What to Expect in Season 4 (according to the comics)

warning! In the next article, Dr. Stone season 3 and Dr. Contains spoilers for the entire Stone comic.

summation

• Dr. Stone's final season includes four arcs, including a moon mission.
• The team meets Dr. in the New America City Arc. You will face off against Xeno.
• Season 4 will premiere in January 2025, focusing on global exploration.

Dr. Stone It has been shaking up the animation world for five years already. And yet, it feels like it all ends too quickly. Over the past five years, we have already covered 142 chapters of the manga adapted into anime format. Nonetheless, 90 chapters remain to cover the final additions. Dr. Stone An animation full of content that can fill 4 multi-course seasons. According to currently reported information, the final season will be divided into three parts, which will break down the layout of the entire article.

final season Dr. Stone It covers four complete arcs and wraps up the current arc in three parts, so it's impossible to guess exactly which arc will be fully covered in which part of the final season. But we can examine the remaining arcs of key plot points from the manga, what they mean for the characters, what's likely to remain in the anime adaptation, and what they mean for the series as a whole. We'll also cover popular fan reactions to comic arcs to gauge how successful the final season will be. Dr. Stone It will be.

How did the previous season end?

So we know where season 4 will begin

third season Dr. Stone It was left off with the team resurrecting former main antagonist Tsukasa. Dr. Stone franchise. He is frightened by the Medusa device to escape his cryogenic state before being revived via resurrection fluid. Tsukasa Shishio immediately understood the situation and provided the ability to support the team's ambitious plans to cultivate more revival fluid and revive the world. However, Tsukasa still wants to create a morally pure world without exploiting innocent people, but will do so in a less hostile way in the future.

The crew sets sail on the Perseus, a ship built to explore distant lands and expand the kingdom of science to finally find America. This idea lies behind its historical significance, implying that it was the optimal growing location for corn in American history. They need corn for the alcohol it provides as an ingredient in their revival liquid, but they also need it to use corn as an additional food source. The team left excited, with Senku taking on the responsibility of creating a bright new world driven by science.

What can we expect from Season 4?

A rocket that rediscovers the American continent and heads to the moon

The first issue to be covered in season 4 is Dr. Stone A partially completed animation from Season 3: New America City Arc. The team arrived in former North America to find fertile land to begin growing corn. There they meet Dr. Xeno, a former NASA scientist who rebuilt civilization into an authoritarian society there, and is also Senku's former mentor. . Dr. Xeno's right-hand man, Dr. Stanley, helps Xeno prevent the Kingdom of Science from gaining power in North America. The team moves forward anyway and begins building what they call the New America City, built on principles of hope and cooperation as opposed to Dr. Xeno's totalitarian methods.

Both sides of the civilization builders begin to engage in a technological competition to justify their means. The Kingdom of Science focuses on non-lethal solutions, while Doctor Xeno's side focuses on military weapons. After a series of fights, kidnappings, and chaos, a treaty was eventually signed allowing the Kingdom of Science to build Corn City as initially planned, with Dr. Xeno now collaborating with the Kingdom of Science. They eventually meet Stanley's vengeful anger and Dr. Fleeing to South America to escape his desire to bring Xeno to his side.

The next arc covered is that of South America. Here they are trying to escape from Stanley, who is hunting them. The team also discovers the source of the original petrification, which started the events that led to the world's current state. It has also been revealed that petrification is not a one-off event and is likely to continue to occur in the future. Senku prepares the team to face the power of Medusa and finally begins to learn enough about Why-Man and decides to fight him on the moon to end the Certification event. During this arc, the world is petrified for a second time.

Suika is the only team member to be resurrected in the New Stone World Arc after the second petrification event. She works over the years to start the production of revival fluid from scratch, and after years of trial and error, she successfully revives Senku and then quickly revives the rest of the team. The team will build a superalloy city and from there build the rocket needed to fly to the moon and defeat Why-Man. The team also develops liquid fuel and rocket engines before splitting up to achieve various goals needed to advance civilization.

“First stop is Spain! You can find a lot of pulite in Barcelona!”

In the next issue, called the Globetrotting Arc, the team travels to the moon and travels around the world to gather everything they need to defeat Why-Man. This leads them to travel to Spain to obtain fluorite for their telescope, to India to find a legendary mathematician, and to develop cities around the world to create more of the materials they need. These include Alluminim City in Australia and Rubber City in Indonesia.

The final arc is called the Moon Mission Arc. Due to their various talents, the team succeeds in launching the rocket with Senku, Kohaku, and the newly peaceful Stanley. On the moon, it is revealed that Why-Man is actually an artificial intelligence created by the Medusa Petrifier itself. Why-Man then reveals that the reason for the petrification was actually to preserve humanity in a suspended, immortal form. The team realizes that Why-Man felt like he was protecting humanity by preventing suffering, and Senku begins a profound discussion with Why-Man about true humanity and convinces the AI ​​to stop further petrification events.

The first course of Season 4 of Stone will premiere on Crunchyroll in January 2025.