What is the game where you strike a stack of discs to knock one out? There was a game that appeared in a few episodes of Nichijou (not familiar with the original manga) where there was a bunch of circular (wooden?) discs stacked and a small hammer was used to try to strike one out, and I assume the object is to do so without toppling the stack.

Was this a made up game for the series or is it a real game? What is it called?

The game is called Daruma Otoshien.wikipedia (だるま落としja.wikipedia)

Let me quote Japanese Wikipedia, since the text on English Wikipedia might be inaccurate at the time of writing of this post.

  弾丸の先端に形状が似ただるまの下に、薄い円柱を数段重ね、それを横から1段ずつ木槌で叩いて抜き、倒れないようにうまく一番上のだるまを落とすという玩具・遊びである。胴を素早くたたくのがコツである。

Rough translation (I'd appreciate it if someone can edit it with a better translation):

  (Skipped text) Under the daruma head are several thin cylinder pieces stacked on top of each other. The game involves hitting the thin cylinder pieces from the side with a mallet one by one, bringing down the daruma head without the rest toppling over. The trick is to hit the body quickly.

Image retrieved from Wikipedia at File:Darumaotoshi.JPG


How was SAO copied for ALO when Kayaba said it was all being deleted after SAO was cleared? At the end of SAO, Kayaba mentions that SAO was deleting itself. However, when Kirito joins ALO, Yui tells him it was all copied from SAO.

How was SAO copied for ALO when Kayaba said it was all being deleted after SAO was cleared?

Because ALO was created before SAO was cleared.

Argus created SAO but after Kayaba started the Death Game the families of victims of the game sued the company which bankrupted them and forced them to sell the Cardinal System to RECT Progress Inc

  When Kayaba Akihiko effectively trapped 10,000 players in the game, many of the deceased players' family members sued the company. Argus then filed bankruptcy, selling their rights to the Cardinal System to RECT Progress Inc., which used it to create ALfheim Online.

Source: Argus > Chronology > Aincrad Arc

Cardinal is the backbone of SAO and a portable version was in the World Seed which is why in the Seed Nexus one can easily convert their accounts between games. however ALO is different because the Wiki suggests that, aside from SAO, ALO is the only other VRMMO with a highly advanced version of Cardinal, probably because the portable version is simplified for normal users while RECT Progress/Ymir are using a full copy from Argus.

Suguha also started playing ALO while Kazuto was still in a Coma because she wanted to know Kazuto better

  Suguha originally disliked VRMMO games for it hid peoples' nature and reality, as it did with Kazuto. She took up ALO in order to understand Kazuto better when he was trapped in SAO.

Source: Kirigaya Suguha > Background (2nd Paragraph)

as such ALO was built and running before SAO was cleared.


Can any other saiyan attain Super Saiyan Rage? Trunks's new transformation, also known as "Super Saiyan Rage" has only been achieved by him. Neither Goku, Vegeta or Gohan has achieved it. We don't know much what it's required to acquire this transformation, one of the requirements seems to be being extremely furious, but this doesnt seem to be the only one. Gokú was very furious when in Super Saiyan Blue he was told Chichi and Gotenk were killed in another dimesion, he had an increase in power but he didnt transform into Super Saiyan Rage. Gohan had been many times very furious, particulary the time when he already had acquired the super saiyan 2 level, when Spopovich almost kills Videl, he didnt turn into Super Saiyan Rage. And particulary Vegeta, when he was already a Super Saiyan 2, and Beerus slaps Bulma, he was so furious than when being in Super Saiyan 2 it is said by others (Roshi, Beerus, etc) that he surpassed the power of Goku's super saiyan 3, but he didnt become super saiyan rage. What does this mean then? Can any other saiyan become super saiyan rage?

Trunks's first actual super saiyan transformation was when he saw his role model Gohan die after that he got really angry and swore revenge on the androids.

A reason Goku cant get super saiyan rage is even though he got mad and transformed into a super saiyan and wanted to avenge Krillin he wasn't as mad as Trunks as you could see Trunks got so mad that his tears were being vaporised off his face.

A reason it didn't happen for Vegeta was that he was super Vegeta, a custom super saiyan based more on ki based attacks and super Vegeta can only transform twice so he still wasn't as mad as Trunks.


What happened to Hawky? We know that Sokka's bird, Hawky, went off on a trip to deliver the letter to Toph's parents and never came back.

What happened to Hawky?

The Wikia states:

  Hawky never returned to the group after delivering Toph's letter, and it is assumed that he found a new home at the Beifong Estate

But they are citing the Nickelodeon official site as a source, and the site has since been updated removing any information about this.

Well, we do never see Hawky again, so a few different options lie ahead.

He could have been killed

This is a grisly, yet very plausible, option. We don't know the dangers of the Avatar world. He could have been attacked, or shot down, who knows? Or the Beifongs could have killed him in anger.

He could have taken his time

Team Avatar moves around quite a bit, so Hawky might have had trouble locating the team in their journey through the four nations.

He could have gotten sidetracked.
Hawky is an animal, and at that point in time, it looked spring-summer, which is most animal's breeding seasons. Hawky could have found himself a lady, and forgotten his mission. Not likely, since he's trained, but possible.

He could have found a home
Or, Nickelodeon could be right, and he found home sweet home at the Beifong estate.


What's the anime where people kill monsters? I believe I saw this anime for the first time in 2012 or 2013. It could have been as early as 2009 as well. I do not know the name. It is not Soul Eater or Death Note as far as I can recall or determine. The art style is normal anime. It does have some blood but not overly gore from my recollection.

In the beginning, a high school male teenager approximately 18 years old was walking along a street. I believe it was Tokyo urban areas. He was attacked by a large monster. It killed numerous people around him and ate their spirits, presented as a blue flame. As the monster continued to attack, a female warrior appeared, fought the monster and defeated it. The people who were killed did not know they were dead and continued to 'live' for approx 5-8 days, when their flame ran out. I believe they were called lanterns.

The teen, who survived the attack, discovered through the course of the show that he was actually a lantern himself. Somehow he was able to exceed the 5-8 day limitation. He aided the warrior woman in fighting and killing other monsters. Along the way, they found relics, specialized items that can be used to kill monsters. This warrior woman belonged to a limited faction of people who hunted these monsters.

Closer to the end of the show, another woman showed up to assist in the destruction of monsters, because as of late, lanterns appearances have skyrocketed. In the final battle, the teenager and the women faced off with a powerful evil on a wooden roller coaster. At the end, the monster was destroyed and the teen's lantern flame burned out.

Shawn, you are good. That is the one! I was off on a few details such as the year (early 2000's) and the terminology (torches) but you were able to give the correct answer. Shakugan no Shana!


What is the meaning of the cake song? In the Rebellion movie, the girls are performing a sort of a ritual that materializes a giant cake filled with whatever they are singing about. Then it's eaten by Bebe in Candy Witch form. It's all fun and nice, but what is the purpose of this ritual? Is it some sort of made-up substitute for transforming witch energy like Kyuubey did by eating the grief seeds, but with Bebe Witch instead? Perhaps there's some info on that in manga/novels?

Firstly,

  Is it some sort of made-up substitute for transforming witch energy like Kyuubey did by eating the grief seeds, but with Bebe Witch instead

Remember that the world we see at the beginning is a false world and we later learn that it's

   Homura's Witch Labyrinth contained in an Incubator Isolation Field

as such, we can probably assume that any and all reason for Magical Girls to exist (to balance entropy for the Incubators) won't apply here, and the Nightmares are just a way to explain (to the girls at least) why they are Magical Girls: probably as a means to stabilize the realism.

   Since we see Homura's Familiars acting as some of the populace and when Homura begins to realize the truth as she is taken further away from her Soul Gem the Labyrinth's reality begins to become unstable like with the airships plummeting.

The Wikia seems to call the song a nursery rhyme game which would play into the playful nature of the Nightmares. As for the purpose, we see see with Hitomi's Nightmare it seems to be used to turn the Nightmares into something Bebe would eat to then revert the Nightmare back to their original form (as after the Girl's Soul Gems are purified, Hitomi reappears in her bed). Bebe being able to revert them must extend from the powers Madoka gave her when, along with Sayaka, the 3 of them first entered the fake world.


What does the position of "theme song assistance"(?) entail? Over the past 3-4 years, I've been noticing a number of anime that credit a person named 外村敬一 ("SOTOMURA Keiichi", it seems) with 主題歌協力 - something like "theme song assistance". This credit, when present, usually appears on the same overlay as the four usual credits for the OP/ED song (vocalist, lyricist, arranger, composer). There are exceptions, though, like the Durarara!! Shou OP "Headhunt", where it appears on the following overlay.

Note that the list of credits on ANN I linked to above is non-exhaustive - I'm pretty sure (just based on my vague recollection of having seen this guy's name over and over) there are a lot more credits for this Sotomura fellow that they haven't added to their database yet. For example, he is credited on "Connect" (the Madoka Magica TV OP), but isn't listed as such on ANN:

Two questions:

What does this position entail?
Why have I never seen anyone besides Sotomura Keiichi be credited with it?

主題歌協力 is a honorific title, but the real position behind this is music producer (as seen on your linked website). The former can virtually be changed for the latter when seen.

The music producer position entails the following:

choosing adequate staff for the envisioned song, i.e. pick up everyone, from the studio to writers, composers, singers, and even the supporting staff.
planning the schedule for all this staff. In parallel, they also oversee the schedule advancement for albums jacket covers and promotional videos. There are also cases where they plan out live events.
managing the staff for the song, i.e. making meetings with everyone, exchange ideas about the envisioned song, adjusting details for the creation and recording of the song, and managing conflicts that may arise.
last but not least, budget management for the song publication and staff involved.

As for the reasons to why you only saw Sotomura be credited as theme song collaborator:

music producers are often also the lyrics writer and/or composer for the song, so they are credited instead as such in openings.
Sotomura is a music producer "only", meaning he needs a title position of his own in order to appear in the credits. Other music producers "only" usually appear in full staff rolls (i.e. that include full production staff), but are not credited in OPs.
A music producer can appear on the OP/ED credits on request from the artists involved in it, but seeing the number of appearances for Sotomura, it is more likely that directives were made between Sony and the animation studios to quote Sotomura in the OPs.


Who is Lola's mom in the New World? During the Thriller Bark Arc Lola mentioned to Luffy that her mother is in the New World and indicates that she is a extremely powerful pirate. She even left Luffy a vivre card that if ever he runs into any trouble he could ask her 'Mama' to help him out.

Who could possibly be this extremely powerful pirate Lola's mother?

We know nothing about that as of this writing, but there has been a widely circulating theory for a while now that Big Mom is Lola's mom. You can read about it on various sites. I'll list a few points made in support of the argument on Reddit

  Firstly, for those that don't already know the theory, it is that Big Mom is Lola's mother. Back on Thriller Bark Lola gave Nami a vivre card with Lola's signature, saying her mother is a pirate in the New World. People believe this mother is Big Mom because:

  Big Mom's name is Big Mom, ie, she is known as a mother.
  Big Mom is in the New World
  Big Mom's jolly roger has big red lips and the same colour hair as Lola
  Nami who has Lola's vivre card just happens to be on the ship that is being attacked by the Big Mom pirates
  Nami is likely to eventually pull out the vivre card that Law gave her and accidentally pull out Lola's card instead.

Here is the similarity between Big Mom's jolly roger and Lola's face:

Another few points made in the Wikia are:

  Big Mom is in the New World and thats where Lola was born
  Lola's crew also said that her mother was an extremely powerful pirate which is another connection between the two
  Luffy will definitely meet Lola's mother on account that the crew was given her vivre card and it only makes sense that Luffy meets all members of the Yonkou

Lola's crew stating that Lola's mom is an amazing pirate:

Another popular theory recently is that her mom is Miss Bakkin

The arguments in support of these here are:

  Miss Bakkin is the first pirate woman to be introduce for a while and she is a mother which is really rare in One Piece, since all mothers are dead.
  Miss Bakkin and Lola have the same hair style, Weeble has the same type of hair braids, Lola’s mouth looks similar to that of Miss Bakkin.
  Bakkin also claims to be Whitebeard’s lover, while Lola has been desperate to find a lover herself. Is she possibly trying to imitate her mother?
  The other connection to Lola is Thriller Bark itself. Lola’s reason for being in Thriller Bark could have been a search for Hogback. Maybe Weeble needed a doctor and they thought Dr. Hogback could help them. This would explain the stitches on his face, around his neck, and his arm.

Similarity between Lola, Miss Bakkin and Weeble:

Obviously, this is all speculation at this point and we won't know who her real mom is unless revealed by Oda himself. Although, based on these theories, it's likely that it's either going to be Big Mom or Miss Bakkin.


Why is Garp only a Vice Admiral? It is clear that he is very powerful due to his fights with Gol. D Roger. He is also very experienced in fighting and has the confidence to defeat Admiral Akainu (magma).

So why hasn't he been promoted to Admiral? Did he deny the promotion when the option was given to him? Or was it because he lacked a Devil Fruit?

Note:  All of the Admirals has a Devil Fruit. Golden Buddha, Magma, Ice, Light.

He refused to be promoted to Admiral several times.

In Chapter 0 (Strong World), he said that he had the freedom to do what he wants that he needed as a Vice Admiral (being the third highest rank in the Marines) and felt being promoted would just require him to do extra things that he had no interest in.


Has the anime for To Love-Ru caught up with the manga? I see there are 7 anime series including OVAs and I was wondering if the anime and manga are aligned perfectly.

What I mean is, did the anime end before the manga and do I have to continue with the manga after the series? If I have to continue, which chapter do I start at? And has the manga finished?

Has the manga finished? Did the anime end before the manga?

The manga has finished, but there's no news about the continuation of the anime adaptation for Darkness as of current writing:

To Love-Ru

Manga: 2006 - 2009
Anime: 2008 - 2010 (original & Motto)

To Love-Ru Darkness

Manga: Nov 2010 - Apr 2017
Anime: Oct 2012 - Oct 2015 (original & 2nd)

  Do I have to continue with the manga after the series? Which chapter do I start at?

Since the anime had ended before the manga finished, you have to pick up the rest on the manga. Here is the detail for all animated series:

To Love-Ru: Most of the content is an anime original story that does not conform with the manga.
To Love-Ru OVA: Included in the limited edition of manga volume 13-18, the story conforms with the manga.

Chapter 100-102
Chapter 73, 104
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Chapter 93-98
Chapter 141
Chapter 142, 139, 143

Motto To Love-Ru: A reboot of the original anime, the story is now based on the manga more faithfully. Each episode consists of 3 sub-episodes.

Chapter 49 | Chapter 87, 88 | Chapter 74, 107
Chapter 146 | Chapter 54 | Chapter 75, 76
Chapter 120 | Chapter 109 | Chapter 106
Chapter 61 | Chapter 105 | Chapter 108
Chapter 81 | Chapter 85 | Chapter 136, 137
Chapter 113, 114 | Chapter 70 | Chapter 80
Chapter 45 | Chapter 123 | Chapter 64, 65
Chapter 115, 156 | Chapter 43, 44, bangai-hen | Chapter 139
Chapter 130 | Chapter 152, 153 | Chapter 154
Chapter 129 | Chapter 147 | Chapter 155
Chapter 157 | Chapter 158 | Chapter 116-118
Chapter 119, 122, 159 | Chapter 160-161 | Chapter 162

To Love-Ru Darkness: Follows the manga faithfully, covers up to chapter 19 + bangai-hen.

Chapter 1
Chapter 2, 3
Chapter 3, 4
Chapter 1, 5, 6
Chapter 7, 8
Chapter 8, 9
Chapter 10, 11
Chapter 12, bangai-hen
Chapter 11, 13
Chapter 14, 15
Chapter 11, 15, 16
Chapter bangai-hen, 17
OVA 1 (Episode 0): Chapter 0 | bangai-hen | bangai-hen
OVA 2: Chapter 19 | bangai-hen | bangai-hen
OVA 3: Chapter 18 | bangai-hen
OVA 4: Chapter bangai-hen | 28 | bangai-hen
OVA 5: Chapter bangai-hen
OVA 6: Chapter bangai-hen

To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd: Covers up to chapter 55

Chapter 26
Chapter 20, 27
Chapter 21, 22
Chapter 23, 24
Chapter 25, bangai-hen
Chapter 29, bangai-hen
Chapter 30
Chapter 31-33
Chapter 33-35
Chapter 36, 37
Chapter 38-40
Chapter 40-43
Chapter 43-45
Chapter 45-47
OVA 7: Chapter bangai-hen | 38
OVA 8: Chapter 48, 49 | 50
OVA 9: Chapter 54 | 55

Source: Japanese Wikipedia


Why did Togusa's family computer buy Cerano Genomics stock by itself? In the episode 14 the Section 9 discovered a program that kept making money for the man who died four months ago. In the end of the episode Togusa is seen with his wife talking about how she gained 100k yen from buying Meditech stock a while back. Then she turns off the computer and together they leave the room. After that, their computer turns back on, buys 80k of Cerano Genomics stock and turns off.

Was it the dead man's program that did this? Is this how it made money? Or was it something else?

I will move this to comment, when I'm able.

Notice the [mouse] cursor being moved to the "purchase" button. This is clearly an individual and not software. The user also scrolls through the list to find the Cerano entry where software would index and select the entry directly from an array or list in memory and not with the mouse.


How was Sayaka able to join Madoka in the Law of Cycles after her death? Adding onto this question, right after Madoka recreated the entire universe to accommodate with the Law of Cycles, why was everybody placed back in time right after the event where Sayaka gets killed in battle? Why were they placed specifically there in time? Also, do all magical girls join the Law of Cycles after they die? If they do, then what is the point? Madoka's wish was to erase all witches with her own hands, so anybody else in the Law of Cycles wouldn't have a job to carry out since Madoka would be doing it all herself.

Right after Madoka recreated the entire universe to accommodate with the Law of Cycles, why was everybody placed back in time right after the event where Sayaka gets killed in battle? Why were they placed specifically there in time?

I don't think it's quite accurate to view everybody as having been placed back where Sayaka gets killed in battle. In this rewritten universe where the Law of Cycles exists, the entirety of history plays out differently, probably diverging whenever the very first magical girl's Soul Gem turns dark. Every scene involving witches or Madoka personally probably plays out differently; it just so happens that we only get to see one particular scene from this new history of the world - the scene where Sayaka dies. Why? Well, it's an important scene, particularly given how that same scene was something of a bloodbath in episode 10's timeline 3. And plus, it helps us understand how the new universe works.

I find it more likely that everybody was "placed" back at the same instant that Madoka made her wish in the main timeline. (I don't have any strong evidence for this; it just seems to be the most parsimonious option.)

  Also, do all magical girls join the Law of Cycles after they die?

I'm guessing you haven't seen Rebellion.

   Rebellion strongly suggests that the answer is yes, based on Sayaka's comments at the beginning of the final segment (shortly after Homura turns witch). Magical girls do indeed become part of the Law of Cycles when they're touched by Madoka when their Soul Gems go dark.

  If they do, then what is the point? Madoka's wish was to erase all witches with her own hands, so anybody else in the Law of Cycles wouldn't have a job to carry out since Madoka would be doing it all herself.

Again, I'm guessing you haven't seen Rebellion, since in Rebellion, we learn that:

   At minimum, Sayaka and Charlotte/Nagisa both sort of exist in the same metaphysical space as Madoka. Sayaka herself notes that the two of them are sort of like "secretaries" to Madoka. They both play a key role in Madoka's scheme to extract Homura from the Incubators' barrier; it seems unlikely that Madoka would have been able to effect her scheme without their (or at least somebody's) assistance.


How was Fuhrer King Bradley able to grow old? According to the FMA:B series, the homunculi aren't supposed to grow old. Moreover, all of the homunculi other than Wrath (King Bradley) could regenerate themselves. This even includes Greed, who's also a human-based homunculus. We also see in the series that during Bradley's death, his body degenerated. If he was able to grow normally then there shouldn't be such things happening to his body.

King Bradley was part human and part homunculus.

He was born human and raised in a facility to train boys to rule.  They were injected with philospher stones and, in most cases, died. They could only survive if one strong soul took control of the body. Only Bradley was able to survive the process but it is unclear whether he truely did.  A philosopher's stone contains many human souls and not even Bradley knows if the one controlling his body is the same one he started with.

As his body is mostly human, it ages.

It should be noted that the only other known human to survive this is Ling who became Greed. It was clear in that case that both souls remained in Ling's body.


What is this soundtrack at My Hero Academia Season 2 Episode 24? What is this soundtrack at My Hero Academia Season 2 Episode 24 when All Might launches an attack at Deku and Bakugo while both of them are arguing?

Its called ''Darkness dominates the heart'' You can find it by searching ''Kokoro o shihai shite iku yami'' as well.


When did Yukino and Yui fall in love with Hachiman? It's evident that Yui's been in love with Hachiman quite early on in the story. I always thought that it started right after her matter with Yumiko's been solved (I think it was episode 2 of the anime).
But the issue with her cookies for Hachiman in the last episode of season 2 made me doubt it. It's clear that they're meant romantically, and it's been hinted that the ones she gave him in the very first episode were also meant that way, which would mean that Yui loved him since the beginning of the story. Although, I'm not completely sure if I understood it correctly. The cookies in the first episode could have also been just her way to thank him for saving her dog.

Regarding Yukino, it's very difficult for me to find the moment she started to fall in love with Hachiman ("started" because I believe that she fell in love with him slowly over time) as she doesn't express her emotions as much as Yui, and for most of the first half of season 2 her relationship with him had been "overshadowed" with their confronting principles (maybe not a good description of what actually happened, but you get the gist of it).
I think Yukino started to love Hachiman shortly after their "dispute" was solved in episode 8 (s2). That is further supported by that picture of herself with Hachiman from the amusement park she'd kept behind her plushie on her bed (see episode 2, s3). Thanks to a Reddit post I've realized that the paper sheet Yukino quickly put away after that waterfall scene is most likely that picture.
Maybe another interesting fact: according to a different Reddit post, that plushie was the one Hachiman won for her. Unfortunately, I don't know if that's true as I can't remember having seen it in the anime. Maybe it was depicted in the novel?
But maybe she loved him even before they solved their dispute but there was simply no moment in which she could have expressed it (properly) because of that dispute. Or maybe a reason why Yukino became so upset with him after his fake-confession to Hina was that she cares greatly (and romantically?) for Hachiman and doesn't want him to get hurt any longer with his methods.
Going further back: at the end of episode 13 (s1), there's a scene that might hint that Yukino has already started to fall in love with him (she blushed when Yui pointed out that Yukino also watched Hachiman during the sports festival), although it could be also interpreted that she cared for him as a close friend.
Worth mentioning is also Yui's monologue after finding the picture behind that plushie on Yukino's bed. If I understood it correctly, she already felt being "the third wheel" for a long time. Maybe that hints that Yukino's already started to love him in season 1. Or it might be that Yui simply felt their "good chemistry".
A scene that might support the first one is the confession-scene in episode 11 (s3, 18:40+): Hachiman asks Yukino to allow him the privilege of distorting her life. Yukino then tells him that both of their life's already been distorted from the very beginning and Hachiman further says that it's only going to get even more distorted.
A Reddit post came to an interesting interpretation: it said that "distorting" here means to become so much involved in the other's life that it's being distorted. And the only relationship that could accomplish it is a romantic one. It concluded that Yukino actually said she and Hachiman had been in love "for the longest time" (so likely also since season 1). But does life really only become distorted when a romantic interest (or relationship) is involved and not already with e.g. simple friendship?

When did Yui and especially Yukino (start to) fall in love with Hachiman? If there's no clear answer to that question from the anime's perspective, does the Light Novel give an answer to that or at least obvious hints?

It feels like Yukino started falling for him, once she realized that her personality and demeanor didn't affect Hikigaya in the way it usually does with normal people.
In fact, he couldn't care less about how she is, due to the fact that he was forced to join the club to begin with.
Yeah, he was a pessimistic bum who was antisocial, but that time being in that state allowed him to see the hidden nature and flaws of people, along with their tendencies.
This common ground between Hikigaya and Yukino, seeing the bad and ugly in others, and being subject TO that same bad and ugly, formed the basis of their relationship.
Hikigaya was different. Hikigaya was unique. So was Yukino.
They both saw things from the lowest of the low, and when they both realized that they have synergy with how they convey things, the seeds started planting themselves in all the right spots. This was widely apparent throughout the entire series.
Over time, they became comfortable around each other, being able to communicate and mingle in the only way they know how. They didn't receive the same flack they usually receive when they conversed among each other, compared to talking to normal people.
Although, on the surface, their conversations were usually filled with petty banter and the like, people like Yukino and Hikigaya are used to decoding the hidden meanings behind words.
Yukino isn't very good at conveying her feelings, or anything that's on her mind for that matter, which only leaves a few events in the anime that hint at her fondness for Hikigaya.
Their first "outing" in the mall. She was insecure as all hell.
Her displeasure with Hikigaya's solutions to club jobs. She reprimanded him for always throwing himself under the bus.
Her realization that Hikigaya contributes a lot to the club, often relying on him to find a solution to an seemingly unsolvable problem.
Her standing up to Tobe when he publicly talked down to Hikigaya.
Her reluctance to let Hikigaya use his way to solve the presidential election. She didn't want him to be self-destructive again.
Her voluntary discharge of his club membership. She wanted to honor his wishes echoed from when he got into the club in the first place.
The time in the nurse's office when they locked eyes for the first time.
When she kept the photo of them on that water ride next to her bedside pillow.
When she knew Hikigaya would come in and save the prom from being cancelled.
It's very subtle, and coupling Yukino's often reticent demeanor with that subtleness, leaves little to go off of other than what's made obvious.
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Yui is easier to discern. The initial spark was at the very beginning, when she witnessed Hikigaya saving her dog.
Ever since that happened, she's attempted to repay him back for the deed. Once she realized why Hikigaya told her to stop with the act, to free her from feeling indebted to him, she found out that Hikigaya isn't all about doom and gloom.
Another dimension to a seemingly dimensionless character.
She started seeing the other sides of him, and how, despite his outlook on life, he carries on with his solutions, paved the way for Yui to find her own strength to find her own path.
To take control for once, rather than be controlled. To actually feel like she did something for once, without following the flow of others.
Yui didn't think too highly of herself to begin with, that's why she started looking at him. Hikigaya was her role model. She looked up to him. That's why she started liking Hikigaya, for giving her the key she needed to discover herself.
She found herself getting swept away by his resolve to continue onward, quickly becoming entranced by his waltz.


Where does Kyoko get those delicious looking apples? In the show, we always see Kyoko with some sort of food, but we never see where or how she obtains these foodstuffs.

Where does she get those bags of apples from? Is it related to her powers some how (e.g. did she create them with her powers or use her powers to steal them)?

The conversation between Kyoko and Sayaka in the church strongly implies that Kyoko does in fact steal the apples and that she knows that it's wrong.

The dead give-away for this is towards the end of the conversation. (ep 7, roughly 13:45 including OP)

Sayaka asks Kyoko where she got the apples. Where she got the money from.
Kyoko looks down at the apple and flinches. She does not answer.
Kyoko then lashes out at Sayaka in apparent defense of her actions.

That's exactly the kind of reaction someone would get when they are caught doing something
illegal/criminal.

In short, episode 7 paints a dark picture of Kyoko and her past. She's basically in "survival mode". So even though she knows that stealing is wrong, she still needs to eat. Without money or any other support, her only option is to steal and make the most of what she has. This is also why she gets angry at Sayaka when Sayaka throws the apple on the ground calling it a "waste".


Why did the Elric brothers only believe in one rule of alchemy? In the opening of Fullmetal Alchemist, it says...

  Human kind cannot obtain anything without first giving something in
  return To obtain, something of equal value must be lost That is
  alchemy's first law of equivalent exchange. In those days, we really
  believed that to be that world's one and only truth.

But why did the Elric brothers believe this to be the one and only law of alchemy? If this was explained in one of the episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist or Brotherhood, please list it too, thanks.

Okay, so, there's a couple things in play here you need to be aware of. Keep in mind that some of this is slightly speculative.
First, it is only in the dub that Alphonse states it to be the "one and only" truth. The original commentary states,

その頃【ころ】、ぼくらは、それが世界【せかい】の真実【しんじつ】だと信じて【しんじて】いた。
"When we were young, we believed that to be the truth of the world."

Second, though, I think there is an important reason that Alphonse brings this up. Starting at episode 43, the pre-OP commentary changes to the following:

He who obtains [the Philosopher's Stone] is exempt from the rule of Equivalent Exchange and does not have to sacrifice anything to obtain something.

(Note: This statement is somewhat wrong: During this unusual exchange, there is still something lost, but it's not apparent to whomever it is doing the transmutation.)
In their adventure, Ed and Al basically learned that human lives are given an alchemical value; since they both believe human life to be invaluable, this shakes the foundation of the principle of Equivalent Exchange that they grew up learning.
This seems to be the only reason that Alphonse used the past tense with "believed"; the Philosopher's Stone shattered what they believed Equivalent Exchange truly meant. To him, Equivalent Exchange can no longer be the "one and only" truth.
This idea also holds true in Brotherhood. The Philosopher's Stone is essentially identical, and the brothers learn the same terrible details of it.


How does Toya give his magic to Yue? I know that, in Cardcaptor Sakura, Yue starts needing more magic after Sakura collects all of the cards, which begins to negatively affect Yukito. Toya gives his magic to Yue to save Yukito. How does he pass the magic on? It makes sense that Sakura would have a connection to him, considering that both of them are connected to the cards, but why would Toya have a connection that allows him to give his magic to Yue?

I don't know the how part since in the anime, it was when Yukito was slowly vanishing due to his lack of powers and that's when Touya admitted to Yukito that he knows about his alter-ego (Yue) and his need for power. If I remember correctly, Yue appeared after that then Touya gave his power to him, sacrificing his ability to sense danger and see poeple who has passed away like their mom Nadeshiko. Touya just fainted after that. It happened on this episode. I haven't seen the manga so I probably missed something on the how part (if a ritual was done to transfer Touya's powers to Yukito).

With regards to Touya having the powers to be able to maintain Yue's power, remember that in the manga

  Sakura's father, is one of Clow Reed's reincarnation (the other is Eriol). So Touya probably inherit his magical powers or spiritual awareness from him. Though this fact was completely removed from the anime, though it can only be the reason for Touya having such powers.


How much of the manga does One Week Friends cover? I was wondering how much of the manga does the anime version of one week friends cover? I'm also wondering if the ending of the anime diverged from the manga?

Summary
If you've just watched the anime and want to get into the manga without repeating material, you can probably start with Volume 5. It might also help to read Volume 4. Volume 5 seems to be the cutoff point where the anime ends, but there are some differences in how the material of Volumes 4 and 5 is presented in the anime versus the original manga.
The Evidence
It's shocking how hard it is to find info in English on anything other than mega-hits like Naruto. For that reason, this answer isn't perfectly definitive, but this question deserves some kind of answer, so here's what my efforts produced.
I just finished watching the anime and I did a little poking through some scanlations to try and establish the timeframe. Based on my random sampling, nhahtdh is correct that the anime version ends in Volume 5 of the manga; Chapter 22 is the first chapter of Volume 5, and it contains a version of the scene from Episode 11 when Yuki and Hajime meet at the family restaurant to discuss the incident from sixth grade.
However, this chart from Japanese Wikipedia claims that Episodes 11 and 12 are covered in Volume 4. Some scenes in the anime seem to be composites of scenes from the manga, so that might make it more of a "Well, yeah, XX from the anime was in Volume 5, but the bulk of material from those episodes was in Volume 4" sort of thing. For example, the scene with Hajime and Yuki ends totally differently from the anime; they don't meet up with the girls who

 bullied Kaori, causing her to run into the street and get hit and triggering her memory loss

nor does

 Kaori show up and hear the reason for her memory loss

as happened in the anime; instead, they go to Yuki's house and play video games together. Also, the scene at the crepe shop from Episode 11 when

 Kaori tells Hajime she probably can't remember him because he was her friend, then sees her "friends" from her past who bullied her for "stealing" Hajime and gets a tiny flash of memory, causing her to run away, after which Yuki confronts Hajime

happens in Chapter 18 (Volume 4) under different circumstances.
The anime timeline seems to run ahead of the manga timeline, and as far as I can tell, the pace of the manga is consistently slower than the anime.
According to the Wikipedia page (sourced from this Anime News Network posting), the manga hasn't ended yet and the final volume will be released in April of 2015, so we don't yet know just how how much the anime actually diverges from the manga. However, the main plot points of the manga up to Chapter 22 seem to be the same as the anime:

 Hajime shows up, causing Kaori to lose all her hard-earned memories of Yuki. Yuki gets to work rebuilding those memories while trying to get to the bottom of what happened between Hajime and Kaori in the past.

Also, if we look at the dates of release on the Wikipedia page, Volume 6 didn't come out until the time the anime was already airing. Volume 5 came out around the time the anime started airing, so assuming the anime production took about six months, the material in Volume 5 was probably the most recent the animators would have had access to when they were creating the series.
Based on all of this, my educated guess is that Episodes 11 and 12 contained anime-original material, but were based on material from the manga wherever possible. Episode 12 just wrapped up too neatly to think otherwise, while also avoiding a conclusive ending and leaving things open for a second season to finish the manga plotline. Notably,

 Kaori and Yuki are still just friends when the anime concludes, and Kaori still loses her memories every week, though she's fought her way back to remembering tidbits about Yuki.

So if you want to cut in to the manga without repeating material, I would start at Volume 5. According to the MangaFox page, the manga has been licensed (though I can't find any info on which company has it), so we might be seeing an official English release soon.


An anime where the male protagonist has to wear cat ears I watched this anime dubbed on Netflix about 3/4 years ago. It's set in a magical fantasy world. There is a human who works in a pub, but he has to wear cat ears or else he is hunted. Then there is this really cool character who crashes in and takes him on an adventure.

In the first episode, they left on a boat that they either stole or made themselves, with a talking animal thing while the police are going after them.

I'm thinking that they are on a quest to find something or other. The guy who has to dress as a cat person is tall and slim, with light brown/dark blonde hair.
The main girl has long pinkish hair, and I believe she has powers and has an animal as her companion.

I have been searching for about 2/3 years and I am going mental. Please help!

The anime you are looking for is called Sands of Destruction. It was originally a Nintendo game and in 2008 it got an anime adaption.

It takes place in a world where humans serve as livestock for the ruling beastman. The boy in the bar is called Kyrie and the girl is Morte Ashela.


Do Shojo and Bishonen overlap, or are they seperate? I was checking out the new season of anime and came across a self-described shojo anime, but judging by the cover art, name, and description, I assumed a Bishonen anime.  As I was making a joke to a friend, I realized that shojo and bishonen weren't the exact same thing.  Somehow I had conflated the two.

Are the two terms overlapping genres, or is one a genre and the other a subgenre?  I'm not sure where one ends and the other begins.

Shoujo is a genre of manga/anime targeted at girls. There's an explanation here that covers it, but basically, it's manga/anime where the target demographic is 8-17-year-old girls.

Bishonen is an aesthetic/style that refers to pretty boys, who generally have feminine and delicate features. It most often shows up in shoujo and yaoi manga/anime, but it isn't exclusive to them. An entire manga/anime can be drawn in the bishonen style or individuals can be. (Wikipedia)


What exactly happened at the end of Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi? Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi (神さまのいない日曜日) ended with more questions than answers:

If Alice died instead of Dee, then why was Dee the one as a ghost in the real world?
Furthermore, Dee has her body (in the outside world) in the final scene.
How does Ai managed to "save" Alice? Yet at the same time she's standing in front of his grave.

Running through the forums and it seems like I'm not the only one who's confused.

What in the world happened? (no pun intended)

The biggest and undeniable contradiction is Dee going from ghost to normal human.
Does this mean that some sort of change of history caused Dee and Alice to "switch places"?

Dee appeared as a ghost because her physical body was still stuck in class 3-4, while Alice had a physical body outside because he was already buried by a proper gravekeeper. Therefore, his body wasn't in class 3-4 like Dee, and could appear normally since he was part of the world outside.
Dee has a physical body later on, because the world class 3-4 created had been destroyed. Her physical body was released.
Ai saved Alice by wishing intensely. In Sunday Without God, by wishing for something really badly it somehow would be granted, like how Hampnie Hambart wished to die happily besides his family, or how Alice got the ability Buzzer Beater. When Ai wished for Alice to be saved, God granted that wish, and so Alice could have a physical body outside class 3-4's world and continue to live his life.


How did emigrants survive outside in Ergo Proxy? In episode 21, it was shown that Romdeau was in a state of disarray. Many opted to leave the city instead of staying inside. However, what I noticed is that emigrants seem to be able to leave their home cities without gas masks or any protective gear. The same applied to Vincent and emigrants from Mosk during one of his flashback, at least from what I can remember. They weren't inside a vehicle and they seem to have to walk to where they needed to go to.

Of course, it's possible that they were vaccinated before going outside, although it seems unlikely given the state of Romdeau during this time and that the city would try to keep them from going outside no matter what. Yet, Vincent was struck by disease after he went outside through the vent. Although he did survived, he either should have been immune from the conditions in the outside world, he actually wasn't exposed during his travel from Mosk to Romdeau, the vaccines keeping them healthy are temporary, or something else.

So how did emigrants survive outside without succumbing to disease? Have I missed anything?

Mosk immigrants

Mosk was attacked by Romdeau before the series started, as we see the wreckage of several Romdeau's AutoReivs. Its desolated state would be the result of the Rapture that Raul Creed initiated.

In the first image, we see the thermonuclear bomb "Rapture" falling down outside the dome, while the second image shows the after affects. Seeing as there was only one crater (the cliffs in the back are carved to have the dome built on a flat terrain), we can assume that the Mosk wasn't destroyed earlier in the series. So why was the people of Mosk leaving? Most likely because of Romdeau's attack.

Now we're not sure how the immigrants travel to Romdeau, nor how many of the immigrants actually made it to Romdeau. However, the Commune is able to live outside (somewhat), so maybe the immigrants who made it to the dome built up a natural resistance. If the Romdeau military transported them (out of mercy, Donov Mayer only wanted Proxy One to return), they would have been treated before hand; otherwise, citizens of Mosk may have been given sort of vaccination or boost to their immune system.

Vincent and Re-L

Vincent and Re-L can be outside because of the Amrita cells in them.

Firstly, for Vincent, it's because he is Ergo Proxy, and as such, he would be naturally immune due to being near immortal.

For Re-L, when she first went outside, she was stricken with whatever virus was outside, because she wasn't in any condition to fly back to Romdeau and Vincent needing to escape, Hoody became a stand in for Vincent returning Re-L knowing full well that when Re-L get's treatment he (as Vincent) would be captured.

Daedalus was on stand by and gave Re-L treatment to save her life. It's assumed he gave her Amrita Cell (which most likely came from Monad), which would then explain why she is perfectly fine when she leaves Romdeau a second time.

Romdeau emigrants

Project ADW was an attempt to modify humans at a cellular level with an infusion of Amrita cells, the cells found inside Proxies. It occurred at some point between the launch of Rapture and Re-L, Vincent, and Pino's return to Romdeau. While it obviously used Amrita cells from Monad, Project ADW isn't touched on in any real depth, so we don't know how successful it was or how many people had the infusion.

However, at the end, I don't recall seeing any other humans outside the Dome. It's also suggested on Proxy One's Wikia Page (under Proxy One's Revenge) that Re-L and Vincent are the only 2 humans left (along with a bunch of Cagito infected AutoReivs), making them a proverbial Adam and Eve, at least until Boomerang Star returns.

On a final note, it should be noted that the ecological disaster which saw the creation of the Boomerang and Proxy Projects is subsiding, and the planet is on its way to recovery. At first, the people of the Dome may have been told it was too deadly to go outside. However, as the planet recovered, it's possible the viruses/pathogens also began to die off (the planet was in something like an ice age), and the chances of people dying from them would be less likely.

This wouldn't be a instant process, so possibly by the time the series started, the likelihood of surviving outside was greater than before when the Domes first tried to prevent people from leaving.


What happened to the barrier at the end of Digimon Tamers? Warning! This question contains spoilers; most are tagged, but the question's very substance is itself a spoiler.

In one of the final scenes of Digimon Tamers, the entire cast is seen together:

  The kids are standing around the portal between the Real World and Digital World, and their Digimon--as well as Calumon and Impmon--are sucked into the portal to return to the Digital World.   Following this, after some time had passed, Takato returned to Guilmon's hole under the "house" in the park, where he found a portal to the Digital World, which we are to assume works just fine.

(A more expansive explanation can be found in the last two paragraphs of this synopsis.)

Firstly, how can the Real-Digital barrier—which Henry's dad says has "stabilized"—regress the Digimon? A barrier, by definition, should act as a split between the worlds, rather than a "vacuum". And second, if the barrier is so stable, why is Takato able to see it open again?

In terms of the Digimon regressing:

   It seems to have to do with their initial bio-emerging being undone. And, since Digimon in the real world are synthesized false proteins, it would make sense that, without the Digital World being properly connected, their physical form would not be able to remain, so they reverted their evolution and returned to the Digital World.

As for the portal appearing:

  Shortly before we see it, we see Takato running through the park, when a Digignome flies overhead. Since they are known to be able to grant wishes, in both the Digital and Real Worlds, it would make sense that it granted Takato's implied wish to see Guilmon again, opening the portal for him.


In the Monogatari series, why do we hear camera flash sounds? In the anime adaptation of Monogatari series, it's come to my attention that you often hear camera flash sounds when the character that narrates the arc blink. We first set a quick view of a specific spot (probably what the character is focused on) and then see the character's eyes blink with the sound of a camera flash.
The only theory I have so far is that things are going as they planned or they see an opportunity, but also it's possible that it happens because they're assimilating some information for later.
This question has really bugged me for a while and I haven't seen anyone else ask so I would love to hear from people.

This can be just another Shaft Signature as their art style, without any reason, just a background effect, but still, we are talking about Monogatari, where everything can have a meaning, so my guess, when "camera flash" happens, the character considered that thing important enough to remember, you know, like IRL when you take a pic to something, you do it because you consider it interesting, worth to immortalise the moment, it may be the case in Monogatari, but again, can also be just a simple sound effect for more quality.


Anime Movie with a floating island and robots When I was younger (2003) I rented a movie which I believe to be an anime, though I do believe it was older.

The details I remember:

(Space Pirates aren't actually in space, they are just named that for convenience, they just fly about in airships)

In the beginning of the movie, there was a boy, who happened to come across, or see a girl falling from the sky, but she never hit the ground, she was floating. (They were young, by appearance, I would say between the ages of 7 and 14)
I remember a scene rather vividly, where the girl (from above) was climbing on the outside of an airship, trying to escape what I shall call Space Pirates as to not let them gain an amulet (not sure on whether it was an amulet or something else entirely, I just know she had it, the space pirates wanted it).
I remember the two of them (Boy and girl, from first point), found their way, somehow onto an island which had a giant tree on it, with a lot of robots which had the ability to fly, it was an old looking place with moss and other overgrowth about.
The girls amulet, (or other item), had some sort of ability here, and was special to the island.
I'm note sure, though it may have been that the amulet woke the robots.

It's Laputa: Castle in the Sky.  The story starts off with a girl on a airship that's attacked by "sky" pirates. She manage to escape both the pirates and the people who held her captive on the airship by falling out of it. The girl's amulet saves her, causing her to float to safely to ground where a young boy find her.

Ultimately they end up on the floating island Laputa, which is old, overgrown, has a giant tree and is populated by giant robots. I believe the robots can fly.


Are "Guren no Tsuki" and "Honoo no Kokuin" set in the same continuity? The first animated Garo series, Honoo no Kokuin is set in some sort of medieval Iberian-looking place. The second animated series, Guren no Tsuki, is set in c. 10th-century mid-late Heian Japan. (We can pinpoint this fairly well, since one of the nobles in the palace in episode 1 is identified as real-life person Fujiwara no Michinaga, who lived c. 966-1028 CE).

Now, there's likely going to be no overlap of characters (aside from non-humans like Zaruba and Garm), since these two shows appear to be far apart in time (I'd peg Honoo no Kokuin as being closer to the 14th century or so). But, in the first place, are these two series even set in the same continuity?

(If so, that would mean that Raikou would have to be some distant relative of León, which would be quite an interesting state of affairs.)

Guren no Tsuki (Garo Animation 2) so Eastern and locate in Japan

Honoo no Kokuin (Garo Animation 1) so Western & locate in somewhere not Japan or Eastern Country

Number doesn't tell about sequel, it telling about second production


Where do I find a table / listing of all currently airing anime series? Is there a website or any kind of document that shows all currently airing series in Japan? Airing dates and times would be great too.

I use http://countdown.mandragon.info/ which shows the day and time of the next episode for currently airing shows and dates for shows that will be broadcast soon.

Edit: This site is now down, so I'll recommend another one I use often: http://anichart.net/


Why does Kojirou say "white hole" in the Japanese version of Team Rocket's motto? Torisuda mentioned he'd be interested in how the joke went in the Japanese version of Pokemon on my question about why Team Rocket's motto seems so nice. This prompted me to listen to the Japanese version of the motto on YouTube.

I came across this line in the Japanese version of Team Rocket's motto where Kojirou says:

  コジロウ: ホワイトホール、白い明日が待ってるぜ

Why does he say "Waito Hooru" (White Hole) here?

There used to be an interview about the production of Pokemon and they did explain it. The phrase translates to "white hole, white future awaits us". Sometimes, however, it can also translate to "bright future awaits us". That's why they wanted to use white, and the hole part of it is because it's a pun. Team Rocket and white holes, rocket and space which has black holes in it, get it? Rocket goes into space and there are black holes in space, but we need the color white so it became white hole. If this doesn't make sense, then leave a comment and I'll try to put it into other words. Unfortunately, I can't find the interview anymore, but hope this helps.


Why did Madara pose as Tobi when with Deidara? I'm confused about when we first meet Tobi. He becomes Deidara's partner and acts helpless. If he was Madara all along, why did he have to go through the process of getting accepted into the Akatsuki?

Examples: when capturing the 3 tails and when fighting Sasuke

First of all

  Tobi is not Madara. He claims to be Madara, and everybody believes it, that's all.

Tobi's true identity is:

   Obito Uchiha. He pretends to be Madara because he does not want to reveal his true identity because he should already be dead.

He keeps his goofball attitude so

   that he can pretend to be someone else (Tobi),  but once everyone calls him Madara, he changes his attitude to serious.


Is there an official statement about Detective Conan's ending? Currently, Detective Conan series is now on it's 721 (source) and probably still counting. Is there any statement from the production if they have any plans on having this anime series end? If there is, what is their plan on doing so? Will Conan be able to revert back to Shinichi and have the Black Organization behind bars or something like that? Or do they want this to be open-ended?

There hasn't been any official announcement related to the end of the manga or the anime, but here's an interview with Aoyama Gosho which took place in 2011.

  I really didn't expect it to last this long. I thought it might end after the first volume. Also, about the name "Conan," initially the editor-in-chief told me to change it to Detective Doyle because there was already an anime called Conan, The Boy in Future (directed by Miyazaki Hayao), but I said “I'd overtake The Boy in Future!” and it finally got through. But the new serialization's announcement said Tantei Shonen Conan/Detective Boy Conan, and I thought no way, this is pretty bad (laughs). However, about 10 years ago, someone from Ghibli* said to me, “when you talk about Conan now you'd be referring to the detective,” and I thought “Yes, I did it!”

This should clear most of your questions.


When do succubi mature? In Lotte no Omocha, Astarotte Ygvar is a 10-year-old succubus. We know that she must create a harem before she matures, she will need to create a harem so that she can have a steady supply of "sáðfryma".

Do succubi mature at the same speed as humans (finishing puberty sometime between the ages of 15 and 17) or does puberty come earlier or later for succubi?

The following is a panel from chapter 2 of the manga. It states that Astarotte will become an adult in the next 3 years.

Given that she's 10 at the start of the story, it seems that she'll be matured to the level of needing a harem by the age of 13. That would correspond to roughly the middle of puberty in human girls, so it seems likely that succubi mature at roughly the same rate as humans, though perhaps slightly faster.


Did the writer of Sword Art Online do a research on guns when writing Gun Gale Online? In a number of Sword Art Offline 2 episodes in Yui's trivia corner, she explains some of the guns seen during the series talking about their real-life counterparts.

Did the writer of Sword Art Online do a research on guns when writing Gun Gale Online? Did this trivia come after the light novels and used only to give something for Yui to talk about in Sword Art Offline?

The details of the guns in the game were actually quite basic. Here are three spots in novel #5 that mention specs on real guns used in the game:

Before the title page- Here, it says facts about Sinon's Hecate II, things like the length of the gun and the size ammo it uses. Also the fact that, in real life, the gun has been banned from being used on human targets.
Page 137- Kirito asks why the assault rifle fires smaller rounds than a sub-machine gun and Sinon explains that it's for higher speed and accuracy, a trait that has been used since the M16.
Page 140- Sinon recommends the Five-Seven to Kirito for a sidearm to use with his lightsword. She explains that it uses small bullets shaped like rifle rounds. This gives it an advantage of accuracy and penetration.

The bit in Sword Art Offline wasn't included in the light novels, but the trivia on each of the guns is indeed there.


Name of a manga about angels and devils marriage for peace I am looking for a manga where there is an angel princess who ran away from home and crossdressed as a boy to disguise. There is another girl who helps the protagonist - that girl is not only an angel, but she is also a guardian warrior thing (4 of them). The crossdressing girl ran away from marriage with a devil for peace. Her best friend while running away is the brother of the devil, but she didn't know he was a devil.

When angel royalty turns sixteen, they need to choose their gender. When the crossdressing girl turns sixteen, she was an ice general, but she wanted to be a lazy prince like her brothers. She had to be girl for marriage since she is the only one left that hasn't chosen her gender.

What you're looking for seems to be a manhwa(Korean comics) and all of what you described seems to be listed:

cross dressing
she is watched over by two of the Four Guardians of Heaven
princess angel
unwanted marriage
Devils

Angel Diary (Manhwa)

Synopsis

The only Angel Princess of Heaven is betrothed to the Emperor of the Underworld. Unable to accept her future with the Demon King, she realizes that her only choice is to run away. Her plan is to join the human world disguised as a schoolboy! Now all of the Gods from Heaven and Hell are searching high and low on the earth trying to make sure that a wedding happens.
Source: MAL


What's up with this Araragi and Nadeko scene in Tsubasa Cat, Part 1 (episode 11)? In episode 11 of Bakemonogatari (Tsubasa Cat, Part 1), after exchanging Kanbaru's washed swimsuit, making some Nobita jokes and talking about Shinobu, Araragi suddenly tries to, from the looks of it, touch Nadeko's hair, but she steps back a bit just enough to stay out of his reach.

After trying that a few more times, things end up with Araragi lifting Nadeko's skirt, while she just looks moderately surprised. The overall mood of this scene is confusing more than anything.

Then this frame is shown, possibly hinting on the answer to this awkward situation.

(click for full resolution)

I don't understand this scene. Can someone explain what's going on through both of their minds?

Koyomi's thought processes are elucidated upon in the light novel.1
The events of this scene are ordered slightly differently in the light novel versus the anime. What happens in the light novel is that immediately after Nadeko hands Kanbaru's swimsuit to Koyomi (08:09 on the BD), their conversation comes to a halt. Then, the events you're talking about occur. It would probably be more instructive to just see the ensuing text rather than have me describe it.2 Keep in mind that Koyomi is the narrator here. Editorial inclusions in square brackets.

I reached my hand out to touch Sengoku's bangs.
"...oh?" [Koyomi]
I missed.
My hand swept through the air. Sengoku quickly moved her head to the side, dodging my hand. So then, you know, I reached for her bangs again, but she took a step away from me, thus evading my follow-on.
"W...what?" [Nadeko]
"Uh, well..." [Koyomi]
Does it really bother you that much?
Her movements were surprisingly quick - nothing like what you'd expect from a quiet girl like her. You'd think that the bangs would interfere with her vision when they fell in front of her eyes, but she didn't seem to care.
"Hm." [Koyomi]
Well, let's try this.
I quickly extended my other hand and lightly lifted the hem of her dress. Given the way she reacted to me trying to touch her bangs, I was expecting her to respond like a little girl whose skirt had been flipped. Hence that little experiment.
But Sengoku didn't react to that at all. She looked at me a little curiously and tilted her head to one side.
It struck me yesterday, too, but....
She's way too innocent for a middle schooler.
She's worried about all the wrong things.3

My best interpretation of what's going on here is that Koyomi is just messing with Nadeko, trying to get a rise out of her. At first, he goes for her bangs, and Nadeko recoils. Koyomi decides to take it one step further and lifts the hem of her dress, expecting a bigger reaction out of her - but she doesn't seem to care. From Koyomi's point of view, this is all backwards - why would she be more bothered by someone touching her hair than by someone lifting her skirt? Hence his comment at the end of this bit - she's worried about all the wrong things.
It will probably be helpful to also look at this from Nadeko's point of view, particularly in light of Otorimonogatari. As we learn, Nadeko really hates it when people touch her bangs - she's very self-conscious about her hair, hence that hat she often wears. The skirt-lifting, though, probably doesn't bother her, seeing as the person doing the lifting is Koyomi - and by this point, she's long since fallen in love with Koyomi.

1 Bakemonogatari chapter 5 [book 2], section 002. (i.e. 化物語（下） 第五話（つばさキャット） ００２)
2 Translation my own; any falsities in it are my fault.
3 This is, I think, a better rendering of the line that appears on the sign in your last image.


What is it called when an anime character is emotionless on the inside and sweet/kind on the outisde? Emotionless on the inside meaning literally that, and sweet/kind on the outside as in being completely fake and pretending to like someone or be a happy person just for personal benefit or similar.

No violent behavior or psychotic behavior other than being manipulative, just a two faced person; emotionless on the inside and kind on the outside.

Sort of like how "Tobi" from Naruto acts childish and funny on the outside but ends up being

   a psychotic criminal that wants to help plunge the world into endless "happiness."

Looking for a "-dere" term that I can use to describe that type of character.

I don't think there will be any satisfactory answer here. This answer itself is almost better suited as a comment, but there is too much to cover in a comment or two.

Most importantly, this is probably not an anime related thing. The intent is there, but looking at the results, I can only find a non anime related answer. To address this, the most important thing to note is that there is most likely no "Dere" personality that can fit what you are talking about. At least, it's not mainstream, and generally would make no sense for one to exist at all.

Dere personalities are, first and foremost, personalities (and usually refer to how they express love). One decent reference, here, lists most if not all of the main ones, none of which match what you are looking for. It's all about their personality, how they express themselves. A Sociopath pretending to be good natured is not expressing them self, they are pretending to be something they are not. You can argue that Tsundere's are the same, they fake their tough act, but the only thing they have in common with our Sociopath is the part about them faking. There are terms for that kind of faking, and that is probably the best answer you can get here.

What the Tsundere does, and what our Sociopath is also doing, is something that can be called a Facade (There are probably other applicable words/phrases, but I will use this one). They are faking their personality, putting on a Facade to the world, hiding the truth. They are pretending to be something they are not, for their own reasons. The main difference, is that the Tsundere hiding their personality, is their personality. The sociopath and psychopath hide their true feelings for other reasons, usually keep secrets a secret, or to net some kind of gain from others.


What is the text in the intro of Cowboy Bebop Throughout the opening theme, various text moves across the screen.
Is this an extract from something, or just placeholder text?

It seems to be a blurb of some sorts

  Once upon a time, in New York City in 1941... at this club open to all comers to play, night after night, at a club named "Minston's Play House" in Harlem, they play jazz sessions competing with each other. Young jazz men with a new sense are gathering. At last they created a new genre itself. They are sick and tired of the conventional fixed style jazz. They're eager to play jazz more freely as they wish then... in 2071 in the universe... The bounty hunters, who are gathering in the spaceship "BEBOP", will play freely without fear of risky things. They must create new dreams and films by breaking traditional styles. The work, which becomes a new genre itself, will be called... COWBOY BEBOP

it's suggested here, that it may be a manifesto - a "verbal declaration of the intentions, motives, or views" of what the show will entail

It's also clear that it's playing off the theme of jazz within the text to fit the opening theme.


What is spinning a girl in yukata like a top a reference to? From left to right, top to bottom: Nisemonogatari, Midori no Hibi, Is the Order a Rabbit? and Mawaru-Penguindrum.

In the case of Midori no Hibi, why is Midori calling Seiji "governor"? Is this a reference to something?

The name of this meme is Obi spin, from the Japanese term 帯回し obi-mawashi.

An old jidaigeki-related meme wherein someone (usually a middle-aged man) pulls on the obi of a young woman wearing a kimono, causing her to spin around as it unravels. Usually accompanied by the tugger saying "It's fine, isn't it? (よいではないか、よいではないか)" in a sexually suggestive tone, while the young woman says "ohhh myyyy~! (あ～れ～)" as she spins.
This is, of course, an inherently voluntary game the two are playing, as simply putting her arms down would stop the young woman's obi from unraveling.

In the samurai movies and TV shows, the tugger is usually an 悪代官 aku-daikan, an evil governor, hence Midori's addressing Seiji as "governor". There is even a whole series of video games based on the premise, conveniently named Akudaikan.
TVTropes has more to say (and more examples) about this meme:

A little-known gesture of implied rape in Japanese culture involves the Shogun grabbing the waistband of his consort and ripping it off so hard that she spins several circles and falls on the bed with her clothes splayed open.

In some rare cases, the obi spinning is done to a male.

While this guy calls the obi spin an "ozashiki-asobi technique", I am not too sure if he meant it as a satire or a deformation of a Geisha entertainment activity. Obi spin is even featured in shows by the famous comedian Ken Shimura.


Why does the Chimera Ant bat suggest that water weakens sound? In episode 99, the Chimera Ant bat says, "Water significantly weakens the power of sound!"

But water is a good conductor of sound. Why does she say this?

She probably says this because water weakens the effect of the technique, secret sound, that Bat.

  Bat enhances her voice and produces a powerful sound wave infused with her nen that confuses and disorientates her enemies leaving them without guard for some seconds

In this scene, Gon rips a bit of his trouser pocket before making them damp with saliva and stuffing them in his ears, effectively making earplugs for himself.

Practically speaking, fabric itself doesn't make good earplugs, but by dampening it, it works quite well.

If Bat's sound waves cannot be heard as well, it won't have the same effect. Therefore it is weaker.

It's important to note that the original phrase was:
水は音波のエネルギーを著しく弱める

Which can be translated, taking in context, to: Water significantly weakens the energy of the sound wave.

Therefore it could be her referring to how water is weakening the effect of her technique, instead of sound in general.


Why is it that Beerus and Whis know Frieza but not Buu? It's a known fact that Beerus was asleep for 38/39 years.

When he wakes up, Whis tells him that a Saiyan defeated Frieza.

I know 39 years is a long time however Buu was also on rampage throughout the universe way before that (fighting the Supreme Kaihous and so on).

How come they know about Frieza and don't know about Buu?

In Dragon Ball Super, as well as Battle of the Gods, Beerus did not know about Majin Buu. The manga has not given a definitive answer as to why they don't know each other, but we can narrow down the potential answers.

In an interview, Akira Toriyama has stated that contrary to Supreme Kai's statement about Bibidi creating Buu, Buu has actually been around since the beginning of time. Bibidi just knew how to wake up Buu from his long slumber.

We also know that gods aren't born as gods in Dragon Ball. They obtain the god title after training and fulfilling their duties. Thus we know that Buu existed before Beerus became a god.

This means that Beerus not knowing Buu can be attributed to any of the possibilities below -

Beerus and Buu never met each other - possible due to the excessive amount of time they spend asleep.
Beerus might have met Buu, but in kid Buu form. He has never seen Mr. Buu before.
There was no reason to meet. Beerus destroys planets to maintain the balance of the universe. With Buu also destroying planets, he essentially did Beerus' job for him.

We also know that Beerus sealed Old Supreme Kai into that sword. During that time, Buu was also asleep, so there was no chance for Beerus to meet Buu during that time.

We should also note that Old Kai described Buu as more evil than Beerus while Beerus was more powerful than Buu. It's possible that Beerus didn't need to seek Buu for a challenge if he was already stronger than him.


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

There can be different reasons for that, let's try to imagine some of them.

Lower cost. This is obvious (just compare the prices for black ink cartridges and color cartridges for your printer to see the difference). Also, consider that the lower cost of production causes lower prices for the end product - so the readers will be more eager to buy manga.
Faster production. Unlike comics in the US, for example, which usually comes out on a monthly basis, a lot of manga comes out weekly. Coloring would take additional time and make it harder to release new chapters in time.
Manga artists usually don't have a lot of staff to help them, and sometimes even work alone. Thus, they don't have enough time (and, not rarely, enough skill) to color their works well, because:

Coloring is completely different from line art. Not all people that can draw good line art can color well, and vice versa. If you talk about comics, there are usually at least two artists making them: one artist that draws line art, and another artist that is responsible for coloring (this artist is called a colorist). Believe me, coloring is hard. And of course, that person also needs to be paid :P

It also somehow raises the interest of manga fans in watching anime (which is in color), but I doubt this is really a valuable reason, so think of it as of an interesting observation.


Why do anime characters stand on telephone poles all the time? In a lot of anime and anime-styled fan work, anime characters are shown standing on the tops of telephone poles.

I understand this angle makes it easy to show the character against nice scenery, but it's not something that should be as regular as it is. Was there a particular show that sparked all the pole-standing?

The reason the characters stand on poles mostly have to do with the scene being either dramatic or to make the scene look "cool".

This trope is known as "I Have the High Ground":

  Supernatural, magical, or just plain awesome beings know there's no better place to be effortlessly standing on than tall and usually thin objects, be they pine trees, lampposts or the nearest available tall building. This is flying for people who cannot fly. Or even the ones who can.

  Less about true strategy and more about looking cool. Expect Dramatic Wind (actually, wind speed increases with altitude, so wind that seems dramatic to those on the ground is ''normal'' at high altitude). In anime and manga this has become a choice dramatic entrance for villains, introduced via a panning away of the camera from a completely every day scene (see example 1), or the aftermath of a dramatic event, to reveal that said villain was watching all along, and provide a nice segue for the next part. Example

As is mentioned on the page:

  This seems to have originated from training techniques that involved standing on bamboo; see, for example, the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Teen Titans examples. This is common in Wire Fu movies

Hence, there is no particular show which sparked the pole standing, but rather its gradual adaptation into the anime world taken from real life Martial Art practice techniques, which became ever so popular and a regular occurrence because animation tends to increase the dramatic effect and make it scenic as compared to shows/movies, where the characters would (probably) look weird rather than cool, unless it's directly related to Martial Arts.


Why does Tohru always try to get Kobayashi to eat pieces of her tail? In Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon, Tohru always tries to get Kobayashi to eat pieces of her tail. Why?  This started in episode 1 and has carried through to the current episode, with a mention/attempt almost every episode.

Is this a sign of affection for dragons?

While it hasn't been explicitly stated in the show, I think the biggest factor is that it's an extremely intimate thing to do. It might be a bit disgusting when put this way, but a lot of intimate acts amongst humans involve the mingling or exchanging of bodily fluids; and that extends to the deal with vampires drinking blood - it's a precious bodily fluid, and there is something quite intense about giving it to someone. So for Tohru, who can apparently regrow her tail pretty quickly, having Kobayashi eat the meat is having her master take a part of her and ingest it, which in her eyes is an incredibly special form of bonding.


When does Black Butler take place? In chapter 3 or 4 of Black Butler, Sebastian is using a mobile phone when talking to those guys who are holding Ciel captive.

Is this a mistake by the author or something else? Isn't Black Butler in the 1800s?

In the manga chapter 27 page 41, it was shown that Ciel Phantomhive was born in 1875. Googling with the key phrase "the first cell phone" tells us that the first mobile-phone was created in 1973 by Motorola, which is 100 years after Ciel was born.

Since Ciel was 13 (12 during the first 14 chapters) in the story, mobile phones should not have existed. Thus, like lentinant said in his comment, it is likely that the story takes place in an alternate reality.


Did Light knew L's real name? In Death Note, Light picked up Rem's notebook after he/she died by writing L's name his/her the notebook

Does it mean that Light now knew L's real name?

Maybe he did not bother checking his rival's name or something...i guess he saw the name but maybe it was of no significance to him...and also in one of the early episodes light says that he is terrible with names and faces..so most probably he saw the name but forgot it or he saw it but it was not revealed to us whether he now knew  his actual name or not or either he just simply didn't bother to check his name...


Why do red Saber and blue Saber look so alike? On the surface, red Saber (from Fate/Extra) and blue Saber (from Fate/Stay Night) look almost identical.

Was it ever explained why they look so similar?

What noticeable differences do the two have, aside from their abilities and attire?

Saber is extremely popular character. They are just "milking franchise" with character that looks similar to the original. And by having little different personality, they make sure they gain interest of more people other than fans of original Saber.


Who cut off Zephyr's arm? After watching One Piece Film: Z it was stated during the movie that a pirate cut off Zephry's arm and killed most of his crew of Marines in trainging. This pirate was later invited to be one of the Shichibukai. Is there any source that states which one of the Shichibukai that it was? I was unable to find anything on his wiki page I thought that maybe Oda might have stated it somewhere else.

The answer hasn't been officially stated, but we do have elements that allow us to narrow the Shichibukai down.

According to Volume 1000, the pirate who cut off Z's arm was promoted to a Shichibukai "one year ago", which means during the timeskip. This rules out any of the original seven as well as Blackbeard, and only leaves Buggy, Trafalgar Law, and Edward Weevil.

From there, only speculation can be used, as no further official details have been revealed. Since Buggy is relatively weak even in the present day, compared to Z who was already Admiral-level when his arm was cut, it can be assumed he didn't do it, unless he got extremely lucky.

Still according to Volume 1000:

  Zephyr became an Admiral at age 38, during Gol D. Roger and Edward
  Newgate's golden age. By this time, he had become very popular with
  his subordinates. He got married, and a year later, his son was born.

  Zephyr's happiness was ended prematurely when a pirate murdered his
  wife and son three years later. Zephyr wanted to resign from the
  Marines, but he was eventually persuaded to stay as an instructor. He
  trained many cadets, most of whom would ascend the Marines bureaucracy
  in both power and status.

  Twenty-three years after the death of his loved ones, Zephyr's arm was
  cut off by a pirate who had a Devil Fruit power, and his entire
  division was massacred with only Ain and Binz surviving.

(Source: One Piece Wikia article on Zephyr)

This means Z's arm was cut off nine years ago, which means in turn that Law was around 17 years old. While it is likely Law was strong even back then, it is unlikely that he was the one who did it, as Z was already a former Admiral, and Law couldn't defeat Vergo until present day, after Vergo became Vice-Admiral.

This leaves Weevil, whose past is still largely unknown and whose strength is immense, as the most likely man to have cut off Z's arm, but until there is official proof to confirm or deny anything, it can only remain speculation at this point.


What does it mean that "One for All" allows to stockpile power? In My Hero Academia, they say that the quirk "One for All" allows the user to stockpile power. What does this mean exactly? Does it mean that the current user has the quirks of the previous users? Does it mean that the current user has the added strength, speed, resistance, etc. of the former users combined? Or does it mean he can save strength, speed, resistance, power, etc. when he isn't using it, having it "stockpiled", and using it altogether, at some moment? Or does it have any other meaning?

It would seem that all the unique users of One For All added their own power in the quirk- stockpile (One For All), as the earlier quirk user (his younger brother) couldn't defeat All For One, but All Might did.

It means that all the previous users had some powers of their own, which they passed down with the powers they had themselves received.


Anime deviation from manga I had watched Tokyo Ghoul and Tokyo Ghoul Root A a few months ago. Now I just finished reading the Tokyo Ghoul manga and noticed that there are various places where the manga was different from the anime and many things were left out in the anime.

I haven't really read many manga but from what I have heard, it's the same case in many manga to anime productions.

My question is, who decides what goes into the anime and what stays out of it, and what changes will be made, with respect to the manga? Is it the studio producing the anime, the author of the manga, or is a mutual agreement between the two made?

I think your question is closely related to questions like Why aren't books adapted one-to-one?.

One aspect why an adaptation is different is because there are other people working on it.
If you want to express feelings, there are many different ways to do that. For example, the mangaka thinks that a "No..." with a sad face is enough emoting while the director of the anime thinks this is not enough and has the character do a Darth-Vader-like "NOOOOOOOO!!!!". One example of this is (not an anime, I normally just read manga) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. In the book, it says:

  "Did you put your name in the Goblet of Fire, Harry?", he asked calmly

while in the movie we get this.

On the other side, you have a book like "Who censored Roger Rabbit" by Gary K. Wolf, which was adapted into the 1988 Who framed Roger Rabbit. In the book,

   Roger is killed in the beginning of the novel.

Following this event, the detective tries to solve this mystery instead of the one he tries to solve in the movie. Thus the plots are completely different and bear no resemblance to one another. The adaptation is, so to say, in name only.

This might happen because the director thinks that he has a better grip on the story the author wanted to tell, so he just "improves" it. Or he thinks that he has a better story to tell in the universe and he just wants to import all of the framework the title entails. This can be seen with video game movies: the Resident Evil movies import nothing from the games except maybe the premise of zombie-like creatures attacking and some names.

And then there are those directors who just want to profit from the name. Their story has pretty much nothing to do with the original material. For example, the Tomb Raider movies contain no levels from the games (that were released before the movies were made, don't know about newer ones). Lara could just be called Nancy Drew and could be a 13 year old girl; except for the sexualization, it could be the same movie. Lara could have been a 40 year old male "archeologist". But the studio wanted to profit from the name "Tomb Raider", so they made a Tomb Raider movie that had nothing to do with the Tomb Raider games.

PS: The last two categories can be combined. You could pretty easily swap the Resident Evil and Tomb Raider examples in them but the motive is different.


Where did Chat and Max end up? At the end when the core of Seyfert's ring is destroyed the platform that Reid, Farah, Meredy and Keele were on split into 2.

Now given what Keele said about how Inferia and Celestia would drift apart with the ring's destruction and we see Reid and Farah end up on Inferia and after the first credits we see them with Chat saying how they were off to see their friends i assumed that Meredy and Keele ended up on Celestia.

However i didn't see where Chat and Max ended up. yes Chat was shown on Inferia before picking up Ried and Farah but her ship was further upgraded to make the trip between the 2 planets so it doesn't exactly confirm where she ended up.

So where did Chat and Max end up after Seyfert's Ring was destroyed?

At the end of the story, Chat, along with Reid Hershel and Farah Oersted, prepare to travel to Celestia to visit Keele Zeibel and Meredy.

Taken from Aselia Wikia

So, it seems to me, that Chat ended up on Celestia, even if it was only for a temporary visit.

  But after his perceived victory against Balir, Max asserts himself as the de facto ruler of Celestia

Taken from Aselia Wikia

Which makes me think, that he would also end up in Celestia. Especially, since it seems his wife wanted to join him again:

  At Jini, the artist tells Reid that she completed her sketchbook and that she can finally offer it to the sea to the childhood friend of her memories. By doing so, she says she can now return to her husband to resume their lives together, revealing herself to be Max's wife, Lesitia.

Also taken from Aselia Wikia


What is the name of the track at 17:25 in episode 764 of One Piece? What's the name of the music track that plays at 17:25 where Brook play in episode 764 of One Piece?

According to this website, it's "Gold and Oden" (probably the second part?). You can search for the episode and click on a entry to see more information about a track.


Why didn't Suzuha mention the destruction of Nakabachi's paper in Episode 23 (β)? In the original Steins;Gate episode 23 (after the events of Steins;Gate 0), it is understandable that Suzuha didn't mention the destruction of Nakabachi's paper because she already knows that Okabe must fail the first attempt to save Kurisu. After that, she mentions about it in the second attempt.

However, in Episode 23 (β), no second attempt is planned, therefore she should mention it from the beginning, right?

Why didn't Suzuha mention the destruction of Nakabachi's paper (stolen from Kurisu) in Episode 23 (β)?

Since episode 23β is a prequel, Suzuha knows nothing of the plan. So either she simply doesn't know to bring it up, or she doesn't even know that Nakabachi's paper is the cause of World War 3.

Suzuha's quest to go back in time and make Okabe save Kurisu is almost identical to Okabe's trip to save Kurisu.

The events likely plays out as follows. Disclaimer, some of this is speculation:

In an attempt to stop World War 3, Suzuha goes back in time to make Okabe save Kurisu. This is episode 23β. The attempt fails and the events of Steins;Gate 0 begin.

   Over the next 15 years, Okabe learns the situation and develops the plan to save Kurisu and save World War 3.

 The plan has (at least) two parts:

  1. Okabe sends the video D-mail to himself from 2025 to 2010.
  2. Okabe communicates with Suzuha so that she will tell the 2010 Okabe about Nakabachi's paper, and view the video D-mail.

However, there is one important thing: The past must not be changed.

Okabe is told to trick himself into thinking Kurisu is dead so that it doesn't change the events in the original Steins;Gate prior to episode 23.

   Likewise, when Suzuha travels to 2010 after the events of Steins;Gate 0, she must not change the past where Okabe fails once. So in episode 23, she behaves identically to herself in 23β so that Okabe fails once - thus ensuring that the events in Steins;Gate 0 do not change. This is part of the plan.

 Only afterwards does she make her move which triggers Okabe to try again and enter the Steins;Gate world line.


Original song used to make VOICES tilt-six Remix feat. Miku Hatsune? What was the original song that was remixed to make VOICES tilt-six Remix feat. Miku Hatsune?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbryVBMkCeU

according to the Vocaloid Wikia it's based on an EDM, non-lyrical song of the same name.

  "VOICES" is a remixed Japanese song by tilt-six featuring Hatsune Miku. The song is based off of an EDM, non-lyrical song of the same name. The video was created as a collaboration between iXima, tilt-six and Sony to promote the new Sony XPERIA smartphone

the page list this youtube video as the original with the description saying

  The official, original version of the song "VOICES", created to promote the Sony XPERIA smartphone.


What is the so-called "GUDAGUDA ship" involving Oda Nobunaga and Okita Souji? I was reading this piece of short comic remake titled "How you play it" illustrated by Kawacy and it says

Oda Nobunaga and Okita Souji from Fate/Grand Order
a.k.a the GUDAGUDA ship.

So I search about it, it seems like an event from Fate/Grand Order called GUDAGUDA Honnouji Event. From here, I know gudaguda (ぐだぐだ) mean exhausted; tired. But the event summery says

Something like a "GUDAGUDA Honnouji" suddenly appeared in Chaldea, and Oda Nobunaga is ready for action!

which suggests it's an object rather than a state
So what is GUDAGUDA exactly in relation to Fate/GO? And why did the Oda Nobunaga and Okita Souji pairing get called GUDAGUDA ship? I tried to Google GUDAGUDA ship and I got lot of Oda Nobunaga and Okita Souji pairing so it's not something only from Kawacy above

Note: I have zero knowledge of Japanese language and I never play Fate/GO

Some time ago, there was this parody manga written by Keikenchi called Koha-Ace, featuring Kohaku from Tsukihime as an main character of sorts, along with several characters of the Nasuverse. Although it's a joke-series, it's still considered official, some of it's segments were part of the Carnival Phantasm animation.

One of the stories that ran in this manga was Fate/KOHA-ACE, an alternate Third Holy Grail War, where Oda Nobunaga (Demon Archer) and Okita Souji (Sakura Saber) were summoned.

After the mobile app based on the Nasuverse, Fate/Grand Order, was announced, Keikenchi was asked to author a short series to be released on the game's website some time before the game even released. It was supposed to be a showcase of the servants that would be available on the game, though it kind of degenerated into random shaenaenigans. The web series was titled Fate/GUDAGUDA Order, and the MCs of sorts were Nobunaga and Okita, and they ended up being shipped by the fandom. Eventually, they actually made it to the game during an event around 4-5 months after the game was released, which was called the GUDAGUDA Honnouji event.

You can legally read this manga on the F/GO (US) site here.


How does the checkpoint get upgraded in Re:Zero? Spoiler Alert

As we have seen in Re:zero, Subaru wakes up in a certain palace after he dies, which is a checkpoint. As the story progresses, we see the upgrade in checkpoint as in normal games.

In most of the games, checkpoint is upgraded (in case of Auto) when you reach certain places or after you've completed certain tasks. The gamer is notified or knows when checkpoint is upgraded; it was not in Subaru's case.

The checkpoints are:

In front of shopkeeper
Bed, in the palace where Emilia lives
The big tree, where they killed the white whale

The checkpoint is upgraded after the task has been completed. But that was not the case, when Rem was saved from the dogs from the forest, it was a task that has been completed but when Subaru returned from death, in the witch cult arc the save point was in front of shopkeeper but not the palace's bed.

From this, a task is not the only thing that triggers the upgrade, but place also plays a role. If that is the reason then the place where big tree is around should have been the save place because Subaru passed that tree but did not stop there.

From all the conditions, checkpoint upgrade not only depends on place and task but other things also. These conditions are just the guess or conclusion derived from above cases. And Subaru also doesn't know how upgrade works and upgrade checkpoint manually, like going some place and doing some thing, e.g talking with the shopkeeper.

How does the checkpoint get upgraded, and what are the conditions required for upgrade?

It seems that in the first safe area after all dangerous events have passed and subaru has no chance to be harmed it creates a save point, however it doesn't update at every moment he is not in imminent danger.


A happy instrumental song which plays during a flashback in Naruto Shippuden In Naruto Shippuden episode 6 "Mission Cleared", there is a song at about 8:20 where Iruka treats Naruto to a bowl of ramen. The music plays when there is a flashback to Naruto asking Iruka to try on his headband. The song sounds instrumental and happy.

The same song is at the beginning to episode 2 before the title scene/Japanese rock music plays. The song I am looking for plays during a happy flashback. I have spent an hour looking for this song but I can't find it anywhere.

I guess your are asking this one:

Naruto Shippuden OST 3 - Peaceful Theme

Link Below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1O04qZv3-4


What is this simplified/less-detailed art style called? So, recently, while watching a few of my favorite animes, I noticed this really weird art style that pops up whenever a character will show confusion, annoyance, etc.

Don't really know what the art style is called. Usually, they look kinda simplified or less detailed (not sure if that's the right term). I don't think it's chibi, but whatever it is, I would like to know.

It's called "super deformed", or SD.
Some anime spin-offs of franchises in that style have the "Super Deformed" or "SD" in the name, like "Kidou Senshi SD Gundam" or "Kamen Rider SD" others don't, like "The Ten Little Gall Force".