Why doesn't Sasuke try to kill Kabuto after he releases Itachi? In Naruto Shippuden during the fight of Itachi (Edo) and Sasuke vs Kabuto, Itachi places Izanami on Kabuto. In the end of the fight Kabuto releases Itachi. Then Sasuke and Kabuto go their own ways. Why don't they attempt to kill each other? I am not sure whether Kabuto still wanted to kill Sasuke after the fight but Sasuke definitely had no good reason to trust Kabuto. Is Sasuke simply afraid of getting killed by Kabuto?

Sasuke doesn't try to kill Kabuto for three reasons:

He was following Itachi's lead.
Kabuto was already defeated.
He didn't encounter Kabuto again until Kabuto was reformed.

While fighting, Itachi comes to sympathize with Kabuto, because of the similarity between their lives. They were both spies, with betrayal as their forte, erasing their identities and allegiances, hardly aware of who they really were as a result. When Itachi traps Kabuto in the Izanami, the battle is finished. Kabuto cannot escape the jutsu until he chooses the path of reformation. Itachi also manages to get Kabuto to release the reanimation jutsu. There is no need to kill Kabuto at this point, and Itachi thus won't kill him.
Sasuke is following Itachi's lead. Though for most of the series, Sasuke hates Itachi for killing their clan, his hate returns to love again once he learns Itachi's reasons for destroying their clan (and after killing Itachi), and he seeks revenge on the Leaf Village for betraying Itachi, mainly out of his love for Itachi. Thus, Sasuke is swept away by Itachi's return, even going so far as to switch sides and help Itachi defeat Kabuto. Sasuke is unlikely to disregard Itachi's decison to leave Kabuto alive and thus doesn't finish the job even after Itachi disappears.
Finally, Sasuke doesn't pursue killing Kabuto at any time afterwards because the next time they meet, it is as allies. During the war, when Sasuke is injured, Kabuto shows up and heals him (see section Birth of the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki on Kabuto's wiki article). Kabuto chose to accept the path Itachi left for him, and thus is reformed and an ally. Sasuke does have good reason to trust Kabuto, because Itachi's Izanami left no other option but for him to become someone Sasuke can trust (aside from staying trapped in a time loop forever), and Kabuto healing him is proof of this. At this point, there is no reason for Sasuke to kill him.
Addendum
As these episodes have begun to air in the English version on Toonami in the United States, I've gleaned some additional information from rewatching them. Particularly, my statement that Sasuke's hatred turned to love may be a severe oversimplification. After watching the episode where the battle begins, I can more accurately explain why Sasuke decided to fight against Kabuto. This is only peripherally relevant to the question, but I'll include it anyway, as I believe it will be of interest to readers.
The episode in question is The Risks of the Reanimation Justsu. When Itachi and Sasuke arrive, Kaubto seems to believe Sasuke will side with him, but Sasuke makes this statement to Itachi, after Itachi blocks his shuriken:

"He's just like Orochimaru, which makes him my enemy. Right now, he's
your enemy too, isn't he?"

This simple statement explains why Sasuke is against Kabuto, but there is additional information as to why Sasuke sides with Itachi. He says to Kabuto,

"I only came here chasing after Itachi so that I could talk to him."

Sasuke and Itachi seem to reach an accord that Itachi will answer his questions after the battle. The accord exists in Sasuke's mind, at least; Itachi's responses seem a bit shifty. Sasuke seems to understand this, as he later says,

"Itachi, you always kept lying to me; saying things like 'Next time'
and 'Later', and then you died on me. So this time for sure; I'm going
to hold you to your promise."

(Excuse the odd punctuation; I'm doing my best to capture the nuances of the statement, but I only have so much grammatical knowledge).
This explains why Sasuke sides against Kabuto and why he sides with Itachi. There is an additional quote in here that is directly related to the original question: After Sasuke asks Itachi why he stopped his shuriken (the first quote), Itachi gives Sasuke a direct order not to kill Kabuto:

"I hear you, Sasuke. And we will talk later. First we need to take
this one down. But don't kill him. If you kill the caster of the
Reanimation Jutsu, it can never be undone."

Itachi further gives his battle plan to Sasuke, which Sasuke seems to non-verbally acknowledge.


How did Nagato learn about how to create the Paths? I don't know if it was ever explained but, how did Nagato learn about how to create the Paths of Pain?

Obito was responsible for the creation of Akatsuki in it's current state. he manipulated Nagato and those around him and formed the ideas and ideals he needed in Nagato's head. After Yahiko, Nagato's friend and initial leader of Akatsuki died, Nagato gave in to Obito's temptation and it's reasonable to assume Madara explained how the Rinnegan works for Obito to help him resurrect Madara better.


Why doesn't Chopper return to reindeer form when unconscious? I know the answer is probably a simple "it's a stylistic choice", but how come Chopper returns to his tiny hybrid form when he loses consciousness or falls in to the sea? Wouldn't it make more sense for him to return to his reindeer form, since that's his "original/pre-fruit" form?
Maybe he sees his little hybrid form as his "true" form now since he was shunned as both a reindeer and a human when he was little? Considering he actually calls his reindeer form "Walk Point" instead of it just being a natural transformation, maybe he really doesn't consider that his true form anymore?

Welcome to Anime&Mange SE @floweringdusk,
Chopper doesn't change form because the "little" form he is in is the one that he is accustomed to the most.
On the other hand, losing consciousness or falling in water doesn't stop the DF powers. In sea water, DF users gradually lose their ability to move and are extremly weak thus they are called "a hammer" in regards to swimming.
If you remember, after the fight between Luffy and Rob Lucci (think chapter 427) when Lucci is knocked out but still regains his leopard form regardless.


How is the rarity of Devil Fruits determined in One Piece? This is kinda an interesting topic, we often hear in the manga how certain types of Devil Fruits are rare (Logia, Mythical Zoan etc.)

But when Ace died, we had to wait for his fruit to reappear. This would suggest that his fruit is only one of the kind in the entire world. But at the Marine War arc, when Marco transforms into his pheonix form, it is revealed that his fruit is rarer than Logia.

So far I have yet to see 2 persons in OP that have the same DF, and are alive at the same time. So what does rarity of fruit mean?

I agree with the other answers that it is obviously related to type and quantity. But I think there is more going on than that. I think the rarity additionally stems from the rarity of the actual fruit it respawns in and the strength and the value the actual Devil fruit gives its user.
There are 11 (canon) Logia fruits, 29 (canon) Zoan fruits and 62 (canon) Paramecia fruits. Going by numbers the Logia fruits are indeed rarer and it is assumed that many more Zoan fruits are out there, compared to Logia fruits. The same logic can indeed be used among the sub-classes of Zoan fruits. There is 1 confirmed Artificial Zoan fruit (with many more to come), 2 Mythical Zoan fruits, 1 Ancient Zoan and 25 other Zoan fruits. Going by numbers the Mythical Zoan and Ancient Zoan fruits are extremely rare. Though, before we can link rarity to numbers, we should wait until Vegapunk explains how they came into existence.
Additionally to type quantity, I do think the type of the actual fruit plays a big role as well. For example, there are many apples in the world. So when Smiley died and the Axolotl model Salamander fruit was reborn in the nearest apple, it showed that that specific fruit will most likely be discovered pretty soon, seeing as apples are so ubiquitous around the world. While if you compare that to the Operation Fruit, which is shaped like a heart, it is safe to assume that when Law dies it will be only able to be reborn in a small part of the world, seeing as there aren't too many fruits shaped like a heart. This would in turn make it difficult to find, making it much rarer than the Axolotl fruit (apple), Giraffe fruit (banana) or String fruit (pear) for example.
Finally, I had found the same question on reddit, at which one of the comments mentioned that the rarity could also be related to the strength of the specific fruit. Stronger Devil fruit powers, inherently make it less likely for the user to die. Considering the fact that many fruits are still unknown in the One Piece universe even today, certain fruits might even be unknown due to their low spawn rate. The less frequently it respawns in different place over the world, the less likely people come in contact, making it seem rarer, then it might be. For example it took Blackbeard many years to find his desired fruit, making it seem a very rare fruit (which it is).
Related to previous paragraph, I believe that the value of a certain fruit adds to its rareness. This does not necessarily mean strength, as we have seen with the Operation fruit. This fruit does not inherently make someone strong. The power is not magic as mentioned by Corazon and requires a lot of knowledge. The World Government priced it at 5 billion Beli, seeing how much power it holds as it is considered the "Ultimate Devil Fruit". Compared to that we have the Revive fruit, which has an extremely low spawn rate, yet nobody seems to care much about this fruit, seeing as it isn't that desired by the majority of people.

On a side note, it is indeed confirmed that only a single instance of any Devil Fruit can be around at the same time. Usopp confirmed this in chapter 447 and Oda double confirmed this in the SBS of Volume 48, Chapter 467.

Reader: Excuse me!! May I pose a serious question to the typically-vulgar SBS?? In Volume 46, Usopp said that the same power doesn't exist twice. But this doesn't make sense with what you said in the Volume 45 SBS... If the Gomu Gomu no Mi was in a book of fruits, then Luffy HAD to have eaten at least the SECOND known example of the fruit! Now, most beautiful and intelligent Ei-chan, explain it all! ✩ P.N. Takafi
Oda: Very sharp of you. But I'm cool. I haven't made any mistakes. As a hint, let me rephrase what Usopp is saying. "The same powers don't exist twice AT THE SAME TIME". How's that? For more detail, you'll just have to wait for a certain professor to make his appearance in the story, and explain exactly what the Devil Fruits REALLY are... Eventually.


How can Nami's punches hurt Luffy so much? In One Piece anime, there are many instances where Nami has beaten Luffy to a horrible state,

Episode 215

Episode 316

Episode 572

and maybe many more. How is she able to do it? Does she know how to use Haki?

Here's another answer, also on SBS

D: Blows shouldn't hurt Luffy, so why does he get bruises and swelling when Nami and the others beat the crap out of him?! Tell me!!! P.N. Zororin Love
O: When the crew beats up on each other, it's always in admonishment with a strong sense of purpose, which is why it works so well!! It works on his spirit!! I bet Nami is thinking, "It's his spirit that hurts deep down!!" ...right? I guess not.

So Nami and others didn't punch Luffy physically, but they hurt his spirit, and with doing so, his body also get hurts

right? I guess not.

I think Oda doesn't really want to give any logical answer here


Why would Saitama choose this path? In One Punch Man season 1 episode 9, after Saitama defeated the Deep Sea King, there is a civilian badmouthing Saitama. At first, the other civilians didn't agree with the badmouthing civilian but then Saitama chose to claim that the monster is weak and he just took the bounty... But the monster is not even WEAK!

Why would Saitama choose this path? He can just ignore the words of that civilian and go do other things but why did he choose to get humiliated? What's the reasoning behind him doing that?

Saitama clearly likes getting credit and being appreciated. However, I believe the reason he did that in this particular situation, is because he cared more about how the civilians were viewing the other heroes and didn't like the way they were belittled despite them putting their lives on the line. We sort of see this from Saitama, especially after Mumen Rider gets beaten up by Deep Sea King. Saitama clearly knew the former at least in terms of power, was practically useless. However, he is still appreciative and acknowledges the effort put in by Mumen Rider as you can see here.Another important factor to note is that, unlike other professional heroes, Saitama doesn't walk into a fight with anything at stake or anything to lose. He isn't in a situation where his life is at risk or he's doing something extremely difficult compared to the rest of the Heroes where they are literally putting their lives on the line. We can see this side of him when he's surprised that his ranking went up significantly after smashing the meteor which he didn't consider as big of a deal.Saitama deep inside, strongly believes in the role of a professional Hero and what it represents. Another similar incident is when he fights Suiryu and the latter undermines being a hero (which you can see here at 15:24, when they talk about the hero job.), Saitama gets serious and is very offended and reacts in a particular manner. Hence, in conclusion,  Saitama strongly stands for the Hero association and the role that it entails and acknowledges the level of effort put in by heroes and was clearly upset with the way the public were treating them. Also, while to an ordinary person, Saitama's feats might seem unbelievable and monumental, to Saitama they aren't. In other words, one could say Mumen Rider for instance has much more at stake and put in more effort in comparison to Saitama(Who Despite being a million times more efficient), barely put in any effort.


Different any art styles for characters So, here's an example. In Shakugan no Shana, you've got all the normal thing you'd see. But then, in the specials, the characters are different. They aren't different, but their art is.

Is there a name by which one would call these by?
This doesn't just apply to Shakugan no Shana, applies to many other animes.

In most cases when a character is drawn a different style that is shorter than normal, and is still the same character, it would be a form Japanese caricature called super deformed or SD for short. The term chibi literally means a short or small person, in this context refers to something that's short and usually cute. A chibi version of a character would be a different character, or maybe that character in the past when they were younger. For example the character Chibi-Usa from Sailor Moon is essentially a younger version of main character Usagi, but still a distinct character. Chibi-Usa isn't a caricature of Sailor Moon, she's drawn like any other child her age. On the other the super deformed giant robots in Mobile Suit SD Gundam are caricatures of the normal sized giant robots in previous Gundam series. They aren't drawn simply as smaller version of the robots, instead they have exaggerated heads that are about half as tall as the entire robot.

To put in a western context, super deformed is like getting your portrait drawn by one of those street artists you can find in areas frequented by tourists.  Something like chibi would be the series Baby Looney Toons where the characters were all infant versions of the classic Looney Toons characters.


Did Dragonball (1/Z/S) ever show the Z fighters getting ready for the day? It's almost a meaningless question, but I seem to recall such a scene but can't find it.

Edit: Just as regular people do. They tighten their belts, they get dressed (not showing everything of course), they have morning coffee, stuff like that...

There have been multiple instances where the Z Fighters have been shown living their normal lives such as

Gohan Going to School (After Perfect Cell Saga)
Gohan Visiting Bulma for His Great Saiyaman Costume (After Perfect Cell Saga)
Goku Farming When Mr Satan Comes to give him the award money he recieved after he claimed to have defeated Beerus in front of the World (After Battle of Gods Arc in Dragon Ball Super)
Vegeta, Trunks and Bulma going to the amusement park
Goku and squad partying when Vegeta's Brother shows up along with his wife to ask for help to fight Abo and Kado
Bulma's Birthday Party up until Beerus Shows up

And many such examples exist in the series


Did Kishimoto kill Itachi because he was too strong to fight in the Fourth Great Ninja War? I have seen many sites stating Kishimoto has said that if Itachi was alive during the Fourth Great Ninja War he would've easily defeated Madara and that is the reason why Kishimoto had him killed.

Can anyone point me to some sources for these comments?

I don't think that's true. While Itachi is powerful, he is no match for Madara Uchiha, who defeated the 5 kages himself. While Itachi's Susanoo contains the Totsuka blade and a nearly invincible shield, Madara has the perfect Susanoo, which makes it a league of its own.

Even so, Itachi did appear in the Fourth Shinobi War, and while he made Kabuto un-reanimate all the Edo Tenseis (including Itachi himself), Edo Tensei Madara was not stopped.


Why does Father (the Dwarf in the Flask) want to be a perfect being? Why does the Dwarf in the Flask want to be a perfect being, when he's already an immortal, and has the power to do what he wants using the Seven Deadly Sins (Lust, Envy, etc.) homunculi?

... had the power to do what he want...

Actually, this is not true. You're suggesting that he has the things he wants already (control of the country, great alchemical power, and so on). But the reality is, Father wants much more than this.
Father's true motive is, in fact, to be free from the laws of the universe. Because of his upbringing being sealed in the flask, he grew a need to constantly free himself from things he perceived as bounds.
This motive is stated on the Fullmetal Alchemist Wiki:

When confronted by Hohenheim about this, Father reveals that the seven Homunculi were only created so he would become a perfect being. Ultimately, in his final moments, Father's motivation is revealed to be freedom from the laws of the universe itself.

And is backed by various quotes from the series, including the following:

何ものにも縛られず自由に広い世界に
[I wanted to live] in this vast world without anything being able to hold [me] back!
  — Father, Brotherhood episode 63, 6:20

In his mind, not only were the people of Amestris (and the world) holding him back, but the physical laws of the world were binding him. Just as he formed his inferiority complex while restricted to the flask, he also felt that the world was restricting him from obtaining the freedom he wanted.
In order for him to feel this freedom, he had to discard and surpass the laws of the universe; in turn, he had to absorb and control that which created him: 'God'. This is why he wanted to become the "perfect being".


Why is the Japanese flag supposed to be funny? In the first chapter of Fullmetal Alchemist, immediately after the priest explains that he wants to conquer the nation, we see Ed saying that he doesn't care at all.

Why is there a Japanese flag on the priest's head?
And what does Ed's gesture mean?

Ed's gesture means he throws the priest's ambition away to where the arrow points using his both hands. The SFX (onomatopoeia)「ぺいっ」(pei with small tu to express impetus) dexcribes the movement you toss away something light that you can easily carry such as a crumpled paper. 「ぽいっ」is used commonly but in this case, the author chose「ぺいっ」to make Ed's action a bit funnier because he totally ignored the priest's burning passion to conquer the nation in front of his nose.

About the Japanese flag, I think only the author knows the true meaning of it but I assume the flag is hoisted on the priest's head to make fun of him who's in shock by Ed's indifference.
It won't make a difference if it were a American flag or a tiny flower because it doesn't hold a serious meaning which affects the scene but only add a mockery taste to the conversation of them and give a tiny giggle to a reader.


In Fairy Tail, are Ishigar and Alakitasia the only two continents? I know that Ishigar is the western continent, and Alakitasia is the eastern continent. Does that leave room for a Northern and Southern continent that we haven't heard about or are those two the only ones?

As far as I remember there are currently only two continents defined, Ishgar and Alakitasia. In chapter 439 page 14 there is a map showing the original purpose of the Alvarez empire, which is inhabiting Alakitasia, is to invade Ishgar from over the sea. In this map it shows more land that has not been mentioned before, to the north/north-east of Ishgar and east of Alakitasia, which could be another continent. So yes, this does leave land for possibly another cotenant.

Here is the map that I mention above:


Is Killer Bee still alive? In Boruto: Naruto the Movie we see Hachibi being extracted out of Killer Bee, and he is presumed to be dead. Killer Bee's chakra resulted in much less pills than what was anticipated. I didn't give it much thought as it was clear that Momoshiki was used to consuming much more chakra pills.

But this time in the anime, Hachibi was sucked in by Momoshiki completely in tailed beast form .

TL;DR
Could Killer Bee have slipped past Momoshiki and Kinshiki like he did to Sasuke in Shippuden, considering that Kinshiki is somewhat of a sensory type?

Yes. Killer B is still alive.

If you watch the full movie, including the credits, you'll see Gyūki (8-Tails) pulling him out of the water. As also mentioned on Wikia: Killer B: Boruto The Movie

  After they finished extracting Gyūki's chakra and throwing an unconscious B into a river to let him drown, Momoshiki commented that he was unimpressed with the tailed beast's power, as he could only produce a few small red pills with it.

The little size of chakra pills foreshadow that the attempted extraction of Gyūki failed and hence Killer B lived. This is confirmed during the credits.


Why did Inosuke called Tanjiro as "Kentaro"? I know it's not important to ask this question but then I'm only curious about this. Who is "Kentaro"?

Inosuke has trouble remembering names of people. This was just after he met Tanjiro, so he didn't get his name right. Another instance was when they first met after Tanjiro defeated the ex-Lower Moon Kyogai, Inosuke called him Kamaboko Gonpachiro. Here's the video

PS: He can get names just right after he'd met someone for a few times


Can you merge 2 doujutsu? And can someone with prolonged and irriversable damage in their eyes have a successful eye transplant? I was wondering if someone could merge 2 doujutsu and if someone who at avyoung age has their eyes damaged to the point of blindness and the damage being irriversable if someone with a doujutsu could transplant their eyes to the blind person so that they can see, I was wondering this because I plan too write a fan fiction about it and I wanted to make sure it is somewhat viable

As far as I know (and all the research I've made), no, you can't (as you called it) "merge" two, or more, Dōjutsus. You can have more than one at the same time, like Kaguya and her son Hagoromo.

I'm not saying it's not possible, but it just hasn't been seen in the universe of Naruto. And, as far as my knowledge goes, it hasn't been mentioned by Masashi-sensei either.

Masashi-sensei has said once that if a Byakugan user and  Sharingan user have a kid the offspring would be born with a Sharingan in one eye and a Byakugan in the other but this isn't "merging" like you wanted

For the next part of your question:

Yes, you can implant eyes to someone that has lost sight on that eye(s). The Uchiha are known do do it a lot, or they at least to it to "reach the next level" of power (in their eyes) but they are either almost or are blind when doing this.

Another huge example (of doing this) is Kakashi. He lost his eyesight on his left eyes, and then got a Sharingan, which is a Dōjutsu, implanted.

I hope my answer helps, it's mostly what I know. I did try to find some references to help better but they were just about what Dōjutsu are and some examples and their abilities, which would be useless to you (according to what you asked, or was looking for, at least, so I did not include it).

I also hope your fan fiction goes well.


Is the Super Saiyan 4 transformation from Dragon Ball GT confirmed non-canon? Since the release of Dragon Ball Super, it is confirmed by Akira Toriyama and Toei that Dragon Ball GT is non-canon anymore. But I was wondering if there was still some elements of GT that have maybe been kept by the author and which would still be considered canon in the actual Dragon Ball Super manga/anime, and notably the Super Saiyan 4 transformation achieved by Son Goku and Vegeta.

I do know that the events that led to those transformations are not present in the real series timeline, and so that they would not be able to transform in SSJ4 right now. But did Akira Toriyama confirmed the fact of totally ruling out this transformation?

He didn't confirm it, but he didn't create the design either. It was created by a guy named Nakatsuru. Up to today, in Dragon Ball, canon is considered what is based on Akira Toriyama's original ideas. The 80's and 90's movies weren't canon because Akira Toriyama wasn't involved in them. The 80's manga was canon because it was drawn by him. The fillers in the 90's series weren't canon because they weren't based on Akira Toriyama's ideas. So yes, you can say it isn't canon, that doesn't necessarily mean it is completely ruled out, though most likely it is. The final kamehameha was an idea from the video games which wasn't canon, yet it still appeared later in the Dragon Ball super series.


Does the Bleach anime stick to the manga's plot? Does the anime series of Bleach stick to the manga's plot? Or is it like the original Fullmetal Alchemist series where the anime is its own thing and doesn't follow the story of the manga?

The anime pretty much stick to the manga, except of course during the filler arcs. The filler arcs are the Bounto Arc, Third Squad New Captain Amagai Shuusuke, Zanpakutou Rebellion, and the Gotei 13 Invading Army arc. There are also occasionally filler episodes among the canon arcs. A detailed comparison is available on Bleach Wiki.


English-English term for "Shōjo manga" Is there a standardised English-English (as opposed to English that borrows words willy-nilly from Japanese) term for Shōjo manga (少女マンガ) used when describing it to people not familiar with manga and anime or the Japanese language?

One person suggested "girl-oriented manga", but that sounds ambiguous, because it sounds like it's talking about manga with lots of girls in it, as opposed to manga whose target audience is girls.

I'm sure the other people that answered are much more informed than myself, but I just wanted to say that back in 2000, Tokyopop was putting out 'Americanized' shojo manga (they changed the left-to-right format over to right-to-left, they changed character names to English names, and they often changed names of Japanese food or places to American food or places), and they put them out under a line of books they called 'Chix Comix'.
These versions were pretty much forgotten when the better ones came out later, but since they did introduce a lot of people to manga, I heard some women and girls still refer to shojo as 'chick's comics' for a few years after. Just thought I'd mention that.


Red hair Garou, is there an official name for this form? In episode 11 season 2 of One Punch Man, Garou's right eye turns red and also his hair does. Is there an official name for this form?

I probably don't think so he had been given a name to his new personality.
I have read the manga and i don't recall any new name given to him


Why is SSJ3 shown as tiring to maintain, but SSJ4 is not? In several episodes of DB:Z and DB:GT, using SSJ3 form is shown to be very tiring for the user and burns up energy very quickly, compared to  SSJ1/2/enhanced/mystic/etc.

However, when DB:GT rolls around, SSJ4 form, while as tiring as all other enhanced forms, doesn't seem to put as much strain on the user, nor does it have a time limit, as with SSJ3.

Is there a distinct reason for this in terms of power drain, or how the body handles the transformation, or is this perhaps something overlooked when GT was created?

Don't forget that GT is a filler, it wasn't created by the original creator, Akira Toriyama.

There is a very high probability that is was overlooked. Also if I remember correctly, SSJ3 wasn't shown as tiresome in Dragon Ball GT.


What happen to Orochimaru and his team after the war ended? We all know Naruto has ended. But seriously, what happen to Orochimaru and his team, Suigetsu, Juugo, and Karin? What did Sasuke do to them?

There was no mention of them. Not by manga nor by databook.

We might get a glimpse of them in The Last: Naruto the Movie, but we don't know, and likely never will. (Unless, of course, Kishimoto-sensei decides to reveal those details somehow).


What's "an OB" in the Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru manga? I have started reading Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru manga, and there is this title "OB" for some kind of teacher or guardian, like I supposed to understand what it means.
Google Translate doesn't know it, googling "karate ob" goes to "obi", and I can't find any translator's note.

Well... being an OB, I really didn't want to get involved in such trouble, but...
(bottom-left panel)

According to the Oct. 1965 issue of Black Belt magazine:

  Beginning of (the Second Sino-Japanese War) in 1940, about 30% of Japanese colleges and universities had campus karate clubs allied with one or another of four principal schools of karate, referred to as "ryu." In addition to the club on campus, each of these universities had what is referred to as an "O.B." karate club. "O.B." here stood for "Old Boys" and was made up by the particular school's alumni.

These OB clubs typically served as advisors for the student clubs. So "OB" here most likely refers to alumni, a graduate or elder disciple and liaison of sorts of that particular school, some of whom might later become instructors.

It would make sense, judging by the notches on Tachiyama's belt that he's a senior amongst the Judo club.

Here are the original pages for reference:


What does this katakana above Black Star's autograph say in episode 2 of Soul Eater? Here is a picture:

I think the katakana used are "ダンナミエ" which would be "dannamie" but I'm not sure since it doesn't make any sense to me.

Black Star always address Shinigami-sama as 旦那 (danna), which is more or less the equivalent of "Boss" or "Sir."

Black Star is an idiot so he uses the kana (because he doesn't know the kanji) and the wrong kanji when addressing his autograph to Shinigami-sama. Here he means to say 旦那へ, which is essentially "To Boss." For some inexplicable reason, he uses 江 ("e" in this case). へ is pronounced え (e) in modern Japanese when indicating a direction (I.e. addressing something to someone). In other words, what he writes is the equivalent of someone writing "Two BOSS" on an autograph.


Has there been any information about more One-Punch Man episodes being released? I've finished the 12 One Punch Man episodes and the OVA.

As far as I know there aren't any more episodes. Is there any news from a confirmed source about a second season coming?

No, there has been no official announcement as to a second season right now. But the manga artist however did tweet the following

Which does seem to hint to working hard on the second season, of the anime
One punch man was a great hit and got pretty good sales figures, in both manga, anime and figurine sales. So the second season is almost set in stone, but until the actual announcement is made, don't expect to much!


What's with the explosion in episode 18? In SAC episode 18, we see Kusanagi stop Yu from physically attacking the Chinese foreign minister, but after her short exchange with Batou (who is standing nearby), Yu turns to smile and creates an explosion via some sort of detonation device in the bouquet he's carrying. From a bird's eye shot, we then see a somewhat large explosion.

Yet after that, we learn that the Chinese minister returned safely to China, and it looks like Kusanagi, Yu, and Batou are still alive.

What's with this explosion then, and why is no one (or at least the major, non-background characters) hurt? Somehow, the fact that Kusanagi is a cyborg doesn't quite seem to explain things, since this still doesn't deal with the other characters.

In the very next scene, major Kusanagi explains:

  The risks, of course, are considerable, but we couldn't find a better solution than to further edit Yu's memories with a successful assassination attempt.

So what we see after the moment major attached a cyberbrain-disabling device to the back of his neck, is only a fake memory.


What is the song that plays in Naruto Shippuden when Deidara fights Gaara? I've been searching for that song for a really long time but I can't find it. It's kinda sad (?? for me at least) and it has a violin or cello or something like that.

It's called Deidara's theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kd4mOSrTh8

At 0:42, the strings start playing.


How are the Tenchi timelines related? Between Muyo, Universe, GXP, and Ryo-ohki, I'm thoroughly confused. Sometimes Tenchi series seem to be related (Ryo-ohki and Universe) and sometimes not (GXP). What are all the Tenchi series, are they related, and if they are, how?

This is a bit complicated. The links are to MAL, but I've found that different databases index these very differently. Sources are mostly in the links, but I had to reference Wikipedia and Tenchi Muyo Wiki as well.

Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki is the original OVA series, which was brought to the US simply as Tenchi Muyo (I don't know about other countries). This was adapted into a manga series. Simultaneously the OVA series got a special OVA and then another season. After that there's a special for the second season of the OVA. There's a further third season, which ends the story, and there's a sort of alternate ending special Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki 3 Plus 1 as well. There's also a sequel manga series which covers some more events, Shin Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki. Between both manga series, they mostly cover the first two OVA series, and are technically non-canon, though the changes are mostly minor changes.

In addition there are many things in this timeline which are not related to the main story. There's a spinoff manga series about Sasami, Tenchi Muyo! Sasami Stories.  There's also a special for Mihoshi's back-story in this continuity. Tenchi Muyo! GXP also falls in this continuity, 1 year after the ending of the OVA series. The Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari anime takes place 15 years after GXP, and has both a manga and a light novel version. There's also a radio drama (hence no MAL link), Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki Manatsu no Carnival, which presumably falls in this continuity, but I have not listened to it.

The second Tenchi movie, Tenchi Muyo! Manatsu no Eve is sort of separate from everything else. It's technically not placed in the Ryo-Ohki continuity, but a separate, closely-related continuity. Sites disagree on this, but Tenchi Muyo Wiki has the most convincing argument, namely that Kiyone doesn't appear in the Ryo-Ohki continuity, but does in the movie.

Tenchi Universe is on a separate timeline, but is loosely based on the original season of the OVAs. This is a 26-episode TV series. The first film Tenchi Muyo! in Love is a sequel to this series. The third film, Tenchi Muyo! in Love 2 is a sequel to the first film. This film has a manga adaptation.

Tenchi in Tokyo is a 26-episode anime series with its own continuity. The only other things in this continuity are the related specials.

There are a bunch of other spin-offs, mostly with their own continuities. Dual Parallel! Trouble is an alternate continuity, except with mostly different characters. It has a sequel of short episodes. There's also the Pretty Sammy series, which have Sasami as a magical girl and are independent of everything else. There's a 3-episode OVA for Pretty Sammy. There's also a 26-episode TV series with short specials, which in English is known as Magical Project S. This is a different continuity from the original Pretty Sammy OVA series. A third Pretty Sammy series is Sasami: Mahou Shoujo Club, but this is now following Iwakura Sasami, a new character, yet again in an alternate continuity, and it's very much removed from the original Tenchi series. It also has a sequel. Battle Programmer Shirase shares the character of Misao Amano with Pretty Sammy (where she has the alter-ego Pixy Misa), who also makes a cameo in Dual.

In addition, there's an RPG video game, which is sort-of based on the Ryo-Ohki continuity. There's also an English-language RPG based on the Ryo-Ohki continuity published by Guardians of Order. I have not played either so I don't know how closely they are related to the original series.

To the best of my knowledge, that's everything major that's been released to date. If I've missed anything I'll be happy to add it.


Why didn't Goku use Super Saiyan God's regenerative abilities to recover from Freezer's deathly blow? In the God of Destruction Beerus saga of Dragon Ball Super we see Goku heals from a mortal wound made by Beerus when transformed in Super Saiyan God. But in the Golden Freezer saga we see Goku being wounded to death by Freezer when fighting in Super Saiyan Blue. He does nothing to recover himself when he could have used the Super Saiyan God transformation to heal himself.
Why didn't Goku use Super Saiyan God's regenerative abilities to recover from Freezer's deathly blow?

The most likely explanation is that it's just a contradiction introduced by Toei Animation.
While Toriyama writes the general plot of Dragon Ball Super, both Toei Animation and Toyotaro are free, to some extent, to fill the holes left by Toriyama. These additions usually contradict future events when they mess with not-well-defined concepts (e.g. the scope of Super Saiyan God's powers) and Toriyama later starts defining them (e.g. by showing that such transformation cannot in fact heal).
In this case, Goku's mortal wound made by Freeza was probably Toriyama's idea while the one made by Beerus was added by Toei Animation without considering future implications.
It could also be that Toriyama himself introduced this plot hole, but the scenario I described above happens more often.


What is the meaning of the animal "models" of the Cursed Girls? In black bullet, the initiators are all cursed girls, and every one of them have an "animal model". Tina is an owl model, Enju is a rabbit model, and so on.

Is it just a classification to sum up the abilities? Doesn't seem so, since Yuzuki can spin webs (although maybe they are artificial webs) but definitely Midori's cat ears are not artificial.

The several gastrea are also referred to as animal models (spider, ant, etc). Is there any relation between gastrea and animal DNA in the source material?

The animal model the Cursed Girls is representing, what kind of animal gene the initiator possesses.
As far as I have understood it by reading the wikia and reading the manga, a gastrea possesses DNA of animals, even though they are actually humans. They got infected with the Gastrea Virus which suddenly appeared around 2021.
So, based on that I can assume that the animal factor is already inside the virus, even though I can not explain how exactly that happened.

So, to come back to your question, I do think that the model the Civil Security gave the initiator is a classification to sum up their abilities. Like the gastrea the cursed girls have the animal factor of the Gastrea Virus as well. But unlike becoming monsters in animal form, they just have the abilities and sometimes even the look of the animal, which would explain Midori's cat ears.

To read more about the gastrea, you should check out the wikia page about them by clicking right here.

I hope I helped you somehow. :)

Good day.


Is there another wall encompassing the entire of Paradis for Marley to use? So, another question about Attack on Titan.

So in the Manga, and by extension, the Anime, it is revealed that certain people, Eldian IIRC, are transformed into Titans by injecting them with Titan Spinal Fluid. These people are then thrown off a large object, and transform into Pure Titans a short while later.

Now I got to thinking, Is this large object yet another wall placed on the Island of Paradis? Like the three walls protecting Humanity on the Island itself? Or is this just a staging area for the transformation of people in Pure Titans?

Yes, there is an outermost wall in Paradi Island other than Maria, Rose, and Sina. So far it's not known whether it surrounds the entire island or just a portion of it, and its purpose is not clear.

Speculation: It could be a staging area for the titan transformations, but more importantly a barrier to prevent them from crossing the ocean.

On the inside covers of the tankōbon volumes are written codes in inverted Katakana, and one of them gives a clue to the walls' origins:

   In the new world, great walls had previously been prepared.

Sources:

(Japanese) http://shingeki-kyojin.com/archives/26439768.html
http://calorescence.tumblr.com/post/51450703198/did-you-know-the-inside-covers-of-the-japanese


Do Aldnoah Drives have any kind of consciousness or intelligence? Aldnoah Drives seem to understand language (as seen when Asseylum ordered Castle Crutheo's Drive to sleep) and recognize people (as seen when Emperor Vers was granted activation powers at the first contact with Aldnoah in Mars).

Do Aldnoah Drives have any kind of intellect?

No, there is nothing in the series that indicates that Aldnoah drives possess consciousness or intelligence. Aldnoah was awakened by Emperor Vers, but, according to the wiki, it can be activated by voice but "will continue running regardless of the activator's location, but only if the individual with the activation factor either loses consciousness, dies, or if a descendant of the VERS Royal Family intervenes, will the Aldnoah Drive shutdown."

There are several different ways to stop an Aldnoah Drive's activity:

Damaging/Destroying it
The user deactivates it
Someone of Royal Blood (such as Princess Asseylum) forcibly shuts it down
The heart of the person who activated it stops (if the person gets revived with CPR he/she needs to reactivate the Aldnoah Drive).

The drive itself does not seem to be able to activate itself, stay activated, or deactivate itself at will; has never demonstrated a concern regarding its ethical use; has not taken any side in the war; has not personally communicated with anyone; and does not seem to participate in a relationship with the activator to the degree that it will not/cannot run without the activator present.
This differs slightly from mecha technology such as the Escaflowne in Tenkuu no Escaflowne, to which one must form a contract to awaken it and, once done, it seems to take the side of the pilot, be loyal to the pilot, and work with the pilot in a supporting and sometimes rescuing role.


Were Stark and Baraggan Arrancar before joining Aizen? In both Baraggan's and Stark's flashbacks, they look the same as in present.

Did they become Arrancar on their own? However, if they did then how could Aizen promise Baraggan more power?

We have to disambiguate normal Hollow from Arrancar.  Normal Hollow don't retain much in the way of a human-like form and are relatively mindless beasts consumed with the hunger for powerful souls.  Arrancar evolve Soul Reaper-like powers and remove their mask, allowing for a human-like appearance.  The higher in rank the Arrancar, the more human-like they appear.

It is perfectly possible for a Hollow to evolve on their own into an Arrancar of varying rank.  That is to say, there are natural Arrancar in Hueco Mundo who were at a specific power level before Aizen approached them.  Several of Aizen's court were at Adjuchas and Vasto Lorde levels before he arrived.

In the case of Barragan Louisenbairn and Coyote Starrk, not only were they already Arrancar, but given that they are the Secundo and Primero Espada respectively, it is more than likely that they were already Vasto Lorde.


What is the stance of Evangelion creators (Including but not limited to Hideaki Anno) on the "Death of Author" concept, regarding the series? The Evangelion franchise is full of unknowns, most were never explained or given any "word of god" statement.

Some examples:

  What Gendo whispered to Ritsuko after: "I truly... (muted)" to prompt her to answer: "Liar!"

  What is real the motivation for Asuka to tell Shinji "気持ち悪い" at the ending of the End?

Hideaki Anno then made this statement:

  We all have to find our own answers.

Can we truly say that they left these blanks intentionally?

What is the stance of Evangelion creators on the "Death of Author" concept, regarding the series?

Please use references.

The answer to your question must be a resounding "Yes, as far as Shinseki Evangelion is concerned, Anno Hideaki and team are firmly in the 'Author is Dead' camp when it comes to explanations for the franchise." The broader context of the quote from Anno that you've provided in your question, goes into more detail:

  Evangelion is like a puzzle, you know. Any person can see it and give
  his/her own answer. In other words, we’re offering viewers to think by
  themselves, so that each person can imagine his/her own world. We will
  never offer the answers, even in the theatrical version. As for many
  Evangelion viewers, they may expect us to provide the ‘all-about Eva’
  manuals, but there is no such thing. Don’t expect to get answers by
  someone. Don’t expect to be catered to all the time. We all have to
  find our own answers.”
  – Anno Hideaki

This is not really surprising, as it's the only stance consistent with the themes and aims of the franchise itself, being based as it is on the philosophical platform of 'postmodern existentialism.' In this schema, there is no such thing as 'objective meaning', only meanings constructed by each individual as a function of their own existence.


What happened to the Shinigami Zellogi? In the ninth episode of Death Note, a Shinigami, Zellogi, decides to "check out on Ryuk":

A conversation with another group of Shinigami goes like this:

-Who'd want Ryuk as a pet? He's not even cute.
-Haha, you're right.
-So, what kind of human is it? Male or female?
-Who knows. I wonder.
-I'll find out myself.

I imagined that he would go to the human world and make some appearance there, but as far as I know, he doesn't. What happened to him? What did he do?

Zellogi was only seen in that one scene and wasn't mentioned after. It is safe to say that he didn't really enter the human world and just checked on Light through one of the many orbs Shinigami use to check on the human world. Such an orb can be seen when Gelus was watching Misa in chapter 27.

From the Wikia article on Human World:

  Shinigami however can travel to the Human World, and watch Humans by using large spherical orbs found throughout the Shinigami Realm...


A manga about an emotive android fighter girl with black hair I believe this manga is relatively old, probably from the '90s. I don't recall there being an anime adaptation of it.

At the beginning of the story, a man found the partially destroyed head of an android with the brain still intact. He used parts from other androids he had found to reconstruct her. Her first limbs were delicate and were decorated with flower designs, I think. If I remember correctly, they were destroyed when she took on a powerful android. The man used this android's parts to create strong, sturdy limbs for the android girl.

The girl was cheerful and very expressive despite being an android. She was probably in her "teens," had shoulder-length black hair and was drawn with large, emotive eyes. The man was older, and I think he was a scientist or researcher, as well as a fighter. The other androids that appeared were drawn in great detail, and I think there was some detailed gore.

The last thing I remember is that they were in a bar, and there was a giant android head/snake-like thing that was attacking them.

Perhaps you're looking for Battle Angel Alita/Gunnm

  The series is set in the post-apocalyptic future and focuses on Alita, a cyborg who has lost all memories and is found in a garbage heap by a cybernetics doctor who rebuilds and takes care of her. She discovers that there is one thing she remembers, the legendary cyborg martial art Panzer Kunst, which leads to her becoming a Hunter Warrior or bounty hunter. The story traces Alita's attempts to rediscover her past and the characters whose lives she impacts on her journey.


What are the consequences of ignoring Kyubey's contract? Girls make contracts with Kyubey - they will have a wish granted in exchange of fighting witches using their new powers.

But, what is the consequence of simply not doing it? What if magical girls simply ignore Kyubey?

It somehow doesn't seem like Kyubey even has the power to kill them, otherwise he could just kill off Homura who keeps ruining his attempts to make a contract with Madoka.

The only thing that occurs to me is that their magic will deplete overtime and they need to kill witches to recharge - but then again I imagine that if they never fight witches they'd never deplete their magic in the first place.

Nothing, the end result has always been Magical Girls becoming witches regardless if they fight or not.

When a Magical Girl is made, their Soul is removed from their body and made/placed into the Soul Gem. As they use their magic, the Soul Gem clouds in which they need Grief Seed to purify. If it's not purified, it will become a Grief Seed and the Magical Girl will become a witch, shown when Sayaka transformed in Episode 8

After Sayaka became a Witch, in Episode 9 Kyoko is seen using her magic to preserve Sayaka's body. We can speculate that without a soul, the body starts to rot and the Soul Gem is actually preserving the body on its own.

This is somewhat hinted in Episode 10 in the timeline Homura and Madoka defeated Walpurgisnacht and Homura was asked by Madoka to kill her (the final timeline of Moemura). In this timeline, we see that both of their Soul Gems haven't been fully tainted as they didn't have the same pattern as Sayaka's

Since all Madoka and Homura was doing was laying in the ruins not using any magic themselves, we can assume that the Soul Gems continue to taint as they maintain a Magical Girl's body until it starts creating those strange patterns in the blackness that Sayaka's Soul Gem did just before she transformed.

Alternatively, since a Magical Girl's body just stops responding when they are separated from their Soul Gem (as demonstrated when Madoka threw Sayaka's off the bridge and it landed in a truck that drove past), one could also assume that the ability to control their body also slowly taints the body, including talking which is what Madoka was doing before Homura kills her.

As such, even if you tried reneg on your side of the contract, I speculate that the end result would still be the Magical Girl becoming a Witch

What about after the series?

Post Series:

   In Madoka's Universe, still had Magical Girl's purifying their Soul Gems though those black cubes Wraiths drop (shown when Homura is talking to an Incubator about the witch system)

Post Rebellion:

   In Homura's Universe, we aren't 100% as to what has changed with Magical Girls, but given that Homura has given the Magical Girls normal lives and stripped them of their memories (and power as evident with Sayaka's confrontation) and that she had the power to erase the Incubator's from existence but chose not to instead re-purpose them to do Madoka Universe Magical Girl Work (dealing with Earth's Curses), I would assume that she has made it so that so that Magical Girl's won't become witches via inactivity, otherwise this might cause the Law of Cycles of act and reclaim Madoka to deal with them.


Why does the first Season of Naruto have different Openings at the same time? I've just been reminded of this from reading another question. For the first Season of Naruto (before the Chunin Exams) i've seen 3 openings.

Southen Cross 10's Toasted TV (Dubbed - Zabuza's blood spurt from Haku and Kakashi being blind-sided by shuriken are black and white freeze frame. Naruto Poison scene is normal)
Cartoon Network (Dubbed - no censor as far as i know)
DVD (Dubbed - No Censor)

i suspect also the 4Kids version which for the Naruto Poison scene, Naruto is complaining about dropping his lunch, may also have a different opening however i actuly have never seen that (however i hear it notorious since it changes so much)

i am wondering why there are so many different openings for the same episodes?

NOTE: the Naruto Poison Scene is after they fight the 2 Water Ninja and Naruto makes that speach of not running away after extracting the poison with a Kunai. Kakashi then says something like

  Ahh Naruto, that was cool how you took out the poison and all, but if you don't treat the bleeding soon, your going to die. *pause* it's a good idea to stop the bleeding now

EDIT: all 3 openings i have seen occur for the same episodes, ie. Episode 2 on the DVD has one opening, the same episodes on Cartoon Network and Toasted TV has different openings.

Generally, when it comes to anime, OPs are switched out every season (12-13 episodes/weeks) or so. This is also the reason why 2-season anime series mostly have 2 different OPs, and single-season anime(s) only have 1 OP.

Since Naruto's 1st season has 35 episodes (according to Wikipedia), it makes sense that there are 3 different openings: the 1st season of Naruto is a roughly-3-season show, meaning that there will be 3 different openings.

If you meant "Why not forget about having different OPs in the first place?" as your question, it's hard to answer. It could be that production studios might want to inject some variety into the series, so that people don't get bored of watching the same opening 10, 20, or even 30 times.


Is manga censorship in Western countries always done with author consent? Censorship is usually seen as an act against the author's will. Talking with an editor in my country (Italy) working for a publishing house in the erotic manga market, he tells me that censorship for erotic manga is done in two verses: removing censor bars and obfuscation necessary in Japan (decensorship) and removing elements not suited to Western audience or in a gray legal area, e.g. child nudity. Both of those censorship and decensorship are done with the author consent, becoming a self-censorship and generating a new derivative work featuring important changes.

Shortly: is censorship of manga always done with author consent both in erotic and mainstream publications during localization? Is there a common practice around the world on this topic about manga localization? Are there any cases of censorship of manga publications done without author consent in Western countries?

You are over-thinking it. I guess we only talk about official localizations here, since in non-official ones, anything can be done.

When an official localization is made, some kind of contract is being signed between the possessor of rights for the manga (the author, a publishing house, doesn't matter), and the company that is going to make the localization.

Since this contract is an legal document, it covers, among other things, the limitations (if any) that will be set for the localizer. Obviously, since different countries have different laws regarding nudity in press (as in your example), the contract should probably have clauses that regulate such possible changes (censorship or decensorship).

Whether or not the author himself is aware of this, depends. Sometimes the holder of the rights will inform him, sometimes it will not. For example, when official localization of Spice and Wolf into Russian was being made, the author himself didn't know about it, since it was the publishing house who was holding the rights on the manga, hence it was regulating all the localization aspects.

And after all, if the laws of some country forbid, for example, nudity in press, then there is no choice. You either change the manga to meet the laws, or it is not going to be published.


What are Rein's capabilities with others? In Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, Reinforce, like Agito, is referred to as a Unison Device, who can fuse with their master to increase their strength.

Rein is however a product of the Tome of the Night Sky and is referred to as a "control device" for the Tome of the Night Sky.

I am wondering, if Rein fuses with someone else, what is her capabilities? Does the person she fuses with have access to anything in the Tome of the Night Sky?

The anime does not make this clear; fusing with a unison device simply increases the mage's offensive and defensive powers, and provides other effects, such as setting Signum's sword on fire when she unisoned with Agito.

While originally Hayate and Reinforce Zwei both used the Book of the Night Sky, later Reinforce got her own storage device - the Book of the Azure Sky.

(To provide a more specific answer would be to engage in speculation.)


Who is the man being executed in episode 1? In the first scene of the first episode of Danganronpa The Animation, we see a man executed by being sent to the moon.

Who is he and why was he executed?

This is Jin Kirigiri.

There are more details about this execution available on the Danganronpa Wikia: Blast Off!.

   Jin was the headmaster of Hope's Peak Academy before Monokuma. He is also the father of Kyouko Kirigiri.


Do Isaac and Miria ever get confronted by law enforcement? In one of the Baccano! episodes (apparently episode 8, according to Wikipedia), we see a number of people from the police being briefed about the burglaries committed by Isaac and Miria. Does the pair actually end up getting confronted by law enforcement anytime in the course of the anime series (or even the light novels)? I don't recall this happening in the anime, but I have read that it leaves out some details from the light novels.

Some undercover cops over hear Issac talking in the Alvaere about their various crimes (in 1934) and asks him and Miria to come see a show at a nearby building. Issac asks Miria to go fetch his wallet, and then tells the police officer to go ahead and arrest him. Due to being in the middle of Martillo territory with a lot of the gang glaring at them, they decide to only arrest Issac instead of making a scene trying to capture Miria, who is then sent to stay with Jacuzzi's crew at the Genoard vacation manor to lay low until the charges against her are dropped, where she remains until she goes to meet Issac after his release.

Victor pulls some strings and agrees to drop the charges against Miria and give Issac a reduced sentence if he'll help them with Huey at Alcatraz. Since Firo agreed to go to prison in exchange for Victor not pursuing his vendetta against Ennis for devouring his friend (and being involved with Szilard's schemes), they decided not to use Issac and he simply did his time (3 1/2 months), and was released, and then he and Miria had a clean slate.

Due to the ridiculousness of all the crimes, the only crime Issac was actually charged with was robbing the Genoard mansion.


Why do the Kage's have animals in the background? I think the animals are supposed to represent some kind of virtue, but I'm not sure what.
Is there any explanation on why those specific animals were chosen?

I stumbled across this on a forum.. I could find no other references but for the most part, it makes sense somewhat.

  Gaara is the young buffalo with keen instincts and promise.
  Tsunade is the rampant moose that charges without hesitation.
  Raikage is the bear that holds dominance and power on top of everyone.
  Mei is the whale that protects the sea (her village)
  Tsuchikage is the ancient scripture, the scripture that possesses much knowledge and experience.


Ryuuzetsu's Kekkei Genkai In the 5th Naruto Shippuden Movie "Blood Prison", the character Ryuuzetsu is introduced. The strange thing I noticed were that her eyes had the same appearance as those of the Rinnegan:

Is this the Rinnegan? If so, how did she acquire it and why can't she use any Rinnegan related techniques? If it isn't is it related to her clan Kekkei Genkai (or does she have 2 Kekkei Genkai's):

Whether Ryūzetsu's eyes are related to her Kekkei Genkai or not is unknown, as she is the only person seen with this ability

  This unnamed kekkei genkai apparently allows the user to perform Reincarnation Ninjutsu as it allowed Ryūzetsu to perform the Dragon Life Reincarnation technique. It was seen only in Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison and Ryūzetsu was the only known user. Other details, such as whether it was common or rare and whether any other technique could be performed using it, are unknown.

And while Ryūzetsu's eyes look very similar to the Rinnegan

  Ryūzetsu had fair skin, waist-length white hair that is covered by a green bandana that has a long curved white stripe which had belonged to Muku and grey eyes with multiple circular patterns much like Pain's Rinnegan.

they are not the same. We know the ways to obtain the Rinnegan are

  The Rinnegan can typically be awakened by gaining Hagoromo's chakra either by reproducing it from combining the chakra of Hagoromo's sons, Indra and Asura, or by directly receiving chakra from Hagoromo himself
  As with any dōjutsu, the Rinnegan can be transplanted into others

Additional, those with the Rinnigan can master any jutsu and all 5 chakra natures

  One who possesses the Rinnegan can easily master any jutsu as well as all five nature transformations

However Ryūzetsu is only shown using Fire Style.


Who is being addressed at the start of the first episode? In the first episode of Serial Experiments Lain, right at the beginning, someone says:

  Why? Why won't you come? I wish you would come here.

This person I assumed to be Chisa Yomoda, but I am not completely sure. Who is being addressed, and is the speaker Chisa or someone else? (Or is this perhaps simply something inserted for "atmosphere" that doesn't have an explicit answer?) Within the context of the story, it seems to make sense for the addressee to be Lain, but I'm really not sure.

Having progressed a lot further in my rewatch of Serial Experiments Lain, it seems that the "correct" answer is along the lines of the comment by user1306322. At the beginning of most episodes (with the exception of 10, 11, and 13), someone says a few short lines, such as the one above, or such as:

  You've heard of a girl named Lain, right? Lain of the Wired. (Episode 3)
  I don't need parents. Humans are all alone. They are not connected to anyone else at all. (Episode 4)
  If you want to be free of suffering, you should believe in God. Whether or not you believe in Him, God is always by your side.
  (Episode 9)

An exception is in episode 12, where there seems to be an exchange instead between what seems to be Lain and possibly either her mother or the doll figure she was addressing a couple episodes earlier.

Given this and the fact that the question at the opening of the first episode is somewhat similar to those "opening lines" in later episodes, it seems most reasonable to conclude that the question in the beginning of the first episode is meant to set the atmosphere, and that the addressee of the question is, as pointed out by the comment, anyone who hears it (the viewer, people in the Wired, Lain, etc.).

I still can't quite identify the speaker of the question in the beginning of the first episode, but it seems worth noting that the speaker of the "opening lines" seems to vary by episode. (I'm not completely sure about this since this could well be the same voice actress/character speaking the lines, but with a different inflection).


What is the reason for the change in Nami's Seiyuu for a short period of time (Japanese Dub)? While watching One Piece I noticed that Nami's voice sounded different coming into the Little Garden arc. When I looked up info on her character on the One Piece wiki I found that during episodes 70-78 she had a different Japanese voice actress, Wakana Yamazaki, before returning to the previous voice actress, Akemi Okamura. I can't seem to find any reason or explanation for this. Does anyone have a clue why this would be? It was all part of a canon arc too.

According to Nami's Wikipedia's page:

  In the Japanese version of the entire One Piece anime series, and later spin-offs, Nami has been voiced by Akemi Okamura. In 2001, Okamura temporarily left the series due to her pregnancy; Wakana Yamazaki acted as a substitute for episodes 70-78.


How come when Loki summons himself with Karen it uses her power? When Loki is one of Karens Spirits he summons himself to try to save Ares and while he's summoned Karren can't summon a second one because she's got his gate open. But later when Lucy has hi he summons himself all the time with his own power and he says it won't affect her energy stores like during the S-class trials he teams up with Gray but tells Lucy not to worry he won't weaken her any.

It's most likely that he used her power purposely to make sure she couldn't summon Ares. With Lucy he doesn't want to make her weaker so he uses his own power.


How did Shouko initially feel about Ishida? In Koe no Katachi manga, volume 3, chapter 23, Shouko said that

 She like Ishida

Since when that Shouko feel that way about Ishida? In Volume 1, Shouko got bullied. Did she feel this way about Ishida back in elementary school? Did the author ever mention it on manga/anime ?

Introduction

We don't get to see Shoko's thoughts and feelings about anything; this is an important theme of the story. We get other characters' perspectives and thus we can be relatively certain of what they're thinking, but we only get to see Shoko through the lens of these viewpoint characters. Even when the story is told through Shoko's perspective later on, it is murky and jumbled, making it hard to understand exactly what she's thinking. Thus, we can only ascertain how she initially felt about Shoya through her actions and by what she says.

With this in mind, I believe there is enough evidence to indicate she did not initially have romantic feelings towards Shoya. Firstly, let us keep in mind that Shoko is not an oblivious idiot, as Shoya first suspected (see page 95 of first volume). When Shoko asks Shoya for Miyoko's contact info, it becomes apparent to both Shoya and readers that Shoko is acutely aware of what was going on.

Shoko's Reaction When Shoya Appears Again

At the beginning of Volume 2, we see that Shoko's initial reaction to Shoya reappearing in her life is to run away. She decides to hear him out after he trips, but her expressions throughout the chapter seem to indicate displeasure or perhaps uncertainty), at least until Shoya shows that he knows sign language. This doesn't tell us how she initially felt about him, but it does tell us that at the end of their time together in elementary school, she didn't like him.

Shoko's Initial Reaction to Shoya

Just from reading Shoya's facial expressions, it seems that Shoko grows to distrust Shoya, and perhaps even to dislike him. In greeting, she gives Shoya the same cheery smile she gives everyone else, but this soon changes. In Chapter 2: Just One Of Those Things, there are three interactions (identical in terms of structure) between Shoko and Shoya on pages 75, 81, and 83. In each one, Shoko's expression becomes more and more wary. In the final one, her eyebrows slant downward ever so slightly when she notices Shoya, perhaps conveying a hint of anger. And this is all before Shoya begins his bullying in earnest. Getting told not to sing, having dust poured on her, and getting her hearing aids thrown out windows is unlikely to make Shoko develop a crush on Shoya. The normal reaction to such incidents would be a growing fear or hatred of the perpetrator.

This was not the first time Shoko was bullied, and she caught on very quickly to Shoya's mockery. Far from having a crush on Shoya, I think we can conclude that Shoko didn't like him.

Shoko Asks to Be Friends

There is an incident, just after Shoya injures Shoko by pulling on the apparatus in her right ear, where Shoko uses sign language to ask to be friends. This might be a singular piece of evidence supporting the idea that Shoko has a crush on Shoya, however, the timing doesn't really make sense for this; getting injured as she did should make this a low point in their relationship. But this incident can also be interpreted another way. Initially, Shoko apologizes to Shoya with her notebook, even though Shoya should be the one apologizing to her. This may just be Shoko's attempt to resolve her bullying situation. Her initial apology might indicate Shoko thinks she did something to upset Shoya, and this is why he's bullying her. In this desperate attempt, Shoko hopes to make amends and become friends so she won't be bullied anymore.

After Shoya Starts Getting Bullied

Which brings us to the point where Shoya starts getting bullied and why Shoko tried to help him. As previously stated, Shoko was aware of what was happening. She also blamed herself (we see Yuzuru speculate on this in Volume 2, page 138). She knew that her presence and her disability created a disruption in the class. Just as in the case of Miyoko, Shoko blamed herself for the bullying that happened to Shoya, and this is why she cleans off the messages on his desk, and why she tries to make things right by helping him out.

Conclusion

Later in the series, Naoka comments on how boys pick on girls they like, speaking as though this proves Shoko liked Shoya in elementary school, but I believe this reflects more on Naoka's jealousy than it does on how Shoko felt about the situation. I think it is reasonable to assume that Shoko disliked Shoya in elementary school, and that she only grew to like him after seeing the effort he made to correct his past mistakes.

All references are to Kodansha Comic's English version of the manga.


What happened between episodes 7 and 8 of Konosuba At the beginning of episode 8 we see Wiz for the first time but Aqua and Kazuma already know who she is. They have a short flashback to how they meet, but it doesn't go into very much detail.

So I was wondering what happened between episode 7 and 8. Why did they agree to take over her task of sending the lost souls to heaven?

Also was there anything else from the source material that was skipped in the anime?

According to the manga, it wasn't her quest. Wiz took pity in the souls of the people who hadn't enough money to pay the priest to cleanse the souls of their friends and relatives. These souls would wander around. So she cleansed them for free.

Kazuma and the rest just took the quest to cleanse the cemetry, because the party thought, it would be the ideal job for Aqua to level up. After defeating some undead, they notice Wiz and want to fight her. But then they hear her story.


Ending of The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee was aired when I was a child, but I never know its ending. MyAnimeList said that it was aired in Japan from 1970 to 1971, but it was aired in my country around the end of the '90s or early 2000s I think.

So, how did the anime end? Did he reunite with his mom? Does someone know?

In the Italian wikipedia page a synopsis of the series is present, here is the translation of the ending:

  [...] During his journey Hutch will meet another bee called Aya, who will decide to take part in his search. Eventually Hutch, after many hardships, will find his mother and he will save her from a certain death. He will also find out that Aya is actually his sister, who managed to survive to the wasps' attack at the beginning of the story. Leaving finally his loneliness, Hutch will find his family and will put his efforts in rebuilding his kingdom, trying to make it even nicer and more peaceful than the one it was once.

There is also a sequel, called New Honeybee Hutch

  The sequel starts some time after the events of the first series, as Hutch and his sister, Aya, lose their mother, the Queen Bee, after an attack of the Wasps which destroys their Kingdom. Together, they embark on a long and dangerous journey to find a place called the Beautiful Hill, on which they would rebuild their kingdom, and Aya would become the Queen. Tenten, a ladybug, befriends Hutch and Aya and joins them on their journey, as he searches for his missing father. At the same time they have to confront Apachi, a wasp who seeks revenge against Hutch, believing that he killed his father.


How do Raishin's spells for commanding Yaya work? In Unbreakable Machine Doll, Raishin has certain spells which seem to command Yaya to take certain actions. Assuming I haven't misunderstood the Japanese words, he first calls out an elemental attribute, then a number, then something like an attack style.

I think the elements he's choosing from are just the Fuurinkazan. I might guess that the number affects how strong the attack is, but they also always seem to be significant numbers in Eastern culture and tradition so it could be something different.

I don't really know what all the possible styles are or what they do. It also seems that there are certain special attacks which don't exactly fit this pattern, e.g. the finishing move Yaya uses on Eliza in episode 4.

How exactly do these spells/commands work?
To be clear, I'm looking for a more in-depth explanation of what exactly they do and what all the possible options are.

There are two types of spells:

Tactics (戦術, senjutsu) to control Yaya's magical circuit, "Herculean Strength" (金剛力, kongouriki)
Absolute skills (絶衝, zesshou) based on the tactic

Tactics

The spell is Pattern (magical nature) + Number (magical power) + Formation

There are 4 patterns which are comparable to Fuurinkazan:

吹鳴 (suimei, blowing [a whistle]) / whistle: increase the agility/speed, "as swift as wind"
森閑 (shinkan, stillness): strengthen the defense, "as gentle as forest"
光焔 (kouen, light & flame) / flare: increase the number of attacks/power, "as fierce as fire"
天嶮 (tenken, natural defenses) / stronghold: increase the attack power/durability, "as unshakable as mountain"

(However, according to an interview on Monthly Comic Alive 2012-9 with Reiji Kaito, the author of the series, he mentioned that suimei is for speed, shinkan is preserving magical power with things that aim for counters, kouen is for both speed and attack, and tenken is for defense)

The number represents the power. The higher the number, the more powerful it affects. As for now, it seems the number is always a multiple of 12 with the highest being 48.

The formation is separated into 2 types:

衝 (shou, thrust): Yaya attacks independently
結 (ketsu, bind): Yaya attacks first on a cooperative attack

Some examples:

吹鳴二四衝: 吹鳴 (suimei) + 二四 (ni-jyuu-yon, 24) + 衝 (shou)
光焔十二結: 光焔 (kouen) + 十二 (jyuu-ni, 12) + 結 (ketsu)

Skill

The spell is Pattern (magical nature) + "Absolute" (絶衝, zesshou) + Name

The pattern follows the previously mentioned pattern.

The name is just a proper noun.

The skills from the first 4 volumes corresponding to each pattern are:

天嶮絶衝<破却水月>: 天嶮 (tenken) + 絶衝 (zesshou) + 破却水月 (hakyaku suigetsu, destruction of the moon reflected on the water) / Final Stronghold "Razing Moon Reflection": By striking a blow against an opponent in a hardened state, Yaya can interfere with the opponent's magic and cause it to lose control.
吹鳴絶衝<ひさぎ太刀影【たちかげ】>: 吹鳴 (suimei) + 絶衝 (zesshou) + ひさぎ太刀影 (hisagi tachikage, silhouette of Catalpa long sword): By sending several ten times of the magical power, Yaya jumps to the air in a flash, almost looks like disappearing.
光焔絶衝<乱れ夜桜>: 光焔 (kouen) + 絶衝 (zesshou) + 乱れ夜桜 (midare yozakura, disturbance of cherry trees at evening): By sending out the magical power to the whole body, Yaya does a super rush attack by punching & kicking relentlessly while in that state. Even if each attack may be light, the attack rush can be continued while maintaining the magical power.
森閑絶衝<神機御雷【しんきみかづち】>: 森閑 (shinkan) + 絶衝 (zesshou) + 神機御雷 (shinki mikazuchi, miraculous thunder): Attack the downed opponent by hitting using the fist in the manner of tile splitting. A single blow that has enough power to sink the opponent's body to the ground by as much as 10 meters.

However, the 8th volume introduced 光焔絶衝<月影紅蓮> (kouen zesshou tsukikage guren, moonlight crimson lotus flower) and thus, there's a high possibility that other skills also exist.

(by the way, the previous skill does a reddish, intense rotation kick that can cause burning due to the air friction.)

Note from Nico Nico Pedia: the original source (light novel) itself doesn't explain the detail for both the tactics and skills and thus, it can only be interpreted by the reader/viewer from the given evidence.

References:

Japanese Wikipedia
Nico Nico Pedia (Japanese)
Hissatsu Waza Jiten (Japanese)
Yahoo! Chiebukuro (Japanese)
Wikia

Magic Circuit
Yaya


How strong is Natsume Takashi? It is said that Natsume Takashi is strong by many youkai in instances, but Matoba and Natori also seem strong, so is he the strongest?

I think Takashi is strong.  Maybe not the strongest, but certainly very strong.

There are several hints, when he does resort to violence or manages to break seals.  He may be as powerful as Reiko was.  However, due to his nature he tends to avoid conflict and never sees himself as being formidable.  As such, we never see the full extent of his potential.


Identification request for anime movie: A boy who loses his parents, fights dinosaurs/monsters and rescues a girl he falls in love with Please help me find this anime movie that I watched in the 1980s: The story is about a boy who travels with his parents on a holiday to some kind of island, then he gets lost, and has to become brave to survive as he fights these monsters/dinosaurs, and kills them with a long spear (half metal half wooden). He also finds a girl whom he protects/teams up with. In the end, his parents find him again, as a transformed brave boy, and they leave all together with the girl he falls in love with.

I think it might be Shounen Kenya

  This cartoon, based on a popular manga (Japanese-style comic), centers
  on an 11-year-old boy who goes to Africa with his father in 1941.
  Because he is Japanese, the father is detained by the British. The boy
  joins up with a beautiful native girl, and the adventure begins, a
  sort of Young Indy Jones meets Tarzan.

The main character has 1/2 wooden 1/2 steel spear.
He traveled with his parent to a place with dinosaurs.
He rescue a native girl.


What is the purpose served by cicadas in anime? Why do so many anime (e.g. Code Geass, Steins; Gate, Ano Hana) have cicadas in the background?

In Japan, cicadas are symbolic of summer, and possibly symbolize reincarnation as well, based on summer being the time when the cicada comes out to sing.[1]

As per their role in anime, according to Wikipedia,

The songs of the cicada are often used in Japanese film and television to indicate the scene is taking place in the summer.
  — Cicada, Wikipedia

I do not remember when exactly they appeared in Steins;Gate (nor the other anime), but I would assume that this is simply a reference to a summertime setting.


What song plays at 19:10 in episode 28? What is the name of the song that starts at 19:10 in episode 28 ("Eat Or Be Eaten, Panic In The Forest") of normal Naruto?

If the time you're referring to is from an episode not including the opening, that song starts when Naruto stops Orochimaru when he is about to attack Sasuke. It's Naruto Main Theme, from the first OST of Naruto.


What do the Runes say in Madoka? In Puella Magi Madoka Magica, there is some strange rune writing that is used a lot. I've heard that it references Goethe's Faust, at least in the first few episodes, and it's used in displaying the names of the witches as well. Is there any comprehensive guide for what each symbol means, or a list of quotes together with translations?

Deciphering the runes was by no means a simple task. And as such there was quite a bit of history behind it as different people attempted various ways to decrypt it. In the end, the runes were found to be a substitution cipher for German.

A full guide to deciphering the runes in Madoka as well as a complete translated list of all their appearances throughout the Puella Magi series can be found here.

If you want to take a shot at decrypting them yourself, use the chart below. This will transliterate the runes into German - after that you're on your own. :)


Why are the royal guards so powerful? In the latest episode 85, Pitou easily killed Kite even though Killua said Kite is as strong or stronger than a Nen Master.  I thought chimera ants had nen similar to that of humans.  How come they are so strong?

Before the royal guard was born, the chimera ants became aware of humans with 'excessive life force' (a.k.a. nen) and the queen ordered them to hunt down any nen users that were in the area for her consumption. We know that there were hunters in the country at the time, like Ponzu and Pokkle's group etc. We can assume that the queen consumed these hunters and the royal guard inherited the nen abilities.

The rest of the chimera ants are receiving (as of episode 85) their nen abilities the regular way - through the "baptism" which awakens nen in a person. This is how most humans acquire nen abilities, as was probably the case with Kite.

The overwhelming strength of the royal guard can be attributed to:

They are born able to use nen, unlike human most nen users who are "baptised". This gives them an advantage because their understanding and ability to use nen is innate, not learned through years of training and study.
Chimera ants are insects by nature and are usually brutal, savage, and cruel. This leads to more menacing battle auras, which can hinder the fighting ability of a human opponent if the aura is intimidating enough. For example, Pitou's aura was menacing enough to scare away Gon and Killua.
Chimera ants also have the properties of any animals or humans that were eaten. This means that any member of the royal guard is going to have incredibly fast animal-like reflexes, the intelligence of the best humans, and the strongest muscles between animals/humans.

The combination of these means that the royal guard is going to be significantly stronger than most average hunters.

Kite was also at a disadvantage because he lost his arm protecting Gon and Killua before he fought Pitou.


Why does Orochimaru helps Sasuke in the midst of war? Orochimaru claimed that he wanted to take over Sasuke's body, yet he announced that he would help in the war against Madara.

Why did Orochimaru helps him?

Obito Uchiha's ultimate goal was to place everybody in the Infinite Tsukuyomi and lead people to peace through genjutsu, where one can achieve his/her dreams and wishes. That being said, Obito joined Madara because greed had driven people to achieve ultimate power. In the course, his beloved Rin died. Given this, Obito was to trying make sure the greed gets completely eliminated.

Whereas Orochimaru is driven by the greed to master all the jutsu in the world. Obito would not let that happen in the world of Tsukuyomi. Therefore he had to participate in the war to keep his greed alive, with this he was not only helping Sasuke but also himself.

One can also question why Orochimaru took this decision just after Sasuke decided to join war with the will to save.

Possibly Orochimaru still wants to take Sasuke's body, maybe this was an attempt to win back his trust. Think about it.


Is Dal Dal cat ears is just hair accessory? Is there a reason that no one notice Dal Dal cat ears?
I'm not very familiar with the Korean traditions, but I don't think it's just a hair accessory because sometimes when she get excited she reveal a cat tail.
And I also remember there were some guy who cheer for Moon-Young who has a bear ears, so she couldn't be the only one (isn't?).

The answer comes from the wiki of this manga :

  Dal Dal always sports a pair of tiger ears. The tiger ears are
  actually detachable and are pinned to her hair. The author also
  sometimes adds a tail on her.


What is the price does Shinsuke pay for the assistance of the flower god? The gods in Sengoku Youko are whimsical and often demand a price for their assistance. While the mountain god waived her original price of a soul from the sibling pair (Jinka and Tama). I can't recall what the resolution of Shinsuke's assistance from the flower god (she was a big help for the fight against the cloud god in retrieving the injured). At the end of the series we see the flower god hanging around what is presumably his tombstone.

When Shinsuke goes off to find Yazen, Hanatora (the "flower goddess") claims she has a reservation for his soul, so we can pretty much assume that's what she got out of that deal. I don't think the manga ever tells us exactly how those godly characters take souls, or what they do with the souls they collect, but we know that Hanatora also had a claim on Ashikaga Yoshiteru's soul. In Yoshiteru's case, she only collected her "payment" at the time of his death (and later "forged" the Shogun's soul into the soul-sword she gave Senya). Considering Hanatora is pictured nearby Shinsuke's tombstone, as you mentioned, I'd say it's implied that "taking his soul after he died" was the price she asked of Shinsuke as well.


Where can one buy Manga locally in Australia? So before if i could i would buy Manga from Madman Entertainment before looking at overseas stores like Right Stuff. today however i got an email from Madman saying;

  You might've heard the news....
  As of May 1st, Madman will no longer be distributing Manga,
  or books in general - at least, for the time being.

  But we know you love Manga, so we're giving you one final opportunity to grab a bargain with 60% off all Manga and books* on the Madman web store!

  Don't miss out. Sale must end April 30 at 11:59 PM.

I am wondering if there are any places/distributors in Australia which still sell Manga and have an online store?

Many bookstores, such as Dymocks, also sell manga, and have online stores where the manga in stock. You may also want to check Kinokuniya, since they do imports from Japan as well as stocking locally distributed books. Of course the Japanese imports are typically in Japanese, but there are some rare bilingual releases if you're able to find them.

Additionally, it looks like Simon & Schuster has picked up the rights to distribute Viz Media titles in the wake of Madman's announcement, so most of those should still be available after May. The other companies, though, might be a bit trickier to track down. Looking at the S&S website, they mainly redirect you to retailers rather than selling directly, but hopefully it won't be long before the manga shows up on their site so you at least know where to get them.


What is the source of Saitama's enormous power? I have seen only the anime and not the manga. I am utterly curious about the ability and power of Saitama.

In the starting episodes, he mentions that he trained very hard and also details his training regime.

However, I am still curious to know: is there any mention of the source of his enormous power somewhere in the Manga?

The anime version of One Punch Man is really accurate on regard to the manga so nothing has been revealed in the manga that hasn't in the anime.

As you mentionned, in the manga, Saitama followed what he would call a hard training every day :

100 push-ups
100 sit-ups
100 squats
10 kilometers every day
no air-conditioner

As a result, Saitama loses his hair, and becomes incredibly powerful.

This training is the source of his power.
Keep in mind that One Punch Man is intended as a shonen parody as it is making a parody of its codes.

In a lot of shonens, training is a main part of the manga.

As an example, in Dragon Ball, the sayans spend years in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber in order to become stronger.

By making the training of Saitama so simple (compared to the heroes capacities), One Punch Man is making fun of this Shonen code. Therefore we may not expect any more explanation on what Saitama did in order to become stronger.


Is this proof than Piccolo is stronger than Trunks and Goten in DBZ? In Dragon Ball Z, when Goku was fighting "Buutenks" (not an official name), the kids lose the fusion inside Buu and Buu gets a caped Piccolo-like appearance. According to Japanese subtitles, Goku says to Buu: "The half-pints have returned to normal from their fusion. Piccolo is coming out strongest".

Is this proof that Piccolo was stronger than Trunks and Goten or is there something else in the series that shows otherwise?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYdXZ9ut8qk

I think it is established at the end of Cell Saga Piccolo was stronger than ssj1(Android 17/18), but weaker than ssj1+ or Cell. Piccolo with his intense training techniques would have only grown stronger.

Since Goten and Trunks are shown only capable of going till ssj1 while unfused we can conclude that Piccolo is stronger then them. The Buutenks avatar switching to Piccollo may or may not be the conclusive evidence you wish it to be, but majority of DB Community believes Piccolo was stronger than unfused Goten/Trunks.

Further on this point, seperately the kids struggled against Android 18 2 vs 1. We didn't get to see the full fight but it can be assumed Piccolo is still stronger than Android 18 and hence the base ssj1 Kids.


"Full-time Employment is a Loophole in the Law to Make Wages Lower"? In Episode 10, which itself is called "Full-time Employment is a Loophole in the Law to Make Wages Lower…" or 「正社員ってお給料を安くするための法の抜け穴...」 「Seishain tte Okyūryō o Yasukusuru Tame no Hō no Nukeana 」 (essentially taken from the dialogue)…

When referring to why Nene can't work as a playtester on weekends, they discuss:

  Aoba: Why can't part-timers work on the weekends?
  Kou: Oh, it depends on the company, but they're paid by the hour, so if they worked overtime and weekends, they'd get paid more than you, Aoba.
  Aoba: W-Wait a minute! Is being a full-time employee just a loophole to make wages lower?
  Kou: We can talk about that some other time.

What is this referring to? Is this something that also applies to the western world or some kind of business law in Japan?

If one is salaried, one doesn't usually get paid overtime. Aoba, presumably, is salaried, so like many full-time workers, she won't get overtime.

However as a part-time/temp worker, Nene would likely get overtime which is why she could end up earning more than Aoba.

As a general example, videogame programmers work longer hours for less pay compared to programmers in more "soulless" industries.

They usually have relatively more passion for their work than those from most other industries. Unfortunately, there are companies who are happy to exploit that to drive wages down.


Manga with a robot with a penis cannon It's about a boy and a girl, and the only scene I remember is one in which they are in a fighting robot, facing off against a bad guy in a robot with a penis cannon. The robot fires a huge shot and an old lady says "quick! After it fires a huge load it needs time to recharge" and someone else says "sadly that's true about most men".

Another line in that same scene: the girl and boy are very cramped in the robot, the boy is rubbing up against the girls back, and she asks "what is that poking me?" He says something like "it's the growing tree of the puberty forest". I don't remember the exact line, it was years ago and it made me laugh.

It may be the Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon from Gintama.


Why is that woman considerd the woman that Rimuru is destined to be with? In episode 6, we learn that

  Shizu

is the woman Rimuru is destined to be with.  She shows up in the next episode.

  She also dies a couple of episodes later, the next day in-universe.  Aside from her showing up in the OP and ED, and being a quest-giver (for Rimuru to be a teacher) several episodes later, she doesn't have much going on in the series.

Why is she considered so important and "Rimuru's destiny"?  Why is she seemingly more important than Veldora, the ogre women, Miliam, etc?

   Why is she more important than any of the other monsters/spirits that Rimuru absorbed?

I'm only familiar with the anime, so if the manga/LN goes that much more in detail about this, then don't spoil it and leave the answer somewhat vague.

@earthling gave a good answer into the importance of her role in Rimaru's destiny. Below I want to give the ways in which she was always with him.

Shizu was with Rimaru physically, forever, in his stomach.
Shizu also lived on with him when Rimaru took her physical form.
In a sense, she was also with him through the emotional connection of fulfilling her wishes. It's often said that a person lives on through their legacy and the memory of others. Rimaru fulfilled her wish and legacy of saving the Children. Shizu also lived on with him both in his memory and in Rimaru's journey to finish her quest of confronting Demon Lord Leon Cromwell.

So in many ways, she was always with him and thus was the person he was destined to and ended up being with.


Is Kashin Koji actually someone who has appeared in Naruto before? So I've been reading the Boruto manga lately. There was this member of a secret organization Kara called Kashin Koji.

Many have speculated that he is

   Jiraiya

or his clone (or student/son, etc.)

They claim this because:

His appearance in front of Boruto and squad was with a toad summoning.
He knows how to make a Rasengan perfectly.

Does this theory have any credibility?

Sure, there are coincidences that Kashin Koji and Jiraiya could be the same, but you also have to realize that Jiraiya died and there was no way he was surviving after the fight with Pain.

Pain finished him and that was the end of Jiraiya, now where the Rasengan and the toad summoning comes into place, it could be very possible that he might have been a relative of Jiraya, but as it looks, we won't find out until we get more information.


Did Ash forget that Pikachu can use Volt Tackle? This is really disappointing. XY ended, but Pikachu did not use Volt Tackle a single time in the whole series, not even once. Did Ash start using Electro Ball so often that he forget about such an important move of Pikachu?

According to some users in this thread, Ash's Pikachu forgot Volt Tackle to learn Electro Ball, which makes sense, as the series seems to follow the games with Pokemon only knowing 4 moves at a time.

  Because they just had to have him learn a Gen V move. He forgot it so he could learn Electro Ball.

According to the wikia page for Ash's Pikachu, this checks out.

The last instance of Pikachu using Volt Tackle was in BW013 (Minccino - Neat and Tidy!).

  As Pikachu headed forwards he got hit by Pignite's Take Down, followed up by a powerful Heat Crash. Pikachu managed to get up and countered Pignite's Flame Charge with Volt Tackle.

The first instance of Pikachu using Electro Ball is in BW020 (Dancing with the Ducklett Trio!). The synopsis for this episode even states:

  After unintentionally shocking himself with Thunderbolt, because he was stuck in a beach umbrella, Pikachu couldn't use Electric-type attacks. Eventually his anger caused him to learn Electro Ball.

After this point, it appears that Pikachu no longer knows Volt Tackle.


What are the differences between the original Kaito Kid specials vs. the new Kaito Kid 1412 series? I am currently watching Kaito Kid 1412.
Should I watch the other Kaito Kid anime films?

What's the difference between this version and the 1412 version?

And another question, what's the meaning of 1412?

There's quite a number of differences from that the new series differs from KID's the older series (OVAs and Conan anime appearances). The older series was more faithful to the manga, while the new series take certain liberties with it's adaptation, including modernizing outdated technologies. The events from the series still pan out like they did, but some of the results happen differently. For the most part, the movies are considered separate from the TV series in terms of continuity.

Like the main series. Detective Conan/Case Closed there isn't much consistency in terms of real-time chronology.

This gallery offers a side to side comparison of the two series.

As for KID's name "1412," it's mentioned that 1412 is the case incident file number, Yusaku Kudo (Shinichi/Conan's father) saw a reporter's hastily scribbled "1412" on a piece of paper and purposely misread it as "KID." Thus, Yusaku unintentionally named the Kaitou Kid his name. This is mention in File 6, Volume 16 of the Conan manga.


What was it that Rido did to the Night Class? In the Vampire Knight anime, when the Night Class is getting ready to attack him, Rido holds up one of his hands, from which black shadows shoot out and wrap around the Night Class.

I am wondering, is this a representation of Rido's power as a Pure Blood to force other vampires to obey? Or is it a unique ability he possesses, like the case with other vampires (Aido can freeze stuff, Ruka has hypnosis)?

It's been a long time since I've seen the anime but I vaguely remember Rido's unique power having something to do with some kind of poison effect. Its not literally poison, but a slow, painful draw on one's life-force. If I'm right, then that's definitely not what happened in the scene with the night class. I think it's related to Rido being a pure-blooded vampire, but a little more in depth to his specific family line. This is what really makes him a unique character. Surely if these questions are ever firmly answered, it will only be with further questions.