"Divine Direction!" "Such a Crucial Episode" - Why Senku & Dr. Xeno's Simultaneous Revival Thousands of Years Later Was "Inevitable"? Anime "Dr. STONE" Season 4 Episode 7

In the anime "Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE" episode 7 (currently airing), broadcast on February 20, the story is depicted from the perspective of the opposing "dark scientist" Dr. Xeno (CV: Kenji Nojima) during the time when all humanity was petrified. The reason why Senku Ishigami (CV: Yusuke Kobayashi) and Dr. Xeno revived in the same era sparked excitement among viewers on the internet, with many commenting, "That's too intense!"

In episode 7 of the fourth season of the "Dr. STONE" series, titled "The Two Scientists," it is revealed that the one who responded to a question email Senku sent to a science facility when he was in elementary school was Dr. Xeno. Additionally, the situation on Dr. Xeno's side during the petrification of all humanity is also portrayed.

It turns out that Dr. Xeno, like Senku, continued to operate his brain to the limit even after petrification, believing that "as long as consciousness doesn't fade, the chance to awaken will come." While petrified, Dr. Xeno thought, "If I can awaken, the goal should be Yellow Dent Corn, which can produce both livestock feed and fuel alcohol simultaneously," and "If there are other scientists, they will gather there."

As a long time passed and the petrification of Senku and Dr. Xeno began to crumble, the monologues of the two flowed, stating, "It's not fate or coincidence. It's inevitable. In other words, reproducibility, that is..." At the moment Senku and Dr. Xeno awakened, their voices overlapped with "Science!"

The result of similar thinking led them to awaken in the same era and confront each other on American soil, causing the internet to buzz with comments like "Divine direction!" "That's too intense!" "Such an important episode!" and "What an interesting work this is!"

The "Dr. STONE" anime series is based on a popular manga serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (published by Shueisha), with the original story by Riichiro Inagaki and art by Boichi. The story is set in a world where civilization has collapsed due to the petrification of all humanity and depicts the endeavors of the science-loving boy, Senku.

■ Episode 7 "The Two Scientists​"
【Synopsis】
From Luna's words, Senku realizes that the man who corresponds to Xeno's science mentor. When Senku was in elementary school, he sent question emails to science facilities worldwide, and the one who responded was Dr. Xeno, a scientist at NASA. The words of Xeno, who loves science, inspired the young scientist Senku. Xeno also enjoyed the exchange with the young scientist. However, a few years later, Xeno began to express a desire to become a dictator through the power of science...

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