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Crazy theory: It’s a giant Medusa/pile of Medusas and all the Medusas have AI in them that “awaken” while in a vacuum Alternatively the manga goes back to the Earth crew as the radio cuts out before they can hear who it is and we don’t find out the answer for 10+ chapters as they make a rescue mission. RatHat fucked around with this message at 18:25 on Jan 31, 2022 |
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It was the author the whole time. They inserted themselves into the story for fun.
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Jan 31, 2022 18:29
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There's a theory on reddit that it's Francois/Nanami Corp: https://www.reddit.com/r/DrStone/comments/sgkvhu/its_been_obvious_all_along_whowhat_has_the_means/
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Jan 31, 2022 18:33
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A corporate logo would make sense as something that'd be immediately obvious to the revived characters. Branding the secret moonbase sounds exactly like something Ryusui would do so it's not a big stretch that his parents did the same.
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Jan 31, 2022 18:59
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SKULL.GIF posted:There's a theory on reddit that it's Francois/Nanami Corp: https://www.reddit.com/r/DrStone/comments/sgkvhu/its_been_obvious_all_along_whowhat_has_the_means/ Oh my god the butler did it
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Jan 31, 2022 19:03
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Evil Nikola Tesla
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Jan 31, 2022 19:37
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Given that Ryusui is in space with them and we've been getting more info on his family as the series goes on, I admit it wouldn't be a leap for his family to be involved.
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SKULL.GIF posted:There's a theory on reddit that it's Francois/Nanami Corp: https://www.reddit.com/r/DrStone/comments/sgkvhu/its_been_obvious_all_along_whowhat_has_the_means/ Yeah this would probably be the most satisfying answer out of all the theories I've seen since it's actually predictable. It doesn't explain why Whyman is still active and trying to petrify everyone but I'm sure that'll be explained. It also justifies Sai joining the cast and Ryusui going to space. A less likely theory is also that Francois could very well be a cyborg of some kind given their insane skills and stamina
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Feb 1, 2022 01:08
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Insane skill and stamina isn't that outlandish among the cast.
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Feb 1, 2022 04:22
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They’re all cyborgs
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Feb 1, 2022 11:25
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RatHat posted:They’re all cyborgs All of them except Taiju. He's just... weird. It kind of freaks everyone else out.
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Feb 1, 2022 11:36
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That is an interesting theory and somewhat plausible at least. It also adds extra weight to Ryuusei stowing away on board. But it's also something of an insanely convoluted plan. chiasaur11 posted:All of them except Taiju. He's just... weird. Taiju is secretly a Nanami corp robot, that's why he was the lead.
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Sybot posted:A corporate logo would make sense as something that'd be immediately obvious to the revived characters. Branding the secret moonbase sounds exactly like something Ryusui would do so it's not a big stretch that his parents did the same. drat, I bet that's it. That answers why only the revived people recognize it, and it explains how someone could have the tech to get Why-man (probably an A.I.) to the moon and develop Medusas. Closer than we thought could definitely be a Ryusui reference. And that adds plenty of extra tension with Ryusui up there in the spacecraft, especially if he has a surprise villain turn and turns out to be the final baddie of the manga. Here's hoping that however the endgame shakes out, it ends up being a satisfying finale.
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Feb 2, 2022 21:51
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So there are spoilers out and all I will say is no one correctly predicted the answer
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Feb 3, 2022 19:14
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RatHat posted:So there are spoilers out and all I will say is no one correctly predicted the answer Hell yes, I can't wait for Sunday. Not going to spoil myself but (more) excited now
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Feb 3, 2022 19:20
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RatHat posted:So there are spoilers out and all I will say is no one correctly predicted the answer Must…resist…temptation
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RatHat posted:So there are spoilers out and all I will say is no one correctly predicted the answer It's so good.
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Feb 3, 2022 20:26
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RatHat posted:So there are spoilers out and all I will say is no one correctly predicted the answer You can't just say that and not post them in spoiler text of course.
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It's [spoiler]every character who has ever been stuck on the moon Monster Carrot, Enel, Mega Man...[/spoilers]
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well, that's dumb.
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Feb 6, 2022 16:19
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The official translation is out and, hoo boy!
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Feb 6, 2022 16:20
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So it was aliens all along huh
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Z=228. Life Stone. https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/viewer/1012739 https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/dr-stone-chapter-228/chapter/23947?action=read
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Feb 6, 2022 16:28
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Oh, gently caress off. Booooo. BOOOOOO! "Aliens all along" is probably the most boring answer they could've come up with, especially since it doesn't fit the overall theming of the manga. So far, everything has been about humans, and how they react to an existential threat and keep fighting back and going forward. So having the enemy be revealed as some unknowable alien hive mind is just bad.
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Feb 6, 2022 16:38
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I did not see this coming and I’m uncertain how I feel about this. But we don’t know for certain they’re aliens yet? They didn’t confirm it yet.
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Eh, it makes sense that it wouldn't be humans, honestly. Humans having magic incomprehensible technology that Senku can't even understand would kinda go against the nature of the whole "anyone can do science!" theme. I feel like it wouldn't be so frustrating if the medusas' plan wasn't so utterly ridiculous. Having the aliens misunderstand human cultures and values is a time-honored trope, and it makes sense that the series wouldn't want an actually-evil hard antagonist that honestly hates humans. But there's a LOT of missing steps between "render all of humanity indefinitely immobile for thousands of years, without any guarantee that any of them will ever regain the ability to move" and "therefore humans will make batteries for us, giving us eternal life".
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Well this certainly explains why no one detected them if they were on the moon before the patri-beam: Medusa are invisible to anything except sight I guess the big question now is how long were they there? I guess they settled there sometime between the Apollo missions and modern times since the astronauts certainly would’ve noticed a bit black splotch on the moon.
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Next chapter looks like a big exposition, so you'll get your answers then.
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I'm kind of down with this. Weird mechanical parasites are an interesting idea, and being alien tech kind of lines up with the levle of super science that no one can understand about them. i'm really interested in the info dump
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Boooooooo, where's the anime tiddy cellphone powered cyborg girl that Senku was supposed to marry?????
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She's gonna marry the petrification devices now - this was a story about AI true love the whole time.
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The fact that they were aliens is fine. The fact that they can speak English and Japanese is fine. They would have had plenty of time to study up on human concepts. That does not excuse petrifying the globe. They better have a drat good reason that doesn't rely on a misunderstanding. Something like "we we're gonna undo it later once X Y and Z happened."
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...Huh. Yeah gimme that lore dump please!
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Speculation of the upcoming exposition With the gift of immortality(ish) the rings grant humanity there would be essentially infinite chances for the right circumstances to unfold giving the devices whatever they want. Or something? Also Senku hates exposition and will skip it for us.
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I'm... not sure where you guys are getting the "aliens" thing from.
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It has to either be alien, or not alien, and it has been reiterated many times over the series that the Medusae and the effect they cause is not explainable or creatable by "modern" technology. It always HAD to be either Aliens or bleeding edge super-science (likely supplied by AI or aliens)
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TriffTshngo posted:I'm... not sure where you guys are getting the "aliens" thing from. They are a race of symbiotic super-beings who appeared suddenly one day. If they're not aliens then they're time travelers or something similarly ridiculous.
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ImpAtom posted:They are a race of symbiotic super-beings who appeared suddenly one day. If they're not aliens then they're time travelers or something similarly ridiculous. They're on the moon. They're obviously werewolves.
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I'm guessing they're an evolved form of AI that was given the job of protecting humanity and used petrification to achieve that goal.
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They were built by the swallows and then turned against their masters. It's bird tech.
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