@sineadcorrigan4051]

Yeah or it’s just a cool name..... I don’t know maybe just maybe

[@HassanK19]

Nah there’s a different reason why they call it that I forgot but I know It had to do something with soap

[@ITCruiser]

@@HassanK19 they call soap their own "doctor stone" meaning it was their closest thing to a doctor in a stone world due to it's germ erasing properties, but in the manga they later call the antibiotic their Doctor Stone and then even later in the manga they call the petrification beam as their Doctor Stone since it has such amazing healing properties

[@krfan5459]

MatPat needs to do a part two on this. The Manga has gone to explain a lot of things, even proving that someone who is dead, can be revived by being petrified, and then unpetrified again.

[@aloenuht.1740]

The immortality part sure is creepy

[@xwxwvyz1]

do they remember the afterlife/does it exist in the Dr. Stone universe

[@krfan5459]

@@xwxwvyz1 The manga is finished. And without spoiling, as far as I can tell, they never mentioned it.

[@xwxwvyz1]

@@krfan5459 ok

[@c.robles9674]

Huge spoiler dude

[@eloquentia_]

Okay, so now that the petrification mystery is fully explained, I will give a summary: The source of the radio waves that say why is an species of mechanical life, the Medusa, the trefoil knot shaped petrification device thing (it's always thought that the medusa is a weapon of someone, but in actuality they're sentient beings themselves). They're sentient robots with no known creator, travelling the universe in search of a civilization smart enough to recreate them. Their goal is to be immortal, which they believe all sentient beings should strive for (thus the question "do you want to die?", they were confused as to why we'd resist the joys of petrification). The Medusas are in search of a race that can fix and recreate them. They hope a symbiotic relationship with this race where neither race die. The petrification will undo faster with greater brain activity, implication of intelligence, and the Medusas didn't expect it'd take humanity millennia to depetrify, which deems them insufficient for the relationship the Medusas seek. As they are mechanical, oxygen is poisonous to them, they rust in Earth (thus the pyramid of medusas in South America), and loses their sentience, and ability to float. As it is voice-activated, Kingdom of Science placed the Medusa in a vacuum to prevent them from being accessed and it regained its sentience and ability to float. In the moon, Senku concludes them that it's near impossible for humanity to fix them, much less recreate them in the near future, but convinces them that the possibility is not zero, and asks them if they're still up. They logically refused but the medusa they fixed was convinced. Per the last chapter of the manga, they are working on a time machine based on the tech of medusas. The end.

[@eloquentia_]

They don't actually want to halt humanity progression. They're just confused as to why we won't succumb to a state where we never die, and they just wish to spread the gifts of petrification.

[@ockertoustesizem1234]

if you read the last chapter then you will realize that the secret thing that senku was talking to them about on the moon could be the time machine. in the final chapter the one medusa with senku says something like "returning to the past will avert numerous deaths of my kind". what could have happened on the moon is that when senku said he wanted to make "A creation outta this world" (the time machine) they werent convinced that it would be possible because of the near zero probability of success except for the one medusa that agreed to come with senku.

[@superpoint1956]

After reading the latest chapter I came back to this video just to comment this 'Matpat is right' This theory is right and there are robots shown in the manga.

[@SpaceDetectiveTravis]

New viewer: "So what caused the events of Dr. Stone to happen?" MatPat: "Nanomachines, son!"

[@TheTruestZero]

They harden in response to physical trauma... And being greenlit too.

[@BPgamemaster12]

I was totally thinking along the same lines, but I thought the Whyman was just a crazed human using the bots to make himself up to look like a god or something.

[@jasonfrederick5210]

When he introduced this problem I thought "yo, nanobots"

[@G.M23]

Dang, beat to it

[@l30ng62]

Beat me to it.

[@british_guy862]

“Does Naruto and Dragon Ball Ring a bell?” JoJo sitting in the corner: *sad noises*

[@iceborned2019]

MHA: *pats JoJo on the back*

[@Spartans_ruse]

“nah roo toe”

[@SeasonalShiba]

You fool, Killer queen has already touched the reply button

[@MrCash-lm1xz]

It's probably just because some people still don't know about JoJo but almost everyone knows Naruto and Dragon Ball

[@british_guy862]

Mr. Cash maybe but still how can you not mention the godsend of a manga

[@RamArt9091]

. . . well, its 2022. . . If you are reading Dr.Stone. . . you know why you are back here.

[@cookietvON]

Well... He was right after all

[@mitchstacey2860]

Dr stone is just jojo battle tendency from the perspective of the pillarmen

[@julinpro9525]

Mitch Stacey GERMAN SCIENCE

[@Raiko01]

That explains why I enjoy it so much, we need more part 2

[@musa6073]

AYAYAYAYAAA *Awaken theme intensifies*

[@RostoyaEgarov]

Holy crap

[@gammabursta6915]

Pretty much but it was Kars who shot the bean at the last second of his lifelessness

[@GooferMcGoofey]

The real mystery is how nobody could deflect Emerald Splash

[@alexplayer77]

Or the Thunder Cross Split Attack

[@joshuamunn636]

Ha JoJo references

[@zusfrankenstein8561]

Or how Speedwagon is best girl in every season.

[@austnn550]

BUT NO ONE CAN JUST DEFLECT EMERALD SPLASH

[@xXLiLJokerXx]

Kakyoin Did you lay this egg?

[@miguelallenmateo1189]

My friend spoiled me that the petrification was by an AI roughly 1 or 2 years ago. Well done, Matpat.

[@glove-boi]

heaving read dr ston i can not beleve his prediction is * THIS * acurate

[@chiangedison8080]

How bout it was Medusa on the moon accidentally dropping her sunglasses

[@raspygun5780]

Lol

[@sharilshahed6106]

no wonder they made Perseus

[@chatwatcher4279]

I cringed but it sounds real to me xD

[@Catman-rw1iu]

Perfect

[@AshbeeGaming]

How did we not see this before

[@zambi1205]

Matpat: The biggest mystery in Dr. Stone JoJo fans: How Kars got back to Earth and why he took the alias Tsukasa?

[@moosvangaalen337]

If Josuke used Crazy Diamond on Joseph. Joseph's hand would get back from space together with Kars

[@davidribosome4326]

OH SHIT AAYAYYAYA

[@punchyAC]

@@moosvangaalen337 i dont think thats how it works lmao

[@Fizz-Q]

Geniuus

[@einfachnurleo7099]

Like I always say... Tsukasa es mi casa. Okay, okay I'll go and dig a hole.

[@Lumberjack_king]

He,s actually really close they are infact machines well more like mechanical sentient parisites they value survival over everything so they preserve other sentient species keeping them alive in stone

[@SCP-1762-BOL]

MATPAT!!!! You were right!! The Whyman behind the petrification was a robot and it was nano machines that the petrifying light is made out of, you were 10 billion percent correct!!!! We see this in the latest chapter!!!

[@115zombies935]

The Petrification beam itself isn’t nano bots.

[@sh4dow627]

Why is nobody talking about senkuus six pack he just has one the poster and in the series he's skinny

[@frostgirl1972]

It's clearly one of the few things in the manga/anime that doesn't follow science

[@a.s4269]

Why is no one talking about how Tsukasa's hairbands are made out of STONE, like how did his petrification crumble away so perfectly

[@sh4dow627]

@@frostgirl1972 yeah

[@frostgirl1972]

@@a.s4269 Plot convenience

[@MimiUsagichan]

well him compared to chrome he is pretty strong looking but completely isnt lol

[@dodough6303]

Senku: ima bring everythin back tsukasa: NO GO BACK I WANT TO BE MONKE

[@Vinyl-Syrup]

thank you. this gave me the big serotonin

[@JingleJingle-oo1vo]

THIS STUPID FORMAT

[@kekigurl8303]

*M O N K E*

[@rainehilbero9626]

reject modernity, embrace tradition. be M O N K E

[@updated_autopsy_report]

I know this is a joke but, ironically, even though tsukasa’s skills are much more suited for this environment than the modern one, it’s not modernity itself that he’s rejecting.

[@nighterzusk]

he is so spot on

[@universalfox]

Nanomachines, son. They harden in response to physical trauma