Why is Mew numbered 151? Mewtwo is the clone of Mew. This means that Mew existed before Mewtwo.

So why is Mew numbed 151 in the Pokedex and Mewtwo 150?

Let us be reminded that the Pokemon franchise started off from video game, and its initial release was Pokemon Red and Green in Japan in 1996. So Mew's very first appearance can only be in Japanese Pokemon Red and Green.
According to Bulbapedia, in the Trivia section of Mew:

Mew was a little-known secret when Pokémon Red and Green were first released in Japan. Even Nintendo was not initially aware that Shigeki Morimoto had programmed it into the game.

In an interview with Game Freak and Creatures, Inc. in Nintendo Power issue 134, Shigeki Morimoto revealed that he created Mew two weeks before game development was finished.

Quoting from the interview which is cited in the Bulbapedia page:

Morimoto: We put Mew in right at the very end. The cartridge was really full and there wasn’t room for much more on there. Then the debug features which weren't going to be included in the final version of the game were removed, creating a miniscule 300 bytes of free space. So we thought that we could slot Mew in there. What we did would be unthinkable nowadays!
Ishihara: This is in spite of being told after debug ended that you weren’t to tamper with even a single bit! (laughs wryly)
Iwata: What’s the point of going through all the trouble of the debug process if you’re going to go and fiddle with the game afterwards…? I’d venture that this all came from Morimoto-san’s mischievous nature.
Morimoto: Well, it was a prank that everyone right up to Tajiri-san was in on. But even though Mew was in there…
Iwata: …It wasn't actually supposed to appear in the game, right?
Morimoto: Right. Unless we could think about any good opportunity to do so, the existence of Mew wouldn’t have been revealed to the public. It was left in there in case it was suitable for some post-launch activity. But if there wasn’t anyone among ourselves who wanted to use it, I thought it would be fine to just leave it as it was.
Iwata: Mew could very well have ended up never appearing in the game.
Morimoto: Right. But then due to an unforeseen bug, Mew ended up appearing in some players’ games. It looked like we planned all of this, but that wasn’t the case. So although it caused all sorts of problems to many concerned, fortunately enough it ended up having a positive effect.
[...]
Iwata: That’s how the “Legendary Pokémon Offer”8 came about.
8 The “Legendary Pokémon Offer” was announced in the April 1996 edition of CoroCoro Comic. Twenty winners would be selected who could send their game cartridge in so that the Mew data would be uploaded onto it. There were approximately 78,000 entrants.

From the quotes above, it is evident that Mew was not supposed to appear in the first generation. It was only programmed in at the last minute, occupying the space of debug feature.
The interview hinted at the fact that Mew was added after the debug process had ended, so swapping the number of Mewtwo and Mew at that point would have been disastrous, since Mewtwo had an event in the Cerulean Cave, and its stats, move set, flavor text, ... record would have to be swapped with Mew's. Appending a record at the end was safer, especially when the record was not supposed to be used at all during the normal game play.


How/when did Van Hohenheim change his name? In Brotherhood (canon), Hohenheim was originally just known as "23" or "Slave No. 23" but yet after Xerxes his name became Van Hohenheim.

I'm wondering if there is an in-universe canon explanation of how/when Van Hohenheim changed his name from 23/Slave No. 23 and where he got the name from (I'm not talking about the origin of his name from the writers perspective)

I do not know if this was covered in Brotherhood, but in the manga the name Van Hohenheim was given to slave 23 by

   the homunculus Dwarf in the Flask (that later become known as Father) when they first met. Also, the naming didn't have any grand significance. The Dwarf in the Flask just didn't want to keep calling him by a number, so it gifted him a name as thanks for being part of his birth. (His blood was used to bring it to life.)

This happened in episode 40, or chapter 74 in the manga.

Fun fact, Hohenheim was first going to be called Theophrastus Bombastus Van Hohenheim, but the name was too long for him to remember, so a shorter version was chosen.

As I understand it (and as confirmed by the comments), Brotherhood did not change or omit this part compared to the manga.


Old drama anime about a dog and a kid I watched this anime when I was a kid. It was really old anime, probably 15 years ago. I remember very little about it but here it goes:

It's a drama anime. I remember it was very sad story.
I think this kid is a boy. He lives alone, probably orphan.
His guardian, maybe parent, father or uncle died protecting him (not really sure about this one)
This kid has a dog, and most likely a monkey, and probably has another pet but I can't remember about it.
I think later on this series, one of his pet died or got an accident, probably the dog.
As far as I remember, it was TV series, not movie. It aired long before Rorouni Kenshin in my local TV station.

That's all I can remember right now.

Nobody's Boy Remi fits quite well. It's a drama anime from 1977 and is indeed very sad.

At around the midway point in the series, his guardian dies along with several of his animals, leaving him to fend for himself. He is always accompanied by his loyal dog Capi and has a monkey named Joli-Cœur. Hulu Plus has the complete series if you're a subscriber.

The anime was remade in 1996 as Nobody's Girl Remi (switching the gender of the main character), but it isn't as highly regarded.


How is rabb.it allowed to stream anime? We know that there are a whole bunch of anime streaming websites that are in fact illegal because they don't own the licenses to the anime they stream.

However, in a number of anime chat rooms/servers, one feature they announce is streaming sessions through rabb.it, particularly (at the time of writing this) if you go to the animation page you see Case Closed, Pokemon X/Y, Assassination Classroom and Naruto.

Why is rabb.it allowed to stream anime? I don't think they have the licences to those series.

I'm going to preface this with a note that I've just looked a little into rabb.it's model, so my understanding will be imperfect. However, it looks like it's built around a particular interpretation of the laws that allows for a certain amount of wiggle room.

First off, it is definitely legal for you to get a few friends to come over to your house and join you in watching, for example, My Hero Academia on Crunchyroll. It is definitely not legal for you to book a local cinema and sell 100 tickets for people to watch you stream the same show on the big screen. Somewhere between the two is a legal grey area that would earn two teams of lawyers a decent amount of money to chart. So rabb.it offers what is essentially a virtual version of the former - you can get about 20 people into the room watching the show together and sharing the experience.

It also looks like they use a peer-to-peer client, which means that none of the streamed content ever goes to their server. This helps protect them from the kind of issues Youtube has, although it's not a perfect protection (before torrents, there were a few major P2P clients for sharing content that got shut down because they weren't considered to be doing enough to protect against sharing copyrighted files).

So the main things that allow rabb.it to do what it does (and this is based on interpretations of IP law, which mean that if taken to court with the right judge and lawyers this could change):

Limited room sizes
No hosting of content
Requires someone to actually have an account on the streaming site
Live stream (not providing a download)

That's not to say that someone couldn't get around those things, but in doing so they would probably be in violation of rabb.it's terms of service, although I'm not sure what they would do in that instance. It's also not obvious (to me) how they prevent people from using the service to get around geoblocking, which could cause them some problems at some point.


Discrepancy between episodes about pokemon which ingest pokeballs In Advance Generations episode 075, an old man was trying to catch a wild whiscash and he threw a masterball in which the whiscash ate. However, later on in episode 117, a wild munchlax swallowed May's pokeball and it caught the munchlax.

Is there an explanation for the apparent discrepancy?

There is no official answer (as far as I can tell), so I will offer up a possible explanation from my observations.

From watching clips of the events, I noticed that Munchlax actually doesn't swallow the Poké Ball. It enters its mouth and it continues chewing. This is evident because when Munchlax is captured, the Poké Ball is seen where its head is. Munchlax's chewing may have caused the Poké Ball to activate. Whiscash, on the other hand, really did swallow the Master Ball. Whiscash's digestive tract may have slowed down the Master Ball and prevented it from opening. Usually we see Poké Balls hit something before they open. It also may not have opened because there was not enough room in the digestive tract.


Who is being parodied by Onizuka? In episode 8 of Great Teacher Onizuka, who is this "Kenshiro" that Onizuka is parodying?

Onizuka is making a reference to Kenshiro from "Fist of the North Star".
In the English translation of the manga, this was added as a note.

Kenshiro's fiancée is called Yuria.


Need to find anime with a half-demon protagonist and his demon-killing gang The protagonist was a half demon man. He was wandering with his group (a black/dark blue haired man with glasses), and some other guy. They were killing demons.

As I remember, he used bullets that killed demons. I remember 2 episodes.

In one of the episodes, he and his group arrived at a village. The villagers were working at the fields, and they didn't greet the strangers. As they passed the villagers, they found a big Japanese house. There was a woman in it, who sang every night. Later it was revealed that she was a demon, who extracted people's "bad memories", and kept them in oval spheres. The spheres had a vision of the person whose memory was extracted. Whomever she did this to became her slave. She was like a siren with her voice.
In the other episode, there was a village in a forest. A famous restaurant/dumpling shop opened, but the owner, a young woman's cook was uneatable. It was revealed that she had the special ability to KILL DEMONS with her FOOD. She threw dumplings into the demons mouth to kill them, or just sprout her soup that will make the demons melt.

I don't remember the name of the anime, but it was old school.

It seems to be Saiyuki

  Saiyuki is the story of four anti-heroes: the monk Genjyo Sanzo (or just "Sanzo"), the monkey king Son Goku, the half-demon Sha Gojyo, and the man who turned into a demon Cho Hakkai (formerly known as Cho Gonou). They have been dispatched by the Sanbutsushin (the Three Aspects of Buddha, who relay the orders of heaven) to travel to India to stop the possible resurrection of the Ox-Demon-King, Gyumaoh. Along the way they are beset by inept assassins, bad weather, and their own tragic personal pasts. Meanwhile, the villains, two unlikely confidants, Gyokumen Koushou (Gyumaoh's concubine, a demon) and a mad scientist, Dr. Nii Jianyi (a human), continue their attempts to restore the long-dead king. These experiments, a forbidden mixture of science and magic, spawn the "Minus Wave", infecting all of the demons in Shangri-La with madness, shattering the fragile peace that once existed between humans and demons.

In particular the episodes you are referring to are from the series Saiyuki Reload

Episode 5:

  A peaceful demon, Suika, who cooks wonderful meals allows the Sanzo Party to stay at their village overnight. During the night, she sings and visits all of their dreams, extracting their painful memories from them and making them "happy." The next day, Sanzo and the others, except Goku, are all acting funny and lifeless. When confronted by Lirin on the road, Sanzo tosses the Maten Scripture at her when she demands it and goes back to Suika's village with Hakkai and Gojyo. Yaone tells Goku a story about a demon that extracts painful memories. Goku and the others head back to the village to try and free the others

Episode 8:

  The Sanzo party meet a woman who cooks so terribly, people actually use her food as weapons against demons! Goku tries her food and gets sick, though. Hakkai realizes, however, that she really wants to be a good cook for her boyfriend, even though her horirble-tasting food makes for a handy weapon. Hakkai gives her cooking lessons, but when he tries her food, he passes out! Her boyfriend is horrified to hear they're eating her food, and Hakkai tries to explain that she wants to cook well. Her boyfriend decides he'll try her food for himself, as horrible as it may be. As she makes a dish, a demon attacks. She throws the soup on the demon and he disentrigrates. Her boyfriend tries her food, though, and finds it delicious. Sanzo decides that her food kills demons, similar to the way the banishing gun bullets kill them. As thanks for helping her, she gives them all a plate of meat buns, but Hakkai, Gojyo, and Goku don't want to eat them. On their way out, though, they run into a bunch of demons...


Is it common for games to get a anime? A lot of anime are based off of the plot of a manga and/or light novels. Sometimes an anime is an original work that gets a manga story afterwards, but that isn't always the case.

I remember watching Amagami, where you could obviously notice that it was based on a game, and some are even named after the games such as Final Fantasy.

So how common is it for a anime to be based of a game? I have only seen it once or twice but is it really that uncommon? Or are they just animated in a way that you won't directly notice that it comes from a game unless you already know so?

Just like in this answer, let's take a look at /u/homu's data.

This basically answers your question right here: between 8% and 15% (avg. 10%) of anime in each year from 2000-2013 were based on a video game of some variety. Games are a minor but not insignificant source for anime.

Now, if you're asking "what percentage of video games get turned into an anime", the answer almost certainly rounds to 0%. There are a lot of video games out there (probably in the high hundreds per year, at least), but less than 200 anime per year, only a fraction of which are based on video games.

This data set only covers TV anime (thus excluding ONAs, OVAs, and films), but I see no reason to expect that an unusually large percentage of any of those media would be based on games.


Can Ryougi Shiki see "Death" in inanimate objects? In Tsukihime, Tohno Shiki is able to see "death" with his Mystic Eyes of Death Perception in not just living things but in objects as well. Aoko explains to him that all objects, both living and inanimate, inherently have "death" when they are created. In parts of Tsukihime it's shown that Tohno Shiki can cut these lines of "death" to destroy objects. For example, when he fights Roa at the school in the Arcuied Route/Anime he destroys an entire hall with just his knife.

Ryougi Shiki, after she woke up from her coma as obtained the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. However we only ever see her use it on living things or things that were once alive (like the Ghosts that were with Kirie Fujou or her Ghost Body, the Corpse the Wraiths possessed, or the Wraiths themselves when they were in Ryougi Shiki). The only time we ever see her "cut" anything which wasn't alive is when she fights Fujino Asagami and "cuts" the incoming use of her Mystic Eyes of Distortion or when she cuts Souren Araya's Rokudou Kyoukai. However these are more "conceptual things" rather than "inanimate things".

Tohno Shiki's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception were essentially broken because he couldn't turn them off and had to use Touko's Mystic Eye Killers, which Aoko had stolen. He also gets headaches when he isn't wearing the Mystic Eye Killers or when he tries to understand the Existence of Inanimate Objects (the dot where the lines of death meet), the latter causing even worse headaches. Ryougi Shiki's however seem to be normal. Touko ends up teaching her how to turn them off (they were always on when she woke up in The Hollow Shrine, turned off temporarily when she damaged her eyes but by Overlooking the Scenery she could turn them on and off at will) and would have told her about seeing death in other things explaining her ability to understand cutting Rokudou Kyoukai or Fujino's attack.

Can Ryougi Shiki see "death" in inanimate objects like Tohno Shiki can?

It depends on what you mean by "inanimate."

Generally, intangible objects like words cannot be "killed" because they do not exist. A phenomenon like a storm cannot be killed, but the particular event (rain/wind/clouds) can be dispersed.

In the Tsukihime Dokuhon Plus Period book, Nasu makes mention that:

  Ryougi's Shiki Mystic Eyes is superior to Tohno's. She (unlike Tohno) is able to perceive the death of just about anything, however she is limited to what she perceives as "alive."

So take something like a chair, which is seen as "alive," because it's not broken. Ryougi would see lines on a new chair, but not on a broken chair, because she believes that it is already "dead."

Note that this notion only applies to her perception of the "living" as opposed to if something "has life." Even though Kirie Fujou's ghosts were "dead," they could still be killed because they are "alive" in the sense that they could interact and interfere with the real world, as if they were alive.

As a side note, Araya's barrier is linked to his body, so when Ryougi cut it, it's like cutting a part of Araya (this is why he is in pain).


What's the job or purpose of the family of The BaskerVilles in Pandora Hearts? I have read the manga and I know that the Baskervilles are the supporters of Glen Baskerville,  but what is their real job? Is it to protect the abyss or to make the abyss come to the earth and destroy it so they can find the core of the abyss?

The Baskervilles hold chains and one of the doors to the Abyss. According to the Pandora Hearts wikia:

  It is implied that the Abyss surrounds the world, as if the chains holding the world together are destroyed, the world will fall into the Abyss.

Additionally:

  Chains can leave the Abyss by contracting with humans and Baskervilles

Lastly:

  [Levi] continued to explain that among the Baskervilles' many duties to maintain a harmony within the Abyss, was protecting the Chains to prevent their destruction.


What happens if you write in the death note, gets shot to death? Do the Death Note rules permit the user to state "death by gunfire" as a cause of death?

How to use VI: Point 1

  The conditions for death will not be realized unless it is physically possible for that human or it is reasonably assumed to be carried out by that human.

If the condition can not be met because it's not possible, just as Light's Experiments found and in How to use LV: Point 2, they would just die from a heart attack

death by gunfire is quite open to interpretation, with Kiichiro Osoreda Light could have had him "die by gunfire" which could have had him killed by Raye Penber after emptying his gun or get hit by a bullet bouncing around after he shoots through Ryuk

this is about as ambiguous as "death by suicide" used by Light to kill Naomi Misora so even if the cause is ambiguous if it's achievable it'll happen, in Naomi's case we see a artistic rendition of her going to a noose however Light had wrote down that her body is never found so i very much doubt she's hanged herself so the artistic rendition is just to show she's marching off to her death

As stated in How to Use I: Point 3 and How to Use III: Point 1 if you write a person's name you have 40 seconds to either write the cause of death or the time of death after their name is write, after that as stated in Point 6 of How to Use I you then have 6 minutes and 40 seconds to details of the death however just saying death by gunfire or dies from gunfire may not be enough unless it's possible or reasonably for the target to be in a situation with a gun present, within the allotted time, in which case we can assume is within 6 minutes and 40 second, it will have a higher success rate in war zones or areas of high gun crime as "gunfire" could be from stray bullets.

in the situation where you specify the time of death first you probably have more success depending on how long the person has left to live, if you write down they die at 6:00 PM and you wrote that at 5:58 PM then wrote "death by gunfire" then in that 2 minutes the person has to be in the situation to die like that.

For the best results, As we see with Light's Execution of the FBI, the greatest rate of success would come from detailing everything before writing the person's name, this way you have all the time you need to detail how anyone could possibly be in a situation where "Death by gunfire" is the result of their death


Do ANBU Black Ops use a teleportation justu? I am just a little curious about the ANBU, because of one scene while The 3rd Hokage was in charge of Konoha: when he was at his office, suddenly a member of ANBU appeared directly, without using the door or from the window.

Are they using a teleportation jutsu?

According to the wiki, skilled users of space–time ninjutsu (Teleportation ninjutsu) are:

Minato Namikaze, Obito Uchiha, Sasuke Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, Tobirama Senju, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and Shin Uchiha.

So after seeing these names, I don't think any ANBU member was using teleportation jutsu, but, it could be the Body Flicker technique, according to me.

If it is indeed the Body Flicker technique, then in conclusion, those ANBU members were simply moving at such untraceable speed, that for others, it seems like that they just teleported.

So in short, it was not teleportation jutsu, but it was their greater speed which makes it seem as if he teleported. Also, I have seen one more question which says how Naruto was able to use teleportation jutsu, but in reality it was not teleportation, but it was simply his greater speed.


Why does Kuriyama always say "How unpleasant!"? Kuriyama often says the phrase "How unpleasant!" (不愉快です！, Fuyukai Desu!)

Did they explain this in the light novel, or is this just a typical catch phrase to make her cute?

There isn't any deep meaning to Kuriyama's fuyukai desu / "How unpleasant!" in the light novel. It's just a thing she says frequently - a catchphrase.


Does the Vampire Knight manga have additional story that the anime doesn't? I've watched the Vampire Knight anime. I really like the story so far but find it frustrating that the anime doesn't finish off the story. I'm trying to figure out if it is worth reading the manga.

Does the manga contain more story than the anime? Does it finish the story off?

Based on Manga Updates' page of Vampire Knight:

Status in Country of Origin
19 Volumes (Complete) + 2 Bonus Chapters
10 Bunkoban Volumes (Complete)
Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1
Ends at Vol 10, Chap 46

If you wonder why there are two kinds of volume above, in Japan, usually "volume" as we know it called tankoubon, and bunkouban is a tankoubon with more pages, thus why bunkouban has less volume. Further reading in Wikipedia about those formats.
So, to answer your question:

Does the manga contain more story than the anime?

Should be, because the anime only caught up to vol. 10 and when all season of Vampire Knight anime ended, the manga was still ongoing. You can see it based on the year the anime and manga ended at Wikipedia's page of Vampire Knight.
Further, I didn't watch the anime and only read its manga till the end, but seeing Wikipedia's page of List of Vampire Knight episodes, seeing the story of the last episode of Vampire Knight: Guilty, I can tell you that's not how the manga ended.

I'm trying to figure out if it is worth reading the manga. Does it finish the story off?

Whether it's worth or not, it's up to each reader. But if you want to know the "official" ending (I said "official", because the manga is the original source), then it's recommended to read the manga, because the manga did finish it off.


Is Fuji-san really that easy to be climbed? In the second season, episode 6 it is said

  by Aoi, who is trying to persuade her mother to let her climb Fuji-san

that ‘Fuji-san is a mountain that even beginners can climb.’

That got me wondering. The mountain is over 3700 m high and to the best of my map-reading knowledge, the valleys surrounding it can’t be too far away from sea level. That means it’s a climb of — let’s be cautious — 3000–m. To a height that can likely cause altitude sickness to untrained persons (and let’s be honest: The girls are pretty untrained, considering which peaks they have climbed so far). All these factors scream out to me that Fuji-san will be anything but an easy climb.

Am I wrong and is the anime right and if so, why?

This is more about real-life mountain climbing than it is Yama no Susume, so it's only really marginally on-topic here. But it turns out that the series itself does a good job of addressing it, and is relatively realistic.

But to address your question, altitude is only one factor in climbing, and far from the most important. Mt. Fuji is an extremely popular tourist destination (one of the most climbed mountains in the world), and as such the trails are well-paved and developed, with many rest stops. The trail isn't particularly steep, and there's no difficult rock-climbing sections; it's basically a hike to the top. In more technical language, the routes to the summit are YDS class 2, which involve little to no technical skill. Endurance (the climb can take over 6 hours) and altitude sickness are really the only major hindrances in climbing Mt. Fuji (other than under-preparedness). Some climbers bring oxygen canisters to combat the altitude sickness, though experienced climbers usually only use these on much higher peaks (in excess of 8 km high). So yes, a beginner in decent shape could do it, though not all will make it to the top.

That isn't to say that it's a cake-walk though. Indeed, the anime shows that this is not a trivial climb. Aoi was somewhat exaggerating her preparedness for it, as we see later:

    During the climb, Aoi develops altitude sickness after reaching the 8th station on the path. Despite trying to go farther, her exhaustion worsens, and she eventually gives up. Kaede stays with her, while Hinata and Kokona make it to the summit before sunrise.

Both in real life and in the show, Mt. Fuji is the kind of mountain a beginner can climb without special techniques or equipment, but it isn't completely trivial and does require some endurance.


How strong is the Goblin Slayer? Does the extent of his power has been revealed?, and also how did he got his current rank by only getting goblin slaying quest?

Globin Slayer doesn't have any special powers unlike the Dwarves or Priestess. He only has his own strength, intelligence and his powerful individual skills. As you can see his ability at here, Goblin Slayer shown that he mastered a lot of skills such as:

Trained Combatant (Goblin Slayer is relatively skilled in most weapons that he can get his hands on, using them effectively enough to kill goblins.)
Master Swordsman ( Goblin Slayer is extremely skilled in wielding any bladed weaponry from short swords, daggers to knives.)
Master Marksman (Goblin Slayer is an incredibly proficient archer; he can accurately shoot down goblins from vast distances.)
Master Strategist (Goblin Slayer is an excellent strategist, specializing in ambush and guerrilla warfare. He comes up with extraordinary plans to trap large numbers of goblins, eliminating them with efficiency.)
Goblin Knowledge (Goblin Slayer has devoted himself towards all matters related to goblins, ranging from their habits to their mindsets.)
Lock Picking (Goblin Slayer possesses basic lock picking skills being able to unlock chests and to check for traps by using lock picking tools, though he mentions not to expect too much from his abilities as his class is not a thief.)
Physical Conditioning (Goblin Slayer has rigorously trained his body to utmost perfection, granting him top notch physical abilities.)
Strength (Goblin Slayer has a high level of physical strength.)
Speed (He could strike down multiple goblins at once with superior speed and reflexes.)
Endurance (He also possesses an incredible amount of endurance and pain tolerance, capable of fighting after having broken multiple bones.)
Senses (Goblin Slayer is extremely aware of his surroundings, having extensively trained to utilize all his senses including sight and hearing.)

He also know how to use a lot of equipment as well.
He has slay multiple non-goblin creature also. For example like: Orge. In case you haven't read the novel, he has also slain other creature as well:

 Dark Elf, Agent of Chaos, Rhea Scout, Evil Wizard.

Other than these, did you know that Goblin Slayer is a rank Silver in the guild?
Based on the ranking system, rank Silver is the highest achievement you can get in the guild.
For your question "How did he got his current rank by only getting goblin slaying quest?"
Slaying goblins is one of the lowest paid quests and a lot adventure doesn't like it because the paid but Goblin Slayer did not care. He only want to slay those goblin no matter the quest is getting paid or not just because the goblins in the story all are bad AND he doing this for 5 years. (Mostly by his own.) So you can imagine that he is very strong on the individual skill.
By getting his rank Silver, I think that the Guild Girl was the main factor that let Goblin Slayer get the rank. While mostly adventure doesn't care about Goblin Slayer, Guild Girl was the only one that keep helping Goblin Slayer. (I Shipping these two. :D)


What is the OST at episode 156 of Naruto Shippuden at 4 minute mark? What is the music in Naruto Shippuden episode 156, "Surpassing the Masters", at the 4 minute mark? I've also heard it at the end of episode 151. It has a bit of banjo and violin.

This is an unreleased track. I found a version of it on YouTube titled "Peaceful", but it's incomplete and has sound effects in it. There might be other versions online, but I didn't find any others in a cursory search.

(To make things more confusing, there are at least a couple of other unreleased tracks that have been given names like "Peaceful" and "Peace" and "Peaceful theme" too...)


What are the Lost Logia? In Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Season 1, Yuuno says that the Lost Logia are remnants of advance civilizations that have since been destroyed, but in Season 3 during Hayate and Fate's briefing on the relic they seem to imply that the Lost Logia come from a single civilization (Al Hazard maybe?)

So I am wondering, what exactly are the Lost Logia?

A Lost Logia is a piece of technology from an ancient world.

We have seen Lost Logia from Ancient Belka (Book of Darkness, Bible of Silver Cross) and Al Hazard (Jewel Seed, Relic, Saints Cradle).

Nanoha lives in Mid-Childa, and for them Ancient Belka is a lost world. For the inhabitants of Ancient Belka during the Belkan War, Al Hazard was a lost world to them as well. Due to the Belkan War you can see a lot of influences from Al Hazard as they tried to harness the immeasurable power of the Lost Logia of Al Hazard.

On the collapse of Ancient Belka, they tried to rebuild their empire using the Al Hazard Lost Logia, the Saint's Cradle. That was the Saint King Unification War with the lovable Olivie Sägebrecht. So that is a bit of history of the Lost Logia, a technology which has been lost.

Remember the 'magic' that Nanoha uses is technology as well, except that it is not mass-based (like a Nuclear Bomb), but magic-based (an energy coming from living beings, apparently) and was chosen technology for the Time Space Administration due to it being clean and relatively safe.


What is this camp screen in Dororo? Sometimes it's shown as an enclosure with an entrance.

Dororo episode 9 @ 10:22

Sometimes it's set up more like a maze.

Dororo episode 6 @ 12:15

It's never shown with any shade or shelter from the rain. It's always surrounded by banners. What is it called and what is it for?

Those would be Jinmaku(陣幕) tents, all though the screens themselves are also known as gunmaku(軍幕) which stands for military curtains.
In feudal Japan, these curtain enclosures where used to set up military encampments. Often housing the General and their strategists. The symbols on the Jinmaku would be clan symbols of the general being housed in the tent.
Beyond blocking wind, and the occasional prying eye, these tents where considered a sacred item by Samurai. It was said the Jinmaku had the power to drive evil way.
Prior to the Murmachi period there where no set guideliness on creating these tents, however during this period, and later on Arai Hakuseki the construction would become standardized. To the point that combatants could even identify what kind of personal the tents where housing based on the number of makukuji (幕串), or poles for hanging the jinmaku.


Can Ghouls be killed with bullets? In the last episode of the first season a lot of special forces with machine guns attacked the Aogiri Tree. My question is, given the regenerative abilities Ghouls have, can  they be killed with machine guns? If they can't be killed, what's the point of using them? And if they can be killed, what's the point of using Quinques if you can kill Ghouls with long range weapons?

Regular bullets can't pierce most Kagune, but there are special bullets used by CCG which are more effective. Q_Bullets, or Bullets coated with a thin layer of quinque steel, are enhanced bullets which do deal damage to Ghouls.

That being said, stronger ghouls are generally resistant to even those, as we see the top tier S and SS rated ghouls tank the bullets. Weaker ghouls are at risk of death as much as a bullet to a regular human is if they don't have good regenerative powers. You can see that best in chapter 60, which in the anime is 10-11 minutes into episode 11 of season 1, as the last few pages have Juuzo use Marudes bike to jump into a ghoul infested building, and he uses a machine gun to punch dozens of holes into a couple of ghouls heads, even showing them off in the manga.


What was changed when Tokyo Mew Mew was translated to English? I know that there was a lot of backlash when Tokyo Mew Mew was bought and released by 4Kids in America because it was changed dramatically. I haven't seen the English version of it, however. What was changed when it was brought to America?

I didn't watch it extensively, and I never had much contact with the original material, but here's what I remember.

The series name was changed to "Mew Mew Power". They did the usual character name changes; the main heroine Ichigo became "Zoey", Mint became "Corina", Lettuce became "Bridget", etc. You can see the full list here. The music was changed to American-style pop. As far as I know, there weren't extensive edits for content and the plot wasn't really changed, although some characters come off differently because of how the dialogue is written, or because of the way the American voice actors play them.


Garmillans only sometimes speak alien language From time to time, we see Garmillans speak but sometimes in their alien language and sometimes in Japanese. Is this just to add flavor (and we should assume it is always the Garmillas language which is spoken)? Or does this dual dub have some setting/plot significance?

I have not seen the anime but a foreigner (or in this case, alien) speaking in the native tongue of the audience or the intended audience is common not just in anime but also in movies. It's a trope called Translation Convention and it is for the 'audience's benefit.' As mentioned in the wiki:

  We are meant to assume that the characters are really speaking their own native tongue, and it is being translated purely for our benefit.


How was Boruto able to throw the Rasengan and use Gentle Fist? In the movie, it is stated that he threw the Rasengan and was able to make it vanish and reappear. Also while watching the movie, in one of his fights in the third match, he was in the form of the Hyuga's family Gentle Fist's way. At the point in the movie where he throws the Rasengan at the Hyuga's member, he had made it vanish to reappear and explode.

How is it possible at his age?

Boruto has the Hyuga blood within him therefore he has been trained in the art of the gentle fist by his mother and grand father. Being a prodigy he has already learned it.

Boruto's Rasengan is not like Naruto's Rasengan. Boruto accidentally added added a change of Nature transformation along with the change of shape transformation needed for a pure Rasengan. This makes his Rasengan more like Naruto's Rasenshuriken. But unlike Naruto's Rasenshuriken which adds the wind element to the Rasengan to transform it into a shuriken and attack the target, he subconsciously adds Lightning Release to it resulting in the technique disappearing from sight.


Why does Ojiro get angry from hearing the word "bakeratta"? When Misao is trying to find Ojiro, she tries to figure out who he is by being the only person who reacts to the word "bakeratta".

He gets very annoyed and because of this she's able to find him.

Why is Ojiro so offended by this word?

I looked it up a bit and found that it's a reference to Obake no Q-Taro, but it still doesn't explain his anger.

It appears one of the main characters of Obake no Q-taro is also called Ojiro.

I thought Q-taro was the one who said "Bakeratta", so I was looking mostly at his character - but it is actually his little brother, Ojiro, who is the link.

He can understand everyone speak, but can only say "Bakeratta", Q-taro is the only one who understands what this means.

So I guess his Ojiro and his brother (in Megane X Parfait) watched it before, and made a joke out of it because they share the name.


What happened to the Resurrection Item? In the Sword Art Online anime, after getting the Resurrection Item Kirito gives it to Klein, as Kirito wanted it to bring Sachi back to life, but for it to work it had to be administered within 10 seconds.

Do they ever explain what happened to the item after that; the anime doesn't show if Klein ever used it or not?

This item was not mentioned after it's introduction.

During that introduction Klein was given it with the instruction to use it on the next teammate who dies in front of him.

During the final battle he has every motivation and opportunity to use it as the wife of the man who gave it to him has died right in front of him! He does not use it here. It is unreasonable to think he would not use it under that circumstance.

An object like that would not be disposed of carelessly.

This yields two possible answers: he followed the instructions given to him (Very possible) or he gave/sold it to someone else and they used it, sold it again, or retained it until it did not matter anymore.

In either case, this is neither a plot hole nor a deep mystery as it was a relatively minor plot element, we were told exactly how he should use this consummable, and, if he did so properly, it would not have been a large enough plot point to warrent it being shown.  I doubt it would retain its value by the later stories so it doesn't even matter if it wasn't used by a purchaser by the end of SAO.


Oblivious life-threateningly terrible cooks? There are quite a few anime, manga, and JRPGs that have a character who, at one point, offers to (or in some cases has to) cook for the other characters and is often convinced they are at least decent. They end up poisoning the others by mistake. It's often played for laughs that this person is shockingly bad, but (often) completely unaware. Usually, this person is a woman or girl. It's mildly amusing,(citation needed) but it happens in so many stories, it seems any show going long enough needs to have this joke in it.

TV Tropes page with examples here.

What is it about this joke that it is so often repeated in manga and anime (and games, I guess)? Is there some cultural thing I'm missing making it funnier? (As a sub-question, why is it nearly always women?)

Usually the food is a gift from a girl to a boy - for example, sharing bentos at school or making the boy chocolate for valentines day. These are pretty common occurances in both games and anime - usually in the lead up to a confession of love. When guys give gifts to girls in anime it's more often jewellery or something to remember them by.

Gift-Giving going wrong is another trope and the humour in it is that the character getting the present feels obliged to pretend that they really like the gift. For example, getting a present that you already own. This trope has been going in different media for ages, and stems from real-life experiences. I know I've gotten presents I haven't been overly thrilled by but had to express my gratitude to be polite.

So, when gift-giving going wrong is applied to food - the character has to try and eat a disgusting meal while saying it's delicious - or at least, not say it's awful. The humour comes from the conflicted emotions and the effort the character has to put in to make sure it doesn't come across on his face that it's disgusting.

I think the fact that gifting food occurs so often in anime, means that this alternative gifting has become a spinoff as it were - and has become a trope in its own right.

I'm not sure if this answers your question or not - add a comment if it doesn't :)


What is the timeline of the Hayate anime? The Hayate no Gotoku (Hayate the Combat Butler) anime has 3 television seasons (a fourth one was announced for later this year), a movie, and an OVA. However, the different seasons don't match up very well and there is a lot of filler content. For instance, the ending of the first season seems to take place after all of the events of the second season.

Can someone shed some light on what is canon and what are filler, and what order they occur in the manga?

Season 1: having 52 episodes, follows the manga from volume 1 (chapter 1) to volume 4 (chapter 51).
Season 2: having 26 episodes (the OVA being episode 00), follows the manga from volume 5 (chapter 52) to volume 14 (chapters 147-148).
Season 3: having 12 episodes, features a new story written in part by the original creator and is mostly based on his original ideas that never made it to the manga.
The movie: I really could not understand whether it was an adaptation or new material/filler content.

If you compare the length of the first and second series with the number of chapters each covers, you can see that the second one follows the manga much closer than the first one, the latter mixing up the storyline from the manga with new content. Plus, from what I gathered from here, episodes 18, 19, 26, 27, 28, 29 (the end), 30, 31, 32 (first part), 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 45, 46, 48, 50 and 51 of Season 1 are fillers, and only the last episode of Season 2 is a filler.
The third season is not based in any manga.
And the movie, I really do not know.

As for the timeline, from what I gather, it goes something like this:
Season 2 (of which the OVA is episode 00) retcons the events from Season 1, being set a month (or three, according to this source) after Hayate's become Nagi's butler (not a year, like the first season states. Thus, it follows more closely the manga). The film's events take place towards the end of the summer holidays, 2 weeks after Comiket. Season 3's events take place one month after the movie's (which is nine months after the beginning of the Season 1 and 6 months after Season 2).

This would mean that Season 1 and 2 intertwine (because of the original/filler content present in Season 1), the movie takes place 5 months after Season 2, and Season 3 takes place one month after the movie (and the OVA is part of season 2, being its episode 00).


What is Patti's nickname? It seems like all Dream Demons have a nickname in quotation:

"Chaser" John Doe
"Garden" Engi Threepiece
"Pharos" Hercules

(Not sure about Merry's or Mystletainn's though I suspect Merry's last-name, Nightmare, could be in quotation)

Earlier in the series Engi talks about her sister Patti who was drawn to the human world by "Pharos" Hercules lighthouse and suspected to have been killed by Mystletainn. However, I am wondering what Patti's nickname is? Since they're sisters is it the same or related to Engi's?

According to various sources, she shares the same sobriquet as her sister, 双月花（ガーデン）"Garden." The name reflects the duality of the two sisters.


How did the Earth Dragon Balls revive everyone killed by Frieza? The Earth Dragon Balls were only capable of reviving one person at a time and that too, only once. Then how did they revive Vegeta and all the Namekians on planet Namek when the dragon was asked to revive everyone killed by Frieza?

Um... they weren't limited to only 1 person at a time.

It was the Namekian Dragon Balls that were limited to 1 at a time.  The Earth Dragon Balls had no such restriction. In fact, they were used before to revive multiple people that Piccolo killed at the end of the Piccolo saga

Further reading : Dragon Ball


Are there any academic journals that focus on anime/manga? Are there any places that regularly publish anime or manga related academic papers?

I'd be interested in reading them and possibly submitting one myself.

Mechademia is an annual publication published by Minnesota Press.  It also covers fan practices and other surrounding activities and media of anime/manga

There is currently a call for papers for a conference on Asian Pop Culture, but none for the next edition. The last volume was published in 2014 and they are still active.

Larger conventions occasionally have calls for papers and a good source of finding them is on the Fan Studies Network site. They hold their own conference with cfps annually also. Arguably the largest of these is at Anime Expo

Other resources for finding articles on anime & manga can be found here:

The "Let's Manga" Project , (also here)
Academia.edu
Anime & Manga Studies group


Romance one-shot about an emotionless girl This is a romance/shoujo one-shot manga.
There is a girl is considered a beauty but she is also emotionless, because of her lack of emotions she doesn't have any friends. Some girls call her a robot I think. One day a guy from the soccer team , who is also called a 'prince' by other girls, confesses to her but all she does is bow her head and leaves. The soccer guy doesn't give up and becomes friends with her.
I remember one part where she is outside on the stairwell taking pictures of the sky and he asks to join her in taking pictures of the sky. This leads to them hanging out and taking lots of pictures together.

Eventually the girl thinks she's being played after some of the guys friends make a comment about how the prince can get anyone's heart except for hers.
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The manga is Ningyo Hime to Ouji-sama, by KYOUMACHI Hisa.

Synopsis from Baka Updates:

  School life becomes too much for Sonohara Kokone when Sei-kun, who is as popular as a real prince at school, suddenly asks her out. They barely know each other due to her doll-like but expressionless features. So, why is he minding her so much!?

this manga is correct because I read it ages ago and remember it. :|


How large is the blast generated by the explosion of the Colossus Titan transformation? When the Colossus Titan shifter transforms, it generates a large explosion which can be used to kill their enemies. How large is this explosion supposed to be? Is there any info about this?

It actually varies, since bertholt had quite precise control over it.

When he transformed into the Collosal titan (partial transformation though), over the wall at Trost, his transformation only caused a wind blast who knocked some trainees over the Wall.

Then at the return at Shiganshina, he transformed mid air, with the explosion being comparable to a nuclear weapon, also releasing smoke cloud high up in the air. (But as it seems, he still could have done an EVEN MORE EXPLOSIVE, but he could fight well, and had enough mass thereafter too)

From Fandom
During the retake of Shiganshina, Bertolt releases a similar amount of energy to a small nuclear device, creating a mushroom cloud of dust and rubble, and also ravaging part of the district and killing a great number of Survey Corps members.

In control of Armin, the explosion during the transformation at the PORT was enough to blast off the naval port at Marley.

So far till now, the explosion is comparable to a small nuclear bomb, though if intended only a single transformation, more explosive transformation may take place, this is upto speculation.
NOW, A MAJOR SPOILER FROM MANGA

 To this, armin also agrees that this may be the only way to defeat eren's founding titan, if they can't come to terms with talking, and considering they also talked about different place eren maybe using the war hammer, armin should have had good estimate, how much area he can blow, which for blowing up most/all of eren's titan will be a COLLOSAL EXPLOSION.


Why didn't Orochimaru use the Edo-tensei in the Konoha Arc? Didn't orochimaru know the edo-tensei jutsu? Why did he use the hidden sound and sand. Couldn't he have just summoned the third raikage and wrecked everyone?

Orochimaru was not perfect at using edo-tensei .He was only able to call third kazekage that too failed.So I think he preferred not using edo-tensei.

Even kabuto took a lot of time after Orochimaru's death to perfect in using it.


How is Maria†Holic shoujo-ai/yuri? On Right Stuff and Anime News Network it indicates that Maria†Holic is shoujo-ai/yuri but Wikipedia doesn't say this. (For reference, Citrus on the same sites is listed as shoujo-ai/yuri.)

Also, Wikipedia, Right Stuff and Anime News Network have almost the same description which is

  Maria Holic revolves around a high school girl named Kanako Miyamae, who is scared of boys and breaks out in hives if a boy touches her. During her second year of high school, she enrolls in an all-girls school hoping to find a female romantic partner. However, her ideal candidate, Mariya Shidō, turns out to be a sadistic cross-dressing boy.

Now sure, the premise might be interesting, a story about a girl getting over her fear of men through dating a cross-dressing guy (going by only what's been quoted) but if there is one thing I really, really, really really really hate it's being lied to about shoujo-ai/yuri, so how is Maria†Holic shoujo-ai/yuri? Are there actually lesbian relationships in it?

NOTE: I ask fully expecting spoilers.

I've read the manga up through Volume 5, and I would describe it as a yuri comedy. None of the girl-girl relationships are developed in real depth, but Kanako is definitely a lesbian and is only attracted to Mariya insofar as he appears to be a girl. The two of them are not dating and Kanako has no interest in getting over her fear of men; in fact, Mariya's torture probably deepens her fear of men.

Kanako actually spends most of her time in the series chasing/lusting after various cute girls who are bona-fide females, such as her tomboy sempai Ryuken, the rotini-haired student council president, and Mariya's identical twin sister Shizu, who is a girl in disguise as a boy at an all-boys school (and hates men due to her experiences there). The comedy gets steadily weirder and takes over more and more as the series goes on, but Kanako being a lesbian is pretty much her defining trait and she never shows any sign of being attracted to men or of wanting to be.

If you're looking for a deep, romantic story, it's definitely not this, but there is real girl-girl attraction in Mariya-holic, so in that sense it can be called yuri.


How is it possible for Trunks to fight with Goku Black, and hold his own better then either Goku or Vegeta? When Trunks arrived from the future, he was easily defeated by Goku and Vegeta. His strongest form is SSJ2 (or Possibly USSJ in the anime). This form at best is on par with SSJ3 Goku.

When Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks go back to the future, Goku Black knocks out Vegeta, who is in SSJ Blue form, easily. Then, Goku is also handily defeated.

Despite this massive power difference, Trunks steps in and fares far better than either Vegeta or Goku. How is this possible?

Dragon Ball is known for inconsistencies and plotholes so it might simply have to do with something of that. But aside of that, some reasonable arguments I've seen online are these 2, each time a saiyan is knocked down it gets a senkai boost when it recovers (increase in his power) . He was knocked down two times, by Goku and Vegeta. In the manga, when he is fighting against Goku, he is said by Vegeta to be almost as strong as a Super Saiyan 3 . It is possible for a Super Saiyan 2 to be as strong or stronger than a Super Saiyan 3, Beerus says Vegeta (in Super Saiyan 2) made him use more of his power than Goku (in Super Saiyan 3) when fighting against him. After fighting a Super Saiyan 3 (Goku) and being knocked down, he recovers as a saiyan to catch up his power, and later he is knocked down by a Super Saiyan Blue (Vegeta), and he recovers as a saiyan to catch up his power. So the argument says that when he might not be as strong as a Super Saiyan Blue, he might not be as far of it as for being unable to step in fresh by surprise in a fight, and score some succesful punches


Why is blood needed to sign a summoning contract and to use the summoning jutsu? In Naruto, I have seen that to create summoning contract and to use summoning jutsu, the user uses their own blood.

Why is this required? What is the significance of using blood here?

You can read in the Wikia that

The Summoning Technique is a space–time ninjutsu that allows the summoner to transport animals or people across long distances instantly and uses blood as a sacrifice.

In more detail:

The contract comes in the form of a scroll, on which the contractor uses their own blood to sign their name and place their fingerprints and once signed it is valid even after the contractors death as long as the contract itself remains intact. After this, they need only offer an additional donation of blood on the hand they signed the contract with, mould their chakra with hand seals and then plant the hand they signed the contract with at the location they wish to summon the creature.

It should be noted that anyone can summon a contracted animal as long as they have the blood of someone who has made a contract, the seal of the summoned creature and a source of sufficient chakra that the summon will accept.

So basically, the blood serves as a means of identifying the summoner for the summoned and also acts as a price (sacrifice) for calling them.


Why did Lelouch erase Shirley's memories of him? We all know that Lelouch erased Shirley's memories of him, during the Mao case. But why? Couldn't he just have erased her memories of him being Zero, instead of erasing all memories about him?

The affair with Shirley comes to a head in episode 14, when Shirley tries to shoot Lelouch after being manipulated by Mao.

Shirley fails but is still wracked by guilt, having shot Villetta Nu earlier and presumed her to be dead. In the ensuing exchange, Lelouch tries to comfort her by telling her that her actions are his responsibility. However, regardless of how seriously Shirley takes this assertion, she is still troubled by her knowledge that Lelouch was responsible for her father's death (which occurs in episode 12) and by the fact that she has a crush on Lelouch.

Lelouch then attempts to comfort her by saying, despite Shirley's protests:

  Don't worry. It's time to forget all the bad things that have happened to you. [. . .] I'll help you forget all of this.

Thus, the most reasonable interpretation of Lelouch's erasure of Shirley's memory shouldn't be that it is a safety measure to ensure that no one knows that he is Zero. Rather, he is also trying to reduce Shirley's suffering, by making her forget him altogether.

That Lelouch cares for Shirley on some level, and thus, isn't just making up what he says to her, seems to be illustrated by both his reaction to the events of episode 12 and in the second season:

   By his failed attempts to save the dying Shirley.


Was it ever stated canonically that Itachi was already dying when he fought Sasuke? Has it ever been confirmed in any official source whether Itachi was dying from some sort of terminal illness when he decided to fight his brother?

I seem to remember White Zetsu commenting during the fight that Itachi was unable to dodge certain attacks which he should have been able to dodge.

Has there been a confirmation of this?

Tobi mentioned that Itachi was sick with a disease, and was taking medicine for it to extend his life. This happened right after the battle for Sasuke when he woke up. Tobi told him the truth about Itachi at that time, and the disease and illness was a part of it.

The Wiki notes it on the last line of his Background section, and references Chapter 401:

  At some point, Itachi contracted a terminal illness. He kept himself alive through the years with medicine and sheer willpower so that he could live long enough to die by Sasuke's hand.

And it also notes that Itachi's death was actually due to the illness, that the fight between them weakened him enough that he couldn't resist it much longer. That does explain why he lived through Sasuke's Kirin, but then coughed up blood and was unable to do anything else but walk and maintain Susanoo for a minute, and then gave up after saying his last words.

Edit: He did also have enough strength to implant one cast of Amaterasu to go off when he saw a Sharingan (possibly Tobi's specifically, but that was never clarified), which was triggered right before the truth was revealed.


Why is there a difference between the licensed Italian paper manga and scanlation of Bokura ga Ita? So I was reading the paper manga of Bokura ga Ita in my native language (Italian) and I noticed that some pages were really different from the scanlation, like there were some extra parts or some pages were missing.
For example, page 14 to 22 of chapter 67 in the scanlation has Yano visiting his old home and remembering his mother (a scene missing in the Italian version). Instead, in the Italian paper manga (as shown in the picture) has Yano discovering that Takeuchi left the engagement ring to him.

(Italian manga book: chapter 67, pg. 14-15)

(Scanlation: chapter 67, pg. 14-15)

This is one of the cases where the tankobon version revises the (flow of the) story of the original serialized magazine version.

In this case, the scanlation is using the original serialized magazine version, where the Italian tankobon is based on the Japanese tankobon.

A Japanese blogger wrote a review for the last volume based on the original version and the tankobon version:

  雑誌掲載時のものに加筆修正あり。

  There are additions & corrections to the serialized magazine version.

  最終話もいろいろ描き足してありましたが
  それ以外にも主に竹内くん関連で
  セリフやモノローグがかわっていました。

  In addition to the many additional scenes in the last chapter, the speech and the monologue that are mainly related to Takeuchi were changed.

  捨てたと思わせて実は持っていた指輪を
  その指輪の意味がわかったら
  捨てろという手紙とともに矢野の
  ところにおいていった竹内君。[...]

  Takeuchi left the ring that was thought to be thrown away and a letter that says to throw away the ring if he understands the meaning of it at Yano's place. [...]

  以下雑誌掲載時の感想
  くらべてみると
  最初１６巻を読んだときには
  気づかなかったその違いに気づく・・。
  かわっている部分が
  より伝えたいことだったのだろうなと
  改めてもう一度読み返しました。

  Below is my feeling when reading the serialized magazine version. When comparing to it, I noticed the difference that I hadn't noticed when reading volume 16 for the first time... the changed part meant more things to tell, thus I re-read it once again.

  矢野は矢野で職場の草むしりのお手伝い。
  バラの枝をみて母が育てていたバラを
  思い出し、もと住んでいた場所にいってみると[...]

  Yano was helping to weed at his workplace. After seeing a rose bush, he remembered the roses that his mom raised, and went into their previous house [...]


What is the update status of "The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor" webtoon in 2019? I have recently read all chapters of The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor, but it seems like it didn't end yet.

When will the webtoon have any update?

Yes, LMS will soon start the release of season 3.

Originally season 3 would start in early 2019, however delays have been announced. The author had an accident, and hurt his arm. Leading to a new writer, and the team taking the chance to make some changes to the characters etc. Hence the series will start again in late 2019 instead, with the earliest indicator being October.

All though I can't find the original Korean post anymore, here is the translated edition of the Writen apology by LMS

Edit
LMS has since 30-09-2019 released a new chapter, officially kicking off season 3.


Does CCG Know that Haise Sasaki is Actually Ken Kaneki? I just started the 3rd season, but I read the wiki, and I was curious.... Didn't CCG capture Kaneki and got the idea for the Quinx because of him? Then why did they let "Eyepatch" join the CCG as an investor (and gave him such a high status, too)? I know for a fact that CCG knows that he is a ghoul, so doesn't that mean they know that he's Kaneki?

From what I understand from the Manga:

Haise Sasaki is an Alter Ego of Ken Kaneki. Ken Kaneki was completely broken down and brainwashed. The knowledge that Ken Kaneki, the person, is a ghoul, is not common knowledge in the CCG, only a selected few know about this. They also don't know that Sasaki is Kaneki, and he doesn't know himself. For all that matters for most of the investigators of the GCC, the Eyepatch/Centerpede ghoul has been disposed of by Kisho Arima, if they know at all. Except for a selected few, the CCG thinks of Sasaki as a Quinx user (if even, I'm actually not sure if he ever used his Kakuhou while in the CCG), although he is none.

And the idea of the Quinx didn't come from Kaneki, it came from Ryoujirou Shiba. He actually did this better than the guy who did this to Kaneki, Akihiro Kano, the latter coming to admire the work of Shiba later on.


What's the meaning of the title "B Gata H Kei"? I've been watching B Gata H Kei, and, let's say, it occupies little enough of my attention that I have time to worry about what the title means.

I know it doesn't mean "Yamada's first time", the title that Funimation gave the show for the US release. According to Wikipedia, the literal translation is "Type: B, Style: H". Some episodes of the show imply that "B" is a reference to the main character, Yamada's, bust size, and "H" is a reference to her "ecchi" nature. Where does the rest of it (the "Type", "Style" part) fit in, or is it just meaningless?

Okay, so a bit of a Japanese lesson:
'B-gata' would normally refer to the blood type. The Japanese are pretty fond of associating blood types with certain personality traits; and a B-type person is considered to be a bit impulsive, passionate, but their actions 'don't come across clearly' to others. (That seems to describe Yamada's character rather well, doesn't it?)
On the other hand, 'H-kei' normally has to do with 'ecchi' (the Japanese word for 'sex' that came from the pronunciation of the letter 'H' that is an abbreviation for the word 'Hentai'. Phew.) and 'kei' refers to a type (or even a lineage) of something. Generally put, 'kei' (系) is a classifier for objects (living or non-living) that comes from a tree kind of structure, while 'gata' (型) literally means 'mold' or 'model' and looks at a classification of objects into categories.

All this being said, the official meaning of B-gata H-kei is that the 'B' stands for 'Bousou' (暴走), which can be translated to a 'rampage'; and the 'H' stands for 'Hentai' (変態), which we know is the word for perverted behavior. So the title refers to how Yamada is a rampaging sex-crazy pervert.

I tell you all these pieces of information because they form a sort of pun. The second explanation is the 'correct' one of sorts (in that it's official), but that does not negate the pun that exists in the title - whether it was intentional or not. There is reason to believe the 'B' could also refer to bra-size, as many people have pointed out. That adds to the pun as well, perhaps.

Anyway, I hope this sheds some light on the meaning of 'B型H系'. I can't post too many links here, but check out beta.jisho.org to look up the meanings for the Japanese words I used. Also, this is where I got the 'official' explanation of the title:
http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1040891740
It's all in Japanese. The person who had answered that question wrote that this explanation wasn't mentioned in the manga, but in a weekly magazine called Young Jump.

Also, this link: http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1139264431
The answer there talks about how the blood types of all characters in the story are actually never mentioned (as of the time of that answer), though the fact that Yamada is a B-cup is known. It also mentions that Yamada as a character is modeled after Sanri Youko (the mangaka) themselves and so speculates that Yamada's blood type could be the same as Sanri-sensei's. (Unfortunately, their blood type is also unknown.)

I'm not a native Japanese speaker (just an enthusiastic learner!) so I might not be entirely correct. But I hope this answer helps, somewhat. Anime titles often have many hidden meanings in them, and it's fun to look for all their possible interpretations.


Looking for the Oneshot Shoujo Manga about a guy with split personality I read a manga a while ago about a girl who fell in love with a guy whose other darker personality appears at night. Later on, the girl and the dark side fell in love with each other and the dark side got jealous that the girl likes the other side of him more.

Can anyone identify what this manga is?

Out of the five I've found, this one fits the closest:

Blackberry

  Ever since Fune Momohara was told that she was just like a "guy
  friend" by the boy she liked, she's been bent on becoming the ideal
  girl. But when she meets the perfect guy who turns out to be more than
  a little pretentious, she realizes that it can be difficult to keep up
  appearances!


How was Nagato able to re-awaken and control the Rinnegan? The Rinnegan originally belonged to the Sage of the Six Paths. He then divided his power between his two sons, which formed the Senju and the Uchiha. For any human being to be able to activate Rinnegan, they need both the Uchiha and Senju DNA. Uchiha Madara, in the last days of his life, was able to activate it, as he already had the Eternal Mangekyo and Hashirama's cells (Senju DNA), making him similar to the Sage.

But the question is: how was Nagato able to re-activate it? Yes, it was Madara who had implanted his Rinnegan in him at a young age, but then, even though the eyes were implanted, Nagato neither had the Uchiha DNA nor the Senju DNA to be able to re-activate the Rinnegan. How was he able to do it?

And as a continuation to it, let's assume he was able to re-activate the already awakened Rinnegan (Madara awakened it originally), how was he able to use it so well and control it without his body taking a toll? He belonged to the Uzumaki clan who may have been the distant relatives of Senju, but that doesn't justify how he was able to control it so well as he did not have any trait of the SO6P, unlike Madara who could now be compared to the Sage (with both DNAs and the Rinnegan).

An example to highlight this is of Kakashi. He got a Sharingan from Obito. But since Kakashi wasn't an Uchiha, his body would take a huge toll on him whenever he used it and had to cover his Sharingan when not using to save Chakra. Though later he trained and excelled at it, he still was a non-Uchiha and thus, his body used to take the toll, though, only after excessive usage. Similarly, since Nagato has no traits of the Sage, his body shouldn't have been able to take the toll of Rinnegan activated full and controlling his 6 Pain paths, and all.

Can somebody please give a detailed explanation of how Nagato was able to awaken and control the Rinnegan?

Nagato did not need to awaken the Rinnegan. Madara already did that part for him (waiting for the Senju DNA to manifest and combine with the Uchiha DNA in order to awaken the Rinnegan). Since Nagato is an Uzumaki, which makes him a distant relative of the Senju, he can control the Rinnegan. All Nagato needed to do was activate the Rinnegan. (Senju relative + evolved Uchiha eye = Able to use Rinnegan)

The important part is Madara had the awakened Rinnegan and gave it to Nagato. Note that since Nagato received the Rinnegan and activated it, he never reverted back to normal eye form or Sharingan form. The best explanation for this is simply because Rinnegan does not cause eyestrain like the Sharingan and Byakugan. Rinnegan is the perfect eye form, and thus does not take a toll on Pain's body.

As for activation, we know that Nagato activated it upon the death of his parents. Keep in mind that these are Uchiha eyes and Uchiha has been known to have a stronger passion for love than Senju. Thus the activation of his eyes were out of love for his parents as he watched them die.

For control, the only requirements for Rinnegan is both Uchiha DNA and Senju DNA(the uzumaki clan were infact relatives of the Senju, sole holders of Sealing jutsu, to smoothen further ties and relations to the senju, and this point konoha, the 1st hokage married Uzumaki Mito, to further strengthen blood ties) which Nagato had. In general, mastering control comes with practice, just like with every other jutsu.

We know that Pain did not have full mastery of the Rinnegan as he didn't master the Outer Path. In order to use the Outer Path, Pain had to sacrifice his life when he revived everyone in Konoha.


Do we ever find out what happened to Chrollo? During the "Greed Island" arc, we learn of a nen user who can remove other's nen. When he got the Bomber's nen removed, the creature he summoned to remove the nen had to stick to him until he touched the Bomber and say the "magic words."

Kurapika's chain needle is more powerful than the Bomber's nen, yet when Chrollo got exorcised and he appears to be unscathed. There should have been some form of price Chrollo paid to get Kurapika's insane ability removed.

Do we ever find out what happened here?

Chrollo successfully had his chain removed by the Greed Island Exorcist.

He doesn't need to pay a price except whatever he paid to hire the exorcist to help him. Gon only lost his Nen because he violated a Contract, and even then it isn't confirmed that he is completely nen free.

Chrollo can still wield his book, and he used so very efficiently when fighting with Hisoka.


Does Tsunemori still try to catch Kougami at the end of the movie? The end of this movie was a bit unclear for me. Ginoza said to her that Kougami isn't worth her attention and that she should just leave him alone. But then Tsunemori responded that Ginoza hasn't changed and always wants to carry the burden. She then smiles at him and he smiles back. So there is definitely something behind those words.

If my assumption is correct, Ginoza planned to catch Kougami alone and doesn't want Tsunemori to be involved (carry the burden alone). But Tsunemori declines his plan and wants to catch him too by saying Ginoza always wants to carry the burden alone and then smiles.

Am I correct with that assumption?

I don't think Ginoza will go after Kougami. He's finally found his place at the PBS, taking care of his team and being a detective, in much the same manner his father was. Also, unlike Tsunemori who is adamant about bringing Kougami in, despite knowing that he'd be locked up for the rest of his life, if not killed outright by Sybil (which is rather intriguing, and hints at an obsession not unlike Kougami's with Makishima), Ginoza seems to be okay with Kougami gone. For him it really was goodbye, and if anything, he wants to help Tsunemori let go too.

When Tsunemori sent Ginoza to find Kougami, she showed Ginoza how much she trusted him - not only with upholding the law, but with looking after her. So Ginoza shouldered the burden of letting Kougami go (thus living with the consequences) and of standing by Tsunemori as she deals with him being gone - again. When he's telling her about Kougami, he's telling her the truth as he sees it. First of all, Kougami got Tsunemori in trouble and endagered her life - again. Secondly, Kougami has changed - he's become harder, more driven and more nonchalant about the ideals he had held first as an inspector and then as an enforcer under Tsunemori's lead.

Thirdly, as Ginoza has finally been able to relax into his true self and open up to others, he has come to care for Tsunemori, love her even. She is precious to him - she treats the enforcers with respect and empathy, she never wavers in her sense of duty, her desire to make society better and safer. She can continue doing the job he couldn't, is stronger than him that way. He would shoulder any burden to help her - even let Kougami get away, thus allowing her to avoid the consequences of bringing him in (having to discipline him, see him locked up or be executed, losing the link she has to Kougami's spirit which helps her maintain her own sanity in troubling times - which I'm sure Ginoza has guessed). When he tells her that Kougami is not worth her attention anymore, Tsunemori picks up on the way he cares for her and wants her to be happy and free.

She also voices what she must have realised long before that final moment in the movie - that Ginoza hasn't changed, meaning that he is still here, not just for the society governed by Sybil and the team of Division 1, but for her - in a way Kougami isn't and hasn't been ever since his obsession with Makishima gained new momentum in season 1. She also lets him know that she has always thought highly of him, even back when he was a stuck-up inspector who gave her a hard time. Back then, he had also sought to keep her safe by telling her to maintain distance from Kougami. And they smile in mutual understanding, caring about and for each other.

I don't think Tsunemori will ever let go of Kougami entirely, since he's helped her grow as a person and a detective, but as she is mindful of her duties and priorities, she will not actively seek him out unless he's connected to an active case.


Detailed explanation of CLAMP character relations? I watched Cardcaptor Sakura, xxxHolic and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle a long time ago,
but I still don't understand the relationship between them.

I don't understand this: http://tsubasa.wikia.com/wiki/Crossover_Universe, who is whose father, who is who in an alternate universe, etc.

Can anyone give a character tree with details?

I can offer some details on Xxxholic, as I'm more familiar with that one than others, though I've also read all of Cardcaptor Sakura and the majority of Tsubasa REservoir Chronicle.

Spoilers ahead if you haven't read CCS, TRC or Xxxholic

Clow, who is deceased at the time of TRC and Xxxholic, is an ancestor of Sakura's (with no indication of how far back that is). Clow is sort of reincarnated in two characters in CCS, one of whom is Eriol (little kid with glasses who looks like a chibi Clow). The "original" Sakura and Syaoran, from CCS, grew up and married and apparently felt their son (I haven't seen any conclusive name, but he's a boy) was in danger, so they split him into "clones" (could be a bad translation) and sent each into different universes. Two that I know of are named Syaoran, and both show up in TRC. Watanuki from Xxxholic is a third. I don't know of any more, but I haven't read the entire CLAMPiverse and they're still writing. I can't draw a family tree here but if it were tipped on its side:

      Clow
        |
(unknown generations)
        |
     Sakura = Syaoran
            |
            |--------------------
            |                   |
       Watanuki          "Other Syaorans"

It's highly unlikely Clow and Yuuko had a child together. I get the impression she's quite old (her clothing, pipe and furnishings suggest late 19th century at the latest) but she seems not nearly as old and certainly not as powerful as Clow. Yuuko and Clow made Mokona (both of them) foreseeing they'd be needed for communication between Yuuko and the TSC main characters.

I hope this helps a bit.


Who is (was) the strongest namekusei in Dragon Ball Super? So now there are 3 strong candidates to be the strong namekusei in Dragon Ball Super. Piccolo (as always), Saoneru and Pirina. Which one did the show shown to be the strongest?

The answer to the same would be both Saonel and Pirina. We don't know for sure as to which of the two is stronger as they fought as a team more or less. However, I think it's fair to assume they are equally strong as superior to Picollo in strength. There might have been a couple of instances or statements made in the episode where Picollo might have appeared to be stronger than the two, which mustn't be confused with. Here is a list of my supporting arguments: (Please Note: We don't see Saonel and Pirina fighting at full power in their first match against Picollo which is why I'm going to only make reference to the second episode they fought (Episode 118).
Once Picollo fires multiple Ki Blasts at Pirina, he is complete unfazed by it and pushes back Picollo with ease. We see Picollo struggling to push back Pirina's hand with both his hands, while Pirana doesn't even seem to be trying.Picollo is terrified of their strength as he senses a lot of absorbed namekians.Gohan turns Ultimate Gohan to save Picollo. Also note that despite Gohan training for a brief period, based on the recent episodes, I think it is safe to assume that Ultimate Gohan is definitely significantly stronger than he was during the Buu arc. He's most definitely stronger than Super Saiyan God Goku and around the same level as Android 17 who is very powerful indeed.Gohan fights at full power and seems to be doing very well. However, what made Pirina and Saonel a lot more powerful was their teamwork and combinations.Gohan also stated that since the two of them were very strong, they would be able to tank the Special Beam Cannon which is more of a killing move.We see Pirina tank the first attack which shocked Picollo. An argument might be made that Picollo didn't charge the attack enough. However, he did have a decent amount of time to charge the attack.Making a reference to an old nostalgic moment in the Dragon Ball Z, where Raditz fought Goku and Picollo, we see Raditz impressed by the attack the first time around when it shatters his armour and barely dodges it. The second time around it was strong enough to both kill him and Goku. I'm not stating that this attack is unblockable. Some of the high tier fighters like Goku, Vegeta and obviously the God tier characters like Jiren wouldn't have any trouble. We see Jiren even block Hit's killing shockwave which was strong enough to almost kill SSJB Goku in one shot.In the end, it was obviously because of Picollo's attack which gave Universe 7 the win and one of the two Namekians after getting hit by the special beam cannon said "So that's the true power of a Universe 7 Namekian". Many might assume this implied that Picollo was stronger. However, this was just a remark made on the powerful attack which Picollo had enough time to charge his attack without engaging in battle. This can be compared to Goku and Vegeta's beam struggle with Koichierator and Gohan's attack after. Goku and Vegeta didn't give it their all and didn't charge up their attack enough while Gohan charged his attack enough and his beam attack was stronger than the combined attack of Vegeta and Goku, which again doesn't imply Gohan being superior in strength to the two.Hence if it wasn't for Gohan and Picollo had to face a Namekian by himself, I would say Picollo wouldn't stand a chance.
Images supporting the arguments made.


Does the prime minister die at the end? The Code Breaker anime has an open ended finish (so I'm thinking a sequel?!) but it's not clear to me if the prime minister dies at the end or not. Hitomi used his abilities on him and at the end the prime minister spits blood but it's not clear if he also dies.

Does the manga mention this?

The anime and manga have quite different storylines. Therefore, whether the prime minister dies in the anime or not is up for debate, but in the manga chapter 227, it explicitly shows the prime minister burning to ashes after overusing the seven flames, as well as a news broadcast in chapter 228 about the death of the prime minister, with the next panel having normal citizens commenting on how his death will affect politics.
It is up to you to use the events of the manga to make sure whether the prime minister dies at the end of the anime. In my opinion, though, I think it's best to keep the events of the anime and manga separate.
One thing to note about my answer: I haven't watched the anime fully yet. I will check the last episode, however, and update this answer accordingly.

Edit: Just saw the ending of the anime. The story of the anime is so different from that of the manga that I think whether the prime minister dies in the anime or not will always just be speculation.


Why does anime usually air at night in Japan? Many anime available are broadcasted very late in Japan. Few examples:

Photokano, 1:58 AM
Hayate no Gotoku! Cuties, 1:35 AM
Chihayafuru 2, 1:53 AM

Why are anime often aired at night in Japan even though they get better timeslots when exported to other countries? When did TV stations start to broadcast anime late at night, and is there a specific reason behind this?

It's partly a matter of targeting specific audiences. Depending on what time a show broadcasts at, you can tell roughly what their target audience is.

Plenty of anime are broadcast in the morning. From this season, Danchi Tomoo airs at 9:30, Dokidoki! Precure at 8:30, Toriko at 9:00, One Piece at 9:30, Uchuu Kyoudai at 7:00. These are mostly shows which are aimed at younger children. Those also all air on weekends. There are some early morning anime which air on weekdays as well, but typically they air before school hours begin.

There is also some anime which broadcasts in the evening. These are generally programs which would be appropriate for a family to watch together or for older children/teenagers to watch on their own. Some examples of this from this season are Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 (5:30 p.m.), Train Heros (5:30 p.m.), Doraemon (7:00 p.m.), and Yuugiou! Zexal II (7:30 p.m.).

Late night anime are typically those which are targeting a mostly adult fanbase. In many (but not all) cases they aren't appropriate for younger viewers. Even if they are, they wouldn't be interesting to those viewers. At least in principle, the broadcast time is late at night so that children won't accidentally tune in while adults can still watch it or record it. Late at night, TV stations do not enforce broadcast restrictions as strictly as during primetime hours. Late-night anime thus has the connotation of having a lot of fanservice and moe, though that isn't always the case. For many of the shows, like Chihayafuru, it would probably be fine to show it in the evening, but since there are already established time blocks for showing anime, sometimes shows like that get shown as late-night anime anyway.

It's also true that most late-night slots are usually (though not always) purchased from the TV station by the production company directly. Since this doesn't require external sponsors, and because it's cheaper airtime, it's typically easier to get a late-night slot than a primetime slot, so this has become the default for a majority of anime which are not aimed at children. This is done essentially as a form of advertising for the final product (DVDs). Incidentally, this is also the reason why most anime production companies are gladly willing to sell rights to simulcast for next-to-nothing, because it serves as advertisement outside Japan, but DVD licensing rights are expensive (because the DVD is the final product and the way which they expect to make money).

Late night anime slots have existed on-and-off since the 1960s (one of the earliest being Sennin Buraku from 1963-1964), but the first really successful series was Those Who Hunt Elves in 1997. This was also at the start of an anime boom, and rather than trying to expand in the daytime, many new anime series opted to follow this and go for night slots. In recent years, this has become the default method for broadcasting anime, and a majority of anime are broadcast in late-night slots. Occasionally, some of those which are particularly popular will get rebroadcast in other time slots.

As for why late-night series in other countries sometimes get better slots than in Japan, it's likely because of the different business model. In Japan, late-night TV are essentially advertisements for DVDs. They are not aimed at being profitable on their own. In most other countries, there is a much smaller supply of anime broadcast (some of which was broadcast late-night in Japan), and it is often sponsored or on pay-to-view channels. Hence, they can afford to broadcast a lot of anime during the day because of less competition and better sponsorship.

English Wikipedia has some more information, though the article is poorly sourced and out-of-date. Japanese Wikipedia is a little bit better and more in-depth, but still has sourcing issues.


What is the name of the song playing in Attack on Titan season 3 episode 13 when Levi attacks Reiner? Please could anyone help me to find this song in season 3 episode 13 when Levi attacks Reiner? It is so amazing my thought just cant stop thinking about it since the moment I saw the episode

The song is Armoured Titan theme 2019 extended version
Here a link to the whole song

https://youtu.be/B9294y_H1nI


I can't remember the title of this manga. I read only the first chapter Basically there is this male student in high school. Waking up and I'm pretty sure he is dazed and unsure where he is. But then a female student with a katana sword walks in and sits down. He sees her, she ignores him. She has long hair and glasses and is very calm, showing a serious, no emotional face. Everyone in the class seems to be having a blast chatting it up. And then as soon as the bell rings for class to begin. Every student starts killing one another. The girl with the katana doing the most work, decapitating students and what not. The male character who woke up is freaking out and hiding and doesn't know what is going on. The girl with the katana comes close to killing him but I believe she spares him and that's the first chapter.

Yakuza girl

  Senguu Fumihiro is a young boy that made a promise to his dying grandmother to find a good wife for himself. With this intention he enrolls in a prestigious school but on the first day his world turns upside down when all the students begin to kill each other and one of them even turns into a monster. He is saved by a girl named "Akari", sent to protect him by one of the factions that rule the school.


Why is All Might freaked out in the big villian fight scene? I'm asking about the manga
All Might learns from the villain who has stolen hundreds - thousands of quirks to become what he is that Izuku is somehow related to the previous All Might. Why is that so soul crushing to him?

Why wouldn't it be? The bad guy just explained that he has robbed a ton of people from their quirks (quite possibly killing them in the process) and now when All Might himself is at his weakest, and Midoriya has still not mastered his gifted quirk, the danger is tremendous. Either of them or even both could be attacked and their quirk stolen, which would definitely be extremely bad.


Why doesn't Pain have some spare dead Bodies? During the fight with Naruto, Pain is not able to resurrect any of the 6 Pains after the Outer Path Pain is defeated by Naruto.

Why doesn't Pain have multiple back up dead bodies with the chakra rods that can be used as alternatives under such conditions?

Otherwise just by having spare dead bodies he can perform the Outer Path Jutsu himself and summon back the defeated Pains like what the Outer Path pain does during the fight.

Pain does have bodies in reserve in the event he needs them. During Pain's assault on Konoha, Inoichi used his clan's justu to go through the mind of Yūdachi. Yūdachi is a genin from the village in which Pain lives, whom was captured and sent to Konoha by Jiraiya.

While traversing through Yūdachi's mind, Inoichi came across a memory in which Yūdachi and another genin were transporting bodies to Pain's tower.

  He probed Yūdachi's mind, rapidly going through his memories before arriving at the revelation that Pain had requested of Yūdachi: dead bodies

The body that is seen within this memory ends up being the replacement of Animal Path that was defeated by Jiraiya. Given how it was Jiraiya who sent Yūdachi to Konoha, this memory is long before the defeat of the original Animal Path. This is why Pain was able to recover from the loss of the Animal Path so quickly.

Now... as to having backups with the black receivers. It is possible these said backup bodies have the black receivers already in them, but as they are never show otherwise, we may never know. However, there are a few likely reasons to why Pain did not attempt to summon his backup bodies during his battle with Naruto

Animal path defeated (again)
The Animal Path is shown summoning the other five paths early in the Pain Assault arc. So Pain was very well capable of calling in backups. However, Naruto defeated the Animal Path fairly early in the fight. Due to this path being defeated, Pain lost his way of summoning.

Focusing his chakra
The black receivers in the paths allow Pain to transmit his chakra over long distances in order to control the six paths. When Pain completely destroyed Konoha, he severed the connections to other paths to focus his all of chakra into performing the justu.

  Some of the Six Paths Techniques are very chakra-taxing, and in order to use them Nagato must either bring the respective body closer to his position or alternatively cut off control of the other five Paths and focus all of his chakra into the one.

Also, one of the weaknesses of the six paths is that each path has a single ability. Prior knowledge, such as facing them battle, gives you an upper hand in taking them down.

  The greatest weakness of his Six Paths of Pain is that each body has only one primary ability; if an enemy has prior knowledge of what body does what, they stand a better chance of defeating the Paths

Pain saw how strong Naruto was, and therefore needed to play his cards right. As Naruto took out the paths one-by-one, rather than calling in backup, Pain distributed the chakra he regained from defeated paths to strengthen the remaining paths.


Are all works of Seo Kouji set in the same world but in different timelines? Are all of Seo Kouji's manga related to one another/set in the same world? For instance, his manga Fuuka is related to Suzuka as Fuuka is Suzuka's daughter. Are the other manga related as well?

Suzuka(涼風), A Town Where You Live(君のいる町) and Fuuka(風夏) are placed same in Itabashi-ku Narimasu, Tokyo.

From Wikipedia:

  物語の舞台は『涼風』『君のいる町』の舞台でもあり、作者が以前住んでいた東京都板橋区成増である

However, "A Town Where You Live" exists no direct relationship with others currently.


What happened to Hampnie Hambart in Episode 3? When Hampnie Hambart died, was it because his wish came true AND he succumbed to his wounds, or would he have died whether he was wounded or not because his wish came true? I'm asking because I don't recall him being that terribly wounded. It seemed like the group that captured him was just getting started.

It's hard to know for sure, but it makes sense why he would die if we accept Hampnie Hambart's own theory for what God is doing. He believes that God thinks he is granting humans their wishes. In that case, Hampnie Hambart's own wish, to die happy with his family, was granted. Until that point, he was unable to die because it would go against his wish. However, once those conditions were met, he could die just as any other human.

As for his wounds not being very severe, this is a matter of how you interpret the scene. My personal guess he was probably at the level that an ordinary human would die, but being immortal himself, he could withstand more than the average human. Another possibility is that after his conditions were met, his wish being his own death, God granted him that wish right away. What exactly the group does to him isn't depicted much so we can't know for sure whether it would kill a normal person. There may be more information in the light novels, but I haven't read them.

Of course, we don't really know what God is doing (at least not yet), so there could be a different explanation, but this makes sense given all that we know so far by episode 3 of the anime.