What is this symbol called which is used to denote "II" in the second season of "The Quintessential Quintuplets"? The Japanese title for "The Quintessential Quintuplets 2nd season" is 5-toubun no Hanayome ∬. I assume "∬" to be number 2 or "II". But this symbol looks more like the Integral symbol or "Double Integral" to be precise. This symbol is used in mathematics and is never stylized to show numbers or anything. So, is this symbol anywhere present in Japanese script? Or is it just a cursive way of writing "II" that ended up looking like integrals?

No, you're right, that is absolutely the double integral sign. There's a trend of indicating follow-on seasons of shows with indicators like random punctuation marks or letters (see, e.g. this question about Nisekoi: or this one about Dragon Ball Z), and this is almost normal by comparison since it does actually look a bit like a stylised II rather than, for example, adding an apostrophe or a random letter.
It's also vaguely relevant to the show itself - since Uesugi was brought on to tutor the five girls in subjects such as mathematics, which potentially includes a little bit of calculus.


Shouldn't Edward Elric still be able to perform alchemy? The reason I ask this is because Edward had his own portal of truth that he discovers after leaving Gluttony, but that's the first time he notices it. The first time he meets Truth, there's only one gate. Unless that first gate was Edward's portal of truth, and Gluttony was like some weird second door that gave him a sort of secondary exit, wouldn't Ed still be able to perform alchemy?

We never really learn what the two different gates mean, other than that one is Edward's portal of truth. What is the other? Has it been there the whole time? (Is it the one he used when he was little? He performed alchemy then, didn't he? With just one portal of truth, that, for all we know, wasn't his? Is this making any sense?) He gives up his portal of truth, yes, and all that should do is make it so that Ed can't go hopping back and forth to see Truth, as that was the access the second portal kinda allowed.

The Portal of Truth (or Gate) that Ed finds after leaving Gluttony is not his Gate. Rather, it is Al's — this is why Edward finds Al's body sitting in front of that Gate. This is later acknowledged by Ed when he remarks that his and Al's Gates are connected and that this is how Al's body is sustained. The Gates were not always connected; it's made clear that it's unusual and that the connection is a result of Ed's exchange at the beginning of the manga of his arm for Al's life.

When Ed sacrifices his ability to perform alchemy, he is giving up his own Gate. Normally this would not be possible, as this would mean losing the exit back to the real world (cf. Why can't Roy Mustang bring his eyes back using his gate?), but since Ed and Al's Gates are connected, Ed is able to return via Al's Gate. This doesn't mean that he can do alchemy, however, because one's Gate is personal and tied to one's potential to perform alchemy; Truth refers to this in the exchange after Ed decides to exchange his alchemy for Al's body.


Where I can buy "Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms" manga/light novel in English? I found a link to Amazon Japan for さよならの朝に約束の花をかざろう (the Japanese title for Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms) manga, but I can't find the English edition/translation.

Where can I buy the English edition?

Unfortunally you're out of luck. according to MangaUpdates it has yet to be licensed for English

However it's currently only 1 volume in Japan and on-going having only came out last year so it's a new-ish series. so it's still possible it could come out


Why is it that Goten and Trunks don't have tails? I don't believe I've ever seen Goten or Trunks with tails, which doesn't quite make sense, seeing as how Gohan had a tail at his birth, and was also half saiyan half human. From what I've read, it's assumed that they were cut off at birth, but I'd like to know officially if that's the case, since the articles I read had no sources. And I'm pretty sure Saiyan tails normally grow back. Is there anywhere in DBZ that they mention the permanent removal of Goten's and Trunks's tails?

A common theory is that Akira Toriyama just didn't want to / forgot that Saiyans had tails. This wouldn't be surprising as Akira makes several other errors/omittances in the series.
Here's an interview segment from him talking about Goku's tail:
Is it true that Goku’s tail was a nuisance?!

It’s true. (laughs)
Goku was originally an actual monkey in the initial sketches, after all. My editor told me, “Without a tail, he has no distinguishing traits,” so I added a tail.
That tail I added was such a nuisance when I was drawing, I couldn’t stand it… so I immediately thought up an episode where his tail gets cut off. (laughs)

It wouldn't be surprising if having gotten rid of the tail that he so hated, he didn't really want to reintroduce it into the story again, so rather he left Trunks and Gohen without one.


How did Shisui activate his Susanoo with only one eye? I found this picture on Facebook showing Shisui using Susanoo with only one eye.

I know that it is impossible to use the Susanoo with one eye.
Is this is real or not? Why was Shisui able to activate Susanoo with just one Mangekyō Sharingan (one eye)?

Is this real or not?

This is a real image, albeit not from the manga nor anime series. Shisui's Susanoo makes its appearance in the video game Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution. In fact,  Shisui's Susanoo was designed by  Masashi Kishimoto himself. So from that perspective, it is canon.

Why was Shisui able to activate Susanoo with just one Mangekyō Sharingan (one eye)?

Unfortunately, there is no canonical information regarding this and may have been a simple oversight from the developers of the game.
However, the answer to the question "How can Madara use Susanoo without any eyes?" may shine some light on the matter.


What is the piano song in the very first beginning of Tokyo Ghoul:re season 2 episode 1? What is the piano cover of the 1st episode of Tokyo ghoul:re season 2's introduction of in the first 8-second of it?

Name of the song is:
Believe Again (Piano Version)

Artist:  Yutaka Yamada
Album: Tokyo Ghoul:re OST

Friendly Suggestion:

   Same song but little more Epic!
 Played with Symphonic Orchestra
 Believe Again - (Symphonic Suites)


Is the Golden Den Den Mushi mechanical, or a living specimen? The Golden Den Den Mushi is used for ordering the Buster Call and seems to be made of rigid gold. It's strange and unusual for the rest of the species.

Is it an actual living being, or (unlike regular Den Den Mushis) some kind of mechanically improved, or purely mechanical device?

In Chapter 386 Spandam is holding the Golden Den Den Mushi and mentions that it is a precious species, indicating that it is in fact, a living snail.


Did Zetsu know about Tobi's truth/identity all the time? I'm guessing Zetsu is one of

   Madara Uchiha's successful projects (created from First Hokage's DNA)!

And that makes me believe that

   Obito and Zetsu must be knowing each other!

But on the contrary! When Tobi was searching Sasori's ring (after his fight with Chiyo and Sakura), if you observe Black Zetsu and White Zetsu's comments on Tobi, one would think that they weren't aware of Tobi's serious part of life.

Zetsu did know Tobi from the beginning.

   Tobi has interacted with the White Zetsu the moment he arrived to Madara's cave. Black Zetsu was created by Madara in Obito's presence.

The reason for Zetsu supposedly not knowing Tobi could be

He wanted to keep it hidden from the other Akatsuki members.
Kishimoto haven't thought about it at the time.


Do both Kamui Sharingans share one dimension? Since Kakashi has the left eye of Obito, and Obito has his right eye intact, after awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, they both gain the ability of Kamui in their eyes.

Using Kamui, both are able to teleport things to the other dimension, though Obito does it far more easily than Kakashi, initially. My question is, since they are the same pair of eyes, which once belonged to a single person, do they share the same dimension?

Say, Obito captures someone and keeps them in the other dimension, can Kakashi bring them back, as they may share the same other dimension?

The Kamui's alternate dimension is one and the same for both Kakashi and Obito. This has been seen a number of times during their fight in the 4th Ninja War.

Kakashi teleported Gedo Mazo's neck using Kamui, only for Obito to promptly bring it back using his Kamui
Kakashi got a clue to Tobi's identity because a kunai he teleported left a scratch on Tobi's mask who had teleported himself at the same time to avoid Naruto's Rasengan.
Kakashi then teleports Naruto's Rasengan so that it can hit Tobi in the alternate dimension where he just teleported his arm.

However, the first clue to this fact was given much earlier when Tobi came to talk to Naruto. Kakashi tried to use Kamui on him, only for Tobi to remark, "Don't bother with that Kakashi. It won't work on me."


What caused this character's trauma? (Forgive the awkward wording, but I'm trying to be as un-spoilery as I can.)
In Episode 12 of Wonder Egg Priority, Ai hatches a Wonder Egg containing

 herself from a parallel universe.

This girl's Wonder Killer takes the form of

 Sawaki-sensei.

This suggests he did something that traumatised the girl and helped drive her to suicide, but it's never stated what. Furthermore, Ai spends the entire fight insistent that the Wonder Killer is based on her own cognition of that person, and not what they are actually like.
What did he do to her? And if he didn't do anything, then why was he her Wonder Killer?

(Based on my own memory and understanding of the episode, YMMV.)
It's strongly hinted in the flashbacks and lines dropped by both the other Ai and her Wonder Killer that many key events other than getting involved with the Wonder Eggs still happened, in particular:

Ai developed a crush on Sawaki-sensei;

Koito Nagase killed herself after having some kind of involvement with Sawaki-sensei;

Sawaki-sensei became romantically involved with Ai's mother, and they discussed getting married.

As a result, that universe's Ai suspected that Sawaki-sensei was somehow involved in Koito's death, and that he was using Ai's mother as a means to get to Ai, possibly to molest her. This is why she developed an image of him in her head as a monster.
Note that the main Ai also had these same suspicions, but because she had formed friendships with the other girls (one of whom was related to Sawaki-sensei) and had confronted her fears and anxieties about Sawaki-sensei (and confronted him about it), and had learned more about the nature of the Wonder Killers from her experiences and from Ura-Acca's backstory, she was better able to dismiss her paranoia about Sawaki-sensei.


Why is Ahagon embarrased with her name? And how does it match her appearance? Ahagon doesn't like her given name and introduced herself as Umiko. And Kou said her name matches her appearance.

Why is she embarrassed with her name? And how does it match her appearance? She pretty much always looks like this

While I had a feeling it was because it sounded like a kaijuu monster, I had no official confirmation until now. If you look at page 111 of the New Game! illustration book Fairies Story, it has an introduction of Umiko's setting, where it specifically states that

  she has a complex about her name sounding like a kaijuu.

Note that Ahagon is a relatively rare name that comes from Okinawa. Most people would not be familiar with the name and if they've ever watched something like Ultraman as a kid, they might first think it's a kaijuu name, which is probably why it's become a complex for her.

Explanation about kaijuu
If you look at the list of kaijuu of the Ultraman series, you will see there are 98 monsters that end in "-gon". (Others include "-don", "-ton" "-mon" "-ron", and I believe it stems from how many dinosaurs end in "-don", so these endings give that same feeling of something large and powerful.)　It is a common game to add or change the end of a name to make it sound like a kaijuu. In English, I suppose it would like like adding "-(s)aurus" so the end of names to make them sound dinosaur-like".

As for "matching her appearance", I believe so because it she is Okinawan, and has a deep suntan. Okinawa is a tropical area of Japan, where it is warm most times of the year and with beautiful beaches, therefore it is full of heavily-tanned people. A bit stereotypical, but that's what a person would expect to see from an Okinawan.


How does the NerveGear fallback battery work? On the first episode of Sword Art Online we know about a microwaves device installed on the helmet. We learn that this device can damage to death the user's brain removing the limiter. Unplugging the device causes the battery to activate as fallback, using the remaining power on the battery to damage the brain of the user.

The main device of a today microwave oven is magnetron, I cannot find any example of a magnetron consuming less than 1kWh as now (I accept correction), emitting more than 600W in microwaves. As of current technology, can a portable battery provide enough power to burn a brain? Are there more details about this issue described later in the anime or in the novels?

Lets say the magnetron indeed has a power requirement of 1kW (I never tried, so I might be off with this value and 1kW is not enough to burn a brain. On the other hand, I guess it also depends on the duration the magnetron is turned on.)

Lets also say a mobile(-ish) battery of 50V is used (I do have to pick some value, right).

P = V * I , so it would draw 1000W / 50V = 20A.

Now, lets say a brain is fried in 1 minute (maybe this assumption is too high: if it takes too long the 'immediate dying' effect would be gone? Although some agony is a pro in the eyes of an evil mastermind)

So this battery for example (disclaimer: first one I found; I do not own stock for this company) seems to be sufficient. As it should be able to power it for about 1 hour (19.5Ah)...
It is a bit heavy with its 8.8kg, but we do probably not need power for one hours, so a smaller battery should be sufficient, weighing a lot less.

So in short the answer is (with these crude estimates and calculations): Yes it is possible to power a (mobile-ish, the magnetron you linked to did not look too mobile as well) device with our current technology.

I did not read the manga or anime, but I guess the complete system needs to be scaled down to match the description and fit in a helmet...


Why does Naegi always appear in the closing credits along with the dead characters? In most closing credits sequences of Danganronpa, a picture of some characters in a classroom appears.
These pictures always feature Naegi, along with the characters that die along the show.

Closing credits for episodes 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 (left to right, top to bottom)

Except for the last one, which shows all 15 students, these feature the characters that died either on that episode or on the previous one (which had no ending sequence). However, Naegi seems to always be featured in these photos.

Is there any particular reason for this? Or is it simply because he is the main character?

I was wondering this myself. I think there's a theory that Naegi is actually dead and this is his purgatory. We never find out what the most despair inducing event in history is because Naegi died before he could find out. He's the one who has a pretty generic high school ability. Hopes peak academy could actually be the test whether he makes it to heaven or hell in the afterlife. When they all leave we just see a shining light but no sense of the outside world.

If you think about it, the school is perfectly looked after and the fridges are all restocked daily. But who could do that? If instead we picture it as a purgatory scenario it just sets the stage for Naegi to show he can overcome despair.

I think he shows up in the ending credits along the dead characters to show that he's actually dead and when they all appear at the end it means they were all dead. But they made it to the afterlife.


Why "time patrol Goku" attacked "DBS Goku"? In the first episode of Dragon Ball Heroes we saw as the preview showed, the battle between Goku SSJ4 ("time patrol Goku") and Goku SSB ("DBS Goku"). Why "time patrol Goku" attacked "DBS Goku"?

We see a better representation of this in the manga. Xeno Goku was in search of Fu and charges towards him. This attack is blocked by Goku and Goku remarks on his unbelievable power and turns SSJB and a fight begins between the two of them.Two other interesting points to note is that Xeno Goku has not experienced anything from the ROF saga and is hence unaware of Super Saiyan Blue (Note: He is aware of the Super Saiyan God transformation). He is surprised by Goku's Blue hair. Also, an actual battle engages between the two of them, unlike in the anime which SSJB Goku ends up winning and Xeno Goku remarks that SSJB Goku was one step ahead of him.


What arcs of Shingeki No Kyojin will the live-action movie cover? The live action movie for Shingeki No Kyojin is coming out in 2015 or 2016 if I am not mistaken. Does anyone know what arcs of the anime and manga the movie will cover?

First off, there are a number of minor departures from the source material, such as Mikasa's general personality and the setting of the world, but this is to be expected - all adaptions have a degree of director's license, and the main bones of the series are still easily visible.

"This is not the Attack on Titan you saw on the comic book page. This is not the Attack on Titan you saw animated on television" [...]
"It takes place in the future of our world, with remnants of warplanes and weaponry peppered across the countryside. Its great walls were built by human hands..."
Taken from Anime News Network

The first movie begins at the same point as the anime series, with the breach of the outer wall, and covers the majority of the main points up to and including the first battle in the Trost District:

Eren, Mikasa and Armin's friendship and discussing what is outside the walls
Eren falling out with the Garrison soldiers in his home city
The Colossal Titan appearing and kicking a hole in the wall of the Shiganshina District (Monzen in the movie)
Signing up to the Survey Corps. with the ideals of revenge
Travelling to and fighting in the Trost District with the other graduated recruits from Eren's training squad (Omotemachi in the movie)
Eren saving Armin, but being swallowed and having his arm bitten off in the process
Eren shifting into a titan from inside the one he was eaten by, and emerging in front of Mikasa
Eren (in Titan form) fighting the Titans inside the city
An unconscious but fully healed Eren emerges from his defeated Titan form, signifying the end of the first movie

Additionally, a more detailed plot summary can be read here, along with other information on the film.

Therefore, the following arcs are covered in the first film:

The 'Fall of Shiganshina' arc
The '104th Trainees Squad' arc
And approximately half of the 'Battle for Trost' arc


Why madara did not change after 1 and 8 tails was extracted from him? Obito extracted Shukaku and eight tails from Madara and gave it to Naruto. Then why did madara not return back to normal?

Why was he still able to cast infinite tsukoyomi?

From the Wiki,

  Obito stabs Madara and manages to steal fragments of the One-Tail's and Eight-Tails' chakra from him before using Kamui to escape with Naruto.

Obito only took a small fragment, not the entire beast.

ref: http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Madara_Uchiha


A manga about a boy carrying a large sword which can be powered up by inserting beads in it I read this manga around 2009. The main character is a blonde boy whose father is "dead" and his mother dies shortly after I think. Anyway, he carries a large sword which can be powered up by placing these bead looking things in. On his journey, his friend is this attractive blonde girl. At one point, he finds his father, but then his father is killed when large stones fall on him. The manga revolves around the sword and the small stones you place in it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I believe you are looking for Rave Master.

I have not read the manga, but the description really sounds like the story in its anime adaption.

  Fifty years ago, the Demon Stone and RAVE (two powerful artifacts) are broken and scattered throughout the world. The story follows the journey of Haru Glory; during his travels he meets many new friends and allies, and also enemies known as the Daemon Card. He will have to use the powers given to him by RAVE to defeat the Daemon Card and find the other pieces of RAVE.

As for the death of the father:

  However they stop as Elie is almost crushed by a blouder [sic!] and saved by Let who helps them escape. In the end, Gale [the protagonist’s father] falls down a hole and Haru tries to save him but they both become trapped, doomed to be crushed by the tower. However, after explaining to Haru the meaning of being a man and a father, Gale covers Haru’s body to protect him despite Haru’s pleas. After the tower collapes, Haru is horrified to find his father died protecting him. — Rave Master Wiki

Reference

Rave Master - Wikipedia


Did Senku's father have children with Lillian in Dr. Stone? Senku's father Byakuya was one of the few people who survived. While all of the couples were shown to have offspring, it wasn't explicitly shown that Byakuya and Lillian had children, too.

It might be because of the drawing style, but Kohaku and Ruri do seem to have a very similar appearance as Lillian (although thousands of years have already passed...).

So, is it known or at least hinted that they did have offspring?

Heavy manga spoilers ahead read at your own risk:

  In manga ch 45, Kohaku asks if they are related to which Senku answers
that he and Byakuya are NOT blood related BUT they (he and the villagers)
are hundreds of generations apart so it doesn't matter.
Yes they had children, no they are not related to Senku.
(Note that they don't specifically show that Byakuya and Lillian were together but
there was the already married couple and they showed Connie and Shamil getting married so most
probably Byakuya ended up with Lillian)


What does the crystal represent in the new Naruto Op (ep 432) I can think of a few meanings for the crystal, but I was wondering if there is anything "official" stated or if it was related to an actual crystal in the series?

Or maybe its just that someone on the Naruto production team likes Final Fantasy.

After watching the opening, here's my version :

  It's all about the collective hopes and dreams people have for one
  another and themselves. All of the dead characters passed down the
  circular stone that represented the hopes they had for Naruto, who
  embodied the future. Naruto struggled to achieve the goal by
  struggling no matter how tired he was. Or this crystal can also be the past, that's why Sasuke would want to destroy it (but later, he accepts it).


Is it possible for one Master to have multiple Servants? I'm reading the Fate/Stay Night visual novel. Early on, in the Kotomine Church, you can reach a bad ending by choosing to have Shirou give up his Command Spells and withdraw from the Holy Grail War as a Master. He goes outside to sever his contract with Saber, who says that normally she would kill a Master who abandoned her. Shirou asks if she'll form a contract with another Master, and Saber says that Archer's Master (Rin Tousaka) should be able to bring out her full power. Upon parting with Shirou, she goes into the church, presumably to form a contract with Rin.

Also, in the 2006 Studio Deen Fate/Stay Night anime (I haven't reached this far yet in the visual novel, but I assume it's similar),

   Kirei Kotomine commands both Zero Archer (Gilgamesh) and Stay Night Lancer (Cu Chulainn). I assume he was officially the Master of at least Lancer, since unlike Gilgamesh, Lancer would have required a contract to stay in the world.

But I can't remember if it was ever stated that he is the official Master of both, or if

   Gilgamesh was maintaining his existence with his own mana, and just stuck with Kirei for his own reasons.

We do know that it's possible for a Servant to have two Masters, as, for a time, both

   Kayneth and Sola-Ui are Masters to Lancer

in Fate/Zero. But are the scenarios above instances of Masters with two Servants? Would Rin have been able to make a contract with Saber while also maintaining a contract with Archer, or was Saber relying on her knowledge that Rin wanted her as a Servant, and would cut off Archer if Saber became available? Was

   Kirei the Master of both Archer and Lancer, or only of Lancer, with Archer a free agent?

If the answer is yes, do we know how the situation with Command Spells works? I assume this isn't a problem for

   Kirei, as he gained all the leftover Command Spells from previous wars when he found his father dying from Kayneth's bullet in Fate/Zero.

But would Rin have gotten an extra three Command Spells if she made a contract with Saber, or would she have to save the one she had left as a sign of her control over both Saber and Archer?

I'm still early into the visual novel, and I haven't yet seen the last four episodes of Fate/Zero, so please use spoiler tags as needed.

It should be possible. However most of the examples i can find are non-human.

In Fate/Apocrypha we learn that the entire Red faction, save Mordrid, is under Shiro Kotomine's control since their Masters aren't in Trifas and he has been working on taking control; I remember reading that he has their Command Seals. The reason he can do this is probably because

   He is the Ruler from the 3rd War as such a Servant with a connection to the Grail

As zibadawa timmy mentioned, in Unlimited Blade Works Caster had Assassin, Archer and Saber as her own Servants. However with Assassin she was a Fake Master, but with the latter two, she became a proper Master after using her Nobel Phantasm Rule Breaker to null their contracts with their Masters.

The only Human example is with Sakura in the Heaven's Feel Route. She has a contract with Rider (from the beginning) but she also, when she accepts Angra Mainyu, is the Master of Alter-Saber and Blind Beserker. However there is the possibility that Sakura was in fact a Servant herself with Angra Mainyu as the Master

The above three are evidence of how a "Master" can have multiple Servants under the Fuyuki system; there are examples outside that.

In the Moon Cell, the Alter Egos created by BB are her Servants. However BB is an AI and the Moon Cell/SE.RA.PH operates differently than the Fuyuki Holy Grail which is supposedly what it used to develop the system to determine who was worthy to reach the Moon Cell's core.

There is also Manaka Sajyou from Fate/Prototype. She not only is the Master of Beast but she also ends up summoning the other 6 Servants. However

  When she died eight years ago, she became something of a half-zombie due to the power of the Holy Grail

As such, one can't really consider her a normal human.

When it comes to Command Spells, if a Master contracts with another Servant they are granted a set. However this is only seen with Caster.

  Upon using Rule Breaker to steal Saber's contract, she appears to be branded with actual Command Spells.

Source: Special Command Spells - Imitation Command Spells

We can assume that it was the same happened with Archer and we can assume the reason is the same as if a Master-less Servant found a new Master (in the case of Caster).


Who are these two people in the third opening of Attack on Titan? In the third opening of Attack on Titan we see a man and a baby holding hands. Does anyone know who these two people are?
I can't remember seeing them in the manga.

Or -if they are not "real" characters- what does this scene want to allude to? I can't think of any symbolism in this picture...

This scene is depicted from Shingeki no Kyojin manga chapter 86, "That Day".

   Grisha Yeager and Dina Fritz got married during the rise of Eldia and had a baby. This baby was named Zeke, which further betrayed whole Eldia and joined the Marley Forces.


What is the song that play while gon use jajanken? What is the song that play while gon uses Jajanken in greed Island arc???
I don't know exactly but it is a track that is played when he uses the full power jajanken against Razor in Soufurabi.. while playing Dodge ball...

The Emperor's Time by 平野義久 , Album : HUNTER×HUNTER セレクトｘベストｘα.

You'll find the details in the description of this video of the battle you mentioned in the comment.


Can an adult be killed using the Death Note, by remembering their childhood face while writing the name? To kill a person using the Death Note, you are required to think of their face while writing their name.

If the Death Note user last saw a person decades ago when he was a child, but has no idea what he looks like now, can he kill the person by remembering the childhood face?

This is never really explained, but according to the rules, you should be able to kill that person, if you know their name and face.

The human whose name is written in this note shall die.
This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.

— Death Note, How to Use: I


What happened to Sham Nyaban? Somewhere between episode 12 and 14 of One Piece, The Nyaban brothers fight Zoro.
Zoro defeats them by using a sentoryu attack (i cant seem to remember the name) and sends The Nyaban Brothers towards the bottom of a slope. Buchi Nyaban gets hypnotised by Jango, but from that point on, there is no sign of Sham anywhere. Where did his corpse go?

Well if you watch further on you will see
Spoiler

   After Zoro swiftly dealt a finishing blow to the two brothers with his regained three swords, Buchi barely survived and was hypnotized by Jango for Super-Human Strength and recovery, to duel against Zoro once again. Zoro quickly defeated Buchi once again.


What's the sad piano music that plays when Levi gives Ivan's patch to Dieter? In season 1, ep 22, around 16:35, a sad piano music plays when Levi gives Ivan's patch to Dieter.

What's the song title?

It's a track called Omake-Pfadlib. I've linked a youtube video to the same.


The reason of Bartholomeo Kuma's devil fruit named as Nikyu-Nikyu no Mi? Nikyu-Nikyu no Mi is devil fruit that eaten by Bartholomeo Kuma, this fruit can be translated as Paw-Paw Fruit.

The power of this fruit are it can repelling any attack, or pain from our body as we can see in Thriller Bark arc when Kuma repelling the pain from Luffy.
This fruit also can make other peoples flying for few days to somewhere place in the world.

What I'm ask here is what the reason behind a paw that can "repel"? Is there any myth or something that make this fruit named as Nikyu-Nikyu no Mi/Paw-Paw Fruit?

Paw-Paw fruit grants the user the ability to repel everything they touch, and is physically represented as paws on the user's palms, making the user a Paw Human.
The Paw has variety of uses that leaves a paw-pad imprint resembling the pads on his palms.

Cats uses one paw to repel inferior life forms. The Paw Of Do-Not-Want. Which might also be the reason behind a paw that can "repel" of your question. Video: https://twitter.com/boingboing/status/596558460382220288
The fruit's name, Nikyu, comes from the word "Nikukyū" (肉球?) which means "Paw" in Japanese.  Ref: Nikyu Nikyu no Mi
I did a little search online if there is a significant reason why its called Nikyu-Nikyu no Mi/Paw-Paw Fruit but I found none that its related to myths or something. So the name "Paw-Paw" is basically just from its Japanese name counter part "Nikyu-Nikyu".


Identify this image of a girl with red hair wearing a dog puppet I've posted an image of an anime girl below. Do you have any idea about who she is and where she is from? I think she seems to be from a visual novel according to CG.

The other answer is almost correct. The name of the VN is 楽園の令嬢（アリス）たち, but the parenthetical word after 令嬢 (normally meaning daughter or young woman) is means that word should be read as Alice (アリス) in this case. So the name of the game is, in romaji, Rakuen no Arisu-tachi. The character's name is indeed Inujima Rise (狗島離世). The game is by doujin group Harthnir, and version 0.01d was released in 2006.

It's not clear to me whether a full version of this game was ever released. There was definitely a trial version,  which the f-game page above mentions. All references I can find are for the trial version. The website for the game is also down. All the references I can find to the game are to ver0.01d or earlier, which was definitely released, but is not a full version (as far as I can tell). There were some rumors that the full game would be released in 2009, but very little new information has appeared since suggesting that this didn't happen. Assuming the game wasn't released, I'd probably conclude that it was abandoned.


Does Dual Wield drain HP? When Kirito fights The Gleam Eyes this is the first time he uses his Dual Wield ability which was the reason why he had a second sword commissioned by Liz, after he killed the boss his HP was quite low.

Before he uses it he's hesitant in using it, was this because Dual Wielding drains HP when active or was his hesitation more to do with the ability becoming more widely known?

It was clear that Kirito was keeping his dual-wield ability a complete secret. Nobody knew about it - not even Asuna. This was evidenced by the fact that Asuna questioned Kirito about why he isn't using Liz's sword and suggested that he was "hiding something" from her.

So Kirito hesitated because be knew that using his dual wield in front of everyone would blow that secret wide open. But he had no choice. It was do or die.

Getting back to the question, there is no evidence in the anime to suggest that dual wielding drains HP. But you could infer other drawbacks such as tying up both hands thus preventing the use of a shield.


Why is this guy handcuffed censored? In episode 5 of Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru!, at around 12:04, there's a guy who was handcuffed after being found out asking for low-angle pics from young kids. However, the handcuff was being censored with mosaic.

Aren't kids/teens supposed to watch people get arrested or it's just an exaggeration? Or are they hiding other than the handcuff?

There's probably no reason for in-universe, but this represents the current norm in Japan: In Japanese broadcasts, handcuffs are usually censored to prevent the guilty feeling of the arrested person.

In Japan, when a person is arrested, they are always considered as a suspect first, regardless if they self-admit the crime or not. The handcuffs seen by other people will make the arrested person looks guilty and may affect the trial. Even though there is the presumption of innocence (a suspect is always presumed as innocent until proven guilty), the handcuffs may imply the suspect as already guilty. Even though the suspect is judged as not guilty, the guilty impression from the handcuffs may still linger on the observers.

This norm started after the case of Kazuyoshi Miura who had been arrested but successfully brought a case to the court that him being pictured in handcuffs implied guilt and had prejudiced the trial.

This is also the reason why a suspect's head & hands are usually covered with a cloth/towel when arrested in Japan.

Sources:

Wikipedia - National regulations regarding depiction of handcuffed people
The UI Junkie - What’s Up With the Blurred Or Pixelated Handcuffs In Japan, France And South Korea?
Everything2 - Why Japanese TV mosaics out handcuffs
Quora - Why do police officers sometimes cover the hands of the handcuffed person with a cloth or towel (as seen in many arrest scenes in Japanese & S. Korean Movies/dramas)?


What anime is this winking girl from? I've been searching for quite a long time...I'm guessing it's from an Anime.

The image is of Kusaribe Hakaze from the anime Zetsuen no Tempest, which aired October 2012 - March 2013. Here is the plot synopsis from Wikipedia:

  The story revolves around Mahiro Fuwa, a teenager whose sister was mysteriously murdered one year before, and his friend Yoshino Takigawa. Mahiro is contacted by Hakaze Kusaribe, the leader of the Kusaribe clan who was left stranded on an unknown deserted island by her followers, and agrees to help Hakaze in exchange for her help to find out the culprit for the death of his family. Upon learning of his friend's intentions, Yoshino joins him on his quest to stand against the Kusaribe clan who intends to awaken the "Tree of Exodus" whose power can bring ruin to the entire world.

The image occurs in episode 5.


Hange, are you a boy or a girl? I'm being the Prof. Oak for once and ask if Hange from Attack on Titan is male or female?

I cannot remember at all if this was ever settled in the manga. The character appears female from the hair and facial features, but I can't remember ever seeing notable secondary gender characteristics.

On this matter I don't trust translations, be it official or fan-made, so references to the character with the help of pronouns don't count. Please supply clear manga scenes or anime screenshots. Statements from secondary sources like character books (if such a thing exists for AoT) or interview statements from the creator are accepted, too.

Even though they looks like a she it's still debatable.

If we look at official tumblr account of Kodansha (Publisher of AoT) we can find an answer:

  I’ve said everything I intend to say on Hange (the short version: Hange’s gender is open to whatever interpretation you care to have)

Here the link of the whole question.


How did Reiner Braun capture Eren? In the end of Episode 7 Season 2 of Attack on Titan, Eren was about to break Reiner Braun's neck.

Then following that event, the Colossus Titan starts to fall, we see a shot that seems to show that Reiner is above Eren and has grabbed him, and later we hear that Reiner captured Eren.

What happened in the middle and how did Reiner Braun capture Eren?

After the Colossus Titan (Bertholdt) fell on both of them, the Armored Titan (Reiner) bit Eren's Titan form in the neck. That was how he got Eren out from his Titan form.


Does Ash walk away from the starting pokemon in the anime? I've not seen the show, but I used to play the video games. In Pokemon Go there is a secret way to get Pikachu by walking away from the starting Pokemon. People on the internet say Ash did so in the anime. Is that true? If not, how can this be explained with anime's events?

In episode 1 of the anime, Ash overslept and was too late to get Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle. Professor Oak then gives him Pikachu.


Why are Yubaba's spirit employees froglike? The spirits that work for Yubaba in the bath house seem to be to varying  degrees, froglike.  Some seem to be fully frogish, like Aogaeru.

While others are mostly human like Lin, and still others seem to be mixes of human and frog.  When Lin is told that she and Sen will be working on the big tub, Lin replies "that's Frog work".

Is there any reason given in Spirited Away or Japanese mythology that explains the frog-like spirits?

I don't think, that there is a reason given, but considering how much the bathhouse workers, which are spirits of various animals, despise humans, it is pretty obvious, why they don't want to look too much like humans.

Most male workers are frog spirits, most female workers are slugs. Lin is a weasel spirit and Kamaji is a spider spirit.

Since you were asking about Japanese mythology, the only folklore tale, which I could think of and find, which had men change into frogs and women change into slugs, is The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya. It is a pretty popular tale, which is also used as a source for other manga/anime(i.e. Naruto). But I don't know, if Miyazaki really used this tale as an inspiration for the workers in the bathhouse.


Manga where a guy, whose girlfriend passed away/dumped him, is left to take care of a little girl and starts getting too attached I remember the girl being a quiet 6-7 year old who was clingy and highly reliant on the guy.

the girl looked exactly like the guy's ex who either died or left him years ago which is why the guy was so attached to the little kid.

It wasn't a comedy manga by any means, it was more like a slice of life or psychological themed story.

As far as I had read, there wasn't anything sexual or physical between the guy and the little girl (wasn't a loli manga) but the two were really close and the guy didn't want to get into a new relationship because he kept thinking about her.

He was raising the little girl as his own child.

The girl kept wanting to look older and more mature so she used to steal make up and high heels to get the guy's attention

That's pretty much all I remember and the manga was a chaptered one so no one-shots

Could it be My Girl?

The guy had a girlfriend who had to travel abroad and she ended up having a kid but didn't tell him, deciding to dump him instead (so as to not burden him with a child). Then she died and the guy ended up taking care of the kid. The little girl is in kindergarten I think, so maybe 5 years old? I can't remember if it was specifically mentioned that the girl looked exactly like her mother, but they're drawn very similarly, and because he is still kind-of in love with his late ex-girlfriend, he decides to take care of the little girl.

There's a total of 44 chapters across 5 volumes. Later in the story, there's a sort-of love interest for the guy, and some drama between the 3 of them.


How are Shinigamis born? It is known that Death the Kid is Lord Shinigami's son. However, how were both of them born ? And why does Lord Shinigami look like a Duskull while Kid and the Kishin are both humanoïds ?

In chapter 47 of the manga, it is mentioned that

A Shinigami is capable of reproduction, such beings possessing groins.

However, Shinigami are also capable of asexual reproduction, as explained in volume 9.

  Shinigami can asexually reproduce by creating fragments of themselves and create a being. These beings, rather then be a replicate of the parent, can spawn off their own personality


How many character have similar appearance with Saber (Arturia)? And who are they? There are a lot of version of Saber (Arturia). Some that I know are the original blue Saber, Saber Lily, and Alter Saber.

I also saw some other version like Sakura Saber and Master Saber.
There are also Saber look alike, Jeanne d'Arc and Red Saber. So how many Arturia version were there and which one are Arturia look alike in Fate Universe or Nasuverse?

There are plenty of them actually. They're known as Saberface or like MHX said, Arturia Species.

from  Chibichuki!, Saber 4~8. Left to right: Saber Lion, Saber Lily, Saber, Red Saber, Sakura Saber, Saber of Red, Saber Alter, Master Arturia.

Among them there are only seven of Arturia in Nasuverse. They are Saber, Saber Alter, Saber Lily, Lancer, Lancer Alter, Mysterious Heroine X and Berserker Alter.

Arturia Pendragon

Saber and Archer

Saber : The main source of all Saberface. The usual blue Saber, one of the three main heroines of Fate/Stay Night visual novel. Known as the King of Knights, she is a legendary hero of Britain. She wielded the sword from the stone, Caliburn, but it was destroyed and her weapon now are Excalibur and Avalon.

Archer : Saber in swimsuit. Saber found her way to the beach and decided to play with water gun and become Archer-class servant.
Saber Alter and Santa Alter (Rider)

Saber Alter : Also known as Black Saber. She is dark hero version of Arturia Pendragon. She was corrupted by Angra Mainyu.

Santa Alter : Holiday-themed Saber Alter, Rider-class. She own a custom-made sleigh and wore santa outfit complete with a bag full of presents.
Saber Lily

Saber Lily or White Saber. She is a younger version of Saber before she obtain Excalibur and Avalon. In this state, she is known as the Knight Princess. Notice that she use similar but different sword than blue Saber. She was Arturia from after she drew out the sword of selection Caliburn, and had just began walking down the path of a king.
Lancer and Lancer Alter

Lancer : Also known as "Goddess Rhongomyniad". She's alternate version of Arturia where she used holy spear Rhongomyniad instead of Excalibur.

Lancer Alter : Violated by the curse of the Holy Grail. She rejected the Divine Spirit transformation process of Rhongomyniad. She remain known as "Artoria Pendragon" rather than be known as "Goddess Rhongomyniad"
Mysterious Heroine X (Assassin), Ultra Heroine Z, Berserker Alter, and MHXX

Mysterious Heroine X : Arturia tried to hide her identity as Assassin and tasked herself in eliminating all Saberface heroines. She wore cap to hide her identity and ahoge, although it sticks out of the cap.

Ultra Heroine Z : Alter version of Mysterious Heroine X who acts as the antagonist of the "Saber Wars" event.

Berserker Alter : The Anti-Anti-Saber. She's another alter version of Mysterious Heroine X. She use Altereactor to defeat Mysterious Heroine X.

Mysterious Heroine XX : A version of Mysterious Heroine X from further in the future. She is a Foreigner-class Servant and has taken up a job in the Servant Universe that involves hunting down Foreigners. She wields the variant of Rhongomyniad, a double-ended lance Rhongomyniad LR

Arturia look alike

Red Saber, Nero Bride, and Saber Venus

Red Saber : Totally unrelated with Arturia, Red Saber is Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, she was the Fifth Roman Emperor. Also known as Emperor of Roses, she looks awfully similar to Arturia.

Nero Bride : Alternate version of Red Saber in Fate/Grand Order. She wield different Noble Phantasm. She looks similar to Saber Lily with this white wedding dress.

Saber Venus : Alternate version from Fate/Extella through Heroic Spirit Apotheosis. She's the most powerful Servant in Fate/Extella game. She wields Photon Ray.
Saber of Red and Rider

Saber of Red : She is the "son" of Arturia, Mordred, but she is actually female despite being raised as the secret male heir to the throne

Rider : Unlike Arturia, she decided to take on one of her father's treasure, named "Prydwen". It's both ship and shield. And she decided to use it as surf board
Sakura Saber and Devil Saber

Sakura Saber : Okita Souji. She was the captain of the first unit of the Shinsengumi, a special police force in Kyoto during the late shogunate period. She was one of the best swordsmen of the Shinsengumi. But unlike the historic version, this Okita Souji is a female. She resemble Arturia in a lot of ways.

Devil Saber : She is a Counter Guardian formed through Sakura Saber's spiritual foundation taking in a Holy Grail filled with Seven Servants.
Ruler, Avenger, and Joan Alter Lily (Lancer)

Ruler : Gilles de Rais mistook Saber for her. She is Jeanne d'Arc, also known as Joan of Arc, the Saint of Orleans. She is considered a heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War.

Avenger : She is a creation of the Holy Grail born from Gilles de Rais's wishes shortly after the execution of Joan in 1431.

Joan Lily : She became young because she drank Gilgamesh's Potion of youth. Named "Joan of Arc Alter Lily", she wore santa outfit.

Gray

Gray is believed to be a distant descendent of Arturia because of her striking resemblance with Saber.
Master Arturia

Unlike all other Saber, she's not a heroic spirit, she's a master from the world of Capsule Servant. She wield a katana.

Others

King Arthur (Saber)

Not exactly Saberface. But he is male version of Arturia. He's a main character of Fate/Prototype.
Saber Lion

Not a servant, nor master. She's a parody version of Saber who acts as the mascot for the Fate/tiger colosseum series. Or pet, if you will. She also appear in Carnival Phantasm.

Saber Class Card

From Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA. Arturia power was installed to Miyu with blue Saber outfit and Illya with Saber Lily outfit. When manifested, Saber takes form as Saber Alter.

Artoria Pendragon

Came from Tsukihime spin-off of Melty Blood, Hana no Miyako, Artoria in this series is a trap.


What meaning does the nickname "Kyon" has? In the Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi, the main character's nickname is "Kyon" (キョン). From the novel, the origin of the name is explained:

  By the way, Kyon would be me. My aunt was the one who first called me
  that. A few years ago, my long-time-no-see aunt suddenly said to me
  "My goodness, Kyon has grown so big!" My sister thought it was funny
  and also started to call me Kyon. After that the rest is history— my
  friends, upon hearing my sister calling me Kyon, decided to follow her
  lead. From that day on, my nickname became Kyon. Damn it, my sister
  used to call me "Onii-chan"!

Kyon does not seem to like the name very much. Also, his sister "thought it was funny". This makes me wonder what "Kyon" actually means. It it has no meaning at all, why would Kyon's sister find it funny?

Does "Kyon" mean anything?

According to RomajiDesu, it's a species of barking deer. It's humorous because the "n" on the end makes it sound feminine. Onii-chan is a token of respectful affection,  in contrast.

It's the contrast from being called (in all sincerity) "dearest big brother" and "Bambi"


What song plays in episode 1 of One Piece when Luffy punches Alvida? I'm trying to figure out the name/title of the song that plays in episode one of One Piece that starts at the 20:00 mark, when Luffy punches Alvida. Does anyone know it?

One Piece - Music & Song Collection 1

Track 22 - Duel!!

The track contains 2 songs (little pause at 1:03, your song begins at 1:05)

Enjoy :)


Does the story of Dragon Quest continue after the anime? I'm watching the animated remake version of Dragon Quest so I also started to watch the 1991-1992 anime version. I've read the anime version lasted 1 year on air (49 episodes, 1 per week) when the manga lasted 7 years. Does this mean there is more story after the 1991-1992 anime? Or they just compressed the story a lot?

According to Wikipedia (with a source):

The series adapts the events of the first 10 volumes of the manga, with initial plans to continue onward until scheduling and time slot changes at TBS lead to the series ending after 46 episodes. To accommodate the abrupt ending, [Riku] Sanjo [the manga's author] helped to provide an adjusted finale to the anime.

The manga apparently has 37 volumes, so yes, the story continues for a considerable amount past the point where the anime stopped.


Why people in Germany don't lock their doors? In anime Monster, it's common to see people enter other's houses just by opening a door (without a key). Example: episodes #7, #12.

Why is that?

There is no definitive answer to your question, however here are two points which may answer your question, between the two.

1) The people in question deem the area they live in safe enough to leave their doors unlocked, therefore walking in without a key would be simple.
For example it was a common game with us children where I lived to open a persons door and run away. (I was young, we did stupid stuff). As well as the fact that I and my family leave our doors unlocked when we are home.

2) They forgot to lock it. This isn't as common though also happens. If a person is not a complete safety-enthusiast with a checklist of things to do to ensure their safety, they are bound to forget to lock one time or another.


What is the significance of the name Bleach? The name "Bleach" seems to be having no relevance to the plot unlike most other series. Was it just chosen at Kubo-sensei's whim or does it have some significance? Maybe some cultural significance associated with shinigami, etc. that I am now aware of?

Kubo himself has commented on this. Below I've taken the quote from Bleach Answers Wiki:

  The title wasn't Bleach when Tite Kubo decided to draw a story about Shinigami. This was before he drew the one-shot manga that appeared in Akamaru Jump. The weapon wasn't a sword, but a scythe. Only Rukia had a scythe and the other characters used guns. At that point, the title was Snipe (as in "Sniper"). Right before he started drawing, he began to think that a sword would be better and realized he couldn't use Snipe as a title anymore. He began looking for a title that grasped the bigger picture. Shinigami are associated with the color black, but it would have been boring to use "black". "White", on the other hand, can suggest black as a complementary color. So Tite Kubo chose "Bleach" to evoke the impression of the color white.

I've also heard other theories, which aren't as well supported by interviews with Kubo but still seem to have some evidence supporting them. One is that shinigami "cleanse" souls, similar to what bleach does (Kubo himself mentioned this in an interview, but it's not clear whether he noticed this before or after deciding on the name). Another is that Kubo is a fan of the band Nirvana, and their first album is Bleach. So there might be more than one reason, but the quoted one above is the one he usually gives when asked about it.


Where can I watch the Chuunibyou specials? I’m seeing all this stuff about Chuunibyou and it’s specials however I’ve only seen the 2 seasons on crunchy roll and can’t find the rest of its content anywhere someone

I'm not sure if you can watch them legally on the internet since most specials that I know of from other anime are usually included in BD/DVD releases or bundled together with manga or light novel volumes.

From MAL, here are where you can find Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! specials:

Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!: Kirameki no... Slapstick Noel -
Episode 13, included in the final volume of the BD/DVD.
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!: Lite - Short episodes aired on KyoAni's official YouTube channel. Also included in Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! DVD/Blu-ray Complete Collections as a 22 min Extra entitled Chuni-Shorts.
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!: Depth of Field - Ai to Nikushimi Gekijou - Specials bundled with the 1st season's BD/DVD volumes.
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren Specials - Specials included in BD and DVD of Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren.
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren Lite - Short episodes aired on KyoAni's official YouTube channel

Looks like you need to buy the BD's/DVD's to watch these specials. Regarding those specials aired in KyoAni's YouTube channel, I tried finding them but I think they were only a one-time thing, probably aired on specific dates before in their YouTube channel.


What happens to Yin and Hei after the ending of season 2? Is it intentionally ambiguous as in they didn't want to commit to a true ending or are they both alive?

Well, Hei is alive, that's for certain; however, what happens to Yin isn't entirely mentioned.

One thing that could prove that Yin is dead is because on near the end of the anime, Yin appears (the one in the white suit) and asks Hei to kill her, in which he agrees. In the OVA, she also says her final goodbye and confesses her feeling for Hei.

However, in the OVA, Izanagi does say that he'll grant Yin's wish which would be to be with Hei, and Izanagi did grant July's wish to be with Suou.

Also, Bai's power allows for molecular manipulation. It is how Hei is a Contractor since she fused with him near the end of Heaven's War and how the plan to destroy all Contractors by destroying Hell's Gate failed and how Heaven's Gate cannot be touched.

At the end, Bai's star which disappeared because Bai was trapped in the Meteor Core began to shine again because she was released. If Hei got Bai's power back, then he could have fused with Yin as well and (if a third season is made) is now trying to find a way to reverse the fusion so that Yin can return to her body (maybe also to allow Bai to come back). However, that is speculation, one thing I've read that while Hei is holding her body, it's glowing, which could mean she's alive, though I didn't actually notice.

I should point out that what we see is a light growing brighter when he puts his hand on Yin at the end. While he could be killing her here, the light could be the same that Hei emitted when he made Anti-Gate Particles nonexistent at the end of the first season.


Is it possible to use all branches of Breath Styles if a Demon Slayer can use Breath of the Sun? Maybe Tanjiro is a Breath of the Sun user by using the Dance of the Fire God, Breath of Water and some saying/asking that he's using Breath of Thunder. I'm curious about it and correct me if I'm mistaken. Is it possible to use other style under of their Breath Style? Take a look in the picture below.

It was revealed in the latest chapter of manga

   that Tanjiro is a descendant of the Breath Of The Sun User.

Can Tanjiro use the other Breathing Technique?

   It is not yet revealed in the manga but Breath of the sun is the basis of all the breathing techniques and since the memories of the Breath of the sun users is passed down to the succeeding users we can all assume that he can use the other branches as soon as he completely inherit those memories.


Why didn't Giorno heal Polnareff's body and restore his soul to the body? In Golden Wind, we know that Giorno can heal people by restoring parts of bodies to people. We have seen that he can heal a body so much that Bucciarati's soul, instead of moving on to the afterlife, instead stays in his body. We saw that Giorno healed his own body and jumped right back in after Narancia's death. Now Polnareff, when we last saw him, was in the body of Coco Jumbo. Because Polnareff's soul did not go to the afterlife, he was stuck in the turtle. Why then didn't Giorno go to Polnareff's body and heal it, then stick Polnareff's soul back into the body?

It's not addressed canonically as far as I'm aware but I can think of at least two possible reasons:

It's too risky: Giorno was able to heal his own body and transfer his consciousness back because he used his own stand to do so. Either Gold Experience Requiem can't transfer a second party's soul between bodies or they aren't willing to risk the possibility that Polnareff's soul would vanish in the attempt
It's a temporary solution: As we saw with Bucciarati, Gold Experience can't completely reverse death, just temporarily bind the soul to the body as it decays. Given the choice between this and staying a turtle, Polnareff may have chosen the later.


Is Suzaku Kururugi completely oblivious of the Purges of Shinjuku Ghetto and the Saitama Ghetto? From Episodes 10-13 there is a huge moral guilt bestowed on all the characters. And I find it funny because its from one battle where barely 1% of the casualties experienced from the purges were met.

Suzaku Kururugi wants to fight for Britannia to save his people (or hope they integrate into the system) but is he aware of what Britannia does to the Elevens?

Like honestly he thinks what the BKs do are wrong yet hes morally ok with mass executions of children/elderly. Is this explained?

He is not morally ok with executing people. If you noticed he refused to kill civilians in episode 2,especially since one was his friend, and he saved the falling women in the same episode in the middle of a battlefield. The only time he even actually killed civilians was when he fired the FLEIJA in Tokyo.

He is obviously aware of what the Britannians do as he sees some of it first hand. He is even one of the ones that is discriminated against, which is seen in the episode where he stood around washing paint off of his shirt and in ep 5, even though they can't do anything more than that because he is an honorary Britannian. The only problem is at first he cannot change it. That is why he needed to become the knight of one. From that position he would have the authority to prevent the Britannian's treatment of elevens.

He is not ok with the executions but at the same time he is powerless to prevent them unless he were to become the knight of one.


Was running into people with toast in your mouth already a cliche by Evangelion's time (1995-96)? As everyone who's seen Evangelion knows, the alternate-reality segment in the last episode (of the 1995 TV series) prominently features a scene where Rei, mouth entoasted, runs into Shinji on her way to school.

To those of us living in the year 2016, this is an obvious cliche; countless many anime have portrayed the same thing in the two decades since (episode 1 of Nichibros has my favorite rendition). But would viewers in 1995 have seen this as a cliche?

It seems plausible that Evangelion could have been using the toast-collision trope as a touchstone to really drive home the prototypical-slice-of-life nature of the alternate reality. But then again, it also seems plausible that the toast-collision was only an incidental feature of the segment, and that the trope's present-day status as a cliche is a consequence of other shows imitating Evangelion. I don't really have enough of a pre-Evangelion knowledge base to discern which is true.

Yes. It has been around for a long time...long before Evangelion.

It's hard to track down any real info, but I ran across a reddit page that pointed me in the right direction.

As it stands, it looks like the earliest instances of the 'running late to school with a slice of toast in your mouth' grew from 'running late to school with a roll in your mouth' that I could find a first confirmed instance as far back as 1968 in the manga "Patty's First Love." Some suspect that it was pulled from some 1950s Soap Opera, originally.

At any rate, that page went on to talk about how the book "Even a Monkey can Draw Manga" that was published 1990 to 1991 or so (4 to 5 years prior to Evangelion) considered the 'running late to school with a piece of toast in your mouth and crashing into someone' such a cliche that it parodied it on this page

So, I'd say that's pretty darn conclusive...it is definitely significantly older than Evangelion, and was already a running joke to the level of parody by that time.


Is Ryuk the only one who can kill Light? Only a god of death that has passed on their Death Note to a human is
  able to kill the owner of the Death Note**

This confuses me, because Light was able to kill Jack Neylon and Higuchi (although he wrote Higuchi's name on a paper from his notebook, so that maybe explains how he could have killed him). So, what does this rule exactly mean? Does this rule mean that if I write Light Yagami's name in a Death Note, he wouldn't die, since only Ryuk can kill him?

How to use XXXIV

The owner of the Death Note cannot be killed by a god of death who is living in the world of the gods of death.
Also, a god of death who comes to the human world, in the objective to kill the owner of the Death Note, will not be able to do so.
Only a god of death that has passed on their Death Note to a human is able to kill the owner of the Death Note.

As the rules are grouped together, it seems they are related.  In context, they imply that gods of death cannot kill Death Note owners with the exception of the original owner. Keep in mind that the rules seem to be a collection of observations; not the "programming language" of the Death Note.  This means some wording may not be perfect. In practice, Light was able to kill Death Note owners whose original owners were not shown to also write down their names.

Also, note that everyone already has an expiration date so they are never immortal from non-Death Note related deaths.

That being said, that interpretation sounds as if an owner who found Misa's old notebook after the Shinigami was dead would effectively be immortal or at least immune to all Death Note users.  This seems unlikely.


To what extent is Momonga living in the current world in which this anime is set? Did the human body of Momonga transform itself into his character in the game? If that's the case, his soul should be in this character.

Or is it something similar to SAO in which his original body is still in the "human world", but his soul (or consciousness) in the "game world"?

Or could it be that Momonga is with his soul and human body in his own world and sits in front of his computer playing this realistic game?

He's definitely transported into the game, unlike in SAO, all the game features are gone, if you'll recall in the first couple episodes, he has to adjust to his powers and how to use them.  In SAO even though they were "full dive" they still played it like a game, while in overlord it was more, this is real life, not just a really realistic video game.


How do all the planets defend themselves? This will make sense if you've seen the material, but I phrased it this way to avoid spoilers.

In Dragon Ball Super, power levels go off the charts.  Which is cool to watch in the fight scenes.  However, episode 27 showcases (spoiler link) how easy it is for someone of such a high level to cause an irreversible catastrophe.

Since we later learn that our usual heroes and villains aren't especially powerful in the grand scheme of things, and that there are numerically many more beings with such high power levels, how do all these inhabited worlds protect themselves from such powerful beings?  Having a planetary defense network is one thing, but if any one person could cause such a catastrophe, how do you defend against that?

Is this just how the story/plot works, or are do all these planets have defenses against this sort of thing?

TL;DR: They don't.

First, let's take a look at the individuals and groups throughout the Dragon Ball Universe that are capable of wreaking the levels of havok that you describe. I'll mostly be limiting this analysis to Universe 7 to start with.

1. The Gods

The Gods, consisting of the Angels, the Kais, and the Gods of Destruction, among a few others, are a powerful group of deities that preside over the 12 Universes and maintain balance. The Gods of Destruction are mostly responsible for - you guessed it - destruction, so they cannot be expected to help defend mortals from various threats. Similarly, the Angels are merely the attendants of these gods, and do not directly take almost any actions beyond what their respective god wishes of them. This dynamic can be clearly seen when Beerus refuses to take any action against Golden Freeza when he arrives on Earth, and when he does not attempt to stop Goku Black when he invades the present timeline.

On the other hand, the Kais are tasked with ensuring mortals are able to live in peace and advance themselves as much as possible. However, their approach to actually accomplishing this is quite hands off. They do not intervene in the affairs of mortals directly in the majority of cases, preferring to simply observe and allowing them to engage in as much destruction as they please. They did not make any effort whatsoever to stop Freeza and his family from dominating the universe. However, they do occasionally provide their help in cases of extreme universal peril, such as the first and second appearances of Majin Buu in Universe 7, or Zamasu's rampage in Universe 7/10 (though the Zamasu thing was sort of on them).

2. Namekians

Namekians, though a peaceful race, boast very powerful fighters capable of doing serious amounts of damage. Though most Namekians are not fighters, the Namekian warriors we see fight against Dodoria and Zarbon have a power level of roughly 3,000, according to the Dragon Ball Wiki. To get an idea of how powerful that is, the same wiki lists Master Roshi's highest power level at 180 - and he was able to destroy the moon with a Kamehameha. Despite this level of power, though, they are actually the only Namekians we see besides Nail (and Piccolo) that are able to put up any level of resistance against Freeza and his soldiers. Though there may have been other warriors that were killed offscreen, we can conclude that Namekian warriors of this caliber are actually quite rare. As we saw, they were clearly not enough to defend the planet.

3. The Freeza Force

The Freeza Force is undoubtedly the largest organized force of powerful beings that we encounter in Universe 7, in terms of sheer numbers. Though the average Freeza goon is not that powerful (we see Roshi defeating many at once during Resurrection F), they are still much stronger than the average mortal. As well, the Freeza Force has quite a large array of very powerful individuals, including:

Cui
Zarbon
Dodoria
The Ginyu Force
Shisami
Tagoma

And of course, Freeza himself.

The Freeza Force also has control of the entire Saiyan race, who are quite powerful on average, similar to Namekians. The difference, though, is that the Saiyans are a warrior race, so everyone was encouraged to grow as strong as possible. It is hard to know the average strength of a Saiyan - I do not believe it is ever stated - but even if the average Saiyan was only a tenth as strong as Raditz, a low class warrior with a power level of 1500, they would still be a very powerful force, especially with their Great Ape forms. Remember, Roshi destroyed the moon with a strength of 180. It's easy to see why Freeza destroyed them before they began to threaten him.

Finally, we have...

4. Earthlings

The Earthlings, otherwise known as the Z-Fighters, are the other notable group of beings in Universe 7. Assuming the farmer that encountered Raditz represents the average human, humans are not at all powerful with a power level of 5 according to the wiki. However, they have the potential to grow quite powerful as seen with Krillin, Tien, and Yamcha (don't laugh). The Earth has also produced other extremely powerful fighters, including Goku and Gohan, the Androids, and Cell, all of whom are astronomically powerful in the grand scheme of things. Consider that before Goku came around, there was no one powerful enough to challenge Freeza - even in his first form.

Get to the point already!

All this is to say that powerful, planet destroying beings are actually not that common. In the scale of the Universe, the fact that there are only around 4 major groups that deal with beings in that power scale tell us that this isn't something that most planets are likely to encounter on a regular basis. Indeed, the Galactic Patrol from Dragon Ball Super seems to be somewhat influential, with their Galactic King being invited to the Universe 7/Universe 6 tournament between the Gods of Destruction, and yet we know that one of their elite patrolmen, Jaco, is not powerful at all. Bulma threatened to send Vegeta to destroy Galactic Control headquarters, and Jaco was scared silly. The Galactic Patrol has no way to fight him.

Knowing this, it is safe to assume that for the most part, planets do not have any reliable way to defend themselves against extraordinarily powerful individuals. Planet Vegeta was wiped out by Freeza single-handedly, and the same would have happened to Namek if the Z-Fighters hadn't intervened.

Note that this does not necessarily apply to other Universes, though - Universe 11 has the Pride Troopers, who seem to patrol to random planets and stop threats, and Universe 6 has the Saiyans, who hire themselves out to protect other planets.

Update: The Galactic Patrol

As of the Dragon Ball Super Manga chapter 43, we can see that the Galactic Patrol has been around Universe 7 for at least 10 million years. As well, Merus, a member of the Galactic Patrol, was able to get the drop on Vegeta and stun him with a stun gun, by Vegeta's own admission. It may be that the Galactic Patrol does indeed have skilled members capable of holding their own against powerful beings, and Jaco is merely an incompetent outlier.

The Other Universes

To address the comments, I'll talk about how the other Universes deal with such threats in more detail, since the above answer pertains mostly to Universe 7.

Universe 1:

Not much is known about them, besides the fact that they have a very high mortal level, making them exempt from the Tournament of Power. It's hard to make any judgments here.

Universe 2:

We don't get to see their universe much, but it is seen in episode 91 that an audition is being held to determine who will fight in the Tournament of Power. This could mean that strong fighters are common here. As well, the fact that the Tournament is public knowledge (it is later seen being broadcast to all of Universe 2) could potentially imply that the gods of Universe 2 interact with mortals more regularly, which could extend to defense (though this is speculation).

Universe 3:

Universe 3 has Katopesla among their roster, who is apparently some sort of policeman in his Universe. Though he is likely the strongest of them, since he was selected for the Tournament, there may be more who, while weaker, have a high power level, and help defend the Universe from threats.

Universe 4:

Though they fight in the Tournament of Power, we don't know hardly anything about them. Considering how much of a jerk Quitela is, though, I doubt he takes the time to defend any planets (especially since he's a God of Destruction...).

Universe 5:

Like Universe 1, they didn't even enter the Tournament of Power, and we don't know much about their Universe at all.

Universe 6:

As briefly stated above, Universe 6 has the Saiyans, who hire themselves out to protect other planets. Frost also claimed to do a similar thing initially, though it was eventually revealed he was instigating the conflicts that he was resolving. Still, it shows there is at least some level of a formal defense organization in this Universe. It's unknown what the Namekians of this Universe do with their time (though they were all willing to fuse into Saonel and Pirina to ensure their survival).

Universe 7:

See my old answer.

Universe 8:

Same story as Universes 1 and 5: we don't know anything about this Universe.

Universe 9:

We do get a bit of insight into Universe 9. We know that this universe is extremely difficult to survive in, since it was described by the Trio De Dangers as a "garbage dump" (according to the wiki). Considering the utter chaos the universe seems to be in when Sidra destroys a city, we can probably assume there isn't much in the way of defense for most planets.

Universe 10:

Though there are several strong fighters in this Universe, like Obuni, we never get to see if there is any form of a defense force. It certainly won't come from the gods, considering Gowasu's policy of leaving mortals to develop, similar to Shin (this was also one of the reasons Zamasu betrayed Gowasu).

Universe 11:

As mentioned briefly in my old answer, Universe 11 has the Pride troopers, who actively patrol the Universe and destroy threats, as seen here.

Universe 12:

Like Universes 1, 5, and 8, this Universe was exempt from the Tournament of Power, so we didn't learn much about them.

Summary

Overall, while it seems that some Universes have some level of defense for all planets, many of them do not, and would have to rely on powerful altruistic individuals to protect them from evil or destructive forces.


Why does Konata call Kagami Kagamin? Every now and then, Konata calls Kagami Kagamin. Why? Does this change the meaning of the name?

It's just a suffix that makes the name a little more cute, it's roughly the same as having a friend called, I don't know, Sam, and calling him "Sammy".

It is also similar to adding "-chan" to the name. I guess Konata does that partly to annoy Kagami a little.

In case you're wondering, the name Kagami means "mirror".


Why didn't Rod Reiss just eat Eren? Why did he need Historia? Why didn't Rod Reiss just eat Eren? Why did he need Historia?
If Reiss just ate Eren, he would be the king, and do whatever he wanted (except that the King's will may overrule some his own free-will).

In the Anime, he even says that "I must not become a titan myself".
src: Attack on Titan Season 3 Episode 44 – "Wish" @ 13:46

In an interview included in the guidebook Attack on Titan ANSWERS,
  Hajime Isayama revealed the reason why Rod said he did not inherit the
  Founding Titan himself: "He thought of himself as just an observer,
  and in order to preserve the Reiss bloodline, he may have thought that
  he needed to stay human and make more children. He would have to
  become the Founding Titan, and he was most likely afraid that he
  wouldn't be able to fight against the First King's ideology, just like
  his father and Uri weren't able to."

src: http://attackontitan.wikia.com/wiki/Rod_Reiss


Why is episode 12 of Kekkai Sensen severely delayed? Episode 11 of Kekkai Sensen aired on 20 June 2015. One would expect episode 12 (the last episode) to have aired a week later, on 27 June 2015. That... did not happen.

At present (17 Aug 2015), the last episode still hasn't aired. This is hugely abnormal - the last time I recall a delay of this magnitude this happening was when the Tohoku earthquake hit back in March 2011 and delayed the last few episodes of a number of winter 2011 shows.

Why is episode 12 over a month delayed?

The current reason listed on the show's website (link in Japanese) is that the final episode is planned to be longer than the 30 minute time slot it was originally allotted. The production committee has postponed the airing of the 12th episode until further notice (perhaps as they attempt to secure a longer time slot), when its Twitter and official pages will be updated with the decided date.


Is it true that hiden jutsu can be taught? I was browsing through naruto wiki, and came across this page
It is stated that ,

They are not to be confused with kekkei genkai, as technically, hiden techniques can be taught to anyone.

By "they", it means Hiden Jutsu. Is it true that they can be taught to others? Is there any evidence of this happening?
I remember in the Boruto movie that the Shadow Jutsu is used through that advanced gadget. But is it possible for a person who does not have any clan relationship to learn a Hiden Jutsu?

I'd go with Yes.

Hiden Jutsu are hidden clan techniques that are passed only within a clan. The nature and need for secrecy arises only because they can be "stolen". Ergo someone outside the clan can learn these techniques. I would also guess that someone outside the clan can also be adopted and taught those techniques. If they meet the criteria they can also figure out by themselves. Lets take some examples.

Hyuuga Clan: Byakugan may be a kekkei Genkai, i.e. Someone only from Hyuga Clan can manifest these eyes. But Neji for example, just because of his natural talent figured out Hiden techniques such as 32/64 Palms, Rotation etc. Later his uncle taught them to him popularly. Now Ao may possess the Byakugan but unless taught he can't use any Gentle Fist techniques.
Uchiha Clan: Kakashi, Danzo etc. have shown to be able to use the clan's Hiden techniques once acquiring the Sharingan. These include Genjutsus, specialized techniques such as Izanami, Kamui etc.
Ina-Shika-Cho: We see other users using the "Reading of mind" on the ninja Jiraiya sent. But when Pain uses it on Shizune, Ino remarked on it as "Dad's Technique". I would think that such techniques are specialized by the Yamanaka clan which may or may not be passed outside. Nara Clan's shadow technique was not used outside the clan. Akimichi Clan probably requires the genetic body build to use the Body Expansion techniques.
Team 8 - Both Aburame and Inuzuka clan raise the children in such a way that they can use their Hiden techniques. The kids in Aburame clan bond with insects, while Inuzuka clan raise a puppy and grow together with them.

Thus Hiden techniques are secret since each individual are brought up/born in a manner that they can only learn their clan techniques.
If Iron Fist Style can be taught, why not the Gentle Fist with someone with precise Chakra Control? Because they don't have the Byakugan to precisely dodge and target the areas while fighting.


Which familiars can't Akatsuki Kojou control by season 3 of the anime? In season 3 episode 7, Akatsuki Kojou is told he can't win the duel with another vampire because in spite of he's the 4th primogenitor, and that's he supposed to be very powerful due to the familiars he has, he's going to lose the duel because he can't control them. But he showed to be able to control a lot of familiars at this point.

Which familiars can't Akatsuki Kojou control by season 3 of the anime?

Right now he cannot control 3 Familiars, it's the 6th, 8th and 10th one.

Those are the ones he got so far:

Season 1 EP 4
- Control over 5th Familiar

Season 1 EP 8
- Control over 9th Familiar

Season 1 EP 12
- Control over 3rd Familiar

Season 1 EP 16
- Control over 12th Familiar

Season 1 EP 19
- Control over 4th Familiar

Season 1 EP 22
- Control over 11th Familiar

Season 2 EP 3
- Control over 7th Familiar

Season 2 EP 5
- Control over 1st Familiar

Season 2 EP 8
- Control over 2nd Familiar


Why can't anime studios create animes for foreigns audiences? For example, to originally script dialogues in English and set the story in a country of any and the characters are non-Japanese.

If anime became world-renowned, why can't animation studios bother to create animes that target foreign audiences rather than its own Japanese audiences?

For example, the video game Resident Evil is produced by Capcom, a Japanese video game developer, but the game was created for American audiences because originally the English acting was recorded. Also, Afro Samurai which was animated by Gonzo was an anime that originally recorded English voice acting, so I would presume that anime was catered to American audiences.

So I find it strange why Japanese animation studios can't even produce animes to target non-Japanese audiences.

I'd say that it's not that they can't, but rather that there simply isn't much incentive for them to do so. It just doesn't make much business or financial sense to target a foreign audience, not when a Japanese audience is much closer, more familiar, and less costly to target.

To target foreign audiences, I would imagine that an animation studio would need to expend a lot of additional time and effort on things like dealing with overseas licensors, TV networks, distributors, as well as having to handle language barriers and translations (since I'd imagine that most people working in a Japanese animation studio wouldn't be fluent in English). Even for typical anime, studios tend to avoid hiring native speakers of foreign languages if they need a voice for a character with a foreign language, because it's generally much cheaper to hire someone born in Japan. So, if even one foreign voice actor is too costly, then the entire production being in a foreign language would be out of the question.

Okay, but what if we just let the studio produce everything in Japanese, a language that the staff are all familiar with, and then let another company handle the translations for the foreign audience? Well, if the original language is in Japanese, they might as well just target it to Japan in the first place! The localization is probably best left to companies in the target country who natively know the language anyway (or else we might get something like the Engrish in the Psycho Pass Movie). Also, as Memor-X points out, Japanese studios for the most part have little control over which English actors are used and how the English localization and distribution are done.

That's not to say that anime targeted at foreign audiences have never happened. The barrier is just higher. As you and Memor-X mention, Afro Samurai was a production that happened thanks to Samuel L. Jackson's interest and contribution. Gagantous also points out that Netflix has financed a number of original anime series that seem to be animated by Japanese studios, and like with other Netflix original series, are released worldwide all at once.

So, as these examples have shown, Japanese animation studios are capable of creating anime for foreign audiences. It's just that in most non-exceptional cases, they wouldn't have much reason to do so.

Note that if the incentive is there (e.g. either personal interest or with investment from a foreign party, like with Samuel L. Jackson and Samurai Afro), it is doable. After all, if there's a foreign producer already in the loop, then the entrance barrier is much lower.

While Japanese anime studios haven't really created any foreign-targeted anime on their own, they have however been involved in a number of foreign animation productions. So in a way, I suppose you could say that Japanese animation studios have (co-)created a number of anime (for some definition of anime) for foreign audiences. For example:

Batman: The Animated Series was produced by Warner Bros. Animation, but animated by various overseas animation studios, including the Japanese studios Spectrum Animation, Sunrise, Studio Junio, and TMS Entertainment (as well as various other studios from South Korea, Hong Kong, Spain, and Canada).
The Animatrix, a compilation of nine animated short films based on The Matrix trilogy, was produced by the Wachowskis, but a large number of the films were animated by Studio 4°C and Madhouse from Japan.
Transformers Animated (I watched this series growing up!) was produced by Cartoon Network Studios, but animated by the Japanese studios MOOK DLE, The Answer Studio, and Studio 4°C.
Legend of Korra had some parts of it animated by Studio Pierrot from Japan (as well as Studio Mir from Korea).
Miraculous Ladybug is produced by French studios Zagtoon and Method Animation, in collaboration with De Agostini Editore from Italy, Toei Animation from Japan, and SAMG Animation from South Korea. Actually, it was originally going to be a 2D anime-style series (see this trailer for a taste of what could have been), but for design reasons, they switched to 3D CGI animation later on.
Also, Toei Animation has actually been commissioned to provide animation for lots of American studios in the past.

As a final side note, I'd like to add that there is precedent in other media  where the producers mainly target domestic audiences over local audiences when there's money to be had. For example, Hollywood and China.


What type of government structure exists in Shingeki no Kyojin? So I guess that the remaining human survivors formed a nation, but what form of government exists in this nation? Who is the leader?

Seeing as there are mentions of a royal family being inside Wall Sina, it's safe to assume that the government is monarchical in nature. However, I am leaning towards a monarchical-parliamentary style, rather than just pure monarchical or parliament. Reason being, even with hints at a king being the head, the actions alone of the various commanders belie an amazing level of independence. In addition, it's been seen a couple of times that they can be summoned and tried in a public court, a trait that is definitely not purely monarchical in nature (as kings alone judge in that event). The  voting system to approve a course of action mirrors a parliamentary set-up as well.


Where does the word "Nyanpasu" come from? Renge usually greets people with "Nyanpasu". The sub says "Meowning" which probably comes from "Morning" as a greeting. But "Morning" as a greeting in Japanese is Ohayo which is quite different than "Nyanpasu".

here's a YouTube video of how Renge said it

I don't really understand Japanese, maybe it comes from another word?

I think it's just her random, meaningless word for "Good morning".

I found an interview with the producer of Non Non Biyori.

  　－－主要キャラクターの宮内れんげのせりふ「にゃんぱすー」はどういう意味があるのですか？

  　小学1年生が考えた「おはこんばんちわ」的な（笑い）、いろいろなときに対応できるあいさつです。また、れんげというキャラクターは1年生ですが、いろんな意味でませています。知識も多彩で通知表もオール5です。

  What's the meaning of "Nyanpasu" from main character Renge Miyauchi?

  It's "Ohakonbanchiwa"-like. (laughing) A greeting phrase created by a grade 1 elementary school student. It fits many situations. Renge is grade 1, but she is too grown-up in many ways, and has lots of knowledge and a straight-A report card.

"Ohakonbanchiwa" is a greeting used in the old anime Dr.Slump, created by Akira Toriyama, the author of Dragonball. "Ohakonbanchiwa" is a combination of "Ohayou" (Good morning), "Konnichiwa" (Hello) and "Konbanwa" (Good evening).


What happened in the final episode of the Evangelion TV series, titled "Take care of yourself"? What actually happened in the last episode of the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series? It is episode 26, entitled "Take care of yourself"?

I have read different wikis about the plot of the episode, but I still don't understand it.

It's a little disguised, but the overall meaning is not too complicated.

   Thought the whole series, Shinji was struggling, because he has made a
 shell to cover himself, not to expose his feelings and fears. Shinji
 had (as we all do, probably) a lot of things that were bothering him
 inside: the relationship with his father, the desire to find a place
 in this world, and so on and so forth, questions like "who am I?",
 "what am I supposed to be?", "what do I want to become?", "how other
 people see me?".
 Finally, Shinji views the world, and himself, in thge comedic high
 school setting with other characters talking to him, trying to help
 him answer all those questions. It's something like a visit to a psychotherapist, where the role of the psychotherapist is taken by all the people he knew. Finally, they help him to destroy his
 shell. He realizes his self-worth. He realizes that he can live the
 life without Eva, and make it worth living. He manages to acquire the
 will to live, which he was lacking before.


Why did Light want to kill Near? In Episode 37/Chapter 106, Light wants to kill Near. But what was his plan? Why did he want to kill Near? Was this because he was angry and wanted to kill the one who was responsible for his capture?

By that point in time, Light wanted to kill anyone who threatened or insulted him (though he would not really want to admit the latter one).  His ego and desensitization had risen to the point that he did not not really care who he killed.  Near claimed to be L's true heir and the one who could bring Kira (as known as L now and also known as Light) down.  Of course he wanted to kill him.

I don't think he would have seriously entertained any other idea at that time even if he bothered to come up with it.  He was more inthralled with his godhood than even the battle anymore.

Note: I don't think it mattered that at episode 37 (the last episode) that even after killing Near, he would still be captured.  He wanted to kill Near because he insulted/threatened him.  If he could avoid capture, though, he would have probably done that planning on killing him later.


What anime is this doll from? Does anyone know what anime this doll is from?

Here is the tag on the doll.

From the tag alone, we can tell this UFO Catcher prize is part of a set from Kaitou Saint Tail. The character is Ruby, Meimi's brown pet hedgehog.


Is it explained anything about what turned the cellphone-microphone into a time machine? (not how it is operated) So they created a time machine with a microwave and a cellphone. As far as I've seen in the anime series, something it is explained about how to operate it, but do the characters ever explain something about what makes it work? Do they give any Physics related explanation about what made the microwave and cellphone capable of sending things into the past?

I think the original visual novel goes into more detail on this.  Basically, time travel in Steins;Gate universe requires the use of a black hole. Sern is able to create them (though very tiny ones) using their large hadron collider (this was theorized as possible in real life with CERN's LHC, though I'm not sure if that theory was ever proven or disproven.)

So basically, the explanation for the phone microwave was that by lucky accident, they created their own particle collider. Remember one of the key components of their phone microwave was the large CRT television in the downstairs shop, which they referred to as the "lifter" as in ion-propelled aircraft. Cathode ray tube televisions function by shooting a beam of electrons at the screen, and thus they handwaved it to be the same as the beams of particles used in the LHC (obviously it's not). Also, as to how this combined with the microwave to create mini Kerr blackholes was as I recall unclear.

The time-leap machine was not a separate machine, but an addition to the phone microwave, that converted memories into data that was sent instead of a normal SMS. This was even more handwave-y because there's no way all a person's memories could be contained in the small number of bytes being sent by the phone microwave. They excused it by the blackhole physically "compressing" the data, as I recall, which is a very fundamental misunderstanding of how data compression even works. The black hole's "compression" effect was also what was turning matter that went into the black hole into green goo.

Anyways, that's my recollection, since I was unable to find very good resources on it, and I'm not about to replay the visual novel right now to jog the memory.


Are all the Initiators/Cursed Children 10 years old? Were there none born after that? In Black Bullet, the main Initiators are all 10 years old girls. But there are several taller and smaller girls shown in the background.

Are all the Cursed Children 10 years old, or are there others born after that?

Does the contamination of mothers through the mouth still happen?

Do the Light Novels explain this phenomena in more depth than the anime?

It seems to be several questions, but the point is the same. Just different phrasing.

According to the Black Bullet Wiki, the births of the Cursed Children are listed as a single year - 2021 - with Enju and Satomi pairing up in 2030.

So I guess the answer is yes, they're all 10 years old +/- 11 months.

The Initiator page also claims that they're all 10 year-old girls.


Who writes the Dragon Ball Heroes manga? So now aside the Dragon Ball Super manga aparently there is also a Dragon Ball Heroes manga. Who writes the Dragon Ball Heroes manga? Does Akira Toriyama has any involvement in it?

Toyotarō (とよたろう) is the author of the spin-off manga Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission, which debuted in the November 2012 issue of V-Jump and the illustrator of the Dragon Ball Super manga version. He is Akira Toriyama's chosen successor.[1]
http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Toyotar%C5%8D


Why wasn't Hisoka interested in fighting Meruem? Naturally, Hisoka seeks power, intelligence, and potential in an enemy. Meruem exceeds all Hisoka's targets in this regard.

Why didn't he show any interest (or even appear in the arc) in the king, the royal guards, or the chimera ants?

Re-post:
Because he had no clue that the ants even existed in the first place, Illumi informs him about the entire incident and its results at the start of the "gon restoration arc".


Fake anime or manga release as an April Fools Prank? My question has a bit of a back-story to add context.

Firstly, like most Attack on Titan fans, I am OVERHYPED about the second season coming out. I was talking with a friend on campus about it, then she pointed out that its release date is April 1st (as confirmed on polygon.com) and implied it could be a prank. (Knocking on wood) I really hope it's not but it got me thinking.

Has an April Fools prank ever been conducted by an anime studio or manga publisher to falsely claim to release a new series or a new installment of an existing series?

I could imagine so since western culture is kind of acknowledged all over and we see some westernized themes, contexts and holidays in anime sometimes, but at the same time I don't think Japan has an equivalent of April Fool's day.

Yes. The examples I know of is from Type-Moon.

As we can see from the link, almost every year since 2005 Type-Moon has came out with an April Fool's Joke ranging from fake movies to games featuring characters of the Nasuverse. Even Ufotable, the animation studio involved with Kara no Kyoukai, Unlimited Blade Works, Fate/Zero, Tales of Zestiria the X and God Eater played along in 2009 by listing an anime adaptation of a parody of Densha Otoko called Sensha Otoko: A True Tank Story (戦車男, Tank Man) featuring Iskander and a gender-swapped Waver Velvet.

However, it should be noted that while these were initially jokes, some of these have lead to real non-joke works. TYPE-MOON 10th Anniversary Phantasm which was released for retail sale on August 10, 2012 featured the manga of Sensha Otoko, the joke Fake/states night game was later released with TYPE-MOON Ace Vol. 2 called Fate/strange fake and in the 2009 moon.cinemas.jp joke

  One of the films joked about is an adaptation of Kara no Kyoukai Mirai Fukuin, an epilogue to Kara no Kyoukai. It was decided it would be done as a real film several years later.

Also in the 2015 TMitter2015 scenario Nero's tweet of

  Hm, what? You'd like to know if it's okay to get your hopes up for EXTRA3? Huhu, oh troubled one, allow me to ease your suffering. Yes, you may. Have faith in me! I'm sure they shall work something out!

did come true as Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star (the third Fate/Extra Game) came out in November 10, 2016 in Japan (though not sure if it was in development when her tweet was made)

So, what about Attack on Titan Season 2? Is that a joke? Well we won't know until the actual date. However, consider how it was announced,

  A second season of the anime series was announced on the opening day of the first theatrical film, which was originally set to be released in 2016. It was then confirmed in the January 2017 issue of the Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine that the second season will premiere in April 2017.

Source: Attack on Titan - Media - Anime (3rd Paragraph)

the cited source of the April 2017 release cites the January 2017 issue of Bessatsu Shonen Magazine showing this image

I'm not fluent in Japanese but I knew Year and Month and all it shows is April 2017, not April 1st, 2017. Given that Season 2 was announced during the opening day of the first film which was way back in 2015 and the magazine only indicates a month, to me this doesn't seem like an April Fool's joke since it's too long running.