I certainly wasn’t expecting it this soon, but I do hope the series does actually end here. No point exploring Blue or international or whatever with this level of writing. Though I doubt it will end. Can’t imagine it would be cancelled just yet given Jump’s current state, and Tsukuda isn’t a good enough writer to be able to end the series so assertively either.
After that interview a few months ago that showed how large of a role Morisaki played in how the story progressed, and them joking that Tsukuda should be listed as the advisor instead, I’ve realised that Dr Stone is pretty much the same thing. Both series with aspects that require specialist knowledge which is their main selling point and somewhat guides the series, yet when it comes to the story telling and parts that the actual author is in charge of, they fall flat. This was evident with Stone early on, hence the heavy shift to the more sciency aspects. At least Soma had a decent start and better characters. But there’s been practically no story telling in Stone since, which is kinda funny because it pretty much means that the fans want as little of Inagaki’s influence as possible... Weird seeing such a shift since I’ve heard ES was quite strong in that aspect. But it’s also interesting to see that more series seem to be taking this direction lately.
