History YMMV / DrStone

** Lillian's songs in Episode 16 and 17 of the anime are sung in perfectly pronounced and grammatically correct English, but the lyrics themselves are nothing more than one literary cliche after another, resulting in them being cheesy even by musical standards.
** An InUniverse example in chapter 56. After finding the Tungsten in the cave, Chrome states in joy that the real treasure he, Senku, and Magma found was the bond they formed together in their exploration. Senku and Magma replied with annoyance for him to stop, and Chrome quickly admits he regretted saying that.

** When Charlotte is bitten by a venomous spider, it's made clear that it will be lethal unless it is treated promptly. Unfortunately the drama is undercut by the art giving her a BoobsAndButtPose with a facial expression that makes her seem as if the bite caused her to climax.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: In the beginning, while they still had some fans, Taiju and Yuzuriha were thought to be pretty lackluster compared to Senku. However, the characterization they got in their last moments of the first arc endeared quite a few people to them, to the point where Taiju remained in the top 10 (with Yuzuriha following in 11th) in the first poll despite not appearing for a year out of universe. Further characterization following their brief appearances before their major return cemented their places as admired characters.
* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: Despite barely interacting despite having many opportunities to, Ryusui and Tsukasa have become a beloved ship due to the idea that OppositesAttract, given their differing personalities and especially differing ideals.

* IAmNotShazam: It's much too easy to initially think Dr. Stone is Senku's name, ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_(surname) surname]]), or nickname, considering [[MeaningfulName how well that name suits him]]. It doesn't help that he's commonly depicted in promotional art holding a flask and wearing what looks like a lab coat. Two things are called "Dr. Stone", and neither of them are Senku: soap, which is compared to a stone that prevents diseases, and the petrification itself, which heals all injuries and illnesses upon being reversed.

** The concept of most of humanity being turned into stone with very few survivors was done earlier by [[VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga Digital Devil Saga]] on the [[UsefulNotes/Playstation2 PS2]].

* {{Macekre}}: Downplayed in Chapter 113. The official English version ''really'' stretches in order to make the pictographic message from Kohaku make sense, as the translators apparently thought that it wouldn't translate well from Japanese into English. Despite this, a fan scanlation manages to make it work by explaining the idiosyncrasies of the Japanese language as Gen translates it.

** Lillian's songs in Episode 16 and 17 of the anime are sung in [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish perfectly pronounced and grammatically correct English]], but the lyrics themselves are nothing more than one literary cliche after another, resulting in them being cheesy even by musical standards.

* DiabolusExMachina: Tsukasa's caveman empire practically runs on this. In addition to his huge collection of insanely ripped meatheads, he has managed to locate a gymnast with the stealth, observation and danger-sensing skills of a {{Ninja}}, a highly-skilled archer/sniper with superhuman hearing, and more. He also somehow immediately jumps to Senku using a steam-driven battering ram in a full-frontal assault on Chrome's cell, bypassing every other scientific development he might try.

* DiabolusexMachina: Tsukasa's caveman empire practically runs on this. In addition to his huge collection of insanely ripped meatheads, he has managed to locate a gymnast with the stealth, observation and danger-sensing skills of a {{Ninja}}, a highly-skilled archer/sniper with superhuman hearing, and more. He also somehow immediately jumps to Senku using a steam-driven battering ram in a full-frontal assault on Chrome's cell, bypassing every other scientific development he might try.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** The shift of focus to Senku and the introduction of Kohaku and Chrome as his new partners a dozen chapters in was speculated to be this as the main complaint about the early chapters was the lackluster romance between Taiju and Yuzuriha and how cliché these two characters were. The latter two were PutOnABus for a while and Senku is given new companions in Kohaku and Chrome, which many consider vastly improved the series as a result.
** While many readers had pointed it out already, Senku stating in-universe that the amount of distance between Ishigami Village and [[spoiler:his father genetically]] would mean that they aren't [[spoiler: blood-related even with him being adopted]] omit any undertones of incest.
** Many characters had their appearance changed during the Treasure Island arc when [[spoiler:they were petrified again and then revived, which healed their petrification scars]]. Many readers found this disappointing since it made the character designs less interesting. Chapter 141 corrects this by having Gen [[spoiler:give everyone face paint so they can recreate their scars as a symbol of their fight against the petrification threat]].

* FanWank: Senku and Taiju remaining perfectly sane despite [[AndIMustScream being petrified and conscious for over 3700 years]] has led some fans to explain this with the theory that since being petrified and revived is shown to heal physical injuries, it can also heal mental issues, so Senku and Taiju ''did'' GoMadFromTheIsolation, but being revived restored their sanity. This ignores the fact that we do get a few glimpses of petrification from Senku's perspective while he's counting, and he doesn't seem insane at all. It's likely this was just a representation of these characters' exaggerated capabilities - Senku was smart enough to figure out that he could be revived only if he chose to remain conscious, and kept himself busy in the meantime by planning what to when he revives, while Taiju is simply [[{{Determinator}} incredibly hard-willed and stubborn]].

* UncannyValley: A common criticism is that the female characters' faces often look... off, with their default expressions normally having [[https://i.imgur.com/1xuqMgq.png vacant, glassy, unnaturally-spaced "doe-eyes" and comparatively tiny mouths and noses]] (something which is not seen in the male characters). It's even led to jokes that their disturbing appearance is due to [[spoiler:them being inbred since the inhabitants of Ishigami Village are descended from a small group of astronauts]]. The anime also had similar issues at first, especially characters like Yuzuriha and Ruri, though within a few episodes of each of their introductions the show improved and looks considerably better.

** Xeno and Stanley. They’re close friends, but this closeness can sometimes veer into this territory. Especially in Chapter 221 [[spoiler: when Stanley is revived. When Xeno is explaining the space travel plan, Stanely interrupts him mid-sentence. By putting his hand on Xeno’s face and caressing it with his thumb. And Xeno is either stunned into silence… Or something else.]] Take that for what you will.

* WTHCostumingDepartment: While Kirisame herself is generally liked, [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dr-stone/images/6/6b/Kirisame_Full_Body.png her outfit]] is the target of mockery in the fandom. She wears a long dress that looks like a curtain and is completely see-through; the only thing stopping her from constantly flashing both the characters and the audience and some well placed angles and some odd looking decorations that cover her groin and rear. She also wears a massive crown(?) on her head with curled horns. As if that wasn't bad enough, the texture and colour of the weaved decorations covering her privates imply they are weaved out of her own hair.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: Tsukasa is treated as a [[StrawCharacter straw Luddite]] for opposing Senku's plan to bring every human back to life and return the technology level of the world to where it was. That said, his point about keeping humanity at a primitive level of advancement isn't without some merit, despite it being meant to show that he is selfish and just wants a world that he can rule over as a dictator. He argues that restoring the world's technology will cause far more death and destruction than primitive technology could. Just turning on the news and hearing about the latest mass shooting/bombing/war may lead some to agree with his point.

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilChancellor Minister Ibara]] is [[spoiler:the true ruler of the Petrification Kingdom]]. [[spoiler:Having [[TakenForGranite petrified]] the true leader with the weapon "Medusa"]], Ibara tried to [[WouldHurtAChild kill the leader's baby son]] to remove any "witnesses". Reigning as a tyrant, Ibara has women abducted for the leader's harem, with the rule he is allowed to "[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil sample]]" them first, gloating how he loves them to put up a struggle first. When Senku and the heroes of the Kingdom of Science alive, Ibara tries to petrify them forever, even [[BadBoss sacrificing one of his followers]] to that end. A lecherous, fiendish tyrant, Ibara cares only to satisfy his own lusts for women or control. [[spoiler:Fittingly, he is the sole antagonist to whom DefeatEqualsFriendship does not apply; he remains petrified after the Treasure Island arc, and never joins Senku or shows up in the story again.]]

* FranchiseOriginalSin:
** A common criticism of the manga (which seems to have started around the [[spoiler:America]] arc) is that the pacing is a bit too fast, with characters making days-long or weeks-long travels and major constructions off-panel. {{Time Skip}}s have always been part of the series - for example, the very first chapter has Senku and Taiju spend an entire year working the revival fluid. These earlier time compressions were accepted because they still clearly showed the passage of time and how much effort went into making the projects. The larger scope of later chapters, which have the characters do things like [[spoiler:building a stealth ship and sailing around South America]] also made the time skips much less believable.
*** Now it's to the point of incredibly dramatic SerialEscalation, with Senku and crew [[spoiler:founding cities across the globe, spending years building several test rockets, and even recreating the internet]] all in the span of a few chapters. The [[spoiler:explicitly stated years long timeskips]] become even more confusing when [[OlderThanTheyLook the cast seems to have hardly aged]]. This is partly due to the fact that after [[spoiler: Xeno's redemption, Why Man is the only antagonist, and since he isn't actively hindering the protagonists, most of the scientific developments are brought about in a fairly mundane fashion.]]
** One of the major problems fans had with the Treasure Island arc was a lack of dramatic tension, which they mainly pointed at Senku's arrogance and MacGyvering talent growing to new heights, making it nearly impossible to take Ibara seriously as a credible threat to the heroes. However, in the beloved Stone Wars arc, Senku was just as arrogant and unbelievably talented in science--the difference was, as he was leading a primitive village against Tsukasa's massive army of the Earth's strongest warriors, it felt like he had to use every bit of his talent just to survive, which made his pride truly justified. In the Treasure Island arc, far from being at the disadvantageous position he was previously, Senku is instead leading the Earth's strongest heroes against a DirtyCoward, whose forces they outnumber, making it really hard to believe he and his friends are in any real danger.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: A common criticism of the manga (which seems to have started around the [[spoiler:America]] arc) is that the pacing is a bit too fast, with characters making days-long or weeks-long travels and major constructions off-panel. {{Time Skip}}s have always been part of the series - for example, the very first chapter has Senku and Taiju spend an entire year working the revival fluid. These earlier time compressions were accepted because they still clearly showed the passage of time and how much effort went into making the projects. The larger scope of later chapters, which have the characters do things like [[spoiler:building a stealth ship and sailing around South America]] also made the time skips much less believable.
** Now it's to the point of incredibly dramatic SerialEscalation, with Senku and crew [[spoiler:founding cities across the globe, spending years building several test rockets, and even recreating the internet]] all in the span of a few chapters. The [[spoiler:explicitly stated years long timeskips]] become even more confusing when [[OlderThanTheyLook the cast seems to have hardly aged]]. This is partly due to the fact that after [[spoiler: Xeno's redemption, Why Man is the only antagonist, and since he isn't actively hindering the protagonists, most of the scientific developments are brought about in a fairly mundane fashion.]]

* FanPreferredCouple:
** Apart from the reciprocated crushes of Taiju and Yuzuriha, and Chrome and Ruri, Senku himself is mostly paired with Gen in fanart and fanfiction.
** After his introduction, Matsukaze has been paired mainly with Ginro.
** Similarly, Xeno and Stanley were paired as soon as the former made his appearance, something which only grew as the arc went on and showcased Stan's UndyingLoyalty to Xeno and some even consider them a canon couple despite the manga itself never stating so.

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilChancellor Minister Ibara]] is [[spoiler:the true ruler of the Petrification Kingdom]]. [[spoiler:Having [[TakenForGranite petrified]] the true leader with the weapon "Medusa"]], Ibara tried to [[WouldHurtAChild kill the leader's baby son]] to remove any "witnesses". Reigning as a tyrant, Ibara has women abducted for the leader's harem, with the rule he is allowed to "[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil sample]]" them first, gloating how he loves them to put up a struggle first. When Senku and the heroes of the Kingdom of Science alive, Ibara tries to petrify them forever, even [[BadBoss sacrificing one of his followers]] to that end. A lecherous, fiendish tyrant, Ibara cares only to satisfy his own lusts for women or control.

* CriticalResearchFailure:
** ''Amanita muscaria'' mushrooms are not poisonous and can be legally gathered for consumption in most of the United States. They do contain psychoactive chemicals, but these can easily be removed during preparation. This is brought up again and corrected during Senku's conversation with [[spoiler:Tsukasa as he gets ready to freeze him]], where he doesn't describe it as a deadly poison, instead pointing out that it can cause hallucinations if eaten in large quantities.
** The crew travels to what would be Araxá on the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais to look for mineral resources, only to later need to gather iron ore elsewhere from the remains of the Perseus and from Isla Martin Garcia on Argentina. The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Quadrangle Iron Quadrangle]] metallogenetic province right there on Minas was completely ignored by the story. Chelsea outright claims that "there's no iron in this part of South America".

** The crew travels to what would be Araxá on the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais to look for mineral resources, only to later need to gather iron ore elsewhere from the remains of the Perseus and from Isla Martin Garcia on Argentina. The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Quadrangle Iron Quadrangle]] metallogenetic province right there on Minas was completely ignored by the story.

* CriticalResearchFailure: ''Amanita muscaria'' mushrooms are not poisonous and can be legally gathered for consumption in most of the United States. They do contain psychoactive chemicals, but these can easily be removed during preparation. This is brought up again and corrected during Senku's conversation with [[spoiler:Tsukasa as he gets ready to freeze him]], where he doesn't describe it as a deadly poison, instead pointing out that it can cause hallucinations if eaten in large quantities.

* ItsShortSoItSucks: The journey around the world [[spoiler: after an aged up Suika succeeded in unpetrifying everyone]] moves at such a breakneck pace that very little time is spent at any of the locations that Senku and company travelled to in order to gather people and resources for their goal to reach the moon. The result is leaving many readers feeling that more time could have been spent at the locations they traveled to rather then feeling like you were given a cliff-note version of everything that Senku and company accomplished throughout the journey.

** Xenon and Stanley. They’re close friends, but this closeness can sometimes veer into this territory. Especially in Chapter 221 [[spoiler: when Stanley is revived. When Xeno is explaining the space travel plan, Stanely interrupts him mid-sentence. By putting his hand on Xenos’ face and caressing it with his thumb. And Xeno just looks stunned into silence.]] Take that for what you will.