Who is the character in this picture with Yotsuba and Totoro? I am familiar with Yotsuba and Totoro, but who is the third character in this picture (the one in pink) ? What manga/anime is she from?

It comes from some desktop background site which sadly did not give any attributation to what is obviously fan art.

She's from Hare+Guu, or "The Jungle Was Always Sunny, Then Came Guu".

It was originally a serialized manga that was then adapted into a 26 episode anime TV series as well as several OVAs.

She's one of the main characters and her name is "Guu".

Here's some more information about the characters, and specifically, about Guu:

  Guu's stomach is a world filled with buildings, hundred legged cats, and a nice young couple of lovers that have been trapped there for ages (but apparently don't mind their predicament). Other than Haré, no character seems to be aware of Guu's strange nature (or for that matter the bizarre circumstances surrounding everything else in the series). The weird events that occur because of her are only ever acknowledged by Haré. Everyone who is eaten by Guu, only to be spat out later (excluding Haré) dismisses what happened as "sleeping" (occasionally, dreaming about Guu's Stomach world). Haré even dismisses his first time in Guu's Stomach but is quickly proved wrong. There are other strange things Guu can do, which defy the laws of physics, logic, and reality, such as (but not limited to) teleport, time travel, warp reality, superhuman strength, elongate her body parts, breathe underwater, cause people to switch bodies, read minds, cause disco music to play suddenly, switch her face (from a cute face to a completely plain face), transform into a giant kaiju monster version of herself, and incite mental breakdowns in Haré, though the latter is more of a talent than an actual power. She apparently has more than one stomach and cares enough about the people and creatures she swallows to keep dangerous things away from the area she keeps her 'guests'. Despite all this, Guu actually cares for some of Hare's personal problems, and often gives him advice with profound sayings- a lot of her powers are used to make Hare learn a lesson. At the end of the manga, Guu leads Hare to her birthplace in a dream (and refuses to let him go further, saying it would be an one-way trip for him), and it's strongly implied that Guu's birthplace is somewhere between life and death, and that she's some kind of physical god. Guu disappears the next morning, releasing the people in her stomach (who turn up in a TV shows about missing people suddenly reappear) and erasing everybody's memories of her, except Hare's. Six years later, Hare spots Guu's smirk on his newborn daughter's face, and realizes she might be a reincarnation of Guu.


Is the Super Dragon Ball Heroes special part of the Super Dragon Ball Heroes anime story? I'm watching a "Super Dragon Ball Heroes special" and it has the size of a Dragon Ball Super Heroes anime episode, but it has 2 characters that doesnt appear in the anime, a fight between Gogeta and Vegito (I dont think this fit at all in the anime) and a videogame-like format, after one fight a "K.O.!" sign appears. Is the Super Dragon Ball Heroes special part of the Super Dragon Ball Heroes anime story?

Super Dragon Ball Heroes is an fan-made anime going with great popularity and anything can happen in fan-made animation. Although the release date of Dragon Ball Super 2 is not known yet but if you can read the manga for that if you are excited for that. Current arc if of Goku UI vs Moro is going on in that manga.


In "Weathering with You", what was Hina's real age? If I recall correctly, when Hodaka asked about Hina's age, Hina responded that she was

   almost 18 years old.

But when Hodaka got arrested, the detective said that Hina was actually

   15 years old, which means he's younger than Hodaka.

But the Wiki says that Hina was

   18 years old.

Did the police gave incorrect information, or is the Wiki incorrect, or any explanation to the discrepancy?

From what I could understand, the wiki is not incorrect. You are misled by the fact that you isolated this sentence out of the whole article. The wiki provides the timeline where the events you cited (when Hodaka speaks to the detective) happened on August 2021. Hina was 15 years old at this time. During their altercation with the police, it would make sense that the police would say she's 15 since she is at that time. The wiki page you cited as incorrect states there that Hina's age is 18 as of 2024, which is 3 years since 2021.

Thus, the wiki page is just putting the latest age information from the movie timeline. It is not incorrect, the wiki just prefers to put the latest information depending on where the story has progressed or ended.

Both information from each websites are correct. You just need to understand that the other website you linked recounted the events on August 2021 (Hina is 15 years old at this time).


What was Izumi doing in the Central City railway station? While watching ep. 9 of Brotherhood, I noticed that when Winry came to Central City railway station and started looking for someone, Izumi and her husband were walking behind her:

Picture from FMA brotherhood.

After that I tried for this scene in the 2003 series, and in ep. 23 I have found this scene where they were reading something at the Central railway station:

Picture from Anime FMA 2003

So my question is: what might Izumi and her husband be doing there? Do they usually travel like this, or might there be any sort of work they had to do there? Is it also possible that it is an error (like they didn't want to put those characters there)?

Izumi was looking for Ed and Al. She had been hearing rumors that they had joined the State Alchemists and become dogs of the military.

In the 2003 anime we see that Izumi and Sig are talking to Mustang before Ed, Al and Winry leave Central. At the end of Episode 26 the two have caught up to them in Rush Valley. If I recall correctly, in the next episode Izumi reveals that she came after them to "re-educate" her wayward students.

The Welcome to Central City poster that we see Izumi and Sig look at to me looks like a directory of sorts. You see Izumi is looking at a list so she is probably looking up places to search.

I would assume it's the same in Brotherhood (I can't remember exactly if their reunion was the same) because in both series Ed has made a name for himself as a State Alchemist and in both Izumi shows her dislike towards the military. There is no doubt she would hear about the "State Alchemist and Hero of the people Edward Elric".


What are the contents of the unaired next-episode previews included with the Nichijou Blu-rays? One of the bonus features on the Nichijou Blu-ray discs is "unaired next-episode previews" (オリジナル次回予告). What is in these previews?

(I found the answer to this while writing this answer, and I figure the information may as well go on here somewhere, so here's a separate question to that end.)

There are 25 of these previews (since there are 26 episodes, and episode 1 doesn't get one, naturally). BD volumes 1-12 come with two each; volume 13 comes with one. Each preview is 30 seconds long, and perhaps reflects what KyoAni had planned to use as the previews before switching to the scheme they actually used (non-sequitur voiceovers from guest voice actors, mostly).

Video-wise, all of them are set to footage that was already in the main series; the only new part is the audio. What follows are brief summaries of the contents of each one, starting with the preview for episode 2. Note that the previews for episodes 6 and 7 are missing because I haven't actually seen those.

Yukko/Mio. Yukko and Mio talk aimlessly about zodiac signs. Yukko reports the death of one "Mikhail Libra", age 55.
Nano/Sakamoto. Nano calls Sakamoto various things ("Sakamoto-kun", "Ryouma", etc), and Sakamoto gets generally offended by said things.
Yukko/Mio/Mai. Mostly Yukko making hilarious sound effects ("Za! Guwa! Shu! Zubaan! Strike!", etc).
Yukko/Mio. Picks back up with zodiac signs after the episode 2 preview. "Let's combine Cancer and Scorpio into 'Crustacean!'", suggests Yukko.
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Dolph / Princess Starla. Dolph says things in a funny voice.
Nano/Hakase. Hakase makes Nano capable of getting cavities. Nano enjoys this (it makes her more normal), but then she notices that something hurts. Turns out that Hakase also just gave her a cavity right off the bat.
Yukko/Mai/Mio. Yukko writes "E" on the back of her hand, but can't remember what she meant by it. Mai and Mio try to guess, but fail. Turns out, it was "European heart urchin", which is apparently a meme.
Yukko/Mai. Yukko asks Mai what a "Living National Treasure" is. Mai tells her that to become one, you must be able to recite the contents of a large number of textbooks by heart. This is, of course, a joke.
The vice principal / the principal. The vice principal tells the principal to say words like "pappelbon" and "shishikabago". The vice principal is rather amused when he does so, unnerving the principal.
Annaka / Ms. Sakurai. Annaka starts calling Ms. Sakurai "Ms. Izumi", which makes her very nervous.
Hakase/Nano/Sakamoto. "Is 'borscht' food?" Yes. "Is 'shark chocolate' food?" Yes. "Is 'shark' food?" Yes. "Eeeeeek!"
Yukko/Mio. More zodiac signs. Yukko is troubled by Gemini being two people yet only counting as one zodiac signs. Why not split them up into separate Castor and Pollux zodiac signs?
Mr. Takasaki. He teaches his students about the power and versatility of the (English, not translated) word "ENOUGH!". And also "baka".
Yukko/Mio. Yukko gets "San Francisco" and "Francisco Xavier" mixed up.
Makoto / Mr. Takasaki. Makoto asks Mr. Takasaki to be the advisor for the go-soccer club, and offers to set him up with his sister in exchange. Naturally, Mr. Takasaki is hugely flustered.
Misato/Mihoshi. Misato is feeling down; Mihoshi suggests she ask Sasahara for help. Misato then blows something up. Classic gundere!
Hakase/Sakamoto/Nano. Hakase pretends to be a maid and serves Sakamoto food - but using a mortar and pestle, which Sakamoto is affronted by.
Yukko/Mai. Yukko says "selamat pagi" to Mai; they then have a conversation in what I assume is Indonesian. Yukko eventually gets frustrated and says "bakayarosu" (sounds like baka yarou "you fool"), which Mai points out is a food. This appears to be a Japanization of the Greek word for "cod" (μπακαλιάρος / bakaliáros)? Nichijou is weird sometimes.
Nano / Ms. Nakamura. Nano comments on the cuteness of Ms. Nakamura's streetwear; she is thrown quite off guard by this.
Yukko/Mio. Yukko's still going on about zodiac signs; this time, it's Ophiuchus. Seriously, what's the deal? You can't just add another zodiac sign! What is he, a transfer student?　"Your seat is the one between Scorpio and Sagittarius"? And then Virgo falls in love with him, and Aquarius gets jealous of them, and suddenly! Mikhail Libra out of nowhere!
Hakase/Mai. Hakase asks Mai what she's drawing; in typical Mai fashion, she's drawing Gōzanze Myōō, "space", and something else I don't quite get. "Are there sharks in space?" asks Hakase. Apparently, yes.
Mihoshi/Misato. Misato vigorously denies ever talking to Sasahara or even being acquainted with him at all. She closes with "it's not like the next episode is going to be episode 25 or anything, okay?".
Nano/Yukko. Nano tries to ask about how Yukko often calls herself an idiot. Yukko replies that "she's an idiot, but also a genius, so it's okay".


Why is All Blue not part of the 8 Seas? While exploring this site, I came across this particular question: What are the 9 mountains and 8 seas?

In the answers however, I did not see anyone mention All Blue. So my question is why is All Blue not a part of the 8 Seas that Zoro mentions?

Because All Blue is not a sea in itself, but the point of union of all 4 great seas where every kind of fish of every sea can be found.

Source: One Piece wiki


How do the 3 sannin know about using Five Elements Seal on Naruto? In the Anime, during the Chunnin exams, Orochimaru attacks Sasuke inside the Forest of Death. When Naruto came to rescue, Orochimaru identified that he was the nine tails and places the Five Elements  seal on Naruto. Later it was unsealed by Jiraiya. In the Search for Tsunade arc, Orochimaru tells Kabuto that the seal can be placed or removed only by the 3rd Hokage and the sannin. Were the 3 sannin taught about this by the 3rd Hokage?

Apparently so. It's possible that other people were able to use the seal (for instance, Kushina, who was a sealing expert, or the Second and First Hokages, who knew advanced sealing techniques, but passed away).

It's possible that they referred to only living shinobi for that purpose (it makes sense, because they were trying to figure out who unsealed it).

I believe the technique was passed down to (or invented by) the Third, and he in turn taught it to his disciples.

Note that Minato never used the Five Element Seal.


Fairy Tail's Aquarius can still materialize? In the Alvarez empire arc, she is shown to have materialized in spirit form once again to help out Lucy.
But we all know the key that belonged to Lucy is broken.

What does this mean? are there 2 keys?
I'm happy she's back though

The answer was revealed in the following issue

   The key to summon Aquarius has been reborn somewhere in the world and the gate was opened by the Celestial King so that Aquarius could deliver a message to Brandish and Lucy


How exactly did Madara get Hashirama's power? We already know that Madara had fought Hashirama at the Valley of the End, and got some of his power.

How did we get from that to the fact that he has his face on his shoulder? Is this Orochimaru/Kabuto's doing? Or is that a natural thing that somehow occurred?

Orochimaru helped Madara get that face as well as develop the Rinnegan. This is partially why Madara activated the Rinnegan so late in his life; Orochimaru was the brain in the operation. As you can see, Orochimaru knew a lot of secrets, including Danzou's condition and Tobi's true identity.

There are small hints as the manga progresses all leading up to this point. Madara doesn't explicitly state it (in the below picture), but we know it is Orochimaru based on his research, Kishimoto's hints throughout the manga, and the fact Madara never met Kabuto before this war.

The underling is Obito and the acquaintance is Orochimaru (Ch. 657).

UPDATE: Here is the proof that Madara didn't know Kabuto. In the last 2 panels of the above pic, it is pretty much implied that Madara met a person (while he was alive) that showed him how to use his current technique. That person can only be Orochimaru.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Kw3h3qH3iMg/TqlOW7PBdKI/AAAAAAAAGQM/jfPgdY5Do1w/008.jpg?imgmax=2000


Looking for an old anime I saw on Animax as a kid There was this one anime that used to air on Animax quite often when I was a kid. It was this story about a girl who was from a rich family (not too sure about that) who goes through some sort of tragedy and is then forced to work as a maid at an all-girls boarding school with a really strict and unreasonable warden. The girl was fair, she had long, black hair and she almost always used to wear this greenish dress. It was set in Europe somewhere (possibly old England). Drawing style was almost "cartoonish" (very little shading and all). If it helps, some of the anime's that used to air around the same time as this were Astro Boy, InuYasha, ExRider, Saber Marionette, Detective School Q, etc. Any help greatly appreciated. ^__^

This sounded like the novel A Little Princess to me, so I searched to see if there was an anime based on that. Turns out there is one called Princess Sarah, and apart from the green dress, it seems to match your description. (The protagonist does wear a green-ish dress in some of the pictures I've seen from the anime while searching for this, but she doesn't in a couple of them.) I am also not sure if the anime series aired at around the right time.


How strong Mama Hawk really is? So I've just watched The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky, and apparently in it, Mama Hawk sealed

   The Six Knights of Black 3000 years ago said that they were as strong as The 10 Commandments.

In the end of the movie, she was also able to eat the attack from

   the beast that was, in power only, stronger than The 10 Commandments.

How strong is she really to have been able to seal such monsters? Is it me or is the manga pretty inconsistent about power levels?

The six knights of black were nowhere near the power of the T.C, in fact the weakest T.C is probably more powerful than all of them combined. It was said most likely to keep the viewers interested in the movie. You would easily lose interest if you knew that they were a weak bunch that could be handled in less than 10 seconds. This is also the reason why they had to pull crap like Meliodas is out of commission due to the sword, etc. I'm not gonna give too much of the movie away here for those of you interested in watching the movie.

As to how strong Mama Hawk actually is,

Spoiler Alert

This is not a huge spoiler but nonetheless it's still a mild spoiler.

  Mama hawk is actually a creature from the purgatory just like hawk, she's pretty damn strong. I think she's stronger than most of the commandments in terms of raw strength, she can't be actually compared to them because the commandments also have the power of the curses bestowed by the demon king. I say this because she's able to withstand an attack from Derieri and she's able to eat Monspeet's hellfire bird like it was nothing. As it's reveled later on in the series, all purgatory creatures are pretty damn strong because it's a kill or be killed situation in there, this is also the reason why hawk is alive despite being killed by black snow in season 1.

The next part is a really big spoiler, read at your own risk.

  Later on in the series it's revealed that hawk has a brother who's also from purgatory and he's a bad ass who's actually pretty damn strong. I'm not gonna give away too much, but based on that mama hawk is a very strong creature. But the actual power levels aren't compared anywhere.

If the answer still hasn't satisfied you, continue to read. But this could spoil a pretty big surprise in the series for you, I only try to justify why I think mama hawk's a powerful creature in the next part, you may skip it if you wish to enjoy the series.

  Later on we find that the demon king is the one who sent hawk, his's brother and mama hawk to spy on Meliodas. So I'm guessing he chose the elite of the creatures to do so and gave them some kinda power enhancement so they could fulfill their job and not die like Wandel(the parrot sent to spy on Meliodas by the demon king), which makes them the strongest of all the creatures of purgatory.


How many Tasogare Otome x Amnesia manga chapters covered by anime? I don't want to read the full manga, but I've seen that the manga ended after the anime did. So, I think that the anime won't give the full story.

How many chapters were covered by the anime?

Based on the information written in Mangaupdates page of Tasogare Otome x Amnesia, the anime started at chapter 1 (with different settings) and ended at at chapter 23.


How do you pronounce Roronoa's name? I've heard from varying sources that Roronoa's name is pronounced two different ways and I was wondering what is the correct way to say it. I have heard it pronounced 'Zoro' in the manga but my bilingual (Japanese and English) friend says that it is pronounced 'Zolo.' So what is the correct way to pronounce his name?

What I'm trying to ask is, is his name Zoro or Zolo?

Also is Roronoa his first or last name?

The pronunciation of the hiragana character ろ is the correct way to pronounce the ro in Roronoa Zoro's name. This pronunciation lies somewhere in between the English pronunciations of Ro and Lo (though closer to Ro). You can find an audio file with the pronunciation on this page at guidetojapanese.org.

The canonical Roman spelling for his name is Roronoa Zoro, since this is the spelling used on his bounty poster. In the English dub, 4kids changed his name to Zolo for some reason.

His first name is Zoro, and last name is Roronoa. The Japanese place their family name before their first name.


Where did the 9 tails of Sora go? Towards the end of Naruto Shippuden season 4, the 9 tail's chakra left Sora's body and then Yamato said that it will try to seek a new host now. Who was that new host? Did the chakra in Sora come back to Naruto, the real host of the 9 tails?

Short version: He was just a filler character...

Long version:

Sora appears only in the Twelve Guardian Ninja arc of the anime. In the other arcs of the anime and in the manga he is not mentioned anywhere.

In other words, as readers and viewers of Naruto, we don't know if Nine-Tail's chakra, that left Sora's body, found a new host or did come back to Naruto, the real host of the Nine-Tails.

Links to external resources: Twelve Guardian Ninja (Arc), Sora


What happened to Gyro? In Episode 80 of the 2011 anime, they showed Gyro's back story then a clawed up chair.  Was he killed or was he eaten?  It wasn't clear what happened to him.

Gyro is killed and eaten after the Chimera Ants invade NGL.

   but he is later reborn as a Chimera Ant... and the first to keep all of his human memories and break free of the Chimera Ant Queen's control.

Additionally,

   The Chimera Ant King, Mereum, cannot be Gyro, because Gyro was shown leaving the hive at the same time that Gon was training to defeat Knuckle, in Chapter 204, before Mereum was born.


What does Ango Sakaguchi's ability "Discourse on Decadence" do? In Bungou Stray Dogs, Ango Sakaguchi's ability is "Discourse on Decadence".

I googled and looked at the wikis, but there's no information about it.

What does it do?

Spoilers for the manga.

It was revealed in the manga that Ango's ability is to read memories that are left in things, basically a memory extraction ability.


Is there a continuation to the "Oblivion Island" movie? I really liked Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror. I wonder if there's a second part to it, or something derived from it?

Unfortunately, I can't seem to find anything related to it. Even its own website (the English version at least) doesn't mention anything like that. It could be that the movie, despite receiving several awards, simply wasn't profitable enough to warrant a sequel.

http://www.oblivionisland.com/


How did Shanks manage to stop Kaido? I know it sounds funny, but how on earth Shanks stopped Kaido to enter and follow Whitebeard on Marineford war?

All we really know about Shanks and Kaido's skirmish is in these 2 Panels.

Anything said other than the information is merely speculation. However it is not completely unfounded.

Looking at the second panel, Shanks appears at Marineford just a day after his skirmish, with his crew and ship showing no signs of damage or a fight. Considering, what happened to Marineford when Yonko Whitebeard fought we can safely assume that whatever fight, if it took place was likely very minor. More plausible is, Shanks simply being there "stopped" Kaido. Consider the following scenario.

The fight between Whitebeard and World Government threatened to disrupt the balance between the Yonko. Kaido tried to use this opportunately to preemptively strike at his enemy while he is distracted. Neither Whitebeard nor WG can afford war on two fronts. Whitebeard couldn't waste time and resources to thwart Kaido while WG didn't engage Rayleigh (Kizaru said something like do you want to fight 2 legends iirc)

Thus Shanks being a fellow Yonko just simply appeared there and stopped Kaido. Kaido doesn't want to fight other Yonko's head on either. The balance exists because they are all evenly matched. Thus the scuffle between Shanks and Kaido was likely very minor. Seeing that Kaido will not allow him to attack Whitebeard, Kaido retreated while Shanks followed Whitebeard to Marineford.

An interesting parallel to real world, Is Indo-Pak war in 1971. From WIkipedia: Task Force 74

  The US Task Force 74 was a US Navy task force of the United States Seventh Fleet that was deployed to the Bay of Bengal by Nixon administration in December 1971, at the height of the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War. Led by the Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, the deployment of the task force was seen as a show of force by USA in support of the beleaguered West Pakistani forces. [..]
  To counter this, On 6 and 13 December 1971, the Soviet Navy dispatched two groups of cruisers and destroyers and a submarine armed with nuclear missiles from Vladivostok; they trailed US Task Force 74 into the Indian Ocean from 18 December 1971 until 7 January 1972. The Soviets also had a nuclear submarine to help ward off the threat posed by USS Enterprise task force in the Indian Ocean

Thus without fighting, both US and USSR effectively negated each other's influence on the war. For a more detailed account: 1971 War: How Russia sank Nixon’s gunboat diplomacy


What's Meliodas power level when he can inmobilize Zeldris, Estarrosa and Cusack at the same time? In episode 17th of season #3 of the Nanatsu no Taizai anime series, Meliodas is able to inmobilize Zeldris, Estarrosa and Cusack at the same time, 3 of the most powerful demons . Which is Meliodas power level when he's able to do this?

At the time, Meliodas is in Assault Mode. In Volume 29, we learn that Assault Mode!Meliodas power level is 142 000. Unfortunately, a breakdown of that power level wasn't provided.


Why did the esper children attack Tetsuo with the toys? So I just watched Akira and I could follow the main storyline but it was unclear to me why the Esper children attack Tetsuo in the form of toys.

I can't believe they just did it to mess around. Especially since they act so mature later in the movie by first trying to stop, and after that going with Tetsuo.

So why did they attack Tetsuo with the toys?

It's been a while since I saw the movie but I know in the Manga that Kiyoko (the girl esper) had a premonition that Neo-Tokyo would be destroyed and Tetsuo would be involved, prompting the attack.


Why does the drawing style in manga or anime often change when a character is displaying big emotions? I find it kind of weird since a sophisticated drawing style suddenly becomes very cartoonish/simplistic. It's like a break. And the features of the face change. I noticed this in a couple of series now

If you have access to Scott McCloud's Making Comics manga section you can read a long essay on this.

To sum it up, Japanese comic's drawing is much more subjective than their traditional European and American counterparts. Where those put emphasis on character poses and their location on the scene, manga highlight the feelings told on facial and body expressions.

Japanese comics are usually purposely unrealistic in this style, even when the manga is realistic, serious and everyday themed. When a character is having intense feelings, his eyes sparkles, when he is shaken by bad news a thunder appears behind him and his eyes and pupils vary in size depending on the emotion.

Continuing with this tradition, the super deformed (SD) style was introduced in mangas and quickly adopted. Characters' expressions are exaggerated, the body shrinks and the head is enormous, normally expressing some intense emotion (probably anger, but many others). This is used even in serious comics, usually as a comic relief.

Why? It must be understood in the previously mentioned subjectivity of manga and anime. It has no story meaning (even if the character picks a big hammer), the change of body proportions don't happen in reality, it only counts as the expressed feeling.

Note that even when the manga or anime don't use SD style, the style, the body proportions and the face are usually somewhat flexible and subject of emotions (instead of super-deformed they are just deformed). Compare to many other forms of subjectivity, like the one dealing with time or distance.


Why doesn't Lee have Ninjutsu or Genjutsu? Can't everyone use their Chakra's and hand signs to do these stuff? It says in the anime that Rock Lee doesn't have ninjutsu or gen jutsu. Why is that? I've been wondering, everyone has 'chakra', but why can't everyone use it to do ninjutsu and all?

Just because everyone can do such things does not mean people are able to. Lee's situation is not that he can't do it, its that he has absolutely no talent for it. Kind of like Naruto, but worse. However, He does have a talent for Taijutsu, and that is the only reason he was able to become a Ninja at all. Because he is so heavily weighed towards Taijutsu, its the only thing he trains.

His serious lack of any talent what so ever means its not worth his time to train any kind of Ninjutsu or Genjutsu. He would probably spend weeks or months training it, and only get a little progress. Whats worse is that the serious lack of phsyical training he would be doing would to train that would probably weaken him a lot. He would have to increase his already intense training by a lot, and that increase of probably hours a day would net him almost nothing for probably years. For most of that time, he would be training frustrated and depressed due to his lack of progress. At least with Taijutsu, he had hope, but with ninjutsu, he has none.

So, you are probably right, He can do it if he really tried, but it would probably take years for him to do anything substantial, and he would have to overcome hurdles several times bigger than anything he has had to do before, all the while having little hope to drive him. He just doesn't view such a thing as worth his effort. As a Taijutsu master, he can already go against top Jonin and has a decent shot of winning.


Why didn't Nero tell the Black Bulls (or anyone) about the devil, elves, Licht, and the first Wizard King? We all know that Nero can't use magic, but she can speak. She could have easily told the story to Asta and the others about what happened. She could have easily told the truth to the current Wizard King, who could have easily found out everything, or maybe even turn back the first Wizard King and Nero to human form.

Nero was not able to speak before the elves re-incarnated.

Edit: Actually it wasnt until the shadow palace was summoned at Clover Castle.
This is from the Wiki

> When Asta asks if she is Nero, she confirms and explains that she was originally human and could not speak as a bird until the Shadow Palace was summoned


Why do protagonist usually mispronounce or forget the name of opponent or others? As we have seen in the popular series like Naruto and One piece where protagonist can't remember the name of opponent and even if they do, they mispronounce it.

So I searched for the tropes and got to know about Malicious Misnaming.

  A person dislikes another person and repeatedly, intentionally calls them a name to rile them up, specifically a mutation of their own name.

This definition might hold true for some part, where protagonist intentionally use it. Which doesn't for the series like mentioned above. They do actually forget or mispronounce the name unintentionally.

Not only protagonist but other character do show these characteristics, like in Gintama where most of the time they are for gags(gags jya nai katsura da).

So I want know about the tropes if there is any one. And why they have these characteristics. Are they only for the gags or for the other reason. Like protagonist remember opponent's name when protagonist finally accept as real opponent.

You only have a limited amount of mental capacity for stuff, right? So what do you do when you've got too much to remember? You forget the stuff that's less important.

The joke in having a character regularly forget another character's name is usually a sign that they don't consider that character important enough to remember. It's also a huge sign of disrespect, even moreso when it happens enough to become a running joke. And then, when they do remember, it's a sign that they finally consider that character important enough to make the effort.


Does Konan have a theme song? Pretty much every character in Naruto seems to have his/her own theme song. But I can't seem to find a theme song for Konan. Does she just not have one? or is it just hard to find/ not released yet ?

Konan - as far as I know - doesn't have an official soundtrack. She's usually seen with Pain in which Pain's soundtrack plays.

I'd say that Konan shares a soundtrack with Pain which is called Girei.


Differences between the Overlord light novel and manga Recently, I got very fond of Overlord. As the anime stopped at season 1 and there's no news of season 2 yet, I thought I will give a try for the manga continuation for the first time. I thought of buying the manga at Amazon as it's the only website I could find selling Overlord series.

But the problem is it's written as Overlord novel.

What's the difference between the Overlord novel and manga? Are they the same?

If they are not, is the novel illustrated like the manga with visual presentation?

Does the English translation for the manga have some translation errors?

I tried some searching myself for the information, but I didn't get any clear picture!

If anyone has a light novel or manga, would it be possible to share some contents in it by taking a picture and posting it? Thanks.

Revision – I wanted to tell you that I answered another question on this site: How much does Shalltear love Ainz?

If you click on the title I just mentioned you'll be redirected there. Search for my answer and you'll see another translation example. I also included a link to my Pastebin and Google Docs where I make a long and thorough analysis of Shalltear’s love for Ainz. This includes more translation comparisons as well as lots of quotes from the light novels and side stories, so you should get plenty of the content examples that you wanted.

  What's the difference between the Overlord novel and manga? Are they
  the same?

  If they are not, is the novel illustrated like the manga with visual
  presentation?

Overlord is a Japanese light novel series written by Maruyama. A manga adaptation by Satoshi Ōshio began serialization in 2014 and an anime adaptation started running in 2015.
Both the manga and the anime are just adaptations and don’t contain as much detail as the light novels published.

Light novels and manga are quite different types of media. While light novels have some pictures, they're text for the most part and therefore have more in-depth setting descriptions. As you know, manga is basically Japanese comics.
I recommend reading the light novels over the manga as you’ll be able to read it exactly the way the original author wrote it and its quality is superb.

  If anyone has a light novel or manga, would it be possible to share
  some contents in it by taking a picture and posting it? Thanks.

  I tried some searching myself for the information, but I didn't get any clear picture!

If you want to see how they physically look, here you have an unpacking video of the English light novel and another video where the manga is displayed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwdeymjFrcE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5BIGy4otkc

About the samples of the "content" itself that you want, I own the light novels so I can transcribe the first 2 pages from volume 1. As I said, I recommend you read the light novels over the manga because of their superior quality. Now that you get to see the full "picture" I’ll also use this chance to answer your translation doubt and show you how the official translation works. I'm including the fan translation as well for reference.

So as to be completely unbiased, I made a super-literal translation without looking at the already existing translations. As far as I am aware there are no Overlord light novel Japanese PDFs, just scans, which means I had to type the Japanese text myself from my physical copy.

It is a bit long, but you can see my literal translation with the word by word breakdown if you go to these links: Pastebin: Overlord. Comparing official and fan translations and Google Docs: Overlord. Comparing official and fan translations. Right now I’m going to show you the first 2 pages from volume 1 with the fan and official translations.

Page 1

  少女とそれより幼い少女を前に、全身鎧に身を包んだ者は剣を振りかぶった。

  一撃で命を奪うのが慈悲であるとでもいわんばかりに、大きく振り上げられた剣が日差しを反射しギラギラと輝く。

  少女は目を閉じた。その下唇を嚙み締めた表情は、決して望んでの姿ではない。ただ、どうしょう もなくてそれを受け入れたに過ぎない。もし少女に何らかの力があったなら、目の前の者に叩きつけ 逃がれただろう。

  しかし⸻少女に力は無い。

  だからこそ結末は一つしか残されていなかつた。

  少女はここで死ぬ。

  剣が振り下ろされ⸻

Official translation

  Before one girl and another even younger one stood a figure in full plate armor brandishing a sword.

  The blade swung, sparkling in the sunlight as if to say that taking their lives in a single stroke would be an act of mercy.

  The girl shut her eyes. She didn’t want to be biting her lower lip. She just had no choice but to accept what was about to happen. If she had even a little power, she probably would have been able to shove the figure away and escape…

  But she was powerless.

  And so there was only one ending.

  She would die.

  The blade came down—

Fan translation

  The knight in full plate armor stood before the girl and her little sister, his sword raised high.

  His blade gleamed in the sun, and he poised himself, ready to end their lives in a single merciful stroke.

  The girl squeezed her eyes tightly shut and bit her lower lip. She had never asked for this. She had been forced into her present circumstances. If only she had some strength, she might have resisted the enemy in front of her and fled.

  However — the girl did not have that strength.

  Thus, there could only be one outcome to this situation.

  That would be the girl’s death, at this very place. The longsword fell—

Page 2

  ⸻痛みはいまだ来なかった。

  ぐっと固く閉ざしていた瞼を開く。

  少女の世界に最初に飛びこんで来たのは、振り下ろしかけて止まっている剣であった。

  次に映ったのは剣の持ち主。

  騎士はまるで凍りついたように動きを途中で止め、少女の横に注意を向けていた。その完全に無防備な姿は、騎士の内面の
  驚きを強く体現していた。

  騎士の視線に引きずられるように、少女も同じ方向に顔を向ける。

  そして⸻絶望を見た。

  そこには闇があった。

  薄っぺらな、ただ、どこまで行っても終わりが無さそうな深みある漆黒。それが下半分を切り取った楕円の形で、地面から浮かび上がっていた。神秘的であると同時に、言葉に出来ないような強い不安を感じさせる光景。

  扉？

Official translation

  …The pain still hadn’t come.

  She unscrunched her eyes.

  The first thing she saw was the sword, stopped mid-swing.

  The next was the figure holding the sword. The knight was practically frozen, looking at something off to her side. His unprotected stance manifested his internal shock.

  The girl turned to follow his line of sight…

  …and saw despair.

  It was darkness.

  A patch of raven black, ultrathin but so deep it seemed as if it went on forever. It was an oval rising up out of the ground, its bottom half cut off. It was a curious sight, but at the same time, it made her feel indescribably uneasy.

  A door?

Fan translation

  And yet there was no pain.

  The girl gingerly opened the eyes which had been squeezed shut.

  The first thing she saw was the suddenly motionless longsword.

  Then, she saw the sword’s owner.

  The knight in front of her was frozen in place, his eyes looking somewhere off to the girl’s side. His completely defenseless posture clearly displayed the fear that filled him.

  As though drawn by the knight’s gaze, the girl could not help but turn and look in the same direction as him.

  And so — the girl gazed upon despair.

  What she saw was darkness.

  It was an infinitesimally thin, yet unfathomably deep blackness. It was a half-oval of obsidian that seemed to protrude from the earth. It was a mysterious sight that filled the ones watching it with a powerful sense of unease.

  Was it a door?


Why did Minato's nine tails help in the fight? I understand that Naruto's half of the nine tails had been befriended by Naruto but why did Minato's nine tails help? Wouldn't it make more sense that he would've resisted and didn't let Minato use chakra mode or tailed beast mode?

Dark Kurama (the half sealed within Minato) has a good reason to help them. His very existence is under threat by Uchiha Obito (and later Uchiha Madara) Eternal Tsukuyomi. If Obito's team win, he will be sealed into the Gedo Statue and returned to being a part of the Juubi. Regardless of whether the tug-of-war between Dark Kurama and Minato happened or not, Dark Kurama would still help Naruto's side so that at least he can still be him.

With the tug-of-war taking place, he is even more willing to help since he's been tamed by Minato.


What is "magic" in the RWBY universe? I haven't been watching RWBY for long, but is dust like magic in RWBY, because I am not sure. Please give some answers.

EDIT: I have updated the answer to incorporate what was revealed in the segment on dust in Season 2, Episode 4.5
Dust is a natural resource used as an energy source, much like coal or gas but more potent.
It comes in crystal and powdered forms that can vary in colour, potency and effect.
In episode 2, Weiss identifies Fire, Water and Lightning attributed Dust, each having different properties. I think it's safe to assume the last element is Air/Wind.

According to the RWBY Wikia:

Being a form of energy, people are able to use Dust in combat. The use of Dust was how Humans originally defeated the Grimm. When combatants wielding Dust channel large amounts of the energy, complex circles of luminous energized Dust appear, with various shapes and runic incantations manifesting within them. These glyphs focus the energy of the Dust in order to cause large scale elemental phenomena or to defy natural laws.
Dust can also be used in its raw form, which is described as being "elegant, yet destructive" in nature and requiring a certain level of discipline to maintain control over. More archaic uses for Dust as a weapon include weaving it into clothes or directly implanting it into their bodies
Crystalized Dust is also used as ammunition. A prominent example of this is Lie Ren's dual pistols, the StormFlower, which use Schnee Dust Company rounds. Ruby's weapon, Crescent Rose has also been mentioned to use rounds with different kinds of Dust in them.

So Dust is kind of a quasi-realistic way that magic can exist in the RWBY universe, but it's more like fuel for augmenting weapons and existing skills.


What is the power of Rinnegan? I have just started to watch the Naruto Shippuden series. I saw the fight of Pain, but I can't understand the power of Rinnegan. Can anyone explain the power of Rinnegan?

I recommend that you wait until the anime explains it all.

Anyway, spoiler alert!

Well it's not just one power, it's a set of powers combined together.

Master all five basic nature transformations and the capacity to use any technique.
The Rinnegan allows the user to see chakra.
Rinnegan's field of vision can be multiple due to animated body's or summons.
Grants the ability to summon and control the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
Creating corporeal shadows which are only visible to the Rinnegan.
Shift spaces within a certain range.
Control over life and death.
Transmit their chakra to black receivers as well as manifest the chakra chains (to control Tailed Beast or use a dead body as a host).
Planet creation.
Six Paths Technique.

Six Paths Technique can be divided into 6 (just like its name lol :) )

Deva Path—can be used to attract and repel targets.
Asura Path—can clad the user in mechanised armour and grant them various weapons.
Human Path—can read minds, at the cost of ripping out the victim's soul.
Animal Path—can summon various creatures.
Preta Path—can absorb any chakra-based ninjutsu and even from a person's body.
Naraka Path—can summon the King of Hell, which can be used for interrogation and restoration.

Answer is based on Anime & Manga and the naruto.wikia.com.
For more info, see naruto.wikia.com.


In the past, did Goblin Slayer rescue Sword Maiden? As you see below this picture, it was on chapter 29 where Goblin Slayer and Sword Maiden meet to together and then the Sword Maiden seems like have a flashback and see Goblin Slayer as below this picture. (A helmet with a horn.)

And I found that the first equipment that Goblin Slayer equip also have a similar like that above picture. (*Have the horn.) Here's the first equipment that Goblin Slayer wearing.

So in the old time when sword maiden get humiliate by the goblins, did Goblin Slayer save the Sword Maiden?

Goblin Slayer has been an active adventurer for 5 years at the beginning of the story. Sword Maiden defeated the Demon Lord with the Heroes and became gold-rank 10 years prior to the events of vol. 2. So, for Sword Maiden to be captured and then saved by Goblin Slayer, it would have happened way after she's famous as a gold-rank adventurer. I don't think it's been explicitly revealed WHEN was she captured, but I find it hard to believe it happened after defeating the Demon Lord, so the one who saved her was probably not Goblin Slayer.


Why did Mitsuha's face go red when Taki told her that he drank her kuchikamizake? Why did Mitsuha's face go red when Taki told her that he drank her kuchikamizake in Kimi No Na Wa?

This question has been nagging at me all night. So, can anyone explain what "kuchikamizake" is and why it pertains to this particular scene?

As TheGamer007 mentioned, Kuchikamizake 'is a kind of rice-based alcohol produced by a process involving human saliva as a fermentation starter.'

Here, however, is where my answer differs.

Why did Mitsuha's face go red when Taki told her that he drank her kuchikamizake in Kimi No Na Wa? This was explained by Makoto Shinkai himself here. To quote from the article:

  'The film’s oddest moment comes early on, when Mitsuha, as part of her Shinto ritual, chews and spits rice into a jar to make a primitive form of sake, fermented using human saliva. Later, Taki drinks the sake. Shinkai has said that he intended the scene to represent an idea common in teen anime, the “indirect kiss,” in which one drinks from the same container as one’s crush. But the image of a teen-age girl dribbling milky liquid from her lips has raised eyebrows. Pressed during a December TV appearance, he admitted that “saliva is a fetish element for a lot of teen-age boys.'

If you have seen other anime or read other manga with romance involved, it's a common occurrence for girls to get flustered or make a big deal out of boys drinking from the cups or glass they just used with their saliva in it, for example, as they see it as an indirect kiss. This question was also asked in another forum site, that's why I found out about that news article.


Why is Greninja Ash's only bonded Pokémon? If Ash bonded with his Greninja that he had for one generation, but he won't use it anymore, why haven't Pokémon like Pikachu or Tauros bond with Ash instead?

In the same way that not every pokemon has a Mega Evolution the only pokemon known to have the bond ability so far is the Greninja.

True that by now we can believe that Pikachu and Ash have maximum trust, one of the requirements for the Bond phenomena to happen.

But that might not be the only requirement, or Pikachu species does not have this bond ability.

It remains to be shown further if other pokemon than Greninja have that ability or not.


What happens after Kaneki carries Hide and meets Arima? I have finished watching Tokyo Ghoul: Root A, but I am confused because when I saw the first episode of Tokyo Ghoul:re, Kaneki was in the CCG.

What happens after Kaneki carries Hide and meets Arima?

The anime did not follow the events in the manga, hence the confusion. I am not sure when this will be revealed in the anime since some of what I'm about to mention have been revealed during the Rushima Landing Operation in the manga. Spoilers ahead!

What happens after Kaneki carries Hide and meets Arima? In the anime, Kaneki carries Hide towards the CCG and then Tokyo Ghoul:re suddenly starts with him as a CCG investigator. The manga's events are somewhat different and this was all eventually revealed.

After his fight with Amon during the Owl Suppression Arc,

  he met Hide. Hide tells him that he knew all along that he was a ghoul and that he wants to help Kaneki. This was all his memory could remember but it was revealed later on that he attacked Hide, hence he was able to heal himself and at least give a fight to Arima when he regained consciousness (Volume 14 Chapter 136).

When Kaneki regained consciousness,

  Hide was no longer there. He had a fight with Arima but was defeated. In the last chapter, Kaneki’s suspect profile is shown to have been erased from the blacklist. (Volume 14, Chapter 143)

In the epilogue,

  Kaneki (now Haise), met Akira Mado for the first time while she was visiting her father's grave.

Since Quinxes were already present prior to the start of Tokyo Ghoul:re, it was said that the Quinxes are a result of the CCG examining and, possibly, performing experiments on Kaneki's body after his fight with Arima.
In Volume 7 Chapter 67 of Tokyo Ghoul:re,

  it was revealed that Kaneki was kept in a prison cell after the events of the first manga. He was alive but he seems 'crazy'. During his time here, he forgot his identity (in the manga, it was depicted that during his crazy tantrums, he started questioning where he is and who he is). It was here that Arima asked him to pick two of his favorite kanji that will be his name (this was where his name 'Haise' came from) after revealing that the Rehabilitation Program has plans for Kaneki to be an investigator (this most likely happened after he was experimented on).

The anime skipped many parts and events in the manga. I suggest you read it or Season 3 would be confusing to watch.


What is Christmas present Tohru gives Miss Kobayashi in episode 10? At time mark 20:11 of ep.10 in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Tohru gives to her a Christmas present to help with back pain. She opens the present, which is apparently some sort of living creature from Tohru's world which must be ground up before use.  However, the anime on both Crunchyroll and Funimation censor it with a heavily pixelated effect.

What is it? My research shows this is an anime original episode, so I guess the manga would be no help. I've checked other forums where this question has been asked, but I did not find an answer.

This is just how anime shows "a very disgusting thing vaguely shaped and colored like this".  It's not a new thing, off the top of my head I can remember one other instance for which we have a question here: Why are there censored/retracted art when there is no problem and here's the video of that fragment. Also see this question and its answer: Why do they censor vomiting in anime?


What is the meaning behind the anime title "The World God only Knows"? Keima is a Capturing God, we all know that. After finishing the manga, I'm still confused by the title.

Can anyone please enlighten me?

I think it means "the world only god knows". "God only knows" is an old way of language. So, I infer that since the setting (plot device) of this anime is about "capturing girls" , it is sort of a world that only Keima (god of capturing) knows.


How does a Titan form or regenerate when injured? Where does the muscle and bone to form a titan come from; or is it generated by the titan shifters themselves? If so how? And what are the golden lines when shifters like Armin transform?

(spoilers)

If i remembered correctly, in the manga a character named Kruger explains some of it, he says that for what marley scientists can deduce all titans are linked throughout "paths" that have no limitations of distance or time, it carries memories and thoughts between the titans.

Now a theory is that the flesh and bones of the titans also travels throughout these paths, the actual source is unknown, but the scientists also speculate of something called origin of all organic matter, but it's not confirmed, every nation has his own true, we can only wait


Why are Haki attacks not effective on Marine admirals? Why are Haki attacks not effective on Marine admirals?

In the Marineford war, we see countless instances where Haki-imbued attacks don't affect Marine admirals. When Marco and Vista attack Sakazuki, he even acknowledges that they are Haki-imbued, but nothing apparently happens:

Another case is when Whitebeard attacks Aokiji:

What's with the admirals? Their Logia powers don't seem to be easily affected by Haki attacks. I mean we have many instances where Haki has touched their body, but still there are many instances where attacks on their body don't result in damage. What's the deal with Marine admirals?

I think you are wrong in saying that they weren't affected. They clearly were affected as you can see from the wound on Sakazuki's shoulder. Since both questions have a different answer, I'll reply one by one.

Whitebeard vs. Kuzan

From Kuzan article:

  He then got stabbed by Whitebeard's bisento, to which pirates are seen wondering if Aokiji was stabbed with Haki and if he was dead. Aokiji told them not to spout nonsense before grabbing the bisento and using his Ice Block Partisan attack. All of a sudden, Jozu attacks him and Aokiji is caught off-guard, even bleeding from his mouth.

As you can see, Aokiji was not hit by the Partisan, which was most likely imbued by Haki. This is, because he opened up a hole, where the partisan would have hit, just before it would hit. If he hadn't he probably would have been stabbed to the heart. Marine admirals use their power smart and efficiently, but it doesn't mean they can't be harmed. This can be seen just a moment after, when Jozu attacked him with his diamond arm and he was seen bleeding from his mouth.

Marco and Vista vs. Sakazuki

From Busoshoku Haki article:

  Devil Fruit users who can use Haki can resist the effects of Haki-imbued attacks, Akainu was able to take Haki-imbued attacks while maintaining his intangibility by extending his Haki through his body in order to nullify his opponents bypass. This however depends on their level of mastery over Haki when compared to their opponent as can be seen when Akainu was in contrast harmed when attacked by Whitebeard's superior Haki and bled.

In chapter 784, it was confirmed that Haki can be bypassed. We can see how Doflamingo hits Luffy with a Haki-imbued attack, yet Luffy kept his elasticity during the whole event, bouncing Doflamingo's attack right back. The same must have happened with Sakazuki. It looks like Vista and Marco did hit Sakazuki, and he was affected, because he noticed the attack was different from that of non-Haki users. Though, despite being hit with a Haki-imbued attack, he wasn't harmed and could just reform his neck, because his Haki was superior. I guess Haki is a bit like armor. If the level of an attack is lower than the toughness of an armor, it will be unable to penetrate the armor, and unable to touch the body hiding within the armor.

The answer was updated due to wiki updates. Check the edit revision history for the old answer.


Manga with a prodigal martial artist whose body is limited to half power by his father I read a martial arts manga set in present day where a prodigal martial artist fights lots of enemies as they come along. The main character is almost unbeatable but in his youth was a bad person and so one night, while he was sleeping, his father affected his joints to limit his power to half. As stronger enemies come along he starts having trouble in his limited state and begins seeing an old lady who painfully repairs his joints to remove those limits. I'd really appreciate help finding this thing.

This is Aiki.

Kunitoshi Joukyuu is a lazy ass, good for nothing pervert. Who also happens to be a supposed genius master of Aikido, the strongest in the world, if not because his father sealed away most of his abilities before dying.
So now he's stuck trying to find a way to rid himself of the "curse" that had been put on him all the while getting involved in fights with beautiful high-school girls who are a part of a power-struggle over a school.
But none ever suspected the true sadistic monster that hides underneath the calm and bored face he usually wears.
Who will be in greater trouble? The girls, or Joukyuu?


Why is Rider called "Iskander" instead of "Alexander"? The true identity of Rider in Fate/Zero is Alexander the Great, the famed conqueror and King of Macedonia. Since Alexander conquered so many countries, his name has been adapted to many different languages, including Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, in which he's known as Iskandar, Eskandar, and İskender. (Source.)

The page I linked says the Japanese forms of the name are "アレクサンドロス (Arekusandorosu), アレクサンダー (Arekusandā), アレキサンダー (Arekisandā)" which are all based on the Greek form, Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexandros), or the English/general European form, Alexander. Did the staff ever publish any statements about why Rider is called by a Middle Eastern form of his name, Iskander, instead of using one of the European forms based on "Alexander"?

(Note: If the answer contains spoilers for Season 2, please use spoiler tags, or at least warn me at the top.)

While I don't know if Gen Urobuchi had said anything about this, the TYPE-MOON Wikia page for Rider (under Profile section, since you know his real name the first paragraph shouldn't be too bad in terms of spoilers) says his name was also Al-Iskandar which does kinda sound like Alexander.

But then that doesn't answer why they choose that name. This is just speculation on my part, however Iskandar is derived from the Old Persian name Sikandar. Old Persian have been used in Achaemenid Empire at the time of Alexander's conquests, and it should be noted that the Achaemenid Empire was one of the largest empires in the world in terms of how many people it ruled.

  Darlus ruled about 50 million people in the largest empire the world had seen (Meyer, p.85)

And Wikipedia lists it as the second largest in terms of % of the world population

  44.48% (50 million out of 112.4 million in 480 BC)

I would assume Alexander's name being Al-Iskandar (or just Iskandar) is a note to one of his greatest achievements: his victory against the Achaemenid Empire.


Why doesn't Ash Ketchum catch legendary Pokémon? In the show, Ash Ketchum hasn't caught any legendary Pokémon and he loses a lot of battles and people say that he is a pathetic trainer. Why does he not catch legendary Pokémon to expand his arsenal?

There are several reasons to that:

It's a TV show, you wouldn't watch a TV show where the hero is absolutely the strongest and no one has a chance of defeating him, right? Think of what would happen should Ash have caught Dialga, Palkia or Arceus.
It disrupts "the balance", it was portrayed in the anime that most legendary pokemon serve a role as some sort of "god" of a force of nature, (Kyogre of the Rain, Palkia of space, etc). If you capture them, you might disrupt the balance by "not letting them do their jobs".

Those are the two excuses I know.


What does Kirito say at the end of SAO? At the end of Sword Art Online (episode 25, ~21:40), Kirito says something in the presence of Leafa, Yui, and Asuna.

Despite being shown his lips moving, there is no sound and so the only hint is how his lips move. Since my knowledge of Japanese is far from extensive, I don't have the ability to read what his lips are saying.

What is it that Kirito said to the others in this final episode?

From the corresponding scene in the light novel (volume 4, chapter 9; p. 308):

  キリトは透き【すき】通った視線で一瞬【いっしゅん】アインクラッドを見つめ、しばしうつむいた。その唇【くちびる】が動き、かすかな声で誰かの名前を呼んだようだったが、聞き取れなかった。

Translated,

  With his penetrating gaze, Kirito glanced at Aincrad for a moment, and then cast his eyes downward. His lips moved. It seemed as though he had said somebody's name in a faint voice - but [Yui] couldn't hear him.

In light of this, it is clear that Kirito said somebody's name. It seems, however, that the author chose to leave the identity of the person ambiguous.

I believe that the standard inference among the SAO fanbase is that Kirito said either Sachi's name or Kayaba Akihiko's name. This seems like a reasonable guess to me, though I'm not sure if there's any other evidence supporting it.


Where did the strawberry pantsu trope originate? The use of strawberry pantsu can be seen in many anime series, most notably from Ichigo 100%, and, more recently, Infinite Stratos (particularly Charlotte's) and To-Love-ru, but at also to older series such as Dr. Slump. Gintoki from Gintama can also be seen with strawberry boxers:

Where/when was the strawberry panties trope first popularized?

I couldn't find an inital series/time, but I did find something of interest when I was researching.
Strawberries are often associated with cakes, whipped cream and other niceties.
They're usually a symbol for being cute or sweet, so you'll more often see strawberry panties than boxers like Gintoki.
Quote from  a Forum Discussion on the topic of Strawberries:

I did some research and came up with a couple of things, Until 2000 strawberries were considered a delicacy in Japan which at that time they imported about 30,000 tonnes mostly for use in jam. After 2000 inports went up dramatically as Japanese chefs and wives started to expirement with strawberries in various dishes like deserts and salads.
That's the technical reason. I think the reason you see it in so many animes is that they look at the strawberry the way we look at the cherry especially when it comes to sex. Ichigo the girl in the strawberry panties. I bought 2 pair when I saw that. Strawberry Panic, a story of innocent girls in a boarding school filled with sweetness and light.

So for dates, 1980-1985 (the times when Dr. Slump was published) was perhaps a time where it was seldom used and as a symbol of rare delicacy, but from 2000 onwards, it may have become more prevalent in media, changing its image to one of cuteness and perhaps becaming more of a trope.


Is Makise Kurisu's thesis referred from a real thesis in real life? In Steins;Gate, Kurisu Makise wrote a thesis about memory uploading.

The circuit seems real enough to me that made me wonder if it's referred from a real thesis in real life. I would like to think that it's not, though.

Is Makise Kurisu's thesis referred from a real thesis in real life?

Just like time travel itself, this is very much part of the science fiction of the anime.
As far as we know memories are physically stored in the brain and can thus not be uploaded or downloaded through telephones.


Who enforces the rules that the gods must obey? In episode 10, we learn that gods are forbidden from entering the dungeon. This is apparently against the rules.

But who enforces the rules? What happens to someone found in defiance of them? I mean, Hestia and co. are gods, after all.

Based on episode 13 of the series, it seems like the dungeon itself enforces the rules. While having Hestia and Hermes in the search party didn't trigger any ill-effects on its own, Hestia's use of her godly powers within the dungeon resulted in a boss-level enemy along with multiple smaller mobs breaking into the sanctuary of level 18, and the characters' reactions suggested that this was the dungeon reacting to (and being upset at) the use of the power.


Has Azumanga Hoshuu Hen been released in English? 'Azumanga Hoshuu Hen' or 'Azumanga Extra Materials' is a set of three new chapters that were included into a triple volume edition of the normal azumanga manga.

Each new chapter covers one year of high school, with Sakaki, Yomi, Tomo, Chiyo, Osaka, and Kagura.

Were these bonus chapters ever released in English? I own the individual manga books, but I don't know if they were included in a similar english omnibus edition, a separate release or at all

As of this answer, Yen Press has not released the redone release of the series in either the UK or the US. They did however release the Omnibus, but that was before the 10th Anniversary of the series (and release of the manga, also why Yotsuba& went on hiatus).

The entire series was re-released as 3 volumes (one for each year), The author redrew a couple more chapters (16 pages of new content in each volume) to go at the start/end of the new volumes (these are the Supplemental lessons).

The author also redrew a lot of the content. Sakaki and a lot of her fanservice shots are redone. Some of the punchlines were also changed or completely redone  (e.g. Kimura doesn't appear at the end of the Christmas chapter).


Why did Teru Mikami confirm Death Note's validity by examining the pages with a microscope? In the Death Note anime series, Light instructs Teru Mikami to confirm that his Death Note is not tampered with. He does so by examining his Death Note with a microscope to confirm it's genuine.

Why didn't he just write someone's name to confirm that the notebook works and use that page at the end to be sure that it works?

If you're talking about Light's explanation of his plan in Episode 36 (1.28), see spoiler below.

If you're talking about Episode 35 (Malice), where we see Mikami check the Death Note with a microscope and call Takada to say that he confirmed something... Even without knowing Light's end game, the microscope still makes sense.

   If you remember, Light had Mikami hide the real Death Note, create a fake notebook and carry it around with him, writing names in it. He also had Mikami send Takada some real Death Note pages so that she would be the one doing the actual killing.

So if Mikami is verifying something about the fake DN, writing in it is pointless. If, on the other hand, it's the real one he's checking--Light told him not to use it.

He doesn't know Light's reasons and isn't likely to risk disobeying him if there are other ways to perform the verification.

   Light reveals in his little mental monologue that he had Mikami check every day if the notebook had been tampered with. This is because Light knew that Near was onto Mikami and anticipated that the SPK might do something to it. When Mikami uses the microscope, he's doing it to verify the fact that the fake notebook HAS been tampered with (not the other way around), and lets Takada know, so that she can in turn notify Light. Thus Light is not surprised or worried when Near invites him to a showdown--he knows what is about to happen, and is ready. He lets Mikami know that he should come to the "showdown" as well, but with the REAL Death Note.  So why doesn't Mikami just write a name on the questionable pages to see if they're real or not? Because he knows that the SPK is following him and that they might look at the notebook at any time. Light had him routinely leave it in the gym locker ON PURPOSE to lure the SPK into tampering with it. If he breaks the routine the SPK will be suspicious. If he writes names on the back pages instead of writing in order, and the SPK sees this, they will be suspicious. If he writes something and then uses an eraser, etc, they might still have ways to see this. It's too risky, especially if whatever Mikami wants to check can be easily seen by other means.


Who was controlling the other Teddie? After Rise Kujikawa accepts her Shadow and awakened her Persona a second Teddie appears. seeing it Rise warns that there is another presence and considering that Teddie

   is actually a Shadow

i figured someone else created and was controlling the other Teddie.

At first i thought maybe it might have been Ameno-sagiri since it talks about the fog, the voice is similar and Ameno-sagiri has been shown to be able to control others

   such as when Adachi is defeated Ameno-sagiri takes over his body

however the Other Teddie also talks about the futility in seeking the Truth when people are incapable of accepting it, this seems more like what Izanami says.

So i am wondering who was the presence behind the other Teddie?

Speaking from the view of someone who completed the game and watched the original anime. Teddy is basically a walking anomaly as he's a

   Shadow who became human after interacting more with people

Because of this his ego manifested reversely. In Persona 3 the concept of a controllable ego was something that only a select few people had.

However in Persona 4 all who enter the tv world must confront their ego and accept it in order to manifest a persona. Most people are killed by their ego instead.

Teddy, as he interacted more with the protagonist and the investigation team slowly began to ask himself things he never did before:

Who am I?
What am I?
Why am I here?
Where did I come from?

He slowly but surely realized the simple fact of what he was but refused to accept it. Because of that inner conflict he discovered his own alter ego which manifested and after accepting it he learned to wield the power of persona.

Most people fight to discover their inner-self he fought because he already knew his inner self and wanted to be different.

Because of that he along with Naoto and kanji has one of the 3 most interesting inner-conflict that is portrayed marvelously in his character development in spite of him being a "joke" character.

In respect to your last comment about Izanami, because of Teddie's origination it makes sense to infer that he had a closer connection to Izanami than the other character's shadows so the wordplay by both dialogues adds credibility to that hypothesis.


What's this anime with a boy and girl meeting and becoming siblings? The story is about a girl and a boy meeting after their parents went on a vacation. When their parents came back they exchanged partners and the two became siblings. Please help. I wont be able to sleep well until I remember the anime. ;(

It's Marmalade Boy. Originally a manga, had an anime adaptation later.

From the Wikipedia page I linked above:

  Miki Koishikawa's ordinary life as a high school sophomore is turned upside down when her parents suddenly announce that they are getting divorced in order to swap partners with a couple they met in Hawaii. They seek her approval of the shocking change, and at a dinner where Miki meets the other couple as well as their son Yuu, who is about her age, she reluctantly agrees to the arrangement. Yuu, while at first a jerk who takes every opportunity to make fun of Miki, turns out to be fun and attractive, and Miki finds herself falling for him.


Are the Oreimo light novels different from the Anime? I watched anime and I liked it. I'm in a weird situation, some of my mind says I must read light novels but the rest of my mind says it is worthless.

I'm a bit busy these days (Learning German) so can somebody who has read the novels could tell me: Are the Light novels exactly like the anime or is it different?

I've read the first six or so novels, covering up to the end of the OVAs for the first anime series. [Note: now I've read them all, so I've edited to reflect that.] There aren't any major plot differences between the novels and anime, but there is lots of extra material in the novels that could be interesting for big fans of the anime. I'll spoiler-tag major stuff. Some of this material is also in the manga, which has an official US release, although I'm not too familiar with the manga, so I can't say how much.

The first few novels follow the same plot arc as the anime, with Kyousuke discovering Kirino's otaku secrets and helping her meet Saori and Kuroneko, while also dealing with their parents and Ayase. The main difference is that the novels are narrated in the first person by Kyousuke, so we get to hear his reasons for some of his more inexplicable actions (for example, his screaming bout with his father that was in Episode 3 of the anime was, in the novels, depicted as a product of utter terror and desperation, whereas it looked sort of calculated in the anime).

There are a few extra stories in these novels that weren't adapted to anime, like one where Kyousuke buys Manami a present. The first major difference is the novel-writing storyline, which is almost completely different between the novels and the anime. In the novels,

   the woman who was Kirino's editor in the anime is actually a failed novelist herself, who steals Kirino's work and passes it off as her own. Kyousuke and Kuroneko infiltrate the publisher using Saori's connections and expose the plagiarism, after which she becomes Kirino's editor as in the anime.

Kirino's novel is never turned into anime as it was in the anime series. Kuroneko has a much bigger part in this story than in the corresponding anime story, which I enjoyed as a Kuroneko fan. The earlier Christmas date story also has a slightly different emotional payoff than in the anime.

In the novels' equivalent to Series I, Episode 11, Kuroneko actually finishes showing her picture drama about Kyousuke and Kirino's relationship. Not only is it one of the funniest scenes in the novels, it also explains Kuroneko's behavior towards Manami after she starts attending Kyousuke's school.

The anime's "good" ending doesn't happen in the novels; only the "true" ending, where Kirino flies off to the United States, happens in the novels.

I have now read the novels that cover the second series, and the Sakurai subplot, a major subplot explaining

   why Kyousuke changed to his current "take it easy" persona, causing Kirino and Manami's confrontation and Kirino's hatred for Manami, as shown in Episode 13 of Series II

was not adapted to the anime. This subplot takes up most of the eleventh novel and contains a scene of temporary peace between

   Kirino and Manami, wherein Kirino even helps out at Manami's family's shop.

During this scene, Kyousuke recounts how when he and Manami were in elementary school, he

   had a meddlesome, class president-like personality that led him to expend a bunch of energy getting a delinquent and nascent otaku, Sakurai, who of course is another cute girl otaku, to come to class. Kyousuke convinced Sakurai to come on their class trip, where he led her up a dangerous mountain peak. Sakurai fell off and was seriously injured; her parents blamed Kyousuke and moved her to a different school, and they didn't see each other again, until Kyousuke seeks her out to apologize in the present. After this incident, Manami convinced Kyousuke to stop being so meddlesome.

This led to the incidents between Kirino and Manami, and later Kirino and Kyousuke, that we see from Kirino's perspective in Series II, Episode 13—which is not in the novels.
The events it covers are implied, but never explicitly shown; in particular, the anime offers a definitive explanation of Kirino's love for little sister eroge, which we didn't get in the novels as far as I can remember.

It's debatable how much you're really missing by not getting the subplot from the novels; I found it to be a huge, bloated digression that added very little to the anime's much shorter overview of the events, and it

   adds yet another confession to the string of love confessions that Kyousuke rejects due to his relationship with Kirino, when Sakurai confesses to Kyousuke sometime between his confessions from Ayase and Kanako.

Disappointingly (especially for Kuroneko fans), the controversial ending of the anime is an exact adaptation of the novels' ending, so don't expect the novels to save you from that disappointment. (In fact, it's weird how many of the anime's worst moments are direct adaptations of the novel.)

In general, the side characters are integrated into the novel more thoroughly and relationships are explored at greater depth. We get little mentions of things like the relationship between Kyousuke and Rock (Manami's little brother), or between Kuroneko and Ayase. There are also some side stories that shed extra light on certain characters (including Hinata Gokou, Kuroneko's middle sister; Kouhei and Sena Akagi; and Mikagami, who posed as Kirino's fake boyfriend in Series II) and show us things that happened offscreen in the anime, or outside the main timeframe. There's even a crossover story between Ore Imo and To Aru Kagaku no Railgun, where Kirino and Mikoto meet on a talk show while Kyousuke and Touma Kamijou hang out backstage. There's a lot of good humor and interesting exploration of the characters in this extra material.

While reading the novels, it's pretty easy to see why all of these things were cut from the anime; the Sakurai subplot introduces a not-very-significant new character at the last minute, and I found the anime version of the main plot perfectly intelligible without it. The rest has nothing to do with the main plot, and is mostly of interest to hardcore fans. I wouldn't say you're not missing anything by skipping the novels, but you're not missing anything essential—you can get about 90% of the Ore Imo experience, including 99% of the bad parts, with just the anime.


Why can't the top demon control Liebe? My question is if the Demon Lord in the past can control the null magic demon Liebe when he was with Asta's mother.
Why can't he control him when he is fighting with Asta on they're Black Bull's Base while being inside the spade kingdom's top tier fighter?

Firstly liebe didnt had any magic not even anti magic so he couldn't do anything. He got anti magic after lictha (Asta Mom) sealed him in the five leaf grimoire
(https://i.stack.imgur.com/0S5Ti.jpg)
he cursed the other devils until he got his anti magic (https://i.stack.imgur.com/PtQXT.png)
(https://i.stack.imgur.com/j4ipM.png)
I think since he has anti magic lucefero couldn't posses him.since he was canceling all magic around him
(https://i.stack.imgur.com/cA3KD.png)


Which Lieutenant is Renji not counting? When Ichigo fight Renji in Season 2, after he smashes Ichigo into a wall he then says then if Ichigo was somehow able to defeated him there are 11 other Lieutenants and 13 other Captains.

Including himself Renji only seems to be counting 12 Lieutenants and 13 Captains. at first i thought he was skipping Squad 4 because most lood down on then in terms of combat ability but then why would he then include Squad 4's Captain if that was the case.

So which Lieutenant is Renji not counting and why does he exclude that Lieutenant but not their Captain?

NOTE: I am referring to the English Dub

At the time the 13th Division did not have a vice captain. After Kaien Shiba's death sometime before the start of the series, the position goes a while unfilled, with the duties being covered by the two third seats of 13th division, before passing on to Rukia. Therefore there was no vice captain at the time Ichigo came to rescue Rukia.

http://bleach.wikia.com/wiki/13th_Division


What happened to Xíng Hài? At the climax of Season 1 after the Tiān Xíng Jiàn is removed revealing that Yāo Tú Lí was sealed under it and Miè Tiān Hái leaves with the sword, we see Xíng Hài remain behind performing a ritual to fully awaken Yāo Tú Lí. when it does awaken the mountain that the shrine was on is destroyed leaving a creator.

We see the fates of mostly all the main characters by the end of the season but Xíng Hài is the only one that doesn't seem to be accounted for, so what happened to her?

Xíng Hài is alive. she is hinted at in the second part to Seishi Ikken as being the one who the Xuán Guǐ Zōng remnants contacted who made it so that when they die their blood would turn into acid (a spell Xíng Hài mentioned in the first season)

However she makes a proper appearance after the credits of the final episode of Season 2 where Huò Shì Míng Huáng, talking about Xiē Yīngluò's failure to get the Sorcerous Sword Index from Shāng Bù Huàn and how the organization may need to lead an invasion into Dong-Li to get it. it is then that Xíng Hài appears stating she is a messager from the demon world and proposing that Huò Shì Míng Huáng's organization accepts the assistance of the Demonic Armies for their invasion


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

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

I haven't played the game, but I am up to date with the anime. So I will use that as my source.

By what we have been told so far the gods weren't forgotten. They were simply neglected. The society was aware about their existence, but simply didn't worship them anymore. It most likely became a hassle as they became more and more independent from the "gods".

Most people were aware from stories told by the elder people that there was a temple, but they didn't care enough to actually check it out.


In Steins;Gate, aren't the time machine crash and screaming mutually exclusive? When the time machine crash occurs, the time machine is damaged, because John Titor didn't calculate the co-ordinates correctly, so she can't travel back in time, ergo, Okabe can't go with her, and thus he can't scream. But in case of screaming, it was Okabe who went back in time, so the time machine landed correctly, ergo, no crash happened.

Despite this, the first episode shows both of them happening same day.

Aren't these two events contradicting each other?

If I get your question correctly, then the answer is NO. Those do not contradict each other because

   The events you described above (first half of episode 1) happens in the beta worldline. In the beta world line the time machine is complete - hence there was no coordinate error and the machine did not crash. The time machine only crashed on the alpha worldline.

I hope that answers your question.


In Gintama, why are the Shinsengumi allowed to have swords? The beginning of Gintama clearly mentions various times the sword ban but the Shinsengumi are constantly carrying around swords. Why is that allowed?

Gintama's setting is mix of fictional inter-galactic universe (which might be depicting foreigner coming to Japan during that era) referencing to actual Japan historical era specifically Bakumatsu period.

  In 1876, samurai were banned from carrying swords. A standing army was
  created, as was a police force. This "sword hunt" was performed for,
  ostensibly, different reasons, and certainly with different methods
  than those of several centuries earlier. Ironically, perhaps, this
  sword hunt put an end to the class system while the earlier ones were
  intended to deepen the distinctions between commoners and nobles.
  Ultimately, however, the result of this sword hunt was the same as the
  results of its predecessors; the hunt ensured that the only weapons
  were in the hands of the ruling government and not available to
  potential dissenters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_hunt

During this time Shinsengumi is the special police force that are there to protect the government. So it's just the same as now where the military and police may carry gun but commoners will need certificate to be able to carry gun legally.


Did the garrisons ever use the cannons on top of Wall Maria to fire at the titans before the breach happened? In episode 1, and also explained by Mr. Hannes, there are titans scratching the outside of Wall Maria (before the breach caused by the colossal happened).

Did the garrisons still fire their cannons at these titans, or did they let them be since they normally can't get through the wall?

As stated from the wiki:

  Cannons (壁上固定砲 Kabe jō kotei hō?) were the primary weapon used to engage the Titans before the development of Vertical Maneuvering Equipment.

It doesn't say explicitly that the cannons were used on these specific days to defend the wall, but it does state that they were the primary defense before 3D Maneuvering Equipment, so we can assume that they were used before the Colossal Titan attacked.

We can also infer with reasonable suspicion that these cannons were used on a case-by-case basis. This means that if a titan is small and unlikely to cause harm to the wall or be a threat to humanity, it may not be worth it to waste cannon ammo and time trying to exterminate it. However, if a larger titan is scratching at the wall, the appropriate military personnel will likely make the call to engage, using the cannon.


What are some of Masamune Shirow's most recent works? Is Masamune Shirow working on any kind of manga?

I'm still waiting for an end for Appleseed and I won't mind to see something like a new Orion or Tank Police Dominion.

His work chronology listed on his official website, shows some of his recent works, and plans for near future. He doesn't seem to have any plans for the series you mentioned.

2013/09/11  SEVEN TRAPS : Auto fighter-bomber SUZUMEBACHI (Hornet) (Monthly YOUNG MAGAZINE)
2013/09/20  INTRON DEPOT 6 BARB WIRE 01 (Art Book)
2013/09/27  W-TAILS CAT - A STRANGE PRESENCE - Episode 06 (Stream)
2013/10/09  SEVEN TRAPS : Multipurpose multi-legged tank unit HONOOARI (Flame Ant) (Monthly YOUNG MAGAZINE)
2013/10/10  Cover Girl Fragments Vol.7 (comic Anthurium 007)
2013/10/25  W-TAILS CAT - A STRANGE PRESENCE - Episode 07 (Stream)
2013/11/09  Cover Girl Fragments Vol.8 (comic Anthurium 008)
2013/11/xx  INTRON DEPOT 7 BARB WIRE 02 (Art Book)
2013/11/30  Ghost In The Shell ARISE border:2 Ghost Whispers (Movie)
2013/11/30  Shirow Masamune Calendar SABER TOOTH CATS 6 (Calendar)
2014/01/xx  GREASE BERRIES 1 (Art Book)


Why doesn't Conan reveal his identity at least to Ran in Detective Conan (Case Closed)? Why doesn't Shinichi Kudo tell about his problem to Ran in Detective Conan, when he completely understands how much the girl loves him and suffers from pain due to him? While the truth is many times she was almost certain that Conan was Shinichi himself.

The series now has so many episodes. Come on! She needs some sympathy.

Saying Conan doesn't reveal his identity is wrong, there are 10 people who know about Conan true identity, and Conan told 2 of them. (Link contain spoiler) Conan never told Ran because it's dangerous for her to know the truth. Professor Agasa warn him about it at the first time he know about Conan, Second Chapter - The Shrunken Detective

Knowing her personality, Ran will risk her life to save others and most likely too help Conan to fight the Black Organization. This chapter (chapter 434 Rotten Apple) is when Ran tried to save Ai from Vermouth, she risk her own life to save her

On several occasion, Shinichi wants to tell Ran the truth about his identity but chooses her safety above their happiness.

Beside, different from the others who know Conan's secret, Ran might unintentionally tell anyone about it. Closest possible, she will tell her best friend, Sonoko. For example, when Ran accidentally tell Sonoko about Oogami. (He's a wrestler who cover his real identity by wearing a mask - Chapter 389 The Man Who Can Never Be a Wolf)

At one point Ran knew that Conan is Shinichi and actually waiting for him to tell her by himself, but as always Conan was able to trick her again.


Why Uchiha Itachi didn't make his Mangekyo Sharingan eternal? To make an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, you need to transplant another Mangekyo Sharingan, right?

Itachi has activated his when Shisui died and Shisui gave his eye to Itachi.  So why didn't he transplant that eye and make his Sharingan eternal?

There could be a couple reasons: Two plausible ones were mentioned by Makoto. As we all know, the Sharingan is a pair Dojutsu and so one would need 2 Mangekyou together in order to awaken the Eternal Mangekyou in both of their eyes. The other reason was also stated by Makoto, is because it has been mentioned that the 2 individuals must be related by blood and it makes sense since the only 2 people who have actually ever done this were Sasuke and Madara and they used the Mangekyou's of their siblings.

As for the reason why he did not use his father's Mangekyou, it could be because Itachi knew that he was dying and saw no point in achieving Eternal Mangekyou, just to die to an incurable sickness. He probably knew he wouldn't have enough time to reap the benefits of the Eternal Mangekyou. For more info on his sickness check out this thread; was it ever stated if Itachi was already dying?
The last reason is what I would call "an overwhelming level of Love mixed in with a strong guilty conscience". Itachi wiped out his entire clan to protect Konoha from the coup that the Uchiha were planning, but couldn't kill his brother because he loved him more than everything else. Itachi most definitely knew how terrible his acts were and right from that moment planned to make amends for it  by dying at the hands of his kid brother, who would try to avenge the entire clan. Itachi most likely also concluded that Sasuke would have had no chance against him if he had the Eternal Mangekyou, and therefore decided to really fight his younger brother later on after his eyes had deteriorated in such a manner that they would be close in strength and not a one sided battle.

So it was actually because of Sasuke! He knew he was dying and preferred to die at his brothers hand. By doing that, he used his death to make Sasuke stronger. In order to make the fight a bit fair, Itachi decided to let Sasuke have the upper hand (by fighting him while he was partially blind and sick).


Why does Naruto have whisker marks? Why does Naruto have whisker marks on his face?

Does it have anything to do with the kyuubi inside him? Is it to signify that he is the host of the kyuubi or is it just a plain birthmark? Was it ever explained in the anime or manga?

They're not actually whiskers. They're whisker marks, just marks on his face that resemble whiskers.
Yes, this has to do with the kyuubi. When Naruto was influenced by Kurama prior to birth, he gained the whisker marks:

Naruto's most prominent physical characteristics, however, are the whisker marks on his face that he gained from Kurama's influence on him while he was in Kushina's womb.
  — Naruto Uzumaki, Naruto Wiki

The reason Naruto's mother did not have them is because these are as a result of prolonged exposure (being in the womb) rather than the beast simply being sealed within the host.

 Both of Naruto's kids, Bolt and Himawari, have two whisker marks on each cheek, neither of them is a Jinchuuriki but both are the children of Kurama's Jinchuuriki, which implies that this is an inherited trait.


What Did Basara Do to Mio to relieve the curse? In the anime Mio falls under an aphrodisiac curse by Maria using the "Reversed" Master-Servant Pact which is triggered by the servant's Distrust to his/her Master

On Episode Five of the anime,

  Following Yahiro's defeat, Basara wakes up with Maria lying on top of him while seducing him, encountering Mio naked in the bathroom while getting caught in an awkward position, Yuki offering herself to bathe with Basara, and Mio yet again falling into a pleasure-driven curse.

After the scene Basara lift Mio and said going to her room. The scene then is cut (eventhough its uncersored version) the nezxt thing they are eating at a restaurant. so what happened in between these scenes.

The Scene you want to see is showed in the restaurant scene as flashback while Basara and his friend is talking about the Master- Servant Pact.

Are You sure you have the Uncensored version. I watched the anime and here is the screenshot of scene flashback from the episode following the restaurant scene.

Also there is also a special Episode, ShinMai Maouno TEstament Special 3 one of the Specials included on the Blu-ray/DVD volumes. Chibi versions of Mio and Maria narrate Basara's various erotic encounters.

Here is a Screenshot of the Third Special Episode (Narration of Episode 5's Erotic Event)

ALso Zhi Heng's Observation and answer is quite Correct. Basara did what he have to do to stop the activation of Mio's curse.


Does Suguru even have voice acting? In Non Non Biyori, Koshigaya Suguru is the older brother of Komari and Natsumi. Most sources note that he has essentially no presence and very little speaking in the series. This is played for humorous effect a number of times.

I'm wondering if he even has any spoken lines or voice acting in the anime. If so, who is his voice actor? Most sources (e.g. Wikipedia) don't list a voice actor at all, but also don't explicitly say that he is totally unvoiced.

Well, here's an album of all the cast credits from the first 9 episodes of Non Non Biyori: link. None of them list Suguru.

At minimum, then, we know that he hasn't had any lines so far. Maybe we'll have a big reveal in the final episode or something that Suguru actually does speak, but for the time being, I think it's safe to say that he doesn't have a voice actor.


How is Karin's technique similar to Kushina's? In Naruto chapter 663, Orochimaru mentioned that

   the technique used by Karin to defeat the wooden statue is similar to that of from Kushina (both Uzumaki).

What is this technique and how does this work? Can Naruto (as Uzumaki) use this technique?

Karin and Kushina both belonged to Uzumaki Clan.It's a type of Hiden Ninjustu.

Although the name of the jutsu is not mentioned clearly but when I explored more I came to know that:-

  Kushina also possessed a powerful and special form of chakra, which made her well-suited for becoming the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki. With her chakra, Kushina was able to materialise chakra chains with which she was able to restrain and subdue the Nine-Tails, both in the real world as well as in her subconscious

1.What is this technique and how does this work
To know more about chakra chains visit here

  Known by members of the Uzumaki Clan, this technique moulds the user's chakra into chains which, after materialising, can be used for various purposes such as physically restraining targets, fight them directly or be used as a means of transportation.

Please do visit here too:-Chakra Chains classification

2.Can Naruto use this technique?
Naruto did use this technique during his training under Bee


What is Sakura's Chakra Element? Naruto is Wind and Sasuke is Lightning if I'm not wrong. What would Sakura's Chakra element be? Was it mentioned in the series before?

From what I can tell, it was never announced officially. While she is shown to have some main skills--medical ninjutsu and strong resistance to genjutsu--her chakra element isn't mentioned.

Everything that I have found (NarutoHurricane.com, Naruto Wikia, etc.) either lists it as a ? or doesn't list it at all. Naruto Wikia lists her chakra transformations (Earth Release, Water Release, Yin Release and Yang Release) but doesn't give her element.


Where can I read the original One Punch Man Where can I read the original webcomic One Punch Man created by ONE, preferably offline in an iOS app or in printed form.

The web-comic of One Punch Man is a self-published work by ONE, and are freely available, in Japanese, on their website
As far as I know there are no printed or digital versions available for purchase. Hence for offline reading I would suggest a app/browser that supports offline reading.


What is the meaning and significance of the word "Sunagimo Umataro" (砂肝うま太郎) in Yuyushiki? In Episode 2 of the anime Yuyushiki, Nonohara Yuzuko drew something in response to Hinata Yukari's drawing of a strange penguin-like creature, and wrote down "Sunagimo Umataro" (砂肝うま太郎) on the same page. After some search on the Internet, I now know that "Sunagimo" means "gizzard", which is a digestive organ in chickens and ducks that may be made into food, and "uma" is just a way of saying "delicious". It seems to me that "Sunagimo Umataro" is a name that Yuzuko came up for the creature in the drawing, but I am still not smart enough to connect all the dots and make a meaning out of this. Specifically, I am having trouble figuring out

What exactly are those items that appear in Yuzuko's drawing?
How is the drawing supposed to be connected to the name "Sunagimo Umataro"?

I apologize if this is question has an obvious answer. (Maybe Yuyushiki is just too difficult for me!)

The 'items' in the drawing seem to be part of a close-up view of the strange penguin-looking thing to the right (namely the eyes and the beak).

As for its name, it was probably made up. As you noted, 砂肝{すなぎも} means "gizzard," which is an organ common to most birds (note the drawings bird-like appearance). 太郎{たろう} is a common male name suffix, and according to a search on jisho.org, there are at least two names (both of whose first kanji corresponding to 「うま」(uma) mean "horse." Leaving it in kana may also be, as you noted, a play on 「うまい」(umai).

In conclusion, the weird name was most likely crafted to reflect the decidedly weird semblance of the creature in the drawing.

Also of note, the speech bubble translates to something like "don't be so unreasonable," and the text to the left of the image translates to "[the] truth is SCARY."


Oreki and Chitanda's relationship in the anime Hyouka I can't stop thinking  of  what happens between Oreki and Chitanda after the last episode of the anime. Does  anyone  know what happens in the 5th volume of the manga, with regards to Oreki and Chitanda?

Hyouka anime and manga is actually based on the light novel series named ‘Classic literature club’.  The manga adaptation haven’t even caught up to the anime ( please update me when it does ) . However, in the light novel their relationship is progressing with similar pace as in the anime. None have till now confessed their feeling to oneself or to each other. Oreki seems way more comfortable around Chitanda though.