Why Did the World Turn to Stone in Dr. Stone?
In Dr. Stone, the entire world turned to stone due to a mysterious light phenomenon called the Petrification Beam. Senku and his friends are on a mission to uncover its origins!
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They got hit by a petrification beam. We still don't fully know the why or where it came from.
It was a giant petrification light that turned everyone into statues. The series is about figuring out why that happened.
It all started with a sudden Petrification Beam that engulfed the globe. The show's still revealing the full details, but that's the gist of it.
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