Film Theory: Solving Anime's HARDEST Mystery, Dr Stone's Petrification Beam! 

Captain America: I've been frozen for 70 years. Senku: *_Laughs in stone world_*

The whole show is just a teenager speedrunning humanity

"Eventually, Kars stopped thinking" Senku: just count seconds

its a bit frightening how more than 2 years and a whole 100 chapters later, his theory still lines up with what the manga says so far

Tsukasa: I'm making a paradise with no wars. Also Tsukasa: So anyway, I started a war against Senku

imagine this is the reason why the roman statues are so realistic

Now with Chapter 228 being released, we can see that this theory was actually spot on. Great work MatPat!

Now that Dr Stone's ended (spoiler warning, obviously): The machinations of the petrification beam were never fully explained in the manga, but your explanation seems plausible considering you were spot on with the identity of Why-man.

* senku explains sometihng * Characters in anime: tHaTs So CoMpLiCaTeD Mat: Ah yes, it all makes sense!

Therapist: Anime Matpat isnt real he cannot hurt you. Anime Matpat:

Hats off to the King! Solving a mystery 3years before it was reveal!

the fact that MatPat guessed it right is amazing

Everyone: *Trapped in stone for thousands of years* Kars: "First time?"

Kars: I’ve been petrified for the last 77 years Senku: hold my cotton candy

So, I saw the latest chapter of Dr.Stone and I am back here to tell you that MatPat here got it on the nose. I am sure everyone else is who is a fan of Dr.Stone will point this out too. Yes, it was in fact an AI that turned all the humans into stone. So give this man a medal!

How did he call the main villain of the series, who has be shrouded in plenty of mystery, 2 entire years in advance. Man's an absolute legend.

Dr.stone in a nutshell "Nu you can't just revive everyone!" "Haha technology go brrr"

"Behold, the Stoninator" -Doofenshmirtz

Matpat: “What’s this beam of light? And how does it work?” Solid Snake: “NANO MACHINES” Matpat: “Great idea Snake!”

Matpat was right they revealed whyman is a program, its like the hovering of Medusa in latest chapter 228

Chapter 1 : builds a small hut Chapter 200 : discovers immortality

*When you're so dedicated that you made your own opening song to avoid copyright strike* 😂

Holy crap man congrats on predicting Dr.stone! New manga chapter was basically what you predicted.

MatPat: I want an anime inspired intro. Nothing crazy just something fun Head editor Dan: hold my coffee

Captain america: I was on ice for 70 years Dr.stone ( senkuu): *laughs in 3700 years of petrefication*

"Why are you in jail?" "I murdered 2 people. You?" "I said narooto."

I think it's safe to say since the manga ended, MatPat's theory on this is technically right

New theory proposal: how in-bred is Kohaku and her tribe?

MatPat:spoiler warning Me:*laughs in manga reader*

Chruncyroll:do a theory on dr stone Mat pat : NO cruncy boi: u will have your own anime op Mat pat:u get urself a deal

Bro is quite literally absolutely correct

Well guys the theory now have an answer in the manga spoiler : They are mechanical parasites acting as one entity. They are the Medusa devices themselves. So it is a kind of Ai in fact.

Best thing about Dr. Stone for me is that it stokes some curiosity in me about natural science. Second best thing is that it makes me appreciate how much I take for granted in my day-to-day life.

The fact that Yuzuhira's headphones survived for 3700 years is amazing *coincidence? I THINK NOT!!!!*

just came back from reading the manga and here to say *_THIS THEORY AGED WELL_*

bro i just finished the manga and he was so close to the mark like he hit it but not a bulleyes

Senku: how does the beam work? Matpat: nanomachines, son

Next make a theory on Yuzuriha's indestructible headphones

WTF MATPAT JUST PREDICTED THE LATEST CHAPTER . . . . Well he almost predicted it

I have read the manga, the entire manga, WHY WAS THIS SO ACCURATE

Dr. Stone is one of the few shows where it legit gives me goosebumps. The show uses science to a great extent to portray an apocalypse that lasted for millenniums, each discovery to what or who caused the petrification leads to more questions. Legit one of the best animes (storywise, theme, soundtrack) to have been released.

When i first watched this, at first i was afraid, i was petrified.

The fact that mat's theory actually was right

I'm almost scared by how accurate this ended up being...

I did not know about the birds. for some reason it seems even more sinister, like something was practicing on them first.

Matpat: The biggest mystery in Dr. Stone JoJo fans: How Kars got back to Earth and why he took the alias Tsukasa?

This theory is so close with just one detail vastly changed that it's scary

Man, two years later and your theory has now been confirmed, at least half of it

This is one of my top 10 best anime intros Edit: just kidding, they're all JoJo's

I can see Mat cosplaying as Senku at a future convention.

Came back here after finishing the manga in its entirety. It’s surprising how consistent it still is with the eventual reveal of what the nature of the “stone ray” actually is.

Bro was like 80% right

The name is brilliant cuz Einstein in german actually means "a stone" so the name Dr. Stone is not only referring to the stone pandemic. But also refers to how it's about science!

This is the perfect anime to watch when you're supposed to study for science exams

Raiden: Why do people turn to stone! Film theory: nano machines son

Dr.Stone is what made me REALLY REALLY love Science. It taught me more than my school ngl. But the manga ending was really unsatisfactory. What, the Medusa can manipulate time? What, Byakuya Ishigami is still alive? What, the Medusa somehow revived him in the future?

Beam of light turn living things into stone Medusa joined the party

Mat pat - This anime is doing all of the work for me Me - Mat pat is doing all the work for me

Of course matpat guessed the ending right, he's a man who made science fun too, like senku.

2yrs later and im glad to say ,you did it,you were basically right and now that the series has now ended(manga of course)i now have come to appreciate all the things i was taught on that journey from light bulbs to rockets and from the earth to the moon.(thanks boichi for such a great series)

I honestly feel really bad for the petrified people who are still alive, but they're at the bottom of the ocean. (or at least very deep underwater)

Imagine if the reason for whatever or whoever turned them into stone was to save them from 2020

massive spoilers | | V 16:07 the fact that this was spot on- wow!!!

Okay, so now that the petrification mystery is fully explained, I will give a summary: The source of the radio waves that say why is an species of mechanical life, the Medusa, the trefoil knot shaped petrification device thing (it's always thought that the medusa is a weapon of someone, but in actuality they're sentient beings themselves). They're sentient robots with no known creator, travelling the universe in search of a civilization smart enough to recreate them. Their goal is to be immortal, which they believe all sentient beings should strive for (thus the question "do you want to die?", they were confused as to why we'd resist the joys of petrification). The Medusas are in search of a race that can fix and recreate them. They hope a symbiotic relationship with this race where neither race die. The petrification will undo faster with greater brain activity, implication of intelligence, and the Medusas didn't expect it'd take humanity millennia to depetrify, which deems them insufficient for the relationship the Medusas seek. As they are mechanical, oxygen is poisonous to them, they rust in Earth (thus the pyramid of medusas in South America), and loses their sentience, and ability to float. As it is voice-activated, Kingdom of Science placed the Medusa in a vacuum to prevent them from being accessed and it regained its sentience and ability to float. In the moon, Senku concludes them that it's near impossible for humanity to fix them, much less recreate them in the near future, but convinces them that the possibility is not zero, and asks them if they're still up. They logically refused but the medusa they fixed was convinced. Per the last chapter of the manga, they are working on a time machine based on the tech of medusas. The end.

Viewer: So,how does that beam work? How does it turn people into stone? MattPat: *Nanomachines,son*

"Getting stoned" Ahh... i'm high as mount EVERest

After reading the latest chapter I came back to this video just to comment this 'Matpat is right' This theory is right and there are robots shown in the manga.

After reading the whole manga I can say he did an imacular job on this theory. He deserves a golden medal for this one.

Senku: ima bring everythin back tsukasa: NO GO BACK I WANT TO BE MONKE

Being trapped in stone while being conscious is absolutely terrifying

Man he actually got the robot part correct

Kinda crazy how this held up, it goes strong until a certain point in the series

Why is nobody talking about senkuus six pack he just has one the poster and in the series he's skinny

New viewer: "So what caused the events of Dr. Stone to happen?" MatPat: "Nanomachines, son!"

Senku: “I wonder what caused everyone to turn to stone…” MatPat: “Nanomachines, son!”

My friend spoiled me that the petrification was by an AI roughly 1 or 2 years ago. Well done, Matpat.

“Does Naruto and Dragon Ball Ring a bell?” JoJo sitting in the corner: *sad noises*

*Everyone is encased in stone* Me: "Yo, Angelo"

Who’s here after the latest chapter?

The world: gets reset for almost 4,000 years Senku and Tsukasa: So anyway we started a war with 2 people arguing

Dr stone is just jojo battle tendency from the perspective of the pillarmen

Mat pat is like mecha senku who tells you not to try this at home

its crazy that even now a 100 or so chapters he's 90% correct

Well... He was right after all

MatPat needs to do a part two on this. The Manga has gone to explain a lot of things, even proving that someone who is dead, can be revived by being petrified, and then unpetrified again.

The real mystery is how nobody could deflect Emerald Splash

He,s actually really close they are infact machines well more like mechanical sentient parisites they value survival over everything so they preserve other sentient species keeping them alive in stone

I’m caught up in the anime and I personally think that it’s not an ai but a person who turned their consciousness into a computer to survive forever.

"So, how did you solve the anime?" *Nanomachines, son.*

*ever human on earth turns Stone* Animals: it's free real estate

MATPAT!!!! You were right!! The Whyman behind the petrification was a robot and it was nano machines that the petrifying light is made out of, you were 10 billion percent correct!!!! We see this in the latest chapter!!!

Well I’m here after the manga ended and matpat got it right

Dr Stone is ten billion percent my favourite anime. GET EXCITED

matpat: There is one big spoiler im gonna be talking about me: **Cries in Ohayosekaigumoningworld**

Honestly, MatPat wasn’t THAT off, he was correct in that the nature of the Medusas required some form of intelligence to operate the way they did.

. . . well, its 2022. . . If you are reading Dr.Stone. . . you know why you are back here.

How bout it was Medusa on the moon accidentally dropping her sunglasses

When a Film Therory isn't Trending for once: 😮 When It Is An Anime Therory: *Now This Is An Avengers Level Threat*

heaving read dr ston i can not beleve his prediction is * THIS * acurate

I personally think an extraterrestrial civilization regressing potential enemies back to the stone age would turn out to be a solution to the Fermi paradox. A space faring civilization that only wants life to thrive but not spawn civilizations that could one day destroy them would resort to this using an AI to perform the process in cycles. Life on those worlds is preserved without resorting to mass bloodshed and potential enemies are prevented from climbing the ladder too high. They wouldn't communicate with us and only listen in to search for any civilizations they feel they need to regress.