What happened to Argo the Rat by the end of SAO Aincrad? What happened to Argo the rat by the end of SAO (that is, the end of Aincrad)? Did she survive? Or was she killed before that? I can't seem to find anything about her fate in the novel. Did Kawahara-sensei confirmed her fate anywhere else?

On Argo's Wikia page it says under Appearance - ALfheim Online (Lost Song)

In the non-canon game adaptation, Sword Art Online: Lost Song, Argo plays ALfheim Online as a Cait Sith. Her avatar has blonde hair and yellow-green eyes, a new outfit similar to that worn by her SAO avatar, and a pair of wrist-mounted blades as weapons.

however Lost Song is not canon to the novels/anime as indicated in in the quote above, nor does her appearance in ALO in Lost Song constitute as a official statement she did start playing ALO like other SAO Players seen at the end of of the first season as indicated in the final point of her Trivia Section

Argo is the first canon Sword Art Online player to be included in Lost Song without having been confirmed as an ALfheim Online player in the canon timeline.

however, on her page for the Aincrad Arc, it is presumed that she was one of the remaining 6,147 players who were freed after Kirito's victory over Heathcliff

November, 2024
It is presumed that Argo was among the remaining 6,147 players logged out of the death game after Kirito killed Heathcliff, prematurely clearing the game.

While this can be a baseless assumption as there are no citation for this on the 24th of October, 2024, Kirito returned to Floor 22 with Asuna to buy a house but the hosue was missing and was later found to be apart of the quest «Witch of the West and the Three Treasures»

On October 24, 2024, Kirito returned to the floor with Asuna to buy a detached house in the forest. However, the house they were looking for was not present at the location that it was supposed to be and they later found out that the house was part of the «Witch of the West and the Three Treasures» quest. After triggering the quest, they were taken to an isolated location in the northwestern area of the floor where they had to defeat the Witch of the West before being able to buy the house. Afterwards, the couple spent nearly two weeks on the floor, engaging in various activities and adventures.

Source: 22nd Floor (Aincrad) - History (2nd Paragraph)
On Argo's Page under Chronology - The Day Before (from the bonus side story that came with the limited edition version of volume 1 of the DVD/BD sets for the anime) it mentions a quest Argo was doing on the 22nd Floor which Kirito and Asuna was caught up in which seems to be the same quest which moved the house Kirito was looking to buy.
this means Argo was alive at the end of October 2024 and SAO was "cleared" on the 7th of November 2024, which means that unless something catastrophic happened in these 2 weeks ((31 - 24) + 7 = 14) we can logically assume that Argo was alive when SAO was cleared and her fate after that can be left to speculation of what elements of Lost Song can still actually remain canon

in regards to the Sword Art Online Games (Hollow Fragment, Lost Song) as already mentioned above Argo appears in Lost Song which takes place after Hollow Fragment. in Hollow Fragment the events leading up to the Boss Battles on Floor 75 occur the same as the light novels/anime (aside from Kirito's attire). the deviation from the original plot occurs during Kirito's battle with Kayaba in which Kayaba disappears and everyone continues to Floor 76.
Argo is alive in Hollow Fragment on Floor 76 at the Teleport Gate of Arc Sophia. she headed up to Floor 76 because contact with the Assault Team was cut off due to players reaching Floor 76 being unable to return to lower floors. since everything up to Kayaba's disappearance is still the same this appears to be further proof that Argo was alive during the Boss Raid on Floor 75 and not apart of the Assault Team who was there. i recall when reuniting with her she said that she was on a much lower floor at the time before investigating the sudden loss in communication with the Assault Team.


Is there a freely usable database that details the voice actors starring in each show? I'd like to determine a few statistics about voice acting:

who are the most prolific anime voice actors during each season;
which shows have employed the most voice talent;
how few/many voice actors it would take to cover most of the shows in a given season.

I've had a play with VGMdb but it didn't seem to be suited to answering any of these kinds of queries. Is there another more appropriate resource? It's fine whether the resource is in English or Japanese.

Usagi Doi would be a good starting point. All though they no longer maintain a complete database, they have several database files publicly available which can be used for this purpose.
Myanimelist People could also be used. All though there is no api/database publicly available to my knowledge.
Behind the voice actors this site covers more than only anime Seiyuu, and to my knowledge has no public api/database available.
For the later 2 sites scraping may be a possibility, all though you would have to take a look at their respective policies.


How Itachi was able to use Shadow clone? In Episode 452 of Naruto Shippuden,

Itachi used his shadow clone which was in Academy and he was himself training in forest. Since he is already very young then how come he was able to use Shadow clone. According to the teacher of Academy he was so talented that they graduated him but still how we was able to use it.

According to Fugaku Uchiha (His father), he has never used Shadow clone and also as per wiki Jutsu section its only states that he used only Fire release Jutsu.

Since his Father was the only one who teach him various Jutsu then how he learned Shadow Clone? Is it his Father who teach him or Itachi alone was able to learn by himself?

It was never confimed in the cannon of Naruto-verse. However it can be inferred that such a technique can be self taught.

Naruto did it.

With a shinobi as good as Itachi, who mastered the art of Sharingan at the age of 8, and having joining Anbu at the age of 11 Itachi wiki, it shouldn't be hard to self-teach the B-ranked Shadow-clone jutsu.

Shadow clone Jutsu not imposing any blood-line limits (kekkei genkei)- and  Itachi being a prodigy above all others-  he could have copied the jutsu with his activated sharingan.


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

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

The storylines are different.

From Nirai Kanai Online's FAQ:

  the movie is an alternate re-telling of the story. ... In other words, the movie and TV series are not in the same timeline, each one tells its own different version of the story. ... It is not a good idea to use the movie to find answeres (sic) raised in the TV series. They're two different universes.

As a concrete example:

   In 1998 the twins Ayato and Itsuki were born, they were brought together by Quon's and Shirow's DNA --in essence, Ayato is Maya's nephew.

(in the anime; from NKO's page on Maya)

   in the movie Ayato was her (Maya's) real son

(from the FAQ again)

A note about the source: The site is by far the most exhaustive reference for RahXephon I've found, but it doesn't cite any sources. It could, theoretically, be nothing more than an elaborate fan wank.


Why are llamas/alpacas so popular in anime? This has been something that has been bugging me for a while:

Why are there so many llamas in anime and in anime fan culture?

Some specific anime examples:

You can buy alpacas at conventions too:

Where is this coming from? Why do I keep seeing llamas?! I don't believe llamas/alpaca are even native to Japan? (Although I did find a farm in Nasu)

@ChenOrihara's link seems to be correct - it's not just an anime thing, there is an overall trend in Japan that sees alpacas being included in unlikely situations.

There's even a company that leases alpacas for weddings:

Their popularity may have been triggered when the alpaca farm in Nasu was built in 1999 - bringing 200 alpacas into the country. Subsequent farms have been built also. The Nasu farm currently has >400 alpacas


Where does Pica's body go when he uses his fruit? Pica uses the Stone Stone fruit, which in recent episodes, shows him

   turning into a giant stone colossus.

But, what happens to his human body when he uses his fruit in this way?

Well, in the most recent episode you saw

   Ruffy destroying the head of the big stone giant Pica created, while Zorro states, that the stone body is just a hull and that Pica can recreate it. Only seconds later you see Pica coming out of the stone body itself, so I guess it is not wrong to say: He hides somwhere insided the stone body he created.


Is Russian still alive? During Dresrosa arc, past of Senõr pink was shown and in that Russian was shown on hospital bed which was around 14-15 years ago. After that it wasn't shown what happened to her.

It was never revealed but Senor Pink hinted that she passed away. From One Piece chapter 775 Putting all my love into Lucian

  Senor Pink : The sky isn't looking great today but.. if I go higher, I just might be able to meet Lucian (Russian)

Unless Russian is on Sky Island it sounds like she passed away


What exactly is the technique Madara uses to control Obito? Recently in the manga version of Naruto (Chapter 637), Obito tried and successfully blocked the technique Madara used on him. But what exactly is this technique?

I tried to search anything but found technically nothing. Though Hashirama gave a clue and ask on the same chapter.

Madara tries to control Obito with his will. He is (or should be) able to do this to anyone who has Chakra Receivers on his body, created through his "Will Materialisation" technique. We had seen, in chapter 605, page 5, that Obito had these, since some emerged from his body (along with some branches created through Mokuton) when he awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.

They were most likely, somehow, "attached" to his right side of the body, which was created by Madara from genetic material from Hashirama's living clone, which had a black rod which extended from its navel.

The technique of which Hashirama speaks, and the one Madara tried to make Obito use was the Rinne Tensei, the same technique Nagato used to revive the people he had killed when he invaded Konoha.

Obito and Madara had planned for this technique to be used to revive Madara, as he needed a living body to be the Jinchuuriki of the Juubi. Initially, even Nagato was supposed to use it to revive Madara, but as he used it in Konoha he passed away (the user of the technique loses his life when he performs this technique). Later, since Obito retrieved the Rinnegan, he was supposed to use it to revive Madara. However, since he had told Madara he had no intention of doing so, Madara was forced to control Obito with his will (through the Chakra Receivers on his body).


Why wasn't Killer Bee recognized as the 5th Raikage? After the Great Fourth Shinobi World War, all the Kages are heavily injured, especially the 4th Raikage who lost his hand (which was answered nicely by Ankit Sharma here).

Now, the 5th Raikage selected was Darui, a shinobi of Kumogakure and the right-hand-man of the 4th Raikage. He may be capable of this position & may have proved his worth in the War.

On the other hand, here is what I think of Killer Bee:

He is also a good & talented Shinobi.
He is the brother of the 4th Raikage.
He is a jinchuriki.
He has a well-controlled of his tailed beast. He even taught it to Naruto.
Even Minato, the 4th Hokage also praised Killer Bee on a fight with the 4th Raikage.
He's the master/sensei of Omoi, Samui, and Darui.
Having a good relationship with all other Kages.
Unique fight style which I absorbed.

Considering this, why wasn't Killer Bee recognized as the 5th Raikage?

I do not believe Kishimoto wrote anything in regards to transition of the 4th to the 5th Raikage, but the selection of the Raikage is not touched on a whole lot and is unclear to us.

  How the Raikage is selected isn't clear; after the Third Raikage died, his son automatically became Fourth Raikage, a decision made many years earlier

It is possible Killer B was nominated for the position, but we may never know. I can say that Killer B has no passion to being a Kage - his passion is music and his goal is to be greatest rapper. If he was nominated, Killer B may have turned it down, like Jiraiya, to pursue his passions

  Despite being responsible for the village's protection, B aspires to be the world's greatest rapper.

While there have been, and currently are, Kage who are jinchūriki, this does not automatically make them the next in line a Kage position. It is merely tradition for the next jinchūriki to be a relative of the current Kage.

  Because jinchūriki were so important to their village, it was a tradition for a jinchūriki to be a relative of the current Kage, both to strengthen the jinchūriki's loyalties to the village and to display the Kage's might.

Given that Killer B is the (adoptive) brother of the 4th Raikage, he became the jinchūriki for his brother.

  According to Motoi, the reason behind him becoming a jinchūriki was for the sake of his brother, even if it meant being shunned by the villagers


How much of the manga did the anime adaptation of The World Is Still Beautiful cover? I want to read the manga Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii where the anime left off, but I'm not sure where it did.

It leaves off at chapter 19  so you want to start  on chapter 20.


How old is Marguerite? As far as I checked in Google, there is no direct reference for the age of Marguerite - she was one of the female tribe members on Amazon Lily who've found Luffy.

Her age is ambiguous at best, as everything seems to qualify between 14 and 24 - or even beyond, knowing the way Oda handles age.

Is there anything known about it?

Like you said, her age hasn't been officially revealed yet. Judging from her physique and face, she could be anywhere from 16 to 24 years old, but until it is brought up in-story or Oda clarifies it in an SBS, her age will remain unknown.

EDIT: The Vivre Card Databook Vol. 4 finally revealed Marguerite's age; she is 16 pre-timeskip, and 18 post-timeskip.


Why didn't the Arashiyama team just deactivate and reactivate their triggers during ep 15? During the battle, there is a moment when the Arashiyama team stops to rethink their strategy in an alley. Both Jun and Ai are severely impaired (Jun carrying gravity bullets, and Ai with a severed leg).

We know that when they deactivate their triggers, the Trion bodies vanish, and when the trigger is activated, it is rebuilt wholly.

So why didn't they just pop in and out of their triggers to remove those impairments?

We know for a fact that repeated trigger activations in the same day have an impact upon the users Trion reserves:

Osamu couldn't summon even a blade when he changed a second time in the same day, during episode 4. But it is stressed everywhere that Osamu's Trion potential is crappy, and they are Rank-A agents.

The possibility of a trap, and the training they received.

Think about it, when is the best time to attack?

When the enemy can't defend.

They had no idea if they were being watched, and since it takes only a split second for someone with chameleon to hold a trion blade to their throat, it would make no sense to risk turning human.


What is the song that plays in My Hero Academia in Season 3 Episode 61 at 5:30 The song is really good with the bass(?) sound and I need to know the name.  I remember hearing it before as well in a previous episode.

I believe that the song from 4:10 - 5:35 is called Tekkin Battle. The song is from Season 2 of My Hero Academia. The song is listed below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIBCRNyV7ns


Is the anime "BTOOOM!" an adaptation of a movie called "The Condemned"? The first thing in both BTOOOM! and The Condemned is based on the same story, which is surviving in the middle-of-nowhere island.

Is the anime an adaptation of the movie?

Both "BTOOOM!" and "The Condemned" are actually using conception of "Battle Royale" novel by Koushun Takami, that's the only reason they share same theme (participants of survival game have to kill each other, so last survivor can leave island).


Does Obito master the Summoning Jutsu? I've seen the recent episode of the anime, and I saw when Obito summoned Kurama. I'm interested in the fact that does he get into some kind of "contract" with some animals/things? (That would mean that he is really able to summon.) I've checked on the Narutopedia, and it appears only the Gedo Mazo is attached to his name, so is the summoning of the Nine-tails just a normal/simple summoning technique? Because you must have that kind of bond between you and the summoned animal, which is made with your chakra/blood, just like Naruto did with the toads and it would be weird if you would be able to summon a tailed beast just "because".

From the the battles of Minato vs Obito and Hashirama Vs Madara I can recollect three important things:-

Both Sharingan users[Obito and Madara] casted genjutsu to Kurama[Kyuubi] and as a result they were able to control it.Kurama was bound to obey them
There was some contract seal between the caster and Kyuubi.
Both Minato and Hashirama used their contract seal.

More about Contract Seal is explained here:-

  Though the Contract Seal removes the summoner's ability to control its summon, it does not give the user of the fūinjutsu the ability to control the summon in turn.

From what I can speculate Obito got some information about the contract seal from Uchiha tablet or directly from Madara.


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

All of the previous owners of One For All have passed their quirks on to the power and its successors which would be highly indicative that the user of One For All retains their original quirk when receiving the power

One For All

   Over time, One For All has amassed the Quirks of all the users. Now, Izuku is starting to manifest some of those Quirks. This first showed itself during the Joint Training Battle with Class 1-B. He starts with Blackwhip, a Quirk that reacted to Izuku's anger and wanting to capture Neito Monoma. Izuku has five other Quirks to discover and become able to use.

   One of the previous holders of One For All explained that seeing the traces is a side effect of the core of One For All itself growing. The original Quirk factors that had belonged to previous bearers of One For All had merged with the core of One For All. This previous holder of One For All explained that the core of One For All was concealed by the trait of One For All that stockpiles power and that the core of One For All is growing.


Was Kuuya's regression caused by Hakuro? In the aftermath of the battle with Kuuya, Kuuya's mind regresses to a child too, as Sakuya explains

  To go back to a time when she had no worries

Hakuro blames himself as he had transformed, and when he approached her she was screaming and clawing out of her Mecha. However, throughout the story Hakuro blames himself when he is able to help people close to him. And before Kuuya regressed, not only was Genjimaru killed, but Dii also attacked her, leaving her Mecha badly damaged.

I am wondering if it was really Hakuro being transformed that caused Kuuya to regress (out of fear) or if it were other factors that had occurred at that time.

My best guess would be the preceding events before Hakuoro's transformation. I'm going to go with the game's depiction of the scene for the most part.

The game shows more happening to Kuuya mostly due to the fact that she's awake through the whole event, rather than lying there unconscious which the anime shows. She learns of Hien and Hauenkua's betrayal and their allegiance with Dii, causing her to attack them after Dii kills Genjimaru. What the anime doesn't show is that she's still in her Avu Kamuu during the time of the attack, rather than having it damaged beyond repair during her fight with Hakuoro. Also, she is attacked directly by Hauenkua and Dii (in his transformed state)

Before she sees what's left of Genji, Hakuoro, in his transformed state, tries to console her and make her calm down. However, seeing what Dii was at the time and Hakuoro directly mimicking his appearance, Kuuya screams at him to get away, thinking that he's the same one who attacked her. She tries to escape by falling out of the Avu Kamuu, but unfortunately ends up landing right next to the remains of Genji, finally realizing what happened.

To bring up the anime, Kuuya sees what happens to Genji, causing her to react the same way. While she does see Hakuoro fighting in his transformed state it isn't as overt as the game's depiction of the same scene and that she doesn't see most of it. I think the biggest impact on her was Genji being murdered right in front of her.

So, I think while Hakuoro may have had some hand at it, it was more of a combination of events. Hope this helps!


Why are Sakura's feathers so powerful? Princess Sakura of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle has her memories scattered to many dimensions in the form of feathers. These feathers are incredibly powerful, able to do things such protect buildings and water underneath from acid rain. Why do the feathers have this power?

According here and here,

  Sakura is revealed to have strange powers when she has a vision of a
  mysterious symbol and places she has never seen.

So,

  Since these feathers represent Sakura's soul, these hold an enormous
  amount of magical power. Each of them affect their surroundings
  differently.

In the last arc we learn that the true power of those feathers are

   to cross dimensions and time.


Why did the Hunter x Hunter manga go on hiatus? I think the Hunter x Hunter manga has been on hiatus for months now; does anyone know the reason for the hiatus? Is the author planning to continue the series?

In the past, the reasons cited for HxH hiatuses have usually been "ill health", "research", and "mangaka circumstances". Most of it, however, is said to fall under "mangaka circumstances". This site (jp) tracks all of them.

Seeing as to how HxH and Yu Yu Hakusho have been such hits, the mangaka, Yoshihiro Togashi, has gained a fair bit of clout at Shonen Jump and the editors are apparently very lenient with him. While it is said that he did suffer from health issues thanks to the pressing schedule of YYH, it is also said that he plays truant a lot and attends Comikets when he's supposedly sick. Togashi is also known to be a massive Dragon Quest (related April Fool's joke) fan and apparently likes to take a break whenever a new version comes out.

The story goes that the mangaka does not like using assistants and prefers to draw everything himself. He is infamous for not meeting his weekly deadlines and releasing chapters with extremely rough artwork. He has been known for going on hiatus in order to redraw such chapters for release in the more lucrative tankōbon market.

I  can't find any source stating exactly why he is on hiatus now, but I think it's safe to assume that Togashi will be back and that the manga will continue. Only time will tell when this will happen.


Have there been any anime with actual product placement? In Steins;Gate, Dr. Pepper is mentioned several times as the "An Intellectual Drink, For The Chosen Ones".

I've seen a lot of other shows that have stores or products with similar names to the real-life brand, so that the producers can avoid copyright issues.

Even though the inclusion of Dr.Pepper wasn't asked for by the Dr.Pepper company, after the release of Steins;Gate the sales in Japan for Dr.Pepper shot up. ref.

Have there been any anime where a company has paid for their product to be included in the show?

Yes. Sometimes it's a sort of "exchange" of product placement - the anime will show the brand in the show, and the brand will put something about the show on its products for a certain timeframe.

Code Geass: Pizza Hut

Rebuild of Evangelion

Tiger & Bunny: Various

I'm sure there are more examples but these are just a few.


Is Kale stronger than a super saiyan blue in the anime? So in the last edition of the Dragon Ball Super manga (I believe it was #38)

   Kale was able to defeat Anilaza, which in the anime it took 2 super saiyan blue, Freezer, 17, and Gohan to defeat

I know that it's said what happens in the Dragon Ball Super manga doesnt count for the Dragon Ball Super anime, but in the other hand, we see ideas created by Toyotaro in the manga being incorporated in the anime (like the Super Saiyan God/Super Saiyan Blue switch technique and probably Vegeta turning into super saiyan god, considering the artwork we have seen released along the movie trailer, another idea made by Toyotaro)

Besides, we also saw Kale taking on a super saiyan blue kamehameha from Goku, but it looked to me that fans were in denial and argued Goku didnt use his full super saiyan blue power, when nothing could guarantee that not using his full power could also have meaning not using super saiyan blue kaioken x20, since that's Goku full power. More hints in the anime seems to point in the same direction, Vegeta saying Kale is a monster (what would he say that if she werent stronger than a super saiyan blue), Jiren taking her as a battle when he didnt bother to fight the super saiyan blue Goku and Vegeta, and so on. (Probaly more hints I dont remember right now)

Is Kale stronger than a super saiyan blue in the anime?

Kale is not stronger than Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Vegeta in the anime. This is clearly established during Goku's fight with Kale and Caulifla where Goku was easily holding his own with Kale using Super Saiyan God and easily overwhelmed Caulifla. Kale was more or less relative to SSJG Goku and clearly didn't overpower him. Also, SSJ Kefla was fighting relative to SSJB Goku(Who was exhausted). "A potara fused transformed character". It obviously doesn't make sense for Kale to be stronger when her Potara fused Transformed character, fights relative to SSJB exhausted Goku. Back in the Buu saga, Base Vegito was superior to SSJ3 Goku and Ultimate Gohan.We also know for a fact that the Super Saiyan Blue transformation is a lot stronger than the Super Saiyan God transformation based on Goku's initial fight with Jiren and Whis's comments during his fight with Dyspo.Goku never fought anyone seriously in the tournament of power until his fight with Jiren. It has been established numerous times in the serious that Goku never fights seriously at the start and always holds back. Even if you look at Goku in the earlier part of the tournament, he could've easily thrown out the fighters of Universe 9 using Super Saiyan  or obliterated them with Super Saiyan Blue which he didn't do. Vegeta referred to Kale being a monster on account of her aggressive nature. One power impact from Jiren was strong enough to completely knock out Kale. Goku on the other hand easily survived the power impact even after fighting with Jiren before. Also, even after Kale attacking Goku, he had 0 injuries and sustained no damage. The power scaling in the manga is different from the anime. For example:In the manga, Goku in his mastered SSJB form was able to fight Fused Zamasu and Base Vegito was capable of overwhelming fused Zamasu. While in the anime, SSJB Vegito was more or less relative to Fused Zamasu and only had a slight advantageAndroid 17 is capable of only fighting SSJ3 Goku in the manga but fights with a suppressed SSJB Goku in the anime.The manga is trying to focus on Universe 6, 7 and 11. Hence, trying to eliminate the other Universes and ended up altering the power levels to fit the story. For example, spoilers indicate Gohan challenges Kefla in the manga and clearly, Gohan is not stronger than Goku. Since the manga cannot focus on every Universe like the anime, the main characters are been given more spotlight and certain subcharacters are being made even weaker.


Which manga chapter should I start to continue from season 3 of My Hero Academia? Season 3 of My Hero Academia has ended, and I'm curious about the continuation in the manga.

Which chapter should I start to continue from season 3?

From MangaUpdates, Season 3 ends at Vol. 14 Chapter 124 of the manga.


Is King's luck natural or does he have some sort of "luck superpower"? Supposedly King has escaped situations a lot of times out of bluffing and pure luck. Is this luck natural or does he have some sort of "luck superpower"?

When Saitama first confronts King in King's apartment, King's internal monologue includes a line to the effect that he just seems to attract monsters.  In the anime, at least, Saitama also specifically remarks that monsters just seem to show up on King when the Giant Bird crashes the party.  King, at least, considers this extraordinarily unlucky.

King is otherwise someone whose reputation precedes him to a comical degree.

   The King Engine is really just his heart beating so hard and so loud from being scared that people can hear it.  But people believe that it's the sound of his rage, or of his powering up, or something of that effect, so that when opponents hear it it scares them, and when bystanders hear it it excites them (because maybe they're going to see a dumb monster actually try to stand up to King and get obliterated).

Virtually anything King says or does gets interpreted through the lens of "this is an incredibly powerful and badass man".

Several examples come to mind.  For one:

   After spending a night gaming and being a mess from not cleaning up first and having spilled stuff on himself, King arrives at an early meeting concerning the Monster Association.  The HQ staff assumes the "up all night" part means he's been battling all night, and that he is covered with the fluids of his enemies (rather than his slushy).  Sweet Mask is impressed with King's dedication and stamina, recognizing him as a true and proper hero, and backs off a bit from his confrontational attitude with the HQ now that he knows someone like King is involved.

Recently in the anime you could see him playing a video game, and when called by the Hero Association to deal with the sudden uprising of monsters, tells them he can't because he's fighting something else right now, and has to go deal with the secret boss.  They assume he's actually fighting an actual, real-world threat.  One that surpasses what they're already trying to deal with.

Another:

   (webcomic) During the Monster Association arc, King is escorting the kidnapped child best as he can out of the tunnels, when Tatsumaki rips up the entire base and brings it above ground.  King panics and hides with the kid as soon as this starts.  While the other S-classes complain about her reckless move and how it endangered them, Tatsumaki insults them and praises King as the only one of the S-class smart enough and skilled enough to take care of himself, the child, and deal with her move all at once, like a proper hero should.

And:

   (webcomic) Atomic Samurai requests that King show him his sword swing, as such a thing will reveal to him a great deal about the one who swings the sword.  King says that he has no training with the sword, but Atomic Samurai insists it will still be a meaningful insight.  An apple is placed on the ground, and King kneels with the sheathed sword in his hands, prepared to draw it.  And he stays exactly that way for like 15 minutes, stricken immobile by a panic attack over how now Atomic Samurai will know he's a fake, swing or no swing.  He then puts the sword down, stands up, and silently walks away without looking back.  Atomic Samurai shits bricks, thinking that King's sword slice was so fast and so sublime that not only did he not see it, but that the apple "never even knew it was cut".  He praises him for doing the diplomatic and honorable thing by quietly walking away, and with admiration calls King a true monster for managing such a feat, which was beyond even his imagination and skill, despite having "no training".

Even Saitama originally just assumes that King is very strong based on his reputation, and that whatever he is doing is because of that.  He wonders if King bailed on the fight with that cyborg because it was boring to him; Saitama seemed kind of hopeful he'd found someone who shared his ennui from having amazing power.  Saitama, however, is the only one that King has both confessed the truth to, and who has believed King about it.

   (webcomic) Recently, King tried to gain real strength by seeking martial arts training.  He tells Bang that he's not strong at all, and that Bang, being the wise old master that he is, surely saw through that long ago.  Bang doesn't believe him at all, and thinks if he's going to train someone it shouldn't be someone strong (like King) but a normal person. Bang feels encouraged that even someone as strong as King still feels he can improve and has the humility to see weakness in himself.  Every other dojo he goes to responds similarly, regardless of King's protestations of his actual weakness, thinking their style is too peaceful for King, or not nearly advanced enough for King, or that he was spoiling for a fight, etc.

While King does have a certain measure of luck (though at times it is a curse), he does seem to have developed certain skills to exploit this reputation.  He knows he's intimidating to others and uses that whenever possible to get out of bad situations.  He's gotten rather good at bluffing, as well, which is assisted by the fact that his reputation is so powerful that enemies will construe any (cowardly) actions he takes as the traps and feints of a supreme tactician.  Including simply running away.  Nothing has formally stated that King has any supernatural origins to his luck, so as-is it is just ordinary serendipity coupled with a bit of developed skill in bluffing.


How did Kirito's Illusion actually kill? In Episode 19 - The Lugru Corridor, Kirito and Leafa are blocked from entering Lugru by Salamanders and are forced to fight with them. In the middle of the fight, Yui tells Leafa to use all her magic to heal Kirito from the damage of the incoming barrage of Fire Spells, while Kirito is chanting an Ilusion Spell that Leafa taught him when they entered the corridor.

Kirito turns into The Gleam Eyes from Sword Art Online and begins to kill everyone (save one Salamander who Kirito then bribes with the loot he just got, while another fled by diving into the lake, only to die).

Leafa explained previously that Spriggan's spells are mostly useless in battle, and by definition Illusions shouldn't damage enemy players or even kill them (unless they are intimidated and back off falling into an abyss of a monster filled lake). If they could do damage, they'd technically be summoning/conjuring.

Kirito isn't a hacker who made Leafa, Yui and all the Slamanders think that a giant beast was throwing them about, when really he was just stabbing them. And in Sword Art Online, Kirito didn't have any sort of summoning abilities (at least in the anime). So how did Kirito's Illusion pick up, throw and kill the Salamanders?

Rather than an illusion magic, it seems what Kirito used is a transformation magic instead. The following is based from the 3rd novel.

"Well, I somehow remember the battle earlier. I used the magic Yui suggested, and became very big. Since my sword disappeared, I had to use my hands..."
"Also with the teeth bite yo~"
On Lyfa's shoulder, Yui added with pleasure.

Remember that Yui is an AI from Aincrad and that upon arriving at the Alfheim world, Kirito noticed that Alfheim is based on Aincrad, including the skill sets and player data.

In the skills window, I saw several skills side by side. These skills included: 1-H Swords, Unarmed Skills, and Parry, the Combat skills, as well as Fishing, a support skill, but the proficiency values were abnormal. More were just about 900, and some had even reached 1,000 and had a tag denoting MASTERY.

Later when asking Yui, Yui confirmed that.

"It seems this world is based on a copy of the Sword Art Online server."

This explains how Kirito can turn into The Gleam Eyes. Since it is a copy of the SAO, some resource file might be still left intact. While it is not normally accessible by the players, with Yui giving assist, it is possible that she hacked the system a bit and granted access to Kirito to transform into The Gleam Eyes. This wasn't explicitly mentioned in the novel, however.


What might be the real life inspiration of Oda behind writing One Piece? What might be the real life inspiration of Oda behind writing One Piece? Does anyone has an idea about Oda's inspiration of writing One Piece?

I would like to share this after some research:

  As a child, Oda gained interest in pirates through a famous television series titled "Vicky The Viking". He was inspired by Akira Toriyama, creator of Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball and aspired to become a Manga Artist. He worked as an assistant to different manga artists for a few years before finally starting out with One Piece in 1997.

references:
http://orojackson.com/threads/odas-inspiration-for-various-one-piece-elements.1425/
http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Eiichiro_Oda


What was the significance of all the shinobi wars? What were they fighting over about?  Was it land or power?

Why didn't the feudal lords decide who becomes leader, instead of fighting to the brink of death? Since, the feudal lords chooses who becomes the Hokage, why can't they decide on an overall leader?

What drove the fighting back during the Era of the Waring States was basically the 'cycle of hatred', as they usually refer to in the Naruto universe: the killing of some loved one or someone from the clan could not go unpunished, and so war and death were always around. This cycle was started, according to the Wiki page, as each nation "crusaded for more rights and land". Back then, the nations' shinobi were not yet organized into villages, so any existing Feudal Lord (which I am not sure existed) would not have power over any clan, so he could not force them to make a truce. Clans responded to Feudal Lords as long as they got paid, meaning that there wasn't even any particular affiliation to the nation itself. Money, lands and rights initially spawned the conflicts, and then the 'cycle of hatred' settled in.
The ending of this Era is marked by the founding of Konoha by the Uchiha and Senju clans. The heads of each of these clans shared the vision that peace was possible, as long as one could reach out to the other. The example of Konoha was followed in other countries, thus creating the Five Great Shinobi Countries.
As a means to help settle the peace between these five new-born villages, Hashirama Senju (then First Hokage), who was able to control Bijuu with his Wood Release techniques, distributed said beasts between the other countries. This was done with the intention of distributing the power equally between the countries. However, at least according to this page, this may have actually have increased hostilities. This may have been due to the First Hokage's death, which made Bijuu control harder, and which in turn lead to the 'storing' of Bijuu inside people (Jinchuuriki).
The above seems to be the reason for the start of the First Shinobi War, meaning that the fighting was due to rights (meaning some states/villages were displeased with the power distribution) or to the already said 'cycle of hatred' (meaning villagers and Kage were displeased by the fact that their people had been lost, possibly because of Bijuu going berserk or having to be stored inside loved ones). This war was settled with a peace treaty, but not before all five countries had suffered serious damage. During this war the Second Hokage (Tobirama Senju) died, but appointed Hiruzen Sarutobi as Third Hokage first.
After about twenty years after the peace treaty, the economic disparity between countries was a serious problem, and the countries started to use their military forces to expand their territories under the pretext of expending fair rights. This lead to the start of the Second Shinobi War, which took place mostly in smaller countries like Amegakure, leaving the main countries mostly unarmed. This was the war in which Jiraiya, Tsunade and Orochimaru fought. This was also the war that marked the foundation of Akatsuki, since it left Nagato, Yahiko and Konan orphans, and most of the bloodshed took place in their own country. Although the exact events that led to the start of the war are uncertain, Nagato said that the war was started by Konoha.1 What settled this war is not stated.
The Third Shinobi War was caused by a decline in the power of the Five Great Nations. This led to continuous fights along the borders with smaller nations, which in turn led to a war that ended up involving all Five Great Nations. This was the hardest of the first three wars, since all five nations were faced with war shortage. This was began to turn in Konoha's favour after the incident in Kannabi Bridge (shown in the Kakashi Gaiden). In this war Sasori gained reputation and made a name for himself, Minato Namikaze fought with the Fourth Raikage and Killer B, and it was the war in which Kakashi and Obito fought. This was also the war that lead to the dying of Yahiko, leading to a change in the direction of Akatsuki. How this war was settled is not stated.
The Fourth Shinobi War was caused by the Five Kage's refusal to surrender the Bijuu that remained to be captured (Hachibi and Kyuubi) over to the Akatsuki, leading to a declaration of war from Tobi's part. Tobi's need for the Bijuu rests in his Eye of the Moon plan, which intends to cast the whole world into a genjutsu, thus bringing the illusion of peace. As the Five Kage refused to give in to this plan, a declaration of war was made. Faced with this, the Five Kage and Land of Iron's Samurai leader Mifune agreed to fight side by side, thus creating the first ever Shinobi Alliance. This war is still ongoing.

As a side note, it is important to notice that despite whatever reasons spawned these wars, the 'cycle of hatred' is always the main factor for these wars. Peace always tends to be temporary, until some country or someone 'snaps' and brings about a new war. However they try to settle things and bring about peace, many people are never satisfied with this, since loved ones and comrades were lost to other nations. This always brings about tensions, and as time goes by and peace 'wears out' the smallest things can spawn new wars.
Regarding why Feudal Lords do not choose an overall leader, besides and adding to all that was stated above: they'd have to gather (the Five of them) and come to a conclusion as to who to choose. However, they'd then need the approval of all the Jounin from all the villages. Given the 'cycle of hatred' (that I've stressed a lot here) it would be very hard to have an overall Kage, similarly to the choosing of the First Hokage: this lead to displeasing from Madara's part, as he did not like it that a Senju was chosen for the position. However, never fear for Naruto intends to break the cycle. :P

1Naruto, chapter 445, page 3


Why are there no new chapters of Naruto Gaiden? There have been only ten chapters and the manga has stopped being published. Why? What about the parts of the plot that have been left unexplained?

Naruto Gaiden: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring is a sequel mini-series of the original Naruto manga, part of the Naruto Project. The Naruto Project is a special project to celebrate 15 years of the Naruto series.
The Naruto Gaiden acts as a prelude for Boruto: Naruto the Movie.
In Japanese literature, a gaiden (外伝) means side story or tale.

The use of gaiden is commonly used in popular Japanese fiction to refer to a spin-off of a previously published work that is neither officially considered a sequel nor a prequel. However, some gaiden are retold stories in the perspective of a different character, similar to that of a flashback.
Wikipedia

Therefore gaiden is generally consists of only a few chapters.
The unexplained elements in the series might (most probably will) be elucidated in the upcoming series.


What's the music that plays in the background in intense scenes in Sagrada Reset? So there's this dramatic music that starts playing in the background during some intense moments of the show. I looked everywhere without being able to find it mostly since only the openings and endings are receiving all the attention. This one seems to be rather a theme song than anything else. I pinpointed some parts of the last episodes where the music is playing so someone can identify it.
It can be heard in episodes:

Ep. 19 [6:21-6:52 & 21:13-21:56]
Ep. 20 [16:14-20:26]
Ep. 22 [2:51-4:07]
Ep. 23 [7:42-9:42]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nr9V7DSA9I

Took some digging to find it, but here it is I believe.


Who else was in on Lelouch's Zero Requiem plan? I was reviewing Code Geass and a subject came to my mind, that I explain below.

   In the ending is stated that Lelouch caused the world to hate him on purpose, so it would not engage wars anymore, however, few people knowed this directly (Suzaku, Jeremiah and CC), and is stated that some people discovered Lelouch true intentions by his death.
 On my first view of the anime, I thought that Nunnally and Kallen discovered the real intentions behind Lelouch's plan, but now, seems to me that Tohdoh, Cornelia, Milly and Kaguya as well found the true ambition of Lelouch.

So, was anyone else in on it? Am I correct in speculations?

   Who really discovered why Lelouch had to die?

The only ones who seem to be in on the Zero Requiem plan were Suzaku, C.C. and Jeremiah. That much is indeed correct. The rest of the people eventually learned about his sacrifice later on after he died, which is actually a matter of great debate.

But answering the question, those three were the only ones in on it.


The song played on Boku no Hero Academia in episode 55 (S3E17) about Todoroki vs Ninjas fight part 2 There's a song fairly at the beginning of episode 55 (season 3 episode 17) of Boku no Hero Academia when Todoroki fights with ninjas.

When searching for the answer, all I can get is the song that plays in the episode BEFORE this, but this one is different.

What is this song?

I found it randomly when it switched to scene from AfO fight
its:
The Power of Endeavor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=887nqfBTRaw


How did Madara Uchiha give his Rinnegan to Nagato? We have seen that Madara had awakened his left eye to a Rinnegan. But Nagato's both eyes have Rinnegan when they are transplanted.

How did Madara Uchiha give his Rinnegan to Nagato?

Madara had activated Izanagi in his right eye. Using this forbidden jutsu, he came back to life after Hashirama killed him.

Because he used Izanagi, the light/sight of the right eye was removed. Because that's the price you have to pay when you use Izanagi or Izanami.

Madara had bit off a piece of Hashirama's flesh during the battle. After he came back alive, he went into hiding, planting a clone in his tomb. Then he surgically attached the flesh onto his body and waited.

Near the end of his natural life, he awoke the Rinnegan in both eyes. This awakening restored the sight in his right eye, a unique property of the Rinnegan.

Since he was nearing death and was unable to complete his plans, he transplanted his eyes to a Senju descendant, Nagato. The technique he used is not mentioned anywhere, but it would be a piece of cake for him, because of his intelligence and the help from Zetsu.


Why did Gohan not use the multiform technique during the Saiyaman saga? Videl runs off to fight crime. Gohan runs to the bathroom, preforms the multiform technique, and 1/2 of his power gets to go and back her up while the other 1/2 goes back to class. As Saiyaman he probably never used more than a hundredth of his power, so a 50% handicap wouldn’t have hurt anything. Heck, he could have maintained his golden fighter identity and just made sure to let Videl (and anyone else) see both him and the gold fighter side by side to secure an iron clad alibi.

I’m not sure if he ever used the technique himself, but I know he saw his Dad use it during the Cell games and I’m pretty sure he knew about it before that from Krillin. Instead of flying to Bulls for the costume after his first day, he could have flown to Kane house and asked Krillin to teach him the move

I know that the real answer is ‘because it would have broken the plot’. I’m looking for a believable in universe reason. I don’t buy that he wouldn’t have thought about it, he’s a genius. Why didn’t Gohan use the multiform technique during the Saiyaman saga?

You make a lot of interesting assumptions. Before I explain why this wouldn't have been feasible for reasons other than "because it would have broken the plot", I would like to make three corrections with regard to some of the facts you stated. The technique Krillin uses is called the Triform. Picollo and he use this technique against Nappa in the Saiyan Saga. Also, Goku never uses the Multiform technique against Cell, it was Cell who uses it against him. Goku is a character who is very strongly against the usage of this technique. He was the first character who pointed out its flaw.Finally, it's too much of a stretch to call Gohan a "Genius". You could consider him to be well educated and smart. He definitely isn't the combat genius his father is and his intellect cannot be compared to someone like Bulma's. It is also important to note that Gohan never came up with the idea of the suit. He consulted the smartest person he knows with regard to his identity issue and it was a suggestion of Bulma's as you see here. Now with regard to why this wouldn't have workedThe Cloning procedure can only be of 2 possibilities. The first possibility is that there is one Main Clone which acts as the brain for even the remaining clones. The second possibility is that every clone is its own being and thinks and acts on its own.In case of the first scenario,  it wouldn't work for obvious reasons as Gohan would have control over his clone and he obviously cannot be present in class and be able to assess the situation outside and have his clone act our accordingly and fight.In case of the second scenario, how exactly would Gohan have control of his other clones and be able to destroy them when neccesary. He would have no way of communicating with his clones and it more or less would decrease Gohans power almost permanantly. If Gohan did have the ability to control the rest of his clones, it would end up being the first scenario.Based on the above explanation, you see that the multiform/triform technique, cannot really be used to perform multiple activities at different locations.Finally, even if he were to use the multiform technique, He would still require the Great Saiyaman outfit or any outfit for that matter to disguise himself outside. Even if he happens to be in class when his clone is out fighting crime, the press would still be able to to get a picture of his clone or someone would easily spot him. Based on your logic, even if Gohan had his clone right next to him, "to establish an alibi", wouldn't Videl and everyone else still be suspicious as to how there exists a fighter who looks exactly like him? The Great Saiyaman's identity would have to be revealed at some point. If his identity was never to be revealed, then Videl wouldn't have known it was Gohan even without using the clones.While Gohan didn't really want to reveal his identity, I really don't think he cared to the extreme extent you think, to try so hard to establish an alibi. In the Martial Arts tournament, while he was embarassed about his identity being revealed, he didn't care that much to try to fled the scene immediately. He also had no problem transforming into Super Saiyan in front of everybody to fight Kibito when he had to.So ultimately, Clone or No Clone, a disguise would have been necessary. A regular outfit would have been too much of a hassle to change out of, hence, Bulma. Gohan did the smartest thing he could do by consulting the Most Intelligent person he knew. The Saiyaman outfit(and the convenience to switch into the same), was realistically the best possible solution. Although, the design and Gohan's supposed Superhero Persona while wearing the same are indeed questionable.


How many ending does Clannad have in Visual Novel? In the anime, Tomoya ended with one girl. But there's two ova's where he got a different ending, with two different girl.

I tried to play the visual novel once, and was able to get a good ending with Sakagami Tomoyo and Fujibayashi Kyou, but I never reach a good ending with Sagara Misae (manager of Sunohara's dorm) and Fujibayashi Ryou. How many ending are they in Visual Novel?

The regular routes in the Visual Novel are with:

Fujibayashi Kyou
Fujibayashi Ryou
Furukawa Nagisa
Hiiragi Kappei
Ichinose Kotomi
Ibuki Fuko
Miyazawa Yukine
Sagare Misae
Sakagami Tomoyo
Sunohara Mei
Toshio Koumura

There are three additional endings for the after story of the original game (therefore, routes opening up after continuing to the after story of Furukawa Nagisa). Another spin-off game is available that includes an after story for Sakagami Tomoyo, and is called "Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life".


Why does Tanjiro's Nichirin Blade is Black? I know that having a black colored blade symbolizes unknown element but why did he got black colored blade instead of blue even though he has a known Water Breathing Technique?

Color of Nichirin blade, till now, is shown to have not much significance apart from manifesting differently based on the owners. Urokodaki was surprised as Black is a rare color and there's been few users with it, hence the saying emerged that those with black blade won't go far.

Haganezuka implied that family lineage also impacts the color of blade, here's what's been revealed in the manga which could explain the black color:

   Tanjiro's ancestors Sumiyoshi and Suyako were acquainted with the Breath of the Sun user, also it's been implied that the Dance of Fire God passed down in Kamado family has some relation with the orignal breath the Breath of Sun.

In chapter 113 in Tanjiro's inherited memories he sees Suyako talking to the Sun Breath user about his sword, mentioning that a Samurai's sword changes from Obsidian Black to Red only when he fights. Tanjiro assumed that the Breath of Sun user used a technique to change the color of his sword, Tanjiro obtained the same effects thanks to nezuko's blood, his sword changed color to a burning red and he gained explosive battle strength. The black color may be due to his lineage or due to learning the dance of fire god (if learning breaths have any impact on it)


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

As already mentioned in ConMan's answer, it's an image of Dead Sea Scrolls, or specifically the Secret Dead Sea Scrolls in the show.
Dead Sea Scrolls were real things, and they were written mostly in Hebrew, and some in Aramaic. However, the shown text doesn't have any similarities to both of them. Although some of the characters look like Japanese characters (e.g. 天,丸,乙,せ,き), they were not written in Japanese either (it doesn't have any meaning).
Researching this further, it seems it's written in some kind of Angelic Script. Some of the real-world examples are Celestial (previous link), Malachim (angels, or messengers), and Transitus Fluvii (or Passage Du Fleuve). Note the similarities: the shape, and dots at the end of the strokes.

Image courtesy of CirqueDeTruth on AboveTopSecret forum

Considering the similarity, and also the script's reference to Angel (this series has many references to Angel, nonetheless), it seems to be written in Angelic Script. However, there are no same characters with any of these, so it might be just another Angelic Script created specifically for this series, (or Japanese characters written in Angelic Script, who knows). Hence, the meaning is also not yet known.
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Reference: Japanese Yahoo! Answers for mentioning 天使文字【てんしもじ】 (tenshi moji, or Angelic Script)


Why did Akagi leave the opportunity to have a better hand in his first game? I have watched just the anime, and even if he didn't know about specific hands, he leaves the chance to gather the bonus tiles and improve his hand, as Nangou remarked.

Am I missing something here? Being the genius that he is, should he not have played better?

Because he needs Nangou to cooperate.

The cops are literally knockin at the door, looking for him and Nangou doesn't seem too happy to go as far as lying to the police. I don't know how he knew they were coming, but I'm guessing they were rather hot on his heels as he was running in the rain. He needs Nangou to give him an alibi, so he forces his hands.

You'll notice that after ignoring the calls, he miraculously has not just Daisangen (big three dragons), but Suu Ankou Tanki (four concealed triplets, single wait) as well. Well, it's not so much a miracle as him ruthelssly cheating by stealing the tiles from the pools when the others were distracted by the cops.

There are a number of ways the way he did this makes it a better plan:

He has a better hand to get the point with.
The hand is concealed, so nobody knows to be careful with their discards.
When (no, it's not even an "if") the yakuza notice that he has chated, the police are still there. They do not want to cause a scene in front of the cops, so they will have to let it go.

And most improtantly:

The hand is ruinable. This is important to get Nangou to cooperate. Had he called the tiles, he couldn't threat to discard them. To keep the insanely valuable hand, Nangou has to cover for him by lying to the cops.

All in all, a nice plan.


What did Zeno destroy? I'm confused about what Zeno destroyed for killing Zamasu, did he destroy just the Earth, the entire Universe, or the 12 universes?

I'm assuming your referring to episode 67. Zeno said the following:

  A world like this must be destroyed.

  I believe it safe to assume that the earth was destroyed but not the
  entire universe. If Zeno did destroy the entire universe there
  wouldn't have been a way to use the time machine to go back and get
  him because time is a component of a universe. No universe, no time,
  no travel by time machine.

The above was my original answer to this question until I read chapter 18 of the manga and Whis said the following below.

Based off of this and prior knowledge we received in the anime that the King of All has destroyed universes before. I now believe it is safe to say that he actually destroyed the entire Universe in that timeline.

Previously I argued that if a Universe doesn't exist time can't exist either. And this is stepping away from anime for a bit but physics tells us that

  Matter cannot be created or destroyed only transformed

So in summation after a little research I've come to a different conclusion.

Even if existence as we define it comes to an end. Time does not, we may lose the capacity to quantify or comphrehend it but time is everpresent.

I can honestly believe that this is a valid answer.


What is the relationship between Daedalus and Tomoki? She frequently appears in Tomoki's dreams as a sort of "lover." She comes to his dreams to ask him to help save her.

Daedalus is a scientist from Synapse, considered as the greatest mind in all of Synapse. Their relationship was not revealed until nearing the end of the story.

   She was the one who created RULE, a device to fulfill anything one wishes. Because of this, everyone on Synapse got bored. Seeing that humans, though far inferior but enjoyed their lives through hard work, the inhabitants of Synapse decided to go into a dream like state to live as humans.

 So Daedalus created the device so that Synapse people can sleep and have dream living as humans. Daedalus did that too in form of Mitsuki Sohara, Sakurai Tomoki's childhood friend.

 However, Sohara had weak constitution and died very young. Daedalus then decided to create another Sohara and placed her on Earth. She also later set the Uranus Queen, Ikaros, free from her seal and sent her to Tomoki.

 She is also the one behind the creation of the first generation Angeloid namely, Alpha (Ikaros), Beta (Nymph), and Delta (Astrea). The latter two also joined Tomoki's group later in the story after they were ordered to kill him by Master of Synapse. She's also the one who created Pandora Box system in the first generation Angeloid which allowed them to evolve.

 Daedalus was also the one who fixed Chaos, a second generation Angeloid created by Master of Synapse.


Does each Region only have 8 gyms in Pokémon? I remember that at the start of the Pokémon the anime, Professor Oak said that there are a lot of Gyms across the region. You only need 8 to enter the Pokémon league, thus Gary have 10 gym badges.

However, no matter who I ask, no one seems to remember this or heard of this. I watched Pokémon in Chinese sub with Japanese voice. so did I remember wrong or something else happened?

No. The pickle Tickler has essentially lists the gyms from the games, which are correct.
The Pokemon Anime however doesn't follow them. We know this because as you said, gary won 10 badges in the anime. And that is without the Earth Badge.
Hence there were ATLEAST 11 gyms in Kanto region.

  Alot of other characters in the anime like rivals have been shown with different badges that ash hasn't had. I this shows there are gym all over the region in the anime but you only need to defeat 8 gym leaders to enter the league.

Ash, misty and brock have also met other non-game gym leaders in the anime like Dorian from the coastline gym in johto. Barry, Morrison and Trip have different badges too.

Also note, Candice says that not many people come north to challenge her. Does that mean only people that beat her go to the Sinnoh League? Ergo, Sinnoh has more Gym options too.

The reason Ash battles only the game Gyms is to reduce confusion and have people look forward to the other Gyms.

Source: Pokemon Badges: Anime Only Gym Badges

Gary's Gym Badges: Some Known ones
Otoshi's Gym Badges: most completely different than normal ones.
Morrison's 8th Badge
Barry's badges:3 Unidentified ones
Trip's Badges: Only the first 2 are from the games


Why can't Ed perform alchemy without his arm? This answer establishes that all that's needed for a person who's seen the Gate to perform alchemy is to be able to make a circle with their body. However, Ed doesn't seem to be able to perform alchemy without his automail arm working.

Why can't he, for example, make a circle between his flesh arm and his shoulder/port and do alchemy that way? Or, alternatively, why can't he make a circle between his functioning flesh arm and his non-functioning automail arm?

Is there any canon explanation for this, or does it seem to be just a plot excuse for his automail arm being broken stopping him from doing alchemy?

He can't make a perfect circle without his arm.

The mechanics of Edward's ability to transmute without a traditional circle are not that well defined. He enters the Portal of Truth and then gleans some kind of knowledge about alchemy that allows him to do this. He probably couldn't tell you why he needs both arms, he just knows that he does.

That said, we can try to make an educated guess.

While it's true that he could make a "circle" by putting his arm on his shoulder or other part of his body, this wouldn't serve as a true transmutation circle.

Almost every transmutation circle we see in the series has a single common property: symmetry.

Though this symmetry isn't perfect, with the symbols being different in the circle on the left and Al's Blood Seal on the right having that slightly asymmetrical circle in the middle, for the most part, the circles are perfectly symmetrical, especially the borders and the "structure" within.

If Edward tried to make a circle with one arm, he would have an awkward and asymmetrical circle.

When he uses both arms, though, he is able to make a (roughly) symmetrical circle, and perform a transmutation.

You also mentioned:

  ... why can't he make a circle between his functioning flesh arm and his non-functioning automail arm?

I don't see why he couldn't.

He never really got a chance to do this, though.

As far as I can remember, the only time his arm was not working, yet completely intact and attached to his body, was right after the fight with the Slicer brothers when Envy and Lust showed up in the 5th Laboratory.

When his arm broke, he was freaking out, and he had also lost a lot of blood, so I doubt he was thinking clearly. Envy knocked him out before he was really able to try anything. Also, his arm breaking was probably a bit for comedic purposes too.


Why is there a Nepali poster in Boku no Hero Academia? I was curious as to why the animators would use a language other than Japanese and English, given the fact that no one in Japan understands Nepali. This is from season 2 episode 15. The Nepali in the poster means "cat". Does anyone have any idea why is it here?

I would dispute your claim that:

  ... no one in Japan understands Hindi

According to Wikipedia, the population of Indians living in Japan as of 2017 is 30,048. Given that Hindi is one of the official languages of India, I would imagine that a good portion of them speak it.

This is quite a small chunk of the population (the population of Japan is 127,084,082 as of 2018, making 0.024% of the Japanese population Indian migrants), but it is still not an insignificant amount.

I'm from Canada, and I see signs in other languages all the time around my city. There are often small pockets of people from other countries living in communities, and as a result, there is bound to be some signage catered to them.

The animators may have added this for any number of reasons - perhaps as a nod to Indian fans watching the show, or simply for some interesting background imagery.


In the manga, how did Asako contact Ushio from within the sea serpent? In episode 6 of the Ushio to Tora anime, Asako and a boy she meets at the beach (Tatsuya) find themselves swallowed by some sort of giant sea serpent monstrosity. In the anime, Asako calls her grandparents' beach house using her cell phone, and that's how Ushio learns that she's in trouble.

But the manga was written back in the early '90s, before cell phones were commonplace (the anime has been relieved of some of the trappings of the '90s [much as Parasyte was] in the interest of appealing to modern audiences). How did this scene play out there? How did Ushio find out what had happened to Asako and Tatsuya?

In both the manga and anime, Tatsuya had a precious gift from his mother.  In the anime, it was referred to as a toy phone.  In the manga, it was a functioning walkie talkie (referred to as transceiver in the English translation).  There just happened to be someone on the beach with another transceiver who was listening on the right channel.  Asako's call for help was heard by Ushio.

What I found difficult to understand is why Asako's plea was even needed as part of the plot.  The sea-protector yokai had already informed Ushio that Tora needed his help and had been swallowed by a giant serpent.  That could have been sufficient cause for Ushio to help.


What is the fate of Densuke at the end of the last episode? In episode 23, Densuke is "lost" (mobbed my illegals) when he was protecting Yuuko (Okonogi) from illegals.

However, in the last episode, Yuuko and Kyouko both are able to see Densuke without their Dennou Eyeglasses. How is this possible (since Densuke only exists in the virtual space)? Does this mean he was reborn or is the meaning purely figurative?

To me the most rational answer to the fact of Densuke showing up at the very end, while both sisters are able to see him without actually having the glasses on. Is due to the fact they have a big connection to Densuke.

If you recall early on Yasako and Haraken discuss about how Illegals were born and they come down to the resolution they are born from emotions like love and anger.

So in resume my belief is that due to their deep love for Densuke, it creates his image at the very end, as something like a peace of mind as everything was resolved and that he was still there, in their hearts.


5 Centimeters Per Second: What does the ending mean? In 5 Centimeters Per Second, a boy and a girl get separated, and then try to meet with each other.

In the ending, when they are grown up

   The boy sees the girl as they are crossing the train tracks. They are interrupted by trains. The boy waits for the girl, but when the trains pass, she is gone.

Why is that?

I attribute this to what would best be called a "Fleeting moment and feeling". His desire to see the girl again caused him to envision her being there for a moment which is personified by the passing train (another symbol that life moves on). But when it passes, so does his desire and like the train, he decides to move forward with his life.


Where is this gif of a girl turning into stone(?) and breaking apart from I'm trying to find the title for this pic because I'm interested in watching it. If only I knew what it's called...

I'm not completely sure, but I think this is from one of the episodes towards the end of Haibane Renmei, where Reki, who is the character here

   finally is forced to confront her problems.

Off the top of my head, I don't remember the episode number. I'll try to look in the Haibane Renmei tag or the one for Reki on Tumblr to double-check this, since I think I've seen something like this there before.

The series is based off of some doujinshi by Yoshitoshi ABe, and follows the progress of a character named Rakka once she comes to an enclosed town and finds that she is one of the Haibane, who have grey wings and a disk on their heads.

Update: Wikipedia's episode list suggests that this is from the final episode (13), where

   [Reki] throws Rakka out of her studio, confronts a crumbling stone manifestation of herself, and relives her dream.

Rewatching the episode on YouTube (beware of spoilers - this is the last episode), the build-up to the scene begins at around 4:50, the actual scene starts slightly after 13:15.


Which track is playing in S2E1 of Ansatsu Kyoushitsu? In the 1st episode of Ansatsu Kyoushitsu [Assassination Classroom] season 2,
an instrumental track plays in the background from 5:20 to 5:50. If anyone knows its name, please tell me.

This is "Irina no Koigokoro", which is track 5 on the special CD bundled with S2 BD2 (EYXA-10829B). Here is a 15-second extract from the beginning of the track.

Seems like an odd piece to be playing in a sequence where Karma and Manami are talking (not about Irina), but it is what it is.


What forms did Ichogo start and then bankai to in Anime War episode 4? I just discovered Anime War on YouTube.  It's a fanfic story/compilation/moshpit/glorious hack with Dragonball, One Punch Man, Bleach, and lots of other popular anime characters.

In episode 4 of the playlist I linked to, Ichigo does a bankai transformation.  I didn't recognize his sword form, so I presumed that he already was in bankai, so clearly I was wrong.

What forms does he start and end with?  I presume that these forms from the manga, as opposed too completely invented by the fan fiction.  I've watched the anime, but have not read the manga, and have not seen these forms.  Given how the anime ended, clearly he regained his powers and started collecting them like Pokemon (Bounto, Shinigami, Hollow, Vizard, etc.)

This pic is just prior to him going bankai.  Notice his sword has some wavy things on the backside, and his kimono looks more or less like a regular shinigami kimono.  Up until this point, I figured it was artistic rendition of his regular shinigami bankai, which clearly it's not because in this scene he's releasing it.

Here's his face post-bankai.  Notice the small part of the hollow skull/facemask, and the black tattoo-like thing on his face.

Here's his chest post-bankai, and you can see some form of tattoo or black pattern on his chest.

Here's him from the back, and you can clearly see that his garb and zanpakto have changed after the bankai.

Pictured are his Fullbring form

merged Hollow form,

and some variation of his post-Fullbring Shinigami form with true Zangetsu


Hellsing soundtrack − Unexpected incident Among the tracks of Hellsing's OST albums there is one that abruptly ends at about 1 minute mark and it is called "Unexpected incident". I couldn't find a full version (if it even exists) and I'm starting to suspect that this actually is the fullest version, and it's called like that as a joke. Comments to youtube videos suggest the same, but I don't trust them.

Is there any official confirmation that this is indeed the whole track, or is there a longer version somewhere?

One of the many youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL0fFXO8apM

Well, the track is #22 on the RUINS album (in Japanese, the track is titled 「予期せぬ出来事」 Yoki Senu Dekigoto). The associated album scans don't have track lengths printed on them, but the enterprising user who entered the track listing on VGMdb indicated that the track was 0:59 in length.

I figure that's probably the whole track. Some random Japanese reviewer also lists it as 0:59, for independent corroboration.

(There's an amusing annotation beneath the track list on the poster that basically says "Per the intent of the composer, this recording includes noise and unexpected sounds". I suppose, then, that an unexpected lack of sound is not too far beyond the pale.)


Could one wish for omnipotence in the Fate series? Let's say for example a guy with the name Robert has won one of the grail wars. Can he wish for omnipotence, or does he need to know a method on how to become omnipotent?

In a way I believe they could have such a wish granted.
Speaking about the Fuyuki Holy Grail the main engine behind it, the Greater Grail is a gateway link to The Root.

The Swirl of the Root (根源の渦, Kongen no Uzu, "the Vortex of Radix" in the English localization), also known as the Akashic Records, the Spiral of Origin or the Root (根源, Kongen, "Radix" in the English localization), is a metaphysical location within the Nasuverse that acts as the "force" that exists at the top of all theories in every dimension, as well as the source of all events and phenomena in the universe. It is also referred to as the "Outside of the World," as opposed to the World and the Reverse Side of the World. Existing outside of time, it stores and archives information of all possibilities and events, past, present, and future, of the world. It is the place from where all souls, including those of Heroic Spirits recorded on the Throne of Heroes, originate from and to where they return after death.

For a Magus like Tokiomi Tohsaka whose desire to enter the Holy Grail War was to use the Holy Grail to reach The Root they may become omnipotent because of what they can do with it by what is claimed by Shiki Ryougi's third personality 「　」  (AKA Void)

She claims restructuring the laws governing atomic matter, going back in time to change the evolution and development of all life, and reconstructing the orders and laws of the world would be easy for her to accomplish. It is not actually changing the existing world, but instead annihilating the old one with a new reality.
Despite this ability, her combat ability is only possibly around the level of Ciel, allowing her to manage a defensive fight against a being on the level of a Servant. She is still much stronger than the regular Shiki [Tohno Shiki], who holds no hope in even competing with a Servant defensively.
However, she was later noted to be the second strongest being in the Nasuverse when not including Servants, under Arcueid Brunestud and above Primordial Demons.

Source: Shiki Ryougi > Abilities > Connection to the Root
Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg and Aoko Aozaki who both wield True Magic (2nd and 5th respectfully) have already reached The Root to gain their True Magic and while Aoko's 5th Magic's domain is uncertain, Zelretch's 2nd Magic is the Operation of Parallel Worlds which also also includes time travel while the 3rd Magic Heaven's Feel, the whole point of the Fuyuki Holy Grail Wars that the Einzbern seek to reclaim, is the Materialization of the soul.
Given that the subject Holy Grail in Fate/Apocrypha is the Fuyuki Holy Grail I would assume the same functionality.
Knowing how to become omnipotent however I don't think is needed because it was Angra Mainyu saying it was how it would grant Kiritsugu's wish as if Angra Mainyu was going to use the Grail for Kiritsugu.
One of the things about the Holy Grail in Fuyuki which is also mentioned by Rin in Fate/Stay Night is that only a Servant can use the Holy Grail which is why a Master who can contract another Servant after theirs are defeated is still a participant in the War than one who can't.

At the time there was also a serious flaw in this system, As the Grail required the energy of all seven Servants to help activate the Great Grail and open a hole to Akasha, it would mean that all Servants including the victor Servant would have to be killed, and since the Grail can only be held by Servant, activating the Greater Grail, let alone retrieving the Holy Grail, cannot be achieved, as Masters are incapable of doing so without a Servant. This flaw made the Grail capable of only granting wishes to Masters and Servants.

Source: Fuyuki Holy Grail War
As Angra Mainyu is formally the Avenger Servant it makes sense that Angra Mainyu could operate the Grail in place of Saber and Kiritsugu's "corrupted" wish is just Angra Mainyu's own understanding of how it would make such a wish believing that Kiritsugu's current methods aren't inefficient but the correct way.
Tokiomi and more than likely any other Master planning to use the Grail to reach the Root would plan to have keep one Command Spell so make the Servant commit suicide. For wish granting a Master would probably keep a Command Spell to force the Servant to grant their wish rather than the Servant's wish unless there was an understanding for the Servant's wish to be granted in another way (ie. Diarmuid Ua Duibhne's wish to have a Lord to serve was granted by meanly being summoned).

In Fate/Extra the Holy Grail is the Moon Cell and the right to use it

In the Fate/Extra universe, the Moon Cell (ムーンセル, Mūn Seru?), also called the Holy Grail, Eye of God, and Divine Automatic Recording Device, is a massive collection of photonic crystals within the moon that comprises a giant supercomputer of sorts.
...
It is a processor with a massive memory that has recorded the habits, history, ideas, and even the souls of humanity. As it can also affect the outside world with its calculations, it has the power to "grant wishes." In this way, it can be thought of as a Pandora’s Box that promises the next stage of evolution. It promises god-like power to those intelligent lifeforms who have become technologically advanced enough to scan the interior of the moon.

Source: Moon - Moon Cell
So while it's not exactly like the Fuyuki Grail or what Void claims to be able to do you can still alter the world but it'll just take a bit of time, an example cited in Fate/EXTRA material - Encyclopedia: Holy Grail [Circumstances], page 194

You might say “I want all the girlies in the world to be mah little sister" for example, and then in about ten years, it would be assumed that society on Earth would be reorganized in that fashion.

Of course not sure this is really being omnipoten
However like the Fuyuki Holy Grail there is something in the way and that's Twice H. Pieceman who was a self aware NPC who won the Holy Grail War, however because of checks within the Moon Cell Twice can't use it as a NPC would be deleted so he would ask later winners of the Holy Grail War to make his wish for him, refusal would be met with them being destroyed by him and Savior

However, once he reached the core of the Moon Cell, he found that, as an NPC, he could not enter the core without being deleted as invalid data. From there, he redesigned the Holy Grail War to the current system and asked each Master who was victorious in the Holy Grail War to wish for the perpetuation of war and the continued advancement of man. However, all the Masters who faced him refused, and thus were killed by him and Saver.


What does "Why didn't she ask EBA" mean in Hyouka? At the end of the episodes involving the movie, 10-11 iirc, just before the ending credits there is the subtitled text "Why didn't she ask EBA?" which I don't understand.

This wast touched on at this Yahoo Answers link but did not help my understanding.

Is this a joke from the translator? If so, what does it refer to?

Each of the Hyouka novels has a Japanese title and an English sub-title (the English sub-titles are present in the Japanese novels - they are not the work of a translator). At the end of each episode of the anime, the sub-title of the novel that the episode was adapted from is displayed; for the movie arc, that's "Why didn't she ask EBA?".

The English sub-titles are mostly references to mystery novels and at the same time thematically relevant.

The first novel, "the niece of time", is a reference to Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time. The arc is about Sekitani Jun, whose niece is Chitanda.
The second novel, "Why didn't she ask EBA?", is a reference to Agatha Christie's Why Didn't They Ask Evans?. Indeed, the whole affair would've been resolved quickly if Irisu had had just asked Eba how the film was supposed to end.
The fourth novel, "Little birds can remember", is a reference to Christie's Elephants Can Remember. The thematic relevance of this one is unclear to me.
The fifth novel (not animated), "It walks by past", is a reference to John Dickson Carr's It Walks By Night. I haven't gotten around to reading this volume yet, so I don't know what thematic relevance exists, if any.


Where can I get the sheet music for the song Crescent Moon Dance? I hope this is not too off-topic, but I recently watched Hibike! Euphonium (Sound! Euphonium), and I was wondering if anybody knows where I can find sheet music for the piece that they play in the competition. Specifically, I'm looking for Crescent Moon Dance by Namie Horikawa (I don't know if this is an alias or not). I play the trumpet, and I really wanted to try out Kousaka's solo. If anybody could help me out, that would be appreciated!

According to the official website, the official sheet music for Crescent Moon Dance 「三日月の舞」 was given as extra on purchase of the Volume 1 of BD/DVD at certain stores in Japan1. Unfortunately, Volume 1 already went on sale on Jun 17, 2015.

Likewise, the sheet music for the opening 「DREAM SOLISTER」 and the ending 「Tutti」 will be given as extra on purchase of BD/DVD Volume 2 and 3 respectively.

1 The stores as listed on official website: 玉光堂、バンダレコード・ライオン堂、ＪＥＵＧＩＡ、十字屋CROSS、新星堂、山野楽器、ヤマハミュージックリテイリング

The advertisement, as posted by one of the stores on Twitter, inviting people to reserve a copy of the BD/DVD for the sheet music:


How does Father prevent the use of alchemy in Fullmetal Alchemist? I have recently started rewatching FMA brotherhood, and noticed some things I was confused about concerning Father.

  He uses the pipes to spread the Philosopher's Stone beneath the nation of Amestris. The purpose behind this is to act as a barrier between the tectonic energy of the earth's crust, where Amestrian Alchemy gets its energy from, so that he can stop others from using Alchemy at any time.

Emphasis mine.

And also

  he placed himself under what would become Central Command and used himself as a buffer against tectonic energy so alchemists would actually use energy derived from the souls of Xerxes contained within himself.

How is Father able to stop people from performing alchemy? And if the people in Amestris were partly using a philosopher's stone, wouldn't they be able to bypass the laws of equivalent exchange?

Scar draws a picture in one episode. Imagine philosophers stones Father had seeded all over the place as sort of inactive circle (Or open door.)
You can walk into the circle, you can draw on that circle, you can dig into the circle. It is not active. You can use the energy from below the circle. Less than you normally would, but you can do it. Only after Father activates the circle, the flow stops.

Imagine open submarine door. Fishes swim in, fishes swim out (fishes are alchemists here). They have to pass through the doorway into the interior and there is not as much water inside the submarine as in the sea, but fishes can still swim and they can continue to lead their lives. Those hatched in the submarine which never left it don't even know it can be done the other way. People from Xing noticed that something is wrong (they are humans that swam into submarine from the sea) but they can't do anything about it.

One day, the door of the submarine closes and pumps start pumping the water out. In a few moments, the interior of the submarine is completely dry. What happened? Father activated his circle made from philosophers stones and cut access to alchemy to all alchemists. The fishes can't breathe! They can't live! But people of Xing and Hohenheim can, because they know the way to breathe air, not water. They have lungs, not gills.


How many attacks can the Eight Trigram justu go up to? The Eight Trigram justu is a taijustu that uses the Gentle Fist style, which is passed down in main branch of the Hyūga clan. In both the original and Shippuden, Neji uses this ability multiple times through the series.

So far, we have seen 16 Palms, 32 Palms, 64 Palms, and 128 Palm (which is only seen during Neji's fight with Kidomaru.)

In that pattern, the amount of attacks are doubled for each variation. Is Eight Trigram justu limited to 128 attacks? If not, what is the highest number attacks it can go?

It wasn't stated that there  was a limit to the amount of attacks he could do but remember that jutsu is used to close off the chakra flow and 128 palm is enough to do that, anymore than that might
* not have any effects
or
*the person might died


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

Read from the chapter where Ikaros and Delta fought Chaos. It differs starting from there. Update the chapter number later.

EDIT: Chapter 31. In the anime, Ikaros was thrown out from the water by her weaponry system. In the manga, she was saved by Astrea.


Does Issei Hyodo still have the Divider power after season 2? In the last part of the second season of Highschool DxD, there is a fight between Issei Hyodo and the White Dragon's host who was using a special skill called Divider that divides his enemies powers to half every time he uses.

Issei managed to get rid of it from the White Dragon as it was a Fragment of Magical Device attached to the White Dragon guy's accessories. Then, after Issei defeats that guy, he gets the Divider Fragment and fuses it with his Dragon Booster on his right arm.

I hoped he would use that dividing power later in the next season, but what happened to it? Where did that power go?

Yes, He still has the divine divider power. Issei took a jewel from vali's sacred gear and therefore he was able to contact with predecessor hosts of white vanishing dragon which lets him to use divine dividing.


What's the significance of the grandfather clock in Elfen Lied? In the anime Elfen Lied, Kouta and Yuuka own a grandfather clock that, if I recall correctly, has been broken for quite some time prior to the start of the series. At the very end of the final episode, Kouta and Yuuka sit down (with Nana and Mayu, I believe) to start their new life... only for the grandfather clock to mysteriously start chiming, apropos of nothing, just as

   a figure implied to be Lucy approaches the front door.

I never understood what the deal was with the grandfather clock, and why it suddenly began working again at the end. I'm guessing that it must be symbolic of something, but I can't think what it might be symbolizing. If it's meant to symbolize Kouta moving on with his life, then

   Lucy apparently showing up again rather ruins that.

What is the significance of the grandfather clock in Elfen Lied?

My personal interperation of the clock was always that it symbolizes the start of a normal live for Kouta and company. Which in place would fit really well with the ending of the rhyme elfenlied which insinuates the 'elf' observing, hitting it's head on a stone with Cuckoo sounds.

  "What are those bright windows?
  There must be a wedding inside;
  The little people are sitting at the feast,
  And make merry in the hall.
  So I'll just take a peep inside!"
  — Fie! he hits his head on hard stone!
  Well, elf, had enough, have you?
  Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

Some people however, also suggest that it might be Nyu, as opposed to Lucy. With the clock chiming in the start or maybe even birth of Nyu, into the world of normal humans.

Personally I think this was left open in a way it could be interpreted both in a positive and a negative ending. This both to drive people to read the manga which has a slightly different story and to stay in line with the rhyme, as this can be interpreted in both a negative and a positive tone.


In Overlord, what is Aura holding during the battle between Ainz and Shaltear? In the battle between Ainz and Shaltear, Aura and Mare are up on a hill watching. Aura is carrying a large cylinder package on her back. What is it and what's it for?

It's a world item called Depiction of Nature and Society. As stated in the wiki,

  It resembles the shape of a giant-red oriental scroll that hangs from the user's waist....Depiction of Nature and Society allows the user to isolate space. Apparently, it can even swallow the whole space of the opponent.  It was an item that could seal a target into a closed-off space. To be more precise, it swapped a painted landscape with the real world, and then it would convert the real world into a painted landscape.

If I recall correctly, Ainz ordered both Aura and Mare to scout the surrounding areas so this item together with Avarice and Generosity are merely countermeasures in case someone else tries to intervene between Shaltear's and Ainz's fight.


How much is A.K. willing to pay for Mirai's nude photos? On two occasions in the Kyoukai no Kanata anime franchise, Ayaka disclosed to Mirai how much A.K. (Akihito Kanbara) would pay for her nude photos. The first time was at 16:55 in episode 5 of the main series, but Ayaka's fingers covered most of the pay check so we aren't privy to the modeling fees.

Then Ayaka bargained again in episode 2 of the Mini Theater, but it wasn't helpful that her voice was censored when she spoke of the modeling fees. However, five 10,000 yen notes were shown onscreen.

Are we to take ¥50,000 as the price A.K. is willing to pay for Mirai's nude photos?

The exact amount was never disclosed. speculation is as far as you can go with that question but id say more than 50k