I’ve been watching Dr. Stone and it absolutely has wrong things in it. One example is where the protagonist points out that he has to be using up energy to think while made of stone, and the energy has to come from somewhere and must run out. He invokes E=mc^2 for that, in a way that doesn’t make sense.
There’s also all the feats that are, literally, possible, but would be difficult in practice, like making an iron forge or an electrical generator from nothing in at most a few days.
I agree, Dr Stone is far from perfect. But I think it’s the closest thing to rational fiction that I’ve ever encountered in anime / manga. Moreover, I have a strong suspicion that the author loves HP:MoR. There are certain ideas and scenes in the manga that were quite obviously inspired by HP:MoR.
The security around keeping the whole secret is way off. This is their biggest priority, and they know it. Yet the children can just walk where they are not supposed to go, and discover it.
The technological measures do not match up, and they absolutely can have sensors that make conspiring and/or escaping much harder.
The children are too competent. Well, we can forgive this one, but it really takes things too far; e.g., one child has learned to make a device from scraps of other devices to disable their GPS tracker without sounding the alarm. Seriously?
The children are way too selfless. This gets worse and worse, ultimately ruining the second season. This still would have been okay if the characters paid the consequences for their selfless choices, but no, they get to have their cake and eat it, too. (I guess the average viewer loves to see self-sacrifice while hating “losers”.)
The escape would have ultimately failed in (anime) canon if not for some obvious author insertions. They encountered a rescuer randomly at just the right time. They also magically found some pen that had all kinds of information on empty bases and such in it.
All in all, the first season is a good show, but it will definitely further harm your priors than help them.
I’ve been watching Dr. Stone and it absolutely has wrong things in it. One example is where the protagonist points out that he has to be using up energy to think while made of stone, and the energy has to come from somewhere and must run out. He invokes E=mc^2 for that, in a way that doesn’t make sense.
There’s also all the feats that are, literally, possible, but would be difficult in practice, like making an iron forge or an electrical generator from nothing in at most a few days.
I agree, Dr Stone is far from perfect. But I think it’s the closest thing to rational fiction that I’ve ever encountered in anime / manga. Moreover, I have a strong suspicion that the author loves HP:MoR. There are certain ideas and scenes in the manga that were quite obviously inspired by HP:MoR.
The second closest thing I’ve encountered is the Legend of the Galactic Heroes.
You can try the Promised Neverland.
It is also pretty unbelievable. (Spoilers ahead.)
The security around keeping the whole secret is way off. This is their biggest priority, and they know it. Yet the children can just walk where they are not supposed to go, and discover it.
The technological measures do not match up, and they absolutely can have sensors that make conspiring and/or escaping much harder.
The children are too competent. Well, we can forgive this one, but it really takes things too far; e.g., one child has learned to make a device from scraps of other devices to disable their GPS tracker without sounding the alarm. Seriously?
The children are way too selfless. This gets worse and worse, ultimately ruining the second season. This still would have been okay if the characters paid the consequences for their selfless choices, but no, they get to have their cake and eat it, too. (I guess the average viewer loves to see self-sacrifice while hating “losers”.)
The escape would have ultimately failed in (anime) canon if not for some obvious author insertions. They encountered a rescuer randomly at just the right time. They also magically found some pen that had all kinds of information on empty bases and such in it.
All in all, the first season is a good show, but it will definitely further harm your priors than help them.
Judging by the tropes, it indeed could be one of the more rational ones. Will try it, thank you!
However, watch out for the second season. I haven’t seen it yet but people say it doesn’t follow the manga much and isn’t very good.