In terms of a sequel or continuation to the story, Stone Wars does the first season justice in that regard. However, there are some things I want to address about Stone Wars that just didn't sit right with me.

But firstly, what's the plot? So from S1, we're getting the idea that the Tsukasa Army is declaring war on the Kingdom of Science in Ishigami Village, and so in the last few episodes of S1 and the first few episodes of S2, we see them preparing for war through making things like phones, instant ramen as well as a steam-powered vehicle which later gets turned into a tank, as something to distract and invoke fear into the Tsukasa Army.

As well as this, the main objective in the story falls upon Gen and Senku forming a plan to get allies within the Tsukasa Army using Gen's ability to imitate voices and the phone they constructed. They know that since Lillian Weinberg is a figure that most of the modern humans recognise and rely on, Gen will use Lillian's voice to convince quite a few to join the Kingdom of Science and bring down Tsukasa's Army. I do like this tactical approach to the plot actually, gives Gen a moment to shine here and can catch Tsukasa's army off guard to give Senku the advantage in terms of tactics and allies.

I do have a few problems with this though. For one, I feel as though ever since the end of S1, the pacing was just going a little bit fast for my liking when they were creating the phone but here in S2, the pacing is way too fast whenever Senku creates whatever he needs to create for the war. I get that Senku is reusing materials from what he has already collected and that it's supposed to be more fast paced and full of action considering this is only 11 episodes instead of the 24 from last season... but I feel as though it was more fun to have a progressive build-up from collecting all the materials they need to finally put everything together in its place just like in S1, it was satisfying to reach that point but now, it just doesn't feel like anything significant anymore.

A second thing that really bothered me was Tsukasa's motive behind the war. I get that he didn't want to start a war with Senku unless he absolutely had to, but that was under the assumption and the paranoia that stemmed from bringing back everyone in the fear that Tsukasa would witness a war filled with weapons of science... even though he just started a war to witness that either way. It's a bit of a hypocritical choice on Tsukasa's part if you ask me... unless it was mostly spearheaded by Hyoga but I don't know. Other than those two things though, the plot did make sense for the most part.

In terms of characters, Senku is the smartass we all know and love him for, Chrome got some major development in this arc and is finally becoming that "science user" we wanted him to be, Gen and Senku's relationship and bond was getting stronger, Tsukasa and Senku working together in the second to last episode to beat Hyoga was bliss and probably one of my favourite moments from the season and we finally get to see Tsukasa's resolve and atonement for his wrongdoings as Senku has kept to his promise but Tsukasa broke his at the start of S1, and so he was willing to change that in that scene which I just loved. Hyoga himself I kind of knew that he would betray Tsukasa after how they portrayed him this season but he's not really a twist villain, he only really acts on his own accord which I can respect but to be honest, he's not as good as I wanted him to be. Other than that, most of the characters... just feel one-dimensional to me. Sorry, there just wasn't that much development to any of them at all and that was also a gripe I had with S1, some characters just didn't feel polished whatsoever, Kohaku especially.

The art here is as great as always, TMS did a great job in adapting Boichi's magnificent artwork. Not much else to say other than that, it's definitely a good adaptation.

With the OP, they decided to go a route that I didn't expect, more mellow, chilled and laidback. The OP does fit though and is probably behind Good Morning World in terms of ranking, really solid stuff. The ED is also probably my favourite from Dr. STONE period, the guitar and vocals just go off, not much else to add there.

With that, overall, I consider Stone Wars to be a solid continuation and a solid season in its own right. The plot is good, the score is really nice and the art which has been adapted is also really solid. Characters still need working on in my humble opinion though, it could do with some characters actually receiving some form of development in the next season, honest missed potential that could be rectified in S3. A very strong 7 definitely fits here, it wasn't as good as S1 but it still had the same qualities to it as S1 while adding quite a few more which I still enjoyed throughout the runtime.