Synopsis
A flash of light turned every human on earth to stone. 3,700 years later, Taiju Oki breaks free — and immediately uses his first moments of consciousness to find Senkuu Ishigami, the prodigious scientist who has also revived and has already been planning civilization's reconstruction. Their tool: science. Every invention, every material, every weapon and agricultural advancement is produced by understanding what the world consists of and applying it. Dr. STONE (Riichiro Inagaki, art by Boichi) ran 232 chapters in Weekly Shonen Jump, complete. It's a manga that genuinely teaches — the chemistry, physics, and engineering principles involved in its solutions are real, explained clearly enough to understand, and applied to problems inventively enough to be thrilling. The anime (TMS Entertainment) ran 3 complete seasons. Both are essential STEM-positive adventure storytelling.