Accuracy of the translation of English manga? In general, what are the main problems that harm the accuracy of the english translation of a manga? After this process, considering that problems, "shades" and "feelings" in the dialogues, with respect to the same title in the original japanese language are preserved enough?

Please, can you give me any example and why? many thanks. (:

Given a source material in language A, a translation to language B isn't going to be the same. For starters, the person translating is usually a different one, so they may not know the original intent the author had. Also, the language is different, so things may not carry over.

But this applies to translations of anything, not just manga.

Now, a decent translator should be able to minimize the loss. One could:

translate the text to something that results in an equivalent reaction to the reader (e.g. the original text had a pun, so translating it literally would make it so the reader won't laugh at it, so instead we make a different pun, and the reader still laughs)
put in notes that explains why the source language text is written the way it is
rewrite the text a bit
...possibly other tricks
combination of above

Regarding the example of the first one: there's this text that I'm translating that relies on that "おっぱ" means both "breast milk" and "breasts". If I were to translate it literally, the pun would be lost. So instead I make the text vague with "they" about what a person is actually referring to, and not revealing it until the last moment. But this, again, loses something on what was in the source text. On the other hand, if I were to put in a translator note instead of that, that would have killed the pun (and therefore, the intended effect on the reader would be lost in translation), but would have preserved the meaning of the text.

Another example that often is problematic wrt translations to English is the matter of pronouns: there are different first person pronouns depending on the gender, or whether it's formal or informal situation. One could make it hard to translate without putting in a translator note if a character in the source material uses a different first person pronoun that the social protocol would expect, and other characters notice that.


Anime with a woman in a skimpy, futuristic suit? Please help find the anime in this AMV at 0:33-0:37.

For the sake of convenience, below is a screenshot of the scene

After doing a Google image search I found that the gif comes from Platinumhugen Ordian episode one at about 4:55. If you were going for the fanservice, you might be disappointed as I hadn't seen much other scenes like these, while scrolling through the series.

Synopsis

Kananase Yu is just an ordinary high-school student. Since he has mysterious inside knowledge about piloting a mecha, he is recruited by the International Military Organization as a potential test pilot for a new mobile armor. However, apparently there are other young recruits around his age, including one of his classmates, were recruited as test pilot as well. Now Kananase Yu must prove that he is the best to be the test pilot.

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Manga in which the protagonist can enter stories The protagonist enters a story and becomes the replacement for the original protagonist of that story. After each arc, he uses an element of a previous story in order to solve the current story's world's problems. It's still quite new so it should be under 50 chapters.

I read it maybe a half a year ago. Does anyone what manga this might be?

It could be KINGDOM HEARTS, and is actually based on a PlayStation 2 game that came out first.

In the main story, Sora (the protagonist) travels among other worlds. And in each world, he transforms and blends in to resemble the world's characters.
Also in every world, there is a problem that only he could help to fix.

In the first season of this series, there are 43 chapters


Why didn't Kabuto callback the reanimation of Itachi? During Itachi Nagato vs Naruto in episode 298. We have seen Itachi's decision been changed by kotoamatsukami. Kabuto also noticed this. Why didnt he just closed his reanimation and close him in the wooden closet?

One of the reasons can be, as Madara had mentioned, the summoning through reanimation jutsu is a two-way contract. Even if the caster wants to, he may not be able to un-summon (as was seen with Madara).
Another reason can be that Kabuto didn't really care about the war. He just wanted the "game" to go on. He wanted to collect as much information as he could, and Itachi breaking free of the jutsu was really something that was unseen and Kabuto just wanted to see more.


Why is Ulquiorra's Cero green? Normally, all of Ceros are red in color, but why is Ulquiorra's Cero was green?
Does it mean that it's more powerful? What makes it so different?

It is true that the default color for the ceros is red, but this color is usually used by normal Hollows or Menos.

But there is a o lot of Arrancars and Espada that use a different color of Cero, it is not just Ulquiorra, see this page here.

  Most Cero are a crimson color when used by Hollows, Visored or
  Arrancar. While most Cero are commonly crimson, several Arrancar have
  shown various colors.

It also says:

  The power, force, speed, and blast area of the Cero is dependent on
  the strength, spiritual power, and sometimes skill of the user

So, the color does not influence directly to the power of the Cero. In fact, the color changes depending on the user's personality and style. Ulquiorra's cero maybe stronger, but it is not related to the green color, but in Ulquiorra himself.


How much does Tessa know about her brother Leonard? In the first season of Full Metal Panic, Tessa tells Chidori about her brother, who is a Whispered. In the second season (TSR), Chidori comes across Tessa's brother Leonard. When Sagara is talking to Gauron in the second season, Gauron comments that Amalgam has a Whispered in their highest ranks and we see shots of Leonard.

I am wondering, just how much does Tessa know about her brother? Does she know that he is working for Amalgam? And if not, where did she believe he was all this time?

In Episode 10 of FMP, Tessa discusses her feelings of inferiority vis a vis her brother. In the light novel series, it is explained that she is extremely aware of both Leonard's past and that he is working for an enemy organization. E.g. in "Continuing On My Own" he openly battles the Arbalest in the middle of the city and captures Kaname from Sousuke. And for the final showdown between Sousuke and Leonard in the final book, Tessa gives him some words to shout to Leonard at a critical time, revealing to Leonard the extent to which she knows about their family history and his subsequent deeds, distracting and demoralizing Leonard, giving Sousuke the chance to land a killer blow.


What did Estarossa do to the revenge counter of Meliodas in the Episode 20 Season 2 of Nanatsu no Taizai? From the competition held by Gloxinia and Drole where the death of Meliodas happened the part where Meliodas is about to unleash the revenge counter to kill all the commandments, Gowther said that the power accumulated of Meliodas from that Revenge Counter is 30x stronger from the last time he used it, but it suddenly disappear when Estarossa touches Meliodas dagger.

What happened? How did that strong magic disappear instantly?

It's all about Estarossa's commandment. I read some site about it that his commandment can suppress Meliodas's Revenge Counter.

Estarossa's COMMANDMENT

  "Those who stand against him with hatred in their hearts will be
  rendered powerless, and will lose the ability or capacity to inflict
  harm or damage to any persons in his presence." This allows Estarossa
  to negate any type of power or attack that bears animosity, and was
  potent enough to completely nullify Meliodas' Revenge Counter

link:https://comicvine.gamespot.com/estarossa/4005-133352/


What is the One Piece's "Episode of Nami" categorized as? The One Piece's "Episode of Nami" is not an anime episode because of its length. What is that episode categorized as?

Episode of Nami: Tears of a Navigator and the Bonds of Friends is a TV Special of the One Piece anime. It aired after Episode 560.

(From the One Piece wiki Episode of Nami)

It is the 5th TV special to be aired. The list of TV specials so far:

Adventure in the Ocean's Navel
Open Upon the Great Sea! A Father's Huge, HUGE Dream!
"Protect! The Last Great Performance"
The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy
Episode of Nami: Tears of a Navigator and the Bonds of Friends
Episode of Luffy: Adventure on Hand Island


What did Jinbe lose in Charlotte's roulette? I'm a bit lost in Jinbe's status and what happened with him and Big Mom.
In chapter 830, he confronts Big Mom and announces that he is planning on leaving her alliance. In return, she demands that he as well has to lose something valuable as well, and what will it be is decided by the roulette game.

However then in chapter 835, there is a report in the newspaper saying he backed out, which would imply that he has withdrawn his request to leave Big Mom's crew. This is very unlikely considering his portrayal, so I assume this was some kind of false report because later on he also admits to Luffy that his alliance with Big Mom is over. However, I don't know what is the reason for such a false report in the first place, it makes no sense to me and I have also read some theories which are suggesting that he did not lose anything at all which is even weirder, why would Big Mom let him just go that easily?

The only plausible explanation to me is that he has spun the wheel and he lost a bit of his lifespan (or I have missed some important detail in the story).

As stated in chapter 834 afterward, Jinbe didn't go through with the roulette because it is set up in a way that somebody who does it will probably lose his life and that wasn't what he wanted because of his pledge to Luffy.

So he just went for the normal thing somebody would do and he betrayed her in chapter 851 by freeing Luffy from the prison and escaping together with them from Big Mom.


What happened to Reiner and Bertolt after Clash of the Titans arc? After Clash of the Titans arc (from chapter 35 to chapter 50), it was confirmed that Reiner and Bertolt survived. Since they were previously planning to go back to their village with Eren, now that Eren has been rescued, will they really go back without Eren? Or will they come back for him?

After the Clash of Titans arc, we don't hear from the two again until right at the end of chapter 70, where we see Bertolt atop the defeated form of Reiner's Armored Titan:

After this, his opponent (the Beast Titan) shifts out of his Titan form and confirms their objective - that they indeed cannot return without what they came for; Eren, or the coordinate with the phrase,

  "Reclaiming the coordinate should be prioritised, right?"

After this, the chapter ends with the Beast Titan's shifter gazing over the ruins of the Shiganshina district:

The trio, including Reiner and Bertolt are left lying in wait for the Survey Corps at this location, as they know that will try and retake Wall Maria and gain access to Eren's basement. Chapter 72 finishes with the Survey Corps heading back to Wall Maria, with the two shown camping atop the walls of Shiganshina. A meeting between both groups will likely occur in the next chapter, where we will be able to see exactly what they have in store for Eren.


Developed Society For Quirk Users? So I've seen a lot of fanart and headcanons of Fumikage Tokoyami showing (or stating) that he has trouble drinking using certain cups, and of Kirishima flossing his teeth. With the development of inhumane features being a norm in everyday society, you'd think that there are certain products made for people with bodily mutations.

Is there any proof of this in the anime or manga?

Yes.
Check out episode 38 when Deku and most of his classmates go to the mall! It's mentioned that there are clothing products for every unique body type.


What is the song used when naruto asks iruka to be his dad for the marriage At a point in episode 500 of the naruto series when naruto was getting married iruka got mad at him for not caring about how hard hinata was working for the wedding and in the whole fuss naruto asks him to be his  dad at the wedding and he almost cried. What song was used at that point?

After a little of searching, I think it is called Man of The World

link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwZRUDbS25o


In the male quarters, how exactly does the male crew of the Thousand Sunny sleep? This question is regarding One Piece.

As I was going through the design of the Thousand Sunny on Wikia, I came across this image of The boys' room, which I've posted below:

As can be seen here, there are six hammocks in the image, verified by this link.

  Suspended from the ceiling like wooden hammocks are three
  double-decker bunks, which the men sleep in.

It also adds that

  Behind these bunks, at
  the back of the room, are six lockers where the men can store their
  clothes.

Since there are seven male members in the Straw Hat crew, there must be one person who doesn't get to sleep in a hammock and who doesn't have a locker. My question is, who is it?

I came across this and this link which pose a similar question.
The answers which seem to be valid are

Sanji sleeping in the kitchen

I don't think Sanji sleeps in the kitchen, but there is a couch to the right here, does Sanji sleep there?

I think Sanji does have a locker to himself.

Zoro sleeping in the crow's nest

The crow's nest seems to have wooden benches, but I doubt Zoro sleeps there.

I think Zoro has a locker to himself, too.

Brook not sleeping

In an SBS question, Oda has said that Brook sleeps for five hours. This is the link. This link gives their sleep timings. So that eliminates the possibility that Brook doesn't sleep. Maybe he doesn't sleep in this room though?

I can't guess if he has a locker or not.

Chopper sleeping on the bed in the Sick Bay

This seems like the most plausible solution, since Chopper considers the Sick Bay as his personal room, provided the bed isn't reserved for patients.

He might be the one who doesn't have a locker, since he can keep his stuff in the infirmary.

One of them is on night watch, so there are enough hammocks for the rest

This is possible, but is it true? If it is, was there any rare occasion when none of them was on watch? I highly doubt it, but if the answer is yes, how did they sleep then?

Even if they did manage to sleep somehow (one of them on the floor, for example), there are still six lockers though, so who doesn't have a locker to himself?

The following image provides a pretty nice solution, but this is an image from when the Straw Hats were on the Going Merry. Do they use the same solution on the Thousand Sunny too?

A person who has seen the anime or read the manga, or done both, might probably know the answer. Any help is highly appreciated.

I apologize for the lengthy question. I haven't watched or read One Piece. I came across it about a month ago and it drew my attention greatly. My knowledge is mostly limited to the information I gained by reading the Wikipedia and Wikia pages of One Piece.

TL;DR: If a 7th bed was needed Franky would have build one, but it doesn't seem like any of them should sleep on the floor against their will even if they only had 6.
To begin with, the pictures you showed were after Franky had joined. So whether he built a pirate ship for 5 male crew members and added a bed for himself after he joined or he put it there from the beginning considering a new crew member might join, Franky would easily be able to just build a 7th bed if needed. Heck, he could build a pretty sturdy bridge just on the spot in Thriller Bark.
Additionally, Oda confirmed that there should always be two crew members awake at all time. In the SBS of Volume 74, Chapter 737, Oda mentioned the Strawhats' daily schedule. He also said that at all times there should be two crew members awake. One should guard the front of the ship and another should guard the back of the ship.

D: I would like to know the Straw Hats' bed times and wake up times! - Penname fujiyama
O: I see. A very interesting question indeed. These people don't really follow much of a schedule but. In general.
And thus, even during instances where they have to navigate through the seas during nighttime, there will always need to be at least two people awake at all times in order to keep an eye out in both the front and back directions of the ship, hence every member alternates every 2 hours to stay on the lookout. It isn't too uncommon that these people don't get sufficient sleep.

On top of that, from chapter 699 it looks like they have enough beds as it is. Chapter 699 is the only chapter I could find where you could actually see the Stawhats asleep. At that time Sanji and Kinemon couldn't sleep jealous of Momonosuke and Usopp and Chopper couldn't sleep afraid of Doflamingo. Despite the fact that most of them were empty, you can see Luffy and Brook share a bed. Finally you can see Law and Caesar sleep outside. We can also see Franky sleepy, but outside guarding the ship as Oda mentioned. So whether Brook and Luffy always share a bed or it was just a coincidence, it looks like due to their random way of sleeping and with beds and couches all over the place, they don't even need al 6 beds to begin with.
Finally seeing Zoro sleep in a bed, it is safe to assume like you said that they all sleep in their beds as much as possible. Sanji does not sleep in the kitchen, Zoro does not sleep in the crow's nest, Chopper does not sleep in the infirmary bed, which is supposed to remain clean and sterile, and Brook does indeed sleep. Despite them sleeping in their beds mostly, they still don't need all 6 as mentioned earlier where Luffy sleeps in random places most likely and two need to be awake to guard the ship anyway.


How can alchemy be used in another dimension? At one point, Ed, Al, and Ling end up in a battle involving Gluttony. Then,

   Ed, Ling, and Envy are swallowed by Gluttony, which lands them in another dimension.

It is also stated more than once that alchemists use the energy from the movement of the tectonic plates of the Earth's crust (though this is not entirely accurate, the inaccuracy is irrelevant for the purpose of this question). This energy would not be present on another planet, much less in another dimension.

   In order to escape from this alternate dimension, Ed performs human transmutation. He uses Envy's philosopher's stone to do so, meaning that he would not require this energy. However, prior to finding Envy, Ed uses alchemy to fashion a cooking pot (evidenced by the transmutation marks on the pot). He also uses it to turn the iron from the blood into a weapon.

This should not be possible; there should be no energy for the use of alchemy in that dimension. Is this an oversight by the writer(s), or is there some explanation?

It is later revealed that

   The energy source for Amestrian alchemy is human souls, just like how philosopher's stones are made and used.

Gluttony was meant to host a philosopher's stone in his body formed from the red water and humans he consumed, so

   I would say that there is vast alchemical fuel in his "stomach", or whatever you call that alternate dimension that consumed objects are transported to.

Hence, alchemy should be possible in that dimension.


In "Radiant", do all Sorcerers have "animal-like" features? In the Radiant anime, episode  3; Don Bossman shows of his horns which seem more like bat wings.

Seth is a Sorcerer that also has horns.

Does this mean all Sorcerers have "animal-like features"?

Nope, it's only in some cases as mentioned in the 4th or 5th episode.

The girl named Melie is also a Sorcerer and she has a curse of personality change, and I don't think any animal has this feature.


What is this picture about in Mirai Nikki? In the picture, Yuno and Yukki are creating a world together, but what's this about? I don't know if it is an episode from the anime or from the manga.

I'm still searching for it in the internet but can't find anything about it. I'm so confused.

If you watch the OVA ("Redial", which adapts a 2-chapter manga), it'll make more sense. In brief:

   Yukiteru-2 has been deified in world #3. Yuno-3 is initially unaware that Yukiteru-2 exists, the whole Future Diary thing, etc., but Murmur-2 eventually transports her to Deus-3's metaphysical space where Murmur-2 is imprisoned, whereupon Murmur-2 imbues Yuno-3 with Yuno-2's memories. She then goes and finds the now-deified Yukiteru-2. The OVA ends with Yuno-3 and Yukiteru-2 meeting, but I imagine the implication is that they create a new world together afterwards, as at the end of episode 26.

Er, at least, I think I have all the world numbers right, but it's been a while.


Is there any connection between the Genius Party movies? Is there any connection between the seven short films that were included in Genius Party?

It seems there is no direct connection between any of the 7 Genius party movies, besides their high standard of quality and inspiration, as said by Rupert Bottenberg:

  The seven short films making up GENIUS PARTY couldn’t be more diverse, linked only by a high standard of quality and inspiration. Atsuko Fukushima’s intro piece is a fantastic abstraction to soak up with the eyes. Masaaki Yuasa, of MIND GAME and CAT SOUP fame, brings his distinctive and deceptively simple graphic style and dream-state logic to the table with “Happy Machine,” his spin on a child’s earliest year. Shinji Kimura’s spookier “Deathtic 4,” meanwhile, seems to tap into the creepier corners of a child’s imagination and open up a toybox full of dark delights. Hideki Futamura’s “Limit Cycle” conjures up a vision of virtual reality, while Yuji Fukuyama’s "Doorbell" and "Baby Blue" by Shinichiro Watanabe use understated realism for very surreal purposes. And Shoji Kawamori, with “Shanghai Dragon,” takes the tropes and conventions of traditional anime out for very fun joyride. —Rupert Bottenberg

Source: Fantasia Festival's 2008 program (see p. 119)


Is Levi Ackerman of Asian descent, like Mikasa? I don't think its ever mentioned if Levi is of Asian descent like Mikasa or not, and if it was I completely missed it.

Is Levi of Asian descent?

He is not. Ackerman and Asians are unrelated. Mikasa is Asian from her mother's side and Ackerman from her father.


What is the OVA boom? I've heard this term used in a few places, notably on one of the Flavor Day nominations. A quick Google search shows me that it started in 1985 but there doesn't seem to be anything extensively documented (mostly because there's a lot of noise in the search results). What is it?

The OVA boom describes the exploding popularity of direct to video anime during the 1980s and 1990s that started when some of the very first OVAs became commercially successful in the 1980s. Specifically the OVA "Megazone 23" became one of the first  popular OVAs of the 1980s and sparked a chain reaction of studios making OVAs.

Back in the day the only serious way studios thought to make money off their anime was to either broadcast on television or make it into a movie. (Dragon Ball, Grave of Fireflies) Well, the introduction of the first successful "direct to video" animes showed studios that it was possible to make a lot of money off of sending anime straight to VHS or DVD for people to buy. This served as a milestone in the anime industry as the first time OVAs became a credible marketing model for anime.

This OVA boom in the 1980s did a number of things. First, it gave the anime studios a lot of wiggle room as to what they could turn into anime. When making anime for TV or movies the only choices are to make a long running plot or an incredibly short plot. With the OVAs an anime series could be of varying lengths and run times as long as they told the story. This gave anime writers more freedom as to what the plots of their anime could be since they didn't just have to write for TV or movies. Writers were no longer bound by the format of anime, they could write what they wanted and turn it into a 13 episode series for OVA release.

OVA popularity also meant that anime studios could spend more money making better quality anime since they could put more money into making 13 episodes as opposed to having to save up money to animate a long running TV series.

The OVA boom basically is the rise of the OVA in the 1980s as a result of studios seeing OVA as a credible way to make money off of their anime. If I got a couple of details wrong, I'm sorry about that but I hope this answered your question.


What is the purpose of the weird gender swaps of certain Sabers they throw in in "Fate/Apocrypha"? In Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night, while Saber was referred to as 'king', she was always a woman.

However, watching Fate/Apocrypha, we bring in Saber of Red:

   Mordred, who keeps saying they are King Arthur's (who is still the woman from Zero and Stay Night) 'son'.

The above character even refers to King Arthur as father and calls themselves 'his' son...

I don't get it... why did they gender swap these characters to women, just to have them refer to themselves as men (father, son, etc...). What did they want the audience to do with this? Is there any purpose to this?

why did they gender swap these characters to women

originally the roles of Shirou and Arturia were the opposite genders as the original concept for Fate/Stay Night (now as Fate/Prototype) had Ayaka Sajyou as the Master of Arthur with Gilgamesh also vying for Ayaka's heart.
however it was Takashi Takeuchi, the artist of Fate/Stay Night who convinced Kinoko Nasu to change Arthur's Gender

Kinoko Nasu's original story of Fate, Saber and Shirou were opposite gender to now. Takashi Takeuchi convinced to Nasu to change the gender of Saber but the essential theme had not been changed, it's the story about legendary heroes and "a boy meets a girl."

Source: Saber (Fate/Stay Night) > Development > Creation and Conception
In regards to Mordred, originally when Mordred first appeared in one of the Type-Moon Character material books Kinoko Nasu originally hadn't decided what Mordred's gender would be until Fate/Apocrypha and originally was siding on keeping Mordred male, however after Takashi Takeuchi put the idea of adding Mordred into the lineup it was thought 2 feminine male characters would be too much

Mordred first made an appearance in Type-moon's Character material book, with Takashi Takeuchi responsible for the character design. At that time Kinoko Nasu hadn't decided on Mordred's gender until Fate/Apocrypha. It was Takeuchi's idea to put Mordred as a new addition to Fate/Apocrypha. As Saber of Red Mordred was originally going to be male like the legend, but it was thought that having two male characters look feminine, the other being Rider of Black, was too much.

Source: Saber of Red > Development > Creation and Conception

Nasu: "Mordred is a girl, definitely. A man with that sort of outward appearance is... well, I guess a certain kind of person would consider it a prize, anyway.1 (laughs)"
Higashide: Saber was originally going to be male like the legend, but it was thought that having two male characters look feminine, the other being Rider of Black, was too much.

Source: Saber of Red > References > Citation 4: TYPE-MOON Ace Vol. 8 - Fate/Apocrypha interview with Yuichiro Higashide & Nasu Kinoko, p.080
What's Mordred's gender?

As for why, in universe, Mordred refers to herself as Arturia's "Son" she could be well aware of her own legend. the Arthurian Legends in the Nasuverse is still closely related to ours and in Fate/Stay Night when Shirou discovers Arturia's identity as King Arthur he does talk about how the Legend of King Arthur wasn't clear on who the King was pointing out that some legends suggested that King Arthur was a group of people.
since we know that when a Servant is summoned they are given extra knowledge to adapt to the time period (ie. Arturia's abilities to ride a Motor Bike, not thinking that the Airplane she flew in on was magic) we could suspect that Mordred is made aware of her Legend.
There is also the fact she wanted to be King and the King is generally the Son of the previous King but aside from that still male. Merlin helped create the illusion Arturia was male by making into a futanari psudo-male so she could conceive a child with Guinevere so Mordred may keep saying "Son" to keep the idea and she can replace her "Father"
There is also the fact that she abhors any discussion of her gender and displayed clear killing intention even towards her own Master, saying with no uncertainty that the topic is never to be brought up before her. though haven't not seen Fate/Apocrypha or read it properly i do not know what the discussion entailed and what she abhors about it (is it people referring to her as a woman or man? or that she could be like Nero and doesn't consider Gender an issue)
Out of Universe, we can probably speculate that either

Takashi Takeuchi just has a thing for it which is why so many of the Saberfaces using Arturia's design are Gender Reverse from their historical basis (Nero, Okita) and is projecting that in the Nasuverse (do we really believe he didn't suggest Female Mordred for the Fate/Apocrypha lineup when putting the idea into Kinoko Nasu's head)

Simply people like cute girls. Taro Yoko, the creator of Nier: Automata said it himself when being asked why he designed 2B like he did. Medea Takashi loves how cute Arturia looks and obviously the fans love them too, more so when you consider that the manga's target demographic is Shōnen and Seinen which are both male audiences which we can probably attribute to having been the same for the original Eroge Visual Novel and character design often is influenced by target audience (ie. why most Vampires in female oriented works (Kaname Kuran in Vampire Knight, Angel and Spike in Buffy and Angel) are handsome men)

1: i believe he's talking about Takashi here give his noble phantasm


In Porco Rosso, why does he inspect every round? In Porco Rosso, Porco can be seen inspecting every round that he just purchased. He discards some and keeps others.

I would assume these are left over from WW1, and as a result they are a bit old and potentially no longer good. Perhaps he is checking to see if the bullet is pushed in, if there's any cracks or rust, perhaps they are just low quality.

He is likely checking ammunition for oil or grease. Oil or grease on the cartridges can produce excessive chamber pressure leading to personal injury or death and/or damage to parts of the gun.


Does the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series miss any of the Manga's plot? So i watched a review on Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 on Good Game SP. Hex and Bajo said it was the last in the series which probably finishes where the manga finishes.

I have been wondering if the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series contains all the manga plot and also if they include any of the fillers from the anime series (considering the anime hasn't caught up to the end of the Manga)

So there is a Naruto wiki which has a lot of info worth checking, but I'm not sure if what you want is in there. I have played the game completely and have read all the manga and I could not find any missing bits apart from that they would (this happens in every Naruto game) make the story a bit shorter and sometimes just a tiny bit, they would take some speech out. That's all I know but I could be wrong. I shouldn't though, I'm pretty sure I remembered it right.


What is meaning of "Brush Your Teeth. -- Unripe Fruit" in Hunter x Hunter? At the beginning of the Hunterpedia segments at the end of episodes of the 2011 Heaven's Arena arc, the opening image contains the English text:

  Brush Your Teeth.
  Unripe Fruit

The rest of the writing is in Japanese, I assume there is some sort of inside joke.  Can anyone provide a context for those two lines?

I may have the phrases figured out.  Initially I was extra confused as to why there would be such out-of-context English phrases printed in a Japanese anime.  Senshin cleared that up, and I realized everyone could read the text.

I've now watched some of the original 1999 Hunter x Hunter anime series.  In those, the psychotic villain (and sometimes ally) Hisoka occasionally refers to Gon as "unripe fruit".  (I do not believe he ever says that in the 2011 version.)  The context is, even though Hisoka feels sorely tempted, it is too early to destroy Gon (and perhaps Killua) now.  He is like unripe fruit, and it will be much more enjoyable to destroy the boy mentally and physically once Gon is older and gained significant skill.

Knowing that everyone can read "brush your teeth" helped me see the image afresh.  I thought Killua was just smiling, but now I see it is a huge, clenched-teeth smile.  Plus his right hand seems to be grasping an invisible tooth brush and motioning as if demonstrating proper tooth brushing technique.  The "Hunterpedia" environment is being presented as a classroom.

The one remaining puzzle is why Gon's left hand seems to be motioning as well.


In Reincarnated as a Slime, can Rimuru gain someone's abilities without killing them? Rimuru Tempest gains Shizu's, Ifrit's, and the Orc Lord's powers by swallowing and killing them. Can he gain their abilities without killing them? Could he swallow someone without killing them, analyze their abilities and spit them back out alive? Could he analyze their abilities by touch instead?
Thanks for your time!

Yes, he can gain abilities through various means.
When Rimuru swallows someone, based on the anime, their body is always destroyed but their spirit can survive. Even in the case on Veldora, when he's revived his body doesn't come out, only his spirit. Rimuru had to make him a new body.
If Rimuru wants to gain someone's full abilities, he'd have to destroy their body in the process of analyzing it and put their spirit in a new body has he did with Veldora.
Rimuru can attain a spirit's abilities without killing them as in the case of Ifrit. He also gained spatial movement through a spirit.
He can gain new abilities by swallowing the magic with gluttony. The adventurer's icicle lance is an example.
He analyzed anti-magic area in season two by touch alone to gain that ability.


Reanimation of Yondaime during Chunin exams I read everywhere that Orochimaru tried to reanimate the 4th Hokage during the Chunin exams, but he was unable to reanimate him because he was sealed inside Soul Reaper's belly. But if he can't reanimate him, what was the point of the coffin? To perform reanimation, he needs a host first. He must have reanimated him earlier on a host if it was possible. So what was the point of summoning that coffin?

According to the Naruto wikia's page on Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation (specific revision),

  To perform this technique, the user must first acquire some of the DNA of the person they intend to reincarnate. Kabuto remarks that this basically amounts to grave-robbing, although blood stains or organs salvaged after the target's death also work. The soul of the intended reincarnated must also reside in the pure world (浄土, jōdo); for example, those whose souls have been consumed by the Death God cannot be reincarnated. However, if it is a case where the souls are freed from inside the Shinigami, then a user of this technique is free to reincarnate them once again.

  Next, a living sacrifice is required for the soul of the reincarnated to use as a vessel.

Remember the Orochimaru did not know of the Shiki Fuujin, he didn't know about not being able to summon the fourth. The Shiki Fuujin was kept highly confidential and was only ever used twice throughout the series.

Now for a more practical explanation, the author likely didn't think that far ahead, and caused The Third to be able to "cancel" the third summon. The Shiki Fuujin explanation was later applied an implied by certain events taking place.


Is there something like the Academy Awards for anime? I was wondering if there is an organization that hands out awards to anime in different categories. Something like the Academy Awards for movies in the US.

Or if not, maybe just an organization that publishes evaluations of anime based on various criteria that can be used for comparison.

There are two I could find:

  Tokyo Anime Award:  The Tokyo Anime Award started from 2002, but was named in 2005. The
  first, second and third awards were only named simply
  'Competition'.1 The award ceremony was held at the Tokyo
  International Anime Fair (TAF) until 2013. In 2014, after the merger
  of Tokyo International Anime Fair with Anime Contents Expo and
  formation of AnimeJapan convention, Tokyo Anime Award started as a
  separate festival called Tokyo Anime Award Festival (TAAF).

As per @senshin's input: They do consider western animation as anime too for the Awards. Flutter was the winner of Open Entries/Competition Grand Prize in 2007 being the first non-asian entry*.

They also have a specific website on it: http://animefestival.jp/en

There is one more from America:

  American Anime Awards: The American Anime Awards were a series of awards designed to
  recognize excellence in the release of anime and manga in North
  America.

  The first and, as of 2015, only annual American Anime Awards balloting
  was supervised by Milton Griepp of industry website ICv2. The first
  gala awards presentation was hosted in New York City on February 24,
  2007 at New York Comic Con. The hosts of the evening were eight
  actresses from the anime production company ADV Films: Christine
  Auten, Shelley Calene-Black, Jessica Boone, Luci Christian, Alice
  Fulks, Hilary Haag, Taylor Hannah and Serena Varghese. A streaming
  version of the one hour awards ceremony can be seen on IGN.com. The
  awards were later broadcast on the Anime Network.


Wouldn't Aether make humans sterile too? Coppelion are sterile because their immunity to radiation does not extend to their reproductive cells.

Aether is a drug that grants the same immunity to humans.

Wouldn't Aether make humans sterile too?

That doesn't seem right.

Coppelion are sterile because their reproductive cells experience high doses of radiation, not because the rest of their cells are immune to radiation.

It's not Aether itself that causes the sterility - it's the radioactivity. But, in general, Aether is administered to treat short exposures to radiation (if you've suffered a long exposure, you're probably dead), which might not be long enough to cause sterility.

Of course, if a human were to spend a long time exposed to radiation after being treated with Aether, then yes, I imagine they would become sterile.


Manga with a girl having demons in her hands and hunts vampires There’s this manga where, in the beginning, a boy is in school and sees a hot girl. She lures him to some isolated garden outside or something and tries to eat him (take his blood and stuff). A girl in his class, who is always seen sleeping, comes and rescues him by blowing up the vampire girl’s brains and stabbing its heart. The girl has two seals in her hands, and she usually uses only her right hand that has this monster/demon that can kill vampires. The monster-arm girl has a mission to kill all of the pure blood vampires (7 powerful women). She has a little girl sidekick that was bitten by a vampire but was mutated to help some organization’s cause. The girl with the monsters on her hand is human but wants some sort of revenge (I think?) and uses the monsters’ power. They drag the boy along as bait for the 7 purebloods (kinda)

omg i remember all of this but i don’t know the name of it please help :)

Crimezone fits most of your description, including the fact that they use the main character as bait, and that there were 7 "pure bloods".
According to mangaupdates, it's still ongoing, and last update was almost a year ago.
Synopsis from mangaupdates:

The people of Earth live in a society where vampires aren’t just real but dangerous. Although humanity has been able to keep them under control and even take the night away as the vampire’s natural habitat, some of them have adapted. Hesperides, a relatively new breed of vampires, have adapted over hundreds of years in order to be able to go outside during dusk when the sunlight is at its weakest and feast on humans.
Aburaya Shiro, a high school kid, lives in a town where there has not been a vampire attack in years, but adults keep warning them of going outside at dusk. Shiro and his classmates take this warning lightly and head out at dusk only to find out one of their classmates who they thought they knew well turns out to be a Hesperides. With all his classmates violently murdered, the only way Shiro was able to survive was with the help of a different classmate, Ichijoji Eruka, who doesn’t seem to be human herself.


Is this Erza's new armor in the new chapter of the Fairy Tail manga? I just checked out the new chapter of the Fairy Tail manga. In page 10 of chapter 372, after Erza was freed from the dungeon by Natsu, when that demon bird woman came back to check up on her, Erza shows up in front of her, and equips this new armor that I never seen before in the anime.

Did Erza just unlock a brand new suit of magic armor on page 10 in fairy tail chapter 372?

Erza uses Requip:The Knight armor as mentioned here in the magic used section. This type of armor has various type. So this particular one used by erza might be another variant of it which was not mentioned.


Is Saika also based on some old folklore? In Ikebukuro there are two living urban legend, The "Black Rider" and The "Slasher".

The "Black Rider" Celty Sturluson is a dullahan. And The "Slasher" Saika (currently in the possession of Sonohara Anri) is an entity that manifests itself as a cursed Japanese sword.

Celty is based on Irish mythological figure, so is Saika also based on some old folklore?

In Japan folklore, there is no such thing as a cursed blade which turns people into slaves or zombies or whatever Saika turns people into.

Many of the most known cursed blades are Muramasa's, however they are rather famous for being able to cut through armor while regular blade were used on weak spots (not even close to saika's abilities) or to make their owner mad like they were controlling them (closer but not that much).

Sources :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muramasa
http://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/curse-samurai-muramasa-blades-002878

I recommand reading the second one which is really interesting.

Hope that helps.


How true is the Lavender Town Syndrome? In the Pokemon game, specifically in the older version Red and Green, there are some news (or rumors) that the tone used in the Lavender Town caused a syndrome (called Lavender Town Syndrome) where kids who played it and heard the tone get sick and worst, eventually committed suicide. Coincidentally (or maybe not), you can find the Pokemon Tower in the Lavender Town, where you can hunt ghost Pokemon.

How true is this and does it have any relevance to the anime Pokemon or was it ever mentioned in the anime itself?

No, Lavender Town Syndrome (LTS) is not real. It is an urban legend. Unfortunately, the internet loves itself a good urban legend, and determining truth from fiction (especially for an event from 1996) can be very difficult. This phenomenon was never mentioned on the anime itself, and did not really become well known until sometime around 2010.
What really happened?
The original Lavender Town theme music was a MIDI that was run on two channels (this is called a binaural effect), so that children wearing headphones would hear one thing out of one ear, and one out of the other. The two would theoretically combine in the brain to form a unique sound. The way the theme's multiple channels ran together, many children in the range 7-12 received migraine headaches.
However, there were not mass suicides over this. Wikipedia does not cite any unusual suicides in the 1990s (except an increase in adults due to economic recession).
The real consequences of the music are not well recorded. One source I found states that many children suffered seizures, and two were hospitalized. Another said there were four deaths from children falling or getting chest pain from the intensity of the headaches. But there is no evidence nor reports of a massive surge in child suicide as a result of this event, nor is there any substantial proof for these other reports.
In 1997, an episode of the Pokémon anime (YouTube) caused many seizures, which fueled the fire, but these two events are not to be confused.
In the American version, the MIDI was changed to single tone (I believe using crossfeed, or perhaps dithering), and the sound was tamed slightly.
The MIDI Frequency
A myth ((1)  (2) (3)) was started that there was an Easter Egg in the MIDI file such that the frequency track is in the shape of a ghost as well as Unowns spelling the words "Leave Now". However, the Unown was not seen until 1999. I also pulled the original Shion Town (Japanese name) theme song, which is only 6:22 long, and confirmed that there is no strange ghost anomaly in the frequency graph:

Summary
To summarize: Lavender Town Syndrome was not a real thing, and did not lead to mass suicides. It is true, however, that the binaural headphone effect of the original music (before it was changed for the EU and NA versions) could cause headaches and potentially other issues.


Is "Kiyosumi High School Mahjong Club" from Saki a real-life organization? According to MyAnimeList (see Producers section), AnimeNewsNetwork, CrunchyRoll, and a number of less reputable sites, an organization called "Kiyosumi High School Mahjong Club" took part in the production of the Saki anime. For anyone not familiar with Saki, it follows the Mahjong club from Kiyosumi high school as they compete to be the best in the nation. The websites listed all included "Kiyosumi High School Mahjong Club" under production, which is unusual for in-universe organizations.

First, can anyone confirm that this is legitimate and not just an elaborate trolling attempt (e.g. by screencapping the credits)? And if so, what does the organization do? Is it a real high school mahjong club which was used as inspiration for Saki, or were they involved in some aspect of the production process, or were they just thrown in as a sort of shout-out, or something else?

It's not too uncommon for anime production committees to be named after something in the show. In Saki's case, it is named after the high school where the show takes place. This does not mean that a real life group from the school (if it even is a real school or club at said school) has anything to do with the creation of the show.

Essentially, the production committee is the rightholder to the series rather than a person or group who had a hand in creating the series (Source: a JETRO pdf about the anime industry, specifically page 4). It can consist of all the companies involved in an anime - the animation studio, TV channel, merchandise creators - who want to see the show succeed because it will benefit them (Source: an ANN feature about the anime industry).

Rather than list all of these companies, it is easier to give them one name, and arguably more entertaining to the viewers if it references something in the series. When the production committee isn't named after something in the series, it is usually just called "Series Name Production Committee" - in your case, it would've been called "Saki Production Committee".

Here are examples from a few other shows:

Seitokai Yakuindomo: Ousai Academy Student Council Room(the show is about Ousai Academy's student council)

Steins;Gate: Future Gadget Lab(the show is about a some eccentrics and scientists who are part of a group called Future Gadget Lab)

Tamako Market: Usagiyama Shopping District(the show is about the people working and living in Usagiyama Shopping District)


One piece world travel How does one travel across different blues in one piece?

Consider this for example:

A person from north blue wishes to go

1: West blue- but that means he will have to cross calm belt and then grand line (new world) perpendicular to the current and then again calm belt. I understand that navy does it with its special seastone ships but how does normal people or traders do it?

2: east or south blue: if you travel through north blue, you will reach red line ( reverse mountain), which will launch you into grand line (Paradise). Again you are surrounded by calm belts, how do you get out?

Or

You travel the other side and reach Mary Geoise. But that point will again be surrounded by calm belt, being the passing point between 2 halves of grand line. So you cannot reach it, unless you are actually on the grand line(paradise side). Also, the grand line has a current to it, which means you cann not enter the paradise half ( east-south grand line) from.new world ( north-west grand line).

Thanks, hope I am clear with the question. :)

If you read how the reverse mountain works, you will find out that the top of the mountain has 4 paths towards the surrounding seas and 1 path that gets you to the Grand Line.

I made a aproximate map of the OP world here OP MAP some time ago and I had studied quite alot about how the world is connected in One Piece.

Good question anyway :D


Are Pokemon vegetarians? It is shown that Pokemon eat fruit, PokeBlocks or some random eatables. However, I have never seen a Pokemon being eaten by another Pokemon. Also, their trainers don't seem to eat meat. As there are only Pokemon in that world, eating fish would be equivalent to eating a Magikarp or other fish Pokemon.

Horray for Bulbapedia!
The most commonly referenced mention of Pokemon eating other Pokemon is the entry about Pidgeot.

"When they hunt, Pidgeot fly on the surface of the water at top speed to catch unsuspecting Fish element prey like Magikarp."

It is also referenced in Shipwreck, where Meowth attempted to eat James' Magikarp.
Farfetch'd also has an entry about how delicious it is.
The general consensus from my research seems to be that, while pokemon are likely eaten by other pokemon and occasionally humans, it is rarely if ever portrayed because Pokemon is aimed towards a child audience.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
It should also be noted that normal animals exist in pokemon. There are multiple references to them, although they are rare.

In both Raichu and Gastly's FireRed entries, Indian elephants are mentioned.
In several of Bellsprout's Pokédex entries, Bellsprout is said to prey on insects.
Victreebel is mentioned to use the Sweet Aroma of its honey to lure prey such as bugs, as well as large animals.
Horsea is said to prey on bugs in several of its Pokédex entries. Some entries also mention that Horsea uses coral as an anchor to avoid being washed away, as well as for shade to build its nest in.
Lickitung's Red, Blue, and LeafGreen Pokédex entries mention that it can extend its tongue like a chameleon.


Why Goku's Ultra Instinct wasn't awakened in his battle with Broly? In the tournament of power, Goku was pushed to his limits several times, and he awakened Ultra Instinct Omen, and Mastered Ultra Instinct. But in the battle with Broly (in which I would assume he was pushed to his limits too, since

   not even with Vegeta was he able to defeat Broly in Super Saiyan Blue

He couldn't awaken Ultra Instinct, not even Omen Ultra Instinct, and in the new manga arc we see he was "Ultra Instinct-less" for several years. Why wasn't Goku's Ultra Instinct awakened in his battle with Broly?

Ultra  Instinct Goku is the strongest iteration of Goku in the history of Dragon Ball. Goku with that power was capable of easily overwhelming a fighter who rivaled the power of a God of Destruction.Secondly, this skill is something which is so difficult to master that not even Beerus, who is one of the strongest God of Destruction across the Multiverse has been able to master and Beerus has lived for thousands of years.From the movie's perspective there are many reasons why Goku doesn't tap into UI, While Broly is undoubtedly strong, he definitely doesn't rival the might of Ultra Instinct Goku and having Goku use UI against Broly would be a bit ridiculous considering the fact that Ultra Instinct has been regarded as such a complex skill and having Broly go toe to toe with it wouldn't make sense.The movie obviously wanted to make Gogeta canon for the sake of pushing merchandise and to cater to fans and they decided to use the fusion route.Even from the Movie's perspective, Goku isn't pushed to the same extent he is against Jiren. While Broly does defeat SSJB Goku, Both, Vegeta and Goku instant transmission out of there and then spend time fusing and go back. When Goku had to fight Jiren, despite getting beaten up multiple times, he had to still get up and keep fighting and a lot more was at stake(Considering his entire universe was at stake), compared to the fight with Broly. So Goku wasn't technically pushed to the same extent as he was in the tournament. Having Goku achieve Ultra Instinct would result in them having to bring out characters stronger than Ultra Instinct which is something the series doesn't want to yet. During the T.O.P, it was more or less implied Goku surpassed the Gods with his mastered UI while he went toe to toe with Jiren. It was stated in the narrative of the DBS Broly movie that while Goku was almost as strong as a God, Vegeta is trying to catch up. Hence, they brought an enemy comparable to a God of Destruction. It seems very likely that the series might resume and if it does, it is very possible that we might see Goku possibly attaining this transformation eventually while going up against a very powerful enemy in the series.


How do summoning jutsus work? Let's have a back drop on the story, the Third Hokage shows Jiraya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru his summoning technique. This intrigues Jiraya and he too tries to perform the jutsu without making a blood seal with an animal. As a result he is teleported to Mount Myoboku, where the Toads live. He trains there for some time.

Here lies my first question, until later into his training Jiraya had not made a blood seal with the toads, so how did he get to mount Myoboku to undergo his trainings? The reverse kuchiyose should only work when there is a blood seal with the animal. Going to Mount Myoboku on foot is a long and tiresome journey, so this possibility too is cancelled out. So, in order to go to Mound Myoboku did he use the kuchiyose no jutsu every time?

My other question is what decides which animal a shinobi is to bond with? There is a wide range of creatures that one can choose from, but certainly there must be some sort of compatibility to be worried about. What made Jiraya decide a toad summon would be best for Naruto?

Has anything that can substantiate the above points been mentioned in the manga?

Nope, it isn't explained at all.

The background you described is 100% filler and was never described in the manga, so using the Summoning Jutsu without a blood pact doesn't necessarily teleport you randomly.

As for which animal is suitable for which. Jiraiya seemingly decided to give Naruto the frog contract because he had the contract himself, (not to mention that Naruto's father, Minato, also had a blood contract with frogs).

I don't think there's a requirement of any sort, but that's just guessing. The entire technique is cloaked in mystery.

See my answer on this other question: How to summon a different animal using Kuchiyose?


Does Deku/Midoriya ever use his power without breaking his bones? I’m only on season one, currently, but I really want to know if he does ever use his power without it breaking his bones.

Spoilers Ahead.

Yes, he was able to. In the later seasons, he kept check of his power and only uses less than a hundred percent to avoid injury. To be more precise,

  If Izuku does not keep One For All below his current limit of 20%, his body can be immensely damaged by the force of his movements. (Wiki)

During the Internship Arc, however,

  he was able to use 100% of his power but with the aid of Eri. As seen in Chapters 157 onwards, this was possible since Eri has the ability to rewind the state of the body of those she touches. Izuku's Quirk destroys his body while Eri rewinds it to a previous state or 'heals' it simultaneously and thus, making him maintain 100% power during this particular fight without breaking his bones or damaging his body.


Does Kyouya get his Cursed Sword Gram back? In episode 5, Kyouya becomes shocked and runs away after finding out that Kazuma has sold his sword to the shop. He also says that he will buy him the best sword in the shop in exchange. He should be able to buy his sword back from the shop if he could afford the best sword. But at the end of episode 10, there are 2 scenes of Kyouya doing the rough work like he was starting from zero. And most importantly, it doesn't seems like he got his sword back since he usually keeps the sword on his waist.

He does eventually get his sword back. Just under 12 minutes into the OVA for season two, Kyouya appears briefly with the sword on his waist.


How old is Naruto throughout the show's timeline? I am curious about Naruto's aging through the series from Naruto to the beginning of Naruto Shippuden. From what I've gathered Naruto's birthday is in October.

Under the assumption that he was 12 at the start of the series. I think it went something like the following :

Age 13 during the Chunin Exams
Age 14 when Sasuke left the leaf
Age 16 when came back from training with Jiraya

Can someone confirm if this is correct?

From the Naruto wiki (Part II as in Shippuden):

Age   Part I: 12-13
      Part II: 15-17

So by the end of the manga/anime, he's 17 before the larger timeskip.

Also, there was a good answer by Mike Ante on another related question.


Why doesn't anyone use the substitution jutsu later in Naruto? At the start of the series, every spammed substitution jutsu every five minutes, then why later in the series no one uses it anymore. Same goes for the function of the sharingan, it was shown as something that could easily see through other jutsus  and then it's no more used for that purpose.

The substitution jutsu is still used constantly, but as the series progressed and the strength of the characters increased it became more practical to use clones instead as clones serve the same purpose and more.

There are notable examples of the substitution jutsu at the end of the series.

Kakashi using it against Obito in their final fight
Killer Bee uses it with one of Hachi's tentacles against Sasuke in their first fight

The technique is indeed extremely useful, and must be easy to do and require low chakra as it is taught in the Academy. It is likely a staple, fundamental technique that is used more often than we see, and is used so frequently and has such a low impact on high level fights that we likely forget if and when it is used.


Can we infer how the Fifth Holy Grail War would have ended had Gilgamesh not intervened? In the Unlimited Blade Works scenario, Gilgamesh intervenes in the Fifth Holy Grail War, kills Berserker, and seizes Ilya. If he had not gotten involved, can we guess based on knowledge from other scenarios what might have happened?

Scenario 1: The Einzberns cheated....again! and thus win

the Einzbern family were at one point holders of the 3rd Magic, Heaven's Feel, which is what the Holy Grail War was original for, reclaiming this magic that at some point the Einzberns lost. Zouken had interest in Heaven's Feel himself because of how his soul was rotting and the Tohsaka only sought to use the Grail to reach the Root.

However the Einzberns have had a somewhat unfair advantage, the Greater Grail's "soul" if you will is that of Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern and the Einzberns have always had the components needed to finish the war.

the Lesser Grail which origianlly was a cup but after the 3rd war being the form of a Homunculus similar to Justeaze because if damaged would end the war as was the case in one of the wars and one needs the Lesser Grail to use the Greater Grail to have their wish granted
the Dress of Heaven which can control the Greater Grail

and in different versions of the third Holy Grail War the Einzberns use their knowledge of the System to create a new Servant to get the upper hand, either replacing Beserker with Avenger (which failed horribly) or summoning Ruler to be the absolute authority.

in this answer i explain what i believe the Einzbern's plan was in regards to Ilya. since she's the Lesser Grail if she was killed (being a Master) then no one gets their wish. it's like the Einzberns taking away the ball from the ballgame if things don't go the way they want, but instead of taking the ball away they make every other player destroy it. (it's for this reason Kotomine and Gilgamesh needed Ilya (or at least her heart) for their purposes)

Scenario 2: Angra Mainyu is born and no one wins

in the 3rd war the Einzbern Family summoned Angra Mainyu in the Avenger Class but was quite weak and was killed off early. his death contaminated the Greater Grail.

Kiritsugu concluded after his encounter with Angra Mainyu (talking to him via the radio, TV and appearing as Irisviel) that any wish would lead to destruction, even if Kotomine and Gilgemesh didn't have their own plans and a Master or Servant were able to get a hold of Ilya as the Lesser Grail for their own use and make their wish this would release the six billion curses of the world which Angra Mainyu now embodies.

  The materialization of Angra Mainyu brought forth by truly opening the Holy Grail is an ichor that will consume every human being, 6 billion curses flowing out from the gate to hell. Gilgamesh specifically mentions 5.6 billion curses for an unknown reason. It is a reaper that will strike down all humans equally, an endless darkness that is born from humans and massacres them.

Source: Avenger - Abilities - All the World's Evil

in the Fate and Unlimited Blade Works routes of Fate/Stay Night even before anyone makes a wish the mud from the grail is already spilling and corrosive. in Fate when Shirou fought Kotomine he has to take care to avoid being hit my the mud Kotomine shoots at him as at one point he is grazed by it and is almost succumbed to the curses.

in Unlimited Blade Works Saber stops Rin in wading into the Mud Pool to reach the deformed Shinji because of what it would do to her (if i recall it was Saber's abilities which gave her some protection but it was describing that it was eating away it her)

Sakura as the Lesser Grail

while Sakura is also a lesser Grail thanks to Zouken infusing fragments of the one from the 4th war into his Crest Worms that are inside her Sakura's connection to the Greater Grail is to that of Angra Mainyu itself.

before she realized she was The Shadow it was already consuming people and Servants and unleashing Saber-Alter and Blind-Berserker. while Zouken might have been able to control Sakura for years in the end The Shadow wasn't under his control. it would have only been a matter of time before it controlled Sakura as the ribbons that's seen on The Shadow make up Dark Sakura's dress which was then used to bind her after her's and Rin's fight near to the end of Heaven's Feel.


Which chapter corresponds to episode 381 of Naruto Shippuden? I want to start reading the Naruto manga, but I would rather start reading from the last episode that was aired (currently episode 381). Do you know which chapter that episode (episode 381) would be?

That would be around Chapter 646: God tree.


Is Pip Bernadotte dead in Hellsing? In the anime, I saw Pip Bernadotte died. But when Seras was fighting the captain she summoned him as familiar, thus my question.

He's just as dead at the one Alucard killed/consumed.
Physically dead, but he kinda lives on inside Seras' blood/soul.

If you'll remember, Alucard summons a lot of people he had killed and uses their powers in the last episode, it's the same here with pip. He'll be completely dead when Seras kills him from with her, like Alucard did with all his captured souls/familiar in the last bit.


Was CosPrayers deliberately bad? If you've seen CosPrayers, you probably remember it as one of the worst anime you've watched. The story made no sense, with many important story elements being cut out entirely. The characters had no personality, terrible acting, and their actions didn't make sense. There was pretty much no explanation for what was happening either. The camera angles were strange. The random fanservice also kills any attempt at a serious tone, but the show seems to be trying to take itself seriously. It's just all-around a bad show. Wikipedia even claims that the show spawned a minor meme "Worse than CosPrayers" to describe incredibly terrible shows.

If that were all, then we could just write off the show as one of anime's great failures, but the abomination continued with Smash Hit! (Hit wo Nerae!) and LOVE♥LOVE?. These series were aired in sequence immediately after CosPrayers and produced by the same people. In them, CosPrayers is a live-action television show, and both shows are about the production of CosPrayers. It is plagued with numerous problems, including poor management, lack of experience of the producers, unsuitable content, and even actresses seducing the screenwriter to try to get more screentime.

If a real show was plagued with so many problems, I imagine the result would be pretty bad. So it's almost understandable why CosPrayers was so bad, especially if it was intended to add to the story of the other two series. However, if that was their goal, I'd imagine that airing CosPrayers last, rather than first of the three, would be the better approach. It's also rather unbelievable that a studio would create a bad show deliberately, since I can't imagine they'd expect to make money off of it. Still, the show seems almost too bad to be true, and some forum posts online claim that it was deliberately made that way to match the other two series better.

Is there any evidence suggesting that CosPrayers was made to be a bad show, and the problems plaguing it were deliberate? Or is this just "fan" speculation?

Having checked Wikipedia, TVTropes, the official website (via Wayback Machine), and Anime News Network, there was no information on this. Even if the show was deliberately made to be bad, it's likely that the production company wouldn't reveal that fact, so we'd have no way of knowing. Hence, there's probably no definitive answer to this.

However, the sorts of problems in the show aren't the sorts which one would deliberately create if the show was deliberately made to be bad. The show primarily suffers from an incoherent plot, as well as bland characters. But it doesn't seem to be deliberately incoherent; rather, they had no room to fit any plot in the short time that was allotted. This is evidenced by the fact that there are flashbacks to scenes which never took place on camera. Probably there was initially some attempt at a plot, but crucial pieces were cut during production.

It's also notable that the show, while terrible, isn't anywhere near the worst anime ever. If the production team was deliberately trying to make a bad anime, they could have done even worse, e.g. by using worse artwork or adding more plot holes. There's nothing good about Cosprayers, but there's plenty that could still be worse. As Jon Lin noted in the comments, M.O.E. (the studio responsible for Cosprayers) has done plenty of mediocre anime, and Cosprayers could easily just be somewhere on the low tail end of the distribution without being deliberately made to be bad.

Finally, as I noted in the question, it doesn't make any sense why Cosprayers would be aired before Smash Hit! and LOVE♥LOVE? if they were making it deliberately bad. The better strategy from a production point-of-view would be to air it the last of the three.

It's worth noting that at least one guy on the internet agrees with me. This review of Cosprayers discusses whether the show is intentionally bad or not in the final paragraph:

  But back to that question of the parody retcon: According to Wikipedia, Smash Hit premiered only a week after CosPrayers ended, so it does seem possible that the producers had planned all along for CosPrayers to be crappy. But if that's the case, they're still complete blockheads. First of all, where's the sense in airing the intentionally sucky show-within-a-show before airing the making-of show that gives it context? Your audience will get bored and/or annoyed and go off to watch something else long before you have a chance to reveal the whole "it was supposed to be crap all along!" twist. And secondly, a crappy work does not automatically get any less crappy just because you made it crappy on purpose. If you sing a song horrendously off-key, it doesn't matter whether you did it because you're tone-deaf or because you're doing it intentionally to make some point — either way, it's still going to make my ears bleed. Being sucky on purpose isn't enough by itself — you have be entertainingly sucky, and preferably also include some satire on the sucky thing that you're imitating. Plus, I don't think CosPrayers is outlandish enough in its suckiness to qualify for the "haha sucky on purpose" crowd. Simply put, it's not bad enough. Despite that "worse than CosPrayers" meme, it's not the worst anime out there, nor is it even the worst I've seen. It's just kind of mediocre and incoherent. It fails even at being legendarily awful.

There are some sources which make the opposite claim, but neither side has any direct evidence. With that in mind, I'm of the opinion that while we can't know for certain, based on the above evidence it's very likely that the show was not intentionally bad.


What happen to Nana and Kakeru in The Knight in the Area after the anime ends? I have watched The Knight in the Area, but I'm curious as to what has happened since the end of the anime until the latest chapter in the manga.

My questions are as follows:

Do Nana and Kakeru ever get together?
Do they win a championship?
Is there a better understanding as to why Suguru can take over Kakeru?
Does Kakeru become the best scorer/forward in the nation?

After the Japanese Olympic team wins the test match against Frankfurt and with Yuusuke's support[1], Kakeru finally confesses to Nana. She then cries in happiness while saying that her feelings were never one-sided. The two finally kiss under the evening sky, where their friendship finally turned to romance even after graduating from Enoshima High. In the epilogue, Kakeru made it into the World Cup final. On the eve of the final, Kakeru was approached by Nana with a ring on her finger, revealing their engagement.

Source: http://areanokishi.wikia.com/wiki/Kakeru_Aizawa/Relationships


What is the chronological order for the Shakugan no Shana series? I recently got all the Shakugan no Shana DVDs from Right Stuf (Shakugan no Shana Season 1 - 3, Shakugan no Shana S OVA and Shakugan no Shana The Movie). I am wondering what is the chronological order for the entire series?

Shakugan no Shana I
Shakugan no Shana II
Shakugan no Shana S (OVA)
Shakugan no Shana III (Final)

The Movie is a summary/alternate version of the first season.


In Yaiba, why does Nezuko still have a "muzzle"? At this point in the anime (episode 17) we see Nezuko no longer act like the flesh hungry demon she was when she first transformed, this is for a couple of reasons that i can think of:

She found her senses and understands family is priority (as shown in ep 1)
In her 2+ year nap, her anatomy shifted (described by the doctor & mentor), to the point where the hunger is no longer killing her and she can act (somewhat) normally

But given these, why does she still need the mouth piece? Whats its purpose? Also if she did still have the hunger, and it was being used as a preventative, couldnt tanjiro ask the doctor to make her be able to survive on only blood?

Something doesnt add up.

Remember that the main thing that Tanjiro is trying to do is find a way to turn Nezuko back into a human. Also, at this point Nezuko is unique because she's the only known demon who has never tasted human blood - even Tamayo and Yushiro rely on allegedly humanely-sourced blood to survive - and it is strongly suggested that this makes it more likely that she can be turned back.

Additionally, Urokodaki used hypnosis on Nezuko when she was sleeping to make her see demons as the enemy and humans as friends. It's not clear whether this is a long-term solution, or if there's a chance that it could wear off at some point. If it does, and Nezuko winds up biting a human, then not only would she potentially be un-saveable, but he and Tanjiro would be bound to kill her as per his promise to the Demon Slayer Corps.

Therefore, Nezuko wears the muzzle to ensure that she never has a chance to taste human blood, either because the hypnosis wears off or just through random chance (for example, in the heat of battle she could wind up biting someone or just getting blood splashed in her mouth from someone's wound).


Why didn't Goku choose Android 18 for the tournament instead of Piccolo? In Dragon Ball Super Manga Chapter 6, Goku chose Piccolo for Beerus' team. But why didn't he choose Android 18? She was far more powerful than Piccolo in Dragon Ball Z. Is it because her power level decreased just like Gohan?

There are many reasons to the answer of this question:

The primary being that as of now, due to having kept up his training, Piccolo is far stronger than Android 18. Also he has more potential than the Androids. They were created by Dr. Gero with the power level they have, whereas Piccolo became this strong due to his training and fusion with Kami, and Nail.
Another reason is that since Goku is of the caring nature, and knowing the training procedure and the time spent, would not want to interfere with the upbringing of Marron.
It can also be said that since Piccolo is Akira's favorite character (read here), he wouldn't want to leave him behind, as a weakling, when his least favorite character, Vegeta (read here), gets such a power boost as SSB.
He doesn't have as much potential as Gohan, who was recommended by Vegeta to be selected into Beerus' team, but Goku said that he's a scholar now, so let him be. And Gotenks, being stronger than Piccolo, has a time limit.

So it's safe to say that Piccolo is the most appropriate person to be on Beerus' team.


What's this music in "World of Ice"? In "World of Ice" (ep. 9), there is music that starts off with something that sounds like a harpsichord, after Himari enters a hidden door in the library (around 6:11). Strings (mostly playing pizzicato, I think) and a clarinet come in later. Normally I'd assume that this might be something original created from the anime — for instance, I've heard stuff that could pass as classical music in the Monogatari Series.

However, I've noticed pieces that were clearly not original being used in this series, such as the beginning of Mozart's Piano Sonata K. 331 (when Himari is still in the normal section of the library), or the famous theme from Dvořák's 9th symphony (in "Because I love him"). Thus, it seems plausible that this is not original music.

What is the music playing here? I tried to look up the soundtrack or the episode on the fan-made wiki, but neither gave a full listing. Is this original music, and if not, where is this music from?

Update: If I'm not mistaken, the same track appears in the first half of ep. 21 ("The Door of Fate We Choose"). This would suggest to me that it's more likely to be original music, but I'm not even completely sure right now if it's the same music.

Update 2: I tried to search Musipedia, which largely is a classical music identification site, for the beginning of this section of the soundtrack and came up with no results that seemed correct. I also listened to this section of "World of Ice" a second time and it struck me as less "Baroque" and "classical" than I initially thought. Original music seems more likely, but I'm still having trouble obtaining the title of this music. (It's definitely nothing listed on this Tumblr.)

I finally managed to dig up the track that I wanted after I listened to a number of Penguindrum-related uploads on SoundCloud; it was listed as "Karei. Sora No Ana Bunshitsu". From some more searching, it appears that this can be found on the bonus CD of vol. 3 of the Blu-Ray. This all indicates that this was probably an original composition.

I'm unfortunately still having trouble figuring out what the original Japanese name of this track is; English websites so-far have only given romaji transcriptions of the title, and searches for "そらのあなぶんしつ" thus far have not yielded any particularly promising results. (It does not help that I don't really know Japanese.)


How does Mavis form her strategy for the Grand Magic Games if they didn't know what the game would be? In episode 178 of the Fairy Tail anime they start the final game of the Grand Magic Games. Master Mavis has come up with one strategy out of, according to her, millions of possible outcomes. It shows them coming up with it the night before. However, they say at the beginning of the Magic Games that no one will know what the game is before they announce it, so how did they have all of the night before to come up with a plan?

Your question requires two answers.
  First, everyone knew that the last day would be a battle royal between all members of all teams; I don't know exactly when it was first mentioned but before it happened we saw the contestants talking about how excited they were for it a few days in advance of the episode happening.
  To answer the second part of your question I am going to have to say that they used SAW logic with Master Mavis. To explain in more detail in case you aren't familiar with the SAW franchise, it revolves around a character named John Kramer who is a civil engineer who is very talented at predicting human nature and sets up conditions and anticipates how people will react, from his deductions he creates elaborate plans and traps and watches as people make all the moves he predicted.
  Master Mavis was dubbed the "Fairy Tactician" because she was able to predict human nature giving her a very good idea of how people would react to their circumstances and then she formed her plans based on how she believed everyone would react to the battle royal and for the most part it played off; we do see, however, that she was not able to predict the 3 way battle of Erza, Kagura, and Minerva as she has a mental breakdown that she failed to predict Minerva would interfere however for the most part she predicted where the opponents would head to and when they would head to where they were going.


Is Prelude to Paradise the same song as one of Hunter x Hunter (2011)'s soundtrack? I recently listened to the song Prelude to Paradise by Immediate Music and I'm pretty sure that the beginning (until at least 00:45) is nearly exactly the same track as one of HxH's songs (OST 1 or 2). It's probably one of the Zoldyck Family's themes.

Am I wrong? If not, what song is it?

Finally, if I'm right, is there any link between those two? I'm pretty sure they are extremely similar (well, at least the beginning), but Prelude to Paradise came out more than 4 years ago....

I could not find an exact match to this song searching through the OST's I will agree that it does seem familiar to the Zoldyck Family theme at about 20 seconds into the Zoldyck theme they sound very close but there is a difference. As far as for link there is no real way to tell other than to ask the composer of Prelude to Paradise. ref(HxH Zoldyck Theme)


In Attack on Titan, how did the river barge escape Shiganshina in episode 2? In episode 2 of the anime, the characters start off in the Shiganshina district.  When and how did they get inside wall Maria?  It shows them on a river barge with other refugees, but I do not think that explains it.  Is there a gate on the river for the barge to go through?  If so, is the gate ever shown, explained or attacked?

The refugees just sailed into wall Maria. There isn't much more to it than that. As far as I know the river gates were never explained, but they have been shown. In chapter 1 you can see the river flow through the walls and in chapter 73 you can see in more detail how the river flows freely in and out the walls through bars. I assume them to be able to open similarly to the regular gates. They have not been attacked and it has not been explained why. At this point it makes more sense to attack the regular gates than the bars, seeing we don't even known whether Titans can even swim.


Why does it seem like Syaoran likes Yukito? When Shaoran meets Yukito, he starts to feel embarrassed and blushed at his presence.

I always though he liked Sakura, but when these scenes happened I was kinda confused. Was Syaoran attracted to Yukito? If not, what caused him to feel this way?

It was because Syaoran was attracted by Yukito's magical power.

It was revealed that

  Syaoran was magically attracted to the magical energies of the moon, which were residing within Yukito, as Syaoran drew his magical power from the moon.

..that was why he often blushed and feel embarrassed at Yukito's presence. It was not because he was romantically attracted to him.


What does "Blitzendegen" mean? The term "Blitzendegen" is used by the Dorssian military frequently (see here for an example). It seems to be used as a salute, but it's also used in other context. The term seems to be from German, but its literal meaning in German is "lightning rapier" which doesn't make much sense.

What is the in-universe meaning of "blitzendegen", and when are Dorssian soldiers expected to use it?

No, it's just a modified military salute and the words themselves have no particular meaning or a translation that would make sense.

While a military salute can be used for acknowledgement when receiving orders, it is rather uncommon and makes the person doing so look retarded. Another use of a modified military salute may also be a battle cry. While there exist historic videos from Germany with masses chanting and doing the Nazi salute, flags hanging everywhere and despite fascist songs being sung in the Wehrmacht, usage of symbols and memes resembling those that the Nazis used (and not being very original) are anything but an accurate take on this topic and rather use of artistic license. Producers often use their artistic license in that kind to demonize the enemy and depict dictatorships or fanatics.

I can't blame them, it still works very well and I found one of my teachers refusing to believe me when I told her that the Schwabacher typeface was abolished in Germany by the Nazis (thus finally putting an end to the Antiqua-Fraktur dispute).

Similar uses of artistic license in Animes:

"Sieg Zeon" in the Universal Century setting of the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise from Sunrise
"Gloria Augusta" in Last Exile -Fam the Silver Wing-
[...]

So what happend here was that they took some well known phrase and replaced one half with something random to have something new and unique. The Dorssian flag is another example of that.


Do all celestial bodies have a gateway? After Father activated the nation wide transmutation circle, every soul in Amestris was absorbed into him and used to grasp the moon's gateway. He also opened the Earth's gateway and accessed all of Earth's alchemic power.

Does all of this suggest that all celestial bodies have a gateway, such as Mars or Saturn? And if so, how much power do you think you would obtain from said gateways?

Hmm, I think there's some assumptions in your question that needed to be fixed. First is that Father didn't opened the "Moon" gateway but opened the room for "God" that alchemy presents once there's eclipse, and that's also part of the question.
In ep61, after Father opened "God" gateway in the end of ep60, it's starts with Ed and Al reading in the alchemy book about Sun to be male and present the man specie, while the Moon does it for the female, and their combination (or eclipse) presents complete existence, non-male and non-female. Ed concludes it's not something just incredible but "God" (since God can't have male/female references).*

Backing to ep26, Ed explains the transmutation circle in Gluttony's tummy "Drop God to the ground and become perfect existence". al this coming together to the final events of FMA09 where Father fulfil that purpose, but to gain such power to pull out "God" he needed to open Earth gateway to achieve great power, only to pull out "god".

From here I will make some speculation, but based on above references they'r probably be true.
First of all, I fixed what you claimed to be "Moon gateway", we see that alchemy doesn't treat it that way, and more than that, though Father explained in ep60 that Earth has it's own gateway it seems that it used as you said because the power of alchemy. Once we will take the explanation of the alchemy source, it won't be far to say that even in other planets like Mars there's a gate, but the problem is the price - in order to open Earth gate Father needed to sacrifice the whole Amestris, who you gonna sacrifice opening Mars gate? it's empty of people.
Either than that, because Alcehmy FMA09 presented, it treated only the eclipse as "perfect existence" you wouldn't able to gain "God" powers from Mars like from the eclipse but only as much info the planet have, and unlike earth that contains people using alchemy, Mars gateway may not be strong as earth.
So though there's no evidence for other planets gateway it possible, FMA09 don't treating those beings because there's probably not much point in those, or the other way around - there's no gateway.
Once again, all this speculations based on the above, hope I answered much of your question.
*All the translation from the Anime is from non-english source, if there's some other version I will be glad to be enlighten.


What anime/manga is this girl wearing a red beret from? I wanna know who this character is for my friend.

The female character in the above picture is Tomomi Aizawa from Pia Carrot e Youkoso!! 3.

The visual novel does not currently have an anime adaptation. You can find the figurine here.


What is the dance in the third Nisemonogatari OP? What is the dance that Tsukihi does in the third opening of Nisemonogatari ("Platinum Disco")? It's the one where she does all of the hand movements.

It's based on bon odori, the dancing at O-bon festivals. O-bon is a holiday in Japan that takes place towards the end of summer. All the "summer festivals" in anime where people dress in yukata and go eat yakisoba and scoop goldfish and watch fireworks are O-bon festivals.

Here is a video that shows some people doing bon-odori. The video description offers some facts about the dancing:

  Bon Odori (盆踊り), meaning simply Bon dance is a style of dancing performed during Obon. Originally a Nenbutsu folk dance to welcome the spirits of the dead, the style of celebration varies in many aspects from region to region. Each region has a local dance, as well as different music. The music can be songs specifically pertinent to the spiritual message of Obon, or local min'yo folk songs. Consequently, the Bon dance will look and sound different from region to region. Hokkaidō is known for a folk-song known as "Soran Bushi." The song "Tokyo Ondo" takes its namesake from the capital of Japan. "Gujo Odori" in Gujō, Gifu prefecture is famous for all night dancing. "Goshu Ondo" is a folk song from Shiga prefecture. Residents of the Kansai area will recognize the famous "Kawachi ondo." Tokushima in Shikoku is very famous for its "Awa Odori," or "fool's dance," and in the far south, one can hear the "Ohara Bushi" of Kagoshima.

Of course, Tsukihi is well known as a yukata freak who joined the tea ceremony club just to have an excuse to wear a yukata at school, and bon odori is often done in yukata. (You can even kind of see how the movements of the dance, which mostly involve the hands and arms, are adapted to the leg-restricting nature of the garment.) So that's why her opening features her doing bon odori.


Why did Kagami have difficulty using Konata's keyboard? Why is it that when Kagami used Konata's keyboard, what she intended to type did not come out as what she wrote?

This occurred at the very beginning of episode 23.

Since nobody else has attempted an answer, I'll give this my best shot. Be forewarned that this answer will be fragmentary. Also, this explanation will probably be kind of difficult to follow if you don't already know a bit of Japanese. Suggestions/edits to make the explanation clearer are welcome.

To understand why this is funny, you need to know how input method editors work.

In order to type in Japanese, one typically uses an input method editor (IME), which is a program that basically converts Latin-script text like nihon into Japanese text, e.g. 日本 (gloss: "Japan"). Since the mapping from Latin letters to Japanese text is one-to-many, the IME doesn't always correctly guess what Japanese text you want, forcing you to go into a menu and select the correct Japanese text.

IMEs usually allow you to define your own Latin-to-Japanese conversions. For example, I've set my IME to convert toripurubaka to 驫麤. IMEs will also frequently adjust which Japanese text it automatically selects based on your previous usage patterns, so if you frequently correct e.g. saikai from 再会 to 最下位 (homographs when romanized), the IME will eventually start defaulting to give you 最下位 when you type saikai.

So.

First, Kagami types fuchou, expecting 不調 (fuchou = "unwell") but instead getting 婦長 (fuchou = "head nurse"). Then, maniaisou, expecting 間に合いそう (maniai-sou = "likely to make it in time") but getting マニア移送 (mania-isou = "transfer of being-a-fan(??)" - this isn't an actual phrase). I think these two are just supposed to be funny because of how silly they are.

After that, Kagami types josou, expecting 助走 (josou = "a run-up") but getting 女装 (josou = "crossdressing as a woman"). Perhaps this is supposed to reveal something about what Konata posts about on the internet.

Kagami then types fuinki, expecting 雰囲気 (fun'iki = "atmosphere [metaphorically]"). Note the discrepancy between the Latin input and the proper romanization - this results in the IME displaying ふいんき（←なぜか変換できない） ("fuinki (← unable to convert for some reason)"). This IME conversion failure is apparently a meme on 2ch, dating from circa 2003 (see also this answer on Japanese.SE about metathesis). The implication, I suppose, is that Konata has been posting this meme enough that she set up a custom conversion to let her type it faster.

Kagami types kuwasiku, expecting 詳しく (kuwashiku = "in detail"), but instead getting ｋｗｓｋ. As it would happen, ｋｗｓｋ (derived from kuwashiku "in detail") is basically the Japanese equivalent of "sauce pls".

Finally, she types ikitai, expecting いきたい (ikitai = "want to do ~ going forward"), but instead getting 逝きたい (ikitai = "want to perish"). Like the first two, I think this is just funny because of how silly it is.


What happened to Miss Dunya's skin when she died? What happened to Miss Dunya's skin when she died? (Shown in the animated .GIF below)

For reference, it occurred in Episode 2 of Magi - The Kingdom of Magic around 16:17.

She turned into metal coal after she died. This happened due to the side effect of turning into a black djinn.

The Magi wikia gives you more information on her.


How can Enel reach the moon? On the mini-series in Manga, Enel goes to the moon. It's a side story titled Enel's Great Space Operations. How can he reach the moon?

He goes to space where there is no air, how can he breathe?
It's a really long distance, the distance between earth and moon is 384,400 km (238,900 miles). And considering that One Piece takes place in the sixteenth century, the average speed of a ship at that time was less than 10 knot (18.52 kph/11.5 mph), it will take more than 2 years to reach the moon with a ship like that.
Can't he just use his power to reach the moon? (I don't know if lightning can go through space or not, maybe Kizaru can do it better?)

The problem I see is that you are using the logic of our history versus logic of One Piece.

In the 16th century, they did not have ships that could travel in the air nor in space for that matter.

According to the Wikia - Enel,

  His mini-series suggests he does not need to breathe and can survive outside of the atmosphere. However, his electricity-based powers have no effect on certain substances such as rubber, making Luffy a formidable enemy, as he is immune to Enel's powers.

You're using the logic of our history vs One Piece. The ship they used was the Ark Maxim which is a flying ship, stuff that we did not have in the 16th century. Also, Enel used his electricity powers to power the ship itself so it's possible to say that the ship could possibly reach very high speeds in space, there's nothing to slow down the ship. All they would need is a powerful thrust force to move in space, which can most likely be done using the chemical vats on the ship.

As the Wikia - Ark Maxim states,

  The Maxim is capable of flight, even in space. Enel's electrical energy is her main power supply, while two hundred Jet Dials are used as a backup power supply to keep the ark in the air for an hour if something were to happen to the Ark's mechanism. Enel used the gold from the Shandora ruins as a conductor for his electricity.

The Wikia states this about the vats

  Enel can use Maxim to create massive lightning storms via a combination of chemical vats that produce storms clouds and his own lightning abilities. One of these thunderbolts is enough to burn down an entire village, and Enel can create a giant thundercloud that can destroy an entire island.

I don't believe he can reach the moon just by his own power, wouldn't that imply that he could fly or teleport with his lightning powers. He does use his powers as previously stated only to fly the Ark Maxim to the moon though.


What is the purpose of the prayer in Fire Force? I'm not too far in the series but I can't see any use in the prayer yet.
First I thought the prayer either weakened the infernal or boosted the firefighter.
Then I thought the soul needed the prayer to be "freed".
For example, on D.Gray-Man:

 A soul can either be freed when killed by exorcist innocence or destroyed when killed using a different method.

Does it make a difference if they pray or not in Fire Force?

Great pressure is pressed on people if they feel they are killing people (or at least I think so). The Fire Force was set up to save people instead of killing, although they may be literally killing all the time.
In order to maintain a sense of justice and mercy, prayers are needed, not only to confort the family and relatives of the dead, but to ease the feeling of guilt of the firefighters.


Why wasn't a Uchiha asked to control the Nine Tails during its attack? Madara or Tobi had controlled the Nine Tails to attack Konoha during Naruto's birth. But there were other Uchihas in the village such as Itachi's father. So, the village could have made use of them to defend the Nine Tails by controlling it using their sharingan. Why didn't they do that?

Another question: Why were the three sannin not seen during the Nine Tails attack?

As for the Uchiha, the nine tails was already being controlled by Tobi at the time, so I doubt anyone would be able to control him on top of that.

Not to mention, the Uchiha weren't exactly trusted at the time, following the Second Hokage's rule.

As for the three sannin, it wasn't explained anywhere, but it isn't hard to imagine them being at a remote mission and out of the village.


Why did Haku sacrifice himself for Zabuza? Haku took the shot meant for Zabuza. Zabuza was the wicked one but he still covered for him. Why did he do it?

The story line goes into depth about it.

Haku, as a child, ended up killing his own father by accident (couldn't control his own powers under extreme emotional distress). He was all alone and Zabuza took him in - the understanding was always that Haku was a "tool" to be used by Zabuza.

This was his goal in life then - to be of use to Zabuza. For that aim, he went through any number of things distasteful to himself (such as assassinations), worked on his skills to become the most powerful ninja he could possibly be, to become the best tool for Zabuza to use.

When beaten by Naruto, he felt that he was now a useless tool and had no more reason to live. He asked Naruto to kill him - to finish him off, which Naruto was not capable of.

When Zabuza was about to get the death strike from Kakashi, Haku did the only thing he thought he, as a useless tool, could do for Zabuza and sacrificed his own life to save Zabuza.


Power of Silver Fang (Bang) I was watching the anime and I noticed in the episode where the meteorite was about to hit earth, Silver Fang or Bang still standing beside Genos. As far as the animated serial goes, just before Saitama is about to enter the scene, Bang's expression changes slightly as if he is about to do something.

Also, in some later episode, he hypothesizes what would have happened if he used the fist of flowing water on the meteorite? How much exactly is Bang's power and could he had destroyed the meteor?

Well if you're trying to compare Saitama and Bang's power it's pointless. In one of the specials when Saitama goes to his Dojo, Bang admits himself that Saitama is way more powerful. Plus we don't know the limitations of Saitama's power. On the other hand, he's very likely stronger than Genos based on the fact that he's rank 3 in the S class of Heros and his experience and technique. Also if you watch the last episode where the S class Heros fight the monster, Bang seemed to be slightly stronger and fair slightly better than the other Heros like Atomic Samurai.

I'd say Bang is very likely stronger than all the S class Hero's below his ranking. However, Tatsumaki appears to be stronger than him.