An Unexpected Anime-Original Baseball Episode!? Hyōga as a Sudden Pitcher in Dr. STONE Season 4, Episode 31: "What are you even doing? (lol)"」

In the 31st episode of Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE, which aired on May 14, Senkū Ishigami (CV: Yūsuke Kobayashi) and his team successfully created a television. The anime-original content showcased various TV programs, sparking a wave of reactions online, such as "An unexpected baseball episode is born!" and "I was not prepared for Hyōga as a pitcher (lol)."

In Episode 31, "UNKNOWN KNOWN," Senkū and the others built a TV and a camera. This led to a scene where a baseball game was broadcast. While the baseball scene was only briefly depicted in the original manga, the anime expanded it significantly, featuring Hyōga (CV: Akira Ishida) as a pitcher. He was shown throwing the ball while radiating his signature "powerful character" aura.

The episode was packed with other anime-original depictions, including a cooking-show-style segment featuring Kinrō (CV: Tomoaki Maeno) and Kirisame (CV: Kaede Hondo), as well as footage of Magma (CV: Yasuhiro Mamiya) singing.

Fans were thrilled by these original scenes, commenting, "A baseball episode out of nowhere!", "I’m curious about that cooking show," and "I want to hear Magma’s song." Hyōga’s appearance as a pitcher was particularly noted given his usually cold personality, with fans asking, "What are you doing, Hyōga-san? (lol)", "How on earth did they convince him to play pitcher? lol", and "Hyōga pitching was the last thing I expected (lol)."