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As per Narutopedia,

  Orochimaru proceeded to don the mask which invoked the Shinigami to possess his body. Orochimaru then cut open the Shinigami's stomach, a wound reflected on his own body, to release the trapped contents inside the Shinigami

We know that Orochimaru used Wood clones (White Zetsu) to escape from the death. What happened to the Shinigami who got the same wounds? I know that Shinigami means 'Death God', but, nowhere it's mentioned that it's immortal.


texts: Can this character be considered a slider? (Haruhi Suzumiya books 9&10 spoiler)

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In "The Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya" and the following book, can the character Yasumi Watahashi be considered a slider? (I'm not naming her in the title because she's not in the anime).

Since she essentially travelled between the two timelines and her purpose was, if I remember correctly, to reunite them. I read these books a few years ago (in a fan translation) and while I was pretty convinced she was the long-awaited "slider," most of the fanbase seemed to think she wasn't. I couldn't find any good reason why she should or shouldn't be or, in fact, any canon or otherwise generally accepted definition of what a slider is - I've always assumed it was someone who travelled between alternate timelines.

I'm rereading the beginning of Dissociation right now and Kyon reminds us that a slider has yet to make their appearance, reminding us that we should naturally expect one and, IMO, maybe foreshadowing the end of this arc and implying that Yasumi, even though we learn later that she is not a real individual, is "the" slider we've been looking for.

I'm aware that the series has been left unfinished and we will likely never know if another slider was planned.


texts: What is the song sad song playing in naruto (at 15 minutes)season 6 episode 18 A Lesson Learned! The Iron Fist of Love!

texts: During the funeral scene 15 minutes in the episode Rock Lee punched Karashi in the face and they flashed back to the time grandma Sansho's curry saved lee. The flash back holds a song I really love from naruto. Does anyone know what the name of it is. I looked in all the naruto soundtracks and couldn't find it. CAN YOU HELP ME


texts: Why was Misaki in the basement of the hospital?

texts: In the first episode, Sakakibara saw Misaki in the basement of the hospital. I've seen the first 9 episodes and I still didn't get why she was there and what she was doing.


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In Naruto, Haku is a rogue Ninja that fights along Zabuza. He has a sad history of death and mistreatment that I won't treat here.

In any case, the Haku's peculiarity is that although he looks/behaves/dresses like a woman, he is a man. But not all sources agree with this, so... Is Haku a man or a woman?

Is there a reason for the first part in my spoiler? Or is it just a plot device?

If your answer contains something that appears or is explained after the Bridge battle with Team 7 (as far as Haku is concerned), please use a spoiler.


texts: What's the character in the poster hanging on the wall supposed to be?

texts: In the beginning of Urusei Yatsura - Beautiful Dreamer, the class is setting up their classroom to be the "Third Reich Decadent Coffee Shop", and in a panning shot of the classroom, there's a poster of a red guy that is obviously supposed to be dressed up as Adolf Hitler. But what's the character supposed to be? Is it a reference to some bit of popular culture or from another show?


texts: Where is the title of Spice and Wolf from?

texts: I bought volume one of Spice and Wolf today, and I read the summary on the back. I understand that the main female character is a wolf and the main male character is a merchant, but he doesn't just sell spices, right? Is the name just meant to sound badass, or was I wrong and he really only sells spices? I'm just not getting it.


texts: How does a Hidden Mist ninja have the Byakugan?

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We know that the Byakugan is the dōjutsu kekkei genkai of the Hyūga clan of the Hidden Leaf. And each village does its best to try and keep such coveted powers to themselves.

But in a recent filler episode of Shippuden, Episode 358 to be exact, a ninja from the Hidden Mist was shown to have used the Byakugan and could locate Uchicha Shisui, thereby asking his team to retreat. How does a ninja from a village other than the Hidden Leaf and not of the Hyūga bloodline have the Byakugan?

Is this for real or is it just another mistake by the animators? Is there a mention of such a ninja in the manga(I follow only the anime and not the manga)?


texts: How is the passage of time handled in Pokemon?

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I stopped following the Pokemon anime a while ago, but I know the series has had Ash go through many regions, including retreading at least one of them.  When Ash was about to get his eight badge, Misty mentioned that they'd been on the road for a year at that point.

I saw some recent episodes, and Ash looks nearly identical to when he first started as a trainer.  Normally I'd attribute that to cartoon sitcom logic, where the characters never age; but in a series with continuity and references to earlier seasons, this makes no sense.

What's the official word on a timeline for the Pokemon anime?


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Is there any anime created for colorblind people?

In general anime productions have a strong use of colors to increase the dramatic effect, but colorblind people miss it and sometimes lose track of important parts of the history.

Image example (not exactly from an anime, but...)

here is the original image
in this site you can simulate how it looks to a colorblind... just select the previous link, and paste it there

(and just a clarification: it's not exactly to me :) ... it's for a small one who we just found that can't correctly see some colors. And, also, in the site I mentioned above, I found a "daltonize" algorithm that changes colors so that colorblind people have a bit more contrast on the colors they miss, so it improves the image to them)

Thanks :)


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It is a given that One Piece is immensely popular in Japan, but is there any statistical data indicating the scale of its popular it is (historically, with respect to other popular series) in Japan?

Note that I am NOT asking "What makes One Piece so popular (in Japan)?"


texts: Who is the enemy fighting Hatchiyack in Dragon Ball Heroes manga chapter 5?

texts: In Dragon Ball Heroes manga Hatchiyack appears and he's fighting an enemy which isnt seen in the anime. Who is he?


texts: Where can I buy High School DxD English-translated novels?

texts: I tend to read the manga if the anime does not cover all of the story bu since High School DxD manga is even less developed than the anime... where can I buy the English translated (or even original not translated) novels?


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I haven't read the manga, but I've seen in YouTube videos that

   Eijiro Kirishima got an evolution, the second form for his quirk.

Is there any other character with a quirk evolution?


texts: Where do the terms "Law of Wheels/Cycles" come from?

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In Puella Magi Madoka Magica, before Ultimate Madoka's universe, I read that the system where a Magical Girl would become a Witch was referred to as the "Law of Wheels", while after that, the new system and Madoka herself is known as the "Law of Cycles", this term actually being used by Homura and the Incubators in the Rebellion movie.

I am wondering, where did these terms come from? Neither system seems like a wheel/cycle as in neither one does a Magical Girl ever return to normal (the origin).

EDIT: I seem to have made a mistake as Mami may have said "Law of Wheels" in Episode 12 in Ultimate Madoka's Universe, but still it doesn't change my question of where these terms came from.


texts: Where can I buy "Snow White with the Red Hair" manga in English?

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I really love this anime and usually only buy manga if I really like it.     Akagami no Shirayukihime or Snow White with the Red Hair, is just an amazing story that I must have the manga of! But I can't seem to find a place to buy the English edition of the manga.

So is there an English edition out there for sale?


texts: Is Fullmetal Alchemist based on Nazi Germany?

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It may be because I'm Jewish (yes, Madara is Jewish), but I couldn't help but noticing the similarities between Fullmetal Alchemist to the German Nazi regime.

German names (Edward, Alphonse, Olivier, Bradley)
A Fuhrer
"Dogs of the Army"
Very militarized
Blond hair and blue eyes
Extermination (Ishvals)
War on multiple fronts
Human experimentation
An obsession with the occult among high ranking officials

Is it just me? Or is there a connection? Is there some written reference to that? Has the mangaka said anything about it?


texts: What is the time dilation ratio that Noriko and Kazumi experience?

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At the end of the anime Aim for the Top! Gunbuster, Takaya Noriko and Amano Kazumi must travel at sub-FTL speeds (that is, at speeds slower than faster-than-light) to reach from the epicenter of battle to Earth.

What is the ratio of their time dilation? That is, how long has it been for Noriko and Kazumi versus how long has it been on Earth?


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During the final battle between Naruto and Sasuke, Kurama says

  [Sasuke] might just become the next vessel for Susano'o.

Throughout the series, Masashi has never mentioned a "vessel" for Susano'o.

Was this just a translation error; what did he mean by this?


texts: What was changed into an immortal object?

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In the first arc of Sword Art Online (episode 14, ~9:40), the boss whom Kirito fights activates something in a system console, and then a notice is displayed: "Chaged[sic] into Immortal Object".

However, this message does not seem to make sense. Despite Kirito's request,

   Asuna is slain by a one-hit KO as she attempts to defend him, and Kirito is consequently killed as well. His remaining consciousness then gives one more blow to Heathcliff, who dies. Thus, it is clear that none of these three characters was given immortal status.

Was this an error, in that the message was supposed to refer to this boss removing his own immortality? If not, what exactly did this message signify?


texts: Can you explain the ending to Ousama Game?

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I have a few questions about the ending of Ousama Game:

   Doesn't Chiemi have a twin sister?
 How does her existence play into the ending of this manga?

 If his wish is to have Chiemi back, then won't the twin sisters existence come into play?
 What about Chiemi's Father? He was the sole survivor of the 1st Ousama Game too!


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PS: Warning, not sure whether parts should be considered spoiler.

It is said that Logia typed Devil Fruit Users cannot be hit without Haki. Yet while re-watching the Alabasta Arc, Ace was touched twice by Luffy. The first time when he flew inside the restaurant, Luffy hit Smoker and threw him up against Ace, both making a huge hole in the next couple of buildings. The second time was when Luffy was arm wrestling Ace, although this scene might not be canon though. So my question is, how was Luffy able to push back both Smoker and Ace when flying inside the restaurant, since he shouldn't be able to. Does this mean Logia users can "solidify" themselves or maybe only parts of themselves, kind of like coating with Haki? Also what would be the default form for a Logia user?


texts: What are the origins of Naruto's stomach's double tetragram seal?

texts: The center pattern looks like an Aztec symbol for rebirth but I'm wondering: How did Kishimoto come up with this exactly?


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During the Namek Saga of Dragon Ball Z, the first wish to Porunga was to bring Piccolo back, next was teleport him to Namek but before the third wish could be granted Guru died making the Namekian Dragonballs useless.

After Freeza sets Namek to explode the Dragonballs bad been collected on earth (now that Kami was back) and the wish made to Shenron was to "Bring back everyone who had been killed by Freeza". after this the Namekian Dragonballs come back and Dende uses the final wish to teleport everyone except Freeza and Goku to earth.

what i don't get is how Guru was resurrected when the wish to Shenron was to bring everyone Freeza had killed back to life, why was Guru brought back to life even though he wasn't killed by Freeza?


texts: Do Yin Kurama and Yang Kurama have different personalities?

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In the Great Ninja War, we can see that Minato can easily access Bijuu mode because Yin Kurama is willing to let Minato use it, but as for Naruto, Yang Kurama takes a long progression to let Naruto use his power.

So, does this say that Yin and Yang Kurama's personalities are totally different?

I can see that Yin Kurama's attitude is more likely to be gentle and Yang Kurama's is fierce (in the beginning, we know that Kurama becomes friendly towards the end of the Great Ninja War).


texts: What's the deal with rotating voice actors in episode 6 of "Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei"?

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The second half of the episode shows a wordplay on wisdom teeth (alternatively read as "teeth which parents don't know about") and during the entire gag, voice actors change around for every character.

What's the joke in that?


texts: Is there a flaw in the ease of access to One Piece?

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One Piece is the ultimate treasure, located in the hardest spot to get to in the world, or is it? Recently, the Straw Hats left Dressrosa and arrived at Zou. Both places are inhabited with some sort of intelligent being (Zou's people may not be humans). If this continues, or even if it doesn't, wouldn't it be really easy for these people to check Raftel for One Piece?

I understand this makes for a better story, but isn't that a serious flaw?


texts: Who is the being with 2 eyes in Magi chapter 323?

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So I am confused about the identify of the 2-eyed thing.

I assume the person with 3 eyes is Ugo for that's how he looks when David fights him. For it to be Arba seems rather out of character to me, in later pages of the chapter.

Was 2 eyes some sort of amalgamation of Rukh/will of the world or something more individual?


texts: What is the name of this song from the Funimation Dub of DBZ?

texts: The song is played often when Frieza is doing evil things. I found a compilation that contains it at the given time code here.


texts: Are some "read the manga" endings planned?

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Sometimes when watching anime reviews, various reviewers will say a series has a read the manga ending.  From context, it appears to mean the anime is incomplete, there will be no sequel, and if you want to know what happens, you have to literally read the manga.  This is obviously used with a negative connotation.

I'm sure that usually this is not a planned result; due to whatever reason there ends up being no will or resources to do an additional season.  What I am curious about is the alternative case -- is a read the manga ending ever decided up front?  I.e. was the anime series considered by the producers nothing more than a marketing tool to drive manga sales?  Some reviewers give that impression, but I wonder if there are documented cases where it has been literally part of the plan from the beginning.


texts: When Kyoko overloaded her soul gem to kill Sayaka's witch form, did Kyoko then also become a witch?

texts: When Kyoko overloaded her soul gem to kill Sayaka's witch form, does Kyoko then also become a witch? Or since she overloaded her soul gem, does she just die "normally?" If the latter is true, then why don't all magical girls just overload their gems before they become completely tainted, that way they don't become witches?


texts: Can someone explain about the attendance record in "Another"

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In 1996, Mami Asakura was the extra student. She was also a student of 1993 (and she died that year). When she joins Yomiyama Junior High, Her name from the 1993 record disappears and everyone who knew her, loses their memory about her. After she disappeared, her name from 1996 record gets erased and it reappears in the 1993 record.  Am I correct?

Also, will her friends remember that she was in 1993?

How did chibiki identify that Mami Asakura was the deceased if a person's memories are altered?


texts: Why does Shurelia appear in Misha's and Aurica's Cosmosphere's?

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In Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia in both Misha's and Aurica's Cosmospheres a girl with white hair appears

In Level 4 of Aurica's Cosmosphere where she appear as Rei-chan
In Level 4 of Misha's Cosmosphere where she appears as Misha's Mother
In Levels 5 and 7 she appears as Misha's Sister

In Stage 3 we find out that the girl seen in Aurica's and Misha's Cosmospheres have to be Shurelia as they have the same hair style and also in Shurelia's Virtual World she looks the exact same as Misha's sister

Now i could understand why she would appear in Misha's Cosmosphere if the 2 met before Misha became the Star Singer must like how Harmonica appears in Misha's Cosmosphere but not in Aurica's, but Aurica had never met Shurelia before and even thought she was a robot (up until Mir's 3rd attack). while the Cosmosphere is also a mechanic of the game to Develop Misha and Aurica, both have to have passed Level 4 in order to be installed with Purger so regardless of route or personal choice the player will see Shurelia not wearing LINKER as apart of the story.

So why was Shurelia appearing in both of their Cosmospheres?


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I want to watch One Piece, but the anime has a lot of filler content not in the manga. I'd rather not watch the filler content and only watch the episodes which are directly related to the plot. To be clear, I'm defining a filler episode as one which is not based on any story in the manga or based on extra manga chapters which have nothing to do with the overarching story.

Which episodes are filler?

This question is taken from this question. I was curious about this myself after completing the One Piece manga, but to keep uniformity between similar questions, I took the same wording as Logan-M had used in his question about Bleach filler.


texts: Can I increase my lifespan by killing myself using the Death Note?

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Suppose I wrote that I will be killed by a UFO falling from space in the year 2315 while I am lifting.

Will the Note increase my lifespan? In other words, will I still be alive by then?


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In manga chapter #194

   After dreaming about former One for All owners and having some dreams/memories of the original One for All, Midoriya tells All Might about this and when replying to something All Might said, Midoriya says "Yeah.. it was also technically All For One's memories.

Why Midoriya said he remembered All for One's memories? I understand him having One for All former owners memories, but All for One's ??


texts: Which anime episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters and Yu-Gi-Oh GX correspond to which manga chapters?

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I noticed that on the wiki it doesn't say which Manga Chapter each Yu-Gi-Oh DM and Yu-Gi-Oh GX episode is based on or which episode each Chapter is adapted to.

I don't have all Yu-Gi-Oh Manga Volumes and I only want to watch episodes based on which chapters I have. so which anime episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh and Yi-Gi-Oh GX correspond to which manga chapters and which episodes are original?


texts: When listening to Itachi's theme song, I heard that there is a woman voice in it, however I can't understand what it is saying. What is the woman saying in Itachi's theme song?


texts: Psycho-Pass Sinners of the System and Season 3

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It has been quite a while since I watched psycho-pass and I haven't touched Sinner of System movies. I was wondering if I should watch them to understand Season 3. Aren't they standalone? Also Is this correct chronological order?

Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case 2
Psycho-Pass 1
Psycho-Pass 2
Psycho-Pass: The Movie
Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case 3
Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case 1
Psycho-Pass 3


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In the show Soul Eater, the school which Maka and Soul Eater attend, the DWMA, allows students to go by stage names. Maka chooses to go by her real name where as Soul Eater goes by a stage name. I've been wondering what Soul Eaters actual name is for ages, and never seen it mentioned in the anime.

So what is his real name? And do we ever hear of his name in the anime, manga, or through other means?


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The anime and manga, Hyouge Mono, is set in the Sengoku era and follows tea related items. I can see that in general the events of the era seem to be more or less accurate, and all the wacky outfits probably aren't accurate (or are they?), but I'm wondering about the tea related aspect of the series.

Did the warlords of the time (especially Oda Nobunaga) have tea masters and treasure master crafted tea-ware in any way like they're portrayed in Hyouge Mono? Are any of the crafted items, at least the ones with proper names, real items from the period?


texts: What happened to Eren that made him unable to turn into a Titan in chapter 53 of the manga?

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I am referring to when he has trouble turning into full-sized Titan after he underwent intelligence and endurance testing. It happened in chapter 53 of the series, during the Uprising Arc.

This is a quote from the Attack on Titan Wiki:

  During an experiment to test Eren's hardening abilities, a severed Titan form of Eren falls to the ground. Hange is unable to get a response from him and because Levi notices that this Titan is underdeveloped, Mikasa and Hange remove Eren's body from the Titan. [...]. A day later, Eren finally wakes up. He doesn't seem to remember anything from the experiment and is upset to find out that there were no signs of the hardening ability. Hange explains that since Eren transformed without being able to employ the hardening ability, they decided to run intelligence and endurance tests. [...]. However, after one hour of testing, Eren suddenly, after writing something about his father, became unable to perform the tasks and eventually left his Titan body. After thirty minutes of rest, he transformed again. However, this time his Titan form was only 13 m tall, contrary to the usual 15 m, and couldn't perform any of the intelligence tests. For the third time, the Titan was only 10 m tall and was incomplete, with his human body being attached to it more firmly than before. Eren takes this news as a proof that the operation to retake Wall Maria cannot be performed at the moment.

Why did this happen and how was it resolved?


texts: Why was it that Light's father could see Light's lifespan, while Mikami couldn't see it (which allowed him to deduce that Light was Kira)?

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I was talking with a friend about Death Note and he said that he could't understand one thing:

When Light's father died, he saw Light's lifespan with his Shinigami eyes, so he could "confirm" that Light was not Kira. However, at the end of the story, Mikami looked at Light with his Shinigami eyes and recognized him, because he could not see his lifespan.

Is this actually a slight mistake in the story, or have I missed anything? (It's probably the second one)


texts: Is there something special about Benten?

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Near to the end we learn that the reason why Souichirō stopped seeing Akadama-sensei was because whenever Benten was around he could keep his transformation and revert back to being a Tanuki.

In the final episode when the dividing wall between the Tanuki's attending the Trick Miester Election and the Friday Club is knocked down some of the Tanuki instantly transform. but it isn't until Benten turns up that every other Tanuki reverts back to their tanuki form.

Added to the fact that Benten was an ordinary girl from the countryside until Akadama-sensei abducted her and taught her how to fly is Benten really just some ordinary girl?


texts: Can the Kekkai Touta be achieved by anyone with 3 chakra natures?

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Oonoki was a student of Lord Mu (The 2nd Tsichukage), the 2 of them weren't related in any way. However, Oonoki was able to learn the Dust release (Aka particle style in Dubs) from him.

Does this mean that the tsichukage can also teach kekkai touta to individuals with at least 3 chakra natures?
(Kekkai Touta is a more advanced version of Kekkai Genkais and is a  combination of 3 chakra natures).


texts: Why is Maid-chan voice actor listed as '???' in ending credits?

texts: In Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo ending credits Maid-chan's voice actor name is "? ? ?". Why is that?


texts: How important was the invention of blue towards anime?

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In the video of Vsauce2 it is mentioned that

  Prussian blue ... it reinvigorated Japanese wood block painting, which went on to influence manga which led to Japanese animation

The phrasing makes it sound like the invention of this Prussian blue is one of the key factors towards the development of Japanese animation or anime.

But was this invention really a key factor towards the creation of anime? Or did this Prussian blue really have a an effect to the creation of Anime at all?


texts: So when the Ichigo team went to the Hueco Mondo to save Orihime, they befriended Nel and her so called brothers and their pet. Nel introduces her self as an Arrancar and Ichigo says that she has the Arrancar reiatsu, but we don't see her carrying a Zanpakoto, aren't Arrancars hollows that broke their masks and GAINED SHINIGAMI POWERS? so is Nel realy an Arrancar?


texts: Why don't Ikaros & Tomoki use more the Transport Cards to solve their problems?

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Even thought in the first episode, Ikaros used her cards to accord every single desire of Tomoki, bringing to what looks like the end of the world, then the use of those is reduced to 2 times (I may have forgotten one or two occurrence(s)).

Episode 2 : Not intentionnaly when Tomoki wishes to make Sohara's underwears fly away unless it is the underwear Tomoki wants;

Episode 4 : Sohara borrows a card from Ikaros to bring all the panties in Tomoki's house to explode, Tomoki should look at them or touch them.

Why didn't Tomoki use more those cards to grant him what he wished?
Even if you take apart the opportunity of destroying/neutralizing Chaos by a single wish, he could have used it in some similar issues of the one mentionned above. Just as an example :

In episode 9, Tomoki spots an erotic DVD at a booth, but cannot afford it because Ikaros broke some other item.

It would be logical from Tomoki to use a card to get this DVD.


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In Tsukihime, Ciel is immortal because she was Michael Roa Valdamjong's previous incarnation called Elesia (on the left). [Slightly NSFW]

I am wondering which is her birth name, Ciel or Elesia? Who was it that decided on the name change? why did they change it from her birth name? and how did they get the other name?


texts: Why would Aiz Wallenstein be upset upon being called "Aria"?

texts: In DanMachi Sword Oratoria anime, Ep. 5 and 6, a woman with red hair called Aiz "Aria". For some reason this makes Aiz upset. Do we know why Aiz got upset being called Aria?


texts: What is that noise when an onsen scene opens up?

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Many anime and JRPGs have Hot Spring/Bathhouse/Onsen scenes and in many of these, when it opens up there is this sound of like something hitting hollow wood, an example of which can be heard at the 4 second mark in these video of Gamers

what exactly is this sound? and does this sound actually exist in japan? particularly in Hot Springs/Bathhouses/Onsen?


texts: What are the dimensions of Cathedral Terra?

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I am trying to model Cathedral Terra from Gurren Lagann in Minecraft, but I need something more than simple artwork to make sure I get it right (with it being a few hundred blocks large and so on).

Is the size of Cathedral Terra (or any kind of blueprint-style image) documented anywhere or is it just "the size of the moon"?


texts: What's the meaning of the numbers at the end of the episode?

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At the end of any episode of Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru, some numbers appears coupled with the title and the number of the next episode (circled).

286

266

281

What's the meaning of these numbers?


texts: Did Ryu have the affair and that's why Maki wrote "Liar" to Ryu? Or did Ryu's friend make that up?


texts: In the Japanese dub, is there any parallel to Baobao's use of Sichuanese?

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Near the beginning of the second episode of Hitori no Shita: The Outcast, Baobao reads out details about her new identity as a student supposedly from Taiwan to Zhang Chulan. In the Chinese version of the episode that I saw, Baobao's Mandarin Chinese pronunciation in this specific segment sounds very non-standard. (Elsewhere, her pronunciation sounds normal.) Zhang Chulan in fact remarks that she is speaking 四川话 (i.e. Sichuanese).

Is there any mirroring of this use of a regional language variant in the Japanese dub? If I remember correctly, the subtitles on Crunchyroll, which broadcast the Japanese dub, only have Zhang Chulan indicate that Baobao is lying, but which makes me suspect not. However, as I do not know Japanese, I would like for someone to perhaps confirm this.


texts: Does a Reishi rich environment prevent flying?

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In Bleach, there are times when we see Soul Reapers (and Visoreds) stand in the air. Examples are like when Ikkaku releases his Bankai during Grimmjow's initial attack, when Shinji first reveals himself as a Visored to Ichigo, or way back in Season 1 when Ichigo was fighting Sora. This was also mentioned by Kisuke when he was training Ichigo where in Lesson 2 - Shattered Shaft he says that Ichigo can get out if he flew out and the purpose of Lesson 2 was to restore Ichigo as a Soul Reaper.

However when we see Soul Reapers fight in the Soul Society or in Hueco Mundo we don't see this. We don't see Soul Reapers standing in mid air to get a height advantage on Ichigo and his friends when they went to rescue Rukia and so far (up to Episode 157) I have not seen Ichigo, Rukia or Renji fly.

Both the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, as stated by Uryuu, are rich in Reishi. So I am wondering, does a Reishi rich environment prevent flying?


texts: Why is the Digital Duel Disk not used in any Yu-Gi-Oh! series until Arc-V and Vrains?

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In the Yu-Gi-Oh Movie : Dark Side of The Dimension. Kaiba introduce to all of Duelist a new Duel-Disk system, which have features to stored all of the card data that owner own to the cloud server/data-center of Kaiba Corp, So they didn't have to hold the card in their hand, the card just appears in their vision, probably using some like Augmented Reality thing, or we can say a Digital Card.

We know that the first generation of Yu-Gi-Oh series (Yugi Mutou) universe, still use a normal duel-disk. Even so in GX, we can clearly se Judai Yuki, the second generation of Yu-Gi-Oh still use the Normal duel disk. It contradicted with the timeline of Yu-Gi-Oh universe, because if Kaiba was introduce the new duel disk in Yugioh first generation, the new duel disk will be also appear in Yu-Gi-Oh GX, even 5D, and Zexal. It's just appear in Yu-Gi-Oh Arc V and Vrains.

Could someone explain that to me ?


texts: Where should I start watching in the Naruto series?

texts: I'm not new to the Naruto franchise. I'm also up to date with what's currently going on (Madara vs Naruto & Sasuke). But I want to know the details of how everything happened. From which episode should I start watching? I want to at least start after the whole Pain storyline and around where the Fourth Ninja War starts. Anyone got an idea on where I should start?


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In episode 4 of Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu, there's a gag where Sakaguchi mentions "the emperor [or empress?] of BL, Mori███████yuki". Judging from the bleeping-out of the name, I assume this is a reference to a real person who draws BL manga. But who?

I had a look through all the people on MAL whose family names begin with "Mori" and whose personal names end with "yuki" and didn't come up with anything.


texts: I found a lot of Pokémon manga. I don't know were to start, so whats the order of it.


texts: Looking for blond hair girl with pink dragon tail anime

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I only know very little about the anime but I would like to finish it.

Here's what I know:

The main character is a little girl with long blonde hair and she has a pink dragon tail with a heart on the end.
Their is also a guy with blue or black hair who has a daughter, and they are both from the human world.
And I think the only way to get to the magical world is through a tree in the middle of a lake.

And that is really all I know and I would love for someone to help me identify this anime.


texts: What is the song when Usopp is defeating Sugar by using his Haki?

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In One Piece episode 697, there's a song when Ussop is defeating Sugar using his Haki. It starts at 0:53 in this YouTube video.

What is this song? Is it already released as a soundtrack?


texts: If the universe seed is for creating universes, why does Hearts think he can destroy the Zenos with it?

texts: In Dragon Ball Heroes episode 9 of the anime , Hearts says that with the universe see he will destroy the Zenos. But the universe seed supposedly is for creating universes. Why did he say so? How would he use the universe seed to destroy the Zenos?


texts: What states besides Japan have a/the Sibyl System?

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I'm in the middle of Psycho-Pass Season 1.
What states besides Japan have a (or the?) Sibyl System? There's this part in Episode 13 where 'world' rather than 'Japan' is used. Does the Sibyl System cover the whole world? Does it or do the dominators apply to anyone anywhere even in Antartica or International Waters? Are the police in third world countries using dominators?
I highly doubt Japan is the only place that has a/the Sibyl System because I don't see why the UN would just allow Japan if it disagreed or would not follow Japan if it agreed. It's like The Walking Dead: I highly doubt it's only the US that's infected. If so, the UN likely would've intervened already (like in world war z iirc).
If any of these cannot be answered without spoilers, please use >! and indicate degree of spoilers (or whatever is the site policy for questions like this).


texts: I just began watching Suisei no Garugantia and didn't understand why there is that unexplained (at least so far) war against the Hideauze aliens. Who attacked first, and for what reason?


texts: Why aren't most of the phones in anime smartphones?

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For example:

Gintama:

Oregairu: I can't think of any examples I can back up right now, but for Oregairu you just need to watch any episode and you'll see Yui's flip phone.
Haganai

Black Rock Shooter

Is it because the authors are just from an older generation than the fanbase? No way, right? They have to have smartphones.

This says it's because smartphones aren't popular in Japan. I don't think that's true (bad evidence alert).

Several Reddit posts also agree that flip phones are more popular. Why are flip phones still so popular, (if you can endeavor to answer) in both society and anime/manga?


texts: Where does all the chakra of Edo Tensei shinobi come from?

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Where does all the chakra needed for the reanimated shinobi come from? It certainly cannot come from the caster, because the scale of the chakra being used for techniques is huge. In Kabuto's case, he was controlling several Edo Tensei shinobi at once. So all the chakra they were using couldn't possibly be coming from him.

Also, when Madara broke the Edo Tensei's contract, he mentioned about "limitless chakra". Where did the chakra come from?


texts: What is the exact purpose of the infinite Tsukuyomi?

texts: What is the purpose of the infinite tsukuyomi, is it to make everyone dream in their ideal world? Then why does it turn people to white zetsu and steal their chakra?


texts: Why didn't Orihime use her powers to reject the creation of the Espada?

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I finished the Hueco Mundo arc, up to episode 190, and I have a question about Orihime:

If Orihime can reject all things, why didn't she reject Aizen's creation of the Espadas? She can just say "I reject" and then cast at the Espada. POOF, gone.


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The answer to this question says that chakra can only be seen in certain cases, when the person is using powerful abilities. This lines up with reactions to people seeing Chidori and being surprised that it can be see. However, there are times when chakra can be seen when it is being built up instead of being used in a jutsu.

How does this happen, if chakra only shows up when someone is using a strong ability (such as Chidori)? Or is what Naruto using in the image somehow a different type of chakra?


texts: What was the meaning of Leo's chant on episode 10?

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In episode 10, around 15:10 mark, just when Leo is about to collapse from hunger before they finally agree to settle for the burger place where he usually goes, he chants something that appears in the subtitles as:

  Onbutsu sowaka mareba eloim essaza...

What's that supposed to mean?
Is it a reference to something I'm not getting?


texts: In Kuroko no Basuke, are the characters ever compared to professional players?

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So, in Kuroko no Basuke (or, The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays, as suits you), we see that the Generation of Miracles has some pretty wacky basketball superpowers. I'm no basketball expert, but it seems like if you took the five of them and transferred them into the real world (powers and all), they would beat most actual NBA teams. And the thing is, they're just 10th-graders. Sure, maybe they're the best 10th-graders (even the best high-schoolers) in Japan, but surely they can't be as good as professional players in the KnB universe, can they?

Which brings me to my question - does the manga ever talk about how good professional basketball players (NBA or otherwise) are as compared to the high-school players the story focuses on?


texts: Who do the hands that help form Naruto's Final Rasengan belong to?

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Here is the video of Naruto's Final Rasengan in episode 477.

The hands of many friends, parents, and teachers of Naruto Uzamaki were shown shaping and enlarging together his Rasengan:

My questions are:

What is the meaning of this scene?
What is the chronological list of characters of the Naruto universe who contributed to his Rasengan (with irrefutable evidence)?


texts: How large is the blast generated by the explosion of the Colossus Titan transformation?

texts: When the Colossus Titan shifter transforms, it generates a large explosion which can be used to kill their enemies. How large is this explosion supposed to be? Is there any info about this?


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The first time Luffy met Zoro, Zoro got caught by the Marines because he killed Helmeppo's pet wolf.

He was already strong at that time, he could easily defeat Morgan, a Marine Captain there. Had he deliberately made himself get caught? Why did he do that?


texts: What is the extent of the power of the Dragon Balls?

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I have recently started watching Dragon Ball Z(Remastered Edition)* after a long break. There is this scene in S01E21 (Counting Down) in which Master Roshi and others summon the dragon to wish Goku back. Just before they can wish him back, Oolong (the pig) says:

  Excuse me, Mr. Dragon could be possibly destroy the Saiyans that are on the way to Earth right about now.

to which the dragon replies:

  Your wish cannot be granted because the guardian of Earth created me. I cannot grant a wish which exceeds his power.

Now, this has put me into dilemma. If the dragons' power was only limited to Earth, why was everyone around the universe after these Dragon Balls?

Here are few questions that bug me:

When the dragon says "wish which exceeds his power", does he mean that he can only use his powers on/for the Earthlings?
If yes, how could they wish Goku back, because technically, he is not born on Earth?
If not, why did destroying the Saiyans exceed the dragon's power?
Everyone around the universe was searching for Dragon Balls because they could fulfill anyone's wish. Does it mean that it is not mandatory to be an Earthling, but it's compulsory to be on Earth to have your wish granted by the dragons?
If yes, why didn't they ever wish to destroy the enemies after they had landed on Earth and within the effect of the dragons' power?


texts: How is new the saiyan in straitjacket from the Dragon Ball Heroes anime called?

texts: They released a new Dragon Ball Heroes trailer of the new anime and there is a saiyan in straitjacket. Is it known from the videogame or some japanese magazine how this saiyan is called?


texts: How do Mirai Nikki Mosaic, Paradox, and Redial relate to the main series?

texts: Apparently, the manga has three more series which are Mirai Nikki Mosaic, Mirai Nikki Paradox, and Mirai Nikki Redial. How do those three relate to the main series?


texts: What happend to Zuko's Mother (Avatar the last airbender)

texts: So when I watched The Legend of Kora the grandaughter of Aang asked Katara what happened to the mother of Zuko wich Katara didn't get the answer because she was interrupted. I still don't know if Zuko's mother chose to go away, got killed, or maybe got forced away. I only saw the series I don't know if they explain in the manga.


texts: Is any explanation offered for the anime’s ending regarding lost bodily function?

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Warning: Major spoilers following.
(Yes, I'm aware the anime is 'old news', but the spoiler warning doesn't hurt.)

It is established in the anime that the heros of the Taisha can 'bloom' to increase their strength, and that

   this 'blooming' causes them to lose a bodily function (one eye's vision, taste, voice, one ear’s hearing) upon returning to the everyday world.

 Similarly, from Tougou's and Yuuna's meeting with the former hero, it is established that this process seems irreversible because they are 'offerings to the divine tree'.

However, during the last episode,

   despite having bloomed multiple times (and in Karin's case, having a part of her body 'chained' each time), the girls regain the bodily functions they have lost — and even those they lost in the former bloomings, i.e. in Tougou's case she can even move her legs again.

Is there any explanation given either in the anime itself (which I must have missed) or in derived works as to how what is put into the second spoiler box is even possible? It seems to contradict everything we learnt about the hero system in the preceeding episodes.


texts: Who controls the mind after fusion in DBZ?

texts: In Dragon Ball Z, after fusion, who controls the mind and the body? Is it both or a single person?


texts: Where to read continuation of Re:Zero anime after episode 24?

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I just finished this anime on Crunchyroll, if you have watched it as well, you know how it ends there.

How or where can I see what happens next without waiting for the still possible next season? Also, what chapter of the manga picks up where the anime ends?


texts: How is Vash able to transform his arm into a weapon?

texts: In Trigun, Vash the Stampede is able to transform his arm into a big weapon with which he makes a hole in the moon. Is that transformation ever explained? Did he acquire this power after the spaceship crashed or did he have it since the beginning?


texts: Why are there two different versions of how Luffy ate the Gum-Gum fruit?

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I am watching "Romance Dawn", a fairly new episode of One Piece, but is just a different version of the original manga idea that was adapted into the first anime series (at least that’s my understanding). It shows Luffy snacking on a Gum-Gum fruit that his grandfather Garp brings home as treasure from a raid as a Peace pirate.

This made me think, and actually visualize a scene where I recalled him eating the fruit in a tavern with Shanks and a bunch of his crew, which I was able to confirm with a quick YouTube search.

So what is going on?


texts: does anyone know that name of the song that starts at 17:50 in the last episode of boruto (73) I can't find it anywhere. Thanks


texts: What are these charts and what are they for?

texts: This is used during anime production,but why do animators draw those and what are they for?


texts: How closely does the Initial D anime follow the manga?

texts: I have been watching the Initial D anime, but still haven't read the manga. How far does the anime cover, in respect to the manga? Are there any manga or anime exclusive content?


texts: What's the symbolism behind the backgrounds shown in the opening sequence?

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In the opening sequence of Samurai Champloo, when Mugen and Jin are shown, the background is composed of pictures of roosters and aquatic animals, respectively.
Mugen has roosters for background:

Jin has fishes and octopus in his background picture:

What is the symbolism behind such background depiction?


texts: Who is Itou Makoto (producer) and how is he related to the character with the same name?

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Itou Makoto (伊藤 誠) is a main character from 2005 0verflow's eroge School Days that later (2007) got an anime adaptation. However, the protagonist name appears as an actual staff member in the credits of the anime as of Anime News Network, credited in other more recent works too.

Who really is Itou Makoto? Was the character named after a real person or the name of the character used as a pen/collective name?


texts: Did Yokodera receive all of Ponta's worldly desires?

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When Ponta visited the unsmiling cat statue at the beginning of the series, he offered his dakimakura (body pillow) named Barbara-san as a symbol of his worldly desires. Consequently, the statue took them his desires from him, and he turned to a life of helping the poor starving children of Africa.

The ability of the unsmiling cat statue is to "take something you don't want and shove it on someone else." And, it just so happens that Yokodera ends up with Barbara-san, the symbol of Ponta's worldly desires. So we might expect that Yokodera ended up with Ponta's desires as well, especially based on how the cat statue seems to work in later chapters. On the other hand, it doesn't seem like Yokodera's desires change drastically, at least not until he himself makes an offering at the statue.

Is this confirmed anywhere in the original light novels or any other official source that Yokodera does also gain Ponta's desires when he receives Barbara-san?


texts: How can All Might still fight using One For All in the latest movie?

texts: In the rematch fight with All For One, All Might had used his last embers of One For All and told Midoriya that he couldn't fight anymore, but in the latest movie we saw that All Might was using One For All and I wanna know how? How can All Might still fight and maintain his muscle form for that long?


texts: What was the controversy with Kokoro Connect?

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There were several news articles during the airing of Kokoro Connect regarding some sort of a controversy during the production of the anime. This lead to a pretty substantial boycott effort. I didn't watch the show and didn't follow the news pieces, so I don't really know the specifics, and it's hard to tell what actually happened and in what order now since the articles I could find don't describe the whole event.

Can anyone provide a relatively complete chronological account of the major events that happened in the controversy, with appropriate sources?


texts: What was the purpose behind Daphne collecting data on the wizards?

texts: In the Fairy Tail anime, what was the purpose behind Daphne collecting data on the wizards? Was it just to keep them busy fighting the Lizardmen while she destroyed Magnolia, or was she planning on using the data in some other way?


texts: Why is it common for anime to lack surround sound?

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With all this push for HD video, I would think HQ audio (5.1 surround sound) would be obvious. But I am having trouble finding any TV anime in 5.1; One Piece from Japan is only stereo (movies are an exception), Crunchyroll does not have any 5.1 according to their support, most anime series listed on sale say on Amazon (or even Rightstuf) don't even seem to have a field for the sound type (stereo or surround).

Why is this?

According to a reddit user:

  ISDB supports 5.1 but in practice most broadcasts are stereo, with 192k AAC audio.

[1]

Another question of mine would be why would the DVD releases not support 5.1?


texts: In FMA: Brotherhood, why do Father's sacrifices remain alive after the sacrifice?

texts: When Father sacrifices his five subjects—the five who have all seen the portal—why is it that they are all fine right after? I would have expected them to be gone, or dead, or something.


texts: Why can Renamon disappear, while Guilmon and Terriermon can't?

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In Digimon Tamers, we see Renamon disappear or fade out after she is no longer needed several times. (For instance, she disappears at the end of episode 7, after Rika, Henry, and Takato have rescued Guilmon.) Meanwhile, Guilmon and Terriermon do not seem capable of this: Takato has to take pains to hide Guilmon (ep. 2), and Henry has to pass off Terriermon as a stuffed animal when he is at home (ep. 1).

Why is this the case? Does it have something to do with the monsters themselves, or is it an issue of the abilities of the Tamer? (But Henry seems knowledgable enough to me, so I am not entirely convinced by that theory.)


texts: Is the fanbook from episode 8 based on any real life doujinshi?

texts: In episode 8, Shinichi uses a fanbook "Cure Kosette Punishment" to distract the palace guards about 15 minutes into the episode. It's clearly a doujin fanbook which is based on Precure (or Outbreak Company's equivalent). But I can't tell if this book is entirely fictional, or is based off a similar real-world work. Is there any similar real-world doujin fanbook on which this one was based?


texts: Anybody know the soundtrack/ost that plays while Rappa takes on Fatgum and kirishima in My hero Academia? This is from Boku no Hero Academia Season 4 Episode 9 from 9:55 to 10:35


texts: Did Oda say when he will finish his work One Piece? Why has it been going on for so long?


texts: Why does Orochimaru's Laboratory have this item to hand?

texts: During episode 22, we see a test between Sarada's DNA and Karin's preserved umbilical cord. I can understand Orochimaru being the type of person to keep DNA on all his staff, but is there any symbolism, cultural significance or plot reason why in particular an umbilical cord?


texts: What is the song playing when Kallen is driving towards the convoy holding Suzaku?

texts: I've looked everywhere for it for ages, and I can't find it. What's the song in episode 4 of Code Geass (first season) at 12:50, beginning when Kallen is driving towards the convoy? It also plays at 4:35 of episode 11 (also the first season), beginning when Todo speaks to his subordinates.


texts: How many characters in Dragon Ball can fire Kienzan-like discs?

texts: So far I remember 6 characters in Dragon Ball firing Kienzan-like discs. Who are all the characters who can fire them?


texts: How is Louise what she is in the Red Garden OVA: Dead Girls?

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In the OVA sequel, we are introduced to Louise who looks exactly like Lise in the Red Garden TV series. Lise is last seen dying the Animus death of turning into ashes on Roosevelt Island, so it is generally taken that Louise is a reincarnation of Lise. Later on, Louise revealed her identity as an android. (Gasp!)

How could Lise, a human girl turned Animus infected with the cursed Doral blood, reincarnate as an android? What happened during the 300-year time span between the end of the TV series and the beginning of the OVA to have caused this inconceivable transition in Lise's identity?


texts: How does the Angel Beats special episode connect with the main storyline?

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In the special episode (Stairway to Heaven), the Battlefront has decided to commence a new mission: Operation High Tension Syndrome.

How is this story connected to the main timeline of the anime? Or do they have completely different and unrelated stories? Is this special episode considered canon?


texts: Why didn't Naruto learn the basics of chakra control?

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In Naruto, shinobi battles last a very long time consuming lots of chakra.  Even though Naruto has a lot of chakra, he ignored the basics and started learning high level techniques with Jiraiya.  Even though this wasn't a bad thing, he just kept learning higher levels of techniques without using the basics, causing him to waste more chakra for high level jutsus.

Why hasn't Naruto learned how the use the bare minimum the start his jutsus?

Know that if he did that, he wouldn't have had to rely on the Kyuubi's power and would probably be able the do rasen shuriken one more time, or at least have some chakra left over for retreating or finishing off the opponent.


texts: Why is Monokuma's body half-black, half-white?

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Monokuma's body is half-white, half-black.

Is there any reason for this? Does each half represent something?
Furthermore, if each colour/half represents something, does the fact that his over-sized bellybutton is white and overlaps the black half mean that whatever the white part means prevails over whatever the black half means?


texts: What is the chronological order of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni?

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I want to know what is (if there is any) the chronological order for this variety series if I'm going to watch it from the start:

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku: Outbreak
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei

If there is more that I didn't mention, please add it also if necessary.


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Throughout Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS we see small appearances of Fate's Familiar Alf. The only time she seems to have an impact in the story is near the end, when she is with Yuuno in the Infinite Library helping him research Saints Cradle.

In one of the Flashbacks when Nanoha is saying how she would be happy if Vivio was happy, while being reminded that Vivio won't be happy anywhere else without her Mamas, Alf is shown playing with Vivio.

I am wondering if Alf actually has a job working in the Infinite Library to replace the last two Familiars who worked there or if she was only just helping Yuuno that time.


texts: How different is the story of the Hyperdimensional Neptunia remake?

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I'm a few chapters into Hyperdimensional Neptunia Re;Birth 1 and I understand the game is a large rework of the previous first Neptunia game. I'm not overly interested in the mechanical changes, but I'd like to know how the story has changed - as it's been mentioned a few times already about being overhauled.

How much does Re;Birth 1's story differ from the original?


texts: Who narrated episode 1 of Durarara!!×2 Ten?

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A good bit of episode 1 of Durarara!!×2 Ten (i.e. episode 13 of the broader "second season") was narrated by one of the female characters. But this show has a gorillion characters, and I can't place which one of them it was.

The end credits list the following female characters for this episode:

Sonohara Anri (Hanazawa Kana)
Celty (Sawashiro Miyuki)
Karisawa Erika (Takagaki Ayahi)
Yagiri Namie (Kobayashi Sanae)
Awakusu Akane (Kuno Misaki)
Mamiya Manami (Tanoue Marina)
Kamichika Rio (Tomatsu Haruka)
"Nurse" (Yamamura Hibiku)
"Woman" (Satou Kanami)

I've struck through the ones where I'm familiar enough with the voice actor to know it can't be them.


texts: What is the disease called "Tsurarekia (ツラレキア)"?

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In the episode 2 of Kino no Tabi, Kino hunts a rabbit for the three starving men. The men are so hungry that they say they would like to eat it raw rather than waiting for it to be cooked. Then Kino replies:

  I cannot allow that. It would be terrible if you were infected by Tsurarekia or something.
  ダメです。ツラレキアにでもかかったら、 とんでもないことになる。

I searched for it in Google, but there were no results.
So, what is this "tsurarekia" thing?


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Why does Zeref want to kill Acnologia so badly? Is there something I missed entirely? Or has it just not been said yet?

I'm not sure if this is explained in the manga because I've only watched the anime.


texts: How much content is required at minimum for a manga to get anime adaptation?

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How many chapters or volumes of manga is required at minimum for a manga to get anime adaptation once the decision is made?

I mean some animes start airing while their manga is still being released and sometimes the amount of material only suffices for a 12-13 episode season only.

Others wait and get adapted to make a 26-52 episode season of an anime. Who takes that decision to say "OK! Let's make that an anime NOW!"

Update

To make it somewhat clearer, I'm asking about the length of the manga it takes to be adapted to an anime. Even if a decision was made to convert a manga to an anime there is still that point in time that they say "ok. we now have enough material for a season"

The duplicate question asks in general what it takes for a manga to adapted in anime.


texts: Why is Ulquiorra the only Espada with a second release?

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In Bleach Ulquiorra is the only Espada with a second release, and he admits he has not shown Aizen. So I have come to a few questions:

Why would he not show Aizen how powerful he is?
Why is he the only Espada with a second release?
If Aizen knew about his second release, where would he be in the Espada rankings?


texts: Did Shiraki Rig the Idol Festival Results?

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When the winner of the Idol festival is revealed, Shiraki comes up to Hayasaka and says "they won". The disgusted face on Hayasaka is priceless:

This is right after the announcement that the winners are Akamiso All Stars;
While their performance is not shown, we can clearly see that the crowd is rather normal.

But on WUG's peformance, the whole stadium comes down:

We have a scene right before the result is announced, where Shiraki does a kind of power walk from the judge's booth (and the judges sound REALLY nervous), only to be berated by Hayasaka:

What really happened is not stated, but we have two scenarios:

1) WUG won, but Shiraki rigged the results.

2) The judges really chose Akamiso All Stars, perhaps because of Yoshino missed jump.

I really think that scenario (1) is the most likely, because:

a) it tells a better story
b) explains screenshot 1 (scenario 2 leaves that comment floating on a void).
c) is really on par with Shiraki's ruthless and unscrupulous persona.
d) is a way for Shiraki to strike at the same time both Mayu and Hayasaka (for her daring to step on stage again, and for his "betrayal" on mentoring WUG)

For scenario (2):

a) judges be judges, and a missed jump can cost a medal.

So, without any further ADO, and before the flag hunters cry WOLF:

Is there any official / canonical reference that Shiraki rigged the Idol Festival results?


texts: Change of final bosses in SAO Season 1 and Ordinal Scale

texts: In SAO season 1 Akihiko Kayaba reveals that he is the final boss, but in the movie 'Ordinal Scale' the final boss is something else. Why is this?


texts: Which god of Japan is actually portrayed by Yato in Noragami?

texts: As far as I watched, Bishamon and Kofuku are portrayals of the Seven Lucky Gods (七福神 shichi fukujin). But it wasn't clear about Yato. Bishamon mentioned him as a God of Calamity, but there is no such god among the Seven Lucky Gods. So, which god might Yato be a portrayal of? Is he a new character altogether?


texts: Why didn't Komatsu's Appetite Demon fully manifest after eating Acacia's Full Course?

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While Komatsu isn't shown eating God, he has to have eaten it at some point.

According to Toriko lore, eating Acacia's Full Course causes the appetite demon to manifest (see chapter 387). This is how Neo and Toriko's Red Demon manifested. Komatsu has also eaten the full course, since he shares with Toriko, so his appetite demon should physically appear in the world. However, this does not happen.


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Is she a masochist? Her mental behaviour indicates that she is a masochist by obsessing with despair.

   She killed her sister, lover and classmate.

By performing the above she feels sexual despair pleasure I guess? Does it  mean she's mentally extremely masochistic.


texts: Which episodes of Fairy Tail season 2 are anime-exclusive?

texts: Aside from the Eclipse Celestial Spirits arc, what other episodes of Fairy Tail season 2 are anime-exclusive?


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According to the wiki,

  Shikotsumyaku (屍骨脈; Literally meaning "Dead Bone Pulse", Meaning (Viz) "Corpse Bone Chain") is the kekkei genkai of the extinct Kaguya clan, which gave them the ability to  manipulate their own skeletal structure (their osteoblasts and osteoclasts). By infusing their calcium with chakra, they could manipulate the growth and properties of  their bones to their liking.

Now, surely that means that they're working with the base amount of calcium (and other minerals) in their body. The fact that they're able to grow their own bones seems to indicate that they are able to get the calcium (and other minerals) out of their nearby surrounding in some manner. Is this corroborated in the manga?

The last part is just my own speculation. Please do correct me if an alternate explanation exists.


texts: In which episode does Saeko ask Ryo out?

texts: In the anime City Hunter, I am trying to find the episode where Saeko asks Ryo to go out with her. But when they arrived at the hotel she told him to go and had a waiter hand him a note, telling him to wait for her outside. After that, she is taken to a huge ship; while this occurs, Ryo follows her.


texts: Isn't it strange that Tanjiro wasn't able to break the biggest rock after getting trained from Urokodaki but he could after seeing dead souls?

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It still astonishes me to know  that Tanjiro could see people who were dead. Was it some kind of special power?
And how with motivation of dead souls he was able to cut the rock but not after getting trained by Urokodaki?
How was it possible?


texts: I've heard this term used in a few places, notably on one of the Flavor Day nominations. A quick Google search shows me that it started in 1985 but there doesn't seem to be anything extensively documented (mostly because there's a lot of noise in the search results). What is it?


texts: Why didn't Misaki tell the extra person at the start?

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Basically Misaki says that she can see the extra person with her left eye and after all these deaths she just realizes that

   Mrs. Mikami is the dead one.

Why didn't she bother to kill her on the spot so that no one else would die. Why did Misaki have to kill her at the last moment after everyone died?


texts: In which chapter did the Genei Ryodan fight the chimera ants?

texts: In the manga, when did the Genei Ryodan fight the chimera ants?


texts: What is the music on S3E16 when Todoroki was fighting group of ninjas?

texts: What is the music on season 3 episode 16 of My Hero Academia around 20:07 when Todoroki was fighting a group of ninjas?


texts: What are the order of events between Fuka, Desco and Des-X?

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In Disgaea 4 - A Promise Unforgotten/Revisted Fuka believes everything is a dream or nightmare. When she first meets Desco she recognizes her to be the one who attacked her and believes the dream/nightmare is a result of being knocked out.

When the Hades Party goes to Earth Fuka found out that Des-X was the one who killed her, and since Des-X looks the exact same as Desco it explains why Fuka thought it was Desco.

But before invading the Information Bureau Desco admits she never met Fuka before, yet from the moment she was released she knew who she was (wanting to demonstrate her power to her Big Sis) and it seems Desco had been sealed up for quite some time given the other inmates and Axel knew about her (so she hadn't just arrived).

What I would like to know is the order of events between Fuka, Desco and Des-X such as which came first, Desco being locked away in Hades or Fuka being killed? And also how Desco knew who Fuka was despite never seeing her before?


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I was just wondering if there was any significance to the cross (like someone has put an 'x' across the picture) on certain manga covers. I noticed it recently with the titles Vampire-chan x Junior-chan, Koi desu ga Koi Janai, and Domestic Girlfriend. I haven't read any of these titles, so I don't know if their stories are similar or something that would give me an idea about why the X is there.

Just a little curious when I saw them in the updated section.


texts: What did Pegasus do with his left eye after the Millennium Eye was removed?

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Maximilian Pegasus (Pegasus J. Crawford in Japanese) had the Millennium Eye in his left eye at the start of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series.

It was later removed by Bakura, and in later appearances like in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, his left eye is always covered by his hair.

What did he do with his left eye? Did he use a glass eye? An eye patch? Leave the eye socket empty?

I'd prefer an answer from the anime, but am open to a manga answer as well.


texts: Can anyone in the unlimited blade works use the weapons there?

texts: When Shiro summons the unlimited blade works if he brings another person along with him could they wield his projections?


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In UBW Saber said it wouldn't actually do anything for Archer if Shirou died. According to her achieving servant status is transcending time and space. So killing his former in flesh would accomplish nothing.

I agree with her. My reasoning goes beyond that though. The Archer summoned by the Grail is not the true Counter Guardian, just a proxy. Killing him, even with Shiki's MEoDP would only destroy his Grail-granted body.

On another note, do you think there are backups in the throne of heroes? Because that would make them pretty much invincible.


texts: During the first episode, we see Akira running down the street without pants. Then he asks a bystander, and the guy just lends his pants to Akira. Is this related to some cultural reference, or is it never explained and is a strange plot element even to Westerners?


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While watching some Naruto fights on YouTube out of context (not seeing previous episodes or movies), I noticed that Naruto now has the ability to (what looks like) catch fire, and give his Nine-Tailed Fox chakra to other people just by touching them.
Now normally, when using his Nine-Tailed Fox chakra, he turns red and stuff, but this time he looked less like a fox, had a robe, and was bright orange instead of red.
I could have sworn I also saw another flaming ninja, but it might have been his clone move.
Anyways, I'd like to know when, how, why, and what this is and how he discovered that power.


texts: Are there any of the same spirits in Fairy Tail?

texts: In the anime, you only ever see one version of the same spirit. I remember at the beginning Lucy mentions some of the silver keys can be "Bought in magic shops", but we never see anyone own the same key/spirit as Lucy.


texts: What does Monokuma's Morse code theatre translate to?

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I've been playing Dangan Ronpa 2 and one of the Monokuma theaters that act as short intervals was done in Morse code.

What does it mean?


texts: What is the symbol in Maris the Chojo's hair?

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From Maris the Chojo:

What is this symbol in her hair and what does it mean?


texts: Is there a continuation to Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children?

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Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is a 3D anime movie I watched more than some years ago and it's been a long time I've been searching for it's continuation story.

Is there such a continuation to it?


texts: what is the rolling thing (in real world, if exist) to cleaning the floor?

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I saw Moriko Morioka cleaning the floor with the rolling thing.

But I have never see that thing in real life that use for cleaning. Actually I have seen the rolling thing like that, but it was use to paint the wall (people dip into paint and roll on the wall).

I wonder what is that thing in real life. Is it exist ?


texts: How did Toneri Otsutsuki move the Moon towards the Earth?

texts: We know that Toneri tried to use the Moon to destroy the humans. How did he move the Moon? Did he have any control over attraction and repulsion like the Naraka Path?


texts: Why didn't Naruto and Sasuke feel a disruption in their chakra when Madara and Hashirama were reanimated?

texts: Hagoromo stated that, when Indra and Ashura reincarnate, their chakra dwells inside you as well. And its shown that Edo Tensei shinobi regain everything they've lost when reanimated, such as when BOTH Madara and Nagato had a rinnegan. So, Hashirama and Madara should've regained Indra and Ashura's chakra, as when reincarnated it is in you. So, since you regain everything you've lost, Naruto and Sasuke would have had their chakra, as Hashirama and Madara. There'd be two Indra's and two Ashura's, so shouldn't  Naruto and Sasuke felt a disruption in their chakra when Hashirama and Madara got revived?


texts: Why Zeldris has the power of the demon king?

texts: In the manga it's mentioned that Zeldris has the power of the demong king. And I believe in the anime too. What does this mean? Why Zeldris has the power of the demong king?


texts: Do soldiers in Attack on Titan have different ODM gear or is it custom made for them?

texts: Historia is 4'7 so in other words, she is short. On the other hand, we have Mike Zacharias who is 6'5. Do they have the same size gear or is it custom made for them?


texts: Are there really differences between the story lines of the Rahxephon movie and series?

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My all time favorite anime is without doubt Rahxephon. I've watched both the series and the movie. As I recall correctly the movie can be considered a summary of the series except for the end. I had a lot of trouble understanding the end of the original series, but on the other hand the movie's ending seemed to be 'dumbed' down.

Is this an incorrect impression of me, due to the summarizing? Or are there indeed differences between both story lines?


texts: What is the "Malicious Trap" in Watanagashi-hen?

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The manga to Watanagashi-hen (2nd question arc) ends with these words from the author (original in Japanese, translated):

About Watanagashi-hen
Malicious Trap
Watanagashi-hen, the second part following after Onikakushi-hen's scenario, focuses on explaining in greater detail about the events in Hinamizawa. Still following the once famous detective novels' style, Watanagashi-hen is the scenario that the original author himself likes the best in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.
Noted as even more malicious than Onikakushi-hen, Watanagashi-hen is actually the mildest scenario in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Still, as it has been noted, there was a malicious trap by which once caught, the victim would be in great peril. Moreover, even the victim himself wouldn't notice that he had been caught in the trap.
Please confirm that in Watanagashi-hen's solution arc, Meakashi-hen.
...If by any chance did you know about being tricked into the trap... congratulations! You have enjoyed Watanagashi-hen to the fullest (LOL).
(Emphasis mine)

What is the malicious trap mentioned there?


texts: If Van Hohenheim is a living Philosopher's Stone, what does that make Edward and Alphonse?

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In episode 62 of Brotherhood series, when Father's stone was nearly depleted, he started to search desperately for a new one. When he saw Edward Elric pinned down, his expression suddenly changed and he started walking towards him, as if he had found one.

If they are part human, part Philosopher's Stone, isn't it kinda ironic that what they had been looking for was inside them all along?


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After stopping not wanting to go home, Araragi Koyomi and Hanekawa Tsubasa keep seeing Hachikuji on the streets. Why does this still keep happening? I thought Hachikuji can only be seen by a person who doesn't want to go home.

Do the effects of the first encounter continue indefinitely, or is this the result of Hachikuji leveling up in the ghost ranks?


texts: Where does the big weapon battle trope in chuunibyou come from?

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When Rika and the others released their chuunibyou power, they have a huge weapon and use it like it was nothing. I can't remember any anime where such a big and weird weapon is used like that, that isn't mecha. Is this a reference to anything? or is it original for Chuunibyou?

Rika fighting against Touka, her sister


texts: Are there censored or discarded Pokemon creatures and what are the motives behind it?

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After seeing some Youtube videos about censorship in Pokemon, it seems to me that the motives for it are based mainly on1:

Sexual content/innuendoes
Violence (gore, mutilations, etc.)
Religion references
And others (offensive language, stereotypes, political matters, etc.)

I'm interested in knowing if there are censored or discarded Pokemon creatures, and if so, what are the motives behind it. Has Satoshi Tajiri published information about it?2

1 My knowledge about this topic mainly comes from creepypasta and other not too serious references (and also, those are in Spanish, so, I'm not sure if they would be accepted).

2 With the last statement I mean if Satoshi Tajiri approved or rejected the idea/fact of censoring his creations, or if he worked in the censored version, etc.


texts: One Piece song on episode 548 at around 5:12

texts: What's the song that plays in episode 548 at around 5:12? I've been searching for it everywhere, but I just can't seem to find it.


texts: What is the meaning of the title "Barakamon" from the anime Barakamon?


texts: Why there are some American movie characters on the Tokyo ESP anime?

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If I remember correctly, on the episode 3 of Tokyo ESP, the Ghostbusters appeared trying to capture the flying penguin. Also, Murasaki's dad is clearly King Leonidas from the movie 300, and when Murasaki uses her powers on her dad's nunchaku, she was imitating Bruce Lee.

I found these references very funny, but I was wondering: why they added American movie characters on the anime? Did it also happened on the manga?


texts: Why is Patry so powerful, if he isnt the true elf leader?

texts: Patry impersonated the true elf leader, but he isn't him. Yet, he was able to defeat a magic emperor, and he was shown to be very powerful. Why is Patry so powerful, if he isn't the true elf leader?


texts: What is the equivalent of "seme" and "uke" in yuri culture?

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As mentioned in this answer, the terms seme and uke are used in yaoi to describe a duality:

  Yaoi fans have adapted these terms to describe the roles in a male/male relationship: the seme is the one who takes the traditional male role: initiates the relationship, "pursues" the uke and is usually "on top" during sex. This can get ridiculously codified and outright heteronormative, e.g. the seme has to be taller and stronger, not show their emotions, etc. The "uke ends up winning" aspect may or may not be relevant.

If there is an equivalent to this kind of relationship in yuri manga and animation, what is it called?


texts: Is it true that there's an eraser for the Death Note that can bring people back to life?

texts: While it was only mentioned one time in the pilot of the manga, one interesting detail about Death Note is that there was originally a way for the user of the note to reverse any of the deaths they carried out. Just as writing a name in the Death Note notebook would eventually kill a person, a special eraser existed that could not only physically get rid of the name written in the book, but even restore the life that was taken as well.


texts: What happens when an esper reachs level 6?

texts: In the Toaru series several characters are trying to reach level 6, like Accelerator and Hirumi. But what happens when an esper reachs this level? Is this ever told in the series, mangas, spinoffs or light novels?


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In Kaze no Stigma, fire, earth, and air spirit users are clearly seen using their abilities. Ayano is a fire-user, Kazuma is an air-user, and the Tsuwabuki family are earth users. Water users are never even shown.

Are they ever mentioned as existing, and is there any reason given, even in-universe or by an author, for them to never be shown?


texts: What did Vegeta mean with "be careful Kakaroto, that could be the super saiyajin true form!"?

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In Dragon Ball Super episode 100, (spoiler)

   After Kale transformed in green super saiyajin "berserker", Vegeta says to Goku: "be careful Kakaroto, that could be the super saiyajin true form!"

What did he mean with this? was he refering to

   the legendary super saiyajin?

or was he talking about something else?


texts: Why did Aoi-sensei expect Shouko to leave with Nami?

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in the Grand Route of Aoishiro, after arriving on Urashima with Nami Shouko gets a call from Aoi-sensei who asks where they are.

After finding out that Shouko is on Urashima she also confirms if Nami is when her saying she figured Shouko would take Nami there with her.

i don't get this though, in all other routes when Nami goes missing and Shouko is Urashima with her the usual reasoning is that Shouko went looking for her and found her on Urashima. Also since Yasuhime-sama had only just retried her power from the Tsubaki Tree out the back of Shoushinji which resulted in Nami's voice returning and right after Shouko and Nami leave for Urashima, no one from Seijou would have known of any connection between the Tsubaki Tree and Nami

So i am wondering why Aoi-sensei expected Shouko to have left for Urashima with Nami?


texts: Recently I found about  My Hero Academia: Illegals. Is this manga supposed to be canon? Do events from it count for the main My Hero Academia storyline or something from it already appeared in the anime?


texts: What's the song that plays on No Game No Life episode 2 at 14:35? I've searched but haven't found it out.


texts: In One Piece, why is the pirate 'king' above the four 'emperors'?

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From what I understand, kaizoku ou translates to 'Pirate King', while Yonkou translates to the 'Four Emperors'. And One Piece is the only place where a King is considered above an emperor (I jest)
Can anyone explain the reason for this? Is it simply because Oda had not planned for the Yonkou when OP has begun Serialization?
(Luffy has been saying he was going to become the pirate king from Chapter 1; and the yonkou were first mentioned around the Arlong arc)


texts: What are the factors that go into the difficulty level of drawing an anime character?

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I've noticed that in some cartoons (Batman Beyond) and anime (Hunter x Hunter, Naruto Shippuden) some characters are seen a lot, i.e. Inque in BB and Bisky in HxH.

I was thinking that some of the calculation behind that should be how easy is the character to draw.  But I'm not an artist so I wanted to know what factors make a particular character difficult to draw?

If you could explain in terms of the three anime (BB may or may not be depending on your perspective) that'd be great.


texts: Why didn't Marcel or Frieda Reiss transform when being eaten?

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Ymir became an intelligent titan when she ate Marcel without his consent. Grisha Jaeger inherited the founding titan's power when he ate Frieda Reiss, without her consent.

But when a random no-name Titan ate Eren Jaeger...  well that's when Eren Jaeger transformed into a Titan for the first time, inside the titan that ate him.

My question is...  why didn't Marcel and why didn't Frieda transform after they were eaten?

Maybe Marcel had his legs eaten off, first (I don't remember), and his body was unable to transform because it was recovering, but then, when Reiner Braun had a sword through his neck he was able to transform into a Titan, no problem.

Similarly, Frieda might have been exhausted from her fight with Grisha, but when Eren was exhausted after training with his newly enhanced armor ability he was still able to transform, albeit to a smaller Titan.

Any ideas or is this a plot hole?


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In Tokyo Godfathers, we know that Hana is sick. She's shown coughing up blood several times and ends up in the hospital at one point in the movie. It's not clear to me what it is that she's sick with. I wasn't paying attention to all the details, so it could have been said, or this could have just never been revealed.

Do we know what sickness was afflicting Hana?


texts: Can Izanagi help to escape natural death?

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As far as I understand Izanami determines the fate and Izanagi helps to escape the fate in cost of a Sharingan. Death is the ultimate fate of all of us. So can Izanagi be used to cheat natural death. Then a Rinnegan and Sharingan wielder can be virtually immortal!
Can Izanagi cheat natural death.


texts: So, I noticed in the opening for Tokyo Ghoul Re that they showed Kureo Mado wearing a hood, so does this mean he will return? Surely even he wasn't so deceitful and cunning that he would fake his death, go behind the CCG's back, and hunt ghouls while undercover. They also showed a hooded figure holding Amon's doujima quinque, and while they didn't show his face, I'm hoping this was him.


texts: In Code Geass R2 episode 17, why did Lelouch lie to Suzaku about what he ordered Euphemia to do?

texts: In Code Geass R2 episode 17, why did Lelouch lie to Suzaku that he ordered Euphemia to massacre all the Japanese people? The scene starts at 8:14 into the episode.


texts: Did Kirito lie about being the *best* beta tester?

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I watched SAO on Crunchyroll, where the subtitles for episode 2 have Kirito saying:

  I made it higher than anyone else during the beta test.  The reason I knew the bosses skills is because I fought monsters with katana skills on floors far above us.

At the time, I just accepted this as "Kirito is just that good," which was born out by his skills and abilities later on in the series.  After all, someone had to be the best.

However, this question claims he lied during that speech, and I've since checked the dubbed version, where he says

  During the beta, I made it to floors that were higher than any of the other testers.  That's a fact.  I knew about the boss 'cause I fought tons of monsters with way more sword skills on higher floors.

The implication of word choice and tone in the dub does sound like the kind of exaggerated bragging that gamers do when they're claiming preposterous things, but the subs don't convey that to me at all.

Is there any information showing whether he was actually lying?  Was he just a good beta tester (possibly in the lead group), or was he really significantly above everyone else?


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Around chapter 100 to 130 of the manga,

   Yoshinaga Hiroko and Urakawa Minori went to Nagoya to attend SKE48 as a part of their role as the international member.

While the school knows that Yoshinaga is a member of AKB48 and thus there would be no problem with her skipping class for days, they didn't know that Urakawa Minoru is also a member.

Since going back and forth from Nagoya to Tokyo everyday is certainly not possible, considering that

   Minoru was performing 3 times a day in the park.

How did Minoru was able to skip class for a whole month without causing the school to contact his parents?


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Why is Senketsu the only Kamui that can talk? is a related, but slightly different question.

Senketsu is the only uniform that can talk, and apparently he can only talk to Ryuuko because their brains are connected at some level by Life Fibers. He also seems to be the only uniform that can move and think on its own.

However, late in the series, when Ragyo forces Ryuuko to put on Junketsu, it seems like Junketsu might have a consciousness—it might be able to think, even if it can't speak or move. It seems to have a will; it resists being removed by Ryuuko, and after she tears it off, Satsuki is only able to wear it because it was infused with some of Ryuuko's blood and Senketsu's Life Fibers, which changed its "personality" in some way. It also seemed like Junketsu might be creating some of the visions in Ryuuko's mind while she wore it, like when she saw herself at a wedding. But the scene was ambiguous; it could have also been Ragyo and Nui creating these visions and making Junketsu bind itself to Ryuuko.

We never see Junketsu talk or move, and it seems safe to assume it can't. But does Junketsu actually have a consciousness, or was it just made to behave this way by Ragyo and Nui?


texts: Would Nyu have developed murderous tendencies after enough time had passed?

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When Lucy is forced into her 'Nyu' personality, she is reduced to a basic level of intelligence, with a diminished vocabulary and no access to her vectors. As the chapters progress, we see her begin to learn - specifically new words, like 'Kouta' and 'Yes'.

Early in the story, we learn that Diclonius children gain access to their vectors and begin to kill humans at around the age of 3. Given that Nyu is in a childlike state, and that she's learning much like a normal Diclonius child would, does that mean that she too would begin to murder humans after around 3 years?

Or would the fact that she isn't actually a child mean those consequences wouldn't occur?

I've already finished the story, so no need to worry about spoilers.

Side note:
If I remember rightly, at some point in the later chapters (just before Kaede house is attacked), a particular event occurs where Nyu regains most of her intelligence, and can string together proper sentences. I can't remember exactly what happens, since it's been a while since I've read it, but for the question's sake, let's just assume that never happened, and Nyu stayed as she originally was.


texts: What anime is this girl with pink hair on a key chain from?

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I'm wondering what anime this character is from?
She's so cute that I just bought it anyway but I feel silly not knowing if anyone asks me about it. I would be very happy to know.

Thank you!


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They usually happen on cliffhanger scenes, placed before a commercial or at the end of an episode. Kind of acts like a summary of the scene in one still shot, stylized different than the rest of the animation.

Examples:

Video examples to give context here and here. They happen at the very end of the videos.


texts: What is the power order of the Straw Hats?

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I know it's quite difficult but I'd like to know the power level order between the Straw Hats. Currently I am assuming that the order is something like this:

Luffy
Zoro
Sanji

I'm aware from place 4 onward it gets really difficult, but maybe some hints exist. For example, Oda said that Usopp's current power equal that of Zoro before time skip. That would be a good example of a great hint.

Some measurements could be the opponents they have faced, their individual power, devil fruits and for those that have it, their haki.


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As of episode 7, we know the following:

Rei is somehow connected to the Alones that are attacking the city.
The (unnamed) black bird is able to inflict extreme pain on Rei through those feathers.
Every time Rei fires an arrow at an Alone, she consumes one feather.

Is there anything else that has been revealed? Do these feathers symbolize anything?


texts: Suppose Kabuto was trapped in a barrier created by the Sound Four. Could he make the coffins for Edo Tensei appear outside the barrier?


texts: Why are Japanese manga not coloured unlike Korean Manhwa?

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In general, most Japanese manga are not colored, except for title page or centre color pages, rarely.
However, most Korean manhwa manage to colour their works while maintaining a good standard of art, also in their weekly deadlines.


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Toad oil as shown on Mount Myoboku was produced from a special fountain that allowed user to more easily feel the natural energy around them. This was used in the initial stages of Senjutsu training by Jiraiya and Naruto.

However, We've seen several combo jutsu's used by Jiraiya which rely on the Toads spitting Oil (Toad Oil Bullet). Which can be lit on fire or even mixed with both Wind and Fire Jutsu. We know toads can manipulate Chakra and are mostly affiliated with Water Style.

So Is the toad oil produced naturally in the Toad's stomach's or is it something that they achieve by nature manipulation (manipulating multiple chakra natures, similar to Kekkei Genkai)?

Update: I understand "Toad Oil" based techniques utilize chakra, but the source of the oil is not explained. I have read the wiki entries and Wiki just states "converts Chakra to oil" but doesn't explain it. Is it like the Dragon Flame produced by Dragons? For an in universe example take a look at Katsuyu and her/its ability. I can see Slugs producing Slime and Katsuyu using that slime similar to that of the Mizukage's Acid Release. This is both a Nature transformation and Kekkei Genkai, while also possible naturally. Do toads naturally produce this oil, do a nature transformation, Is there any myth that attributes toad spitting oil etc. is what my question moves toward.

Additionally, for those confused about Ying-Yang techniques and Nature Transformations should go through the wikia page and read the cited information! Naruto Wikia - nature Transformation

  Aside from the five elemental nature transformations, there is a second kind of nature transformation that are the source of all non-elemental techniques such as the Shadow Imitation Technique, Multi-Size Technique, medical ninjutsu, genjutsu, etc. There is Yin Release (陰遁, Inton), based on the imagination and spiritual energy of a shinobi, and Yang Release (陽遁, Yōton), based on the vitality and physical energy of a shinobi. Together, they are used to perform Yin–Yang Release (陰陽遁, In'yōton, Onmyōton).

You can't just club any random technique to be Ying/Yang.

Additional Update: Trivia section of Wikia for the Nature transformation gave an interesting lead.

  Techniques such as the Toad Oil Bullet and the Poison Mist mention "converting" or "kneading" chakra into materials or substances, but have never been mentioned to use certain chakra natures.

So I think I am not the only one unsure how these techniques are performed!


texts: Why was Fritz put on the throne as a king?

texts: In Attack on Titan, why did the royal government put King Fritz on the throne? And how did Erwin and the Survey Corps know that he was a fake king?


texts: Shouldn't Pain's head have melted off during the fight with Naruto as 9-tails?

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When Naruto and Pains were fighting, Naruto turned into Naruto's six-tailed version 2 form and he held Pain's head. As we saw with Orochimaru's fight, his snake melted off when he touched Naruto.

Why didn't he at least get a burn?


texts: What actually is modern magic, and how does it work?

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The opening to the anime starts out with a monologue from Tatsuya explaining that magic, once a product of fantasy and the imagination, has actually been synthesised into a modern technology during the 21st century.

However, during the show's entirety, there is no concise explanation of magic, or any of its core concepts. Certain spells have a rough description before they're activated, but the fundamentals are never covered, or not at a depth where a desirable understanding of the phenomenon of magic is attainable. Additionally, the spin off series Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei – Yoku Wakaru Mahouka! only has one episode that covers how magic works, and the information there is pretty sparse.

So how does modern magic work? What does a CAD really do? What are Psions, CADs and an Eidos, and how do they influence each other to give the result we see in the series?


texts: Are the Kara no Kyoukai movies based off chapters from one book or seperate books?

texts: In the Kara no Kyoukai, each movie is referred to as a Chapter so I've been wondering if they all comes from a single book or separate books and when they say Chapter they are referring to the movie collection (like how some anime series use Chapter # instead of Episode #)


texts: Why did Sakata Gintoki need to go to the future?

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In Gintama the Movie: Be Forever Yorozuya (Yorozuya yo Eien Nare), why did Gin need to go to the future first?

He was infected by the White Plague during the Joui war, so why did the future Gin call him to the future to kill the plagued future Gin instead of just sending him to the past and preventing the plague from spreading in the first place?


texts: What book was Hanekawa reading while Araragi tries to find where Tsunade lives?

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On episode 8 of Monogatari Series: Second Season, when Araragi tries to find where Tsunade (Hachikuji's mother) live. He met Lolikawa - young Hanekawa, and she was reading a book

What book is it?


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There's a theory about that Doflamingo wears his iconic glasses because he's blind to his (IIRC) left eye. It was assumed because whenever his eyes were shown (quite rarely), it was actully always only the left one.

Is there anything we can know about it in canon? Any kind of disease of injury that would possibly, even theoretically justify it?


texts: Are Mr.5 and Miss Valentine still alive?

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While I'm yet to reach the current parts of the story, a friend told meg that in the Dressrosa Arc, two characters appeared, using the Bomb-Bomb and the Ton-Ton Fruit, the same used by the two former Baroque Works members named in the title.

However, the Wiki has no mention of these cases, making me assume that canonically, either they are not dead or said DF abilities don't appear.

What is the case?


texts: Which OST can we hear at 16:50 in episode 33?

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Which OST can we hear at 16:50 in episode 33 when Buccaneer appears? It is the same ost as in epsiode 47 when Heinkel attacks Pride in the forest.

I already listened all of the official OST albums, but i couldn't find it.


texts: Why does Manaka react like that to Hikari's confession in episode 12?

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In episode 12 of Nagi no Asu kara, Hikari confesses to Manaka. However, she just says "I don't understand", and then runs out.

What I don't understand is Manaka's reaction to Hikari's confession of love. In the latter half of the series, we learned that she actually did love Hikari when we finish the flashback of her talking with Tsumugu in the fishing boat. If she really felt that way about Hikari, then her reaction to his confession makes no sense to me.

I don't know if I'm just missing something, but this is the one major point I just don't understand from the story. I'd really appreciate if someone could explain it to me.


texts: Can 2 elements be combined into a new release without a "clan based Kekkai Genkai"?

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The Anime has stated quite a lot of times that Kekkai Genkai is a genetic leverage that some clans have, which allow them to combine 2 elements into a new style.
(Like for example, wind + water makes the ice release and Earth + lightning makes the explosion release).

What I'm more interested in thou, is if its possible for a prodigy who can use 2 elements, to combine them. To be more specific I'm asking if its possible for Boruto to create a new release by combining lightning and wind style. (I don't even know what the combination of wind and lightning creates).

I'm really interested in this because there has been some individuals who have used releases from combinations of 2 elements without being from a notable "Kekkai genkai known clan". An example is deidra, who could use the explosion style and also darui, the wiki even states that: "By combining his water and lightning-natures, he can utilise Storm Release".

So could Boruto possibly create a new release of his own by incorporating lightning style and combining it with wind nature.


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I just watched Robotics;Notes. The manga not yet.

A monopole fell from the sky. And later, lots more begun raining.

It was a recurring theme in the series that there was a solar flare cooking up, so I was under the impression that it was also making funny things in the earth's atmosphere kinda explaining the monopoles.

But later in the series we find out that

   There is no solar flare at all. All the info about it is fake.

So, what's up with the monopoles?

My next guess was that it was part of

   Kimijima Kou's plan to make the whole solar flare thing more realistic by somehow synthesising monopoles and throwing them off the sky (somehow)

But I'm not sure if that's confirmed in the series or the manga.


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Ash has caught many types of Pokemon, but he does not have some types like the ghost type.

What types of Pokemon has Ash not caught yet?


texts: Why was the Buddy Complex "second season" just a two part finale?

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It seems like there were expectations for a full second season of Buddy Complex, e.g. from here in March 2014:

  ... the official Twitter account and website for the anime confirmed that the series will still continue.

But then, only three months later, a two-episode finale was announced instead, seemingly to the surprise (a reaction of confusion common in other forums as well, which I share) of many. The finale was released in September 2014. The finale announcement article also concludes with the same note that "the story will still continue" but this seems to be more copy-pasted from the first announcement than an actual announcement (it links back to the same old Twitter post).

Why did Buddy Complex not get a full second season? Was a second season scheduled and then reduced to two episodes because of poor sales or anything like that? Is another season still planned? I don't know Japanese and so searching for sources was difficult. I'm looking primarily for official news and announcements, interviews, etc.


texts: What is so dangerous about the Hyperbolic Time Chamber?

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When Goku, Gohan, Vegeta and Trunks prepare to train to face Cell Goku warns them that the Hyperbolic Time Chamber is dangerous enough that they can't train alone in it.

But there's no life in there. just a building and open empty white space. how exacting is it too dangerous to train in there alone?


texts: Who are these three girls supposed to be in episode 25 of Great Teacher Onizuka?

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At 6:50 of episode 25 of Great Teacher Onizuka, we see three girls bitching about the new school nurse Nao Kadena:

I have not seen even a glimpse of these three girls, until episode 25. The part which intrigues me is their appearance. I've not noticed anyone with such a unique appearance in the series.
Has there been any characteristic explanation regarding it? Is it make up, or something else?


texts: Is it possible to have a girl reincarnate of Asura and Indra?

texts: Though I haven't seen an instance where the reincarnate of Asura and Indra is a girl, I'm still wondering. So the question is, is it possible to have a girl reincarnate of Asura and Indra?


texts: I watched Code Geass, and now I want to know: How did Geass come into existence? Who or what created Geass?