Dr.STONE 22

Dr. Stone #22

by Riichiro Inagaki, Boichi (Illustrator)

追跡者スタンリーとの最終決戦!!　石化装置起動に一縷の望みを懸け、決死の抗戦を試みる科学王国だが…!?　傷つき、倒れゆく仲間たち。最後の刻が迫る中、少年たちが命運を託すのは──あの忌まわしき光!!

Genres: Manga, Science Fiction, Shonen, Fiction, Adventure, Comics, Fantasy

192 pages, Paperback

First published August 4, 2021

About the author

He is a mangaka from Tokyo, Japan. He debuted in October 2001 with Nandodemo Roku Gatsu Jū San Hi, and also wrote for the magazine Square Freeze and Love Love Santa, published in November 2001 and in February 2002 respectively. He later moved to Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump, in wich he won the 7th "Story King" section in the same year.

Reviews

[Keiko, the manga enthusiast ♒︎ · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is so intense! My heart's still hammering, won't settle for a minute. So many death that I cried and got frustrated even though I know Boichi and Inagaki will make them survive. What is revival fluid for anyway?

It came down to Science Junior Brigade's last resort—to petrify the whole world to save it. Thanks to Whyman's static voice command. Interesting new characters (that already showed up from the previous volumes and I forgot to mention). Suika managed to get revived after being rained with the revival fluid in Medusa Tower. With Suika alone in the world, it gave us a chance to see her work with science by trial and error which is delightful. Just like what Senku said—it doesn't matter if he's there or not. Science is for everyone, you'll do it if you follow one painstaking step at a time. This volume time skipped to 7 years after the world petrification—and now let's see how this life-long battle with Whyman will end in the last few volumes...

I'm so excited!!

[Alejo · Rating 5 out of 5]

✨Suika✨

[Olly · Rating 5 out of 5]

uno dei volumi migliori dell'intera serie, sul finire avevo le lacrime.

[Agnese Rosengren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Uno dei volumi più belli dell'intera serie che segna sia l'inizio che la fine di una nuova era.
Mi ha molto emozionata e ancora fatico a credere che mi manchino pochi volumi per concludere questo manga, vorrei che durasse ancora e ancora…

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

از عکس ولوم بخوام حدس بزنم کدوم چپترا بودن، فکر کنم کلی غصه خوردم اینجاها.

[charly · Rating 5 out of 5]

To say I cried is an UNDERSTATEMENT CAUSE WTF WAS THIS VOLUME. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY LOST. WHAT DO YOU MEAN MOST OF THEM DIED. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY ALL GOT PETRIFIED. WHAT DO YOU MEAN SUIKA WAS ALL ALONE IN THE WORLD FOR SEVEN YEARS. 😭😭😭😭😭😭. My heart broke so much for this volume💔.
At least Suika succeeded and now Senku is alive again😝

[Goober Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this might one of the best volumes in the series (to me at least), it’s just really good. The whole first half was really exciting and you get to see all your favorite characters get shot to death. A few scenes I really liked out of that were: Tsukasa’s little dying monologue, Xeno and Senku’s final moments before being petrified (like Xeno relating his childhood to Senku’s), Luna fucking up the revival fluid toss (love her), Stanley accepting defeat in his little monologue and getting one last smoke in, and in general the fucking plan of petrifying the whole world (again) to win (definitely other moments cause this was good). Also the fucking section with Suika being all alone really got to me honestly, especially how she collected all of the stone statues and started mimicking Senku (just like this is just sad what the fuck how dare you make me feel). Anyways good volume

[Vail Chester · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you thought this series had hit a "darkest hour" earlier, THIS IS THE BLACKEST NIGHT!
But leave it up to these clever dudes to come up with a mutual-destruction-but-not-really plan that REALLY effs up everyone.
Leaving the one "survivor" to be the little girl on the cover. Can she be the savior of them all?
BUT GOOD GRIEF, SHE AIN'T SO LITTLE AT THE END THERE! CHALK ANOTHER ONE UP FOR ANIME/MANGA CAUSING THE UNCOMFORTABLENESS OF SEEING A KID SUDDENLY BECOME AN 18-YEAR OLD!

[Jenny Clark · Rating 4 out of 5]

This starts a whole new arc and has the crew figuring out how to reactivate a Medusa. It's goanna be a race to the finish from here on out I think!

Check out my YouTube channel for bookish videos and monthly wrap ups!

[Christian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ich bin stolz auf Suika. Sie hat zwar 7 Jahre dafür gebraucht was Senku in ein paar Wochen geschafft hat aber trotzdem.

[darzie ❦ · Rating 5 out of 5]

i couldn't stop crying while reading this volume. pure heartache. ily suika you're the mvp.

[Marianne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Chapters 188 to 196 - I have seen the most beautiful characters and world conceived in this volume. After reading it, you are left stunned and mesmerized by the grandeur of the things unfolding on this series 😁📖!

Note: read the Viz Media version of Dr. Stone Volume 22 Dr. STONE, Vol. 22

[Casey Sánchez · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many emotional moments in this volume! Seeing Hyoga and Taiju die and Suika having to figure out how to make the revival fluid all on her own, alone for years, really made me cry. Sure, Senku woke up alone too - but he wasn't just a kid who saw all of his friends get shot and killed in front of him. Suika's growth is something I really look forward to seeing more of.

[Amara]

Tears and tears for days

[Dani · Rating 5 out of 5]

My heart breaks reading about Suika and her years spent alone 🥺 She gave it her all, she did great.

[Lory Blanco (areaderheart) · Rating 5 out of 5]

The way this volume ripped out my heart and fucking stomped on it. Ufff 😭💔

[寿理 宮本 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am re-reading these arbitrarily, since I have the whole* series and plan to keep it, so my focus tends to be on books I've either checked out from the library or picked up from various sources to review before donating to a free library.

The anime has caught up to this volume this week, though, so I really wanted to comment on it somehow!

The main thing I want to note is, of course, it being volume 22 of a long-running story means it's not going to be that friendly to complete newcomers, since this volume in particular leans extremely heavily on established story that new readers will not have the context for. For returning readers, though, this is a HUGE payoff for the investment so far, with some of the highest drama I've seen in a shounen title** culminating in Suika finding herself as the literal only human remaining on Earth.

For anyone with a heart, this is a gut-wrenching book to read for that reason. For a long time, it gave me existential nightmares when I happened to see ONLY the last few minutes of Time Bandits, where the boy's parents touch a rock or whatever in the microwave and are immediately vapourised [but not actually—as was later explained to me, they were teleported somewhere, and the firefighter who tips his hat at the boy is indicating that he's not alone like I'd feared]. I'd long had severe anxiety about suddenly being on my own without any kind of support whatsoever, so this is kind of a chronicle of the worst-case scenario for Child Me.

The ending is extremely filled with hope, though, so it's a very satisfying read, even considering Suika is now many years older (the resurrection potion didn't immediately fall, so she isn't Senku's stated *seven* years older but has definitely grown up some and applied science as well as she could to get him free "only" seven years later).

Now, imagine the anime ending its season in the same place! What a frustrating wait, even if it *is* sort of a good stopping point! Nope, the anime will continue at least one more episode, though the next season will definitely be the "last" one.***

I think the only thing I don't like in this is it really did take me seeing it animated to "click" that the "Junior Science Team" really had been shot to death, with only the COMPLETE REPETRIFICATION OF ALL HUMANITY as a chance to bring them all back. I normally have trouble parsing action sequences in manga, but it was a bit frustrating to re-read this and see how I completely missed what had happened.

But then, that's why I often end up watching the anime even for titles that seem mediocre if I've read the manga (or manhwa) first. Maybe I'll understand better if I can see it move! It helps with action titles, certainly!

Anyway, very satisfying read... for fans. Probably a solid block of confusion to anyone COMPLETELY new.

*except the surprise sequel...? which I looked for in the store but didn't find and haven't special ordered because my Special Order List would be every book in existence that even slightly interests me, and I don't need the decision paralysis

**usually, people dying For Real, but not actually For Real because that's not satisfying—that's absolutely the case here, but the HIGHLY IMPROBABLE reason that they can come back and why has long been established

***unless the sequel goes on long enough?

[Yoshiro · Rating 5 out of 5]

POPKulturowy Kociołek:
Od kilku rozdziałów było już wiadomo, że Królestwo Nauki będzie musiało prędzej czy później zmierzyć się ze ścigającymi ich siłami Stanleya. Ten moment nadszedł tomie dwudziestym drugim, który pełny jest akcji i mocnych zwrotów fabularnych.

W albumie Dr. Stone tom 22 dosłownie od pierwszej strony toczy się zacięta walka o dostęp do Meduzy, która jako jedyna broń może przechylić szalę zwycięstwa na jedną ze stron. Wszystko to ma oczywiście swoją mocno wygórowaną cenę. Dla czytelnika mangi oznacza to jednak naprawdę intensywną i mocno angażującą dawkę treści, która niejednokrotnie potrafi tu zaskoczyć.

Autor w recenzowanej mandze odstępuje od charakterystycznej dla serii mieszanki nauki i humoru. Na pierwszy plan komiksu wysuwa się tu wspomniana już akcja, w niektórych momentach przybierająca dość brutalnego oblicza. Zdecydowanie nikt nie powinien się więc przy tytule nudzić, a wprowadzany przez bohaterów w życie plan mający zmienić fundamenty świata zachwyca dosłownie na każdej stronie. Im dalej posuwamy się w lekturze treści, tym obserwujemy więcej konfrontacji, mnożą się również gwałtowne zwroty fabuły prowadzące do nieoczekiwanych wręcz szokujących momentów. Twórca nie boi się więc wstrząsnąć czytelnikiem, wyrywając go z jego naukowo-humorystycznej strefy komfortu i przygotowując na jeszcze większą dawkę emocji, która powinna nadejść w kolejnych ostatnich już tomach.

Nadmiar widowiskowości może jednak troszkę za bardzo przytłoczyć, a co za tym idzie sama treść dla części odbiorców może być trochę za bardzo chaotyczna. Szybko jednak idzie przywyknąć do nowego oblicza serii i wtedy z niekłamaną przyjemnością pochłania się kolejne strony mangi....

https://popkulturowykociolek.pl/dr-st...

[Rocío · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este es el tomo más horrible con el final más hermoso. Es como si Inagaki te apuñalara en la tráquea 35 veces y después te pusiera una curita.

Riichiro Inagaki te hablo a ti, si ibas a petrificarlos a todos ¡¿por qué los mataste primero?! No había necesidad de hacerme llorar de la forma en la que lloré con la muerte de Taiju y Gen negándose a que eso hubiera sucedido. Vi morir a mis personajes favoritos y encima antes de que se petrificaran (gracias Joel, te ganaste un lugar en mi corazón), le metieron unos buenos balazos a Senku. Destrozada me encontraba, fue horrible.

Un momento que quiero puntualizar fue la conversación de Senku y Xeno antes de petrificarse, me encantó. Aunque Xeno no pueda entender porque son tan parecidos, pero tan distintos, Senku se lo deja claro. Él no quiere gobernar sobre los demás, solo quiere construir un "mundo del futuro". Como le dijo cuando era niño, él solo quiere saberlo todo. Amé que quedara tan marcada y clara la diferencia entre ambos.

"En vez de tomar el mundo para nosotros preferimos construir el mundo del futuro"

Y no hablemos ya de esos últimos 3 capítulos con la hermosa Suika. Me rompió el alma verla sola y tan desolada, pero no dudé en ningún momento de que iba a lograr despetrificar a todos. Su reencuentro con Senku es lo más hermoso del mundo y no tengo dudas de que él está muy orgulloso de la chiqui. Suika es un personaje tan puro y hermoso, de mis favoritos.

A pesar del dolor, este tomo es genial porque te lleva por mil emociones en pocas páginas y eso es genial.

[Gabriel Quintana · Rating 5 out of 5]

No no y no, no puede ser tan bueno, este tomo es in-cre-i-ble, me hace plantearme muy seriamente el bajarle una estrella a todos los tomos anteriores porque estas 5 estrellas son superiores a otras de este manga.

El equipo Tsukasa-Kohaku-Hyoga dan una batalla memorable, sacrificándose para conseguir un objetivo y cada uno hace su sacrificio es grandioso.

Ver a todos los queridos personajes heridos de muerte es doloroso, este tomo si me sacó un par de lágrimas.

Y luego el despertar de Suika y lo que pasa para conseguir despertarlos... Me quedo sin palabras.

El mejor tomo hasta ahora sin lugar dudas.

[Mert · Rating 5 out of 5]

5/5 Stars (%87/100)

I really enjoyed this one. The battle against Xeno and Stanley's crew continues. In the previous volume, it was revealed that the aim of our heroes was to petrify everyone so that they can win the war and save everyone later on. Well, the plan works but some unexpected things happen as well (which I'm not going to spoil). The last few chapters were brilliant. I especially liked the parallels between these and the chapters at the beginning of the series. The ending is also super cool. I'm enjoying the series a lot right now.

[Brandon · Rating 1 out of 5]

There was something oddly therapeutic about this volume, watching characters I hate be murdered over and over again. Surprisingly violent, undercut by the knowledge that when this happened with Tsukasa and Ginro they would just petrify and unpetrify and be done... and yeah that's their plan... so what's the tension? Either they succeed, so the battle doesn't matter, or they don't succeed, and the story is over.

But at least we avoided lewding the toddler long enough that they're not a toddler anymore so it's fine to draw them in questionable poses yayyyyyyyyyy

[Timothy Pitkin · Rating 4 out of 5]

So we get the big war between Stanely's forces and Senku's group to finally end in a surprising way as we basically get a restart to the series as Senku not only figures out how the Petrification devices work but also activates one like the one that was used at the beginning of the series forcing humanity to be come statues yet again. I am not sure how I feel about this as their are some really intense scenes with Senku's forces slowly getting killed off and I wonder if those deaths are now going to be retconned because of this new petrification.

[Stephany · Rating 4 out of 5]

🇩🇪 Omg
Weil es in dieser Reihe ja gerade darum geht, dass alle immer gerettet werden und nie Blut fließen soll, war ich bei diesem Band jetzt ziemlich schockiert. Es hat mich fast zu Tränen gerührt. Wo ist der nächste? 😩

🇬🇧 Omg
Because this series is all about saving everyone and never letting blood flow, I was quite shocked by this volume. It almost brought me to tears. Where's the next one? 😩

[Gabriele Camer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finisce in maniera un po’ raffazzonata la battaglia contro xeno e il suo regno , carina ma un po’ un riciclo di ciò che fu con tsukasa
L’arco con suika che fa cose e cerca di salvare tutti davvero carino e fatto bene , sono super curioso di cosa ci aspetta nei volumi fino alla fine
Un manga con disegni fotonici e che intrattiene bene

[Jon Auerbach · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a whirlwind volume. One thing I thought was missing from the last several volumes was great character moments. Too many characters introduced left too little focus on the core cast. But this volume managed to combine everything I have loved about this series into an amazing culmination.

"You worked quick!!"

[Greg · Rating 5 out of 5]

5/5 Probably the best volume of Dr. Stone. Tense and action packed with some huge story moments and moving sequences. The final confrontation with Stanley and his soldiers. The battle so huge it spills over back to North America. And out girl Suika gets some pivotal screen time. Really good stuff.

Suika, Senku, Kohaku, & Kiseki on the cover of volume 22.

Read 10/24/2024

[Yuno · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a heart-touching moment. I got so emotional, and damn I'm so happy.
They discovered new things, and I'm sure it's gonna invoke a lot of new discussion surrounding very good topics. SO excited for the next volume to come ~

[Sheepy · Rating 5 out of 5]

What?! Seriously?! My God?!
I love this series but thos volume took me to a whole new level, the battle was so intense and looked like it was only going to end one way, them BAM!
Those last few chapters.... Suika she is so Darn precious! And that last panel! Omg I need the next volume now!!!!

[Ren B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bring out the tissues for this volume...even though I knew everything would turn out all right, this was a rough one. (And I'm gonna be a mess when this gets animated!) Still, the story continues to be excellent, I was on the edge of my seat! Another great volume.
(Also, hugs for Suika!)