texts: Where can I find piano sheet music for Sekaiichi Hatsukoi's OST 1 track 10?

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I have looked on Josh's anime sheet music and Musescore; I haven't been able to find the piano sheets for this song.
Here is the song.


texts: Was the ending of Mawaru Penguindrum completely incoherent?

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The ending of Mawaru Penguindrum had a lot of ambiguous symbolism.

My first impression was that the writer had no idea how to resolve the fundamental questions of the plot, and thus had to throw out completely unresolvable symbolism in order to fake an ending.
A few of my driving questions throughout the series were as follows:

A recurring motif of the show is that the main character would get possessed by a penguin hat, and pull one or two characters into a kind of alternate reality where they were handcuffed.  To what degree was this a hallucination?  Likewise, Penguins 1, 2, and 3, plus the additional penguin, were important characters who were not visible to most people in the show.  To what degree were they hallucinations, and to what degree were they paranormal?
Were there any forces in the story that were godlike, in that they were both powerful and capable of passing judgement on mortals?  In particular, at the end of the show, it seems that two boys sacrificed their mortal lives for the sake of two girls.  Was this a sacrifice made to a god or other cosmic power?


texts: How much time did it take Yuu Otosaka to fulfill his promise to Tomori?

texts: I just finished watching Charlotte and I'm curious as to whether it is mentioned anywhere how much time it took him to fulfill his promise?


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This questions contains spoilers for everyone who hasn't watched Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos yet.

At the end of the FMA-movie The Sacred Star of Milos, Julia tried to heal her brother by using alchemy and lost her left leg, as you would expect from a human transmutation.

However, at that time, Julia still possessed the philosopher's stone and should have been able to use such a transmutation without sacrificing a body-part.

So why did she lose her leg while possessing the stone?


texts: In what order do the Hyperdimension Neptunia games go (including the animation)?

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I bought Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 for my PSVita awhile back, and now I have Re;Birth2. And I've seen a few of the episodes, but I really want to know: in what order do all the games occur, and where does the anime fit in?

-I know how the Re;Birth games go:
    *Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1
    *Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth2 Sisters' Generation
    *Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3 V Generations

But I know that there are a lot more than that, especially with the new ones coming out, and then there's the animation to consider.

The Hyperdimension Neptunia franchise is very confusing, seeing as

   When you meet IF in Re;Birth1, Compa has no idea who the f*** she is, but in Re;Birth2, in a small lily-rank-raising event, Compa states that her and IF knew each other since they were babies.

This information that Compa gives us is false when considering the events of Re;Birth1, so I'm not even sure if there IS a way to put the games in a chronological order.

But if anybody knows the order (if there is one), please tell me how it goes, and, if not, tell me that there isn't.


texts: Can Obito's ocular jutsu acces multiple dimensions?

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In the Naruto anime, Obito saved sasuke from Oonoki's particle dismantling jutsu and then sent Sasuke into his dimension. He also sent Karin into the dimension so she could heal Sasuke.

Obito then went after Danzo Shimura but then he had to fight Danzo's subbordinates first (they were buying enough time for Danzou to unseal his arm).  During the fight between Obito and Danzous subordinates(Toruno Aburame and Fu Yamanaka). Obito sucked the 2 of them into his dimension. However, sasuke and Karin were already in the dimension at that time.

This part really confused me cause Obito went back into his dimension but then the only people inside were Sasuke and Karin. I always thought Obito's Kamui was connected to just 1 dimension but then the fact that the 2 of Danzous subordinates were nowhere to be seen doesnt add up.

Does this mean Obito could use Kamui to multiple dimensions? If not then why were the 2 of Danzo's subordinates not in the same dimension as sasuke and Karin, we didnt even see them when Obito went back into the dimension to speak to Sasuke.


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In The Rising of the Shield Hero, Myne chose the Shield Hero as her aid and later betrayed him for some mere 800 gold coins, that were equally divided between heroes.

I did not find any reason why she did that.

Is it because Naofumi is a Shield Hero (a degraded hero)?


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In Fate/Zero, we see that the Matou don't really have a proper candidate to participate in the war. So Zouken adopted Sakura. Then Kariya comes up and participates. In exchange for winning the grail, Zouken will release Sakura from her fate as a mage (?).

Then Kariya loses. Therefore Zouken still needs Sakura, does he not? Zouken will continue training her to participate in the next war.

But, in Fate Stay/Night and UBW, this is the situation:

Sakura is a normal girl with no apparent knowledge of magic.
Shinji Matou is the master fighting for the Matou family.

Then, my question is:

Where was Shinji Matou during Fate/Zero? Why did Zouken need Sakura if he had Shinji?


texts: Is there any news about Hunter x Hunter since June 2016?

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I know that it's been put on hold for a bit, but does anyone have any recent information on updates or progress?

The last post I read was from Dec.21 '14 so it's been a bit.


texts: What is the song that was playing in Code Geass R2 episode 10 at 11:50?

texts: What is the song that was playing at 11:50 in Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 episode 10?


texts: Has Ichigo's soul cutter existed before him?

texts: I have a problem with the manga Bleach. When Ichigo became shinigami for the first time, it was said that his soul cutter is so big because of his spiritual powers, which means that your soul cutter is a reflection of that. But when they go to soul society it is clearly hinted that the shinigamis there choose their soul cutters and that the soul cutters they have have existed for generations before them. Can someone help explain this to me?


texts: Why does Kagami feel necessary to emphasize that she is a simple-minded person?

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This has been on my mind for a while. In Lucky Star Episode 18, Tsukasa Hiiragi lightly expressed her desire for having a pet dog. But she quickly got her dream crushed by her sister Kagami, who warned her about all kinds of problems that would be faced by a dog owner. At that point, Tsukasa had to agree with Kagami, and said something along the lines of "you really know much about this, sister."  On hearing that, Kagami suddenly became bashful, turned her head away and said: "In the end I am also a simple-minded person, that's why I looked those things up".

It is this reaction of Kagami that does not make sense to me. Of course, I know that Kagami is a Tsundere kind of person, but I still see no reason to feel ashamed, or to emphasize your simple-mindedness here. After all, the difficulties of dog-raising that Kagami mentioned (walking, feeding, difference between a puppy and a grown-up dog etc.) do not seem like something that a high school student should look up to know, and no one would say that knowing these things stop you from being simple-minded.

Am I missing something deep here, or is it just Kagami designed to be over-reacting?


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Fact 1: Any wound on a Life Fiber-infused human will automatically regenerate even if it is opened by a single blade of the Sword Scissors.

Example: Harime Nui's torso is pierced by the blade of the Sword Scissors that is owned by Ryuuko. The wound healed off as soon as the blade is pulled out. There are many scenes like that throughout the series.

(Episode 21, 21:41)

Fact 2: A wound on a Life Fiber-infused human will be prevented from regenerating only if it is cut by the two blades of the Sword Scissors, Bakuzan or an equivalent weapon at the same time.

Proof: The dialog at the beginning of episode 23.

  Inumuta Houka: I figured out why Harime Nui's arms couldn't regenerate.
  The Sword Scissors and Bakuzan are able to cut Life Fibers.
  But for the case of strong Life Fibers, it immediately starts to regenerate from the point where it is cut off.
  However, if it is cut from the both sides at the same time, it is possible to once again cut off the Life Fibers which started to regenerate.
  This is the true power of the Sword Scissors that is made by Professor Matoi.
  Matoi Ryuuko: Wait! Then those two Bakuzan pieces...
  Inumuta Houka: ... will have the same effect.

(Episode 23, Just after the opening)

Contradiction: When Harime Nui invades Matoi Isshin's laboratory, he cuts Nui's left eye with only one blade of the Sword Scissors, but that eye of Nui never heals up. He couldn't have used both the blades, because the other blade of the scissors pair wasn't pulled out of his body until Ryuuko arrived.

(Episode 12, 07:29)

Question: Why doesn't Nui's left eye heal? It is not cut with the two blades together at the same time from both sides. It is cut with only one blade. Thus, it must be able to regenerate. But, it doesn't. Why?


texts: How could Otosaka Yuu remember his imprisonment if it happened in another timeline?

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During the live show by ZHIEND, Otosaka Yuu remembers his time as a guinea pig in the research facility, where he helps his brother jump back in time.

The thing is, we later learn that his brother jumped back countless times (separating the guinea pig timeline from the current timeline even further).

How could Yuu have those memories?


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in Season 2 Líng Yá says to Lǐn Xuě Yā that the reason why Làng Wū Yáo doesn't talk is because his voiced is cursed and that when he speaks it always attracts trouble.

However is this actually true? while Líng Yá seems to speak the truth that Làng Wū Yáo doesn't want to say (like how was saying how he was lonely when they reunited with Shāng Bù Huàn) Làng Wū Yáo didn't pull on Líng Yá like he normally does


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Recently I've heard the song Play The Game's by Asaka, which is the ending theme of the visual novel Occultic;Nine.

But I can neither get the proper full version of it in YouTube, nor a proper download link. How to find the full version of a song like this one?


texts: Which was the wall Titan Eren sealed with a rock?

texts: I'm watching the second season of Attack on Titan. I've watched the first season but it was a while ago. I remember that at the begining of the series, Wall Maria was breached and that at some point Eren Titan sealed a hole with a giant rock, but I dont know remember which one it was. Reading an Attack on Titan Wikia http://attackontitan.wikia.com/wiki/Walls , it says both wall Maria and wall Rose were breached five years ago, and that both were sealed by Eren. Is this right? Which wall was the one sealed in the first season of the anime? Because I remember only one being sealed in the first season.


texts: Why doesn't Kakashi use his copy ability that often?

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Kakashi is known as "the copy cat ninja". The Ninjas from the other countries call Kakashi the Copy Cat Ninja because of his Sharingan and how he uses it for his advantage (Copying moves). But he does not use his power to copy very often (or at least not anymore). It is only shown around 3-4 times that he actually copies and uses it against somebody.

Why does he not use this power more often?


texts: I can not wait to watch "The Wind Rises" Movie, which is Miyazaki's final film. Is there any news about its English release date?


texts: What is this smoking item in Beyond the Boundary?

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This is set on one of the tables in episode 9/10 and seems to burn inwards, pieces falling off as it goes - creating the spiraled chunks on the plate.

I've never seen anything like this before, is it something that exists outside of the show and what is its purpose?


texts: Does anyone know the Bando Spiders team music in Eyeshield 21 anime? This music is played just before the match between Bando Spiders and Deimon Devil Bats. To be more precise Episode 79 from 9:12 to 10:04


texts: Is the anime called "Working!!" or "Wagnaria!!"?

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I just started watching Wagnaria!! and noticed that it says "Working!!" in the opening. I do understand that the title Wagnaria!!, as printed on the Box, DVD Cover and listed on NISA's Website, comes from the name of the restaurant in the anime which the story mostly centers around.

So I am wondering, does Wagnaria!! mean Working!! in Japan? Why is the anime titled Working!! but in the West it's labeled Wagnaria!! (with the second season being Wagnaria!!2), since normally in the West either the Japanese name is kept or it's translated to English?


texts: Does Mirio Togata have superhuman speed?

texts: Supposedly, Mirio Togata was able to defeat half of the Class 1A students in less than 6 seconds. How is this possible? His quirk is supposed to be permeation, does he for some reason also have superhuman speed as part of his superhero habilities?


texts: Is the Princess Tutu manga any different from the anime, and does it add anything to the story?

texts: Per my knowledge, Princess Tutu's anime adaptation came first and was remade into a manga later on. Does the manga of the show remain faithful to the anime, or are there differences between them? Does it add anything to the story?


texts: In Plunderer, what does Licht's -999 count mean?

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In episode 2 (possibly even 1) of Plunderer, Nana refers to his -999 count as "the number of times he's been rejected by women".

Does that mean he has been rejected -999 times, meaning 999 girls have actually accepted him?

Or, is his count actually "the number of times he has successfully hit on women" meaning he has been rejected 999 times, making it a negative number?

His number goes down another 1 (making it -1000) when seemingly Hina falls for him (or at least accepts him)?

In episode 3, he states that he has been rejected by 1000 females he admires, so that must mean his count is actually "how many women he has successfully hit on" then, right? Unless he's being deceiving?

Sorry if this is worded poorly, talking about negative numbers and rejection at the same time is hard.


texts: Is there an official English pronunciation of Planetes?

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The Japanese title is プラネテス ΠΛΑΝΗΤΕΣ. The second word, ΠΛΑΝΗΤΕΣ, is Greek for "planets" or "wandering stars". The first word is a transcription of the Greek word into Japanese using Katakana. In Romaji it would be "Puranetesu".

The English title is ΠΛΑΝΗΤΕΣ Planetes. How should this be pronounced in English? I've used all the following, but I'm really hoping someone here knows or can find the official pronunciation.

Plane-tess
Planets
Planet E-S


texts: What is the song in My Hero Academia that begins when Midoriya and Todoroki fight in Season 2 Episode 10 (before Todoroki uses fire)

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The song has these "harp" sounds in the background

You can listen to it here around 2:20 minute like this.

Thanks in advance!


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In Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara, Yuito uses a tablet to make such a colorful drawing.

I've searched for many brands of display screen monitors but didn't find any matches.

I thought it was a Wacom monitor, from a Japanese company. But this seems impossible since they only connect to a PC and don't function alone.

What type of tablet did Yuito use?


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So I heard this song many times but I have no clue what its name is. It's in OVA 5 (when Sonic was training) and OVA 6 (S class hero murder, at 0:18). It's the trumpet soundtrack.

I really want to find the music sheet for that, because I play trumpet.
Thank you so muuuuch  (´▽`)/


texts: Why is Hoshimiya Kate's Seifuku Jikan weak against Tobacco?

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During the series, whenever Kate tries to use her Seifuku Jikan on smokers, the attack fails to conquer the target.

There are several other moments when smoke and smokers are shown to have an effect on the Zvezda team:

One theory is that what the enemies are smoking is quite not tobacco...

what is going on?


texts: How could mitsuki attain sage mode without training

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During the final test, Mitsuki was subconciously able to enter into sage Mode without prior training at any of the great sage lands.

How was this possible?


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After watching some live shows of Aqours, it seems to me that LL-Sunshine is doing what boy bands do all the time:

Rotate the aging members out and replace them with younger ones.

I came across this interesting piece of news:

2016/02/29
　“μ’S FINAL LOVE LIVE! ～μ’SIC FOREVER♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪”
THE LIVE CONCERT FROM LOVE LIVE!
TO BE STREAMED LIVE IN THEATERS IN ASIA AND OSEANIA[sic]! – UPDATED!

Were Aqours created to replace the aging μ’S?


texts: What are the other # Areas of the Holy Empire of Britannia?

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At the start of Code Geass Japan has just been conquered by Britannia and renamed Area 11. After Prince Clovis's death we are introduced to Princess Cornelia, learning that her Knights had just established another Area for the Empire (I do not remember the number) before leaving to take Clovis's place in Area 11.

I am wondering what each of the Areas are (ie. Area 11 is Japan), if they were conquered in the order they are numbered and if they were all also conquered while Charles Zi Britannia was Emperor.


texts: Itachi at the beginning of the fight with Sasuke says that he wants Sasuke's eyes to be his new light, meaning that he wants the Eternal Mangekyo by transplanting Sasuke's eyes. But Sasuke did not have the Mangekyo at the time - doesn't he have to transplant Mangekyo eyes to obtain eternal Mangekyo or does replacing Mangekyo eyes with regular Sharingan eyes do the trick as well?


texts: What are the governmental structures of the countries in FMA?

texts: The countries in FMA all seem to have different governmental structures. Amestris seems to be militarily run but I thought I saw references to some sort of Parliament. Xing seemed to have tribes but Ling is also the Prince. Ishval seemed to have some sort of set of elders, though I wasn't sure about that. What are the technical governmental structures of the three countries?


texts: Recently, watched episode 845 of One-piece, I heard a music playing at 16:09, and I can't find it.


texts: Why does Bakugou drag Kaminari into the bushes and what did he do to him there?

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I don't understand why he drags him off to the bushes to get him to discharge and go into derp mode. Bullying? To recharge the expensive night goggles? To give the rest of the class something to laugh at?

Can any easy assumption be made to what he did to him in the bushes to force discharge?


texts: How did manga as we know it today come to be?

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While researching my own question How important was the invention of blue towards anime?, I landed relatively quickly on Hokusai. The page states that Hokusai is incorrectly considered the precedent to modern manga.

  The largest of Hokusai's works is the 15-volume collection Hokusai Manga (北斎漫画), a book crammed with nearly 4,000 sketches that was published in 1814. These sketches are often incorrectly considered the precedent to modern manga, as Hokusai's Manga is a collection of sketches (of animals, people, objects, etc.), different from the story-based comic-book style of modern manga.

And considering that the first 'manga' was more art then manga as we know it these days What is the first ever produced anime and manga?

How did manga as we know it these days come to be ?


texts: Was it a Time Traveling Idol? Or just a Hallucination?

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In the Love Live movie Honoka meets an older woman in NY, singing "What a wonderful world.

That woman then goes on to give live coaching to Honoka, and knows awfully lots about her,

  Including the fact she used to dare jumping mud pools as a kid as shown in the first scene of the movie.

No one of the other muses can see her, she is afraid of going near Homura's Japanese sweets, and seems to show up right where honoka needs her to be.

Also, her eye color is a dead-ringer for "older Honoka".

So, is she...

Time traveling honoka that comes back in time to fix everything.
A hallucination honoka is having. She is not real, and Honoka bought/found the mic stand somewhere.
HonoMaki DBZ fusion from another reality.

Word-of-God sources preferred, but feel free to base your own analysis on the movie material alone.

Who really was "Female Singer"??

Sources:

https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1435102
https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveLive/comments/3km7lg/love_live_the_school_idol_movie_discussion/


texts: Are the Japanese names of the characters from Ente Isla references to something?

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I feel like there is some kind of joke with the characters' fake names that I am missing.

One of the characters I think asks if their names are outdated. Is that the joke, just that they are using archaic names? Or is there something else?


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Okay, first read this rule:

  In the Death Note, you cannot set the death date longer than the victim’s original life span. Even if the victim’s death is set in the Death Note beyond his/her original life span, the victim will die before the set time.

So that means if you wrote something like John zeurtö dies peacefully in the year 2315, that wouldn't work because this date is beyond his lifespan. But that would mean, if you wrote a date thats within his actual lifespan, that would work.

But now, there's this 23 day rule.

  The Death Note can only operate within 23 days (in the human calendar). This is called the 23 day rule.

So, could the first example work?


texts: Why does Sailor Moon Crystal not air weekly?

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Sailor Moon Crystal is "airing" (online) every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month. Not only is this not every week, but not every other week.

Why is this?


texts: When & where did the unnatural hair color aka "You gotta have blue hair trope" originate?

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I specifically want to know which manga or anime started the trend, so I can reason from there to the how question, in order to not make general assumptions.

There was a time in manga/anime where blue hair was abnormal.
For example, from the short clips I've seen of the anime "アタックNo.1", it contains mostly black-haired girls, a couple of brunettes and a sparse blonde. No one there is pink/red/blue-haired. Same with Princess Knight.


texts: What is the meaning behind the titles of Tokyo Ghoul OVAs JACK & PINTO?

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For reference, the dictionary definition of the word "pinto" is

  Marked with spots of white and other colors; mottled; spotted.

It can also be used to refer to a piebald horse which has irregular patches of two colors such as this one:


texts: Is sound genjutsu more powerful than eye genjutsu?

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After going through this link, I came to a belief that sound genjutsu is far more superior to eye genjutsu.

After recalling the incident of the two Sage Toads' genjutsu and Kabuto's genjutsu, I felt that it was difficult for the Sharingan/Rinnegan users to concentrate on their battle.

So is my speculation true?

Some of the sound genjutsu techniques are listed here:

Demonic Illusion: Toad Confrontation Chant
Temple of Nirvana Technique
Demonic Flute:Phantom Sound Chains


texts: What action is Yashiro supposed to take?

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In episode 3, Satoru tells his teacher to "hurry up" and do something about Hinazuki at the end of their conversation, and also states in the narration that he's "positive Yashiro is waiting until spring vacation before taking action."

I'm slightly confused. Yashiro earlier says that "the Child Consultation Center visited their house three times." I thus assumed that

The Child Consultation Center is already worried or suspicious (if they visited Hinazuki's home at all). Yashiro probably informed them about the abuse at Hinazuki's home. (Even if Yashiro didn't, they are already aware of the case.)
The Child Consultation Center would be the party responsible for any further follow-up or protective measures, not Yashiro.

Am I wrong about this? If I am not wrong, what is it that Yashiro must hurry up and do? (Does he simply need to speed up things, given that the Child Consultation Center is "so incompetent"?)


texts: Anime with a woman in a skimpy, futuristic suit?

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Please help find the anime in this AMV at 0:33-0:37.

For the sake of convenience, below is a screenshot of the scene


texts: In the Bleach manga, does Byakuya really die in Bleach 502?

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In the Bleach manga-volume 57, chapter 502, page 56-you see

   Byakuya on a wall with blood splattered everywhere, and a man with white hair (sorry for me not knowing his name; I have yet to actually read the manga, besides the first three volumes) says, "It seems Byakuya Kuchiki is dead."

My question is: is Byakuya really dead, here, or does he come back and whatnot? This scene looks as though he is, but we've seen desperate situations-like this-in the past chapters (or episodes) of Bleach where the character isn't truly dead; they come back later making a dramatic entrance, looking even more badass than before. See what I mean?

This CAN'T be the end for Byakuya Kuchiki. It just can't!


texts: Why is the average number of suspects three or more in Detective Conan?

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I'm curious as to why in almost every Detective Conan case there are always around three suspects? Even when there are cases with many suspects, Conan always narrows it down to three or four suspects. When there is a case involving a serial killer there are at least three suspects at the end.

Is there any explanation from Aoyama Gosho about this?


texts: Why did the defense barrier went down when Hyakkimaru mother stabbed herself?

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In episode 12 of Hyakkimaru, when Hyakkimaru's mother stabbed herself why did the barrier went down? It is mentioned in previous episodes that Gate consisted of Demon aura, then why did it broke down?

Was Hyakkimaru's mother possessed with goddess? As when she stabbed herself, a green aura similar to the goddess idol went out of her and the demon gate broke down?


texts: What is the true nature of the Cervello?

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The last time the Cervello appear in the manga is when

  they give Byakuran the Mare Rings.

After this, they're not shown or mentioned again.  While their true purpose could be inferred from the events in the final arc, I'd like to know if there's any official word on this.


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Why did Itachi not kill Sasuke but instead poked his head during their last battle that led to Itachi's death?

Was it because of the clan symbol behind him? Or because he loved him?


texts: Did Lucy ever recover her consciousness?

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In the manga, Kaede ("Lucy/Nyu")

   lost her Lucy consciousness ("bad side" or "little Kaede" side) and kept the Nyu consciousness.

Did she ever recover her Lucy or "real" side?


texts: Does Goku possess super quick talking skill?

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I know that he can move very quickly (and even instantly). That's why when freeza says there are 5 minutes left till the planet explodes it didn't bother me that those 5 minutes took 11 episodes. Because of their high speed they can move super quickly and many episodes were needed to show everything.
What I don't undestand is how they were able to give an enormous amount of speeches in those 5 minutes.


texts: In the Dragon Ball manga, Hit shows a new technique, but it's been translated different in different sources. Some calls it "time shift", and other calls it "time lag". What's the right english translation of the name of Hit's new technique in the manga? Apparently the japanese name is Toki-Zurashi.


texts: What is the song that plays at the end of episode 260 when Zoro senses Ship Slasher T-Bone?

texts: What is the song that plays at the end of episode 260 of One Piece when Zoro senses Ship Slasher T-Bone? It plays towards the end of the episode.


texts: Confused as to why ANBU agents are so easy to kill off

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Why are the ANBU agents the easiest to kill off in Naruto and Naruto Shippuuden?

Naruto's team was shown to be stronger than a team of ANBUs.

I'm just so confused why would they say that the ANBU are the best of the best when they are the easiest to kill off


texts: Which is the manga series with the highest number of volumes?

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There are some famous manga like One Piece have 77 volumes and are still ongoing or Naruto which has 72 volumes.

Which manga series is the one with the highest number of volumes ?


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"When the Dragon Ball Z anime was released, a filler scene in the episode "Goku's New Power" was added showing the Super Saiyan as what looks like a Great Ape with yellowish colored fur instead of the standard brown"

Later in the non canon Dragon Ball GT we saw a more detailed version of a golden great ape, plus "The GT Perfect Files note that the Golden Great Ape form appears to be the Super Saiyan form from the legends, further implying that the original Super Saiyan utilized the Golden Great Ape form."

Was the original super saiyan a golden great ape in canon Dragon Ball?


texts: How often do multi-season anime break their previous cour count?

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Usually with multi-season anime, successive seasons tend to follow a similar episode-count as previous seasons. Even if the exact number of episodes is off by a couple, or some are replaced by recap episodes, but in almost every Season 2 or 3 I've seen, the number of cours always matches up with the same number of cours as the 1st season.

First, is there a particular reason for this, or is it "just tradition"?

Second, how often do second or third seasons break from the cour-count of previous seasons? Does it happen at least once a year, or is it uncommon enough that the last time it happened was ages ago? Does it even happen at all?

Third, are there any examples of anime that have asymmetrical seasons like this? Recent and otherwise examples would be nice.


texts: Who has the highest official Dragon Ball Z power level?

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I remember Captain Ginyu exclaiming that Goku had a power level of 180,000 in the Ginyu Force arc, but I don't recall a higher scouter being shown/read aloud in any other episode/movie of DBZ (I'm not including Frieza's 1 million bluff).

Does anyone have more information on this from a credible source? If official data is available, I would also want to know the power levels of a regular Super Saiyan, SS2 and SS3 as well.


texts: Why are there songs in OSTs and music albums that don't appear in the anime?

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There are songs from OSTs, or even full albums by bands or singers in the anime, that I have never heard in the anime. Some music albums for which this is true:

Neon Genesis Evangelion: S² Works — many unused songs and alternate mixes or arrangements of existing songs.
Le Portrait de Petit Cossette Original Soundtrack — the song my love, so sweet is never used in the OVA.
Keep the Beats! by GirlDeMo.
God only knows -Secrets of the Goddess- — the full version that is 11 minutes longer than the one used in the OP of The World God Only Knows: Goddesses!

Why do they do this? For fan service? To make us feel like the bands or singers are real artists? Or to get more profits from CD sales? In which case, couldn't they have just picked the cheaper alternative of selecting some existing songs that are good fits for the anime?


texts: What are the episode titles of Boku no Imouto wa "Oosaka Okan" parodying?

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Listed below are all the episode titles from the official site (in Japanese). The title for the limited time episode on NicoNico is taken from the official (?) blog (in Japanese):

  Episode 1: ある朝、大阪おかんの妹ができまして。 (Aru Asa, Oosaka Okan no Imouto ga Dekimashite)
  Episode 2: 妹が大阪おかんなんですけど！ (Imouto ga Oosaka Okan Nandesu Kedo!)
  Episode 3: 俺の妹がこんなに大阪おかんなわけがない (Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Oosaka Okan na Wake ga Nai)
  Episode 4: 大阪おかんだけど愛さえあれば関係ないよねっ (Oosaka Okan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankei Nai yo ne)
  Episode 5: 大阪おかんホーム (Oosaka Okan Home)
  Episode 6: 最近、妹のようすがちょっと大阪おかんなんだが。 (Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Oosaka Okan Nandaga.)
  Episode 7: この中に１人、大阪おかんがいる！ (Kono Naka ni Hitori, Oosaka Okan ga Iru!)
  Episode 8: あるいは現在進行形の大阪おかん (Arui wa Genzaishinkoukei no Oosaka Okan)
  Episode 9: 大阪おかんな妹と受難な俺 (Oosaka Okan na Imouto to Ju'nan na Ore)
  Episode 10: 妹は大阪おかんの女神ちゃん (Imouto wa Oosaka Okan no Megami-chan)
  Episode 11: 最近の大阪おかんブームはどうやら俺のおかげらしいですよ (Saikin no Oosaka Okan Boom wa Douyara Ore no Okage Rashii Desuyo)
  Episode 12: 浪花はん＠がんばらない (Namika-han@Ganbaranai)

  Episode 1.5: 配信限定大阪おかん (Haishin Gentei Oosaka Okan)

Some episode titles can be easily recognized as a parody of the names of several light novel/manga series. It is interesting that the original series usually have something to do with brother-sister relation:

  俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない (Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai)
  ==> Episode 3: 俺の妹がこんなに大阪おかんなわけがない (Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Oosaka Okan na Wake ga Nai)

  お兄ちゃんだけど愛さえあれば関係ないよねっ (Onii-chan dakedo Ai sae Areba Kankeinai yo ne!)
  ==> Episode 4: 大阪おかんだけど愛さえあれば関係ないよねっ (Oosaka Okan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankei Nai yo ne)

  最近、妹のようすがちょっとおかしいんだが。 (Saikin, Imouto no Yousuga Chotto Okashiindaga.) [Screenshot]
  ==> Episode 6: 最近、妹のようすがちょっと大阪おかんなんだが。 (Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Oosaka Okan Nandaga.)

  この中に１人、妹がいる！ (Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru!)
  ==> Episode 7: この中に１人、大阪おかんがいる！ (Kono Naka ni Hitori, Oosaka Okan ga Iru!)

  ささみさん@がんばらない (Sasami-san@Ganbaranai)
  ==> Episode 12: 浪花はん＠がんばらない (Namika-han@Ganbaranai)

I believe most or all of the titles must be a parody of some existing series.

What are the rest of the titles parody of?

Update: I have identified all of the main episodes' titles. However, I cannot find any work that resembles Episode 1.5: 配信限定大阪おかん.


texts: How does Conan know the names of Vodka and Gin in the anime?

texts: I watched the anime many times but in the first episode of Detective Conan, both Vodka and Gin never mentioned their names. But later as the series continues, it looks like he knows their names even before Haibara appeared in the series.


texts: After Madara warped out of the Kamui dimension, what happened to Kakashi's sharingan? Did Madara destroy it?


texts: Will playing "Eyes of Heaven" without reading the manga spoil the player majorly?

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I have been interested in getting JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven for PS4 but I'm afraid of story spoilers.

Is the story mode of Eyes of Heaven a supplement for the manga, or do I need to read the books first to understand?


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Akame is just an ordinary member of Night Raid. She doesn't have an integral role in the plot, and she is not an essential character: her absence wouldn't had changed the framework of the story significantly.

Though she did fight an amazing battle, this doesn't seem like it should differentiate her from the others, because all the other members did the same thing. The only difference is that

  she fought Esdeath, the primary antagonist, and ultimately survived.

However, on the other hand, the show is named after her. In addition, the opening and ending is full of portrayals of her. She takes most of the attention, but she doesn't seem to display a leading role.

Why is she emphasized so much, especially over the other characters?


texts: What are the differences between Ash and Red?

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In Pokémon, we have two main characters:

Red, who is the main protagonist on the manga and the first Pokémon games (Red, Blue and Yellow)
Ash, who is the main protagonist on the anime.

What are the differences between the two?


texts: A song that plays in Tokyo Ghoul:re episode 10 on 1:30

texts: What is the song that plays in Tokyo Ghoul:re episode 10 on 1:30?


texts: What is written in the last scene of the Neon Genesis Evangelion opening?

texts: The opening of this anime is full of references. I've caught all of them except this one. What is the meaning of this and in which language is it written?


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If someone is brought back to life with the endo tensi, could they also be brought back with justu's like Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique or what Chiyo used or again with the endo tensi?
I would like to point out the diffrence between my question and Can reanimated Chiyo use One's Own Life Reincarnation technique?. The latter focuses on the paradox of using a life taking justu on an immortal person, while my asks about bring back someone twice, so that there are two of them at the same time.

Also, can you use an endo tensi as a sacrifice for an endo tensi? This way you could have an army with only one sacrifice.


texts: Song playing in Naruto episode 114 when Choji survives the fight?

texts: Which soundtrack is playing in Naruto season 5 episode 8 titled "Good-bye Old Friend…! I'll Always Believe in You!" (when they chase Sasuke and the Sound Village's ninjas) when Choji survives the fight and remembers moments of friendship?


texts: In which soundtrack album can I find "Virgin Road Ni Hana Ga Saku"?

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File 23 of the first season of You're Under Arrest (Taiho Shichauzo) featured the wedding of Daimaru (Ken's father) and Sena. I have found that the song used there that caught my interest has the same title as the episode; that is, "Virgin Road Ni Hana Ga Saku" (ヴァージンロードに花が咲く).

I have tried searching among the various soundtrack albums released for You're Under Arrest, but it seems the version of "Virgin Road" in those albums is the version sung by Kakijima Shinji, instead of the version heard in the episode (which featured a chorus of voices, among other things).

Thus, my question: which album has the full version of "Virgin Road" that was sung by the same guys who sung the version in the episode?


texts: Is anime production more efficient than manga production?

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To explain, I want to know whether it is more efficient to produce anime or manga, and why.

Anime:

Needs to be made frame by frame
need people to record voice.

Manga:

Needs lots of paper
has to be printed.

By more efficient, I mean which one has more profit and takes less time to make.


texts: What song is playing in episode 22 (s2ep10) of Tokyo Ghoul?

texts: It's playing between 6:36 and 7:46. I've heard it multiple times in TG itself but couldn't find it on soundtrack, and many times elsewhere. I have a feeling it's somewhat popular


texts: How is Embyro "Thousands" of years old, if the destruction of old earth happened only 534 years ago?

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Embyro self proclaimed to be thousands of years old. But he is shown in a flashback as a scientist in the 22nd century, and the destruction of old earth happened only 534 years ago.

How can he be that old?


texts: When are the annual breaks for Weekly Shonen Jump?

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After looking for the new chapter of One Piece, I came across this site. Here they said

  The second week of august marks the annual summer break from the publisher Shueisha.

Remembering the golden week from begin May, it made me wonder what other annual breaks mangakas have and when we shouldn't expect a new release to come out.


texts: Which Black Jack anime most closely follows the manga?

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I love the manga, Black Jack, by Osamu Tezuka; it is truly a masterpiece.

Well, I want to watch the anime, so I looked it up on Wikipedia. Unfortunately, there are multiple animes, apparently. There is a

1993 OVA series, containing 10 episodes;
2001 ONA series, containing 12 episodes;
2004 TV series, containing 61 (or is it 62?) episodes.

Frankly, I'm stumped. I just want to watch the anime adaptation of the manga, and I'm unsure which one is most true to the manga, and I don't feel like watching all 3 of these.

So, which one is most an anime adaptation of the manga?


texts: In Part One, Hinata cuts her hair short and it makes her look hair look like a duck's tail (sorry, Hinata). She lets it grow long in Part Two, the cuts it short again in Part Three. There may not be any reason why she does so, but can someone tell me why Hinata cuts her hair short (if there even is any reason)?


texts: Whom is Shiki talking to in the dream where he meets a serial killer (in the Kohaku route)?

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In Tsukihime's Kohaku route, Shiki falls asleep and has a "dream" after the welcoming party.

In it, he (or SHIKI) encounters another serial killer. They drink coffee bought from a vending machine together and have a conversation. Afterwards, the other killer decides to leave the city, believing that there would be trouble if the city had two serial killers.

I'm wondering who this other person was, and if they, too, were sent by the same person who sent Nrvnqsr Chaos to kill Arcueid Brunestud. (I remember reading about it the other day, but I can't remember who; I know for sure it wasn't Roa.)


texts: Manga about possessed child who develops a taste for people

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The main character was a young (probably 10–15 years old) boy who was possessed by some sort of demon (so, fantasy); a tree might have been related here
This might have caused him to (want to?) eat people
Said possession happens during the course of the book, and the character is still himself, only more… evil
The cover was this character with a sharp-toothed grin
The title was one word starting with K
It was a series
I found the first in the series in a book store somewhere between 2007 and 2011; it was the only one there at the time

This is a bit of a stretch and it’s been so long that I’m not completely sure of any of the details. Still, if anything can be found from it…


texts: What are the paintings in the Anti-Angel Headquarters and what do they mean?

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Here is a partial list available on Wikia. What do the ever-changing paintings mean and how are they connected to the episode's or the overall plot? For example:

   In the OP of Episode 4, hung on the side wall is the painting with the kanji [鎮魂歌]【ちんこんか】, which means requiem. The painting alludes to both the album Requiem for Innocence by Sad Machine that has a profound influence on Masami Iwasawa and her disappearance at the end of Episode 3.


texts: Can anyone explain the ending of "Koe no Katachi" one-shot?

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In Koe no Katachi (OOIMA Yoshitoki) (one-shot version), at the end of the story,

   the boy, Ishida Shouya, finally met up again with the deaf girl he bullied in the past, Nishimiya, Shouko.

My question is about the exchange in sign language between them in the last 3 pages of the story. What do the signs mean?

   Why did the boy blush and reply "That's so embarrassing! How can you even say that?!" in page second to last? And in the last page, when the girl grabbed his hand, why did he say  "That's not what I meant!"?

The relevant 4 pages. (negative page number, since I am counting from last)

Page -5

Page -3

Page -2

Page -1


texts: Why is there so much reluctant sex in hentai?

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Multiple authors on the net have pointed out that a lot of the sex in hentai is, or appears to be, non-consensual.
From here: http://magicalgirlproject.tumblr.com/post/91661244454/porno-month-reflections-why-so-much-rape-in

I watched 20 hentai over the course of June/July, and looking back over them all, I’m left with one frustratingly unanswered question:
[WHY IS THERE SO MUCH RAPE IN HENTAI?!?]
Why is rape so ubiquitous in hentai, why is it so inescapable, and why do so many of [these hentai that I've watched] focus exclusively on rape, with maybe one token consensual scene or sometimes none at all? It’d be like if 90% of the porn made in Belgium featured a buttplug scene — it’s weirdly specific and implies there’s some kind of cultural thing going on that I don’t yet understand.

Also, note this: http://www.hongfire.com/forum/showthread.php/431127-Why-does-hentai-have-so-much-violence-rape-towards-women.
A commenter on the first article claims these 'rapes' are not as non-consensual as they seem:

ninfadelagua said: The average porn scene does seem rapey, even if it isn’t extreme (no hitting/scratching/biting) there seems to be a trend of women acting like they are resisting a lot and the men in the porno keep going and prey on them sexually (for hetero porn).

This implies that the 'victim' enjoys the rough sex and is 'resisting' as part of the 'game', sort of like how tsundere pretend to hate the person they actually love.
Which leads to Not If They Enjoyed It Rationalization: which says:

Turns up often in Hentai, Boys Love Genre and Fanfiction. A lot.

In other words, the claim is that this, in some sense, doesn't count as rape because the purported victim enjoyed the experience.

Is this actually what's going on? What is about Japanese culture that makes reluctant sex, which looks non-consensual to Western eyes, so common in hentai?


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When Goku first activated Ultra Instinct Beerus looked pretty worried. Is this because he has yet to unlock Ultra Instinct?

Whis described that is even for gods difficult to attain it. Beerus is a god of destruction. Meaning that it is difficult to attain even for gods indirectly indicates that not all gods have Ultra Instinct unlocked yet. If this is true, is Beerus one of them then?


texts: What is this strange symbol that is shown when Kagami says "un"?

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In Tokyo Ravens, when Kagami Reiji is dealing with the Nue when he makes his first appearance, he utters the syllable "un" (ウン), which harms the Nue in some way. In the manga, this is displayed as follows:

On the right we have furigana that read "un" (ウン), but the symbol on the left is clearly not Japanese. What's going on here?


texts: What is the meaning of the shaking image in all the Symphogear XV preview image sets?

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On the day before each episode of Symphogear XV airs, a new set of preview pictures are released on the Symphogear XV website. Amongst each set of pictures, there's always exactly one picture that shakes when you hover your mouse over it.

Listed below:

Episode 1: Maria & Hibiki (3rd image)
Episode 2: Kirika (4th image)
Episode 3: Hibiki vs. Millaarc (4th image)
Episode 4: Flustered Bikki (5th image)
Episode 5: Tsubasa (2nd image)
Episode 6: Ogawa driving (6th image)
Episode 7: Elfnein (1st image)
Episode 8: Château de Tiffauges (6th image)
Episode 9: Fudou (7th image)
Episode 10: Bikki waist tape measure (7th image)
Episode 11: Millaarc kick (8th image)
Episode 12: Yggdrasil (2nd image)

I was wondering, is there any significance behind these particular picture choices? Or were they just chosen arbitrarily?


texts: Is there a connection between Medea and Len?

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in Carnival Phantasm when everyone is in Ahnenerbe we see Medea (Fate/Stay Night Caster) and Souichirou Kuzuki. but there is someone else with them

Medea has a girl on her lap and i know that girl is Len, the Succubus Demon Familiar who travelled with Arcueid Brunestud before she made a contract with Tohno Shiki in Kagetsu Tohya

Looking at them in this shot we see that they sorta look similar. similar hair and similar ears. but to my understanding in Carnival Phantasm Medea and Len never interacted with one another, yet here they are with Medea looking sorta motherly with Len in her lap.

Is there some sort of connection between Medea and Len which would indicate why 2 are like this in Ahnenerbe when they haven't interacted in the series?


texts: How and when did Uchiha Madara learn Edo Tensei?

texts: During the Fourth Ninja World War, Uchiha Madara manage to escape Edo Tensei by releasing himself and put himself in Edo Tensei again. But how or when did Madara knew about the hand seals of Edo Tensei?


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

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Up to episode 175, I know Fairy Tail has some episodes which are not in the manga.

If I want to watch the series again but not the episodes that are anime-exclusive, which ones should I skip?

This question is inspired by Which episodes of Bleach are fillers, I just decided to do the same for Fairy Tail


texts: I know that, in general, the higher-ranked manga tend to be shounen, such as One Piece, Bleach, and Naruto (based generally, I think, on readership). Is there anything showing general demographic popularity, such as the overall popularity of shounen vs. shoujo vs. seinen vs. josei, based on something like readership? If so, is shounen still the most popular? How do the other ones rank in relation to each other?


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Orochi reacted when he saw Haise Sasaki (Tokyo Ghoul :Re episode 1) and said

  Hmmm? There's something about him...

leading me to believe that he recognized Haise Sasaki from somewhere before. How did Orochi recognize Haise? Are they anyhow related from the past?


texts: What is the catalyst necessary to transform into a titan?

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At first I thought that you must hurt yourself in order to transform into a titan.

But later,

   We see that Reiner and Bertholdt transformed without self harm, because they transformed immediately after Mikasa cut them in episode 6 of season 2 (episode 31 on Crunchyroll).

Also, thinking back, Eren did not commit self harm when he transformed from within the belly of the titan in season 1.

We see also that sometimes Eren is hurt and he still cannot transform, even though the injury was self induced. What exactly must take place in order to transform?


texts: Is there any special episode of Conan and Kindaichi working together?

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According to Detective Conan World's Wiki, there are a few people who know Conan's real identity. I checked out the list and found Hajime Kindaichi.

I am a fan of Kindaichi series so I would like to know how did Kindaichi get to know Conan's real identity? Obviously Conan wouldn't have told Kindaichi himself. Kindaichi must have figured it out.

So is there any special episode or a manga chapter where Conan and Kindaichi work together?

I know about the game.


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Is there a reason why Nezuko is the only one in his family that turned into demon?

We all know that Nezuko has a strength that is in par with the Twelve Demon Moons, So I'm assuming that shes the only one from her family the has been successfully turned into the demon without dying even after Kibutsuji injected a large amount of his blood?


texts: Why didn't Kenjirou Hata continue Ad Astra Per Aspera?

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The manga Ad Astra Per Aspera is currently on hiatus. The author, Kenjirou Hata, according to the internet (I forgot the source), stopped working on Ad Astra  Per Aspera because he wanted to focus on Hayate No Gotoku.

Then why didn't Kenjirou Hata continue Ad Astra Per Aspera, even after he just finished his other work Hayate no Gotoku in April?

UPDATE

I read this news: Hayate's Author Has Already Drawn 6 Chapters of New Manga Series. Does anyone know what that new manga series he's working on would be? Is it possible that it is Ad Astra Per Aspera?

UPDATE 05/11/2018

The manga that been talked about on this article is Tonikaku Kawaii a new manga series by Hata kenjirou on Shounen Sunday Magazine, that was first published on Feb 14, 2018. The manga still on going.


texts: Why aren't people leaving Hellsalem's Lot?

texts: Hellsalem's Lot seems to be a dangerous place, considering how much destruction is shown. It looks like hundreds of people die every month, so why are they staying there? I guess it's possible to leave the city, considering Leos family was there and left.


texts: Would Infel has disappeared if she and Nenesha succeeded?

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At the end of Ar Tonelico II - Melody of Metafalica when Luca and Cloche are singing EXEC_with.METHOD_METAFALICA/. Frelia is warning Infel that if Luca and Cloche are successful Infel will disappear because of what will happen to the Infel Pira, all the while Infel is saying she knows she's going to disappear because she designed Infel Pira.

But i am wondering, would Infel had disappeared when she and Nenesha tried to create Metafalica 400 year ago and succeeded? does this mean Metafalica was doomed to fail back then because it would require someone to sacrifice their life?


texts: Where can I get listings of convention locations and dates?

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My interest in anime and manga is largely a solitary pursuit that consists of me watching copious amounts of animated TV shows and answering questions on this site -- I don't really collect merchandise much or go to conventions . However, in the past, I've missed at least one convention that I would have liked to go to, on account of the fact that someone who had been involved with a few series I really like spoke there.

One problem, in addition to my lack of interest in looking through guest speaker lists early enough, is probably simply that I don't really know where I can learn about ongoing conventions. I might know of some small "convention" run by the anime club of a school I might be affiliated with, and, along with that, of one much larger convention in the area. However, I only know of these via word-of-mouth, and I pretty much do not know of the approximate times of any other conventions near areas I've lived in. Moreover, if I travel, it'd be nice to be able to have some approximate idea as to whether there are any conventions in the area, so I can see if I might be interested in going.

With this in mind, are there any websites that list major conventions by location and dates? (Bonus points: are there any particular websites that do not just do so for, say, the US?)


texts: Why are there only 3 episodes of "World War Blue"?

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So I thought that World War Blue was a pretty good idea for a show, but it only has 3 episodes.

Are there any explanations why it only got 3 episodes?


texts: Help identifying a song at the beginning of episode 1 of Your Lie in April

texts: What is the song that plays at the very beginning (before the OP) of the first episode in Your Lie in April? It's played in other episodes too and I can't find anything about it when I look it up.


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In Chapter 629, when Obito and Kakashi fought in Kamui's dimension, Obito revealed a hole in his chest and told Kakashi that the hole was opened by the hell of this world. It didn't seem to be a literal hole in his chest (like the Hollows in Bleach), because it wasn't present in the later part of the battle.

Was this hole used figuratively to indicate that Obito's heart was void of emotions, or did he teleport that part of his chest just before Kakashi stabbed him with Raikiri?


texts: This question triggered my curiosity for this question. Why most of manga are black and white? Is this because of more cost if they add colors to it?


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I am only familiar with this term when I know about the anime.

Is this term only used in Japan?

Sometimes I read light novels on the internet but I never see the book myself. How is a light novel different from a regular novel? Except for light novels being... light, are there any other differences?

And usually I see the cover done in a manga-style drawing:

Are light novels used exclusively for anime or manga adaptations?
Are there any light novels that do not use manga-style drawings?

I tried to search "Light novel cover" and the result is as expected:


texts: How does Amagiri Ayato get the nickname Murakumo?

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This wiki lists Murakumo as an alias for Amagiri, but doesn't list how he gets it. I don't think anyone was calling him that before his high-profile duel with Toudou Kirin, but a girl calls him by the name at the start of the following episode.

I think it makes sense to assume that he was given the nickname when he took the rank 1 spot, but I don't know why that particular nickname was chosen for him. The wiki translates it to "Gathering Clouds" but I'm unsure what this has to do with anything. Is the reason for this nickname explained somewhere in the series?


texts: What does the symbol 油 on Jiraiya's headband mean?

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Jiraiya is shown wearing a headband with 油【あぶら】 drawn onto it. I know that 油 is the symbol for abura, and that it means "oil".

But how is it related to him? Does it have anything to do with the fact that he is a sage from Mount Myoboku?


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How is Alphonse Elric ( And all the other souls affixed to objects ) able to see ?
Contains Spoilers

Alphonse soul got affixed to a armor but his real body still remains in the void. So how is he able to see through the piece of armor? And does this not collide with his real body's vision. All his other sense's such as feeling, taste are removed. And he also has the inability to sleep. So why does his vision remain?


texts: Could one make a specific person shoot someone dead using the deathnote?

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Rule X.2 saies "Whether the cause of the individual's death is either a suicide or accident, if the death leads to the death of more than the intended, the person will simply die of a heart attack. This is to ensure that other lives are not influenced."

This is generally (including in canon) interpreted as "One can't make a specific person kill". We all agree that based on this rule one can write "Mr. A get shot" but not "B has a heart attack after shooting someone". My question is if it would be possible to write "A get shot. B has a heart attack after shooting A". The name "Mr.A" is in the notebook so it should work but I am pretty sure that Light or Ryuk called it impossible.

Out of canon I understand that Kira is an OP puppet master even without the ability of blaiming specific persons for a homocide he commited (just think about what would have happened if one member of the task force shoot another one and get shot on his own so that light now has a gun and human shilds to kill L withuout deathnote or eye witnesses) but in canon there should be no reason why it should not work.


texts: What happened to the original English dubs of Lupin III by Streamline Pictures?

texts: Does anyone know where I can get the old Lupin DVD's containing the original English dubs by Streamline Pictures? The ones you can buy on amazon.com seem to be done with new English audio recording with different voice actors.


texts: What’s the deal with Super Saiyan God in the English anime?

texts: I’m currently watching the American Dragonball Super dub on Toonami and I noticed Goku and Vegeta power up to Super Saiyan Blue but don’t use Super Saiyan God. In the Japanese anime and manga, the Super Saiyan God is a useable transformation separate from Blue and Goku used it  to fight Hit and to overpower Trunks and to fight the female Saiyans. Why are they skipping it here in America?


texts: How did Frieza come to know of the dragon balls?

texts: I was watching Dragon Ball Z for the third time. When Vegeta after losing against Goku and others, comes back to Frieza's head quarters and recovers. There he comes to know that Frieza has already left to Namek, presumably to search for the dragon ballz. How did he come to know about them? Did I miss any episode or side story here or are we left to guess about it?


texts: Who is the person called "professor" that is kept in the basement under Ichigaya?

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There is someone/something locked in the basement of Ichigaya. He is the one who sent the message to leave the apple seedling in the inn after the raid by the agents.

He is also mentioned in the Sachi ending of the VN, and probably in the sequel VNs as well.

What is his/its identity?


texts: What is the song that plays every time Kikyo appears with Inuyasha?

texts: Does anyone know the music track or OST that appears every time Kikyo appears with Inuyasha? The music only plays for a little while and has a sad ring to it. I tried looking for it for month but I couldn't find it anywhere. It plays at Episode 47 at 16:27


texts: Has the popularization of streaming anime changed the anime industry?

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Has the increasing availability of streaming anime on the web from providers like YouTube, CrunchyRoll, and NicoNico Douga affected how big label anime studios and publishers, both domestic and foreign, market and distribute content (e.g., how publishers can gauge which series to pick up or renew, find new original content, test the waters)?

I'd be curious to know about both the impacts from both official and unofficial streaming sources.


texts: Are there any characters designed specifically for Norio Wakamoto?

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Norio Wakamoto is a veteran Japanese voice actor with a long portfolio of characters that he's voiced. His craft is such that he often times gets pigeon-holed into a certain character archetype that fits a particular acting style of his.

This acting style is so prominent that you often have people try to imitate his voice, other voice actors/actresses that try to imitate him for fun, and even competitions at conventions (like at Moe Culture Festival 2012) for imitating him. These characters are usually evil (but not necessarily an antagonist), funny, maybe a little crazy. Characters like Onsokomaru (2x2 Shinobuden), Victoreem (Gash Bell), Garuda (Magical Quiz Academy), Katakuriko Matsudaira (Gintama), Amagumo (Desert Punk), etc.

Are there any characters (whether they fit this archetype or not) that were designed specifically for Wakamoto to play? I know there's Commander Wakamoto from Virgin Fleet, which I didn't find really matching the archetype, but it's hard to imagine that the names were just coincidence. Was Commander Wakamoto designed to be played by Norio Wakamoto?


texts: How does a colossal titan come down once he is done shifting?

texts: I was thinking that Bertholdt must have trained with his Colossal Titan so I was wondering how he would get down, considering Marley did not have 3d maneuver gear.


texts: What are the differences between the original and the re-cut versions of Psycho-Pass?

texts: I know that the original show has 22 episodes and the re-cut version has 11 one hour long episodes. However, I want to know if there are any major differences. What are the differences between the 2012 version and the 2014 version of Psycho-Pass? Did they add new scenes or information?


texts: Which philosophers have influenced Death Note? What is the name (or category) of their philosophies? I want to read deeper.


texts: How Supreme deity and Demon king work together?

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In episode 10 of season 3, we see that Meliodas and Elizabeth are fighting against Demon king and Supreme deity.
As demon clan and goddess clan are enemy, also Meliodas and Elizabeth were sinned and punished for helping each other and betraying respective clans.

So my question is how come for punishing them both the supreme being are working together at same time at same place.


texts: What did Shouko say to Ishida in the coming of age ceremony that made Ueno jealous?

texts: I don't understand what they are saying. Could someone translate this?


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In the last episode of Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai, there's one new member in Kirino's group: Otaku Girls Unite, and she seems to be somewhat important.

I know that this anime is already ending just like the light novel, and there won't be any further episodes. But I've been wondering, who is this new girl? Maybe they show it in the light novel?


texts: In the fight between Naruto and Sasuke, we saw their battle. It seems that Kurama was more powerful than Sasuke's Susanoo (with bijuus).


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For the majority of students in class 1D I have been able to ascertain, to some  degree, the flaws/issues which led to their placement in the "looser" D class. However, Yosuke Hirata seems to be an all-rounded top student, who assumes the role of team leader.
Why was he placed in class D, despite seeming perfectly above average?


texts: In Law vs Doflamingo, why didn't Law swap Doflamingo's soul?

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In One Piece, Law can easily swap two people's soul, but he didn't use it when fighting with Doflamingo. Let's say if he swapped Nami and Doflamingo's soul, it would so easy for him to defeat him that way.

Why didn't Law swap Doflamingo's soul to make the fight easier?


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This may not be the best place to ask this question. However, I've only ever seen anime ones. I got an email from JList advertising Sword Art Online and I got a couple with a Galaxy Angel Vol. 1 Limited Edition box.

To me, pencil boards just look like plastic cards which, when flipped around (so everything is opposite), could be stuck to windows and allow light to shine though, but I doubt that's what they are for. What exactly are these pencil boards?


texts: Are these people in fantasy costumes from an anime, and if so, what anime?

texts: Who are the people in this picture cosplaying as? Which anime do they belong to?


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On the Type-Moon Wikia entry for Geis it says this:

  Contract used by Kiritsugu Emiya
  Binding magecraft: Target – Kiritsugu Emiya
  The Crests of the Emiya family hereby command: Provided that the following conditions are met, this oath shall become a commandment and bind the target without exception.

  Oath:
  To the fifth head of the Emiya house, Kiritsugu, son of Noritaka: regarding both Kayneth Archibald El-Melloi and Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri, all intentions and actions to kill and harm shall be forbidden for all eternity.

  Conditions:
  Use up all the Command Seals, and let the Servant finish himself.

Now I've only seen up to Episode 10 but from how this reads it seems to have been in place before even the first fight between Saber and Lancer since by episode 10

   Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri is Lancer's Master and probably doesn't care about Kayneth since she loves Lancer

However, Kiritsugu had tried to kill Kayneth on more than one occasion and there seems to be nothing that tries to stop him from breaking this Geis. in Fate/Stay Night in one of Heaven's Feel's bad endings, it's shown what happens when Shirou goes against the Geis he forms with Rin

   Once he plans on going against Rin's wishes of killing Sakura Matou, he finds that he cannot move his body at all to stop her. He is immediately freed upon Sakura's death, as there is no longer any reason to bind him.

and in Cú Chulainn's legend, his demise was caused when he was put in a situation where he had to break a Geis

Never refuse a meal offered by a woman
Never eat dog meat

He was offered a meal of dog meat by a woman and as such he had to break one Geis.

So while I may be jumping the gun here and asking this before watching the entire series, where does this Geis with Kiritsugu and Kayneth appear? If it was before the first fight between Saber and Lancer, how come there was nothing enforcing the Geis as there was with Shirou?


texts: How old was Nanana at the time of her murder?

texts: The anime series only says she was murdered "ten years ago". What was her age at the time of the murder?


texts: Filler episodes for anime that has no manga original - some questions?

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I know that filler episodes are often done to keep a work going, or to flesh out a character's backstory.

In an anime that is its own work (not based on any manga, and with no manga counterpart), can filler be used as a means of taking a break from the story arc?

I know this is a different example, and a western work, but American TV drama series Grey's Anatomy was accused of having filler for much of Seasons 12, 13 and 14.

Filler isn't necessarily non-canon, is it?

Is it possible for a filler episode to later prove to be important even though it doesn't seem so at the time, if a character makes reference to the events of it further down the line, and how often as this happened?

I'm not an expert in anime, but is it more common for manga-to-anime adaptation than a series being entirely anime and created from scratch?

I'd appreciate any explanations, as I've seen varying discussions on filler.


texts: Do users of One for All lose their original quirks?

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Izuku and All Might didn't have quirks when receiving One for All, but at least some of the former users had an original quirk.

Did these users lose their quirks along with One for All when they pass One for All to another user?


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On the aprons (at least I think they're aprons) of the people that work on the Horse's Bone, a weird design can be seen:

Is this supposed to be a (weird) horse or something like that, which alludes to the shop's name?
Or is it something else?


texts: How does the NerveGear fallback battery work?

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On the first episode of Sword Art Online we know about a microwaves device installed on the helmet. We learn that this device can damage to death the user's brain removing the limiter. Unplugging the device causes the battery to activate as fallback, using the remaining power on the battery to damage the brain of the user.

The main device of a today microwave oven is magnetron, I cannot find any example of a magnetron consuming less than 1kWh as now (I accept correction), emitting more than 600W in microwaves. As of current technology, can a portable battery provide enough power to burn a brain? Are there more details about this issue described later in the anime or in the novels?


texts: Why does Bartholomew Kuma support the world government?

texts: Bartholomew Kuma is a former revolutionary and a friend of Monkey D Dragon. So why is he helping the government instead of helping Dragon. We know that he helped Luffy and his crew during the Sabaody Archipelago Incident, and also helped them to keep the Thousand Sunny away from pirates and the world government. But still he offered himself to the government so that they could turn him to a complete Pacifista.


texts: What is the order of the JoJo anime series?

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My friend recommended me to watch JoJo's Bizzare Adventure, but when I googled it I found there are many series.

What is the order of the anime?


texts: Where can I acquire a specific copy of Let's Go!! Love Summer?

texts: I am the curator of an exhibition on Easter Island in popular culture (http://www.moaiculture.com) and I am trying to track down a few missing items. If you can assist we will acknowledge you in the exhibition. There is a specific issue of 'Let's Go!! Love Summer', which appears to be out of print. Does anywhere know where I can read a copy online or purchase from a seller. Best - Ian


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Many times when I see images of Hatsune Miku, she is shown holding a leek or spring onion.

Apart from headphones and microphones, other popular and well known Vocaloids, such as Rin, Len, Kaito and Luca, don't seem to have any strange items like vegetables.

So why is Miku shown with a leek? And if there aren't any other Vocaloids with strange items, why is she the only one?


texts: Can Naruto or Sasuke be promoted directly from Genin to Hokage?

texts: I'm just wondering if one of them (Naruto and Sasuke) becomes Hokage, is he promoted from Genin rank directly to Hokage?


texts: Does this character in "Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion" die?

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Does

   Lelouch Vi Britannia

survive at the end of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion?

Some people say that

   he's seen in Code Geass: Akito the Exiled

but isn't this before the events of the first two seasons?


texts: Why does Éléonore call Louise "Chibi-Louise"?

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In Zero no Tsukaima, when Louise's older sister, Éléonore, is first seen, she shouts, "Louise! Chibi-Louise!" She calls Louise this many times, as pictured below.

What does this expression mean, and why does Éléonore use it when the rest of Louise's family does not?


texts: Why is Super Saiyan Blue (Goku) more powerful than Super Saiyan God (Goku)?

texts: I watched the series earlier. I now joined the Stack Exchange and found this forum so I searched about this but could not find an appropriate answer. Does anyone know?


texts: When did Obito awaken the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan?

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Spoilers if you didn't see episode 473 of the anime yet:

   In anime episode 473, Kakashi uses Obito's eyes to create Susanoo. But Obito's eyes were not Eternal Mangekyou. Previously, he had Rinnegan which he has borrowed in addition to one of his own eyes, and that's why he could do lots of stuff.

Note: this is not the same question as the closure says! Eternal Mangekyou is when someone from Uchiha gives his Mangekyou to to someone dear then it becomes eternal and the powers will be activated.


texts: Where can I purchase anime soundtracks for download?

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As much as I would like to buy the CDs for some of my favourite soundtracks, I don't have a CD drive on my laptop and also I would be ripping the music off the cd anyway.

Are there any legal sites where I can download soundtracks for shows I like, rather than purchasing the physical media?

In particular, I'm looking for the 'Your lie in April' OST, but I would like to know in general where I could go for this sort of thing


texts: How did Nagato choose the paths of Pain?

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Potential Spoilers for the events Season 6-8 of Naruto Shippuden

In the Jiraiya vs Pain fight we get the following information.

   Konan is a former student of Jiraiya, who is also the Angel of Amegkure and Pain who has the Rinnegan is the leader who defeated Hanzo. During the fight we learn of the six Paths of Pain, each who uses a different unique abilities while sharing their field of vision. Jiraiya was confused how could six people have the Rinnegan when only Nagato had it.

This is the setup for the sequence of the events leading into the next season.

   Jiraiya recognises Yahiko, and then the body of pain that he pulls into the toad. He then decides to go back out and realises that ALL the paths of pain are Ninjas he'd seen/met before. And then the realization "The real one is not among them." This confuses me since we know Nagato can make any dead person a path of pain (the new Animal Path), Why would he chose those particular individuals that Jiraiya knows? Infact how did he know Jiraiya knows them?

And thus the question, How/Why did Nagato choose the "Paths" of Pain?

Additional Info: He chooses the following paths of pain

   the 5 shinobi that Jiraiya encountered during his journey: The Puppeteer, The Waterfall shinobi, The Fuma clan shinobi, The Grass Shinobi, The Priest. The sixth path i.e. Yahiko seems obvious due to their connection. But again using the other 5 seems very coincidental.


texts: Why are post offices always a target for robbers in anime?

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I've seen quite a number of anime where the targets for robbers are mostly post offices and not banks and or other places that could have money. Is this a plot device that started somewhere or is it actually a fact that robbers actually go for post offices in Japan? If it is the latter, can someone shed some light on why post offices are a favourite target for robbers?

Some examples of anime that have post offices robbed off the top of my head are Sword Art Online and Toaru Majutsu no Index. There are probably more titles where this happens that I can't remember.


texts: What is being shown in this Bleach panel?

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In chapter 350 of Bleach, this set of panels appears:

But I don't understand what is being shown here. Is it Ichigo's newly made hole?


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The title of the series is Your Lie in April (Japanese: Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso).

What was the lie? What was the reason for the lie?


texts: How are phones designed on “The Dirty Pair?”

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The two heroines in TV series The Dirty Pair work for the World Welfare Works Association (WWWA / 3WA) as “trouble consultants”, for example solving problems while blowing things up..

During the opening credits—and during the show—characters are seen using the phone to call WWWA with the number “3WA” being dialed on the keypad.

This style of keypad shows up throughout the show—and as far as I know—it’s not a standard style keypad outside of the world of “The Dirty Pair.”

Even if the W and A keys were there for the exclusive purpose of dialing “3WA” why are N and Y keys there?

Is there an explanation—in universe or otherwise—of why phones keypads are designed this way in the series?


texts: Are there any anime series with neither an opening or ending song?

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I have watched quite a lot of anime over the last several years. And I noticed that I haven't seen a single anime which lacked both an opening and an ending song. There are some anime that don't have ED songs or don't have OP songs.

But are there any anime that have neither of these?


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I watched the first episode of Akame ga kill from my plex server and was a a bit surprised that it put Akakill Theater ep 1 as the next episode to watch.
It looks like the air date for each Akakill Theater episode matches the air date the actual show episode from thetvdb.com, so perhaps these shorts aired immediately after each episode aired.
Should these shorts be watched after each main episode?  Are there any spoilers?


texts: What are the reasons for producing short-form anime?

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Short-form anime (or tanpen anime, see Is there official terminology for anime series that run less than the standard length?) are relatively common, with at least a few each season.

It seems strange to me that this would be a worthwhile investment for studios. Sure, the production costs will be lower, but there are certain overheads that aren't going to scale with cost, and their DVD sales will surely be lower. So it seems like a losing deal for studios.

Why, from a production standpoint, would studios decide to produce short-form anime over a full-length TV series?


texts: Do these comment stickers from Pixiv come from anime?

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In Pixiv, you can leave a comment on any fan-art. There is also an option to leave a sticker for comment. They include an elephant, fox (?), girls, and skull.

Here is a fan-art example from one of those stickers. I've tried to google the tag but couldn't find anything.

I'm asking about all the stickers - elephant, fox (?), girls, and skull - , but more specifically, the one for these girls above. Do these stickers come from an anime? If so, which one? If they are original characters, do they have any names?


texts: What was the red (rasengan type) thing Boruto's giant rasengan collided with, while attacking Momoshki?

texts: During the final battle with Momoshiki Otsuki, Boruto uses giant Rasengan to attack, which was defended by Otsuki, with a red ball of his own. Was it Boruto's earlier Rasengan, which he absorbed?


texts: What's this manga with girl who does household chores and a guy in piercings and tattoos outside of school?

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I know the title started with an H and I'm pretty sure it was a mash up of the two main characters names.

It was about a girl who was really popular in school and a guy who was really quite and reserved (thought to be the nerdy type).

When they run in to each other outside of school the guy is covered in piercings and has a bunch of tattoos and the girl is basically a house wife always doing chores, cooking and looking after her brother.

I know it sounds lame but it was actually a really good story!

Please help!


texts: Are One Piece movies necessary to watch to understand what happens in the anime/manga?

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I am up-to-date on every One Piece episode, but I have never watched any of the animated movies.

Are they necessary to watch to understand what happens in the anime/manga?


texts: When they are explaining Dimension W, it is represented as the negative side of the X axis. Why is Dimension W negative X? Is it not really it's own dimension?


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In Attack on Titans, how exactly was everything paid for? Not once in AoT so far did I ever see any exchanging of currency. For example the Markets:

How do businesses make money then? Is there a type of currency in AoT that they officially use?

For example do they just give away meat for free?

Are Potatoes, Vegetables and cutlery such as plates, bowls and cups free or have I just missed something?

Note: I think food is free for the survey corps or the people that are training to enlist in the army and be able to leave outside of the walls but what about everyone else? Is it free or is it paid for? If it is then whats the currency? Coins, notes (obviously probably not :P) or is there some sort of system where they trade for example their bit of farm land for a lot of cured meat or fish or vegetables for example.

So my question is how exactly are things purchased in AoT?


texts: Is Dabi Endeavors oldest son Toya Todoroki? I need to know because google is not working.


texts: Manga/Anime of two female secret/military agents featuring countless upskirt moments

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I remember an anime that was broadcasted somewhere between 2002 and 2006 on the German MTV.
It was about two female agents if I remember correctly that were members of some secret/military organization.

The most noticeable part is the countless upskirts and bra flashes the series showed, never anything more revealing.

One of the two females is rather small and both mainly use simple handguns in combat. Can someone help me find the animes name?

edit

writing these details down, bopped a title to my head.. Noir.. But I'm not quite sure yet and I can't verify that right now, as I am in the office.


texts: Why did Sasuke need to activate sharingan to perform chidori?

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Chidori can be very well used without activating Sharingan. Sharingan is only needed to nullify the Tunnel Vision Effect and to save yourself from enemies counter-attack.
But it seems Sasuke has a knack for both. Every time he resolves to use Chidori he lights up his Sharingan. Against a formidable opponent, it is fairly understandable to use both to avoid any chances but why such extra precaution against a simple rock? It's not like Sharingan is for free, we're all aware of the considerable chakra cost for the red eyes then why does he need to do it?
I've noticed it now twice, in Boruto

Episode 61
Episode 157

Why did Sasuke need to activate Sharingan to blow up the stationary boulder using Chidori?


texts: Are this 2 characters from Saint Seiya, regular human beings like Seiya? or are they from another race?


texts: What is the difference between the ending in the anime and in The End of Evangelion?

texts: Are the endings shown in the anime series and shown in The End of Evangelion different/alternate or are they same but in different places?


texts: In the Dragon Ball Minus manga which is part of Jaco the Galatic Patrolman if I understand correctly, Frieza knows super saiyan god. But in the anime series he seems to know anything about him, since he feared super saiyan and not super saiyan god, which doesnt make sense if he knew super saiyan god who is much stronger. So my question is, is what Dragon Ball Minus says canon? Did Frieza know super saiyan god? Sure not all official Dragon Ball mangas are canon, because some contradict the series like the Dragon Ball Heroes manga or the Dragon Ball Gaiden manga.


texts: Why/How does Eren remember how to activate his Titan power?

texts: Eren's father injects him with the Titan serum years before he first uses it.  So how is it that he remembers how to activate it?


texts: What would happen if a pokemon died instead of fainting?

texts: I have searched for it and would like to know what would happen if a pokemon were to die. Would the trainer go on and get another pokemon? Or maybe they would stop being a trainer forever?


texts: Can the Nine-Tails now leave Naruto's body at will?

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After Naruto and the Nine-Tails became friends, Naruto unlocked the seal.  Does that mean that the Nine-Tails can escape out of Naruto at his will whenever he wants?  If so, why doesn't he do so?  After helping him, couldn't they both go their separate ways?  If he were to leave, would Naruto die?

And while fighting Tobi in tailed beast mode, Naruto's seal was unlocked. Couldn't Tobi have used his Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails and force him out of Naruto, just like he did with Kushina when the seal was weakened during childbirth?


texts: How is Levi so fast when attacking the Beast Titan's nape in season 3 part 2?

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In episode 17 of Attack on Titan season 3 part 2, when Levi takes out the Beast Titan's arm, eyes, and legs, Levi is in the air above the downed titan. When Levi goes for the kill, Zeke says that he doesn't have enough time to harden his nape. (YouTube video)

Levi was in the air, reeling in towards the Beast Titan. The ODM wire was still taut but the ODM gear was set to reel speed. It's demonstrated time and time again that when people using the ODM would listen to the order from the captains/whoever was in charge, they all move at the same speed and don't seem to rehook. They just stay there.

We saw Annie/the Female Titan harden quick enough to be protected from Oluo which was really fast.

But back to Levi, there wasn't any tall freestanding objects insight, so how did he move so fast? Please don't say it was gravity. He wasn't falling, he was reeling.


texts: What is the use of these cable back on the Gantz Hard Suit?

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So yesterday I just finish watched the Gantz: O, CGI Movie one. It is very intense and the fighting scene between Oka and the Nurarihyon was so good. But there is one thing kinda annoy me out. The back of the Hard Suit.

It looks like have pretty long hair or I suppose to say cable? Because this remind me that the Predator also have almost the same look like those thing. But for the predator, when he want to remove the mask, he need to unplug those "cable".

But for the Gantz Hard Suit, what does it do? If you want it provide the oxygen I think it is not that correct... Since the cable is not attach on something like the oxygen tank.

Why don't he unplug all those cable and probably would make himself more comfortable while moving around because those thing swing around feels like kinda unpleasant. Like your shoes didn't tie up properly...
Anyway, what's the used of these thing? I don't see anything useful at all on the Hard Suit...


texts: Where to get the end-of-episode pictures?

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In season 1 & 2 (maybe also 3), each episode ends with a preview of the next episode's title on top of a picture, with a dialogue box. The pictures are visibly done by different artists and seem to be signed.

I fancy some of these pictures but have no idea if/where they could be found without the extraneous interface stuff. Have these appeared in an artbook, some online promo gallery, or possibly their respective artists' gallery?


texts: What's the song when Gon is on the ship to take the hunter exam?

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In Hunter x Hunter, when Gon goes away from his home to take the hunter exam, I think there's a music in the ship when Gon says "a storm is coming" and the captain says "I have only seen one guy who can do that".

What is that song?


texts: Why are Sharingan users less susceptible to genjutsu?

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I can't remember where I saw this, but sometime today, I saw something like: "The Sharingan helps the Uchiha counter genjutsu" and i've been thinking about it for a while now. Can anyone explain how the Sharingan helps the Uchiha counter genjutsu?

I understand that users of the Sharingan can easily use genjutsu on others, but how does the Sharingan help them counter the effects of genjutsu?


texts: Couldn't Light have relinquished ownership of the Death Note before dying?

texts: Before Ryuk killed Light, was it possible that Light could have relinquished ownership of the Death Note so Ryuk wouldn't write his name?


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Chiyo-chichi (Chiyo-Dad, or "Father Cat" in the dub) is a strange creature that appears in  Osaka and Sakaki's dreams. He says he's not a real cat before he tells Sakaki to "find a real cat."

What kind of creature is he? Where did the author get the idea of creating him?

He's the strange creature in the middle -- he doesn't like tomatoes because they are red :


texts: Anime with three blue-eyed high school students

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I'm trying to remember an anime I watched when I was younger.

There were three main characters; two were siblings, a boy and girl. The third was also a girl. All three of the characters had rare blue eyes. One of the girls had short-ish red hair; the other girl had blue hair, and was a bit sweet and shy. The boy is tall-ish, if I remember correctly.

The beginning shows the boy, holding a picture of his sister and him playing in a kiddie pool, naked, outside the house he lives in now. The characters are all high school students, as well, and I think they lost their mom.

Does anyone know what this anime might be?


texts: How does Treize survive the train wreck at the end of Allison & Lillia?

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In the final episode of Allison & Lillia, Treize lets go of the ladder to deal with "prisoner #42" just as the train runs off a cliff.

He comes back in the final scene to greet Lillia. But how in the world does he survive the fall?


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At Marineford, Shanks stopped Akainu with his sword. That much we all saw, but what I noticed was that he did not use Haki on the sword and yet it did  not melt.

This has been bugging me. How is this  possible, if Akainu's Lava can burn even fire but not melt the sword which is not even infused with Haki.


texts: In Marineford, there were other people than Luffy who had Conqueror's Haki (Whitebeard, Hancock, etc.). Why didn't they use it when Ace was about to get beheaded? Because if Luffy did not use it unknowingly, Ace would have died sooner. Or was it the case that no one had Conqueror's Haki as powerful as Luffy's which could act at a large distance?


texts: Is Psykos-Orochi fusion god level threat?

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In the last chapters of the manga,

 The fusion of Psykos and Orochi with god given extra powers was able to create Earth-scale Tsunamis and energy attacks . Other monster-alien we've seen to do something in planetary scale was Boros, who was god level threat

Does this make her/him a god level threat by default?


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When Chris purges Nehushtan and dons Ichii-bal during her fight against Hibiki in episode 7 of the first season, she complains about how she has to start singing now. And indeed, Ichii-bal, like Ame-no-Habakiri and Gungnir, generally requires the wielder to sing while transformed (because of, like, phonic gain, or something?).

However, neither Chris nor Finé sing when they wield Nehushtan (thereby depriving us of what would surely have been a glorious Sawashiro Miyuki battle song).

Why is that? Why doesn't Nehushtan require its wielder to sing?


texts: Are some translated anime needlessly subbed twice?

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Scenario:

A streaming site has streaming rights to an anime and then a different company picks up the title for DVD/Bluray viewing.

Question:

Does the second company have to re-subtitle the show even though that work has been done already by the streaming company?

Because I assume the subtitles belong to the company who made them - Do companies sell them on maybe?


texts: Lost name of multi book series about a girl knight and a bipolar guy

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I'm trying to remember the name of a multi-volume story. Each volume was perhaps 20-25cm x 10cm x 3cm thick, perhaps 120 pages?

Not in colour - black/white line drawing with some cross hatch shading (not grey scale shading in the rubbed style).
Story has a girl in a large waterproof underwater + warrior suit, like a knight but bulbous and big.
She has some sort of "magical" abilities, I think. Not all that sure about this bit.
She visits castles and keeps, helps people with problems, quests, etc.
Story has a flying ship thing run by a manic-depressive (bipolar) guy who dresses like a dandy.
This guy also has a maid/cook girl with an odd disease - she has holes and missing limbs, I think it's called "Null disease". Other people across the lands have it as well.
Knight girl meets up with flying ship guy.

I remember the books from about 12 years ago, maybe? Not sure when they were written. I also remember them being in English AND left-top-right reading, not right-to-left style.


texts: Is "Devilman: Crybaby" related to the 90's or the older Devilman series?

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I looked at MyAnimeList, there is a classic series, it's Devilman, had an anime adaptation in January 5th, 2018. I am interested to watching this series. Quick search for these series, it has a lot of adaptations since 1970's.

Do I have to watch all of those serieses before started to watch Devilman: Crybaby? Are these series unrelated to the past series?

Note: I have never watched or tried to watch this series, so I have no idea about this franchise.


texts: Why does Lindy and Leti have the same mark on their foreheads?

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Both Lindy and Leti have a mark on their foreheads which appears to be 4 triangles pointing to one another

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they aren't related. Neither one of their sons, Chrono and Griffith respectfully, have this mark and Clyde, Chrono's Father does not appear to have this which rules it out as being genetic.

it also doesn't appear to be associated with their rank in the Dimensional Navy as Gil Graham does not have it and he too is an Admiral like them.

So why do they both have the same mark on their forehead? is there some meaning behind it?

1: the image of Lindy is from the first Movie which seems to have high quality artwork than the series so i am assuming that while Leti's appears as 4 dots i am assuming that it's supposed to be 4 triangles aswell


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It was not directly stated in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya that Haruhi has feelings for Kyon but it can be assumed that she had because of her attitude towards him (like trying to fix her hair in pony-tail since Kyon told her before that it suits her, or having Kyon the only person with her when she subconsciously wanted to change the world).

And it wasn't also directly stated that Kyon had feelings for Haruhi. More frequently, Kyon is shown to have feelings for Asahina instead. Though, there are times that it can be seen that Kyon cared for Haruhi.

My question is, was Kyon in love with (or did he developed some affectionate feelings for) Haruhi? If so, is it possible that that feeling was caused by Haruhi's power and not Kyon's real feelings (since Haruhi can just think of having an esper, time traveler and alien would be great, and it will exist)? If he is not really in love with Haruhi or if he is in love with Asahina, then, why isn't he affected of Haruhi's power (assuming that Haruhi thought that having Kyon in love with her would be great)? Or is it that Haruhi didn't think of something like that (this seems to be impossible since she even dragged Kyon when she was about to change the world) or she's not really in love with Kyon (seems not the case as well)? Or Haruhi's power doesn't affect people's feelings? If Kyon is really in love with her (from the bottom of his heart and not from Haruhi's powers), then how can it be? Was Kyon the exception to Haruhi's rule or Kyon can somehow nullify Haruhi's power?


texts: Can universe 6 saiyans turn into Oozaru?

texts: In universe 7 saiyans need a tale to turn into Oozarus. How about universe 6 saiyans? Do they have this transformation? Can Kyabe, Kale, Caulifla, kefura turn into Oozaru?


texts: I've been watching the anime since yesterday and couldn't help but wonder why it was called Gokukoku no Brynhildr or Brynhildr in the Darkness. So far I have yet to see any mention of Brynhildr; is this some person later on in the story? Or another name for the protagonist?


texts: Is a person who wasn't named by his/her parents immune to the Death Note?

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If a person's parents didn't name him/her, does this make him/her immune to Death Note? What would a Shinigami contractor see looking at this specific person?

By the way, nicknames don't count as real names according to this post.


texts: In Free!, Rin is shown to have sharp, pointed teeth (like a shark). I would say it was just stylistic, but it has been canonically mentioned by one of the characters. Has the author (or the light novel) given any canonical reason for his teeth to be pointed, or is it just symbolism of him being like a shark?


texts: What are the rules for Chrollo to steal an ability?

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Chrollo, the leader of the Phantom Troupe possess a book which contains all of the abilities that he has stolen from other Nen Users. When he opens the book to a specific page where an ability is, he can use that ability.

We know that some conditions are needed to be complete before a certain ability can be activated.

My question is 'what are the rules that Chrollo needs to complete before he can steal the ability?'


texts: Did Kakashi attain an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan?

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During the fight with Kaguya, Obito gave his Mangekyou Sharingan to Kakashi after his death, and we know that if a Mangekyou Sharingan is given to any other person that person will achieve the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

So did Kakashi achieve an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan even if he is not a true heir of Sharingan?


texts: Where does the Heaven's Lost Property anime split from the manga?

texts: I finished the anime and now I want to read the manga, but what chapter should I start from so that I don't have to reread the same content again?


texts: What is Azula doing differently which causes her fire to be Blue?

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When Azula does her firebending the flames are blue rather than red/orange that every other firebender has. we know that the fire is only blue when it''s came from her firebending as when she is fighting Aang and Zuko in that abandoned town (shortly after Toph joins when Appa is molting) she uses her firebending to set the walls of a building of fire but the flames are only blue for a moment and return to the normal colour.

So i am wondering what Azula is doing differently with her Firebending to make her flames blue?


texts: Do the citizens of Academy City know about magic?

texts: Do ordinary citizens of Academy City know about the existence of magic? By ordinary citizens, I mean the general population of the city.


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In OVA 2 of Nanatsu no Taizai, Gilthunder says about Meliodas and Ban, "They arent simple holy knights, it is said the 2 of them are the strongests of The Seven Deadly Sins"

Is this true? I thought Escanor was said to be the strongest. Moreover, the power levels figures which appears for Ban dont look any special (it's said that after the Hunter Festival he's stronger than that, probably higher than a weakened Galand, with this he still could be weaker than several members) , and also if I recall correctly in the first season it's mentioned Diane it's the physically strongest.

Is it true Gilthunder statement about Meliodas and Ban being the strongest nanatsu no taizai members?


texts: What was Hirohiko Araki's inspiration to create JoJo's Bizarre Adventure?

texts: I was wondering what was Araki's inspiration in creating this manga? How did this idea came into reality? Also, how did he came up with the 'Stands'?