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After All For One pretty much blew up an entire district in his battle against All Might, one may question the police's ability to imprison him (who seems to be alive and led to some sort of iron maiden). On that note, there are probably other notoriously powerful villains with quirks that would make it easy for them to escape from prison.

What measures does the police take to control villains with all sorts of quirks? Perhaps the iron maidens are capable of disabling them?

Another example is when they find Nomu. They just put some handcuffs on him. Hell, the only reason Nomu didn't escape is because it was in a docile state.


texts: Did Trunks turned Super Saiyan Rage in any chapter of the Dragon Ball Super manga?

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I readed some of the chapters of the Dragon Ball Super manga, not all of them. In the ones I've seen, Trunks never turned into Super Saiyan Rage. But now in chapter 23,

   Zamasu says to Goku that even Trunks could be stronger than him

Even if this is accurate or not, Trunks would have to be very strong to raise such doubt. This doesnt make sense if he only can transforms in Super Saiyan 2, because that transformation is 3 stages below Super Saiyan Blue (behind SSJ3, Super Saiyan God and Super Saiyan Blue), and in other hand Super Saiyan Rage is more or less in the level of Super Saiyan Blue, it can be in the same level, slightly weaker or stronger (personally I think it's a stronger transformation, but there is no official info on this yet) So my question is, did Trunks turned into Super Saiyan Rage in any chapter of the Dragon Ball Super manga?


texts: How much of an influence/reference/relation Love Hina and Shakespeare was to Nisekoi?

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Both share way more elements in common than two random shounen shows. Digging into the preferences, sources and/or backgrounds of the author of Nisekoi, how much of Love Hina's influence can be found?

Both shows have the following in common:

Childhood Marriage Promise: The centerpiece of both plots is a blurred promise. Love Hina's is both a marriage promise and a college proposal, but has almost the same weight. Note that several other animes (hit TVTropes for the list) have it too, but not as the centerpiece for the love story.
Naru and Chitoge are almost the same person.

Tsundere? Check.
In love with the lead male? Check.
Denies affection to the deathbed? Check.
Hits lead male when some gag puts them in an awkward situation? Check.
Hair antennae? Check. (Chitoge's is actually her headband, but is indeed an antennae).
Probably the one that made the promise? Check.

Raku and Keitaro are similar too, but as far as shounen lead males go, they are all the same person by design. So not too much here.

My point is, if you swap the Nisekoi setting from a high school to a boarding house, and remove the Romeo & Juliet elements, you have Love Hina.

Looking for credible sources.


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In Episode 3, after Death the Kid makes his appearance in front of Lupin, Kid "senses" Patty is off center and thus the formation is no longer symmetrical. As he complains about it to Liz, Patty watches Lupin escape though the manhole.

Now Lupin had a huge sack of Human Souls with him when he escaped, which is obviously a bad thing since devouring human souls allows one to gain power quicker but leads one down the path of being a Kishin. This would be something that can't be ignored by Death or the Overseeing Death Scythes.

So I am wondering, is it ever explained what happened to Lupin and the souls he stole after he escaped from Kid?


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In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, I've been wondering why, when a person's Stand is getting hit, they don't just unsummon it.
Can Stand users de-summon their Stand whenever they want?


texts: Does Fairy Tail have one main goal / plot, or is it just many separate stories?

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Does Fairy Tail have one major plot line that is developed along the hundreds of episodes it has, or does it simply have many "chunks" of unrelated adventures (in blocks of a few episodes)?

For example, in One Piece there is one main "goal", and even though there are several different arcs, there is a clear notion of "progress towards the goal" happening with every arc. Naruto, Boku no Hero Academia and Black Clover also have clear "goals", i.e. there is also a main plot, and the "progress in the plot" is clear after every canon arc, etc.

I started watching Fairy Tail (only watched 15 episodes so far) and so far I couldn't see any "main plot" or "main goal". It seems that they will simply have different adventures, by picking certain quests/missions in the guild, fulfilling the mission, coming back and repeating this loop. Surely they will probably get stronger with time, but this is not the "progress" I'm looking for. Is there a "main goal", "main plot" that gets slowly developed along the hundreds of episodes? Or is it just a collection of loosely-tied adventures (each taking a few episodes each)?

NOTE: Don't say what the main plot is (if it exists) - hide it in a spoiler tag. I just want to know if it exists - and if possible, what is the number of the episode in which this plot becomes clear.


texts: How much of the manga plot does the anime of Aku no Hana cover?

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I just started watching The Flowers of Evil, and I just noticed that the anime was produced before the end of the manga. If that's the case, it seems reasonable to conclude that some manga plot points might have been omitted from the anime.

Given this, how much of the manga plot is covered in the anime? (Approximately which portions of the manga have been covered there, and does the plot diverge anywhere?)


texts: Why do light novels tend not to be animated directly?

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Based on the answer to this question, it seems that light novels that are turned into anime are generally made into manga first (eg Haruhi Suzumiya). There are some exceptions, such as Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions where an ONA was released of it before a full anime and Toaru Hikūshi e no Koiuta where the manga began a month after the anime. A lot of other LNs are never turned into anime at all, including ones that exist in otherwise existing anime canons (eg the light novels set in the Naruto canon).

Are the ones that are made into a manga first done so to determine if they'll be financially successful in visual form, and that's why they're not made directly into anime? Why then would ones that are part of popular series (Naruto, Death Note, etc.) not be made into anime? Is there a reason why we so rarely if ever see light novels turned directly into anime?


texts: Is Tobias' Latios the same Latios as the one in the Pokémon Heroes movie?

texts: How can Tobias in Sinnoh League Champions ep.658 own Latios? Latios, as a legendary Pokemon, appears only once in the whole Pokémon world and, for we all know, he is dead since the Pokemon Heroes movie?


texts: Why was the Osiris Egyptian God Card translated as Slifer the Sky Dragon?

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In the Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged parody, the names of the three Egyptian God Cards are:

Obelisk the Tormentor
Slifer the Executive Producer
and Mega Ultra Chicken

The second name is a reference to a producer of the Yu-Gi-Oh English dub, who is also called Slifer (Roger Slifer, to be exact). I thought that this was just a funny little coincidence that Little Kuriboh picked up on and made a pun out of.

But then, I looked up the actual names of the Egyptian God Cards on the Yu-Gi-Oh wikia:

Obelisk the Tormentor |     オベリスクの巨神兵 (lit. Giant Divine Soldier of Obelisk)
Slifer the Sky Dragon | オシリスの天空竜 (lit. Sky Dragon of Osiris)
The Winged Dragon of Ra | ラーの翼神竜 (lit. Winged Divine Dragon of Ra)

Huh? "Slifer the Sky Dragon" is called "Osiris the Sky Dragon" in the original Japanese. That... actually makes way more sense, because Osiris is an Egyptian God in real life. So, was Slifer an intentional reference to Roger Slifer made by the official translators?

I notice that most of the other languages use "Slifer" as well (including French, German, Italian, Spanish, etc.), and only the Chinese and Korean translations use "Osiris". What happened here? Why did the translators make this decision?


texts: What does the letter at the end of Patema Inverted mean?

texts: Near the end of the movie, we see the letter from Lagos. However it seems to be encoded. What does it mean?


texts: So, I've been reading the One Punch Man webcomic after Garou defeated Tank Top Master. I haven't read the manga but only small segments which appear in Youtube reviews and things like that. Which version of One Punch Man is more expanded, the webcomic or the manga? Am I missing something by reading the webcomic only, or are manga readers missing something by reading only the manga?


texts: Can Anpanman die if he loses his entire head?

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In the first episode, Anpanman gives part of his face to the dog Cheezu to eat. Afterwards Anpanman loses a lot of strength, but later regains it by having Jam Ojisan bake him a new head. It made me wonder, what would happen if Anpanman lost his entire head? Would he die? Is it even possible? If yes, how?

I promise I won't tell Baikinman.


texts: How did Flamingo get the Mera Mera no mi?

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The only place we've seen them together is during the war. Long before Ace died, Flamingo disapeared (after talking to Moria).

So, how did he get the Mera Mera no mi? Is it a real one or just an artificial one made with Smile?


texts: Could Eri restore the One for All quirk to All Might?

texts: Supposedly, Eri has a quirk, Rewind, that allows her to rewind an individual's body to a previous state. She used this, for example, to undo the damage Izuku did to his own body when he used One for All at 100%. Could Eri restore the One for All quirk to All Might and also cure him from his injuries done by All for One? Or are there any obstacles for something like this to happen?


texts: How much does the Chuunibyou anime differ from the light novels?

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There seems to be a lot of exclusive content in the anime of Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, such as Sanae Dekomori, Kumin Tsuyuri, and Touka Takanashi (Rikka's older sister) all being exclusive to the anime.

What major differences (how differently do the events in the anime play out in the light novels) are then in the light novel compared to the anime? Why did the production make such changes?


texts: How are Chaos;Head, Steins;Gate, and Robotics;Notes connected?

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These series all seem to be connected, but asides from sharing the same production company and having the semi-colon separate their titles I can't see any relation between them. The plots seem to be completely disjoint.

When I was looking up Chaos;Head and Stein's;Gate, I also found Robotics;Notes, but it too seems to not be connected. Can anyone explain the connection between these series for me?


texts: Is there an 'angel dance' outside of the Shirobako anime?

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In Shirobako episode 16, Ema is caught doing a little dance exercise on the roof.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvlVueWyu18

CrunchyRoll's subtitles call this the 'Angel Dance' exercise. There's no results for that in english, but I was thinking maybe it's an exercise only really known about in Japan. For the most part, Shirobako has solid references to existing things.

Is this dance a real exercise or was it just created for the show?


texts: Are the similarities between Homura Akemi and Kiritsugu Emiya intentional?

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Puella Magi Madoka Magica's Homura Akemi and Fate/Zero's Kiritsugu Emiya were both written by Gen Urobuchi, although Kiritsugu was created by Type Moon's Kinoko Nasu. There are numerous similarities between them:

Both are magic users with control over time.
Both augment their magical powers with modern weaponry.
Both are very taciturn, but deeply loving towards certain people (Homura towards Madoka and Kiritsugu towards Iri and Illya).
Both are mentally damaged by the horrors of war (Homura's experiences in the time loops and Kiritsugu's experiences in various war zones over the years).
Both characters are pivotal to the events of the story, but for most of the series the viewers, and even the main heroine herself, have no idea what they are thinking.
Both have something of a gap in ideals with the main heroine (Homura's actions during the movie go against Madoka's wishes, while Kiritsugu and Saber clash so much from the very beginning that Kiritsugu assigns her to work with Iri).
Both have great hair :)

Was this just an archetype of Urobuchi's writing, the way Stephen King spent three decades writing about common household objects trying to kill people? Or is there an interview or any evidence which suggests this was intentional? As a related question, how much of Kiritsugu's overlap with Homura was Nasu's doing, and how much was Urobuchi's?


texts: Does the Trio of Elemia actually exists?

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in Phase 2 we find out Bishop Falss is in fact Kyle Clancy, a former Apostle of Elemia from Platina who sought to release Mir before he was stopped and belived dead.

Radof says that the church had been mislead in that the Trio of Elemia was in fact Mir and Kyle knew that all along which was how he minipulated them.

But the Church existed before Kyle fall to the Wings of Horus, also one of them appeared in Aurica's Cosmosphere and said she was their descended but Kyle said that Aurica is the daughter of Mir.

So i am wondering, is the Trio of Elemia real? or was Aurica's story about their rule in the past a miss-conception from back before Mir began to hate humans (when she crafted Harmonious)


texts: What is the purpose of having this face in the subtitles/lyrics?

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During the first verse in the second opening to Hayate no Gotoku (Shichitenhakki Shijou Shugi! by KOTOKO), this face (O_O;) appears in each version of the subtitles;  the translated, romanised and original Japanese versions.

Additionally, the face is also included on various lyrics sites such as here and here.

Why is this? I've never seen emoticons or unicode faces in any other subtitles, and I don't see how it adds to the song at all. I know this is a series that doesn't take itself too seriously, but is there any explanation as to why this is here?


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Well, when Naruto was fighting Sasuke at the Valley of the End, Sasuke popped a hole in his shoulder, to prevent him from using the Rasengan.

Naruto, in response, activated his Nine-tails chakra (to less than one tail), and the hole healed so fast it was actually visibly closed.

A few years into the future, Naruto has (almost) complete control over the Nine-tails' chakra! And yet, when he attacked Kisame, he twisted his ankle, and that didn't heal until much later.

What the hell? That chakra had enough life force to sprout trees from Yamato's logs! Why couldn't it heal a simple twisted ankle? Can we dismiss it as a case of "Allow Gai to fight Kisame and provide Naruto an excuse to stay out of it"?


texts: Light's actions before hiding his death note

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I recently started watching Death Note and have reached episode 17's end.

Light hid his notebook in the jungle, could he not have killed L? I know that L said that would  make Light the prime suspect but what if he writes the cause of death to be a slowly degentrative disease like Huntington's (which would make it VERY ironic given how proud L is of his track record)? He can make it kill L early by specifying his date of death like he did with Ray Penber's fiancé. And L would become less and less useful as he loses control over his body.

This method would be especially convincing since no one has yet (as far as I have seen in the series) discovered that he can determine the cause of people's death.


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I only know Comiket from anime and manga: they usually sell their own doujinshi and do some cosplay.
Is this the only thing that actually happens at Comiket or are there a lot more things that happen? Maybe some kind of contest or something?
Also, does Comiket only exist in Japan? Is it different from Comic-Con?


texts: Is Monster available in 5.1 surround sound?

texts: According to the Amazon page, the Japanese is stereo. Is this right? Is the English version have 5.1 available, like One Piece does?


texts: What is the current legal/licensing status of Macross in the USA?

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I know of Harmony Gold's claim to own exclusive US distribution rights to all Macross related materials, such as films, toys, and print media.  I also know that Japanese courts nullified the original deal Harmony Gold had with the studio that sold them the original licensing agreement based upon the fact that they in fact did not own what they were selling (it was originally a joint Tatsunoko/Nue production).

I am wanting to know if there is any chance of Macross: Delta or F coming stateside, well, ever.


texts: Origins of the nose-bleed in anime/manga

texts: In a similar spirit to my previous question, I wonder who was the first artist to feature a nose-bleed when thinking, shall we say, "provocative thoughts"?  Did it become popularized in anime/manga because of the popularity of the artist's work or because it is a common belief in japanese folklore?


texts: What's the term for the bullied kid who delivers bread and sandwiches to the bullies?

texts: I think it's a designated term for this kind of character. Usually they use their own money to purchase foods during lunch in a school setting for the bullies.


texts: Is "Snow White with Red Hair" manga available in color?

texts: Is Snow White with the Red Hair manga available in colour? Or is it only in black and white?


texts: I was just re-watching the anime and it seems like Kyon is only a nickname. Are we ever told what his real name is? Maybe from the light novel? And how come Kyon has such a nickname? Does it have any meaning?


texts: How important is transmutation circle pattern?

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It is clear, that transmutation circle in FMA plays significant role for transmutation result. I really doubt, that, for example, Isaac McDougal can use Mustang's circle for water transmutations, and vice versa. But during Brotherhood series, there several example of usage of same transmutation circle for different goals.

First example - Alphonse circle. For instance, aside of creating things such as cage for Paninya, in Liore he also manages to fix radio (which is fairly complex device) with same circle.

Another example is Roy Mustang, who was able to use his circle for at least two really different transmutations - his common attack with burning oxygen in air, and dissipating water to hydrogen and oxygen during first encounter with Lust under fifth lab.

So, question is - how important is pattern of circle, and is there any hints, what variety of transmutations are allowed with single circle?


texts: What is a 通信{つうしん} from a manga publisher?

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I found this page with a short list of 通信{つうしん} from the publisher Tosuisha for its magazine Ichiraci, and I was wondering what exactly 通信 are. Here's an example cover of one:

There are several people listed as working on different sections in each book, the sections being

表紙 (cover page)
描下し２Pまんが (2-page manga)
キャラインタビュー (character interview)
燃えよ☆萌魂 (moeyo ☆ moetama)
キャラ日記 (character's diary)
すぺしゃる４コマ (special 4-koma)

The page also mentions exchanging Ichiraci back issues for points of some kind. (配布終了後のバックナンバーは、１１号～１８号まで各 ２ポイント で交換出来ます♪)

Does anyone know what exactly these are? I would assume they're some sort of mini-booklet distributed every month or so with special features of some sort for currently-running manga, but I'm hoping that someone else knows more.


texts: Why do cross-dressing characters like Hideri Kanzaki usually have high voices?

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I see that in many Animes, there are cross-dressing (or maybe trans) characters, like Hideri Kanzaki of Blend-S, and they usually have awfully high-pitched voices.  These characters in anime and manga fall into a trope and are usually referred to as "trap characters."

Why do these characters even have high-pitched voices?

I can't think of any character that falls into this trope and has their voice fall into a lower, typically male, voice register.


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In episode 20 of Tokyo Ravens...

   Natsume dies. At the beginning of episode 21, Hokuto (who is Natsume's familiar) appears to dissolve or vanish or something like that. However, in episodes 21 and 22, Touji is seen riding Yukikaze (her horse). Given that Yukikaze is also Natsume's familiar, why didn't Yukikaze vanish?


texts: Is there any reference which confirms that Meruem is much more powerful than Hisoka?

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In the Hunter X Hunter anime, Meruem is said to be (arguably) the strongest character in the series. However while reading about Hisoka, I found that he once thought to challenge Ging to a battle to death, which seems astonishing because Netero once said that Ging is one of the five best Nen users in the world.

Is there any reference (either in the manga or in the anime) that conclusively says that Meruem is far more powerful than Hisoka?

Note: In the anime, Neferpitou's aura is reported to have much more murderous intent that both Hisoka and Illumi's, but I don't know whether it necessarily implies that Hisoka is weaker than Meruem.


texts: In the Made in Abyss manga, why does Bondrewd sometimes refer to Prushka with the formal "anata" and sometimes with the intimate "kimi"?

texts: I was looking through some raws and I noticed that Bondrewd consistently uses "kimi" when talking to others, but there are a few cases where he uses "anata" with Prushka. Looking through more raws, I also noticed that he used "kimi" in the beginning, but changed to "anata" later. What does this mean?


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In Episode 1 of Amanchu!, Hikari states that her nickname is Pikari. In the English subtitles, she offers this explanation

  Hikari: Due to my overly peppy nature, people in junior high called me "Peppy Hikari", "Peppykari", and finally just "Pikari".

Where does this name come from in the original Japanese?


texts: What caused the scars on Black Jack's face?

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Recently, I started Black Jack. I've watched up to episode 8 and I am going to watch the rest of it soon.

So far, there's no story about what caused the scars on Black Jack's face. In addition to the scars, he has some stitches and sutures as well.

Is the origin of these scars and such explained during the rest of series?


texts: Is the Yuri on Ice anime shounen ai? I want to watch the anime but it gives me yaoi vibes. I'm not a big fan of yaoi, so I want to know if it is a yaoi.


texts: How can Racer travel great distance in short amount of time?

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Sawyer, aka Racer of the Oracion Seis is shown to be very fast in melee combat and seems to almost teleport.

However, later his power is explained to be

   Slowing Magic: a time-affecting Magic, changing the way its targets perceive time, and thus making it appear for them that Sawyer is moving around at unholy speed, allowing him to attack freely before they get a chance to counter. Thus objects originating from outside his range keep their original speed.

How does he then travel great distances in short amount of time, the most prominent example being,

  Brain ordering him to retrieve a casket which contains Jellal's body.

How does he travel such great distances?


texts: In which episode of the anime did Aokiji (Kuzan) and Akaino (Sakazuki) fight?

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Coz' it wasn't revealed in the anime. I want to watch the fight between Kuzan and Akainu again, or maybe I missed that episode.

In which episode of the anime did Kuzan and Akainu fight?


texts: What is the song that play while gon use jajanken?

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What is the song that play while gon uses Jajanken in greed Island arc???
I don't know exactly but it is a track that is played when he uses the full power jajanken against Razor in Soufurabi.. while playing Dodge ball...


texts: Did Vegeta ever called Goku his earth name "Goku" in Japanese dub?

texts: I recalled that Vegeta once said "Goku" in episode 72 of English dub. Does Vegeta said his earth name "Goku" in Japanese dub too? How many times did Vegeta said "Goku" throughout the series? And when is it?


texts: Why do Kurama and Gyuki appear as chakra while other bijuu don't?

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In Naruto, Kurama (the Nine-tailed bijuu) appears as chakra, as does Killer B's bijuu, Gyuki.

Other bijuu, however, don't appear that way. What is different between them?


texts: Is there any canon source for Sora no Otoshimono?

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In the anime, it says that Ikaros Apollon can destroy a country several times throughout the manga. Her shield is strong enough to contain the blast. Hephaestus, her cannon was created to be an anti-weapon and one slight mistake could lead to the destruction of the planet.

Is there any canon source that shows if this is true because the anime sometimes contradicts itself?


texts: Who is this white-haired girl figurine wearing a black-and-white grid skirt?

texts: What anime is this character from? Or what is their name?


texts: Can Byakuya overcome Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu as easy as he overcomed Koga since both of them are based on illusion?

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Byakuya breaks free and readies himself against Kōga, who is
determined to use his illusions on Senbonzakura as well. Before he can
attempt to do so, Byakuya activates his Bankai, Senbonzakura
Kageyoshi, and uses Senkei, which Byakuya notes will allow him to
overcome Kōga's illusions because his blades will always find Kōga.
The two clash evenly several times until Kōga uses his Spiritual
Threads to bind Byakuya once more. However, Senbonzakura has several
Senkei blades rain down and cut the threads, to Kōga's surprise.
Byakuya attacks him, but Kōga moves out of the way and wonders how
Byakuya can be so powerful. Though Byakuya and Senbonzakura explain
how their working in unison allows them to unleash their full power,
Kōga refuses to listen and proclaims his greatness was never
acknowledged.
[Bleach anime; Episode 252]

If Byakuya's Senkei will always find illusion based shinigami, does that mean he can overcome Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu illusion just as easily with his Bankai? The war would be so much simpler with Byakuya, wouldn't it? Or there is something different with how Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu work?


texts: Why Gowasu didn't foresee that Zamasu will turn rogue?

texts: If Gowasu can really travel to future at any point of time, why didn't he foresee Zamasu turning rogue in the first place?. He could have foreseen this even at the time of choosing Zamasu as his apprentice?


texts: Is there any physical difference between Gohan in base form and Gohan in mystic form?

texts: The only physical difference I've ever seen between Gohan in base form, and Gohan in mystic form, it's a radiance he displays for a second in the Battle of Gods movie when turning into mystic form. Aside of this minimum difference, is there any other change in his appearence when he is in base form compared to when he is in mystic form?


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In Bleach chapter 673 it says that Juha is Ichigo's true father, so with his mother also being a Quincy,

...where did Ichigo get his shinigami powers from? (Up until this chapter, I thought he got his shinigami powers from Isshin.)


texts: Did Vegeta and Bulma really get married in Dragon Ball?

texts: I know that Bulma keeps calling Vegeta her husband but till now I haven't seen any proof that both of them are married. Vegeta wouldn't usually make time for such things. Are they really married or are they in a relationship?


texts: Why are the majority of characters named after car manufacturers?

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Most of the character's last name comes from a car manufacturer. Acura is a luxury car manufacturer under Honda. Gaz is a Russian car manufacturer. There are others like this such as Trabant, Lancia, Arbath, Dodge, Calloway, etc.

Has the author given his reason for this naming convention?


texts: What is the OST at episode 156 of Naruto Shippuden at 4 minute mark?

texts: What is the music in Naruto Shippuden episode 156, "Surpassing the Masters", at the 4 minute mark? I've also heard it at the end of episode 151. It has a bit of banjo and violin.


texts: Why do some page contain a rough sketch?

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First of all, I have to say I read this on some scanlated site. But there are quite a few page that look unfinished.

Here are some of the rough page I found. Top pictures, From Historie 80 and 94. Bottom Pictures, Historie 82, 96, and 97. (Click to enlarge pictures)

Noticed that the building on first panel are finished but on second panel it was just a rough shadow drawing. If they want a shadow building they can do it better.

At first all panel are finished but later, probably after chapter 80, they begin having unfinished drawing. Hitoshi Iwaaki other manga series Parasyte doesn't have this kind of drawing style.


texts: Why did Suzaku laugh at the end of episode 17 of Code Geass R2?

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Near the end of episode 17 of Code Geass R2, we see Suzaku suddenly laughing. There's even a meme about that:

I don't quite get it. What made him laugh?


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In Spell of the Unknown we are told that Molly's mother disappeared some time before the film. At the end of the film, Spencer appears with a woman who has a similar sort of hat to what Molly's mother has in the photograph.

After seeing them, we see Molly mouth something (sorta looks like Mama) and rush into the woman's arms. Given how much Molly loves her mother he can probably assume this is her actual mother and not some woman who would become Molly's step-mother.
But then what happened to Molly's mother that would cause her to disappear before the film, and then all of a sudden be found at the end?


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I've been building a list of the shoujo ai/yuri manga & light novels so that I can have an idea of where to get them and how much does they cost. On Seven Seas Entertainment's site, they have a yuri tag

While not shoujo ai/yuri, when I added K-On, I was reminded about Yen Press, but there's no tag system on their website. When I do a search for "yuri", I only get Eclair. Under sub-genres, they have "Gay & Lesbian", but looking up "lesbian" returns nothing (since I'm not looking for shounen ai/yaoi).

Where can I find a list of Yen Press shoujo ai/yuri titles? This way, I can search the title up on Yen press to find where I can buy it.

Note: If Eclair is actually the only shoujo ai/yuri title Yen Press has localized, then a resource is still useful in case searching for "yuri" on the site fails later on.


texts: In parasyte the maxim, what is the name of end song and the name of the conflict song in the middle of the show?

texts: I am talking about the song that happens whenever shinichi and migi fight a parasyte. In episode 17, the organ song name at 6:35. Thanks


texts: How/when did Rukia and Renji find out about Ichigo's inner hollow, and did everybody else know around the same the same time too?

texts: How is it that Rukia and Renji knew about Ichigo's inner hollow during the Arrancar arc despite Ichigo not mentioning anything about it to either of them, and how long have they known? I'm also wondering as to who else would have known about it around that time as well (besides the obvious people like Urahara, Yuroichi, and Ichigo's father)?


texts: I may have missed this in the manga somewhere, but what does W.I.S.E. stand for in Psyren?


texts: Where does the Future Boy Conan movie fit in?

texts: Future Boy Conan is a 26 episode TV series and a hour or so long movie. Where does the movie fit into the TV series? Is the movie a retelling of the series? Is it a side-story or a sequel?


texts: Did Dante ever activate his devil trigger in the anime?

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Throughout the 12 episodes of the Devil May Cry anime, Dante never (or never clearly) activated his devil trigger where he turns into his more powerful devil forms. We can tell that the Anime takes place after the events of the 1st and 3rd Devil May Cry games since Dante is already acquainted with Lady and Trish, so Dante should have already long been able to activate his Devil Trigger. In the anime, it seemed there was barely ever a need for Dante to use his devil trigger as most of his enemies were able to be defeated with his fighting skills even as a human. In the last episode though as the final blow was being dealt to the hosted Demon Abigail we get a closeup of Dante's eye as a flash of red light/energy fills the screen.

Similarly in video games, a flash of red light appears as Devil Trigger activates. However, Dante's physical features should completely change into a more demonic appearance such his skin turning black and eyes glow a yellow color. Dante's sword Rebellion is able to create waves of red energy so it's possible it could be just this. So did Dante really activate his Devil Trigger in the final episode of the anime?


texts: So Metal Bat is capable of doing a swing which destroys a building. For doing such a swing he would need an incredible strenght and for having that strenght he would need a very hard body (arms and fits included). What does the bat add here? Does Metal Bat need his bat for being more powerful? Has he ever been shown fighting without the bat and being very powerful too?


texts: I don't recall his mother being mentioned so far in the anime. Is there any info on her status/location?


texts: What is this sheet Toshinou Kyouko is using?

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While I was looking for a cute image to post in the chat room, I came across this image

I remember in Season 2 Episode 8 - Chinatsu Unrivalled (I think), Toshinō Kyōko gets everyone to help her with her doujin work by doing some shading. From what I remember, they place the darker sheet on top of the outlined doujin pages.

So what exactly is this sheet? What is it used for? Is it something doujin artists use to supplement what a professional would use, or is it used by professional mangakas as well?


texts: In High School DxD, what does a demon gain by forming a contract with the summoner?

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In High School DxD, the demons need to make a contract (a contract is formed after a demon fulfilled his/her purposes of the summoner) with someone to gain something.

What does a demon gain by forming a contract with the summoner?


texts: What's the name of this piano theme in My Hero Academia?

texts: What's the name of the piano theme that plays when Sero and Kirishima make fun of Bakugou's hairstyle from Best Jeanist?


texts: Song from Tokyo Ghoul, Season 3, Episode 4

texts: The soundtrack starts when Juzu enters the Auction, attacks the ghouls and then looks up at the Madam (duration 09:44-10:52)


texts: What does "Elohim, Essaim... Elohim, Essaim I implore you" mean?

texts: In episode 4 of Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (Your Lie in April), Kaori says a prayer "Elohim, Essaim... Elohim, Essaim I implore you" before the performance. What does it mean?


texts: Do manga artists draw their comics by hand or use computers?

texts: In the Bakuman manga, the authors show that the manga artists create a manga without using any technology like computers. Is that how the mangas are drawn?


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In Granblue Fantasy episode 4, the villain accuses the general populace of forgetting their goddess, to which he has provoked into causing a problem (I left it vague to keep out the spoilers).

How does a society "forget" living and active gods and goddesses?  In many works of art, I see that they old religion gets replaced by a new one.  Sometimes that new one is monothiestic.  I see no evidence of that in Granblue.


texts: I'm looking for an anime/movie that involved a plot with 2 boys and 1 girl. Had a piano. Something about different dimensions?

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This was either a short anime or animated movie.

3 main characters, as far as I remember. I remember that out of the 2 boys, one was a boy who was from a different planet(dimension?). He played the piano and it had strange effects on those around him. The other boy was human. The human boy and the girl were friends. This anime probably had a school setting.

I remember there being a lot of scenes involving the alien boy going into another dimension where there was always a bed(?) that he talked to. The boy's mission was probably (not sure!) to bring humans back to his home planet...

In the end, the 2 boys decided to leave earth so that alien guy could return to his home and the girl was left behind. As soon as the boys left, the girl lost all her memories about them.

Have been searching for ages now, but I always get Piano no Mori as a result back and that's not it.

Thanks for your help!


texts: Are all the character designs of "King's Raid: Successors of the Will" anime deliberately inferior to the game characters?

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I feel the character designs of the anime adaptation of King's Raid: Successors of the Will is much inferior both in terms of attractiveness and quality.
Is it deliberate to show the transcendence of characters as they become more powerful like there is a different costume for every power level in the game? Or is it just bad animation?


texts: What should a university-level course about manga and anime culture cover as part of its curriculum?

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This question is not asking about a course that teaches how to create manga or anime, but a curriculum of a course similar to English literature. Such course would teach the history and culture of anime and manga by studying representative works of different periods and genres and their cultural and social impact.

The answer should consider the following:

No previous manga and anime exposure nor Japanese language required.
The course should take one or two semesters (8-16 weeks). Each week, students should spend 3-4 hours at school weekly and some additional time doing homework.
The format of the course should be lectures + seminars, where lectures take form of presentations by the lecturer and seminars consist of reading, watching and analyzing selected works. Homework should be just about reading and watching the selected works to prepare for seminars.
The course would probably be best suited for online education, but that should not be a limiting factor for the answer.

After finishing the course, the students should:

know what anime and manga is, where it began and how it become popular
have watched and read the most notable examples works in anime and manga (not necessarily full series)
understand different periods, genres and styles of both anime and manga
catch the obvious references to the anime and manga classics in other tv shows, movies and books and graphic novels
be able to select manga and anime for themselves that they could read/watch and enjoy

What format should be given in the answer?

A syllabus of the course
Each week's description should have a title (such as: "History of Manga and Anime" or "Miyazaki's work and influence") and description itself, a short paragraph and notable recommended works to read and watch.

Existing courses

The following courses can serve as an inspiration:

https://www.coursera.org/course/comics


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Who are Rock Lee's, Tenten's and Hinata's parents?

In the show, they don't show a lot of parents. I used to think that Might Guy was Lee's father or a relative of some sort.


texts: How Can so many weapons from Saito's world exist in Halkeginia?

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Saito went to Halkeginia from a portal that appeared in front of him in normal world:

At the time of the summoning, he had just picked up his laptop after attempting to get it repaired in Akihabara.
Walking home a portal of some kind opened in front of him; and Saito's
curiosity getting the better of him, he touched it and was sucked
through.

After this, he traveled to Halkeginia and become Louise's familiar.
But this portal only appeared at Saito's world because Louise used The Summoning spell, to summon a familiar (destiny?). At that time, nobody knew that Saito's world even existed.
So, how can be explained all other stuffs from his world that appeared in Halkeginia? Like all those weapons and airplanes used by him:

SIG Sauer P226

M72 LAW

A6M Zero fighter

Mitsubishi-F-2A

Flak 88 anti-aircraft/anti-tank gun

I didn't read their manga/novels, is it better explained there?
(Weapon names and images taken from this Wiki).


texts: What was Gin Ichimaru plotting when he encountered Ichigo at the Hakuto Gate?

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After the Captain's meeting in Episode 24, Sosuke Aizen asks what Gin Ichmaru was planning and that he "wont get away with it" and to "not underestimate me". given the context at that point in the series it would put suspicion on Gin for being the grand mastermind behind the strange events concerning Rukia and her execution as what Aizen brought to Renji's attention previously.

But considering it was Aizen who was the mastermind this alters the context and that Aizen appeared to be threatening to punish Gin himself as if Gin encountering Ichigo and letting him live undermined Aizen's plans.

Also he knew very well that Ichigo was still alive because he waved them goodbye just as the gate shut and by letting him live would then risk Rukia's possible release before the Hohyoku was retrieved.

So what was Gin plotting when he encountered Ichigo at the Hakuto Gate?


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In the end of Denkigai no Honya-san there is a short scene with a bunch of Uma's employees and the main guy doing the morning drill with them, repeating the standard shopkeeper phrases such as "Welcome, dear customer", "Thank you for your purchase", etc.

From the short frames near the advertisement cut, it can be seen that the Uma store is several stories high and pretty big on the outside. But we only see the inside of the section where the main characters work. That last scene shows that there are a lot more employees in the store and that they work in sections divided by other topics. It seems like there are sections dedicated to items intended for adults.

What is the topic of the section we see? What are the topics of other sections? Also is there a name for such big manga stores?


texts: Is there any indication that Gon will get his nen back?

texts: If he can't that essentially renders the main character useless right. Also if he gets his nen back do you think he'll get a different type since he came back from almost being dead. Is there any chance he'll get a different nen nature.


texts: What is this anime or manga about "Leben Nicht"?

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I'm not sure what it is or what it's called. The title seems to be in Russian but that got me nowhere... All it says is "Leben Nicht" at the top followed by "168cm" and "47kg".

It shows a girl with white hair next to a girl who I guess is her except the white-haired version almost looks like she went through a Frankenstein surgery with her skin having scars and such. It looked interesting to me but I can't find it anywhere. It had Japanese writing but I don't read Japanese.

Does anyone know what this anime or manga is?


texts: Is Dekomori meant to say "desu" or "death"?

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Watching Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai, I noticed Dekomori has one of those anime character speech patterns. In her case, she ends every sentence with "desu". That I understand, but then I noticed that some subtitles would translate her "desu" to the English word "death".

My question is, is she saying one or the other, or is it just a translator reading into her mannerism/personality too much?


texts: What's the music from Naruto Shippuden in episode 175/500

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What is the name of the song in episode 175, in which the naruto ends a prayer at Jiraya's grave?
And this song also appears in episode 500, when the naruto asks Iruka to be his father at his wedding?


texts: Why are level 0 espers considered espers if they have no powers at all?

texts: Supposedly level 0 espers have no powers at all. Are they any different to humans then? Are they supposed to have latent powers or something?


texts: What is the song playing in episode 453 of Naruto Shippuden at 16:15?

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In episode 453 of Naruto Shippuden, there's a song playing at 16:15.

What is this song?


texts: Why are "Release" and "Freed" used for the first generation wife images?

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After you marry your chosen girl (or choose one but have the other two fully in love with you apparently), you're given a movie called "[WIFE] Release" and an image based on that move called "[WIFE] Freed" (maybe the other way around) with "[WIFE]" being Linda, Routier, or Sayane.

Now, I don't really understand why they use the wording because:

   Linda, Routier and Sayane die with Sieg at the end of the First Generation.

I'm wondering: Is this because of a bad translation from Japanese, or is there some innuendo in which "freed" and "release" may mean "to conceive a child" considering what the images and movie actually represent?

NOTE: I know this is a game, but I have learned that questions to some games, particular ones which are like a visual novel, tend to get answers here rather than on Arqade if they're not directly related to gameplay (such as questions about the story).

UPDATE:
I've been playing Agarest: Generations of War; in Zero, I got the marriage and a "Sealed" image from an event of the heroines from the first generation of Agarest: Generation of War. I thought that how they used "Sealed" was in the same way as "Release" and "Freed"; however, it does make sense to use "Sealed" in Agarest: Generations of War.

   The First Generation Heroines (and most likely other generations but the last) are sealed up with their husband in the Pillar.

However, while it makes sense to use "Sealed" in Agarest: Generations of War, it still doesn't make sense to use "Release" and "Freed" in Agarest: Generations of War Zero 'cause they aren't freed or released.

   Of course, while Linda, Routier, Sayane, and Sieg return when you enter the Boundary Plane, you can only get to the Boundary Plane if you get the True Ending and they are still dead.


texts: Why did Kate's pendant become a key, when it is shown as a locket before?

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In episode 7 of the second season (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai NEXT released 2013), Maria-chan gave Kobato-chan a present. It was a key necklace similar to hers. Kate – Maria's elder sister – told Kodaka that on her birthday she had received a locket necklace from Maria, while Kobato received a matching key necklace. During that scene, Kate's necklace was exposed to be a locket.

However, in episode 11 (not very sure) Kate was exposed to have a key necklace. Why is she wearing the same necklace as that of Maria?


texts: What will I miss if I start watching Naruto from episode 26 (recap episode)?

texts: I want to go through the story as fast as possible so I can watch Shippuden. I watched some of it when I was a kid but I forgot almost everything. However, episode 26 shows the recap, so will I miss anything important if I start there?


texts: In the real world, can a network of compromised computers break encryption in parallel?

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In the Bloody Monday Manga, in Chapter 3, the protagonist hacks several computers and uses P2P technology as a front to force them to decrypt a certain file.

Can this also be applied in the real world, and has such an event actually happened before?


texts: Is there any serious romance in No Game No Life?

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I know the genre of this anime, however after watching "Your lie in April" and "Plastic Memories" in a row, I feel I need to tread very very lightly before watching a new anime, as they had a significant emotional impact on me.

So, is it romantic is there a serious romantic theme. Or is it more aimed at funny and/or sarcastic relations (lighthearted romance), such as in D-frag or Prison-school?

If possible I would like to avoid the more serious romantic/drama series for now.


texts: Is there a superstition about good anime series having character(s) that run in the ED?

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At the end of the Carnival Phantasm: HibiChika Special, Kohaku (Koha-Ace ver.) mentions that there is a superstition where good anime all have people running in the ending animation.

Does this superstition actually exist? If so, how true is this superstition? Where did it first start?


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It's not like I like tsunderes or anything, I'm just interested in anime history okay?!

I just happened to be on the site, so don't get the wrong idea!

Geez, j-just tell me who the first tsundere was already, Baka!

EDIT: For clarification, I'm looking for the first known character that expresses tsundere qualities, rather than the first character that was labelled tsundere.


texts: How many times Len Kagamine die in all of his PV's? I have been searching the answer for this question for a long time.


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Is the abnormal rain only in Tokyo? Is it all over Japan? World wide? Does it follow Hina?
I don't think it's world wide, or the consequences would have been much greater.
On the other hand we see sea level rising a lot, flooding Tokyo. Shouldn't water just "flow" and rise almost evenly everywhere? Does it imply that everywhere in the world the seas have risen?


texts: Why is the boot camp for the Survey Corps 3 years long? Because Japanese High School?

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At the ends of s01e02, the recruits are given a speech when joining the Survey Corps by Keith Shadis, and he says that they will be training for 3 years before they are expected to fight any Titans.

Why does it take 3 years to train a Survey Corp member?  That seems like a good deal for all the refugees and should have caused their ranks to swell, especially with the now overflowing motivation of urgency.  Three years of food and housing is nothing to sneeze at in those conditions.

For reference, most modern militaries have boot camps at most a few months long.   US military boot camps range from 6 - 13 weeks depending on the branch of the service. Advanced non-infantry job training may take longer.  Modern special forces may go through a number of schools after basic training, but still less than 3 years worth.  Historically, boot camps were much shorter and less organized.

Three years seems like an especially long time for a para/military boot camp, though it does correspond to the length of time in attendance at a Japanese high school, which is also a common setting for anime.  Is this more than a coincidence?


texts: What is the violin soundtrack that plays in episode 47 when Gon receives Ging's tape?

texts: What is the soundtrack (probably violin) that plays in episode 47 of Hunter x Hunter 1999 when Gon receives Ging's tape?


texts: Why do anime and manga use the same faces?

texts: Many shows use the same face template throughout.  Why do they use this?


texts: Why can Naruto use Rasengan more than Kakashi using Chidori?

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Shinobi using Rasengan can often use it more times in a battle as compared to a shinobi using Chidori. Kakashi on one hand, could only use Chidori upto a maximum of four times a day in Part 1. Naruto, however, even when he is using Shadow clones (meaning that he would have only a fraction of the chakra he normally has) still has no trouble using the Rasengan more than that and still have plenty of chakra.

The Rasengan is almost equally, if not more, powerful than the Chidori. So the Rasengan should require the same or more amount of chakra than the Chidori.  Naruto is also said to be very inefficient in using jutsu. So even though he has more chakra than Kakashi, his Rasengan would be less efficient than Kakashi's Chidori.
I do not believe that Naruto chakra levels are so vast, that even with the use of shadow clones and being inefficient while using jutsu, he can use it multiple times while still retaining plenty of chakra.

So why can Naruto use the Rasengan more than Kakashi using the Chidori?


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Which song was played in Naruto Shippuden episode 378 at about 20:00?

I can't find the song. Please help me.


texts: Why did Madhouse list Korean staffs in English on their credit?

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The closing credits of the anime series No Guns Life include credits to staff members of the Korean studio DR movie.

(screen shot from Funimation, No Guns Life episode 1, @22:10)

On other series I have noticed that, when non-Japanese staffers are given credit, it has been in the language of those people.  So I would have expected the credits for them here to be shown with the Korean alphabet, not the Latin one.

Is there a reason Madhouse (the primary studio) chose not to credit them in Korean?  Incidentally, when I was researching this, I learned that Madhouse is a partial owner of DR movie.


texts: Did Weed from Legendary Moonlight Sculptor ever meet Prina's friend from planting in Valley of Death quest?


texts: Did Ash forget that Pikachu can use Volt Tackle?

texts: This is really disappointing. XY ended, but Pikachu did not use Volt Tackle a single time in the whole series, not even once. Did Ash start using Electro Ball so often that he forget about such an important move of Pikachu?


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In the show Valvrave the Liberator, there's a secret agent of the Dorssian military named "L-elf Karlstein", who seemed to belong to a group of other "gifted" members of the Dorssian military. L-Elf seems to be able to see certain sequences of events in the future and be able to predict them (for example, to Haruto) in an almost Nostradamian way, yet during combat, he can clearly strategize a winning plan and even calculate the number of total loses correctly.

Is L-Elf clairvoyant with some sort of super-human powers? Or is he just really, really, smart?


texts: An old anime where the protagonist stabs his eye to counter hypnosis and later on receives a bionic eye that can control vehicles

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I can't remember the name of an anime I watched a long time ago (approximately 20 years). In this anime the main antagonist is a woman who can hypnotize people by getting naked and then drawing out some eye projectors and when people look at these projectors they go insane. I remember two main scenes from this anime, I hope this can help.

In the first scene, two people look at a security camera, then the woman stands in front of the camera and manifests her eye projectors. Then one of the two men goes insane and jumps off the building and dies.
In the second scene, the main protagonist drives in his car and then the woman jumps on top of a truck which is just in front of the protagonist's car. During the time the woman manifests her eye projectors, the main protagonist stabs one of his eyes so that he won't get hypnotized. I remember that after that the main protagonist's eye is replaced with a powerful bionic eye which gives him some super unnatural powers where he can control distanced vehicles by using mind control.

Thanks in advance for anyone who is willing to help.


texts: How did Isaac and Miria became immortals?

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In one of the final episodes, Chez notices Isaac is immortal when he's trying to save him from falling off the train.
Isaac also got shot, and beaten down.

However, he didn't drink the "sake" he and Miria stole from the mob, did he?

How did he and Miria became immortals?


texts: Why did Guts touching Griffith activate the Beherit?

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Why did Guts have to touch Griffith to activate the Beherit?
It seems that the band of the hawk was already at the nexus point.  Wouldn't the ceremony begin when they were all near Griffith?  In both the movies and the 90s anime, there wasn't an exact explanation on why the touch was significant.
Why did it matter if Guts touched Griffith?


texts: What is the difference between Eldians and The Subjects of Ymir?

texts: In season 3 of Attack on Titan, what’s the difference between Eldians and The Subjects of Ymir?


texts: Why is Tokyo Ghoul's second season called √A?

texts: As the title says, why is Tokyo Ghoul's second season called √A?


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In the third volume of the Tsukihime manga, an illustration (possibly NSFW) of a number of female characters at a hot spring appears.

I can recognize most of the characters here. (Akiha stands outside of the bath with the twins Hisui and Kohaku; Arcueid is sitting on a stone surface, with Len at her feet; the girl left of Arcueid is Yumizuka; and Ciel is wearing her glasses.) However, I don't recognize the blonde character with green eyes or the brunette with a bathing cap.

Who are these two characters?


texts: How could the machine in Gantz manipulate life and death?

texts: In the anime Gantz, after you die, you're teleported to a special room where a black ball orders you to do some missions in order to continue your life. You can win special prizes with the danger of possibly dying again and only get revived by the exchange of points. How is this possible? How does this machine have power over life and death, and even the power of resurrection?


texts: During Vampire Knight (the first season) Yuuki shares a room with Yuri. During Vampire Knight Guilty, though, when they are all out for break, Yuuki's room only has one bed in it. Why isn't she staying in the dorm anymore? Where is she staying instead?


texts: What particular anime first showcased crossovers?

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Well, the question says it all.  I'm really interested in the idea of cross-overs in anime. I want to know which particular company or manga group artists started the idea of cross-overs and what particular anime(s) showed cross-overs (in anime history) and the characters involved in it.

As I have searched from Wikipedia:

  A fictional crossover (short: crossover) is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story. They can arise from legal agreements between the relevant copyright holders, unauthorized efforts by fans, or even amid common corporate ownership.

I think that defines cross-overs in anime as well 'cause anime and manga stories are mostly fictional, hence, may work the same way in the anime industry. Correct me if I'm wrong but the general idea I have about it is that they can only do cross-overs if they (anime characters and anime) are in the same company or copyright (e.g. Clamp).

So far, most of Clamp animes did cross-overs like the cross-over of the characters of Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits, Clamp School Detectives (same names and faces but with different roles) to Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle. Another is the popular cross-over of characters and even story of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, XXXHolic, Kobato and several Clamp-made animes (that I might have forgot to mention). Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle focuses in the cross-over ideas since they travel different worlds and meet the same people they met from the previous world they've been yet with different attitude and roles.

Another example I know is the cross-over of Lupin III (along Fujiko and others) in a Detective Conan movie, Lupin III VS Detective Conan. And Conan Edogawa's appearance in an episode of Yakitate! Japan (I'm not sure which episode it is). I don't know if Detective Conan, Lupin III and Yakitate! Japan are animes from the same company or copyright. Are they?

P.S. I hope this question won't be closed since this will really be educational for anime fans out there.


texts: Name of classification/trope of anime with advanced/ancient civilizations

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I would like to use "Laputa: Castle in the Sky" as an example, but the identifying features that I'm particularly interested in identifying are the ancient, yet advanced technological civilization(s) that left behind the city itself.

Is there a word or genre specifically describing the ancient yet technologically advanced civilization trope (specifically those more advanced than present day civilizations)?


texts: Does the detail in a manga affect the mangaka's payment?

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The series like Vagabond, Vinland Saga, Ichigo Mashimaro, Made in Abyss, Planetes, I am Hero, Gantz, Inuyashiki, and Yotsubato  have such a surrealist and detailed background style. Did they get paid more than a regular one? Or the wages for every chapter they made are same with the other mangaka?

"These" mangaka have put a lot of effort for like adding detail to the background and such, the character, the environment, and so. I know other manga had some detail for their own style like Akame ga Kill, Toriko, One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh! (in this context, the monster illustration in all of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards).

Compare it with "other mangaka", I thought they should get paid more but, but did they?


texts: Can Sharingan user have a pair of normal set of eyes transplant into them?

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We all know Mangekyo Sharingan will blind its user over time right? And the only way is to transplant a set of new eyes from a close Uchiha into them and gains Eternal Mangekyo.

*So, I'm wondering if the new set of eyes isn't from Uchiha bloodline. I mean , a normal person without kekkei genkai? What would happen then? *


texts: Can you protect People with the Death Note by writing their name in it?

texts: A person whose name is written in a death note is immune to all other death notes. Are they immune to a bullet to the head or eating an arsenic cream pie, too? If so, would they have a sort of "luck shield" that stops any potential causes of death from making it impossible to fulfill the death note entry, or would they just survive it?


texts: How old was Natsu when he was sent forward in time?

texts: I know Natsu was 7 (or so speculated) when the dragons left. I know he was sent forward in time when that happened. However why doesn't Natsu remember what the world was like 400 years ago? I mean I think he would notice a difference... even if he was only 7. Was his memory altered or something?


texts: Why did Funami Yui accuse Toshinou Kyouko of playing dirty?

texts: In episode 4 minute 1:35 to 1:45 of the Third season of Yuru Yuri, Yui accused Toshinou of playing dirty after she won against Ayano. From what I understand, they are playing bomberman-like game. What is dirty from Toshinou blowing up Ayano?


texts: Why does Sasuke consider Naruto to be his best friend?

texts: I don't remember exactly which episodes they were, but there were several points where Sasuke clearly indicates that he thinks Naruto is his best friend. Why is that? They never really come off as close friends - more as co-workers with a competitive spirit (and eventually straight up enemies). Sasuke always seems to be focused on Itachi rather than Naruto and constantly expresses jealousy for Naruto. I can kind of understand why Naruto would be so fixated on Sasuke (they have similar backgrounds and he is the first boy that Naruto can get to know and have constant interactions with) but Sasuke seems to show this fixation later when Naruto suddenly gets good. At no point does Sasuke ever treat him like a best friend or close person.


texts: How long can you manipulate a person with a Death Note?

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If you write die of disease with a specific disease's name and the person's time of death, there must be a sufficient amount of time for the disease to progress. If the set time is too tight, the victim will die of a heart attack after 6 minutes and 40 seconds after completing the Death Note.

Let's say Y has a Death Note. He also has Shinigami Eyes, and because he's a genius he can read in Shinigami time. So he wants to kill Z.

He writes:

  Z, bradykardie, dies of bradykardie at 11:59 on this date: 25.07.2062. Till he dies, he will always do whatever the person he knows as A tells him to do.

(Yes, Z is destined to die at the mentioned date.)

(A won't die, since he already wrote his own name in his Death Note.)

Would this work?


texts: Who are these characters referenced in chapter 4 of Spotted Flower?

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What are the characters referenced in the screenshot below, and what game(s) do they come from?

You can ignore the rest below - they are purely for informational purpose.

In chapter 4 of Spotted Flower1, in the scene where the granny suggests a name for the baby, she made references to the names of the girls in anime, and dating-sim games. Listing them in order of mention:

The surnames (Kaname, Miki, Tomoe, Sakura, Akemi) and then the first names (Madoka, Sayaka, Mami, Kyouko, Homura) of the 5 girls in Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Kaname Madoka (鹿目 まどか), Miki Sayaka (美樹 さやか), Tomoe Mami (巴 マミ), Sakura Kyōko (佐倉 杏子), Akemi Homura (暁美 ほむら).
The first names (Manaka, Rinko, Nene) of the 3 heroines in LovePlus: Takane Manaka (高嶺 愛花), Kobayakawa Rinko (小早川 凛子), Anegasaki Nene (姉ヶ崎 寧々).
Then the characters in the screenshot I put up, which I cannot identify.
Then the first name of 4 girls (Yui, Kyouko, Chinatsu, Ayano) from Yuru Yuri: Toshinou Kyouko (歳納 京子), Funami Yui (船見 結衣), Yoshikawa Chinatsu (吉川 ちなつ), Sugiura Ayano (杉浦 綾乃).

The protagonist noticed that the granny made sure to leave out Akaza Akari (赤座 あかり).

1 It is a story of a newlywed working otaku and his pregnant wife.


texts: What was the first time when Krillin witnessed Kamehameha wave?

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I remember watching the episode featuring the World Martial Arts tournament. In this particular episode Krillin was against Jackie Chan (Master Roshi). At a time Krillin kicks off Roshi out of the ring, but he flies back using Kamehameha and Krillin still shocked mutters that according of his knowledge only Goku and Master Roshi know this technique.

But I don't recall any incident in which he saw them performing this technique (or even mentioning).

Is there something I missing?


texts: Plot hole: Why couldn't Rukia and co. visit Ichigo with a gigai?

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After the Hueco Mundo arc:

   Ichigo has used up all of his shinigami powers to defeat Aizen so he will no longer be able to see spirits, including his shinigami friends.

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   They share a heartfelt goodbye thinking that they will never see each other again.

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But couldn't the shinigami come visit in gigai easily? I'm pretty sure Rukia had a thing for Ichigo, so it's kind of weird that she wouldn't come visit at all during the 18 months before Ichigo

   gets his powers back (duh).


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In Episode 29, the NPA tries to capture/kill Mello. Soichiro Yagami gets the Shinigami Eyes and tells Light that Mello's real name is Mihael Keehl. So, Mello escapes because Soichiro Yagami couldn't kill him. But didn't Light know Mello's face?

It's mentioned that no matter how exact the drawings are, you can't see the names of the person with the Shinigami Eyes. But Light knew Mello's name was Mihael Keehl, he also knew how he looked like because of that girl who draws Mello's and Near's faces.

Also, one of the first rules of the death note states:

  This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.

Light knew how Mello looked like. He also knew his name was Mihael Keehl.

Why didn't Light kill Mello?


texts: Why does Paragus look younger in DBZ Legendary SSJ compared to DBS Broly

texts: Like if you watched the old Broly (the first one) He looked way younger, and in the DBS version he looks very old. So does that mean Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo and Trunks minds where whipped clean?


texts: Why does Lupin III refer to Inspector Zenigata as To-chan?

texts: I have started watching the Lupin III TV series and I am partway through the second series. One thing I am confused about is why Lupin refers to Zenigata as To-chan? I thought "To" meant father and "chan" was a postfix for young girls or women. What does this nickname mean, and why does Lupin use it?


texts: Was Vegito SSJ1 or SSJ2 when fighting Buu?

texts: In the fight with Buu, when Vegito just transforms, we see electricity sparks surrounding him (typical feat of a super saiyan 2) but in the rest of the fight we see these sparks no more. Was Vegito a SSJ1 or a SSJ2 when fighting with Buu?


texts: Is there any anime series of Dragon Ball after Dragon Ball GT?

texts: I am a great fan of Dragon Ball, and I have watched almost every series and movies of Dragon Ball. However, I'm not sure if there is any other series after Dragon Ball GT.


texts: What was the token Kurumi was given before her duel supposed to mean?

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During the tournament, when it is her turn to fight against the scythe demon, he gives Kurumi a yellow round token she immediately links to Basara, and begins to worry about him, to the point her fighting skill is impaired and she loses the duel.

What is that token supposed to mean?


texts: Is Chapter 66 the last chapter of Rosario Vampire Season II manga?

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Is chapter 66 the true ending for Season II? According to Akihisa Ikeda, this chapter would be the last chapter and for three months I could not find any more pages after this. However, it seems it's still "to be continued" as mentioned on the page.

Is this the last page/chapter?


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Were the Heroic Spirits that powerful in their lives? Consider:

Some heroes had "reasonable" powers:

Fate Zero's Caster has a spellbook that granted him massive amounts of mana.
Fate Zero's Lancer had two magical lances.
Stay Night's Caster has a contract-breaking dagger.
Fate Zero's Assassin could split into several shadows (I think it's reasonable, as if it was just some sort of complicated spell).

But other heroes had ridiculous powers:

King Arthur's holy sword could shoot an epic anti-fortress beam.
UBW's Lancer's Gae Bolg did an anti-army explosion.
Gilgamesh's Ea was an anti-world weapon (whatever that means, but it destroyed Rider's reality marble).
Heracles could regenerate from death several times.

Was King Arthur's Excalibur really capable of such beam? Was Lancer's Gae Bolg really that destructive? Or were such attributes given when they were summoned by the Grail, based on their legends?

And also, there is the physical strength factor. Most heroes make holes in the walls and ground while fighting, and can jump great heights (in UBW, episode 1, I remember Saber jumped to the roof of Shirou's house, looking for nearby enemies).


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Regarding "Future Star" song:

Is it right that Kuriyama Mirai or Risa Taneda really sing "Future Star" in Kyoukai no Kanata anime by herself (and Nase Mitsuki of course)? Or somebody else did it?
Have they performed the dance in the live show at a concert too?


texts: Why didn't anyone find the explosion tags hidden in Konoha earlier?

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I am referring to the filler episode (Episode 200 of Naruto), where a Trap user named Gennō was on a mission to destroy Konoha by planting millions of explosive tags throughout the village while he disguised as a carpenter.

The tags were found 30 years after it was planted.
Why did they find it now?

Meanwhile in Konoha, there were the Hyuga clan who were Byakugan users. Why didn't they at least accidentally find one or two in millions of the explosive tags that were hidden in Konoha?


texts: Asking a ninja to hide in the ceiling and get pierced by a spear?

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In One Piece, Chapter 817: Raizou of the Mist, there's a scene right after Luffy and his crew first encounter Raizou, where they all start asking him to perform some stereotypical ninja techniques.

In this scene, many different characters have requests that mostly parallel Naruto and old Japanese lore, seen in this panel:

Zoro asks for a different request, asking that the ninja "hide in the ceiling and get pierced by a spear".

This is the part I'm most confused about; what kind of reference is Zoro making when he asks for the ninja to hide in the ceiling and get pierced by a spear?


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I just started watching the series and I'm about 4episodes in.

In episode 2 the shopkeeper old guy says:

   Since ancient times, coffee is the one thing that ghouls and humans can enjoy.

but in episode 4 when Touka got a piece of meat from a friend, she was in the bathroom drinking water and fighting to keep it in her body.

She didn't instantly vomit from the water but in episode 1 when the protagonist drank milk he did.

So based off of these observations, can ghouls actually drink water & coffee? And if so are there other dietary things that float along this median line of edibility among both races?


texts: Same story but different start(refer the body of Hyakkimaru)

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In Dororo(2019), Hyakkimaru is unable to talk because of the demon took part of his body. But in Dororo(1969), Hyakkimaru body is also been taken by the demon but he is able to talk.

Why? I see the story is wrote by the same person(Osamu Tezuka). Isn't Dororo(2019) is a remake version of the old one?


texts: What happen to Orochimaru and his team after the war ended?

texts: We all know Naruto has ended. But seriously, what happen to Orochimaru and his team, Suigetsu, Juugo, and Karin? What did Sasuke do to them?


texts: Instrumental music playing in season 1 episode 5 when Kaneki & co. fighting Tsukiyama?

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There's instrumental music playing in episode 5 of season 1 of Tokyo Ghoul at around 19:50 when Kaneki, Touka, and Nishiki are fighting Tsukiyama.

What is the title, and the name of the album if it exists?


texts: Is there any significance to the comment on madeleines?

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Towards the end of the last episode of Serial Experiments Lain, we see Lain have a brief conversation with her father. At the end of it, her father says:

  Lain, I'll make us some nice tea next time. Hey, with some madeleines! Definitely. They're great!

This seems to be a reference to Marcel Proust's "episode of the madeleine" in In Search of Lost Time. Assuming this is the case, is there any significance to this reference in relation to plot beyond the fact that (according to Wikipedia anyway - I haven't read Proust yet) in Proust, the madeleine is connected to a discussion of memory?

Given that this is followed (or follows, possibly) some comments on memory in the anime, it would make sense for this to be a "standalone" reference, but I'm wondering if there's any significance to this other than it just being a reference to a literary discussion of memory. (For instance, is there anything specific about Proust's discussion of memory that's also relevant in the context of SEL?)


texts: Why does censorship level differ between manga and anime?

texts: I have noticed that anime adapted from a manga heavily tone down the level of violence and "fanservice" (sometimes skipping them entirely). Why is the censorship level different between manga and anime? I assume they are bound by the same censorship laws, or is this not true?


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If a ninja student or genin use scientific ninja tools, can they match the jutsu made by upper ranks, such as chunin or jounin? How about matching a kage?
How powerful are the jutsu created with Scientific Ninja Tools? Does their power have a limit?


texts: When will the Fruits Basket reboot start airing?

texts: It will show this year, but when is the exact date it will air?  Funimation and the team in Japan have officially announced to a simulcast meaning the agreement make it together aired and was an effort to decide to decide what time  was aleady reviewed and decided.  My research was able to find that it appeared to be in an agreement for early April to begin.


texts: What is this bubble thing next to Marco's face?

texts: The white bubble thing coming out of Marco's mouth kinds of stands out. What is it?


texts: Is it explained anything about what turned the cellphone-microphone into a time machine? (not how it is operated)

texts: So they created a time machine with a microwave and a cellphone. As far as I've seen in the anime series, something it is explained about how to operate it, but do the characters ever explain something about what makes it work? Do they give any Physics related explanation about what made the microwave and cellphone capable of sending things into the past?


texts: Mewtwo being an artificial pokemon, how can it mega Evolve? Has the mechanics of Mewtwo mega Evolution been explained in the Genesect movie, game or any other canon?


texts: How many races exist in Nanatsu no Taizai?

texts: In Nanatsu No Taizai, at least 5 races are shown a primary role. Giants, humans, demons, fairies and goddesses. But other ones are shown such as Bang's adoptive father, a werewolf. How many races (in the sense of intelligent species) exist in Nanatsu no Taizai?


texts: What happened to the other androids in Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z?

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In Dragon Ball Z, we are well acquainted with Androids 16, 17, and 18. In addition, we met Androids 19 and 20 (Dr. Gero) before 16-18. There may have been mention of others, but they were not developed or mentioned much to the extent of my memory.

I also think that we were introduced to Android 8 in Dragon Ball (the episode where Goku is ascending up the Muscle Tower with a new foe on each floor, one of which was Ninja Murasaki who on finding himself outmatched, ordered Android 8 to fight Goku, if I remember correctly).

However, I do not remember any mention of Androids 1-7, 9-15, and 21+, if they exist. Do they exist? Do we ever find out or know what happened to them? Is it further discussed in the manga?


texts: Where in the manga does anime season 2 of Rosario to Vampire end? And are there any major differences in the plot between the anime and manga that are good to know about?


texts: What happened to the Steins;Gate 0 anime?

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I was waiting for another episode since the Okabe in Steins;Gate 0 wasn't shown to reunite with Kurisu.

Did Steins;Gate 0 really end? Are there any OVAs of this?


texts: In Overlord, would Enri survive resurrection given she's level 6 as of Volume 8?

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In Yggdrasil, a player loses 5 levels on death, so since Enri is a level 6, does that suggest she could withstand resurrection?

In the New World it's stated that resurrection costs vitality and without enough, the person would turn to ash. The person also has to be willing to be resurrected. With a high enough tier spell, I'm assuming that Enri could be brought back as she currently is, especially since she'd want to return to the goblins and the village. Is there any strong evidence that should wouldn't survive resurrection?


texts: How was Homura able to lure all of the magical girls into her labyrinth in Rebellion?

texts: Homura's witch's labyrinth was inside of her soul gem, and didn't actually occupy and physical space. How, then, were all of the magical girls and everybody else brought into her soul gem? How did everybody that was shown in her labyrinth get into it in the first place? Wouldn't they have to physically go there and get into her soul gem somehow? Were they just teleported there by Homura since she "willed them to be there"?


texts: Why didn't Dabura attempt to turn Buu to stone?

texts: In the DBZ episode Meal Time, why didn't Dabura even try to turn Majin Buu into stone? I'm not saying or implying it would have worked, but it seemed more likely to work than anything else he did.


texts: Could the Cowboy Bebop movie be set a few years after the series?

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THE DESCRIPTION HAS MANY BIG SPOILERS. You have been warned.

I have read many posts and reviews where it said that the creators of Cowboy Bebop intended the movie to be between sessions 22 and 23. There are a few questions on this site which ask specifically where the movie is placed chronologically with the series and people have placed emphasis on the fact that chronological order is not very important to most of the series…

   …and that the main reason the movie is said to be before 23 is because Ed and Ein are still with the Bebop in the movie, whereas in the series they leave soon after 23.

   Now it is a popular interpretation of the ending that Spike died and I don't want to start that debate (yet), but assuming he lives (and is just sleeping at the end like Watanabe semi-jokingly says in an interview only last year), I believe that the movie could be set after the events of the series, perhaps soon after or a few years, Ed and Ein are back, and Ed seems to return to places a few years after she leaves (as the matron at the orphanage on earth says).

Is there any evidence to back up this view?

   Also I request that anyone answering remember that my crucial assumption here is that Spike lives, so please try not to start that debate as I'm very aware many people believe he does not and often vehemently defend their view. Think of this as a hypothetical "if he lives, could the movie be set a while after the end of the series?"


texts: What is the music on season 3 episode 21 of My Hero Academia around 6:20?


texts: How did Araragi Koyomi lose his vampire powers in the Monogatari Series?

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Spoilers on Kizumonogatari below:

In Kizumonogatari, Oshino Meme says there is a way to keep Shinobu alive that would also stop her from eating humans. He says Araragi must almost kill Shinobu to do so, which turns her into a quasi vampire being. From what I understand that is how Shinobu lost most of her powers.

However, how did Araragi lost his vampire powers? He had just sucked Shinobu's blood a little earlier which made him more powerful and I don't see how almost killing Shinobu would make him lose his powers.

Also, why did Araragi stop wanting to eat humans?


texts: Why does Chris take the form of a rabbit?

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In Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha - ViVid Vivio's Intelligent Device Sacred Heart, AKA Chris, takes the form of a rabbit in Standby Mode while most other characters go something they can wear (ie. Nanoha's Rasing Heart necklace, Erio's Strada wrist watch, Shamal's Klarwind rings, Fate's Bardiche grove).

Why is this?


texts: What are the options for watching Sgt. Frog / Keroro Gunso after episode 78, subtitled or dubbed, without resorting to unlicensed copies?

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Funimation has released DVDs for Sgt. Frog covering episodes 1-78.  Everything I have read on-line leads me to believe Funimation will not be releasing any more episodes.

If those of us in the USA want to watch episodes 79-358 of this show subtitled in English (or dubbed, although I find that unlikely) what options are available?  I have seen a few DVDs with confusing titles like "Keroro Gunso 4th Season 6", but when they specify the region, it is region 2, and I don't think that will work in my home entertainment PC.

I am not interested in any answers relating to unlicensed copies or derivative works.


texts: Does Kefura red ki means something more?

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In Dragon Ball, when a fighter changes his ki color usually means a transformation. The only exception I remember for this are Vegeta's different ki colors like the lilac ki color when he makes the Galick Ho attack, or the yellow color he gets at some point when he first fought Goku, or the light blue color he got a couple of times.

Does Kefura's red ki means something more or did she just get that color because she was performing a strange attack?


texts: Does the Toradora OVA fit canonically in the main storyline?

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I only know about the anime, so I'm basing this question on that. Toradora's anime aired in 2009. In 2011, a side story OVA was released with the Bluray collection of the series, titled "The True Meaning of Bento" (Bento no Gokui).

This side story has little to do with the main plot, so in principle it can probably go in a lot of places in the story. However, I'm wondering if there's a canonical answer for when these events occured (or if they are intended to be canon at all). I don't know if anything similar happens in the light novels or if there has been official commentary on where it falls (preliminary searches all didn't turn anything up), but either of those would be sufficient for this question.

Is this OVA canon, and if so, when in the story does it occur?


texts: I know from this question that a death note could only belong to one person at a time, but I was wondering if the opposite was true--that one person could own multiple death notes. Could, say, that person go around killing the owners of death notes and stealing them in an effort to do something like own all of the death notes?


texts: Is Migatte no Gokui the same ability of moving without thinking, as Whis explained to Goku and Vegeta when training them?

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When Whis was training Goku and Vegeta, he told them they should try to acquire the ability of having each part of your body moving independently without thinking.

Was Whis talking about Migatte no Gokui, ability Goku got in the last episode?


texts: Who are the animators responsible for Madoka Magica?

texts: I'm curious who was responsible for the animation in Madoka Magica, especially the labyrinth  sequences. I can find information about the illustrators of the manga, but I'm wondering about the anime. I want to know if they were influenced by Bill Sienkiewicz, because I feel like I'm having a flashback to early New Mutants when I watch those sequences. Who are these animators?


texts: Is it common for Japanese school kids to live alone IRL?

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In so many animes, I have noticed that middle- and high-school kids live by themselves without any adults around to supervise. While this may serve as a useful plot device, I noticed that it happens far too often. Arima Kousei of Your Lie in April lives alone because his father is always out on business trips, Sakuta Azusagawa (Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai) and Kyon (Haruhi Suzumiya series) live with their younger sisters. Other characters of Haruhi Suzumiya like Yuki Nagato and Ryoko Asakura, both functionally human to that society, also live by themselves. Is that common in Japanese society?
[Having lived in multiple cities across multiple countries, I have never seen school kids living alone in houses like that. The best I've seen within the budget of older university students are single-room apartments or shared houses.]
Ideally, I'm looking for answers from people who have first-hand experience of school life in Japan. Answers based on studies and reports would be OK too, if you can translate the relevant information to English.


texts: When did Uchiha Madara actually bite Hashirama Senju?

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After reading this question, I realized that the time Madara acquired Izanagi, was the same time he got the DNA of Senju Clan from Hashirama. However, after an extensive review on their fight (Episode 626), I can't see where and when Madara bit Hashirama. It said in the wiki that:

"...To use Izanagi to its full potential, users must also have the genetic traits of the Senju, who are also descended from the Sage.."

Now, the question is when and where did Madara bite Hashirama?
How come Madara activated Izanagi (I assume on its full potential) just right after he acquired the flesh/blood from Senju?


texts: How are mangaka affected by Golden Week?

texts: This week, I was talking to friends and congratulating them for having Golden Week, but it turns out that despite it being Golden Week, they have to work their asses off even more than usual, just because it is Golden Week. So it made me wonder what kind of holiday it is and why some (eg: Manga writers) can take a break, while others cannot. What is celebrated on Golden Week and by whom?


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Killua is the Zoldyck with the highest potential, why didn't his familly teach him Nen?

Even as a kid he would definitely be able to learn it, at least the basic principles.


texts: Why Lelouch needs geass in his two eyes?

texts: In other question, it was clarified that Lelouch's two eyes Geass is to show the growing of Lelouch's Geass power and to stop his father's plans. what left of it to understand is, besides the "growing power" is there any difference in Lelouch's Geass demand power from before? I mean, in Mao case for example once his Geassh reached the limit and turned his two eyes he couldn't control it anymore, but in Lelouch case, we don't see any difference in the using of his Geass, so except the inevitable Geass growing power was there a difference in Lelouch's Geass using when he has 2 Geass eyes?


texts: What caused Charmeleon to become so disobedient to Ash?

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Early in the series when Charmander evolves to Charmeleon, almost right away it begins to disobey Ash and refuse to listen to him. this continued to Charizard who would lounge around and blast Ash with a fire breath until he was frozen in ice during Ash's travels though the Orange Islands and Ash stayed up all night trying to melt the ice.

from what i remember Charmander willingly went with Ash when it's trainer abandoned it and he was about to die from the rain. if i followed the game logic i could assume that it was because Charmander's Level went too high in comparison to what badges Ash had however....

there was no signs of disobedience until after the evolution
the 8th badge of any region allows full control no matter the level however Charizard was still disobedient even after Ash got Kanto's Earth Badge.

not to mention that the level control ability of another regions badges would be made obsolete for someone like Ash who gets badges from other areas

So what caused Charmeleon to become so disobedient to Ash?


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It's been bothering me for a while now, and it's mentioned against several times. Where do students in Academy City get their funds?

Do they get it from home, their parents? Does Academy City give out an allowance? How does it work? Was it ever mentioned?


texts: What were those Poneglyphs from the Alabasta arc?

texts: During the Alabasta arc when the crew was crossing the desert, Luffy, Zoro and Chopper fell down a hole which led to a big dome-like structure. In the dome, there was a huge stone with Poneglyphs written on it. None of them knew what it was much less its meaning. It was dismissed. What I'm wondering is if those Poneglyphs was important and whether or not it had some clues about the Void Century?


texts: When does the Bible come up in "Miss Bernard said"?

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Prior to watching the anime adaptation, I read descriptions of Miss Bernard said (Bernard-jou Iwaku) in MyAnimeList and the Fall 2016 chart linked to in the Anime.SE chat. Both mention that the Bible comes up in at least one conversation in the series. Despite this, I do not recall ever seeing a discussion of or an allusion to Bible in the anime shorts, which I found a bit disappointing — I would have liked to see how they approached the subject.

In this case, seeing that Bible was mentioned in the show description in the first place, it seems likely that it at least appears once in the manga. Am I correct, and if so, where does it appear? (Alternatively, did I overlook some details in the anime?)


texts: It was said that Kefla was strong enough to kill Ultra Instinct Goku when they fought. Also, a lot of power scalers in the Dragon Ball Community are saying Kefla is even stronger than Super Saiyan Blue Vegito from the Future Trunks arc. How is that possible?


texts: In one English dub (there are at least 3 IIRC), Piccolo says Raditz it's faster than the speed of light. But in the spanish dub, he doesnt say so. How about the original japanese dialogue and the manga? Does Piccolo say Raditz it's faster than the speed of light? Was Raditz faster than the speed of light?


texts: Has an anime ever come out before the manga was published?

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I got into a debate with a friend about whether or not it's possible for an anime to come out before its manga.

He claimed that there were several instances where the anime actually preceded the manga. Is this the case?

P.S.: I know that there are several anime without a manga. I also know that there are manga created from games. That's not what I'm asking. I'm asking whether or not there is a series where the anime came before the manga.


texts: In Howl's Moving Castle, Madame Soloman shows Sophie the "real Howl." When this happens, they're standing on the universe while these little shadows start to sing and dance. What does this have to do with the "real Howl?"


texts: In Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin what happens to the spirit if his 'owner' dies?

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If the owner of the spirit dies, can the spirit chose another human?
And what happens if the spirit and the human are separated?  Will it obey someone else and if yes, under what circumstances?


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During the Thriller Bark Arc Lola mentioned to Luffy that her mother is in the New World and indicates that she is a extremely powerful pirate. She even left Luffy a vivre card that if ever he runs into any trouble he could ask her 'Mama' to help him out.

Who could possibly be this extremely powerful pirate Lola's mother?


texts: Is there any biographical information available about Yoshihisa Tagami creator of Grey?

texts: In the late 1980's early 90's Viz media published Grey by Yoshihisa Tagami as well as another work of his, Horobi. Grey was later made into an anime and according to this site, he worked on some other manga and anime, but I have not been able to find any detailed information or interviews about the artist in English (or otherwise). I would like to find out if Tagami is still active in the manga universe.


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I know that Luffy got his scar on his chest from Akainu from How did Luffy get the scar on his chest?. As mentioned on the linked question, Luffy got his scar because his chest got burnt by Akainu's magma fist.

In the end, his wound was like a burnt wound, that means his skin was scorched.

When his burnt wound healed, why is his scar shaped like "X" like it was a wound of getting sliced by a sword? I thought the skin that was burnt will leave a scar like a "burnt wound's scar", not a "cut off" scar like that.


texts: During Frieza Saga, why weren't the other Saiyans like Goku's father be revived with their wish?

texts: During Frieza Saga in Dragon Ball Z, when they wished for everyone killed by Frieza and his men to be revived, why weren't the other Saiyans, like Goku's father and mother, be revived from the dead?


texts: Young boy protagonist with a sword containing a red stone on its hilt?

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It was in a modern day world with guns and wars, there was some kind of armed conflict going on.

The story was about seven powerful crystals or gems or rounded stones, each carried by a different person wielding it in a way that suits his fighting:

One of them had it embedded in his shield, it was green I believe
One of the characters also carried his stone around and played with cards
The main protagonist had it in the hilt of his sword I think

In one of the scenes the boy was shown to have been born with the stone in his hand.

By the end of the series they were trying to unite the power of the stones to defeat some kind of enemy.


texts: Could Goku, Vegeta or Trunks become super saiyan rosé by becoming a god of destruction or a kaioshin?

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In Dragon Ball Super, Goku was almost offered to be a god of destruction. I dont recall for Vegeta, but this might have happened to him also somewhere in the series  or the manga.

  According to the Dragon Ball Wikia, Super Saiyan Rosé (超スーパーサイヤ人じんロゼ
  Sūpā Saiya-jin Roze) is the Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan
  transformation of a Saiyan who is an actual deity, as such it matches
  Super Saiyan Blue in strength. This form can only possibly be accessed
  by Saiyans who have proper god status

so could Goku, Vegeta or Trunks become super saiyan rosé by becoming a god of destruction or a kaioshin?


texts: What is the significance (or lack thereof) of Nausicaa's broken sword?

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I just finished reading the first volume of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. There was a scene that confused me in an earlier part of the book. I don't remember the page numbers.

When Princess Kushana lands her gunship in the Valley of the Wind, Nausicaa rushes in and challenges one of the soldiers to a duel (essentially). After the situation is defused by Master Yupa, Kushana asks if she can see Nausicaa's sword. Nausicaa hands over her sword, Kushana admires it for a moment and then cuts it to pieces with her own sword. There doesn't seem to be much of a reaction from Nausicaa or her people when this happens and the fact that Kushana destroyed the sword is never mentioned again.

What I don't understand is, why is the act of Kushana breaking the sword not more significant? Apparently the sword was made of ohmu shell, which is supposed to be tougher than the ceramic blades used by most soldiers (evidenced when Nausicaa chips her ceramic blade on an ohmu shell in one of the first scenes of the book). Furthermore, ohmu shell swords must be incredibly rare, considering that Kushana (who is the princess of a large empire) would be carrying an "inferior" ceramic blade. Wouldn't that sword be like a family heirloom or something?

The only explanation that I can think of is that the scene is purely intended to set up what a badass Kushana is and that Nausicaa is not upset because it is a small price to pay to get the Torumekian forces to leave peacefully.

Note: I have only read the first volume, which ends shortly after Asbel gets shot down by Kushana's gunship. I don't care about spoilers if you need them in your answers, so fire away. I have not watched the anime either.


texts: Which episode to start watching One Piece from to see Ace and WhiteBeard getting involved?

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I want to start watching One Piece again but don't want to start from the beginning. I know most of the beginning where they assemble a crew and fight Arlong, Buggy, Crocodile.

I want to start at a point where all the big badass characters like Ace and WhiteBeard are involved while still knowing what's going on.  Which is the best episode to start from?


texts: There's any clue on why Battle Programmer Shirase ended so abruptly? I couldn't find any interview or related material about it, even in Japanese. It's sad that is, 14 years already? Without end or an explanation.


texts: Did Amane Misa got Rem's remaining lifespan aswell?

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According to what Rem told about Misa in the death note anime, the remaining lifespan of the shinigami Gelus that sacrificed his life in order to save Misa's was added to Misa's remaining lifespan, but we see Rem doing the same thing by killing L and Watari in order to save Misa, so was Misa's lifespan increased yet again?
Moreover, does anyone thinks that Yagami Light had already thought of it? that Misa's lifespan was increased due to Gelus saving her and knew that Misa is going to do the trade again but her lifespan won't be affected (or slightly affected) as he was going to get Rem save her which would be a total win for him?
By the way that's just my theory.


texts: Who's the character in the middle of this WIXOSS cast picture?

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Take a look at this picture, which I have not embedded in this post because it contains some spoilers for the end of season 2 of WIXOSS. It turns out that this is a drawing by Yakou Hiroshi (posted here on Twitter and here on pixiv), who was an animation director for WIXOSS. So not quite "official art", per se, but very close to it.

Who is the person in the middle of the picture (to the right of Hitoe, beneath Hanayo, and left of Yuzuki)?

I can identify everyone else in the picture, but I have no recollection of seeing this person. I think every important character in the series is in the picture, too (heck, even Ruuko's brother and the card shop lady are in there). The most important person I can think of who isn't in the picture is Hitoe's mom, and that clearly ain't her...


texts: Himawari is daughter of hinata and naruto. Is it possible to awake tenseigan? In fact she awoke Byakugan without practise, Yeah I know it does not have any sense but ...


texts: Does the extent of his power has been revealed?, and also how did he got his current rank by only getting goblin slaying quest?