What happened to Naruto's kyuubi seal after meeting kushina? Why is the seal changed after Kushina helped Naruto in controlling the Kyuubi? There was no sticker seal in the Kyuubi's cage and it turned into a circle lock with red cage.
It was like this before with a paper seal in the center

After meeting kushina it turns into this, with tomoe lock in the center and a red cage

After meeting Kushina and taking the Kyuubi's chakra, it's implied that Naruto now has a lot more control over the Kyuubi, and thus does not require the paper seal to assist in warding off its influence.  Naruto took the seal off on his own during the fight to subjugate the Kyuubi, and thus, no longer exists.
Note that the paper seal was put there by Minato as a stop-gap to prevent either Naruto from voluntarily taking off the seal, and to keep the Kyuubi in check should its power or influence grow out of control (as evidenced by the Pain arc).


Why does Midousuji always say "Gross!"? Midousuji always says "Gross!", but why does he do so?
For example, a scene where he says "Gross".

You pedal so hard. Just how high is your cadence? Gross.

He seems disgusted by everybody that competes with fighting spirit, or with beliefs of friendship, for the team goals, self awareness, etc. It seems (as his point of view) that he rides a bike for the pure joy of win and all the other thoughts are superfluous to him.

In some of the later episodes, he shows empathy for the second climber of the Hakone Academy (Manami), because of this reason and Onoda in the image you showed is trying to reach his team to help them in the future obstacle (the next climbing zone), and he seems to enjoy himself, smiling at full throttle, because riding is fun, and that's gross!


Why is Adult Gon Freecss' hair so long? Why is Illumi's hair long? Around the Chimera Ant arc in Hunter x Hunter, I have seen and understood how Gon would have to train for such a long time frame to have his hair be that long. But, Illumi also has long flowing hair.

Does this mean that Illumi has done something similar? Or maybe has Illumi just had a ton of bloodlust, and his hair went straight up?

It has been a while but I will try to answer with respect to the discussions held during that period.
First I would like to point a golden rule: Correlation doesn't imply causation. If Adult Gon and Illumi both have long hair it is NOT necessary they have it for the same reason.
Example:
Illumi has long hair because his character design was meant to be that way. He was meant to be introduced as a very creepy, gender-fluid character who could easily dominate the "imperturbable" Killua. The hair design gave author to do a lot of things with Illumi.

You've arrived at the reason for Gon's hair being long correctly, I believe. During Gon's transformation into what Killua considers "How he would appear after years, if not decades, of training", we also notice that his hair has grown absurdly long. This implies how much of time he would need to spend training to improve his Nen Ability.
To end with this is an old image with Illumi's character design (Hair). I'm not sure what does the Japanese text says.

Disclaimer:
Please Note, I know this answer is very opinionated without author notes to back it up. It is drawn from discussions during the original manga release which I have not tracked. In this case its the best answer to the question I could think of.
Feel free to suggest ways to improve or any flaws in the train of thought, I might have missed. I also haven't followed HxH in a long time so any new information is very helpful. Cheers!


Where can I buy School Days HQ in Greece? Do you mind telling me if there is a shop in Greece that sells School Days HQ?

https://www.jastusa.com/catalog/product/view/id/327

Your best bet would be buying it digitally from the official website above. I highly doubt there are shops that stock a decent selection of eroge visual novels in Greece.


When and where can we order/buy region-free DVD/Blu-Ray of Digimon Adventure tri.? According to Wikipedia:

  The first film, Saikai (再会 Reunion?), was released on November 21, 2015 and will be released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on December 18, 2015.

When can we buy this movie, and where can we order the movie franchise online? Since this will be released in Japan, is there a company that sells and provides international shipping?

Amazon Japan ships to the US, and I assume to most other places where Amazon does business. Even if you don't know Japanese, it's fairly easy to purchase stuff from Amazon Japan - when you go to the website, you should see a link that says "in English".

Click on it, and most (though I don't think all) of the interface gets changed over to English. Product descriptions and stuff don't, though.

Once you've done that, you'll need to make an account, even if you have an account on Amazon US or Amazon UK or whatever. The process is the same as making an account on any other Amazon site.

The product you want to purchase is either this one for BD, or this one for DVD. In either case, you can pre-order it. If you do place a pre-order, the product should leave Amazon's Japanese warehouse on release day and get to you probably less than a week later.

As far as I know, there is only one option available for global shipping from Amazon Japan. You will be charged probably $10-12 for shipment to the US. I don't know about other countries. If you are in the US, you should choose to pay in USD, so as to avoid foreign transaction fees on your credit card.

Incidentally, you can also preorder the second movie (BD, DVD) for when it releases on 2 Apr 2016.

Much of the advice above is generally applicable to purchasing any BDs and DVDs from Amazon Japan. Amazon Japan isn't always the cheapest option, but it is definitely the most convenient, at least for US-based buyers. However, if you are planning on purchasing a large number of items in a short period of time, you may be able to save on shipping by using a proxy service like Tenso. (I assume there are other such services, but I haven't really looked.)


Why do anime have manga adaptations? Why don't authors just focus on one medium at a time? Instead of having to work on both the anime and the manga at the same time, why don't the authors just focus on one?

For this answer I am going to assume only works which began as an anime and were later adapted into manga are under consideration. This is hard to study nowadays because there are so few anime-original works, but in most of the cases I know of, the manga is just tie-in merchandise for the anime, the same way anime adaptations of manga are tie-in merchandise for the manga, or anime and manga adaptations of light novels and visual novels are tie-in merchandise for the light/visual novel.

Usually, the author of the manga is a contract worker of some sort: the studio hires them to write and draw a manga version of the anime, sometimes while the production of the anime is underway, and sometimes after it's finished. The original team behind the anime doesn't usually work on the manga; their names might be on the cover as a "Story" credit, meaning they're just being acknowledged as the creator of the story. It's the reverse version of seeing "Based on the manga by XX" in the opening credits of an anime. So having a manga adaptation doesn't actually take any effort away from the anime; the two productions go ahead independently, sometimes extremely so. For example, the first manga adaptation of The Vision of Escaflowne was based on an early version of the story from when Yasuhiro Imagawa was attached as director. Imagawa left to direct G Gundam and the production was put on hold, but the manga went ahead with his shounen version of the story, only to become inaccurate later when Kazuki Akane came in and reworked the show as a shoujo series.

Some anime also have spinoff manga, which aren't directly based on the original anime. Evangelion, for example, has Angelic Days, Shinji Ikari Raising Project, and Campus Apocalypse. Madoka has Kazumi Magica, Oriko Magica, Wraith Arc, The Different Story, Homura Tamura, Homura's Revenge, Tart Magica, Suzune Magica, and probably soon the epic crossover Puella Magi Mahoro Magica: The Resurrection. Like the direct adaptation manga, these are passed off to hired help, but they often have valid creative reasons for existing. Angelic Days and Shinji Ikari Raising Project explored the banal world that Shinji creates in his mind in Episode 26 of the anime. Wraith Arc and The Different Story fill in parts of the anime storyline that weren't shown onscreen; Suzune Magica and Tart Magica focus on different characters in the same world; Homura Tamura is a parody. Since manga are cheaper to produce than anime, the spinoff manga are a low-cost way to explore the world of an anime, or create alternative scenarios, or to give hardcore fans something they want that doesn't have wide enough appeal to fund another anime. Some of these spinoff manga, I don't care about, but reading The Different Story totally changed my view of certain characters and events in the anime series, so I'm glad that the anime staff didn't decide to "just focus on one" and allowed the spinoff manga to be made.


How strong are the Marine Admirals? Since the Navy mainly determines power through bounty.  They seem strong but Whitebeard was able to fight all three admirals at one.  Also the Commanders of Whitebeard were on par with the Admirals. So how strong are the Admirals?  How much bounty would they get if they got one?

The Navy actually doesn't determine bounty based entirely on power, they also base it on how badly they want the particular guy caught.

Considering how DonFlamingo's bounty was 340 million beli, and he was a pretty big deal,  It appears that the marines start leveling out the bounties around the 300-400 million range.

That taken into account, If the admirals were pirates, their bounties would likely be in the 300 million range.

As far as power goes (and power is not that quantifiable in one piece), they're all in the top league, and so far, the only character who was formally introduced who can be said to have a very clear advantage over the admirals is Whitebeard, and he's dead.

the Other Yonko are very likely to be stronger than any particular admiral, but that's not necessarily a concrete rule, and we yet to have a good measure of their power.


How strong is Chi Chi? How do Chi Chi's strength compare to the rest of the Z-Fighters. Since she managed to train Goten who is immsensely strong, is she stronger than Mr. Satan

Chi Chi does not have the ability to use Ki and also cannot fly. Hence, that would automatically make her weaker than the rest of the Z-Fighters. Even in terms of Physical Strength, Chi Chi's power is substantially weaker than even Yamcha.The only fighter she might be comparable to in  terms of Physical strength would be Chiaotzu. She did have a higher power level than him during the martial arts tournament. However, Chiaotzu with his psychic abilities would easily win. Also, Chi Chi was a lot younger at the time of the martial arts tournament and hence must've grown weaker with age.Training Goten doesn't imply Chi Chi is strong. Goku, who is at a Universe busting level of strength, would still train under Master Roshi. Even if Goten is born with massive physical strength, he would require someone to teach him basic Martial Arts which Chi Chi is definitely aware of.If you were to compare Chi Chi with Videl, one can easily conclude Videl is stronger in terms of physical strength and also, the fact that she is aware of using Ki and can also fly. With regard to Satan, it's pretty hard to determine who exactly of the two is stronger. Satan is often underestimated in terms of power when he as a matter of fact, did win all those Tournaments the Z fighters didn't take part in(And only cheated against Android 18). We also see him manage to pull 3 buses just by himself which I highly doubt Chi Chi would be capable to do. At the same time, Chi Chi has way better Martial Arts training in comparison to Mr. Satan.Hence, if the two of them were to fight, I personally believe Chi Chi would most likely win under all circumstances. Mr. Satan is known for underestimating all his opponents heavily and spends half his fight showboating and would easily be caught off guard by Chi Chi. At the same time, Mr. Satan doesn't have the Raw Power to take out Chi Chi in one blow and hence Chi Chi's advantage in technique, might get the better of him.


What does the title of the anime "K" mean? In 2012, there was an anime titled K (or sometimes K Project). Does the title mean anything in the context of the anime?

(cf. C, which was titled for the word "Control", and X, which was supposedly titled after the use of the letter "x" as a variable).

There are two possibilities for what the "K" refers to.

The first is Adolf K. Weismann, who is the original person that became Yashiro Isana, the main character of the show.

The second is "King". The leader of each clan is its King, who controls the members of the clan.  Weismann is a King.

KINGS is also the first opening theme of the show.


Why does no one remember Gildartz? During the Battle of Fairy Tail, no one mentions the S-Class wizard, Gildartz, when suggesting who is the strongest. Why does no one remember him? Do they assume that he would be on a mission that would take too long, and would take perfect timing for him to show up?

He is mentioned. In chapter 119, Mystogan mentioned him to be the strongest of Fairy Tail and I quote:

  Mystogan: I have little interest in such things, but I would propose Gildartz.
  Laxus: Eh, he's no use... He ain't coming back.

Presumably, Laxus knew Gildartz was undertaking the 100 year job involving Acnologia and had assumed him to have died, since no one else has ever come back from that mission alive.


Is Haki based on anything real? In One Piece series, there's this 'will' technique called Haki. Is this based on anything real, all three of them?

I am not entirely sure about the credibility of this but it does make sense and the only info I could find. Taken from the wiki under Trivia and from this answer

  Haki appears to be similar in principle to common types of Qi (Chi)
  found in various other anime and manga series; which is based on the
  concept of "qi" (or "life-force") in Chinese philosophy.
  The concept of Kenbunshoku Haki, known to Skypieans as Mantra, is
  loosely based on the style of thinking in Hinduism, which goes by the
  same name.

The original Japanese term is ki (pronounced the same as "key", written as 気). It can also be spelled chi or qi. The same term is used for a concept in martial arts.


Is there no limit to power levels? Since Jiren and Frieza don't have godly ki, we are able to understand that you can attain the power of a god through regular training; that regular ki can go as high as divine ki.

Based on existing knowledge, how much roughly is Jiren's full power level? (the power he plans to use on Beyond Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta and 20+ Kaio-Ken Super Saiyan Blue Goku).

My guess is based on Super Gogeta's power level of 2,500,000,000 that Jiren's full power level is 189,000,000,000,000,000.

We have no idea which are the multipliers for super saiyan god and super saiyan blue, and we have no idea which is the current base power level of Goku and Vegeta, so it's impossible to give power levels with figures (numbers).

If we try to determine with a number the base power level of Goku and Vegeta (which seems to be about the same for both of them for the fights and sparrings they had in Dragon Ball Super) we find a lot of incongruences or very hard to fit situations. Also with the other transformations

Fake Vegeta in base form (which is as strong as Vegeta) was able to defeat SSJ3 Gotenks.
Goku in base form was able to overpower Freezer 4th form, Freezer 3rd form was able to almost kill super saiyajin Gohan.
In one movie Beerus says Goku in base form isnt as strong as Freezer (4th form)

So according to some data, Goku or Vegeta base form could be weaker than a super saiyajin, and according to other data it could be stronger than a SSJ3. Situations like those can only be fixed with speculation, no with the dialogue or things said by the authors because they just didnt try to fix those inconsistencies. So, being us unable to give number estimations since they could vary very widely, I believe this is the only thing we can say.

Super Saiyan Blue Kaiokenx20 of Goku, plus Ultra Super Saiyan Blue Vegita which seems to be in a similar level than Goku Super Saiyan Blue Kaiokenx20 , gave some fight but no damage to Jiren. This tells us that Goku (who is using the power of 20 super saiyan blue) plus Vegeta who is using a similar power (who together has a power around x40 super saiyan blue) are weaker than Jiren. Then Jiren power level has to be somewhere between x50 to x100 super saiyan blue.


Was Chiisana Obake Acchi, Kocchi, Socchi ever released in English? When I was five or six years old, sometime around 1994, I pestered my mother to buy me a VHS tape about three little ghosts from the stand next to the checkout at the grocery store. I watched that video over and over again, then forgot about it until recently, when I remembered it, recalled how much the art style looked like early Pokemon, and suddenly realized that that was probably the first anime I ever saw.

In preparation to write an id request, I did some searching, and I now think the show I saw was probably Chiisana Obake Acchi, Kocchi, Socchi. The timeframe is right, the plot sounds similar, and the picture seems familiar. The character names listed for the Spanish and Polish dubs on Anime News Network sound familiar and both Anime News Network and My Anime List give the show the English title Three Little Ghosts. Anime News Network even lists English language script staff. But there's nothing under "English cast" or "English companies", and I can't find any hard evidence that it was actually released in the United States.

Was Chiisana Obake Acchi, Kocchi, Socchi ever released in the US, and if so, when and by whom?

The article that senshin found indicates that Saban Entertainment, the infamous anime mutilator and "creator" of Power Rangers, co-produced Chiisana Obake Acchi, Kocchi, Socchi, so it seems incomprehensible that they wouldn't have produced an English dub. I also found an English-dubbed video of Three Little Ghosts which I am quite sure is the show I saw. The Anime News Network page gives the three ghosts' English names as Sally, Bumper, and Cutter, which is exactly what I remember their names being in the show I saw. The ANN page doesn't list any English voice actors, but this TV Tropes page mentions that Saban and other dubbing studios around this time frequently didn't credit the voice actors, so it's possible that the compilers of the ANN page couldn't find any information on the English voice actors and decided to leave it blank.

Given all that, I'm quite satisfied that Chiisana Obake Acchi, Kocchi, Socchi was released in the US and that it was the show I saw.


In Sparks Liner High, could Avalon have saved Shirou? In the Sparks Liner High ending of Heaven's Feel,

   Shirou ends up as a vegetable, since his mind has completely deteriorated.

 However, since he was lying next to Saber, could his deteriorated brain have been repaired by Avalon? Avalon is supposed to have ultimate regenerative properties, so wouldn't it be able to regenerate him?

 Not to mention, Avalon allows people to use techniques that would normally be too overbearing to the user (like how Kiritsugu could use higher levels of Time Alter). Shouldn't the same apply to Shirou?

I don't believe so. According to the Wikia a Head Shot will still kill Avalon's holder

The holder of the scabbard is granted potent healing, allowing for critical and fatal wound to be rapidly repaired to restore the wielder's health. Minor injuries are restored easily, and even large missing portions of the body and destroyed vital organs like the heart can quickly be restored at the critical moment before death. Targeting anything other than the holder's head in order to destroy their brain is futile, requiring for a decisive strike to be landed in order to cause any true damage.

Source: Avalon (3rd Paragraph)
So it's possible that the damage the brain is still too much for Avalon. thinking on when this Bad End could occur i can only think of 2 times Shirou fought Saber in Heaven's Feel and the only time i can think of in which Shirou's brain could be destroyed because of a fight would be in the caverns where the Greater Grail is located. even if Shiou's brain did heal it would still be a Bad End because it would probably take too long for Shirou to be ok to stop Angra Mainyu being born and saving Sakura and Rin.
Now while i havn't seen that Bad End if Saber died in it then Avalon only works to a limited level using the residual magical energy it has, if she is still alive Shirou doesn't have the near True Immortality it provides because while a Contract with Saber isn't required to use Avalon's power it is for the immortality and it's Sakura who has this Contract for the most part of Heaven's Feel

The contract between Saber and a Master isn't a requirement to use Avalon's abilities, but having one will provide the user the true benefit of limited immortality by allowing it to obtain magical energy from Saber and fully utilize its effects according to the contract.
...
Avalon's effects are less potent for those without the contract, allowing its regenerative abilities to be used only while Saber is close enough to provide magical energy to it.

Source: Avalon - Master's Noble Phantasm


Did Zack have any lines in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children? At the end of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children when Cloud is in the healing water in the church with the kids getting their Geostigma cured, he sees Aerith and as she was away we see that Zack is leaning against the doorway (can be seen in this video on Aerith).

When i first saw the film i don't recall Zack having any lines but there is Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete with extra scenes which i have yet to see yet (i've been told that Reno mentions meeting up with the other Turks like Cissnei)

So maybe i missed it in the original movie or maybe there's something only in the Complete version, but does Zack have any lines or even do anything at all besides show up at the end?

Considering Zack has his voice actor listed in the original Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children's credit... yes, he spoke 2 lines near the ending.

This happens after Cloud's final fight

   when Cloud is unconscious after the Remnants of Sephiroth's suicide attack. After a while, Aerith and Zack have a very short dialogue, rejecting Cloud's fate from "joining" them.

  YouTube video: Japanese voice, English dub.

With the additional screen time for Zack in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete, he also has more lines compared to the original movie.


Does Kaido possess any other power other than just being physically strong? Kaido (カイドウ) has such incredible strength. But, to be one of the Yonko, it takes strength beyond even an Admiral level and there must be an explanation for Kaido. The most normal person I've known as Yonko is Shanks, but since he possesses incredible and powerfull Haki so it makes sense. But Kaido? Does he have mysterious power other than just being physically strong?

From One Piece Wikia :

  Perhaps the greatest sign of Kaido's strength is his apparent
  inability to die. He has been caught and tortured 18 times, and people
  as powerful as the Marines and other Yonko have attempted to execute
  him 40 times. However, he mysteriously survived every single attempt
  because every single execution weapon broke when being used on him.
  Most notably, Kaido has jumped from 10,000 meters in the sky onto the
  ground, creating a massive shockwave strong enough to sink a large
  ship nearby, and emerged without an injury; it has even become a hobby
  for him to attempt suicide, only for it to fail.

That's not enough explaination about Kaido's power.

Here is the thing, you know Admiral Akainu (赤犬),  possesses the Magu Magu no Mi which grants him the ability to transform his body into terrifying magma and manipulate it at will, he can even afford to crush a land if he wants. But hey, that's not enough to match a Yonko.

So back again to Kaido, Does he have any other mysterious power?

All these information that you've posted are detailed and relevant to what had been released in the manga and also what has been shown in the anime.
Currently the manga is in an arc which is focusing on something else. If you would like to know, you can read from the manga.

SPOILERS

   Currently due to the Sanji situation, in the manga, it will focus on the development of Big Mom's character and the adventures to be on whole cake island. As we know from the impel down arc and marineford arc when the crew splits up the story will follow Luffy as he is the protagonist. Zoro and the others have split to Wano and are likely to engage Kaido first. So just stay tuned and your question should be answered sooner than you know it.


Why do some isekai animes tend to have overpowered MC's? Based on my research on some animes I have seen, the storyline based on an overpowered MC from the beginning where they have a ton of superpowers. It is either that, or some animes start with the MC being super weak and they start to eat some monsters or etc. to gain superpowers on the way and are way overrated, and then comes an enemy who is more overpowered than the MC.
Why do some isekai animes tend to have overpowered MCs?

On the surface level, it is simply a straightforward combination of two wish-fulfillment fantasies.

As to why the overpowered Isekai trope has become popular, this is a much more complicated question. While it is difficult to give a scientific source for this, a oft-cited reason is the societal disenfranchisement experienced by young Japanese, the typical target demographic of such material. With the effects of the decades-long post-bubble economic stagnation still present, general societal hostility towards the Yutori generation (ゆとり世代), along with many other reasons that are too complex for me to talk about knowledgeably, there is a general sense of defeat and estrangement toward modern society that pervades a significant portion of Japanese youth. This translates to a desire to escape, rather than try in vain to be successful in the modern world. (Note this trend isn't limited to Japan, but I am limiting it to Japan to keep it on topic.)
Isekai is pretty much the embodiment of the escapism espoused by this urge, and anime (and related material such as manga and LNs), often being a form of escapist wish-fulfillment to begin with, was very receptive to this shift. It effectively rode the wave to end up with the current surfeit of Isekai works.
Now, Isekai in and of itself does not always imply a desire to escape - it may be a method to explore questions about history, or a way to put into perspective the effects of modern societal and economic development. However, the recent popularity of Isekai really isn't concerned with such questions - it is much more about the MC, typically self-inserts, being successful, rich, popular, etc. by virtue of:

Experiences as a typical member of modern society (You will often see the MC heralded as genius for having what would be basic knowledge (e.g. economic concepts or cooking methods) in modern times)
Having nearly omniscient knowledge of a fictional world (common in Isekai involving novels)
Having access to modern technology in a pre-modern world (In Another World with My Smartphone, anyone?)
Having some method to easily "level up" and gain new powers (common in game-based Isekai - note that they often involve overpowered MC-only skills, items or classes)
Or being bestowed powers without reason or any meaningful effort (as given in OP's question)

Note that none of these require any exceptional effort on the MC's part. Having a overpowered MC in an Isekai makes it easier for the reader to get their success-without-effort (or at least, a gamelike success-proportional-to-effort) wish-fulfillment fantasy, which has been in demand with the increasing disillusionment towards the idea "effort breeds success" in modern society.

I've talked in length about why the "Overpowered MC in Isekai" trope appeals to consumers, but a equally, if not more, important aspect is its attractiveness to creators.
Isekai is a very convenient tool for creators, as one can simply apply whatever technology level, society, etc. is convenient for the plot. Unlike, say, the setting the story in the actual medieval times, the faux-historical setting often seen in Isekai means no real research is required, and any dissonance within the verisimilitude of the fictional world can be hand-waved away. In addition, in figuring out the MC and their skills and knowledge, the creator can just directly apply their own experience without further thought or research.
Now, while it would appear at first sight that it would be a simple matter for a MC with all the typical knowledge of the modern world to quickly become successful in a world that can be bent for plot convenience, this really isn't the case.
Anthropological development is not discrete, and for an MC to succeed in a pre-modern world, the writer often has to either; make the MC more knowledgeable than the typical reader (or writer!), or force a contrived lacuna in common knowledge of the Isekai that makes little ethnographical sense.
To give a more concrete example, say that an Isekai is set on a typical pre-gunpowder society, and the writer wants the MC to take over the world by building guns. This would require the MC to know how to manufacture gunpowder, machine intricate metal parts, smelt high-quality steel (or some other suitable metal), and have to ability to raise funds and the manpower to build the parts necessary. This simply isn't the case for most of the audience, becoming a impediment for self-insertion, and also requires the writer to do research, which a lot of Isekai writers can't frankly be bothered to do.
Implementing or applying even a sliver of modern development to a pre-modern society almost always requires a lot of preexisting groundwork, which is both difficult for a self-insert MC to convincingly achieve, and a bunch of annoying research work for the writer.
Then, for an MC without any special powers to become successful in an Isekai, a clear but simple gap in development that any modern hoi polloi can fill is required. Of course, this also means it often makes little sense for the Isekai society to have not filled the gap, which also interferes with the reader's suspension of disbelief. Some examples from my memory: the approximate equivalent of 12th century europe that hadn't realized heat can be used to cook food, or a Baroque era world that did not have the concept of currency.
So, it is difficult for an Isekai MC without special powers to achieve success, at least without some narrative concessions. The obvious recourse, then, is to give the MC special powers. After all, why bother building a gun workshop when you can just conjure guns out of thin air? Or better yet, shoot magic out of your fingers? Giving an Isekai MC special powers makes crafting a logically consistent story much easier - the writer is not constrained by pesky notions such as the limits of human capability or mundanity of the everyman, and can insert contrivances as necessary to keep the story going with the excuse of "special powers".
In short, an overpowered MC sidesteps what is perhaps the Achilles' heel in Isekai fiction writing - that the modern average Joe is no more inherently skilled or knowledgeable than a premodern human (or human equivalent) society.


Is Senpou: Inton Raiha related to the Third Raikage's black lightning attack? In chapter 674 of the Naruto manga, Madara uses a techinique called Senpou: Inton Raiha.
Is this technique related to the black lightning attack of the Third Raikage?

Senpou: Inton Raiha - Raiton and Inton mixed together to form a branched dangerous lightning network . The flashes can be fired from both hands simultaneously. Senpou: Inton Raiha uses Sage of Six Path's chakra. And till now there have been only 4 characters to use Sage of Six Path's chakra - Obito, Madara, Naruto and Sasuke. It is highly unlikely that Third raikage knew/believed in Rikudou Senin let alone had his chakra.

Also Third raikage's black lightening was unique to him and later used by Darui too and it is shown that it can be used at a single target at a time. It covers the whole body of the user while Senpou: Inton Raiha comes out from hands of user.


What was the deal with Haruhi's Endless Eight? In Haruhi second season, there was 8 episodes that have been the same. The series of "Endless Eight" episodes are literally doing the same things over and over again. But it's not really the same thing, they re-animating and re-dubbing whole episode, they didn't being lazy and use the same source.

Here's the same sequence of different episodes when Haruhi called Kyon to ask him to swim with others at the pool:

As you can see they give different tones, angles, outfits, etc. That's too much effort for same situation all over the episode for eight episodes straight. So why did they doing it? Did they also did it in light novel? What is the point of "Endless Eight"?

Most likely the last arc of the show was originally planned to adapt The Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi, but the producers changed their mind well into production, and decided to make it into a movie instead. As a result they had to fill in a seven episodes gap that they already bought the timeslot for, thus this gimmick was born.

They Endless Eight chapter in the novel is only about the very last iteration where Kyon figures out the solution.

The point of Endless Eight was to provide a reason for Nagato to do what she did in Disappearance, being the only one to remember the over 15000 iterations.


In Naruto Shippuden, why did Sasuke became evil? I understand that Sasuke learns Itachi was motivated by his desire to protect the village. Itachi only slaughtered his clan because they were plotting a rebellion. And thus Sasuke's motivation for killing Itachi was slightly misguided. Since Tobi told him about Itachi, why does he want to destroy Konoha? Itachi died protecting it so why does Sasuke wants to destroy it?

He wants to destroy the village that put his beloved brother in the position to choose between his family and his village.

Sasuke can legitimately be thinking that if given a command to kill all of your relatives, the people who gave that command are evil and should be destroyed.

Don't forget that when it comes to family, very strong feelings can easily be affecting Sasuke.

Really, Itachi choosing the village over his family was the abnormal decision.


Where did the trope of yaoi hands start? There's a trope in yaoi manga of the character's having disproportionately large hands, often at least as big as their face.

Example of Yaoi Hands:

Where did this start? What was the first manga to do this?

This answer might be inconclusive due to lack of information on the topic.
According to Know Your Meme, the term "Yaoi Hands" was originated from MangaFox Otaku message board.

Origin
The earliest known mention of Yaoi hands appeared on the Otaku message board MangaFox on March 23rd, 2010, in reference to art featured in the manga Junjou Romantica: Pure Romance. While the image is no longer accessible, the description pointed out the oversized hands depicted on the characters Usami and Misaki.

So.. yes, the term was not originated from Japan. In fact, Japanese might not have heard the term, as shown in step55524's Togetter (Japanese) consisting Japanese tweets by カラサワ about an encounter to an image of "yaoi alpacas" to the revelation of 「やおいの手」 (yaoi no te, yaoi hands).

According to anime-planet, the earliest manga with "Yaoi Hand Syndrome" was Touzandou Tentsui Ibun (1998), a shonen-ai manga by Shungiku Nakamura.
She's also dominating the category with 4 other manga:

Mangetsu Monogatari (2001, shoujo ai)
Junjou Romantica (2002, shonen ai)
World's Greatest First Love: Ritsu Onodera's Affair (2008, shonen ai)
Junjou Mistake (2008, shonen ai)


How many episodes did the second anime season of Nanatsu no Taizai have? Supposedly Nanatsu no Taizai is currently running the 4th season. There is a season aired in 2014 which had 24 episodes, there is another season aired in 2018 which had 24 episodes, 4th season is currently running, and I only can find listed 4 episodes made in 2016. Is that the second season or those are OVAs?

How many episodes did the second anime season of Nanatsu no Taizai have?

As of 2019, officially in Japan, there are 4 series, but only 3 seasons:

Nanatsu no Taizai (2014): 1st season, 24 episodes
Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Shirushi (2016): TV Special, 4 episodes, in which the last episode revealed the announcement for the 2nd season (see also Why is Nanatsu no Taizai : Seisen no Shirushi only 4 episodes?)
Nanatsu no Taizai: Imashime no Fukkatsu (2018): 2nd season, 24 episodes
Nanatsu no Taizai: Kamigami no Gekirin (2019): 3rd season, ? episodes

However, localization (and sometimes fans' opinion) make season count inconsistent or confusing, as Netflix considers each series as its own session:

The Seven Deadly Sins (2014): Season 1
The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of Holy War (2016): Season 2
The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments (2018): Season 3
The Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath of the Gods (2019): Season 4


Who has the strongest power level according to Child Emperor's Okame-chan device? Child Emperor has a mask shaped device which allows him to measure the physical strenght of their opponents. According to it, he's physically stronger than a bear.

Who has the strongest power level according to Child Emperor's Okame-chan device?

The wiki lists all measurements made.

The device was calibrated to measure the C-class hero Red Muffler at a value of 100.  It does not read levels below 0 or above 9999.

The highest successful reading it provided of a hero was for Great Philosopher at 2442.

The highest reading listed for anything at all was for the monster Jumping Spider, at a value of 6999.  Child Emperor places this rating at a disaster level of Demon.

However, he soon realizes the device is essentially useless in practice.  It doesn't measure esper powers, for example. Fubuki just measures at 19, a roughly normal fit human reading, apparently.  King and Genos both fail to produce a reading; King because Child Emperor supposes he's clearly going to be above 9999, and Genos because he's mostly a machine.  Reading Saitama seems to break the device and yields an undefined reading, which Child Emperor interprets as meaning that Saitama is weak.  And the aforementioned jumping spider originally only read at a level of 402, because he scanned the wrong part of the monster essentially.  As such he quickly dismisses it as nothing more than an entertaining bauble, and we haven't seen it since.


How was the agent of the other research facility saved? Elfen Lied's manga's ending has many ambiguous points, but at least it is possible to make up a satisfying explanation for most of them. One I couldn't make anything up for, however, was this:

There is an agent spy from a different research facility whose name I forgot. He helped the assistant escape during the Diclonius outbreak in the manga by holding the elevator brakes.

He was cornered, and it is suggested that he was killed. Until the end of the manga, of course, where apparently he survives and has no idea how.

I have no idea what saved him. What was it?

For a moment I considered that an earthquake just made a bigger hole that killed the opponents, but as far as I can remember, there were no more earthquakes at that specific moment.

That's a good question, I like it.
Spoilers up to the last chapter of the manga below.

Here is what the Agent says in the last chapter:

I suppose what really saved her was

   the Vector Attack Craft, the same one that save Arakawa on the shore. The Vector Attack Craft was developed in Saseba - a research project of the government, basically ruled by the same people that were the Agent's bosses. So the guys in the Vector Attack Craft had some kind of motivation to save the Agent.


What is the song playing during battle scenes when Ushio calls the Beast Spear? Is there any official OST of Ushio to Tora (2015)?
I am pretty much interested in the soundtrack during battle scenes when Ushio calls the Beast Spear.

Well, there definitely is an official soundtrack for Ushio to Tora. You can purchase one from here

As for your battle scene music, someone recreated the music on YouTube that you might find interesting.


Where did the "Not this shit again" bad sub meme originate from? I have been seeing this meme all over the internet. Guessing from most of the Q&As I have found, this seems to be edited in. If so, what was the original verse and why did it get twisted in this way?

At about 21:00 in Season 2 Episode 20, there's the same scene:

The plot:

  On the platform of the Sword of Akasha in the World of C, Charles zi Britannia is looking at the pillar-like object, telling the god that it's the time to finish everything. Lelouch then walks in saying that Charles is wrong.

I don't think the sub is related to the plot, but there may be one explanation:

"Not this shit again" might be one of Charles' inner thoughts when Lelouch walks in and interrupts him.


A manga about the adventure of a pair of brother and sister in a game world Around 1-3 years ago, I found an interesting manga in my local library, but I didn't bring my library card with me. The following week, I returned to borrow it to read, but of course it was gone :/

Things I remember is:

The manga was based in a game world or VR.
They were not trapped like SAO, rather it was a really good VR.
There was a boy and girl, and they were brother and sister.
The brother complained about his sister's lewd or ecchi outfit, and it was a running gag where he challenged people who hit on her.

The story content included:

Finding a phoenix down to save someone
A cute hippo-like pet, which could be grown into a mount. (One of the side/main characters had one of these, and he was kinda an arsehole)
There was a race and people was swimming in it

It has been translated into English, because it's in my local library and I live in the UK.

I believe you are looking for .hack//Legend of the Twilight.

It's about a game called The World.
People can freely log out, including the main characters.
The main characters are a boy named Shugo and his twin sister Rena.
Rena's outfit is quite revealing.
There are hippo-like creatures, called Piikey. Hotaru, one of the female side characters, has one as a pet. Komiyan the Third, one of the male side character, uses one as a mount. Both main characters find Komiyan annoying.
The Phoenix Down (aka Phoenix Feather) is used to save the life of Hotaru's Piikey.
One of the GMs (Game Masters) loves to organize events. One of those, I faintly remember being a race involving swimming.


Why wasn't Naruto able to defeat the Deva path with a single punch? In battle against Pain, we have seen Naruto defeating certain Pain paths with a single punch using Sage Mode. Later when he was the Kyuubi overtakes him, he hit several punches and kicks on the Deva path but couldn't defeat him. Why?

Right from the start we can see that Yahiko was the main Pain used by Nagato.
This is shown when he destroys the village with a single attack, the ringed black orb jutsu... It draws all other Pain's power making them all faint.

Now, why didn't he just die with one punch? Other than it being a possibility of fillers, as mentioned by someone else... Since all other pains have been destroyed, this would allow Nagato to put all his remaining power within that single Pain, Naruto at that point wouldn't be able to kill Nagato with a single blow.


How does the Organization create Yoma? In the beginning of the series, it is assumed that the Yoma have always existed and the Claymores were created to fight them but it's never mentioned where they come from. Later on, it's revealed the Yoma were created by the Organization to fight a species of dragon descendants.

How is it that the Organization creates these Yoma?

From chapter 126, it's revealed that the Organization

  creates a parasite from combining flesh from a Dragon's Kin with flesh from a captured Dragon. This parasite will infect the brains of humans and turns them into Yoma.

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Miria had previously speculated that the there was a war raging outside of the land where the Claymores were and that

  the two sides were the people who run the Organization and the descendants of Dragons and suspects that Yoma were created by the Organization. In chapter 126, she learns from Rimuto, an Organization member, that the Yoma were created by the Organization as a cover for them to develop Claymore. The Organization's goal was to create a weapon to fight the Dragons and Dragon Kin that could awaken but then revert back to human form. Previously, awakened warriors couldn't revert and they just left them in battle to die.


What's the best source of Shingeki no Kyojin Manga where the english translation is accurate to the original japanese? I'm planning to read the manga but I don't know where? What's the best source? I prefer the closest english translation to the original.

Kodansha Comics as they are the official translator for Attack on Titan in English and license to distribute it.

It looks like you can read Chapter 1 for free but each volune does provide links to where you can get them (Amazon Kindle, Nook, iBooks and Printed (Physical) Editions)

  I prefer the closest english translation to the original

without going into legally questionable grounds such as scanlations, this is your only english translation.

even then Japanese to English is not an exact thing and how close the "english translation to the original" is subjective since some people will say the use of senpai/kohai as opposed to senior/junior or retaining honorifics like -chan, -kun and -san is closer to the original


What do you call Al's armor seal? What do you call Alphonse Elric's armor seal? The circle Ed made to attach his brother's soul?

What do you call Alphonse Elric's armor seal? I have yet to read or watch this series but the answer can be found here. Apparently, a soul can be bound to inanimate objects via a Blood Rune.

  A Blood Rune, also known as a Blood Seal (血印, Ketsuin), is an alchemical technique used to bind someone's soul to an inanimate metal object. The iron in the blood will interact with the metal it is on, causing the object and the blood rune to form a symbiosis.

In exchange, Ed gave up his right arm and used his own blood to successfully bind his brother's soul. The blood rune can be seen in Al's body.


Is Whirlwind Water Stream Roaring Aura Sky Ripping Fist just Bang and Bomb combined techniques or is it something more? Bang and Bomb can perform an attack together called

Whirlwind Water Stream Roaring Aura Sky Ripping Fist

is this attack just supposed to be a combination of Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist and  Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist power, or is it supposed to multiply them? Why their single attacks dont exhaust them, but the combined one does and can be used only once per battle? Is it because it demands more power?

It is a special combination attack that utilizes both styles, but cannot be used by a single person due to the mastery of the styles required, and the immense amount of energy necessary just to provide the minimum necessary from one of the styles.

The individual styles appear to be "equipped" in a mechanics sense, such that they occupy the same "slot" and so cannot be used by the same person at the same time.

   Until Garou comes along, that is, and learns both styles. He eventually combines them together, with one on his right side and the other on his left, to create not only this combination attack style by himself, but subsequently creates his own (arrogantly titled) style.


What is Takumi's position in the Walker Family? After some time, it is discovered that Takumi Usui is member of the Walker Family. The family connection, however, is unclear.

What's the Takumi's position in the Walker Family? How can he become the Walker Family heir?

Usui is the son of a woman from the Walker Family, Patricia Walker, and her butler, Yuu Hirose. According to maid-sama.wikia.com:

  Usui's family has started to worry as Gerard is supposed to be the next inheritor of their wealth. So they began to search for Usui to put him under their control (they asked him to transfer to Miyabigaoka) so that they would have another inheritor in case something happens to Gerard.


Do songs that get used as openings/endings get sped up as well as cut? I was listening to the original song used as the opening for the first season of Hakuōki, and I realized that the tempo in the original was slower. I also listened to Vampire Knight's opening, and READY STEADY GO!, which was used as one of the openings for the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime, and they too had slower tempos than I originally thought.

I know that when a song is used as an opening for an anime, it gets cut down to about 1 minute (in most cases it's about 1/3 of the original). But does the song also get edited so it plays faster, or is this increase in tempo a result of the quality being dropped?

As far as I know, theme songs are picked or created based on the anime's themes (if the song is appropriate with the anime's story) and its length will only be cut shorter while the tempo will stay the same (with the exception of course if the production decided to have another version of the opening to include in their OST).

However, most anime openings have faster tempo than endings to have that kind of "excitement feel" or some kind of "momentum" as an anime starts. But it really depends on the theme of the anime. If the anime has a tragic theme or a sad love story theme, sometimes production decides to have an opening song that has lower tempo, or a sad song, but mostly, it will have a faster tempo than its ending.


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

That Kikyo theme song is called Miko Kikyo.

The song was released as the 30th track of Inuyasha OST 1.


What exactly are those "furby-balls" in Dog Days? In Dog Days, when "normal" inhabitants get knocked out, they turn into "balls" that look like a cats with large heads and short limbs. (similar to the Furby toy)

On other hand, when the main characters get knocked out, they look pretty normal (by Anime standards).

*Put aside the fact that a main character that is knocked out is usually striped of his/her clothes for no apparent reason other than fan-service.

So my questions are:

What's the proper name for these "furby-balls"?
How are these "normal" inhabitants different from the main characters?
Do they "recover" back into human-like inhabitants?

I have been trying to get a satisfying answer for myself for this question, but it has proven to be very hard.

For your first question there is no real name for them as far as I can see. I have looked at the episode (episode 2 around 4:00 minute mark) to see how the different subbers named them.

So as you can see one of them names it "animal furballs" and the other names it "pet balls". What info I can give you on it else is:

The people from Biscotti turn into "Dog looking balls"
The people from Gallete turn into "Cat looking balls"
The people from Pastillage (season 2) turn into "Squirrel looking balls"

For the normal inhabitants can turn into the animal balls the following ways:

When they have been hit hard with a weapon (KO/unconscious)
When they get touched on the back or head

For your second question I have tried to look up information, but not much is said about it in the anime or is found on the web about it. The only thing I have been able to find about it is this:

  It may be part of the protection magic. High-ranking fighters lose
  their clothes. Everyone else turns into a furball. A pretty blatant
  example of this happens in episode 9 of the first season. Vert Far
  Breton shoots a magical arrow which hits Ricotta while she's flying
  above them. Ricotta loses all of her clothes except her panties, and
  then a magical spear hurled at Vert's troops knocks them all out, but
  only strips her armor/clothing off.

Source: here under "Clothing Damage".

The third question is by far the easiest to answer. If you watch the second episode about at the same time mark I mentioned in the first question you will see them saying something in the lines of:

  They will be rendered powerless for a limited time.

During this time that they are in their "ball form" the medics of the teams will "collect" them and bring them to the base camp of their team.


Why didn't Netero call the more powerful adventurers for help in Chimera Ant arc? In the Chimera Ant arc of Hunter x Hunter,

   Netero and the Chimera King Meruem have a showdown, which leads to Netero's death, and later on, Meruem. The fight was pretty one-sided, considering the final state of Meruem compared to Netero, but it was to expect considering the former events.

We learn later that there are powerful adventurers out there (the Zodiacs), that have a seemingly tremendous amount of power.

My question is: why didn't Netero call them for help? He knew the enemy had a tremendous power, and he may have avoided what happened to him if he was helped during the mission (not even the showdown). So why did he call only those who are part of the mission in the Chimera Ant Arc? This could have been way less dangerous for them to have more firepower and capabilities.

I don't believe this question was directly answered in the anime.  (I don't know if the manga provided an answer or not.)  So I'll describe my understanding from context.  The extent of the problem was not understood immediately.  I believe Kite was the best hunter to face the ants originally.  The other hunters tended to be new, such as Gon, Killua, and Pokkle. That ... didn't go well (for the hunters).

   Kite and Pokkle were killed. Nen information was gathered from Pokkle's brain, and Kite's reanimated body was used for training of the ants.

After that, new hunters were kept away, and more experienced hunters were sent to gather information and make a plan. They seemed to have been led by Morel and his crew, Knov, Knuckle, and Shoot. Gon and Killua were not allowed to reenter until they could prove themselves to Knuckle and Shoot.  I think they were given a month. In the end, those four and Palm were allowed entry.

A plan was accepted and modified by the Hunter Organization, and we saw what part the aforementioned folks did within the ant-claimed territory. We didn't see the whole plan, though. Not even Morel knew the full extent of the plan.

   Netero prepared himself with a poisoned nuclear device ("rose") implanted within his body, and he hired Zeno Zoldyk to make a grand entrance with him at the ant King's castle. Netero probably knew he would have to use the rose, although I'm sure he hoped he could beat the King without it. Netero intentionally gave up his honor in his fight. The only honorable thing he did was tell Mereum his name. Mereum made multiple attempts to discuss co-existence with Netero, and in their fight he only acted defensively. Netero ignored that for fear of losing his resolve to win at all costs.

I don't believe members of the Zodiac would have been helpful. They were indeed powerful, but their talents did not fit the plan. Ging may well have been rejected from consideration outright, being thought a loose cannon. He could not be depended on to follow the plan as events on the ground evolved, especially if a peaceful resolution should present itself.


Will Yamato be rescued? Kabuto used Yamato's power during the war to strengthen the Zetsu army. Will Yamato be rescued? Or will Kabuto kill him after he's done experimenting on him?

Although it is not revealed whether Yamato is dead or not, or will he be rescued or not, it did mention that he is suspended opposite to Hashirama's clone for future use. We still have to wait. I am optimistic that he would come back, since he is one of the major supporting characters of the series. From Yamato's wiki page:

  Kabuto escapes to the Mountains' Graveyard where he and Tobi gather information from Yamato about the Allied Shinobi Forces. Kabuto also studies Hashirama's DNA within Yamato to strengthen the White Zetsu Army. Rather than kill Yamato when he has fulfilled his usefulness, they suspend him opposite Hashirama's clone for future use.
  At some point during the war, his body was encased within Tobi, seemingly using Yamato's altered DNA to strengthen its own Wood Release. After Madara Uchiha activated his Infinite Tsukuyomi, Yamato was freed from within Tobi's body in an unconscious state, as he had no further use for Tobi. He was then immediately caught in the genjutsu.


How is the Boatdrift Ceremony (Ofunehiki) supposed to be held? I'd like to know how the original scenario for the Boatdrift Ceremony goes. In the anime things go out of control every time the ceremony is held, so I wonder how it is originally supposed to undergo.

Also, it looks like there have been very many ceremonies held in the past, as there are lots of wooden maidens found at the bottom of the vortex inside some sort of cracked dome with a hand in the middle. Characters talked about how the ceremonies have been held for many years, but how many years exactly (or at least approximately)?

And are there any other places in the world like Shioshishio where people gifted with Ena live? Do they also hold Boatdrift ceremonies?

The Ofunehiki is an emulation of the original Ojoshi-sama sacrifice, in an attempt to quell the wrath of the Sea God.

The people of the Shioshishio and Oshiooshi used to take turns providing for the Ofunehiki, but in recent years (pre-ep1) they stopped doing so because the growing animosity between the sea and surface people (evident when Hikari calls a meeting and they end bickering).

In the anime things go out of control because the sea god is very wrathful-ish. My guess is that when Uroko says the Ofunehiki is useless, it is not because it held no power, it is because a poorly-executed ofunehiki would do no effect on the sea god feelings dissolved in the ocean. (lets assume Uroko had very little faith in Hikari).

The wooden maidens (more so the living ones) are very desired by the Sea God, in an attempt to fill the void left by the departing ojoshi-sama. He would gather the fallen wood figurine and guide it to the graveyard with the currents.

There are 16 sea villages around Japan (they also do not care to say what about the rest of the world, but there is a lot of sea out there). It is said somewhere near the end of S1 and the beginning of the S2. If they all hold Ofunehiki or if they have their own version of Uroko-sama is not stated in the anime series.

There is also no reference as to how long Ofunehiki is being held. But you can expect "for centuries" as a good measure. The Ojoshi-sama was a real person, and the sea people are all her descendants, so we can think of an adam-eve kind of timeframe, for her existance to fall into a (almost forgotten) legend.


What is the song playing in the prologue of episode 150 of One Piece? In episode 150 of One Piece, there's a song playing on the prologue scene. This song was even in some prologues of Alabasta saga.

I've already listened to all soundtracks, but I couldn't find this song.

What is that song?

The song that was played as intro in the episode 150 of One Piece was titled Hikari e.

  Kanji: ヒカリへ
  Romaji: Hikari e
  Meaning: Towards the Light
  English: Towards the Light
  Artist(s): The Babystars Album/Single: Hikari e
  Label: Ki/oon Records
  Track Length: 3:44
  Intro length: 1:49
  Anime Use: 3rd Opening: Episodes 116 - 168 (53 episodes)

More details about the song can be found on Wikia.


Given the fact that Itachi asked Obito to help him eliminate the Uchiha, why was he surprised when he knew about the secret mission? When reanimated Itachi fought against Naruto, he asked him what happened to Sasuke. Naruto proceeded to tell him about what Obito (at the time, Madara) said, and tells him the convince Sasuke to join the Akatsuki while taking revenge on Konoha for betraying his brother.

Itachi then looks surprised and says "Damn Madara, he knew about my secret mission after all".

However, given the fact that Itachi asked for his help in massacring the Uchiha, why is he so surprised? After all, he told him enough about it.

Itachi may have asked Madara's help but it was never explicitly said that he revealed the true reason behind his actions.

  Itachi may have lied to Madara like he did to Sasuke that he massacred
  all uchiha to test his powers.

Itachi may be thinking that Madara was convinced with his reasoning, while Madara knew the true reason that he was doing all this by leaf village's orders.


Is Zangetsu restored after Ichigo gets his powers back? This is really several questions. I do not read the manga so I'm certain this is likely covered there.

First, is Zangetsu fully restored after Ichigo's powers are restored? Does he look different? Both the Shikai and the Bankai appear different in the anime. Did this transformation result in any physical changes to Zangetsu's appearance? Of course, I mean within Ichigo's inner realm.

In the same vein, did Ichigo retain or regain any of his Hollow powers, or were they completely absorbed when he merged with his inner Hollow as revealed in episode 309?

If you're talking about before the Fullbring arc, Ichigo still has Zangetsu up until the point where he uses Mugetsu to incapacitate Aizen enough for Urahara to seal him. It's at that point that he loses his powers.

**MANGA SPOILERS AHEAD**

If you're talking about the Fullbring arc, that's a completely and wildly different side of the story that has no bearing on the past or the future of the general story. Manga filler.

If you're talking about after the Fullbring arc, then no. Squad Zero restore's Ichigo's powers to a completely different Zanpakutou. It's explained that Zangetsu is a "fake" Zanpakutou that resembles Yhwach that stems from Ichigo's ties to the Quincy bloodline.

Highly suggest you catch up on the manga. You're not that far behind, and it's coming to an end now.


Anime with house with girls with different hobbies? A few year ago, I saw an episode of an old anime. This anime was probably from the late 90s or early 2000s. It starts with a teenager on a boat that was talking to the boat driver and thought he was going to an acadamy on an island. But actually it's just some house or castle. (I don't remember which.)

In this house were a lot of girls of different ages, younger and older then the boy. Each girl has a different kind of hobby (I would say) like magic (with cards and a broom) or sports.

That's everything I know.

That sounds like Sister Princess. It came out in the early 2000s and started with the main character, Wataru, on a boat going to an island with a big mansion. The mansion had Wataru's twelve younger sisters. One sister, Chikage, was a magician who had tarot cards and a crystal ball, and I believe also a broom, as you describe in the question. Another girl, I believe named RinRin, was a sports nut. There was also a girl who was a detective (Yotsuba), a girl who was a French noblewoman (Aria), a girl who was trendy (Sakuya), and several others.


What is Yuuki's relation to Kaname? In Vampire Knight, the familial relationship between Yuuki and Kaname is relatively confusing. Can someone explain it?

Kaname is the founder of the Kuran family, and he was reawakened by Rido Kuran. After being reawakened, he was raised as the son of Haruka and Juri, who are Yuuki's parents. To summarize, Kaname is Yuuki's ancestor, though he was raised (after being reawakened) as her brother.

Yuuki was also born to be Kaname's wife, following the Kuran tradition of pureblood siblings intermarrying.

Cited from the Wikipedia article, which cites manga chapters.


Is Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS set in a different world/universe After watching Season 2 (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A) i went to watch the 3rd season (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS), at the end of season 2 during the credit roll Nanoha, Fate and Hayate are older and Reinforce has been reborn into a small girl and in season 3 Nanoha, Fate, Hayate and Reinforce all look the same as they did at the very end of season 2 i would assume not too much time has passed since that final scene however the world seems more futuristic and the Space-Time Administration seems to operate in public.

so i am wondering, is Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS set in a different world/universe to the one Nanoha and Hayate were born in

It's the same universe - just some 10 years later.

Nanoha, Fate, and Hayate are all grown up. (teenagers as opposed to kids)
Signum, Vita, Zafira, and Shamal don't age at all because they are bound to the Book of Darkness (they're not human).


Is Anima a Final Aeon? in Final Fantasy X when Yuna's party is going though the old Blitzball Stadium in Zanarkand they see a memory of a mother hinting for her child to choose her to become the Final Aeon. then we see a young Seymour crying saying he doesn't want her to.

However in the Baaj Temple (where Tidas first awoke in Spira and met Rikku) is a Fayth which is revealed to be Seymour's mother who choose to become the Aeon Anima.

So is Anima a Final Aeon? If so why didn't Seymour fight Sin? if not then what happened in Zanarkand that prevented her becoming the Final Aeon but instead a regular Aeon?

Anima was indeed the final aeon. As for why Seymour didn't use it, well, Seymour started the pilgrimage when he was still very young with his mother and he was not aware of the final aeon and the final summoning back then. When his mother finally revealed her plan to become the final aeon so for the sake of Seymour, it left him devastated. He broke off the pilgrimage there and didn't proceed any further and thus didn't fight sin. This can be verified from the wiki as well.


What is the new shuriken formed from Naruto and Sasuke's power? In the end of chapter 634, the latest chapter of Naruto Shippuden, Naruto's shuriken and Sasuke's arrow mixed together and formed a new black kind of shuriken to attack the ten tails.

What kind of power does the new shuriken contain? It contains Naruto's Wind element, but which of Sasuke's powers does it contain?

Is it the "Amaterasu" OR "Lightning" element?

It is a blaze element technique (an enhanced Amaterasu with help from Naruto). What is is called? Well according to the said chapter:

They could call it "SHAKUTON KOURIN SHIPPUU NO YA ZEROSHIKI (read: Swirling Gale of Black and White Arrow)!"


Could a blind person with a death note exchange half their life to see again? One of the rules of the death note says that if someone makes the shinigami eyes deal they will have excellent vision regardless of their previous vision.

The rule in question, (listed under the Death Note Wiki as "How to Use: XXI"):

  "Those with the eye power of the god of death will have the eyesight
  of over 3.6 in the human measurement, regardless of their original
  eyesight."

Could Light or any of the other characters in the series have cured a blind person with this rule? It seems to be a brilliant way to avoid suspicion and get a true ally to cure a blind person in exchange for half of their life and abuse their gratefulness to make them kill people for you, and who's going to suspect a blind man?

From the wording of the rules of deathnote and the way the "eyes of Shinigami" are explained in the anime this scenario seems plausible.

However, as I've said many times in such questions this is meaningless speculation since either scenario is plausible and the rules of DN leave room for speculation. So other than just saying this scenario is possible and saying that some of our better fanfic writers picking this up as a possible plot point Idk what else to add.

However, to add to the "suspicion" on a blind man scenario. There are many ways this would be a bad idea.

Suddenly a blind person is cured. Publicity, DN user is exposed. Someone else may have seen them together
It is not so easy to hide that you are not blind. Plenty of involuntary actions, such as dodging, moving hands etc give away the fact you're not blind. It would be much tougher for a blind person who has healed to hide these signs.

So on surface it may seem a good idea, but it has its own pitfalls, pros and cons just as another. Also the blind person will lose his sight the moment he gives up ownership of the DN. I would like to think that the KIRA will kill to get the Notebook back.


Why does Killua get upset when Gon says "being weak is so painful" in manga chapter 214? In chapter 214, just after Knuckle and Shoot left Gon and Killua to go to NGL, there is a scene where Gon cried, saying that he didn't realise that being weak was so painful.

At the bottom of this page, Killua also cried, although I don't think the reason is explained clearly.

  The next page explains that Killua intended to leave Gon after he spent 30 days protecting him.

Was the reason he cried because he knew that he would be leaving Gon, or because he empathised with Gon, or because he too felt that being weak was painful? If so, why would it effect him so deeply?

(Could it be a mixture of the two - he felt that he was too weak and that was the reason he would have to leave Gon?)

TL;DR version

Killua cries because he remembers that his own weakness of fighting with the aim of running away will cause him to leave his best friend, Gon, to die.

Detailed version

Killua was born into the famous Zoldyck family of assassins. His family has already decided that he would be an assassin, and put him through harsh training for that purpose, right from childhood.

After meeting Gon during the Hunter exam, Killua decided that he wanted to be Gon's friend and lead a normal life, not be an assassin. As they spent time together during the later arcs, Gon's friendship became the most important thing for Killua. It was also his source of hope for escaping from the life his family had pre-decided for him.

Shortly before this incident in the question, Biscuit points out that Killua's weakness is he fights with the aim of running away, and further notes that it would cause Killua to leave Gon to die some day. This wasn't a mean taunt by an enemy, but an assessment of his weakness by his Nen teacher, and he probably realized that it was true.

It would have been immensely painful for him to realize that his weakness would cause him to leave Gon to die, Gon being his best friend, the person who changed his life and gave him hope of leading a normal life. For that reason, he decided to protect Gon for 30 days, and then leave him forever.

When Gon says that "being weak is so painful", it resonates perfectly with Killua's own feelings, and so he cries too.


Are these One Piece characters based on western children's story characters? Some characters oddly remind me of certain stories I remember reading as a child. While the similarities can be considered purely coincidental, three times in one group raises some suspicion. So I ask, Is there any credible source that can state if any One Piece characters are derived or based on western ones?

Here are some of the more closely related ones, the Straw Hat Pirates.

Chopper - Rudolph

Similarities: Reindeer, odd colored noses, shunned by their pack etc

Usopp - Pinocchio

Similarities: Liars, Long noses

Franky - Popeye

Similarities: Large forearms, relies on food for energy

Usopp's name is derived from the Japanese word "Uso" which means lie or falsehood (1). The elongated nose is an allusion to Pinocchio.

Franky was actually created with seiyu Kazuki Yao in mind after Eiichiro Oda (the mangaka) heard the voice actor's performance as Jango and Bon Clay, however it is likely that Franky is based on Pop-eye. In addition to the enlarged forearms, both characters are 34 and both rely on food for energy and powers (Popeye uses spinach and Franky uses cola) (2).

There are numerous clues that Chopper is an allusion to Rudolph (taken from this Wikia article):

Chopper is a reindeer with an odd colored nose
His official birthday is Christmas eve
"Chopper the Blue-nosed Reindeer" was produced and sung by the cast
Dr. Kureha is described coming down the mountain with Chopper's silhouette pulling a sleigh and then enters some homes via chimney


In the Tsubasa Cat arc, when did Hachikuji meet Shinobu? In the Tsubasa Cat arc, I remember Hachikuji saying that she saw Shinobu at Mister Donuts and she ran away.

When did Hachikuji meet Shinobu? As far as I remember, Hachikuji never met her, except in Kabukimonogatari.

We don't see that happening but before the fight with Hanekawa, Araragi checks Mister Donut since Mayoi says she saw her in there. Because of this Araragi goes there and cant find Shinobu regardless but it is safe to assume that Shinobu hides in Araragi's shadow when he enters and the events of last arc happens.

I can also prove this with another arc in Monogatari Second Season. Spoilers!

   In Mayoi Jiangshi arc Mayoi was never able to see Shinobu thus causing the death of Araragi since she, Shinobu, wasn't able to sneak Araragi's shadow.

Since we know this fact we can say it happened on the same day.


Which virtue did each Heartiel stand for? During the Max Heart season of Pretty Cure, the characters are hunting down the 12 Heartiels.  These little fairies represent the virtues of

  the Queen of Light.

While some of them are named after their virtue (Seekun seeks knowledge, Harmonin = Harmony), others have names that have nothing to do with a virtue (Horpun).

Could someone explain what their virtues are?

According to the Precure wikia, the list of Heartiels and Virtues are:

╔══════════════════╦══════════════╦════════════════╗
║       Name       ║    Virtue    ║     Symbol     ║
╠══════════════════╬══════════════╬════════════════╣
║ Eternalun        ║ Eternal      ║ Pocket Watch   ║
║ Lovelun (rabrun) ║ Love         ║ Ring           ║
║ Prosen           ║ Prosperity   ║ Pear           ║
║ Pyuan            ║ Purity       ║ Snowflake      ║
║ Inteligen        ║ Intelligence ║ Book           ║
║ Wishun           ║ Wish         ║ Mirror         ║
║ Braven           ║ Bravery      ║ Crown          ║
║ Harmonin         ║ Harmony      ║ Treasure Chest ║
║ Hapinen          ║ Happiness    ║ Bell           ║
║ Horpun           ║ Positivity   ║ Key            ║
║ Pation           ║ Passion      ║ Torch          ║
║ Seekun           ║ Seek         ║ Telescope      ║
╚══════════════════╩══════════════╩════════════════╝


Is Light's insanity influenced by the Death Note, or did he make himself become that way? Some were saying that Light's insanity was influenced by the use of the Death Note, taking note that Ryuk tells Light about what the Death Note makes people fear and so on. But having rewatched the first episode, Light tells Ryuk that creating a utopia with the Death Note needs to be done even if it costs you your sanity, so it occurred to me that this was the cause for Light's insanity over the series and not the Death Note, since his main madness is about winning and not about the Death Note.

Then again, in the manga Light's behavior is a little different than in the anime, when Light fears in his bed and mentions his nightmares (and I don't remember Light saying the above in the manga) while in the anime such behavior is not mentioned at all, so it might even be some difference between the anime and the manga.

Anyway, the question is: what influences Light's insanity, the Death Note or his godly craziness, and does this differ between the anime and manga?

I've only read the manga, but from what I remember, the relationship between Light's craziness and the Death Note is complicated. The Death Note facilitates a lot of the steps he takes on the road to craziness, but things could have played out very differently if not for elements of Light's personality that we either see very early or can infer from what we know about his past. (Spoilers ahead, by the way.)

At the beginning of the series, Light is in his late teens, has grown up comfortably in a middle class modern Japanese family, and has been a popular, handsome, academically gifted student his entire life. People have been telling Light his whole life how wonderful and smart he is. This upbringing could easily make a person think very highly of themselves. And it could also easily make a person look down on others who aren't as smart or handsome as they are.

The Death Note drops into his lap, and after getting over his initial disbelief, Light comes up with an idea. He plots out a whole plan to change the world by killing criminals with the Death Note, eventually using the fear he creates to discourage all crime, and even merely unpleasant behaviors. For anyone to believe they know how the entire world should be organized is arrogant. For an eighteen-year-old who's never experienced anything but comfortable living and people telling him how smart and handsome and wonderful he is, it's the most ridiculous heights of arrogance. But Light barely questions himself. He does get scared and hide under his covers in one scene, but he's just committed his first murder and found out the Death Note is real, so there's a lot going on there. He ultimately does decide to enact his plan.

He starts using the Death Note to enact his plan, catching L's attention. He fights to stay ahead of L, and later Near and Mello, using every resource available to him. He takes obvious pleasure in winning and in manipulating other people, such as Misa and the police on the task force. He becomes more and more sure that he knows how the world should be run, and takes steps to solidify his control. When he finally does lose in the end, he doesn't go down gracefully. He screams, blames his allies, hurls insults, and tries to kill one last person with the scrap of Death Note hidden in his watch before being shot by Matsuda and then finally killed off by Ryuk.

There was definitely something in Light's personality that made him think his will should be imposed on the world. There was definitely an arrogance that made him think he was morally superior enough to start killing people to achieve his goals. But without the Death Note, he would never have had the tools to do what he did. So in that sense, the Death Note made him a murderer; with the tool for easy, consequence-free murder in front of him, he went right ahead and used it. The way he thinks about what he's doing seems to shift as things go on. Murder becomes less and less of an issue for him, and he shifts from murdering only criminals to murdering just about anyone who gets in his way, including his own father. And that too probably wouldn't have happened without the Death Note. The Death Note made murdering easy, convenient, and consequence-free (or so he thought, since he believed he could outwit anyone who came after him). He already looked down on other people. In his most charitable moments he thought of them as poor benighted fools who needed his protection. Usually he thought of them more as either pawns he could manipulate or roadblocks to be destroyed, and he shifts more and more to that way of thinking as the series goes on. So as he commits more and more murders, the idea of committing one more, of killing one more disposable inferior human, barely registers as a concern. So he kept murdering, and got in too deep.

But at the moment L started coming after him, Light could have decided it wasn't worth the risk and stopped using the Death Note. He didn't, because his arrogance would never allow him to admit defeat. When L pulls the trick with Lind L. Tailor and gets Light to kill his double on a global TV broadcast, Light doesn't get spooked and back down and sink into obscurity. He ramps up, declaring war on L, and that spirals out into everything else that happens after that point. So his personality, his arrogance, pushed him into the situation where he had to kill more and more people to stay ahead. That's all on Light; the Death Note didn't make him do it.


Why was Ryuk tied to Light's Death Note? In How to Use: XIII, in the second point it says

  The god of Death always remains with the owner of the Death Note.

indicating that a Shinigami will remain with the owner of their Death Note, Light learns this and gathers a group of friends to try and hide himself with Ryuk following him when Misa is trying to find him (she finds him because of her Eyes)

However, the Death Note Light had in the beginning isn't Ryuk's but Sidoh's which Ryuk stole, and unlike Gelus who died and Rem probably obtained ownership of Gelus's Death Note afterwards, Sidoh was still alive so even if Light became the owner after Ryuk dropped it in the human world, the Shinigami who was supposed to be with like was Sidoh.

Also in How to Use 2, the second point says

  The owner of the note can recognize the image and voice of the original owner, i.e. a god of death.

So is there an explanation as to how Ryuk was tied with Light's Death Note having stolen it from Sidoh?

According to How to use II:

  The owner of the note can recognize the image and voice of the original owner, i.e. a god of death.

Therefore the only explanation for Light being able to see Ryuk would be, that Ryuk is the original owner. But how did Ryuk become the owner of Sidoh's Death Note? As I explained at How did Ryuk trick the King of Death Gods?, it is because of How to Use XII:

  If you lose the Death Note or have it stolen, you will lose its ownership unless you retrieve it within 490 days.

Ryuk became owner of Sidoh's Death Note because of this rule. It wasn't until chapter 65 that Sidoh realized that he had lost his Death Note, which is 6 years after Ryuk first dropped the Death Note down to earth. If it took him at least 6 years to realize he had lost his Death Note, it would be safe to assume that Ryuk had already found the Death Note 490 days before he dropped it down to earth, claiming ownership and becoming tied to that particular Death Note.


What are these kind of beam weapons used by Ghoul Investigators? What are these kind of beam weapons used by Ghoul Investigators like Kishou Arima, or Mougan Tanakamaru? Are they based on Ghouls like Quinques or are they something completely different?

By the looks of the first image, it must be Narukami:

  Narukami (ナルカミ, Narukami) is an ukaku-type quinque. It discharges condensed Rc cells just like lightning bolts. Possessing a tracking function, evasion of the bolts is next to impossible.

And for the second image, it is the Higher Mind:

  Higher Mind (ハイアーマインド（高次精神次元）, Haiā Maindo) or Angel Beat (天使の羽ばたき（エンジェルビート）, Enjeru Bīto) is an ukaku-type quinque that shoots beams of concentrated energy or condensed Rc cells.


How did the characters learn alchemy? How did the characters gain their power to perform alchemy in FMA:Brotherhood? Is it genetic, or is it something that can be learned? After all, not everyone in the series can use alchemy.

Alchemy is just like most skills; the process of learning it is arduous, and some people will naturally be better than others.

From a young age, Edward and Alphonse Elric were exposed to alchemy, especially as their father had been a brilliant alchemist and left a gargantuan collection of books behind for the kids to read. This, however, was in addition to their already curious minds and their—especially Ed's—prodigal level of skill.

Following this, Edward (and later Alphonse, upon recovering lost memories) witnessed the realm beyond the Gate of Truth, wherein he absorbed a large amount of further knowledge about alchemy. He also underwent training from one of the most intelligent, brutal, and experienced trainers known to the universe: Izumi Curtis.

Basically, Ed and Al were able to receive knowledge, training, experience, and an exposure to the infinite reaches of alchemy, prior to the main storyline.

And you can contrast this further with the "normal" alchemists (that is, those who don't work for the military); the fact that we only hear of a couple who do not work for the military is a testament to how unsuccessful people have been at achieving a high level of skill with it. Keep in mind that alchemy involves the makeup of the entire world; from rock to air to water to human flesh, everything is composed differently, and specializing in more than one of these is a challenge at best. (Think of someone like Mustang who knows the basics of alchemy as well as flame alchemy, or Shou Tucker, who specialized in biochemical alchemy.)

In some very rare cases, alchemy can be inbred. In the case of the Dwarf in the Flask, he was more-or-less created from alchemical knowledge, and thus understood it very well.

But none of this means that alchemy is limited to only certain people. As I paraphrased above, some people are naturally more talented at some things: Some are better at creative tasks, some better at math, history, and so on. In the universe of Fullmetal Alchemist, alchemy is just another one of these skills that requires thousands of hours of work to fine-tune.

In the 2003 anime (outside of Brotherhood), the silver pocket watch given to State Alchemists can amplify their power; however, a knowledge of alchemy is required to use it (and of course, to become a State Alchemist).

So, how do characters learn alchemy? They learn it through hard work, perseverance, experience (rough or otherwise), and never giving up (and a little bit of luck never hurts). As you might notice, these are all the traits that a typical shounen hero (such as Ed) possesses.


Has the acoustic version of Unravel been released yet? The last song that plays while kaneki's holding hide in his arms while walking through whithout looking back, right at the last scene of the last episode... (which I believe it's an acoustic version of unravel, if my memory isn't tricking me). Has it been released yet?

I believe this is the song you are looking for. Tokyo Ghoul - Unravel (Acoustic).

If you want to purchase it, here is the link to the Apple iTunes page: unravel (acoustic version) - Single, by TK from 凛として時雨


Does the Japanese The Last Mission DVD have English subtitles? I want to see this movie and I don't want to torrent it, but I don't know where I can buy it  so that I will be able to understand it.

For instance if I buy the DVD listed on Amazon here will it come with English subtitles?

No.

The Japanese version has no subtitles embedded for English. The only way you could get around this is buy the movie, rip the image, mux in some subtitles, and then re-burn a "backup". This is no advocating doing so -- check your local law.


Is the Kamui dimension infinite? The Kamui dimension seems huge and Obito used it to store his weapons and other things. So I was just wondering whether the Kamui dimension has a limited capacity to store or accommodate things or not. Since it is in another dimension, could it actually be infinite and the user is free to make use of it as much as he wants?

This is a tricky subject as we have in no way been given any limit to the size of the space inside the Kamui dimension. However, we can surmise from what we've seen so far that the space is vast in its nature.

   However, the relative appearance of the Kamui dimension is shown in the above image from when Obito and Kakashi fought entirely within its realm. During this fight, we are given this depiction of the Kamui realm as a vast space containing large squared off platforms. Overall, the dimension has a somewhat "blank" feel and is almost reminiscent of the Ichigo's "Inner World" from Bleach. Whether or not the user can actually make changes to the dimension itself is not clear.

However, to truly answer your question about how finite this space, maybe you should ask what a dimension is. For the purpose of this discussion, a dimension is an alternate realm of reality, and could therefore contain an entire universe within itself.  For instance, the Kamui moves things from our dimension into its own, that in and of itself entails that we currently reside in one of these dimensions. Within our dimension exists our planet, our solar system, our galaxy, and beyond that our universe. That being said, the only valid conclusion I can come to is that the Kamui space must have at the very least the potential to be as infinite as our universe is. After all, we can't truly give proportion to our universe beyond the face of it being relatively immeasurable.


Why is Dragon Ball Super's animation quality so terrible? I've been watching the Dragon Ball Super series from the release date and I keep hating it more and more. I don't know if you guys have noticed it but all battle animations are terrible.

Here's an example:

Is there a logical explanation why a 2015 anime is so poorly animated compared to DBZ?

Anime budget does not have anything to do with the year it airs. It's related mostly to the main animation studio and to internal decisions inside the studio.

In the case of Super, I think it's because the studio making it is Toei Animation. I very similar example, if not the same, is the Saint Seiya anime which is currently airing , Soul of Gold. You can look at several episodes where the animation quality drops to substandard levels.

Each animation studio has its own characteristics that end up defining the brand, and quality consistency between titles and during a title run is one of them.
Toei is just not very good with this.


red-haired crew, no devil fruit, still really strong? I've heard on many online forums that the red haired crew is the only crew with all Human Pirates. What exactly is that makes the crew so exceptionally strong and the captain -Shanks- being one of the four emperors.
They've been portrayed really strong, in the Marine ford arc, several admirals also Blackbeard and his crew were afraid of fighting them, Admiral Kizaru -who also seems really strong- was shut down just by a look from Ben Beckman.
What exactly is their extent of powers being normal human being and have they shown it in any episodes?

Right now we know very little about their abilities.  We do not know whether they have any Devil Fruits. Even Shanks, who we know did not have a devil fruit when he lost his arm, could have eaten one more recently.

That being said many strong characters don't have devil fruits.  Silvers stopped Kizaru and was shown swimming later. The majority of the Strawhats still do not have Devil Fruits including 2 of the 3 strongest fighters.

Haki (and possibly Sea Stone) seems to allow non-Devil Fruit users to fight evenly with Devil Fruit users. Shanks has been shown to have incredibly powerful Conqueror's Haki to the extent that he damaged Whitebeard's ship with no visible effort or action.  It is likely several others (especially those who halted admirals) have Haki too.

We know that Ben Beckman is the smartest person to come from the East Blue which puts him above both Nami and Captain Kuro (man of 1000 plans). Yassop is a powerful sniper like Ussop (who is more skilled that a platoon of WG soldiers despite appearances).  Rockstar had a bounty of 94,000,000 Beri.

We literally only know the names of 5 of Shank's crew (the above and Lucky Roo) though we have seen several more.  There is no telling what insane abilities each member of the crew might have when we know so little.  The few we do know were able to at least intimidate marine admirals.  There is more out of universe (fan theory really) evidence that one day Sanji will confront Kizaru and Zoro will confront Fujitora. I don't think anyone would doubt that they are powerful crew mates and will likely never rely on devil fruit powers.


What is the unit of power level in the Dragon Ball series and how is it measured? Throughout almost the entire series, all characters in the Dragon Ball series keep on talking about sensing each other's powers from great distances and all. They even compare each other's power levels just by observing each other.

So my questions are:

What is the unit of power level? For example, weight is measured in the unit kilogram.
How is each unit of such a power measured?
Since the story revolves around Earthlings, is it possible (in the wildest of dreams) for humans to devise a way to measure power levels?

I think the unit of the Power Level is Ki. I would like to give you the link to the wiki:

  The Power Level (戦闘力, Sentō Ryoku; literally "combat power" or "fighting strength"),
  referred to as Battle Point/Battle Power (BP) in video games, is a
  concept found in the Dragon Ball franchise created by Akira Toriyama.
  It is first introduced in Dragon Ball, where Goku as a kid learns to
  sense ki after drinking the Ultra Divine Water, although the Z
  Fighters are able to detect power levels via the ki sensing ability
  eventually.

It's not clear how they measure the power, or at least I couldn't find something...
That's right, Bulma got one of the scouters, so I think it shouldn't be a problem for her to copy it.

And if you want to know which character has which Power Level, see this list of Power Levels.


What happened to the Steins;Gate 0 anime? I was waiting for another episode since the Okabe in Steins;Gate 0 wasn't shown to reunite with Kurisu.

Did Steins;Gate 0 really end? Are there any OVAs of this?

Did Steins;Gate 0 really end?

Yes. The episode list ends with episode 23, which was broadcasted earliest on Sep 27, 2018.

  The Okabe in Steins;Gate 0 wasn't shown to reunite with Kurisu.

Japanese Wikipedia stated that since the game's premise is replaying multiple times with multiple endings, there are some scenes from the game which are cut, and some anime original scenes added. However, this might not be the reason why that scene was cut (i.e. speculation at best).

  Are there any OVAs of this?

Volume 6 of the Blu-ray set (which according to Amazon will be released on Dec 21, 2018, but possibly earlier somewhere else) contains 1 bonus unaired episode.

  【収録内容】
  第21話~第23話+未放送1話

However, it's too early to know what is the content (there's no detail on that).


How can a Shinigami drop its eyeballs? So BB was born with the Shinigami eyes because a Shinigami dropped it's eyeballs. But how is this even possible? Did the Shinigami ripped out his eyes and then let them fall down to Earth? I just don't get it.

Also, if a human touched the eyes of a Shinigami, would he then also get Shinigami eyes?

a Shinigami dropping it's eyeballs is just something Mello thought of

  It is unknown how he could have possibly been "born" with the eyes, though Mello wonders if a Shinigami dropped its eyeballs to Earth (instead of a Death Note)

Source - Character, 3rd Paragraph, 3rd Sentence

and since Beyond Birthday only appeared in Death Note: Another Note which occurs before the manga (L's first encounter with Naomi Misora during the Los Angeles "BB Serial Murder Case" mentioned in volume 2 of the manga) i can really only answer this from logical evidence, absent of any official statement and assuming that Mello is correct.

I would suspect but rather than a Shinigami taking it's eyes out on it's own (which are used to allow Shinigami to work out how much life they will gain from taking a life), we can make the assumption that a Shinigami died.

How we know of 2 ways a Shinigami can die

they fail to extend their own life by taking names
they save the life of a human who's death date had arrived

When a Shinigami dies they turn to sand/dust however this isn't instantaneous,

Rem's Death: Death Note - The Last Name
Gelus Death: Death Note Anime

as we can see from the links above, Rem began to crumble first however Gelus's eye disappeared first

we also know that there is a Portal which allows travel between the Shinigami Realm and earth. i theorize 2 ways that the Shinigami Beyond Birthday got the eyes from died

said Shinigami saved a human which would explain why they were at the portal
said Shinigami was sooo lazy that it waited to the last minute to take a name to add more life and couldn't take a life quick enough before it died

now while we are told that Shinigami are lazy i don't think they are that lazy not to write names (though Ryuk does note this to Light) so i'm going to assume 1)

regardless, the Shinigami's eyes could have dropped out of it's head and rolled out of the portal which could explain why the eyeballs were dropped and not the Death Note (as we see in The Last Name Gelus's Death Note fell to earth however in the anime it didn't).

So then how did Beyond Birthday get the eyeballs? well it was either by coincidence or since Beyond Birthday was at Wammy's House said Shinigami saved Beyond Birthday at birth by saving his mother who may have been pregnant and was about to be murdered.

  Also, if a human touched the eyes of a Shinigami, would he then also get Shinigami eyes?

this i can't answer, i would assume the timeframe is very small because the eyeballs would have turned into sand/dust and Beyond Birthday was just very lucky to have gotten them before hand because if it was a living Shinigami's eyes, well the sight of Light running around with a bag of apples trying to get Ryuk top allow him to poke his eyes, or Misa looking all cute and asking Ryuk if she can doesn't quite match the tone of the series