Who does the image labeled "god level threat" in OPM webcomic chapter #77 belong to? In the One Punch Man webcomic chapter #77 , there is an image of someone labeled "god level threat". This image looks like

   Garou

It's never stated who he is. is it him? (considering the Hero Association labels him Dragon Level Threat) Who does the image labeled "god level threat" in OPM webcomic chapter #77 belong to ?

I presume this is the image you are referring to:

As W. Are said in the comments, this is Garou. Fubuki even immediately recognizes him as such at the very beginning of the next chapter.

Garou has been fighting almost continuously through difficult battles for some time now, and he's pretty jacked up. Blood and dirt have caked onto his body and hair.  His hair has matted up into a more horn-like appearance as a result, and his overall appearance is more monstrous.  Which, seeing as he wants to be a monster anyway, is all to his liking.

   This is Garou's ego speaking, ultimately. The association has never attributed a God-level disaster threat to Garou. Nothing has definitively stated that the prophesied God-level disaster has been dealt with, or otherwise passed, by the end of his arc. There are a few scenes, one with Homeless Emperor a few chapters later from the one under consideration here, that implies there is a greater force to be dealt with, though. But Garou does know about the prophesy, as pretty much his first appearance is at the hero's association where the information about the God-level disaster gets stolen by Sonic and spread around. He immediately associated the prophesy with himself and his goals.


Future Lucy's right hand? In the manga, we see that future Lucy has no longer her right arm, but no context is given about how she lost it.

Does it has anything to do with Natsu of that timeline to be killed by a dragon ? How did she lose her right arm ?

In the episode where we see Fiore being destroyed and Lucy on the ground, we can clearly see that Lucy lost her right arm as the kingdom was being destroyed right before Natsu came to save her.

I believe it was due to the destruction of the city, something must have crushed her right arm and she had no other choice but to cut it off since she was alone.


Do Zoro, Nami and Robin suffer from bad eyesight? Although I never noticed in the main story of the anime, there are scenes in some of the openings where Zoro, Nami and Robin are shown wearing eyeglasses:

Zoro in opening 11
Robin in opening 13
Nami in opening 16

Is the fact that they all have bad eyesight canon? Or is it just some filler that the author probably wanted to mix into the series?

Considering they don't wear glasses normally or even while reading, it's fair to say that their eyesight is just fine. They simply like to wear those glasses from time to time for the sake of appearance. Even Sanji wore glasses for a moment in One Piece Film Z, for that same reason.


What does these non-numbered Monogatari novel's chapter title means? Based on Wikipedia, each English volume for the Monogatari novel book has its own chapter title, for example:

Chapter Zero
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Final Chapter
Chapter Nixed
Chapter Snug
Chapter Idle
Chapter Change
Chapter Chaos

Basically, I roughly understand what does 'Chapter Zero' to 'Final Chapter' mean, I assume it is just for chronological meaning.

However, what does 'Chapter Nixed, Snug, Idle, Change, Chaos' mean? Any meaning behind why it is named after those 'term'?

Why don't they just name it 'Chapter Seven' and so on? And for Hanamonogatari, hana (花) means "flower", but why is its chapter named 'Chapter Change' instead of 'Chapter Flower'?

Obvious spoilers for Monogatari:

Chapter Nixed / Nekomonogatari Kuro
In Nekomonogatari Kuro, the inner, Black Hanekawa, wants to get rid of all of her problems such as her "family." The word "nix" means "dropping/getting rid of something", so you can make a connection there. However, my theory is this is the first time Hanekawa drops acting like she is an omnipotent being, especially the dialogue between Araragi and Hanekawa in the last episode. So I believe that is where this comes from.

Chapter Snug / Nekomonogatari Shiro
At the end of Nekomonogatari Shiro, Hanekawa finally was able to accept all of her problems and emotions thus resulting in inner peace for herself. The word "snug" means "something comfortable or warm". She finally feels comfortable for being herself and doesn't think it's a bad thing thanks to Araragi. Also, let's not forget the talk between her and Araragi in the last episode. Probably she was feeling "warm" if you know what I mean. Also as a funny note, Tiger burns her so there is also this "feeling warm" meaning.

Chapter Idle / Kabukimonogatari
Well, this one is a bit ironic. In Kabukimonogatari, Araragi, again, wants to save someone. The lucky person is Hachikuji this time. Thus he and Shinobu travel to the past. That is so far from being idle, right? Anyway, they save Hachikuji from accident thus causing a time paradox where "ghost Hachikuji" never mentions where is Shinobu in Bakemonogatari since she is not dead in the new timeline. Thus in this new timeline, Black Hanekawa kills Araragi since Shinobu is not present at that time. She was "idle".

Chapter Change / Hanamonogatari
Since this is one of my favourites, I will explain both the chapter and volume name. You see in Hanamonogatari, we are seeing the development of Kanbaru as a person while dealing with her past. She is finally dealing with her problems without the help of others ahem Araragi ahem. Well, he helps a bit, but not in a direct way. Anyway, my point is, we are witnessing her grown as a person like a blooming flower. So yea, that is the symbolism there. The word "change" also comes from there.

Chapter Chaos / Otorimonogatari
Well, I couldn't find a better word to describe this arc. Chaos. The problematic personality of Nadeko finally erupts thus causing the chaotic end result of the arc, namely, the death of our main cast. We are also seeing how Ougi really operates. Her whole aim to cause chaos in an enigmatic way for Araragi.

But why?

Nisio loves this type of puns and symbolism. Nearly every arc name contains one such as Hanamonogatari, Bakemonogatari, Nisemonogatari, etc. Others on the other hand directly give hints about the arc such as Owarimonogatari or Nekomonogatari.


Why did Neji’s father stil have the Hyuga curse mark on his forehead even after his death? When Neji dies in Naruto Shippuden episode 365, his Hyuga curse mark disappeared from his forehead.

However, why does his father still have it on his head which was reanimated?

It was activated.

I‘m not sure, but in my opinion it could be, because it was activated. The mark can be activated by any member of the main family as a punishment and the person wearing it will suffer from pain. Nejis mark was, as far as i know, never activated, his fathers was. (I don‘t know whih episode, you can see it as a memory from Neji at the jounin-exam)

My theory is, that it‘s only visible after death, when it was activated and burned itself in the forehead.

Maybe i‘m completely wrong and it‘s just a mistake by the editors.


What's this manga about a guy in debt who goes to a fantasy world? To my knowledge it only has 1 chapter and I want to know more about it.

The guy is in debt and so he has become a shut in until he falls asleep and goes to a world of fantasy. He meets a girl and they partner up on a mission they completed it but goes on an adventure and the girl ends up dead by some monster. He teleports in time before he is killed and he wakes up. He checks his balance and he made the exact amount from his amount in the game. He then goes to the hospital and finds out that the girl may be dead. Next chapter was suppose to reveal if that part is true.

Can someone help me find this manga?

The manga is Zero no Shiniki, and like you said, there's only one chapter translated so far.
Synopsis from MangaUpdates:

Kanzaki Rei is an avid gamer, but one day he hit rock-bottom due to his debts. During the night while sleeping, a strange phenomenon happened and sent him inside the game he previously played. A world of life and death awaits.


Why is Al's armor so big? In Fullmetal Alchemist, when Al and Ed try to get their mom back using Alchemy, Ed lost his one arm and one leg, and Al lost his body. Then we see Ed having a metal arm and leg, and Al with a big armor.

Why a big armor and not a normal human size one?

Because all Ed did was attach Al's soul to the armor, he didn't make the armor. In fact, the armor was already in the basement

As you can see, behind Ed and Al are 2 sets of armor. In the 2003 anime, there is even a shot of these in the opening scene of the first episode.

While the image isn't really clear, we know this is Al's armor as after Ed returns from the Gate, the armor he uses to bind Al's soul falls next to him

Given where it falls and the angle, we can rule out the other armor that's behind Al.

Here is the scene in question from Brotherhood on YouTube

You can see that after the armor falls, Ed crawls to it and draws the blood seal. Beyond that, binding Ed does no more alchemy to the armor.

Since the binding cost Ed his arm even with the unique trait where he can do transmutations without a circle, he can't do it without another arm. So even if Ed wanted to morph the armor into a better shape, he can't and (after the initial shock) Al was more worried for Ed losing so much blood that he's what he looked like now.


Is Shanks Haki different from other users? What is Shanks' power? If "Haoshoku Haki" then is it different from other users?

This question came to my mind after rewatching all episodes of One Piece.

Shank's Haki seemed to be different from that of others. When Shanks was going to meet White Beard before the Ace's death, he cracked the wood even though he wasn't using Haki.

Like Luffy, he too needs to use his Haki to effect someone but Shanks didn't use it and  yet everybody on board the ship was affected.

First of all, you need to know what Haoshoku Haki is. It is a rare form of Haki that cannot be attained through training. Only one in a million people have this ability. Though it cannot be attained via training but one who possesses  can master it by undergoing rigorous training.

What is Shanks Power, If "Haoshoku Haki" then is it different from other user?

Now coming to your question, the difference between the 2 events you're talking about boils down to 2 points.
Superiority of Haki - Shanks has a highly superior Haki than Luffy and thus the effect/impact of his Haki would be far greater than that of Luffy's.
According to the wiki,

Oda mentioned in a SBS that Shanks could have knocked out all 100,000 pirates and fishmen opposing the Straw Hats during the Fishman Island Arc with his Haoushoku Haki (Luffy managed to overwhelm 50,000).

Usage of Haki - If you have a look at the wiki,

There have been two ways in which this Haki has been used. The first and most common way is in a quick burst that will knock out those with weaker wills relatively easily. The second method is to release it continuously, which will not only knock out those of weak wills around the user, but also put pressure on the surroundings, actually affecting other physical objects besides living beings.

Luffy happened to use the Haki in quick burst to knock out all the weak willed ones, whereas Shanks opted the second method to release it continuously, which not only knocked out the weak willed users, but all affected the physical object (the ship in this case) in the surroundings. Shanks was in Whitebeard's ship, and thus he had to be on guard always as both of them were the Yonkos at that time.


How did GTO: Shonan 14 Days end? I recently learned that Fujisawa had written an interquel to GTO called "Shonan 14 Days" where, as can be ascertained from the title, Onizuka Eikichi stays for 14 days in his hometown.

Could somebody give a rough description of how the series ended?

The manga takes place during a summer holiday Onizuka had while he teach Kanzaki Urumi's class. It started with Onizuka going back to his hometown, Shonan, for the holiday. Shonan is his base back during the day where he was known as the Onibaku (along with his best friend, Danma Ryuuji).

There, Onizuka met with a girl who works in an Orphanage like place, but instead of for kids with no parents, it was for kids with problematic parents. There, Onizuka helped the kids with their problems.

It ended with Onizuka chasing after the Mayor of the town after the Mayor's act caused one of the kids (a girl) with serious burn injury. With the help of his Onibaku underlings, he successfully caught the Mayor in a bus full of cabaret girls after posing as a terrorist bus hijacker. He then forced the Mayor to resign his office, apologize to the injured kid, and take care of her medical bills, including a plastic surgery to fix her damaged face.

At the end it was shown that Onizuka has returned to the school, with his students doubting his story (about his holiday) and then surprised to find that Onizuka didn't make up the story after one of the caretaker girls called him.


Couldnt Overhaul be used in the same way of Eri's rewind quirk? According to one My Hero Academia wikia

    he is also capable of using it to "revive" people, as he has done to Rappa multiple times

and

    Sir Nighteye assumes that Chisaki's Quirk is responsible for the healing of the Team Reservoir Dogs

Also

  Overhaul's characters in his name are composed of "治" (chi, lit.
  "govern, regulate, administer"), "崎" (saki, lit. "promontory, cape,
  spit") and "廻" (kai, lit. "revolve, return, curving"

If he can revive and may be heal people, isnt reving the most difficult/extreme "rewind" of a person's state? Couldnt Overhaul be used in the same way of Eri's rewind quirk?

According to description of Overhaul ability, it allows its user to disassemble and reassemble anything, which makes it kinda similar to alchemy from Fullmetal Alchemist. This leads me to speculation, that while disassembling something or someone, Kai Chisaki learns how this object or person is structured, and thus is able to reconstruct it or them to the previous shape. This is partially backed up by the fact, that most of people, that were "revived" by Kai Chisaki, were killed by his ability as well.

Description of Eri's ability is rather vague, but it seems she can just "rewind" person to previous state (it is still not clear what "parameters" of person she can "rewind"), even being not aware what this state was. Another difference is that according to situation when

   Midoriya was using 100% Full Cowl for pretty extended time,

Eri is able to "fix" person in their current "state", instantly reverting any changes to their body, unlike Overhaul, which is singular action.

Most limitations to quirks are never explained by author, but taking into account, that Kai Chisaki was never using his quirk to achieve same result as Eri is able to do, I'd say he can't "simulate" it.


Which demons developed sunlight resistance? In the Kimetsu no Yaiba wikia it states that eventually

   Nezuko Kamado develops sunlight resistance

Is there any other demon like this? Which demons developed sunlight resistance?

She's the only one. Muzan has waited for nearly a thousand years for a demon like that to appear so that he can absorb it and become truly invincible.

Following is the gist of chapter 127:

  Muzan is visibly shaken after learning of Nezuko. He says there's no more need to look for blue spider lily, Nezuko has the ability that even the 12 moons do not have. He plans to absorb her to gain that ability. The next panels show Muzan's past and how he became a demon.


Is it known whether Kaori Miyazono is half-Japanese? Her dad had a pretty big nose, if we want to go there. Nothing is said on the Wikia. And this question doesn't really matter... but I'm sure people want to know! Was Miyazono half-Japanese? What indications are there that she was?

There is no evidence to suggest that Kaori is half-Japanese. I discuss my reasons for this assertion below.

The fan wiki for Your Lie in April makes no such assertions about the ethnicity of Kaori. Were there an indication or (obvious) suggestion that Kaori is half-Japanese in official material, I would expect someone to have noted it.
Kaori's parentage is straightforward, and her parents have Japanese names and do not look overtly foreign.
We cannot extrapolate any information about ethnicity from the characters' hair colours. While Kaori had blonde hair even as a child (as seen in the OVA), so did Takeshi. Tsubaki already had brown hair (rather than black) as a child. Takeshi's sister, Nagi, is also blonde. It is difficult to imagine primary school students dyeing their hair, but it is also difficult to imagine that all of these characters have significant non-Japanese heritage. It is best to chalk this up to a lack of realism in anime hair colours.

As far as I am concerned, I would thus err (at the time of writing) on the side of assuming that Kaori is not half-Japanese. Were Kaori half-Japanese, it would seem to be such a large character detail that it would have to be disclosed somewhere.


How did abridged versions of anime get started? I was watching anime clips on YouTube and I stumbled upon an abridged version of an anime. The process of dubbing an anime using the same scenes but with a different voice and script, they were changing the dialogues of characters to make it funny.

This is an example video

It was Gundam Wing (Entitled "Gundam Abridged-ning")

So how did this kind of voice dubbing and making it more funny get started?

LittleKuriboh's Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged is often cited as being the first abridged series and the one to start inspiring others in a chain reaction like manner. (The latest episode even makes fun of this fact.)

The linked wiki page mentions that he originaly

  ... was inspired variously by the editing process of The Blair Witch Project, and Reduced Shakespeare Company's The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged).

The series is notable in that it was for a long time voice acted and edited by a single person.


Can Alphonse sleep in FMA/FMA:B? In both Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009), there are instances of Alphonse Elric saying what he can't wait to do once he gets his body back. He usually states things that only humans/living creatures can do that he cannot, such as eating and smelling.

Since sleeping is something that only humans/living creatures (i.e. - not a suit of armor) can do, does this mean that Alphonse cannot sleep? Does he just sit there all night on Ed's floor? Is this talked about/approached differently in the two shows?

To simply answer your question. No he cannot sleep. I found the below referenced in the fma wikia here.

  Additionally, his armor body has several combat advantages including - strengthened offense and defense, imperviability to bullets, inexhaustible stamina, invulnerability against extreme temperatures and an exemption from needing to breathe, eat or sleep.

Although, it only states that there is no need for him to sleep. I am 100% sure that in the anime, Alphonse explains Elric about the horror of not able to sleep and the pain he suffers in solitude. It is a very sad situation that almost makes you want to die.

EDIT:

Found the below content here

  During the night, after Edward's emergency surgery was completed successfully, Alphonse discovered the true tragedy of his new body. Incapable of physical sensation and sleep, he began to feel detached from others and lamented the long solitude of restless night.

This clearly states his disability to sleep.


Where is "See you Space Cowboy" from? I feel stupid not knowing, but I can't quite put my finger on where "See you space cowboy" is from. I know it's from an anime (that I think was made in the 90s?), but what anime specifically is it from?

It's definitely Cowboy Bebop.

The background character is Spike Spiegel:

The phrase is taken from one of the ending credits:

However, the song on that website doesn't match the song entitled "See you Space Cowboy" on the Original Soundtrack, but is in fact "Space Lion".


Koga's wolves - demons or just regular wolves? In the episode when Koga first appears, his wolves attack a human village and kill Rin. Were those regular wolves or full demons like Ginta and Hakkaku, and simply preferred their wolf form?

In my opinion they were regular wolves.

Firstly, because they look like regular wolves. Since, Koga never transformed, I cannot be sure about what a wolf demon's transformation would look like. But taking the example of Sesshomaru, Inu no Taisho and even Naraku, we can say that a demon's transformation looks much different from the actual form of the being. I mean, they definitely don't look like a normal dog or a normal spider. So, a wolf demon probably couldn't transform into such a normal looking wolf. This point counters the argument that they were wolf demons transformed into their wolf form.

Secondly, as far as I can recall, there have not been any appearances of demons that look like normal beings. Here I do not include the demons that were in disguise. The weaker demons that InuYasha's group encountered in those random villages never looked like normal beings. They were bigger and looked more fierce. It wouldn't be very wise to think that those 'wolf demons' were always in disguise as normal wolves. So, they couldn't even be wolf demons that do not have the power to transform into a human-like form. This point even counters the argument that they were demons.

Thus by this reasoning, I conclude that they were just normal wolves. But then, this is just my opinion. I guess it's only Rumiko Takahashi who knows the correct answer.


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

This is cannot be explained without spoilers.

   The phrase "Spice and Wolf" was used by a merchant to describe the two main characters later on in this series.

It was also repeated by the author in the afterward of volume 16 on page 299:

  ...But as the world of Spice and Wolf is not about viewing the world in itself, but the "Spice" and the "Wolf" (Holo and Lawrence) in it , it's actually the antithesis of that universal metaphor , so in other words... et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, ad nauseum.


Why is a fleet of two aircraft carriers, two torpedo cruisers, one battleship and one destroyer an impossible fleet? Near the end of episode 5 of Kantai Collection, Kaga said that a fleet of two aircraft carriers (Kaga and Zuikaku), two torpedo cruisers (Kitakami and Ooi), one battleship (Kongo) and one destroyer (Fubuki) was originally an impossible fleet, so they go along with assigning Fubuki - a destroyer - to be the flagship of the fleet.

Why is such a fleet an impossible one in the first place?

If you're willing to impose a certain level of realism on the show, then such a fleet would indeed be absurd by WWII-era naval warfare standards.

In WWII, the biggest source of firepower for a navy was large ships, primarily battleships and aircraft carriers. Such ships required a huge amount of resources to operate - Kaga, Zuikaku, and Kongou each had well over a thousand personnel on-board. They could be used effectively in a variety of situations, from naval combat, to blockades, to bombarding enemy troops anywhere near water.

But, such large ships had a fatal weakness, which had been known since the 19th century: torpedoes. A battleship could easily sink weak enemy boats from a long distance away. For example, Kongou's 356 mm guns had a maximum range of 35 km (the effective range was somewhat lower, but still quite far). However, if the enemy forces had a large number of small boats, each armed with torpedoes, it would be difficult for the battleship to take down all of these with its relatively slow weaponry. Certainly, it could hit some of them, but with enough numbers it wouldn't be able to take them all down effectively. Aircraft carriers fare a bit better in this respect, but they too had to worry about any sort of armored torpedo-carrying vessel or submarine, and enemy fire could prevent aircraft from launching or landing, which would basically cripple their offensive capabilities.

With enough ships, the enemy forces could easily advance to within the effective range of torpedo fire (which depended on the model of torpedo, but was around 4-8 km for one common torpedo used by the U.S. Navy). It would not take long to deal heavy damage to the large ship, possibly even sinking it. Small enemy vessels (such as cruisers) could also quickly approach to get in range of their own guns, at which point the main advantage of battleships and aircraft carriers (long range) is lost. If this seems like a poor strategy, keep in mind that torpedo boats could be very small (at some points even converted merchant/fishing vessels were used for this purpose), and operated by only a few people, yet a small number of them would pose a serious threat to much larger battleships and aircraft carriers. Thus, the big ships need some way to deal with smaller ships approaching them too quickly for the large ship to deal with.

This is the reason destroyers were invented. Destroyers were relatively heavily armored (given their small size), highly mobile small ships which were primarily used for short-range tactical combat and to escort larger ships. While torpedo-boats and other swarms of small ships could out-maneuver large ships with enough numbers, they weren't a threat if you could intercept them before they got in firing range and take them out. A destroyer like Fubuki would generally only be used in combat against other naval forces. Their medium-caliber guns could still easily outrange (maximum range of over 18 km) torpedoes, and would be a threat to approaching cruisers as well. A destroyer only required around 200 personnel, and more than just destroying enemy torpedo boats, they were generally pretty versatile: they could be used for holding tactical positions, reconnaissance, torpedoing enemy ships, attacking enemy submarines (essentially just underwater torpedo boats), and anti-air attacks, depending on the needs of the mission and the available equipment. Even in the worst case scenerio that the destroyer sinks, this still buys time for the (much more important) large ships to escape, fight back, or wait for reinforcements.

Generally, any larger ship during WWII would be escorted by at least one destroyer. Especially important ships might get more than one destroyer escort. So, for a fleet of 2 aircraft carriers, one battleship, and 2 light cruisers (Kitakami and Ooi are described as torpedo cruisers, but this is just a type of light cruiser armed primarily with torpedoes), we'd expect at least 5 or so destroyers, and possibly even more. For a real-life example, the Japanese fleet at the Battle of the Eastern Solomons had the following numbers, which were reasonably typical for a battle of this size:

3 carriers
1 seaplane tender (essentially a light carrier)
2 battleships
16 cruisers
25 destroyers (more than the above 22 ships combined in raw number)
Several smaller/non-combat boats

A fleet of 2 carriers, 1 battleship, 2 cruisers, and 1 destroyer is rather absurd in comparison; it's putting far too many resources in the large ships, and not enough into protecting them. A swarm of small ships would pose big problems for a fleet like this. While such a fleet would have excellent offensive capability given the number of ships, they wouldn't have especially good defensive capabilities, and would be an attractive target for enemy attacks (basically a glass cannon).

In addition, the flagship was the most important ship in any operation. The commanding officer of the operation was on the flagship, and crippling or sinking the flagship would not only damage enemy morale, but also their communications and strategy. Making a ship that was designed to be relatively expendable, like a destroyer, would be a bad idea. The enemy forces would likely all target the destroyer, and the fleet would be in serious trouble if it sank, usually forced to retreat.

Typically, the flagship was one of the largest ships in any given operation, being difficult to sink, well-defended, and powerful enough to boost the morale of other ships in the operation. A small ship being the flagship would probably have problems with respect as well as being an easy target. While there were a couple cases where a destroyer was used as the flagship for an operation, these were generally only in cases that the whole fleet consisted of only destroyers, or when the original flagship was too heavily damaged to continue (such as in the Battle of Guadalcanal).

With all that said, none of this really applies very well to the Kancolle universe, at least in the game. Destroyers had a predominantly tactical, defensive role, but the game's battle system doesn't do much to emulate this. In game, most of the advantages of destroyers (evasion and speed) aren't particularly unique to them; one can replace destroyers with larger ships without much loss. This will incur larger ammunition and fuel costs, but it isn't necessarily a bad strategy or one that the enemy forces will have any way to exploit.

Indeed, once one progresses far enough in the game, even more unbalanced fleets become commonplace. Later missions require more and more firepower, which is increasingly hard to meet with weaker ships like destroyers and cruisers. The game is also generous enough with resources that the fuel and ammunition consumption become relatively unimportant. Since the number of ships you can bring to a battle is limited (as are your enemy's, preventing any kind of swarming strategy), it's often better for high-level missions to only deploy battleships and carriers. If you're well prepared, it's relatively rare that such large ships will take any serious damage, and with some strategy there's essentially no risk of them sinking. If anything, the single destroyer would be the weak link defensively, and unlike in the real world, where losing a single destroyer in an otherwise good battle would be seen as a big victory, in the game you can't afford to throw away experienced destroyers regularly.

Making the destroyer your flagship would offer it some protection, since in-game flagships can't be sunk, but if it reaches a heavily damaged level (which is quite plausible) you'll be forced to retreat. There are other benefits for the flagship, such as increased leveling and a chance to have attacks hit other ships instead. There are strategic benefits to both large and small ships being flagship, but in any case it's not crazy to make a weak ship like a destroyer the fleet's flagship.

I suspect there's no good in-universe reason to consider this strategy crazy or impossible, at least based on what we know now about battles in the Kancolle universe. In the game, it wouldn't really be at all, given the right circumstances. The anime hasn't presented us with any explanation, and it has an original story (since the game has almost no story), so we can't really find any answer there. But in the context of actual WWII-era naval battles, it would indeed be a crazy, illogical decision to make a fleet like this, and there are no historical examples of such a fleet.


What is Chihiro's father eating? In the scene where Chihiro's parents start pigging out,

We see Chihiro's father eating some soft, almost gelatinous blob that seems to have fins or something.

Is this an actual food item? If so, what is it? If not, is it based off any real life dishes?

It appears that the food was noted as "lamb stomach" (haggis or similar) at the Studio Ghibli Layout Designs exhibitions.

The "fins" are where the haggis is sewn or tied.

I wasn't there at the exhibitions and don't own the exhibition catalogue, so I can only cite this blog post as source. According to the blog post, the annotation for that scene is

  中にジューシーな具が入っている。トロトロした子羊の胃袋のような感じ

so the food has a juicy filling and "dozes off" like a lamb stomach. While the description doesn't tell us the name of the food, it likens it to, and probably is, a lamb stomach.

Perhaps you've been told that the food is ba-wan, a Taiwanese street food. Perhaps you've been told that the town from Spirited Away is modeled after Jiufen, a tourist attraction in Taiwan. They are at best misinformation and at worst disinformation propagated by travel agencies and shopkeepers to increase sales. Hayao Miyazaki has denied twice, once in the TVBS news interview, and once more in the CTi news interview that Jiufen was an inspiration for the film's settings. What were really the inspirations and/or models for the settings are listed in this well-researched article: the Dougo Onsen, the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum and Meguro Gajoen being the officially confirmed places.


Are all Summoning animals Immortal in a sense The great toad sage was very young during the time of the sage of six paths (think about that for a second) and yet he is still alive, If I were to calculate his age, it would probably be a couple hundred eons.

The same thing goes for the great snake sage, who is also known to be quite old and is still a thing in the Boruto-verse.
Does this mean all Summoning animals can live for eternity if they don't die in battle? Or is it just a feat that can be achieved with sage mode.

The summoned animals live for a long period of time with respect to the human world, but that amount of lifespan is usual in their world (like toads in Mount Myoboku).

  Mount Myōboku has records of its population in a list, and the name of a Mount Myōboku toad stays there until it dies.[7]

I found the above in the wiki page of Mount Myoboku. So its safe to assume that toads do die and are not immortal. They just live very long.


In Black Clover, how is Nero able to find the magic stones? I have been watching Black Clover from the start and was interested in the bird (which later became his pet name Nero) from the start and followed him on his head from the time he joined the Black Bulls squad. I knew they said in the start of episodes that these type of birds stick to a person having low mana.

The bird Nero, seems to be able to point important things to Asta, like finding him the magic stone in an underwater temple and mostly helping him point to something important. My hypothesis is that he could have some sort of mystical powers to maybe.

How is the bird (Nero) able to point out important things to Asta?

Your hypothesis is in the right direction, though the powers don't seem to be very mystical, just unusual in his species.
Nero is of the species known as Anti-Birds which the wikia describes as:

Anti-birds are small birds that have black feathers on their back, wings, and around their face. Their faces have red feathers while their undersides have white feathers. Their beaks are black and they have a pair of feather that are shaped like downturned horns.
The Anti-birds are capable of sensing mana and will peck at those with low or no mana. Anti-birds will not approach anyone with high levels of mana and will become frightened when they get close to those with powerful mana

(emphasis mine)
The wikia entry for Nero lists this mana sensory ability as what allows him to detect magical items and and help them navigate toward a source of mana. This utilization of the mana detection seems to be unique to him, as the wikia also mentions the following ways in which Nero differs from usual anti-birds:

Nero is the only Anti-bird that has upturned horns and two tail feathers shaped like arrows

Currently only Nero is shown to be able to detect magic stones and Anti Magic weapons

As you can see, there's no clear confirmation or reason why Nero is different than the others, but we do know that he is the only one who can do this.


In what order should I watch the various parts of Love, Chuunibyou & other Delusions? Now I noticed that this question has been slightly answered before but for absolute clarity, I need to know.

I came across these titles.

Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Lite
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren Lite
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren Specials
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren: The Rikka Wars
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! The Movie Lite

Now because of my lack of knowledge as far as OVAs, ONAs, base series, and movies go in the anime genre exactly what is the chronological order of this list? And is it missing any titles from this series?

Oh, and I just finished the first season and if anything I know that I am supposed to watch the first lite series next right? Then the movie? (Ren specials and Rikka Wars, what order are these in?)

First, watch Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! - this is the first TV season. Either at the same time or immediately afterwards, watch Lite - these are a bunch of short comedic sketches that occur at roughly the same time chronologically, but don't have any impact on the plot.

After you've watched the first season, watch the episode-length OVA that goes with it (not on your list; you'll probably find it titled "Kirameki no Slapstick Noel"). Not plot-critical, but fun.

It also makes sense to watch the Depth of Field shorts for the first season (not on your list) sometime after watching the first season; these are fun but completely plot-irrelevant.

Then, you may or may not want to watch The Movie (not on your list) - aside from a couple isolated scenes, it's mostly a recap of the first season. The added scenes are pretty fun, though, so you might like to just skim those. Whether or not you watch the movie, watch The Movie Lite, which is another short comedic sketch.

This is the point at which you start watching the second TV season, Ren. During or after watching Ren, watch Ren Lite and Ren Specials (in whichever order), both of which are non-plot-critical and not directly related to one another.

Finally, watch Ren: The Rikka Wars, which is an episode-length OVA, like its first season counterpart.


Is a Titan's size based on age? So in the new episode, we see Eren's real Titan form. He was a small titan so I was just curious if there's any correlation between the age and the size of the Titan someone would turn into?

Colossal Titan is much much bigger than the Armored Titan, yet both of them are of the same or at least similar age.

As another comparison, Jaw Titan is of the same if not older age than Eren yet much much smaller.

So there is no relationship between their age and their size.

Another example Connie's mother. Despite being old, she didn't turn into a huge titan. In fact she only became a small titan.


Knowledge of Gear 4th through the world In the chapter 882 of One Piece ("Beyond the Expectations of a Yonkou")

   We see Luffy at the moment he'll use his Gear 4th, trapped in the Flowing Mochi, and his opponents reacts in this way:

This assumes that he has knowledge of both Luffy's Gear 4th technique and the mecanism to activate it. However, Luffy never mentionned it in his fight against him, so it is the first time he sees both Luffy and his technique.

How so ? Is it something that is known over Devil Fruit users, and everyone who ate them has "gears" like Luffy ?

You forgot that Katakuri can see few seconds into the future with his observation haki, so he already "saw" Luffy transform into his new form.

It has nothing to do with other fruit users, so far Luffy is the only one who can use "gears" as a transformation mechanisms and it will most likely remain like that through the series.


How did Trafalgar Law get to and leave Marineford? My question is two-fold:

How did Trafalgar Law and the other "Worst Generation" pirates get to Marineford? I thought you had to go through the tri-currents? Or is that the tri-currents are just a faster way but you can come any other way since Marineford is not in the calm belt?
How did Trafalgar Law leave the tri-currents? This especially puzzled me. I am thinking now that it might be because of their submarine. My assumption is that it can move freely, does not depend on currents, but I am not sure.

I would appreciate answers that are based on more than just speculation.

So, to add a bit of clarification to all the answers.

The Tri-current (Tarai Current) are a natural whirlpool at the intersection of the Calm Belt and Red Line. The WG build three facilities around the current (Impel Down - MarineFord - Enies Lobby), making use of the current power to fast travel between the three. The currents work also underwater as per natural ocean currents, but probably have different speeds and power at different underwater levels.

Here's a pictures depicting the wihrlpool:

The Gates of Justice are 3 such gates placed at the "corners" of the current from where you can enter or access it. This is the only way for normal ships (floating ships) to get inside the current. The whole phenomenon doesn't quite follow natural physics so one shouldn't try to find natural ways of how to enter/exit it.

Also, you can't get in from the outside without using the gates as the outside currents will push you away from the whirlpool and vice-versa from the inside where the whirlpool will keep pushing you into a circle.

Now on how Law & others managed to get there.

One possibility is that they entered the current by going underwater through the Gates of Justice while they were openend. After the gates close, the outside currents will keep you from entering, even underwater. That is why Bepo said to hurry as the gates are closing, so they could catch the overflowing current to the outside, while submerged. The same applies to WB's ship who was also underwater.

Another possibility for WB's ship to enter is if he used the Gura Gura no Mi's powers to temporarily divert the currents and enter from any side of the whirlpool. Law still had to enter from the gates nontheless.

And even another posibility could be that they entered MarineFord by bypassing the big current, from Sabaody Arch. for exemple, and managed to get around the marines defence of those waters. They probably left through the Gate of Justice to make for a quick escape rather then going back and risking to get captured.

More on One Piece fandom about the Tarai Current.


Were Sakura Haruno's parents ninjas? Were Sakura's parents ninjas? I remember reading somewhere that they were, but she was said to have come from a civilian family?

No, her parents are civilians.

In the movie: The road to Ninja, her parents were Ninjas (in the universe which Tobi made).


What is this manga about a boy with special eyes recruited by 3 girls to hunt murderers? Waking up in the hospital after an accident, the boy finds that his eyes become able to see certain people's shadows. Later, it is revealed that those people are murderers, and he gets scouted and recruited by a team of 3 girls to hunt those murderers.

Some examples of murderers:

A woman with a giant eyeball shadow replacing her face. She takes eyeballs off her victims.
A man with a scythe-shaped shadow replacing his head. He was shown eating ramen next to his victims' corpses.

The manga doesn't have an anime, I believe, since it is quite recent. I am quite certain that it was released after 2013. Not a lot of chapters are out. The premise does sound quite a lot like Shinrei Tantei Yakumo or Tsukihime.

It's definitely Deathtopia.

Here is the picture of the main character on the color page of chapter 1.

This is a scene near the end of chapter 1 of the guy who eventually murder everyone in his family and eats ramen while sitting on the couch, as revealed in chapter 2 and 3. At this point in time, the main character had yet to see the true shape of the shadow, and he only managed to made out the scythe-shaped shadow in chapter 2.

The three girls who scouted him at the end of chapter 1:


What is the symbol of the Uchiha clan supposed to be? Looking at it it kinda seems like a Pokeball but not quite as a pokeball doesn't have that bottom sticking out it and the curve dividing the pokeball's colours is only a curve at certain angles, if looked front on it's just a strait division.

So i am wondering what is the symbol of the Uchiha clan supposed to be?

It's actually supposed to be type of fan. On the Wikipedia page where Japanese War Fans it says:

  In addition the symbol of the Uchiha Clan is a fan which is a reference to uchiwa (団扇, paper fan) which is another way of pronouncing the clan's name.

Source: Japanese war fan - In popular culture (2nd Paragraph)

Looking at the Wikipedia page for the Uchiwa (and even googling it) we can see that the Uchiha Clan Symbol is shaped like that of a Uchiwa.

This is also backed up on the Naruto Wikia also giving a logical reason why it's also a fan.

  "Uchiha" is another way of pronouncing "uchiwa" (団扇, paper fan), which is the clan's symbol. Uchiwa can be used to fan flames, making the flame hotter — referring to the fact that the Uchiha is a clan of Fire Release users.

Source: Uchiha Clan - Trivia (first point)

This also allows us to infer as to why the colour scheme is by chance like a Pokeball. A Flame is generally seen as red however the hotter a flame gets the closer it'll get to being white.

  The colder part of a diffusion (incomplete combustion) flame will be red, transitioning to orange, yellow, and white as the temperature increases as evidenced by changes in the black-body radiation spectrum. For a given flame's region, the closer to white on this scale, the hotter that section of the flame is.

Source: Wikipedia - Flame - Flame Colour (3rd Paragraph)

Now given that a flame is generally hotter at the source one interpretation could be that because the bottom part is supposed to be a Uchiwa handle this would be the hottest part (being in your hand all the time).

Another interpretation could be that while also being an Uchiwa the symbol also looks like how some Flame Release Jutsu's get "spat out".

So the "handle" is the jet of fire coming from the mouth, since fire is normally hotter at the source this part would be white while further away it would be red.


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

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

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

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

If you are asking whether or not Fairy Tail is episodic, it is very much not. Similar to other Shonen series, it is broken up into a number of story arcs, with the first few being shorter in length and the later ones being much longer.

If watching the anime, there are a lot of extra episodic filler segments scattered between arcs, but those are technically not canon.

In terms of arcs themselves, around Episode 10 more substantial arcs appear (story arcs of at least 10 episodes), starting with Galuna, Phantom Lord, and the Tower of Heaven.

If there is a 'main plot', the first real introductory seeds (Dark Guids + Zeref, etc) are sown in the Oración Seis arc (according to the wiki, starts apx. Episode 52), but it's hard to pinpoint a 'main plot' until much later. There are more lighthearted arcs mixed in between the more serious arcs but generally speaking I'd consider things post-timeskip to be where things settle in on a main plot (albeit in a roundabout manner).

From the Tartaros Arc (Ep. 234) onwards, it's pretty much the 'highest stakes' portion of the series.


Romance manga where a guy tutors a girl who turns out to be a millionaire A couple of months ago, i read a manga about a guy who get's a job to tutor a girl for math or other things, and he finds out shes a rich million air girl. She made her money by stocks, and he's curious and decides to learn stocks to get closer with her.

That's really all I know, It should be enough though. it's a romance 90%

Hope you can get me the name of it.

I am sure the manga in question is Billionaire Girl

The guy's name is Takato Kei. He tutors this rich teenage girl for 10000 Yen per hour.

It a complete romance story. In reality she is not a high school girl who has amassed a lot of wealth from stock market. I think this covers the description you gave. Hope this helps :D

BTW Fun-Fact: I just noticed it was written by Isuna Hasekura (of Spice and Wolf fame :D ).


What's the name of the battle theme used in Big Order? I was watching Big Order recently, and when I looked it up I could easily find the op, but I couldn't find that really awesome battle theme. It comes on IIRC once or twice per episode, and usually at the climax of the episode.

So, does anyone know its name?

I'm pretty sure it's in all of the episodes, but for a specific example, take the latest episode (ep 6). It's in most of the underwater scene, from around minute 20.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS7fh_QD6sw#t=33m40s starting 33:40

It's called "决着！"


How to watch anime in India legally? I'm wondering how I can watch anime in India legally when we don't have any channel right now AND Crunchyroll doesn't release anime for India.

Muse Asia is now streaming anime for free via YouTube in Asia
And There are about 120 shows offered on Crunchyroll in India with 160 on Netflix and about 30 through Amazon Prime. but crunchy roll is not working properly


Why doesn't King use Fossilization on Hendrick and The Albion? In the Capital of the Dead, King uses Chastiefol's Form Three, Fossilization on

   Ban the immortal

and it works effectively.

Why doesn't King use Fossilization on Hendrick and The Albion then?

King tried to use Fossilization on Dawn Roar's member, Hugo in manga chapter 54 (anime season 1, episode 14), but Simon just cut the arm off.

Hendrickson would just cut it off then heal himself with his new Demon powers. The Albion probably would just smash its own arm off before it fully petrifies him, since it spreads so slowly. So, petrification wouldn't be all that effective.

In the Capital of the Dead, it worked on him because he didn't care about being petrified. He was smiling the whole time, remember?


How did they know that some Psychobuster still existed? Saki's parents leave her a letter describing, roughly translated:

  Most of the weapons non-cantus-users created to defeat the
  cantus-users have been rendered useless throughout the years. However,
  one of them managed to survive this whole time: the Psychobuster. Here
  is the address of its possible location - if you manage to find it,
  you might be able to stop the demon.

The letter implies that they know (or at least, are fairly sure) that there is some Psychobuster out there that survived those centuries.

Of course, they aren't sure if Saki will be able to find the Psychobuster in the mentioned location, but they ARE sure that there must be one existing somewhere, which is what concerns me. How can they tell that there is still some left?

They are not sure that there are any weapons left, but the information regarding the existence of the Psychobuster itself is given to them most likely by a False Minoshiro.
As seen in the next episodes, it also helps them navigate to the presumed location of the Psychobuster.

It all about the hope of finding one. Similarly, the Queerats previously attempted to search for weapons to use against the cantus-users, with Kiromaru willing to sacrifice a large part of his expedition.


Which other nations are there in Attack on Titan world aside Eldia and Marley? In the Attack on Titan wikia they often mention other nations aside Eldia and Marley which supposedly have more advanced technology than this 2 nations. Which other known nations are there in Attack on Titan world aside Eldia and Marley and why are they more advanced than Marley when only Eldia is supposed to be isolated from the world?

Aside from Marley and Eldia, the "Middle Eastern Allied Countries" (中東連合国), a certain "Eastern Country" (東の国), and a part of the world called the "Orient" (東洋) are mentioned. Mikasa is an Oriental. The Eastern Country and the Middle Eastern countries are probably part of the Orient, but these are not clear. As to whether or not they are more technologically advanced than Marley and Eldia, I don't know.

UPDATE:

   The name of an Eastern Country, "Hizuru" is mentioned in Chapter 98. Mikasa is a descendant of a once powerful clan in Hizuru.  As for the technological level of Hizuru, it isn't clear if it's higher than Eldia or Marley. We only know from Chapter 107 that Paradi is about 100 years behind the rest of the world, and that Hizuru will help Paradi catch up.


What was the first anime to have a "please notice me senpai" moment? This meme has been prevalent in English-speaking part of the internet, but so far no one really knows its true origins. I've searched for something similar in the Japanese sphere of the internet and I haven't really found anything either. So far as I know, it seems to be made up and not really existent in anime. Yes, there has been stories about kouhai wanting to be with their senpais, but it doesn't seem like this particular line could have come from an anime.

What anime could have started this meme?

In real-life Japanese culture, many people do hope to get and attempt to get the attention of their love interest without ever voicing it or being direct, so this is not an anime/manga-specific trope but rather works of anime/manga are incorporating a very standard experience of elementary/jr. high/high schoolers in Japan past and through to the present. In other words, a particular anime did not start the meme, but rather some particular anime was simply the first to document the real-life occurrence of such moments. Shoujo manga magazines such as Ribon often feature color page spreads of advice and instructions on what hairstyles, fashion, and accessories could help you be noticed by the guy you like (I personally find this very dubious, having taught in 5th~6th grade in Japanese public schools... I'd be surprised if any of the boys are paying attention to how darling a girl's pencil case is and thereby thinking, "Oh, she's good at being cute. I like her now," but I digress), so from a young age, Japanese girls are encouraged in this practice of trying to attract a love interest without needing to confess her feelings to him directly (so that he will get interested in her before he realized she's interested in him).

Sempai (「先輩」) are upperclassmen in some sense to whom a Japanese person will always be kouhai (「後輩」, underclassmen) throughout their lives after graduation. There is no analogous system to the sempai/kouhai system in Western culture.  Sempai are often older, but not always: more important than age is the person’s year in school or number of years in the shared bukkatsu (student club), company, etc. at the time that the kouhai enters said school, club, or company. This is true of both males and females, so we cannot say that a meme developed out of only girls in romance-focused series thinking secretly about their sempai; in shounen action anime, boys pine away for girls who they think might be out of their league too, whether older or the same age. For example, I'm a member of the manga student group at my university in Japan, and we all call each other by “-san.”  Even though they're all younger than me (since I'm a grad student and they're undergrads), it would be totally inappropriate for me to start calling them in yobisute (that is, without a respectful name suffix) because they either 1) are my sempai in terms of number of years of membership in the club, or 2) they entered the club at the same time as me. If you enter university as a freshman and meet a sophomore who is your own age, he/she is automatically your sempai by virtue of being a grade ahead of you.  Then, even if you have not seen your sempai in decades and you are now both middle-aged and working at different companies of equal repute, when you meet again he/she is still your superior to whom you must look up to, defer to, and serve; there is no evening-out of level in Japanese sempai/kouhai culture.

You write,

  "it seems to be made up and not really existent in anime. . . . it doesn't seem like this particular line could have come from an anime."

If you are asking, which anime first featured this exact line of inner monologue where the seiyuu voices it, you might be correct in that the exact wording cannot be found; however, that would be hard to confirm. Since the sempai/kouhai relationship and the don't-confess-feelings-directly cultural element are both so standard in Japanese culture, it would be hard to pin-point and verify the earliest case of this moment documented in the anime medium, because you would need to be looking at the earliest anime TV films and series produced in the 60s that contain school settings, or possibly you would even need to check through the older propaganda films and shorts of the previous decades (which are difficult to get ahold of, even for anime scholars). That would entail investigating all the genres ranging from shounen sci-fi to shoujo sports series. Though I am not very familiar with 60s anime, I can say, at the least, that you can find this "notice me, senpai" moment, though not the exact phrasing, in many anime produced in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Such an English phrase would be summarizing the moment that we do often see occur in anime.

See also my answer to this question:

  . . . a major format of Japanese romance is to like someone who you are not friends with for a long time, and finally "confess" your feelings in a sudden love letter, on St. Valentine's Day, or on graduation day, in which the recipient must abruptly decide whether or not he/she has romantic interest in the other person -- who might not have been on the recipient's radar whatsoever. This can result in either being turned down on the spot ("I don't even know you"), a willingness to try to go on a couple dates ("Maybe I could get interested in you"), or the first-choice being the recipient is overjoyed ("I secretly pined away for you for years too!"). A lot of romantic feelings and sexual desire are never confessed, but some that are get rejected due to the format in which the potential couple does not get to know each other through friendship or casual dating before a major DTR (defining the relationship) event takes place, or reciprocal feelings are confessed right after the graduation ceremony and the respective parties part ways to go to different schools for high school or university, so the mutual interest doesn't lead anywhere.


What is the criterion to get the Super Dragon Balls in the TOP? I want to know if the criteria to get the Super Dragon Balls is to be the best fighter in the tournament of power, or the last man standing. Could you please clarify and at the same time link me to the episode number (with timestamp, if possible) where the Grand Priest States who get the Super Dragon Balls as well?

The criteria for the same hasn't been stated clearly. The Grand Priest only stated that the Universe with the Most fighters remaining in the end would be the winner and the Best performing fighter would receive the Super Dragon Balls. Generally, the last man standing would most likely be the best fighter. However, this might not be true considering Freiza who is weaker than Goku and Jiren is still standing.However, it is most likely that the Super Dragon Balls are going to be given to the last man standing because the other scenarios aren't possible.The fighter with the most eliminations get the Super Dragon Balls:  This is not possible as if the fighter happens to be from a Universe which is eliminated, he would be erased. Example:(Suppose Jiren wins and Universe 11 wins, Goku and Vegeta would still have the most eliminations but they wouldn't get the super dragon balls as they would be erased.)The strongest fighter: It is fair to assume that the strongest fighter wouldn't be eliminated as there isn't anyone strong enough to eliminate him. The only way he wouldn't obtain the Super Dragon Balls is if the other team has more fighters remaining. Then the Super Dragon Ball would most likely be given to the strongest/ best-performing fighter on the opposing team. Example:(Suppose Jiren is still stronger than Goku and doesn't get eliminated. Also, Goku and Freiza remain in the end. Jiren wouldn't get the Super Dragon Balls even if he happens to be stronger as Universe 7 would have more fighters).The last man standing: This is most likely the criteria as there aren't any special cases like the other 2 scenarios where someone who doesn't clearly fit the criteria isn't rewarded the Super Dragon Balls. This only problem with this case would be if equal number of fighters from more than 1 Universe remain. However, it could easily be solved by having them fight until only 1 fighter is left.


What is the headpiece on Chi from Chobits called? I can't for the life of me remember what it's called, and how many different purposes did it serve?

If you are talking about the "ears", they're literally called "ears". As for the function, there's different ports that are part of the ear assembly, and for most persocoms, that's where the on/off switch is (Chi's on/off switch is elsewhere). For persocoms that don't charge through solar power, the charging outlet is also part of the ear assembly.


Was there any difference between the 6 Pains, besides their abilities? I know that every Pain used a different technique, but I'm interested in knowing if there was any difference between them besides their abilities?

To be honest, I felt that the way a ninja uses and handles his/her power makes them stronger. I really can't comment whether there were any difference of power among the six Rinnegan users.

Why do I say this?

Recall the incident between Sasuke and Itachi's fight. Sasuke used his Sharingan very efficiently when he fought against Itachi.

So bottom line: it totally depends on how a wielder wields the weapon.


Is Dwun (Wdwune) based on Yoshihiro Togashi? In Hunter × Hunter (2011, not sure about 1999), there is a character named Dwun (pictured below, red shirt) who appears in the Greed Island arc.

Today, I was exposed to this image of Yoshihiro Togashi, the Hunter × Hunter mangaka (from this much larger image):

I couldn't help but notice some remarkable similarities: The TV and games, the lack of a chair, his hairstyle, and clearly, the gargantuan mess of garbage.

Is this character, Dwun, based on Yoshihiro Togashi himself?

There is a high likely hood that this is indeed a reference to Yoshihiro Togashi playing dragon quest. But it has never really been confirmed.

It seems the original picture comes from CapsuleComputers with the following quote.

  After a long an arduous battle with addiction, Yoshihiro Togashi, the man behind the popular manga series Hunter x Hunter has finally checked out of a Dragon Quest rehabilitation facility and has made clear that he plans to resume his Hunter x Hunter manga after more than a year on hiatus.


Tokyo Ghoul Re: Anime what part in the manga? I just finished Tokyo Ghoul: Re manga, and I'd like to know what part of the anime is already covered?

Since the fourth season, the anime covers all of the manga story (with a gap between seasons 3 and 4, on the other hand).


Does the Grand Magic Games have referees? The Grand Magic Games was said to be around for years, but they don't seem to have any referees. They don't have anyone who's able to sense that someone from the crowd got rid of Lucy's spell and, that was a huge one.

What's to stop a guild from having a bunch of people uses support magic on one of their wizards while they're in battle?

It seems like the pumpkin head (the king) was the referee for the Grand Magic Games that we see, but generally, the guilds that compete aren't Dark Guilds, so they don't have a reason for sabotage.

Raven Tail was just an exception, and one of the judges (the former council member) told the guest judge (council lacky) to keep a close eye on Raven Tail.

Also, there are no rules about torturing, so Lucy vs. Minerva fight was considered a Minerva's win.


What happens after the ending of White Album 2 anime? I want to know what happens after the ending of White Album 2 anime, especially what happens to Kazusa and Haruki in the end.

I couldn't find an English version of the manga too.

What happens next?

First off, just to clear things up, White Album 2 is based on a visual novel, not a manga. Now that I got that out of the way, let me begin.

White Album 2 (the visual novel) is followed up by White Album 2: Closing Chapter in which there are two endings; one in which Haruki decides to be with Setsuna, and the other is to move on from Kazusa. If you chose the former, you will unlock White Album 2: Coda which is pretty much the final chapter of the series. In it, you can make Haruki end up with Kazusa or just let him be with Setsuna. After that, nothing much.

However, if you choose Kazusa's true ending, you will get the mini-drama CD which is an audio story which shows Haruki and Kazusa's life married. It's great and I will recommend it to any Kazusa fans out there.

If you want to read Closing Chapter, you can find a few Let's Plays on YouTube. However, if you want to read Coda, sadly it hasn't been translated yet, but YouTuber Pandaum has thankfully made a complete Let's Play of Kazusa's out of him explaining the events in texts. Hopefully, this helps you in understanding the events after the anime.


When and where does Attack on Titan take place? Is the setting of "Attack on Titan" (Shingeki no kyojin) supposed to be Earth in the distant future and Titans suddenly appeared out of nowhere and devolved society to medieval level of technology? Or is this just a completely fictional setting?

As @Madara said, Attack on Titan is set on Earth, but in a different situation. This is evidenced by a reference to a real-world legend in episode 15:

   Two captured Titans are named Sawney and Bean, which is stated in-universe to be based on the legend of Sawney Bean.

If we use that same evidence as part of a timeline, there's two possibilities:

The year 850 means that we are at least 850 years following the aforementioned legend, putting us no earlier than year 2350 A.D. This seems possible but unlikely, as their technology shows no signs of being derived from our own.
The year 850 is some marker to an event that happened prior to the legend, in which case we have no frame of reference other than that the story must take place in or after the 1500s. This seems to be the more likely answer.

Keep in mind, though, that in the Attack on Titan universe:

   The oriental races are wiped out; Mikasa has her mother's oriental blood, but is the last surviving member of the Asian races.

With this in mind, it is highly unlikely that it is in Japan or even nearby (though the location is also unstated). However, seeing how many names are European (Jäger is German for "hunter", Armin is a Germanic name, cf. Arminius & Herman), it's most likely that the story takes place in Germany, or at least in Europe, where the remaining survivors of the Titan catastrophe are now cornered.


What happened to Kirito's healing every 10 sec when he battled Heathcliff? In Sword Art Online after the episode "The Black Swordsman", Kirito does not get any HP back during his fights with Heathcliff.
What happened to Kirito's healing?

Two possible reasons:

It was simply overlooked.  The fact that the battle was happening at all was probably more germane to the immediate circumstances than whatever abilities either player had.

It was probably underpowered compared to the DPS that Heathcliff could dish out, which is fairly common for MMOs to have an ability either become eclipsed by another one or made obsolete due to the people/NPCs being fought.  If it healed something like a value equal to the skill's level every 10 seconds, and Heathcliff exceeded that damage ratio, then suffice to say it wouldn't factor into the fight.


Why are Dabura and Babidi alive in the future? I have just watched the 49th episode of Dragon Ball Chou.

   Trunks returns from the future in order to seek help for defeating Goku Black. During his speech, he explains how he prevented revival of Majin Buu by killing Dabura and Babidi.

How could this be possible? Haven't Dabura and Babidi been killed in the current time line? How can someone who is killed exist in the future? Can you explain the logic here?

The future timeline already diverged from the main timeline when Trunks saved Goku. Think multiverse theory. Nothing that happens in the past has affected the future. That's the reason Cell existed in the future, even though he was killed in the past. It's also why all the characters remained dead, even though they were alive in the main timeline.

That considered, the future timeline had its own unique past, where Babidi and Dabura weren't killed until they encountered Trunks.


Why don't Evangelion Pilots need to pump the LCL out of their lungs after exiting an Eva Unit? I just started watching Evangelion on Netflix and the series explained that pilots' lungs become filled with LCL when in the entry plug of an Eva Unit, allowing them to breath and sync with their units.

However, it never shows or explained why they don't need to pump the LCL back out of their lungs upon exiting a unit. Is it just implied? Do their bodies absorb the LCL through their lungs? Is it assumed they just cough it up? Is there an explanation that I am missing?

Please Note: I haven't finished watching all of Neon Genesis Evangelion, so if this is a major spoiler please warn me via comments and/or use Spoiler Markup.

I think maybe LCL is absorbed into the body going by what happens during Third Impact. to quote the wiki (spoiler because it is end of the original anime series stuff)

   LCL shares similar properties with the hypothetical "primordial ooze" from which life on Earth first evolved. This is because non-Angel life on Earth actually originally evolved from the LCL spread by Lilith when she landed on Earth. During Third Impact, Lilith's Anti A.T. Field causes the A.T. Fields of human beings and all other Lilith-based life to collapse, reverting their bodies to puddles of LCL.

Source: LCL (6th paragraph)

in real life the human body can absorb water after it enters the body and in the first X-Men we see

   Senator Kelly's body de-molecularizes into water due to the unnatural mutation Magneto caused breaking down Kelly's cellular structure

so in a sense one could think of LCL like Water in that

   out bodies are made up from it but unlike water we do not require to consume LCL to live as everyone on the planet was effected by Third Impact, not just Eva Pilots and we can assume that everyone outside of NERV would have zero contact with LCL


What is the difference between hot spring water and regular hot water? In the last arc of KonoSuba season 2, Aqua winds up purifying the hot spring water, turning it into "regular hot water".

What is the difference between hot spring water and "regular hot water"?

The only clue I can see is that it's (hot spring water) animated green instead of clear or bluish clear (regular water).

You might be looking for something that's analogous to 温泉 (onsen) vs 銭湯 (sentō) in Japan.
By definition, onsen is hot spring water which (supposedly) contains minerals and other things that makes the bath more healthy and provide relaxation benefits (animated green in KonoSuba), while sentō is normal heated tap water (animated blue).
Aqua purifying the onsen water would have implied that she had taken out all the "impurities" (i.e. the beneficial minerals) in the water, and leaving it with the inferior "just hot water."
Regarding animation, it's not always consistent that onsen water is colored green.


What kind of weapons can Momo create? Can momo create any kind of weapon? I've seen she creates a shield and a staff and I believe she once created a sort of bazooka. Could she create a very powerful weapon to destroy anything? Or do her power have any limits in which weapons she can create?

Yes, she can create any kind of weapon as long as she has an understanding of how something is made.

If you take a look at the wiki:

  Momo's Quirk gives her the ability to create any non-living material from her uncovered body through the molecular manipulation of her fat cells. As long as she has an understanding of how something is made, she can create it. However, it takes her a longer period of time (and more of her skin being exposed) to create large objects.

But yes, she has limits:

  She states that the more she eats, the more material she has to work with, so she needs considerable ingestion of food for her Quirk to be effective. This makes a possible danger that she would likely become extremely underweight if her Quirk is used too much.


What's the meaning behind ZQN designation for the zombies in I Am A Hero? In the series I Am a Hero by Hanazawa Kengo, the designation for zombies was previously translated as "zombfags," presumably as an adaptation of the word for "normalfag," which if I'm not mistaken is 「リア[充]{じゅう}」.

However, the designation is currently translated (though it may have also remained unchanged from the original) as "ZQN," with no explanation given for the sudden change (I'm fairly certain I've come across an amalgamation of the work from at least two different translation groups).

My question is, does  the designation "ZQN" have roots in Japanese internet slang words, à la 「リア[充]{じゅう}」, or did earlier translations just take artistic liberty given the context?

In chapter 220, it is explained that, officially, "ZQN" is an acronym made up by the US military that means "Zero Qualified Nucleus," though it is almost certainly a backronymic pun on the Japanese internet slang word "DQN" (pronounced dokyun):

  [ＤＱＮ]{ドキュン} (Noun)

  dumb-ass (slang, derogatory)
  delinquent; violent person; rough-looking person (slang, derogatory)

    -adapted from jisho.org


Can a Devil Fruit user drown in a bathtub? If a Devil Fruit user goes to a bathtub full of water or gets into a spa, will he drown?

From what we have seen previously it doesn't seem so.


Why was it the Junker that proved to Yumemi that she was "malfunctioning"? In episode 5 of planetarian, after

   the crab mech blows the lower half of her body off,

Yumemi tells the Junker (or "kuzuya" / 屑屋; I don't know what the usual translation is) that the reason she believed she was slightly "malfunctioning" is that she kept coming to the conclusion that no people would ever come to see her again. So the Junker's arrival did indeed prove her conclusion to be "faulty".

But the Junker isn't the first person since the war to see her, is he? There's a flashback in episode 1 where we see some old guy telling the Junker about how met "a robot" who I think it is safe to say was Yumemi. Judging from his irritation, Yumemi must've been awake (not asleep/charging), so I would think that Yumemi would remember the old guy.

Is this a plot hole? Or, perhaps, a defect of the anime adaptation?

(planetarian being a small and mostly self-contained work, I think it should be possible to identify whether or not this is a plot hole with a good degree of certainty.)

Is this a plot hole? Or, perhaps, a defect of the anime adaptation?

Both. Adaptation-induced plot hole.

The flashback with the old guy is anime-only. No such scene is in the VN and Junker never heard about robot like Yumemi.


Is Charles the pilot of the seagull plane? In Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta, ep 8: A seagull-crested aquamarine plane piloted by a ridiculously skilled person helps Kal-el. (screenshot)

We later learn that Levamme is coming to help them. (I have not seen the last episodes yet).

Is the pilot of that plane Charles, from The Princess and Pilot?

I think the light novels might shed some light on it, but my Japanese reading skills suck.

I haven't read the Koiuta light novels, but according to this guy on Chiebukuro and the Wikipedia article for Koiuta, there are strong indications that the pilot of the seagull plane is, in fact, Charles KARINO from The Princess and the Pilot. However, this is never made explicit. There is apparently a scene in the fourth volume where he and Kal-el have a conversation, but despite this, his name is never revealed.

The Koiuta light novels are complete (no further volumes are expected to be published), so this is probably as good an answer as you're going to get.


How do some logia users fly? How do logia users fly with their ability/element?  I thought they are only able to turn into their element, not control them.

Logia users, whose element is lighter than air, can fly by transforming (at least) their  lower body into that element:
Moku Moku no Mi (Smoke fruit)
Gasu Gasu no Mi (Gas fruit)
I am unsure if the Pika Pika no Mi (Light fruit) is based on the same or rather the special property of light.
I am not aware of other Logia users truly flying with their ability. They rather propel themselves into the air (e.g. Mera Mera no Mi / Fire fruit and Suna Suna no Mi / Sand fruit).
The Yuki Yuki no Mi (Snow fruit) can grant flight by creating wings made of snow but that is less of a Logia thing itself.


What is this kanji in Kaguya-sama's anime? In the anime Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai, Season 2, Episode 2, when Kaguya gives a fan for the Shirogane's birthday it shows that she wrote a kanji that, according the subtitles, is "Unyielding Diligence In One's Studies".

I'd like to ask for some help if someone can copy paste this kanji here and if the meaning is correct. I tried to write it, but, as it's in Japanese calligraphy, I couldn't make it.

The kanji on the fan that was given by Kaguya is 磨穿鉄硯【ませんてっけん】.

According to weblio, the translation is correct:

  showing unyielding diligence in one's studies; wearing a hole through one's metal inkstone from constant studying

This is actually a yojijukugo or "four-character idiom" that is easier to search compared to identifying the characters in Japanese calligraphy directly.


Does Wing also developed the ability to transmute his aura into electricity? In episode 28 of HxH 2011, Wing extends his aura into a piece of paper and easily cuts through the tin can. By the look of it, the strengthen paper seems to have some "touch" on it. It looks similar to Killua's ability to transmute his aura into electricity.

The image below shows the scene on (1) HxH 2011, (2) HxH 1999, (3) HxH original manga. Which surprisingly the electrical-charged effect can also be seen on the manga, but nothing on the 1999 anime.

Wing is a typical Enhancer, the closest Nen types he could potentially master besides his main Nen type are Emission and Transmutation. The effect can be easily differentiate as Transmutation type, Killua is the perfect example. But it is practically impossible to develop this technique without spending years of special training and exercise. Is it just an additional "effect" to show the power of Nen during the starting of the arc, or he really had developed this ability?

I'm inclined to say that that's not actual electricity, but just a visual presentation of Wing imbuing the paper with "energy". A visual flare added as extra clarity for the viewers/readers, who are not yet that familiar with Nen and what all it can do. (Except for the 1999 anime. Even in the manga the "electro-likeness" of the effect is arguable, as it could be seen as more general representations of "energy" or "power" or even a "shock wave".)

I could go on about Wings nen-type, the likelyhood he'd learn transmutation powers, spesifics that would go to learning this spesific power, if Wing would be skilled enough to do this and if he even wanted to. But I think there's a more simple way to conclude that it's not actual electricity.

Apart from the visuals, it doesn't actually act like electricity in any way, shape or form.
The paper hardenes, cuts clean through a can and embeds itself to a wall. Nothing in the way it or the objects around it act indicates a presence of electricity. (They don't exactly dismiss it either, but then again, what would be the point of electricity, if it has no use.)


What kind of animation/drawing style is used on K-On! Ura-on? K-On! Ura-on are bonus episodes from the anime K-On! and they used a different kind of animation or drawing style.

This is the first time I've ever encountered such style (very different compared to the series, though you can easily tell the resemblance to the original) and was wondering for this style's name, if it have. Also, did other anime used this prior or after K-On! Ura-on was released? And, what is this style's history and background? Or is this just created to be unique or random reasons by the K-On! production?

As noted in the comments, this is actually the super deformed style. Wikipedia describes it as:

  Super deformed or SD is a specific style of Japanese caricature where
  characters are drawn in an exaggerated way, typically small and
  chubby, with stubby limbs and oversized heads, to make them resemble
  small children. This style forms an integral part of what Japanese and
  American anime fans refer to as chibi.

Some examples:


Is there any significance to the "shiki" most Otsutsuki have in their names? Well... the title says it all!
Most of the Otsutsuki clan members, if not all to appear in Boruto have "shiki" at the end of their names. Examples would be Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Kinshiki Otsutsuki, Urashiki Otsutsuki (filler), and Isshiki Otsutsuki.  There are indeed some Otsutsuki without shiki in their names, such as Ashura, Indra, Kaguya, Hagoromo, Hamura, and more. However it raised my eyebrow when almost all Otsutsuki in Boruto had "shiki" in the end of their name, so I wondered if it has any significance.
So, is there any significance to the "shiki" most Otsutsuki have in their names? If so, what is it?

The characters mentioned are all based on Japanese folklore. The original names of the folklore characters are Momotaro, Kintaro, Urashima Taro, and Issun Kotaro. -Taro is just a common way to end boy's names, similar to -maru. In Naruto, the characters were named by taking the first two syllables and add -shiki to the end. The exact significance of -shiki in Naruto is still unknown, if there is any (There are several meanings of -shiki in Japanese depending on context, but I don't what is the context in Naruto). Some of the Otsutsuki mythological references are pretty obscure, so it is hard to know.
Also, there is also a theory proposed by a redditor that the -shiki suffix us given only to the main members of the Otsutsuki clan.
Source:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Boruto/comments/ich72h/why_does_almost_every_otsusuki_has_shiki_in_their/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Naruto/comments/e0an6d/theory_the_shiki_names_are_only_given_to_members/


What is the name of the song/piece playing in Full Metal Alchemist episode 6 at 6:48? In Full Metal Alchemist (2003) episode 6 at 6:48, there's a song playing. What is the name of this piece?

Pretty sure it's Despicable Acts of the Fullmetal Alchemist OST


What happened to Juuzawa Juu at the end? At the end of the anime,

   Juuzawa Juu was hit by a car/truck and he was shown talking to Ame on the ground.

Are we supposed to assume that he

   died,

or was it left as a cliffhanger that was never resolved (only three novels were written and that how it was left off)?

Also, how did Ame know that Juuzawa was in danger at the end? Was that supposed to show that she actually did know him from a different life or was it something else?

When the Three Musketeers arrived at the scene, standing in front of Shiraishi's dead body, Kirishima observed that

  Not many people believe in divine retribution. That's because God is a lazy fellow. However, he does a good job every once in a while.

Therefore, it was clear that the truck turned away from Juuzawa and crushed the nearby Shiraishi into a bloody pulp. Juuzawa was left intact (or not fatally wounded) after the accident.

The anime explicitly stated at the conclusion of the second episode that Ochibana knew Juuzawa was in danger only because of their bond from their previous lives.


What is Hayama Akira's ethnicity supposed to be? Judging from the flashback in episode 23, where Shiomi Jun meets a young Hayama in a spice market somewhere, I get the sense that Hayama was probably not born in Japan.

And given that Hayama is

Brown
A master of curries
Apparently a fan of tulsi

I have a sneaking suspicion that he's supposed to be some kind of South Asian.

Am I right? What's his ethnicity supposed to be?

As someone who is from Tamil Nadu, I'd say it's very evident that he really is from South India. Was extremely surprised to see Kozhi Varutha Curry as one of his dishes because it's a purely Tamil-based dish.
Even in one of the pages in the manga where they show him living in the slums, I could see a board at the edge of the panel that had Tamil writing, I think it's enough proof.


Did Meruem propose to Komugi by asking her to hold his hand? I was reading on a forum that the author/mangaka of the "Hunter x Hunter" series was trying to "tell" the readers that Meruem asked Komugi to be his wife by telling her to hold his hand. Is it true? Or he was just afraid to die alone, with the hand of Komugi making him feel safer (or at least that's what I understood from that scene)?

My understanding is that Meruem never had any romantic feelings for Kogumi. What he felt was awe and maybe some admiration because:

1) She was a the weakest frail human he had ever seen. She was even blind and unable to take care of herself.
2) Yet she beat him everytime they played.
3) She wasn't afraid of him. She treated him like any other person.

She was someone precious to him in that regard (her caring nature mighr have played a part in it too)


Why didn't anyone find the explosion tags hidden in Konoha earlier? I am referring to the filler episode (Episode 200 of Naruto), where a Trap user named Gennō was on a mission to destroy Konoha by planting millions of explosive tags throughout the village while he disguised as a carpenter.

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

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

One has to take a few things into consideration there.

Explosive tags do have only a bit of chakra compared to the chakra of the average Ninja. Thus with Ninjas all around......it is as if you are not looking for the tree with the eagle sitting upon it while walking through a forest. Even with their Byakugan active there were just so many chakra signatures.....stronger even that if they didn't look exactly for a low signature such as from a tag....they wouldn't really have noticed it.
The tags were not active at the time being. Thus the chakra was inactive and thus "stagnant". Which means that there was maybe a very small chakra signature to see for a Hyuga and others who can feel chakra.....but it didn't do anything. As we know every human produces chakra too. So again it could be explained by just noting that if there is something small that does nothing (a bee sitting on a flower) while you are passing others near you (wasps flying around you) you are not going to really put any conscious notice to the small bee.
As we know time and again from the series the Byakugan is not infallible. There seem even to be seals that can block their usage. The best example being Naruto himself. If he did not ACTIVELY use the kyubis chakra (aka let it out of the seal).......no Hyuga even noticed something different about him (compared to others that is). Sadly it is not 100% clear if that is the nature of seals in general or if there are special seals which makes chakra that is not actively set free/used invisible to Hyugas (which is more plausible, as the Hyugas then later on in the episode the OP mentioned find the tags).

All in all it is plausible that the hyugas did not see the tags (small, static chakra while big moving chakra sources are all around them).

The only thing that baffled me about the episode is thus not that it was not noticed.....it was more the MASS of tags he had. As we know they are not THAT cheap to buy/manufacture.  Thus he almost used a stockpile that must have been worth a kages yearly income (or more). And also how he got them into the city unnoticed. That much paper probably WOULD have been noticed by someone.
But as far as I'm aware there was no reference in that one episode to how he managed to do these two things.


How can eyeglasses not fall in basketball? In anime basketball such as Slam Dunk, Dear Boys and Kuroko's Basketball, most of the characters with eyeglasses, play basketball without having their eyeglasses fall or broken during the game. How can this happen?

In real life, people that wear glasses often wear "sports bands" when they are concerned about their glasses flying away during athletic events. However, well fit glasses don't need any additional enhancements as long as the athlete isn't performing many rolls. Simple jumps are not enough to cause well fitting glasses to fall or fly away in this case.

In addition to that, some glasses have highly curved end pieces to help secure glasses on the wearer. These end pieces wrap further around the ears than simple straight pieces, and this helps keep the glasses secure.


Does the US, UK or Aus Localized DVD/Bluray of My Neighbor Totoro have the bathing scene? When i was staying in a hotel i was watching NHK World and there was a show called Japanology Plus which was talking about the origins and evolution of Japan's Anthropomorphism (the attribution of human traits, emotions, and intentions to non-human entities. ie. the OS-Tans and Hatsune Miku).

there was a bit where during an interview the interviewer asked about perception problems because the Anthropomorphic Characters are generally

  Kinky women

to which the guest said that this was something about japanese culture which would seem strange outsiders.

the example he used was in My Neighbor Totoro in that there is a scene where the 2 children in it are bathing with there father but the guest said that the scene had to be removed for the overseas distribution. the reason the guest gave for why it was in the movie was that in Japan this would be very normal for parents to bathe with their children regardless of sex even citing that along time ago there was mixed sex bathing in spas (onsen)

Now i know that with initial screenings of an anime series the DVD/Bluray wont be as censored as the TV version like in the third Bluray Volume of Eromanga-sensei (JList - Possible NSFW Ads)

So i am wondering. Does the US, UK or Australian Localized DVD/Bluray of My Neighbor Totoro have the bathing scene?

NOTE: i ask about US, UK and Australian release as i am looking to get it in English, whether dubbed or subbed

I recently bought the Disney Blu-Ray release of My Neighbor Totoro from 2013, and the bath scene is in it. Here's screenshots:

The Disney release is rated G, which means the MPAA considers it suitable to be watched by anyone. It has both subtitles and a dub starring a young Dakota and Elle Fanning as Satsuki and Mei, and Tim Daly, who is best known in fandom for voicing Superman in the DC Animated Universe, as their father.

When I was about 13, I rented the old Fox Video VHS release with the Streamline dub from Blockbuster Video, and I distinctly remember the bath scene also being in that version. The answer I wrote to the linked question presents evidence that Miyazaki refused to allow edited releases of his work after the travesty that was Warriors of the Wind, which would also have applied to the Streamline release of My Neighbor Totoro as Warriors of the Wind was released in 1985, three years before My Neighbor Totoro came out.

Sounds like someone didn't do their research before they made claims about what had or hadn't been cut from international releases of the movie, and made unfounded assumptions about what was and wasn't acceptable. This reminds me of Kaworu Watashiya's utter cluelessness about just what it was that American publishers found objectionable about Kodomo no Jikan.


Does Hiro Mashima (Fairy Tail) have something in common with Eiichiro Oda (One Piece)? Hiro Mashima, the author of Fairy Tail, has a really similar drawing style to Eiichiro Oda, One Piece mangaka.

We know that some well known mangakas had previously worked as assistants to others (like Hiroyuki Takei and Eiichiro Oda himself, both worked with Nobuhiro Watsuki), so I was wondering if Hiro Mashima has something in common with Eiichiro Oda, since they had very similar styles at the beginning.

I have read that Oda and Mashima are good friends. However, not only has Mashima never been Oda's assistant, but he has never been an assistant to any mangaka. The resemblance of their artwork is due to something they share in common: Toriyama worship and obsession with Dragon Ball. More details on this blog post.


Do people still travel to and from Vers after Heaven's Fall? The lunar hypergate that was destroyed 15 years ago during Heaven's Fall was said to strand the Vers Knights on the Earth Orbit.

It is improbable that there are no unmanned ships ferrying supplies to the Vers homeworld (Mars) and parting from the Vers foundries to the frontline (Earth orbit).

But given the scale of space technology, it is not unthinkable that some people (commoners) would not travel several months to get from Earth orbit to Vers (Mars).

That the nobles of Vers think themselves as stranded on the orbit because they would not submit themselves to this arduous trip, OK.

But do people still travel to and from Vers after Heaven's Fall? Is there some reference from the canon material?

We found out right at the beginning of episode 1 (around 0:22) that Asseylum herself left Vers just two months before the start of the show, at which point she is in Earth orbit (in Cruhteo's castle). Also, in episode 21, we see that Klancain (Cruhteo Jr.) has come from Vers to meet Slaine.

So transit from Earth-vicinity to Mars without the Hypergate surely must be possible, but this of course says nothing about how prevalent it is.

I suppose this also does tells us one more thing - the fastest mode of transit from Mars to Earth orbit must take somewhere under two months, which is considerably faster than all currently proposed ways of getting people to Mars.

If we want to look to marginally-less-canonical material: the second volume of the BDs came with a short manga titled "Aldnoah.Zero Extra Episode 01", which portrays Slaine's life right after the passing of his father, including his being taken in by Cruhteo.

Here, we learn that the Orbital Knights (or at least Cruhteo) and their retinue come to Vers every so often on business.

  Top left panel: Asseylum asks Cruhteo, "You had come to Vers?"; bottom right panel: Cruhteo replies, "I had a minor matter to attend to."


Will Naruto have a Kid? In Naruto movie 4, during the ending scene

   The priestess says that she needs to give her powers to the next priestess. And asks Naruto's help with this matter. But what did she mean by that? Did she mean it in the context "Make a new priestess with me?" or more in the context "Once the time comes can you help me transfer my powers?".

Video of the scene I'm referring

Ah, I shouldn't comment so fast :D.

  Then she asked Naruto if he would help (indirectly asking if he will father her child) to everyone's shock, which a misunderstanding Naruto, happily agreed to.

Source: Narutopedia

However, it never happened.