English Dub Review: Dr. STONE “Clear World”

Overview (Spoilers Below)

Senku needs beakers and other glass equipment to finish off the medicine with, so he states that they’ll need to make glass. He also removes Suika’s melon helmet to reveal her (adorable) face — which she hides because of the squinting she has to do to see. She explains that she has the “fuzzy sickness” and that she can’t see everyone clearly. Senku diagnoses her as near-sighted and proceeds to explain that making glass would give her a tool to see with.

Once the gang collects sand and quartz, they melt/polish it to create lenses for Suika. They pop them perfectly into her melon helmet and take her to the sunflower fields — where she is able to clearly see for the first time. Meanwhile, Kinro hasn’t been able to defeat Kohaku in combat, because he’s too embarrassed to admit he also has “the fuzzy sickness.”

When Senku realizes he isn’t able to craft/mold his glass science equipment well, Chrome recruits (kidnaps) an old man from their village named Kaseki. Kaseki is the village craftsman, and while he initially rejects working with Chrome and his “black arts,” watching Senku and Chrome continually mis-craft the mysteriously beautiful glass makes him jump into action to show them how it’s done.

When they have a fully equipped science lab, Ginro takes the opportunity to say Senku should build he and Kinro gold/silver spears. Senku agrees — so long as Ginro embarks on a “risky” adventure.

Our Take

This was sort of a filler episode, but at the same time, there was a lot of heartwarming character lore released — as well as developments, too.

Suika (who was already too cute for words) was someone whose character quirk we got a fun answer to and an even sweeter resolution. The sunflower scene is an exemplary part of the episode. The art continues to frame itself in a stunning way that really reflects the beauty of nature — something the show encapsulates through showcases the earth’s natural resources and wonders. It’s the little inventions that this show demonstrates that can really make a viewer appreciate how magical our world is through science.

Kinro’s inability to work through his own pride may prove detrimental in the coming episodes. It’s unclear whether Kinro and Ginro had actually spoken to Senku and the gang about what they were doing with Suika. If they knew they were creating a cure for “the fuzzy sickness” the whole time, it says a lot about Kinro’s pride issue. A cure was staring him right in the face and the only thing blinding him from it are his own backward views about being a “grown man.” If being a man was all it took to cure any ailments, anti-vaxxers would be having a field day. That ain’t it, Kinro!

Kaseki is a great new character, who hopefully stays with the group. It’s sweet to think about how Chrome’s reputation is so harmless that the old man literally allowed him to tie him up and lead him to Senku. We all saw how jacked he was. He could have broken out of that at any time.

The next episode might be framed with tension, but at least we’re going into it with clear eyes.