Why didn't Naruto learn the basics of chakra control? In Naruto, shinobi battles last a very long time consuming lots of chakra.  Even though Naruto has a lot of chakra, he ignored the basics and started learning high level techniques with Jiraiya.  Even though this wasn't a bad thing, he just kept learning higher levels of techniques without using the basics, causing him to waste more chakra for high level jutsus.

Why hasn't Naruto learned how the use the bare minimum the start his jutsus?

Know that if he did that, he wouldn't have had to rely on the Kyuubi's power and would probably be able the do rasen shuriken one more time, or at least have some chakra left over for retreating or finishing off the opponent.

Given that Naruto is a slow learner and the possibility of Kyuubi's interference, Jiraiya realised it would take him a long time to learn the chakra control, and decided that the benefit gained from it is not worth the time spent. Since Naruto has abundant chakra reserves, Jiraiya decided that learning how to tap it is of higher priority than chakra control.

Moreover, many of the times when Naruto learned a new technique (Frog Summoning, Rasengan, Rasenshuriken, Sage Mode, Kyuubi chakra mode), he had to do it within some time limit, so he could not take his own sweet time learning chakra control, and hence, sticked to his original learning method. It is possible that Jiraiya did teach Naruto some chakra control during the time they travelled together, but there is not enough evidence of this happening.

Note that when Naruto began training with Ebisu during the one month training break before the Chunin exam finals, Ebisu did tell him to learn to use his chakra more efficiently. However, after Jiraiya took over his training, he asked Naruto to focus on power rather than control, since he felt that style suited Naruto better.

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Chapter 92


Who is the Daily Days' Chief Editor? In Baccano!, "Daily Days" is both newspapers and an information office. In the anime, its president, chief editor, and chairman stays hidden behind a mount of files.

Who is he?

He's the president of the Daily Days. He runs the newspaper and the Information Brokerage. Nothing more, nothing less. He never appears outside of that context not even in the novels.

And the only mentions of people seeing him are a girl on the street calling the cops when she saw him climbing through the window of the News Paper building since he physically can't get around the stacks of papers in his office and has to come and go through the window.

And when he met Keith Gandor for a private interview.

(Rubik sees him in the anime, but that's anime-only).


What purpose does Zoro's third sword actually serve? Zoro has trained with Santoryu for basically his entire life, and has completely perfected it by this point. But, just from a fighting perspective, it would be quite difficult to get enough leverage/support with a sword in your teeth to actually do effective damage to anything (at least, without Haki). Unless this is just a classic case of "this is a fantasy world with fruits that give people magical powers, so it's possible for Zoro to have a strong enough neck to use a third sword effectively".

Most of the times we see him fighting, it's usually only with his two swords in his hands, and we barely ever actually see his third sword do anything. We often see implied strikes after he finished Oni Giri or other big finishing moves.

It seems Nitoryu would be just as effective as Santoryu in most situations.  What exactly does his third sword do in a normal fight, that is so important for his style to hinge on it? Did the third sword become more useful in normal combat after the timeskip (not including the use of Haki, because if that was included, obviously it would be more useful), or is it still basically the same?

Tl;DR Zoro's Third sword serves a critical and crucial purpose in his ability to use the "Three Swords Style" which is exponentially more powerful. The synergy between the multiple swords is what makes his sword style more complete and usable in an effective form. The difference lies in "between using (just) three swords and three sword style".

Detailed: For us to understand the use/purpose of Zoro's Three Swords you've to assume that One Piece exists in a separate universe and our understanding of things are not the same. This simple assumption allows us to remove a bias when trying to explain "Fantasy Universe Physics"

From a young age Zoro has been shown to be shown possessing unnatural strength, capable of besting opponents far beyond his age. He used Two Swords because he assumed, two were better than one. However, being bested in a thousand duels to Kuina made him rethink. Post her death he decided to use her sword (Wado ichimonji) as one of his primary weapons, just to fulfill both their dreams of being the strongest swordsmen. To this purpose he trained his mouth and neck to extreme lengths to attain the strength, accuracy and flexibility required to use the sword.

Now since no one else has been shown to use Santoryuu in OP universe, I think we can safely assume Zoro invented and developed the style and its techniques while growing up. This chapter front page shows how his juniors are trying to imitate and learn his style in his old Dojo Source: Chapter 807: Cover page

Now, what makes this viable his Zoro's effort and training to develop a comprehensive "Three Swords Style" aka Santoryuu. He is not using just Three swords, he is using the "synergy" between the three swords to gain more power and use techniques which are impossible to use with one or two swords. This was explained early on by Zoro himself in his battle against the NyanNyan brothers.

We've seen numerous instances of this throughout One Piece. Zoro talking about his (in)ability to fight with one sword against Nyan Brothers, his surprise when Mihawk blocks his attack or him mastering new moves. (Pound Cannon, Asura etc.)


Why does Selim Bradley have a nipple on his forehead? When Ed "kills" Pride, a tiny baby pops out. When we see him 2 years later, it appears he has a nipple in the middle of his forehead.

Why?

It's another mark commonly worn by homunculi.

This a remnant from Selim being a homunculus. The ouroboros tattoo is a recurring mark of a homunculus, but there are other common themes that at least some homunculi share.

Look for the red lines and circles, most notably found on Sloth, Gluttony, Lust, Envy (only in his true form) and Greed (when he has his shield up).

The "nipple" you see on Selim's forehead is a continuation of this same mark. The tiny baby already had this mark:

The "old" Selim (the one who was destroyed) wasn't the actual homunculus. It was a container (the true homunculus was the little baby).

Why don't all the homunculi have these marks?

Well, first of all, these marks are never explicitly mentioned (at least not in the shows, I haven't read the manga) and not plot relevant. Therefore, it's possible that these are not required, but rather a design choice (or a consequence from their creation)

Or maybe Father managed to improve his later homunculi so that they don't need the mark anymore, though GreedLing still has the red marks and he is the newest addition.

There are two homunculi who actually bear the marks, but are able to hide them:

(as per the other answer) Pride (Selim as we initially meet him) is nothing but a container for the true homunculus (the tiny baby which later grows up to be "nipple Selim"). Since the baby survived when the shell died, that proves that the container is not connected to the homunculus itself, and therefore the container does not need these marks.
Envy is a shapeshifter, thus he is able to hide the marks by choosing his humanlike form. Since the big green monster is considered his true form, that means that his humanlike appearance is his own preference. Note that Envy's headband still carries a similar mark, so that means he chooses to display the mark though not on his body as a tattoo. This strongly suggests that the mark itself is optional (but preferred).

So actually, there is only one homunculus who does not have the mark: Wrath (Bradley). But Wrath is also unique in other ways, e.g. the only homunculus that ages. It stands to reason that there is a very good reason for Wrath to hide his homunculus marks: because he is a deep agent who needs to stay anonymous.

So there are two possibilities here:

All homunculi have this mark (in different forms), we simply haven't seen Wrath's. Maybe it was under his clothes, we never see him naked or even undressed.
All homunculi except Wrath have this mark. Wrath is a specially designed homunculus in many ways (he ages too), so it's not impossible that his mark was hidden because he needed to go undercover as the Fuhrer.


Is Igneel really dead? In Fairy Tail, Igneel has been missing for 7 years, so I'm guessing he's dead but I don't know!

Is Igneel dead?

These are heavy spoilers, so read at your own discretion:

  Igneel and the other dragons took part in the 400-year plan in order to save themselves from the deterioration of their souls caused by Acnologia. Through theis plan, the dragons were sealed inside their children, and then they were sent 400 years into the future into a world that was teeming with Ethernano which allowed their souls to heal while inside their children. Natsu and the other dragon slayers were never aware that they had been sent into the future nor that the dragons had been sealed inside them.


What is the chronological order of the events in Sword Art Online Vol 1 and 2 and Sword Art Online Progressive? There are a few light novels on Sword Art Online, namely:

Sword Art Online 1: Aincrad
Sword Art Online 2: Aincrad
Sword Art Online 3: Fairy Dance
Sword Art Online Progressive, Vol 1
Sword Art Online Progressive, Vol 2

I've read that Progressive is about Aincrad, but there are also two other light novels named "Aincrad", what would be the correct chronological order of these Light Novels?

Sword Art Online 1: Aincrad tells the story from the start of SAO until the end:

   after Kirito defeats Heathcliff and wakes up in the hospital.

Notably, it excludes the following arcs that were included in the anime:

Sachi and the Moonlit Black Cats,
Silica and Pina,
Lizbeth the blacksmith, and
Yui.

It excluded these arcs, and, as far as I can remember, it didn't add any new content. (Maybe just described events that happened in the anime in greater detail.)

Instead, the arcs listed above are each detailed in the following book, Sword Art Online 2: Aincrad.

In terms of time, the books do not present information in chronological order as the anime did. We know in order of occurrence, the "side" arcs are arranged as follows:

  Sachi arc -> Silica arc -> Lizbeth arc -> Yui arc

where the events involving Sachi happened first chronologically and Yui, last.

None of these arcs are present in book 1, but they are presented in the following order in the second book, which is not in chronological order. I don't know the reason for the author/producer(s) switching the order around like they did, but it is:

  Silica -> Lizbeth -> Yui -> Sachi

The stories themselves essentially describe events exactly how the anime portrayed them. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the light novels, although for the most part, the only thing you'll get out of reading them is slightly different wording/description of the same events. One exception that does come to mind is

   they include a bit at the end of the Lizbeth arc detailing her reaction when Kirito defeats Healthcliff and she was finally going to be free of SAO. It wasn't very long - a page or two at most.

Admittedly, I didn't read the Sachi arc because I assumed I wouldn't have gotten anything new out of it.

I don't know the ordering for Fairy Dance (have them but haven't read them yet), but it's possible it follows a similar idea (for ALO). Here are links for Sword Art Online 3: Fairy Dance ("1") and Sword Art Online 4: Fairy Dance ("2").

I haven't read the progressives, so I don't know where they fit in.

tl;dr:

Anime portrays events in near-chronological order, although the Sachi arc is a flashback.

SAO 1 LN leaves out a few arcs but tells the main story from the beginning of SAO to the end.

SAO 2 LN has 4 sections, each one an arc that was in the anime but not in SAO 1 LN. These sections are neither entirely in chronological order nor the order they happened in the anime.


which ost was played in naruto episode 6 "a dangerous mission! jouney to the land of waves" at 18;40? which ost was played in naruto episode 6 "a dangerous mission! jouney to the land of waves" at 18;40 ?
Please tell me.

I'm pretty sure this is an unreleased track. It doesn't show up in Naruto OST 1, 2, or 3, in any case.
It sounds like a slow version of the main Naruto theme. I searched "Naruto theme slow" on YouTube and this unofficial version popped up.


Why do the Human-looking Youkai obscure their eyes? In Natsume's Book of Friends, some of the human-looking Youkai wear masks, or at least obscure their sight. For example:

Tsubame

Hotaru

Hiiragi

Tsuyukami

Sasago

I am wondering if there is a reason for this as none of these Youkai seemed to be affected by their obscured vision. For Tsubame and Hotaru, they are both shown to be able to show their full face. And for Kiiragi, after she was attacked, we can see one of her eyes though her broken mask and there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.

From this article on Japanese masks and their meanings:

  In ancient times, masks were used to portray creatures and characters
  during plays and rituals.

It seems that that carried over into manga and anime to represent youkai when in human form, much like the common depiction of a ghost wearing a triangle-shaped bandage on the head.

Noh plays in particular seem to be a common style source for masks worn by human-form youkai characters. Many of the fox, cat and other masks shown at festivals derive from Noh mask style and have been used to represent their respective creatures.

I've seen manga and anime that uses masks depicted in the more traditional style as portrayed in that article (particularly the Hannya and Oni masks), masks that are styled after Noh masks, and simple cloth coverings over the face.

I expect that in Natsume's Book of Friends, it's simply a stylistic choice by Yuki Midorikaw more than anything else to depict youkai in that manner.


What happened to the other Death Notes? At the start of Death Note Ryuk says that there were other Death Notes falling to the human world in the past and Light

Was the first to write so many names
Was the first to think of a way to hide the Death Note

But what happened with these other Death Notes?

The Shinigamies probably collected them after the user died.
Ryuk mentioned that he will stick by lights side until he dies or the pages run out of space, I guess this was the case with the previous Death Note owners as well. It is also considered a great crime to lose your death note and return to shinigami world without it, as we see the third shinigami is seeking his note and can't get it back because it is in a humans possession.


What is the song in Hunter x Hunter when someone is about to power up? In episode 101 Killua explains to the chimera ants how he was able to catch the dart fish. This song can be heard multiple times during the series. the sound begins exactly at 17:52 http://www.crunchyroll.com/hunter-x-hunter/episode-101-ikalgo-x-and-x-lighting-646045

The sone name is Mystic land..
check the youtube video of this song

.. And yeah you are right.. this music is used many times.. first time it is used when killua fights with Zushi


Does Kanekis eye change over time? I don't know if I'm just looking too much into it or does Kanekis eye get redder over time or even pitch black? In the manga, I've seen his eye all black, all black with red pupil, white with red pupil, white with big black pupil, as Haise I think I've seen him with a white eye and black pupil with a thick glowing red outline. Why does his pupil change colors if there's any reason for it?

They definitely change over time but this is most probably done either not intentionally or for the style. Unlike his hair, I doubt that it expresses any underlying meaning.
For example, in darker scenes the color can be bright crimson or even scarlet but in some scenes (for example, Root A opening) it is light red and even close to pink.


What are the ninja clans? In Naruto, a number of "ninja clans" are referenced. Those include Uchiha and Hyuga. Those two both have kekkai genkais. It seems as though ninja clans are just families with kekkai genkais, but I'm wondering if that is every explained or specified anywhere. Also, what are the known ninja clans (if that won't be too long a list)?

The Naruto wiki page on clans has a good explanation of what a clan is, plus a list of all the known clans. To sum up, it goes something like this:

First, it is important to notice that the kanji used is 一族 (read Ichizoku), which literally means family. So, clans are families or groups of shinobi that constitute a basic unit of a village. The Senju and Uchiha clans were the first known clans to form an alliance to create a village, which was an example followed by many clans.
As you referred, belonging to a clan is usually defined by genetics/blood, which is of the utmost importance in the usage of kekkei genkai. Also, clans pass down from generation to generation said kekkei genkai or other jutsu which are a specialty to the clan, which shinobi unaffiliated to any clan do not seem to do with their regular jutsu. Some clans are extensive and composed of several families, while others are just composed of a nuclear family.

List of known clans:
- Aburame clan - Konohagakure
- Akimichi clan - Konohagakure
- Amagiri clan - Yumegakure (Naruto Shippūden: Kizuna Drive game only)
- Fuuma clan - Amegakure
- Another Fuuma clan - Otogakure
- Hagoromo clan - No village (pre-village era)
- Hirasaka clan - Yumegakure (Naruto Shippūden: Kizuna Drive game only)
- Hōzuki clan - Kirigakure
- Hyūga clan - Konohagakure
- Inuzuka clan - Konohagakure
- Jūgo's clan - Unknown village/no affiliation (Jūgo is the only known member)
- Kaguya clan - Unknown village/no affiliation
- Kamizuru clan - Iwagakure (anime only)
- Kedōin clan - Unknown village/no affiliation (anime only)
- Kohaku clan - Had their own village in the Fire Country, associated with Konohagakure (anime only)
- Kubisaku clan - Unknown village, located in the Land of Neck (anime only)
- Kurama clan - Konohagakure (anime only)
- Nara clan - Konohagakure
- Rinha clan - Unknown village/no affiliation (Naruto Shippūden 3D: The New Era game only)
- Ryū clan - No village (pre-village era, Naruto Shippūden: Dragon Blade Chronicles game only)
- Sarutobi clan - Konohagakure
- Senju clan - Konohagakure
- Shiin clan - Otogakure (anime only)
- Shirogane clan - Sunagakure (Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2 game only)
- Tenro clan - Yumegakure (Naruto Shippūden: Kizuna Drive game only)
- Tsuchigumo clan - Tsuchigumo Village (anime only)
- Uchiha clan - Konohagakure
- Uzumaki clan - Uzushiogakure
- Wagarashi family - Land of Tea (anime and Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2 game only)
- Wasabi family - Land of Tea (anime only)
- Watari ninja - Unknown village/no affiliation (anime only)
- Yamanaka clan - Konohagakure
- Yotsuki clan - Kumogakure
- Yuki clan - No village, Land of Water


Was mother Caramel eaten by Big Mom? And does eating Devil Fruit Users transfer the powers? My question is divided into 3 subsets that have been bothering me for some time now. But they are all related to a theoretical way of gaining devil fruit abilities.

In the flashbacks of Big Mom's past, Mother Caramel and all of Linlin's (Big Moms) friends "disappear" after her food rampage. In the background we see Streusen, and he is obviously terrified by what happened.
In the anime, it was stated that Mother Caramel disappeared. Big Mom herself has no memories about the event.

Is it a coincidence that Big Mom has the exact same devil fruit ability as Mother Caramel? Or could it be the case that Mother Carmel was eaten by Big Mom?

If we assume (1) to be true, can we also assume that eating Devil Fruit Users will give a person the ability of the fruit?

If so, is it required to eat the entire devil fruit user, or would the person need "only a bite", like how only a bite is enough to attain the abilities from the fruits?

If (1) & (2) are true, can this help in answering how Blackbeard stole Whitebeards "Earth quake" devil fruit abilities?

I know the last question is only a speculation, because we don't know why Blackbeard can have two powers, and there are some theories out there why he is able to. But could this explain how Blackbeard gained Whitebeards abilities?

The answers are 3 different levels of "I don't know".

While technically we don't know, I believe that we can say that
Big Mom probably ate Mother Caramel and the other children.  While
there may be some survivors, this was heavily implied by the scene
in question.  She is demonstrated to do similar things later in life
under similar situations.  Furthermore, we can speculate that Big
Mom is so emotional about Mother Caramel's photograph because she is
in denial.  I would actually be interested in hearing any other
interpretations but I'm certain her saying "Mother" eating a large
confection was the exact moment.
We don't know.  While she is shown to have Mother Caramel's
ability soon after eating her, she ate a lot during that event.  It
is probable that, if there were any fruit in the area, should would
have eaten that too (devil fruit or not).  We know the devil fruit
transfer was shown to be immediate with the salamander fruit so
timing makes sense.

Let me ask you these questions to consider:

How did Bartolomeo, the cannibal, get his devil fruit?
Have we ever seen any other cannibal or creature eat someone with a devil fruit?  If a Sea King would eat a DF user, he would almost immediately die.
What constitutes eating?  Luffy has been bitten and/or swallowed on a
number of occations.

We do, of course, know that if you eat Luffy, you will get food poisoning (Oda said so).

We definitely don't know.  I am certain that we will eventually
learn what happened as long as Oda continues to write.  Whatever
happened will be more complicated than just cannibalism or bringing
the right fruit.  I will note that the hole in White Beards chest
would make it easy for Black Beard to access either the stomach or
heart without us noticing that he took it.


What is the relationship between the Gunbuster and Diebuster series? Gunbuster is one of my favorite series, and I remember learning of a sequel series called Diebuster, or Gunbuster 2.

What is the relationship between the two shows? Does Diebuster's story relate to Gunbuster's in some way? Do any characters cross over both shows? Does Diebuster refer to the events of Gunbuster in any way?

Gunbuster was originally released as a six episode OVA in 1988. It's sequel, Diebuster, was also originally released as a six episode OVA 18 years later. Typically sequels are released around the time of the original so it's fresh in the minds of people. Without giving too much away the stories are somewhat but not directly connected, since Diebuster happens ~12,000 years after Gunbuster.

To take care of the time gap issue with Gunbuster, both series have been cut into two movies and presented as a double-feature. The references to each other are subtle.

For an example if you didn't watch Gunbuster:

You wouldn't know that Nono appears in Gunbuster under a different name
The Diebuster ending only makes sense if you saw the ending of Gunbuster (takes place 12,000 years earlier)
You wouldn't understand the Solar System Defence System and why it was attacking
You wouldn't understand why the drive was removed from Dix-Neuf


What is Mikage's status (in the spirit/god world) after he passes the Tochigami Crest to Nanami? Is he still a god? Mikage passed the Tochigami Crest (the symbol of divinity and ownership of his temple) to Nanami, but obviously retained several of his powers.

   Like when he converted Nanami's dress into a butterfly pattern before her ritual dance in the end of 1st season.

He is no longer a god, because

   he did not attend the Izumo meeting in the second season.

and also because

   the host god of the Izumo meeting [name pending] specifically states that Mikage is hard to find because he is no longer a god.

So, what is Mikage as of the Izumo meeting? He is not a god. Is he a youkai, a fallen deity, or what?

EDIT: In the episode S2E4 "The Goddess Makes Her Second Romantic Confession", Mikage is shown at the god's summit closing banquet. So he has some divine status, but the divine familiars of Nanami and also the shrine spirits are there too, so that banquet is not deity-exclusive.

It's not as present in the anime as in the manga, but Mikage takes the shape of a butterfly and you can see him fly around in the manga at all the important events and otherwise. He's constantly monitoring Nanami.

I believe he is still a kami deity, just not the deity in charge any more. I've interpreted it as the crest being a sign of her taking on the godly responsibilities and in all practical manners is a god, even though she is still human. He's still the shrine's god, he's just handed over the practical responsibilities to Nanami.

Your race doesn't change just because you gave away or received a profession.

This is my interpretation at least.


Who are the members of the Lycaons? In One Outs (at least in the anime version), most of the members of the Lycaons other than Toua were rather minor characters, and some didn't get named as far as I can remember. In fact, I remember more people from most of the opposing teams than I do from the Lycaons.

What are the names of the Lycaons team members, and what positions do they play?

Really surprised there isn't already a list of this somewhere. I don't have the manga so I don't know which names are revealed there as opposed to the anime. I went through the scripts for the 25 episode series and could only glean the following:

Satoshi Ideguchi: Catcher
Toua Tokuchi: Pitcher (sometimes 1st base)
Kojima Hiromichi: Clean-up hitter/?
Hideo Arai: ?
Tomioka: Right Field
Fujita: Left Field/3rd Base
Imai: 3rd Base/Shortstop
Nakane: Pitcher
Nishimura: 1st Base
Ishiyama: Pitcher
Nishioka: Pitcher
Mitsui: Pitcher
Kondoh: ?
Whoever wears #19: Center Field
Yuuzaburou Mihara: Manager
Kinosaki: Trainer

In episode 14, when they do the 9 person infield move, you can see a lot of the numbers that some of the players wear, but ti's not clear enough to see any names. Center field and the 2nd basemen weren't explicitly mentioned in the anime. As for Kojima, he's usually not on the field when his team isn't on offense, instead, standing next to the manager in the dugout explaining to the manager what's going on. I'm not sure what position he plays if he was on the field.


What is the name of this song from the Funimation Dub of DBZ? The song is played often when Frieza is doing evil things. I found a compilation that contains it at the given time code here.

That song is the SoundTrack 7 of DragonBall Z.

You can hear it here.

And for more of the DragonBall Z soundtrack album here you have a full playlist with all of them.


Did Kakashi eventually surpass Itachi, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru? In the Naruto manga, Kakashi Hatake has been acknowledged by both Jiraiya and Tsunade to be one of Konoha's most powerful shinobi. But Kakashi himself had confessed that Orochimaru was on a completely different level from him, who in turn openly acknowleged that Itachi Uchiha was more powerful than him. Obito Uchiha was noted to be more powerful than any other Uchiha except Madara Uchiha, whom Kakashi defeated.

My question is, at the time when Kakashi defeated Obito, had he surpassed all of Tsunade, Jiraya, Orochimaru and Itachi? Is there any reference in the manga itself from which a definite answer can be given, either in the affirmative or in the negative?

Note:- Before posting any answer to the question please read most (if not all) of the answers that's already posted below.

Taijutsu

Jiraiya got the Frog Kumite, Tsunade has brutal strength, so it is clear here that in terms of Taijutsu, Kakashi is not as strong as those two. As for Orochimaru and Itachi, they don't use taijutsu much so it can be said that Kakashi could be on the same level or better.

Ninjutsu

Kakashi is the renowned Copy Ninja, the one who has copied over 1.000 jutsus. In term of Jutsu knowledge, it can be said he is on par with Orochimaru if not greater. Tsunade is not that great in ninjutsu other that ninjutsu for healing purposes. Jiraiya has great ninjutsus but if we talk about the jutsu element, Kakashi can perform 4 basic elements (Katon: Goukaku, Suiton: Suiryuudan, Doton: Doryuuheki, Raiton: Raikiri). He was also able to learn Rasengan, which was rated as an A rank jutsu. Meaning that it is very hard to learn. Itachi, being an Uchiha, would be able to copy jutsu the same way Kakashi did. So they can be said on the same level. However, it is not known whether Itachi can use 4 elements like Kakashi did. Itachi for sure can use fire jutsus as demonstrated during his fight against Sasuke. Kakashi learned to use Susano'o after Obito transferred his remaining chakra to him upon his death. So here, Kakashi can be said has surpassed the other 4 in this.

Chakra

Kakashi is very well known as having a low reserves of chakra. He commented that Naruto has about 4 times of his. And considering that Naruto-Sasuke-Sakura was like the new Sannin of Konoha, it can be said that Jiraiya has about the same or greater level of chakra than Naruto. Orochimaru as we know is a chakra monster, same with Tsunade. Itachi is pretty much on the same level as Kakashi in term of chakra reserves, except that being an Uchiha, he gets less strain than Kakashi in using the Sharingan.

Genjutsu

Kakashi is better in Genjutsu than Jiraiya, except of course, when Jiraiya used the help of Fukasaku and his wife (the frog sennins) to cast sound genjutsu. He should be better than Tsunade and Orochimaru too since he has the Sharingan. He, however, is far weaker than Itachi.

Based on this, we can say that overall, Kakashi hasn't surpassed the other 4. He's just pretty much on the same level, or a bit under the other 4.


How can Racer travel great distance in short amount of time? Sawyer, aka Racer of the Oracion Seis is shown to be very fast in melee combat and seems to almost teleport.

However, later his power is explained to be

   Slowing Magic: a time-affecting Magic, changing the way its targets perceive time, and thus making it appear for them that Sawyer is moving around at unholy speed, allowing him to attack freely before they get a chance to counter. Thus objects originating from outside his range keep their original speed.

How does he then travel great distances in short amount of time, the most prominent example being,

  Brain ordering him to retrieve a casket which contains Jellal's body.

How does he travel such great distances?

There's no evidence that might suggest he travels at amazing speed. As you said he just tricks people, that's his power.
However, it is also mentioned he always wanted to be the fastest and trained for that purpose so it would make sense for him to be fast.
We know he's asked to retrieve Jellal but we don't know if he's super fast doing it. The dude might just be the fastest one in Oration Six so that's why he's asked.


What's the music that plays on episode 10 when The Blue King comes and visits Anna in Homra's Bar? Can you guys tell me the name of the tune which starts at about 9:40 in episode 10 when The Blue King comes and visits Anna in Homra's Bar. The tune starts when Kusanagi lights Blue King's smoke.

That's the song from the movie K: Missing Kings. It's the 2nd track of the OST, titled "New Kings".


How can I find out when new English Dubbed One Piece episodes will be released? I know there are currently over 700 One Piece episodes with subtitles, lots of people like the subtitles, I strongly prefer the English dubbed version. The English dub currently ends at 421 sadly.

How can I find out when new English dubbed episodes will be released?

You can keep a track of the dubbed episode DVD releases on Wikipedia where you can see that the dubbed versions of Episode 422-433 will be released on December 15, 2015 and the dubbed versions of episode 434-445 will be released on January 26, 2016.

The dubbed version is released online 2 weeks before the DVD Sales go out. You can find them uploaded on Funimation site or other sites.

You may also keep track of the DVD release dates on One Piece Wiki where too, you shall find the same information.

A final alternative is this site which is not only for tracking the release of the dubbed episodes of One Piece but also other anime.


What substance Tachikawa Yuko used on the Shimada Hideo's parasyte in the art club? Yuko takes a vial from the art kit to use as a weapon against Shimada, in case he turns aggressive.

   He does turn aggressive, murdering 17 students.

The anime shows the label (in Japanese) of the vial.

What substance was that?

The Japanese label is 油彩剥離剤, which translates to paint stripper.

  The principal active ingredient in historically common solvent paint strippers is dichloromethane, also called methylene chloride, which has serious health risks including death.

  Symptoms of acute overexposure to dichloromethane via inhalation include: difficulty concentrating, dizziness, fatigue, nausea, headaches, numbness, weakness, and irritation of the upper respiratory tract and eyes.

  DCM is also metabolized by the body to carbon monoxide potentially leading to carbon monoxide poisoning.

  Prolonged skin contact can result in DCM dissolving some of the fatty tissues in skin, resulting in skin irritation or chemical burns.


Can a non devil fruit user use Haki with Seastone cuffs? This question is basically an extension of this question, in which it's mentioned that a devil fruit user can't use Haki because he/she gets weak due to seastone, but seastone shouldn't have any affect on Non-Devil fruit user.  So can they use Haki while they are in contact of seastone? Like Zoro and Ussop did during Water 7 arc.

Yes, they can. There isn't very direct proof though, but the much we have, it says, no dfs are fine and can use haki. Although I am not use about breaking them using haki... Seastones are very durable. Probably it required advanced haki to break them!!


Can a person die before their lifespan ends? So we all know, that everyone in Death Note has a lifespan and one day, they'll die when their lifespan runs out. But doesn't that mean, that the victims who get killed by a serial killer are destined to being killed by him? Or are their deaths destined the moment a serial killer decides to kill them?

The people can be killed before their lifespan ends using Death Note. The lifespan of a person is decided by fate and doesn't keep on changing, like when a serial killer decides to kill that person, his lifespan changes. No, the lifespan is already decided, so if the lifespan is already short the serial killer succeeds; if it isn't, the serial killer fails. Also, if a Shinigami writes someone's name which in turn increases the lifespan of others, that Shinigami dies. Humans don't have this problem while using Death Note.


What does Kanzaki Nao do? What's her occupation? It says student on the Liar Game wiki, but I don't think she had any occupation mentioned in the Liar Game drama. What is she studying? How does she have the time to do all this Liar Game stuff while she is studying/working? Sick leave?

I don't know about how she does have time to study, but it's mentioned in the first chapter that she was just admitted to an all-girls college in the past april


What is the name of the OST playing in Episode 5 of Himouto! Umaru-chan at 10:34? What is the name of the OST playing in Episode 5 of Himouto! Umaru-chan 10 minutes and 34 seconds into the episode?  It also plays at 12:43 of Episode 11

The song you are looking for is this one. The name is お風呂のすすめ. As stated in the commentaries, it is transliterated as "Ofuro no Susume".


How does the third Rebellion movie relate to the series' storyline? I've read that the first two movies are recaps of the series, and the third movie is a sequel to those two movies (obviously). But does this mean the third movie continues the story from where the series ends? Or is it an alternate ending? Or a spin-off? Or does it reveal more events from the series timeline?

The exact placement of the Rebellion movie with respect to the series is still not entirely clear. This is what we know, though:

The movie is set in the final timeline - that is, the one depicted in episode 12, in which Madoka exists as a force of nature that eliminates all witches.
The movie occurs a while after the last pre-credits scene of episode 12 (the one where Homura tells Kyuubey about the previous timelines, in which witches existed, and in which magical girls had a more adversarial relationship with Kyuubey). The movie starts an indeterminate amount of time after this scene, though Kyouko, Mami, and Homura all look essentially the same, so it's unlikely more than a year or two has passed.
The movie is to be taken as the canonical continuation of the TV series (and, equivalently, the first two movies), so that it is the ending of the series (for now), not an alternate ending or a spin-off.

What is not clear:

We don't know how the events of the movie relate to the post-credits scene of episode 12 (果てしなき戦い / "The Endless War", discussed in this question), in which Homura sprouts witch-looking wings as she battles a number of wraiths in a wasteland. This scene could occur before or after the events of the movie - there just isn't enough information to tell at this point.


Why is it so rare to see new long running anime series these days? Around the early and mid 2000's we saw the spawning of a large collection of long running anime series, such as Naruto, One Piece, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, etc., all of which still are continuing today in its original series, or through some spin-off. Nowadays, we are left with mainly 12 or 24 episode anime, most of which will never see a second season.

Why is it so rare to see new long running anime series these days? What caused the shift in the anime industry to a more "agile" (borrowing a term from software development for lack of a better word) production rate?

My first guess is that the producers base their decision for a long-running anime series on the success of its source manga. However, this is not entirely true, as we see Attack on Titan is a 25 episode series, even though I believe that its manga sales overtook that of One Piece at some point.

There are a variety of reasons for this. Some may apply and some may not.

The anime series catches up to the Source Material This is by far the most common problem, faced by long running Anime. Once the source material ends there are two options. Fillers or hiatus.
Anime like Naruto and Bleach went the filler route. Bleach ended before the final saga which is still publishing. Naruto has finally ended but for some reason Anime is still prolonged by random fillers (Maybe to increase profit).
Shows like Fairy Tail and One Piece experimented. Fairy Tail abandoned the filler model and went on hiatus. Toei has screwed up One Piece with barely showing 5 minutes of new material and now again on fillers. So these long running shows have had their own problems and have overcome them only if the viewership and manga sales continue.

Now why more anime are not in the same model and going at 250+ episodes?

There aren't just that many popular series which can be adapted for hundreds of episodes For a long running perennial series several factors have to align. Not only the series, but its other products should also be popular. Bleach, One Piece and Naruto had Mangaka's which constantly worked hard to put out new chapters and manga sales were good. Pokemon and Yu-gi-oh's trading card games were very popular. Their viewership numbers also didn't fluctuate. Take Hunter x Hunter for example. It had the potential to be right there with the big three, but due to inactive Mangaka its source material was finished way too soon. Even the remake could only adapt a couple extra arcs. More such examples are covered in Ryan's answer below.
The anime is adapted in a bad way.
Kingdom has 470+ Manga Chapters. It is great source material and decent Manga sales. Its first season had such a bad animation that 90% of people who picked it up dropped it after second episode. Still it has over 70 episodes over 2 seasons. A call for reboot is there but I don't have my hopes up.
Tokyo Ghoul was given a second season where the writers completely went away from the source material. Even though Season 1 was received well its writers had made several unwarranted changes which led to many plotholes. (MadHouse's Parasyte though got it right. A great short Anime)
Seasonal Structure is less Risky. This is primarily the main reason from the departure from the perennial episodic structure from the big three. This method has lots of benefits with no obvious drawbacks. The studio only needs to commit to next season IFF it made profit the previous season. It also gives source material to continue ahead and some breathing room for the anime scriptwriters without lowering quality or pacing of the anime. The long running anime have many ups and down with the pacing.
Tbh this isn't exactly new. Major for example ran over 6 Seasons consisted of 150+ Episodes between 2004-2010.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has plenty of source material written from 1986-2004. But instead David Production went with a Seasonal model which is currently on part 3. So it is infact going to be a long running series.
Haikyuu and Kuroko No Basuke are a couple of other sports shounen which got subsequent seasons. KnK ended with season 3. Haikyuu is renewed for its 3rd season.
People prefer shorter anime This may or may not be true. But being from India and an Anime/Manga fan for over a decade, I didn't expect the sudden fad/growth of the Anime community. Naruto ending and its social network buzz seems to have given people a stimulus to pick Anime. Most of the people who ask me for recommendations want the Anime of lengths 24-25 episodes only.

Tl;dr As the market became more money oriented and people moving on too quickly. The seasonal structure of Anime production gave the studios and production houses more flexibility to hedge their risks by producing more anime but only prolonging the release of the more profitable and popular titles. This also seem to orient with the requirements of the newer generation of fans who seem to prefer the shorter, high paced and high quality of anime.


Where was the conservatoire entrance exam held? In the beginning of ch. 53, Chiaki comments that it is their first day in Paris. Later, in the flashback in the dinner scene, we learn that the entrance exams to the conservatoire that Nodame is going to attend were a month ago, in February. After I also saw:

Nodame's demand in the morning to be taken sightseeing
Nodame's comment in the "Prelude" to ch. 53, which takes place around a month before the entrance exams, that she could hold off her departure from Japan until June but would not because Chiaki wanted to leave with her and as soon as possible

I assumed that Nodame did not have to take the entrance exams in Europe, or at least not in France, and that prior to ch. 53, Nodame and Chiaki had not stepped foot in Europe. (Nodame's severe lack of French competency and her response after Chiaki tells her to look up and admire the nighttime Paris scenery also corroborates this for me. However, the former could simply indicate that Nodame and Chiaki simply were not in France for most or all of the period before ch. 53, and the latter makes sense so long as they arrived in Europe relatively recently.)

However, at the end of the chapter, we learn that Frank, who lives in Nodame's new apartment building, is French, and that he was the person whom Nodame met at the exam. As a result, it occurred to me that the entrance exams might have been in Europe — the conservatoire is in Paris, and it would thus be strange for someone already based in France to have to travel a long distance to take an entrance exam for it.

Is there actually an inconsistency, or is something wrong in my logic (particularly with how I am dealing with (2))? (If my logic is wrong, I imagine the anime adaptation, which shows Nodame and Chiaki landing and moving in in the same episode, might have played a part in confusing me.)

In chapter 109, Kuroki says, in February, that he is taking care of Rima Namura, as a favour to his old teacher. Rima is in Paris to take a conservatory entrance exam. From details in ch. 110, we can tell that Rima is preparing for the exam in the conservatoire that Nodame attends.

With this in mind, the most reasonable interpretation is that Nodame needed to fly out to Paris to for her entrance exams, and that afterwards (and with the results in hand), she returned to Japan before moving to Paris with Chiaki in March. In her conversation with her friends then, she must have been referring to when she was planning to depart "for good". Her need to go sightseeing when she returns to Paris in March is not too implausible either: perhaps she was on a tight schedule and would not have been able to do any tourist activities while there for the exam.


At which point in the series should I watch the The Last: Naruto the Movie and Boruto: Naruto the Movie? Okay, so I just recently watched episode 441 of the English sub of Naruto, and I was wondering whether I had caught up enough to watch The Last: Naruto the Movie and Boruto: Naruto the Movie?

Could someone tell me after which episode should I watch them?

The Last: Naruto the Movie take place after the Manga chapter 700. And if I'm not wrong episode 441 is a filler and not part of main manga story that takes someplace after chapter 678 of manga. So you need to read the manga from 678 to 699 before watching The Last: Naruto the Movie, or you can wait for the anime to reach the point of chapter 699.

After that Naruto Manga chapter 700 take place, which act like epilogue.

Boruto: Naruto the Movie take place after Manga chapter 700 and Naruto Gaiden: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring
, Gaiden is a mini manga series that takes place between chapter 700 and Boruto movie. Gaiden can be skipped but

   You will miss how Sarada Uchiha accepted her family.

But I will definitely suggest to watch anime till it reaches chapter 699 before both the film, or read the rest of the story in the manga. Skipping gaiden is your choice, except about a character mentioned in spoiler.


Can the Sharingan Copy Hidden Jutsu? The Sharingan copies techniques, but i want to understand can the sharingan copy hidden technique like the shadow style jutsu?

Because according to "narutowikia website" the sharingan copies hand seals, and since the nara clan, ino clan e.t.c that uses hand seals in performing their secret jutsu, why have I never seen a sharingan user copy secret jutsu when its not a "kekkai genkai"?

Thanks, I hope my question is simple.

Sharingan users need the prerequisite abilities before they can mimic a jutsu they have...
  Wiki

and

  Many hiden techniques are rooted in Yin–Yang Release, for example is Yin Release used in the Nara clan's Shadow Imitation Technique and Yang Release in the Akimichi clan's Multi-Size Technique. Wiki

So the answer would be yes if the sharingan user has the necessary abilities to perform the technique.
It is similar to the reason why the rasengan cannot be copied. The user can see the chakra and how it moves but unless he can control his own like that he won't be able perform it.
The jutsus of the Nara and Yamanaka have hand seals but it is only one and the majority of the technique is rather manipulation of the chakra.


How different are the anime and manga versions of Akame Ga Kill? Okay, so I watched all of the Akame Ga Kill anime. My question is should I start reading Akame Ga Kiru (the manga) from the beginning or continue from where they split?  I saw on another post that they split around approximately chapter 48. I understand that the overall plot is similar up until that point, but if there are additional characters or skipped over mini-archs then I want to go back and read it all.  If the anime is completely accurate until chapter 48 then I will just start there.

Anyone know the answer to this?
(Please no spoilers from anywhere after the anime splits off)

I have made a comparison of the anime and manga of Akame ga KILL! and included suggestion on where to pick up the manga if you know the series by watching the anime.

Basically, if you don't want to read too much overlapping content, start reading from chapter 39. The previous chapter (chapter 38) covers the fight between Mine and Seryu, which corresponds to episode 19.

There are many differences between the anime and manga from that point on. The Wild Hunt arc (from chapter 44 to chapter 48) in the manga introduces several new characters, some of which play important roles in the overall storyline beyond their arc.

Since the anime skips this arc, the fates of several characters were changed:

   Run was severely injured in chapter 48 after he defeated Champ, who was the perpetrator behind the massacre of Run's students back in his village. Before Run died, Kurome stabbed him with Yatsufusa and made him her puppet. He was alive and well at the end of the anime, though.
 Bols' wife and daughter was brutally murdered by Wild Hunt for their amusement in chapter 46. They stayed alive at the end of the anime and were seen distributing ration.
 In the manga, Suzuka - one of the Four Rakshasa Demons - actually survived from Tatsumi's attempt to crush her by destroying the whole building. She is assumed dead in the anime.

Therefore, although you might encounter some similar scenes in some of the chapters, it is best if you read from chapter 39 to understand the context in later chapters.

Apart from the main chapters, there are several extra chapters which are not adapted in the anime:

Volume 5 - (Unnamed Special Chapter)
Volume 8 - Extra Chapter (33.5) "Kill the Reminiscences" (追憶を斬る Tsuioku o Kiru)
Extra Chapter (7.5). "Kill the Blackness" (暗黒を斬る Ankoku o Kiru)
Extra Chapter (6.5). "Kill the Mad Swordman" (剣鬼を斬る Kenki o Kiru)

And if you are interested, you might want to read Akame ga KILL! Zero, which tells the background story of several characters in the series.


Do Kirie and Shuichi survive the spiral apocalypse in Uzumaki? The events in the manga "Uzumaki" by Junji Ito is being narrated by Kirie, the protagonist implying that she has somehow survived the spiral apocalypse.
Since I have only read the translated version, I am not sure if the native version has said anything about Kirie and Shuichi surviving the spiral apocalypse.
Does the native version somehow explain how Kirie is able to narrate the whole event or how has she survived?

Kirie: Shuichi... what do we do now?
Shuichi: Kirie... I can't run away any longer. Leave me here. You have to keep fighting. I think son this curse will be over.
Kirie: I can't run any more either. I'm staying with you.
*Their arms spiral together*
And with the spiral complete a strange thing happened... Just as time had sped up when we were on the outskirts, in the center of the spiral it stood still. So the curse was over the same moment it began, the endless frozen moment that I spent in shuichi's arms. And it will be the same moment when it ends again... when the next Kurozu-cho is built where the ruins of the old once lay. When the eternal spiral awakes once more.
- Uzumaki, Chapter 19

Ignoring the words we know three things:

Both Kirie and Shuichi become spirals at the heart of the spiral curse.
We know they didn't escape the spiral apocalypse as they became spirals.
We don't know if they didn't survive (are dead) as they looked like they were alive when we last saw them.

Reading the ending we know:

Technically they don't/can't die because time is frozen.
They become spirals for the rest of eternity.

narrated by Kirie, the protagonist implying that she has somehow survived the spiral apocalypse.

This seems like an incorrect assumption. Stories don't have to follow 'logic', such as there being a spiral curse. However the narration is in the present tense and we can easily assume that this is the story Kirie was writing (to memory) or would have written had she not succumb to the curse.


Is it possible for Lucy to meet Aquarius again, or did she die/get sacrificed? Is it possible for Lucy to meet Aquarius again, or did she die/get sacrificed?

So is there only one key for each of the 13 gates? Or are there multiple keys?

Aquarius did not die, because when Lucy broke her Gold Key, she only became unable to leave the Spirit World and travel to Mage's World.

From Aquarius's article on Fairy Tail Wiki:

  Aquarius adds that breaking the key won't kill her, but will merely
  make her unable to leave the Spirit World.

And yes, there is only one Gold Key to each Zodiac Spirit. You can see all of them in this part of the Wiki.


What is Takasu Yasuko's profession? Ya-chan (Ryuuji's mom) seems to work at nights in the entertainment industry?

She is shown carousing with some older men in a nightclub setting...

So what is exactly her profession? I do not think she is a sex worker, given the lack of social reprise shown in other series for that kind of work.

Yasuko's profession is simply being a hostess and an entertainer at a bar named Bishamontengoku. You are correct in that she is not a sex worker. Think of them as modern Geishas. Their main duties are to entertain customers, like singing karaoke with them or cajoling with men. They interact heavily with the customers, unlike the servers or waitress at a normal bar.

  In Japan, two types of bars are hostess clubs and kyabakura (キャバクラ?),
  a portmanteau of kyabarē (キャバレー?, lit. "cabaret") and kurabu (クラブ?,
  lit. "club"). Hostesses who work at kyabakura are known as kyabajō
  (キャバ嬢?), literally cabaret girl, and many of them use professional
  names called "genji name" (源氏名 genji-na?). Hostesses light cigarettes,
  pour drinks, offer flirtatious conversation, and sing karaoke to
  entertain customers. Hostesses can be seen as the modern counterpart
  of geishas, providing entertainment to the likes of groups of
  salarymen after work. A club will often also employ a female
  bartender, who is usually well-trained in mixology, and may also be
  the manager or mamasan. Hostess clubs are distinguished from strip
  clubs in that there is no dancing or nudity.

  Hostesses often drink with customers each night, and alcohol problems
  are not uncommon. Most bars run on a commission system in which
  hostesses receive a percentage of sales. For example, a patron
  purchases a $20 drink for the hostess, most of the time which are
  non-alcoholic concoctions like orange juice and ginger ale, and the
  patron has purchased the hostess's undivided attention for the
  subsequent 30-45 minutes. The hostess then splits the proceeds of the
  sale with the bar 50/50. The light or no alcohol content of the drinks
  purchased allows the maximum profits and assures the hostess does not
  become intoxicated after only a short time at work.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_and_hostess_clubs


Raye Penber conversation with Yagami Light following the bus incident After the bus incident, Raye Penber asks Yagami Light to keep seeing him a secret from the police, Yagami agrees and says "I won't tell anyone, including my father". Wouldn't Raye Penber ask himself why would Yagami Light think I know his father is in the police force? Doesn't it give a hint that Yagami knows he's being investigated? Do we just accept that Raye Penbar is a dull FBI agent?

Light mentions that his father is a police detective when he passes a note to Yuri saying that he will try to subdue the bus hijacker:

  Don't worry, Yuri. It'll be okay. I'm going to look for a chance to grab the guy's arm and pin him down so he can't use the gun. My dad's a detective and he's taught me what to do in emergencies like this. The guy's pretty small and weak-looking. I'm sure I can restrain him. [Translation from the fan Wikia.]

Since Raye Penber sees the note, it wouldn't be suspicious for Light to assume that Penber knows that he is the son of a police detective even if he never says so directly to him.

Note also that Light's actions suggest that he has more familiarity with what to do in these situations than the average person: beyond coming up with this "plan," he also asks Raye Penber to prove that he isn't an accomplice because it's "common to have someone hidden in the back to come help if anything goes wrong" for the hijacker. Thus, even if he didn't explicitly say that his father was a detective, it'd still be reasonable for someone to assume that he has some connection to law enforcement.

As an aside, Light's comment after Raye Penber proves his identity does seem slightly unnecessary:

  Okay, I trust you, and I won't ask what an FBI agent is doing on a bus in Japan.

This indicates that he knows that Raye Penber is up to something, but then again, when he's already proved himself to be more suspicious and street-savvy than the average person, it's not that suspicious for him to say that. It's not like he's indicating that he knows that the FBI are there for the Kira investigation as opposed to something else.


Feasibility of Guts using the Dragonslayer In the Berserk manga, given the enormous amount of chapters dealing with Guts'  over-sized sword, the Dragonslayer, I didn't try finding a pic that clearly shows the sword hanging slantingly along his dorsum. Neither did I notice the following issue before completing all the available episodes.

I'm intrigued by how exactly Guts was always able to wield Dragonslayer without at first having any difficulty from the hooks holding it, unhinges it to be more precise to say.
If we assume having his arm fully stretched upward and trying to displace Dragonslayer from its stationary position, then prima facie the distance between his grip (not of sword's) and shoulders cannot be greater than or equal to the length of the blade of the Dragonslayer.

It is this impracticability that made me to request here, a picture of Guts along with the Dragonslayer featuring his dorsum without any cape, so as to understand the truth. While a picture will speak the answer by itself, a context around it or without the picture itself may help too.

Edit:
On a side note, these pictures of Guts somewhat shows the hinge which holds off Guts' sword. But I can't fathom how then he could use the sword instantly when the sword needs to be unhooked every time to slay the enemy.

(Click image to enlarge it)

So if I am understanding the question correctly, you are wondering why he has no issues with unhinging the sword from his back and getting it into battle position.

Let me instantly break the bad news, in real life this would not have been possible. And it  falls under the BFS trope.

Even so people tend to want to investigate how 'impossible' it would be to wield such a weapon. And which real life weapon would be most comparable to this. They came to the following numbers:

Guts is roughly 1.90 meters high
The Dragon slayer is roughly the same height (the size is a bit variable through out the series)
The blade most likely weights about 220 pounds or 99.8KG. Although on the wiki, it has been stated that it should be around 400 pounds, and some reddit user calculated it to be around 625 pounds or 283.5KG

So coming back to your question, to displace the sword, assuming that Guts and the blade are equal in height and the blade weighs 220 pounds. Trying to pull it with a stretched arm length of 0.95m (it is said that the length of fingertip to fingertip is roughly your body length)

(not sure how to do the maths from here, but feel free to edit it in)

And to round up the post, the closest resembling sword to that of Guts', would be a two handed ceremonial sword which only resembles the blade in length (199cm / 78.3inch) and weighing much less (5.42KG / 11.9 pounds)


What is the release pace for English dub of Black Clover? I've looked up on the internet for an air date of the dubbed version for episode 45-48 of Black Clover, but didn't see any.

When will they come, or are there no more coming out in the dub? Or, is there a known release pace for the English dub?

According to Wikipedia, the English dub of episode 37 will air on September 9.
Assuming that it continues with one new episode per week, episode 45 will air on November 4.


Did Goku trigger the creation of Goku Black According to Dragon Ball super episode 53, Goku, Beerus and Whis visit Universe 10, where goku has a fight with Kaioshin Zamasu. After their fight zamasu hatred towards humans increase much more and also he comes to know about Time rings, which he had no idea. His hatred towards humans, especially Goku caused for the creation of Goku Black

So therefore trunks coming to past, made goku meet zamasu indirectly trigerring the creation of Goku Black. Therefore creating a time loop

Is my suspicion correct?

This is true. Though IMHO, this was not necessary for Zamasu to hate Goku and the other humans.

In dragon ball super episode 57, Zamasu sees Goku fight in the universe 6 tournament and realizes that Goku, though a mortal, can reach the level of Gods. This enrages him and is the immediate trigger for him to find Zuno to get knowledge about Goku and the Super dragon balls. This subsequently led to the creation of Goku Black.

So Trunks coming to past and Goku meeting Zamasu was just a effect of the time travel but did not lead to the cause. Thus there is no time loop. This is more evident in the manga, where Goku does not meet Zamasu in the present. Instead Zamasu just hears about Goku defeating Majin Buu from Shin.


What are the "specs" of the afterlife world? Regarding the afterlife world we see in the Angel Beats! anime, I have many questions, but I think we can pack all of them as "what are the specs of the afterlife world?":

Are habitants limited to the school grounds? Can they, say, go somewhere really far away?
Is this world based on an actual place in the living world? For instance, does this school actually exist somewhere?
Do all individuals that die with regrets end up here? Surely millions of people die this way, and I'm pretty sure that we never see more than a few thousands.
Are there other afterlife worlds? Or everyone ends up in the same place?

So for this bunch of questions I am going to use spoiler blocks as they are explained in the anime.

Limitations to school grounds:

   If I recall correctly, Yuri mentioned something like "behind the school boundaries there is a large and wide area of nothing but grass" and that she tried to escape, but was not able to.

Based on any actual place:

   In general, buildings are partly based on real buildings or generic. I would guess this school is a rag rug of multiple buildings mixed, excluding the underground facility of course ;)

Why not everyone / other afterlife worlds:

   Well, everyone who dies with regrets seems to go to a certain place, where they can get over these regrets and live a new, untainted life. Also, most of the students are mere "filler material" / "background noise" to create a perfect environment. They were created by the "Programmer". This person wanted to create a perfect world for students to clear their regrets. Thus the school is only for students. This means a part of Japanese highschool students get to this special place created for them. For other people dying with regrets, there "must" be a different place to go.


Help identifying a song at the beginning of episode 1 of Your Lie in April What is the song that plays at the very beginning (before the OP) of the first episode in Your Lie in April? It's played in other episodes too and I can't find anything about it when I look it up.

This is track #1 from disc #1 of the OST, titled "Kimi wa Wasurerareru no" (translates as "Could you forget?", which Kaori says to Kousei multiple times over the course of the show). Here is a 20-second extract from the beginning of the piece: https://clyp.it/2mfjovz4.


What's the OST that plays when Jiren powers up at the end of Dragon Ball Super 126? I've been trying to find it for ages So there's this really cool theme that plays when Jiren powers up at the end of episode 126. I've just been trying to get the name of it for ages. I know I'm really really late but still. Any help is appreciated.

The name of this OST is Memories of time ! It is composed by Norihito SUMITOMO and can be listened to by this YouTube link (Recreated by Pokemix92) .


Where do students get their funds from? It's been bothering me for a while now, and it's mentioned against several times. Where do students in Academy City get their funds?

Do they get it from home, their parents? Does Academy City give out an allowance? How does it work? Was it ever mentioned?

Quote from the 6th novel, Chapter 1 Part 8 (Credit for the translation goes to Baka-Tsuki):

  All the students in Academy City had a scholarship they could claim, and the money would be automatically banked into their accounts like a salary.
  On first glance, it was a system that was worth being envious over, but basically, it could be considered a contract for esper development. The more prestigious the school, or the higher the Level of the esper, the greater the reward. In contrast, the esper would have to take part in more research.
  As for ordinary Level 0 school students like Kamijou, the reward they could get was rather limited.

All Espers (even the Lv.0s) should have this scholarship for the Power Curriculum Program, the program to develop Esper-powers.

Not included here are non-students: Skill-Out most likely earns money with crimes, Teachers are paid by the city (although they don't get money for being a member of Anti-Skill), and foreigners (like Frenda) just live in the city and get paid for their jobs.


Why is there an entire Death Note if only one page is enough? After discussing the matter of whether the Death Note will ever run out of pages, it appears to me that there is another unclear matter, which is whether the page itself can ever run out?

You can easily take a page, use an erasable pen and write carefully, then when filled, erase the entire writing without damaging the page. You will always be able to kill other people using that same page. I have the following sub-questions:

Is this even possible, that is, can you kill people after writing on an erased page?
When do we say that the Death Note has run out? See the picture below1, which says that when you run out of room to write, you can ask your Shinigami to bring you another Death Note.
If I fill my note, ask the Shinigami for another one, then erase what was written on my first note, will I have made two Death Notes for myself?
If the above is true, and since the rules imply that no more than six Death Notes can be brought to the human world, why didn't Yagami Light do that to get six Death Notes, ensuring that no one else gets a Death Note?
How does the Shinigami tell that the Note is filled or not? Does he just look at the pages and see whether they are written or not?

1 Death Note Manga Pilot, Chapter 0, page 26.

It says that when you run out of room to write you can ask your Shinigami to bring you another Death Note.

The manga pilot is non-canon. However, nothing is explicitly stated about it in the main series, so this rule may or may not be valid for the main series.

Rule is not valid in the main series.

In this case, the Death Note somehow "grows" more pages once you use up all the pages, as described in this answer.

  How does the Shinigami tell that the Note is filled or not?
  When do we say that the Death Note had run out?
  What if I fill my Note, ask the Shinigami for another one, then erase what was on my first Note again, will I have made two Death Notes for my self?
  Why didn't Yagami Light do that to get six Death Notes?

Under this assumption, these questions are not applicable.
Rule is valid in the main series.

  How does the Shinigami tell that the Note is filled or not?
  When do we say that the Death Note had run out?

Just like how we, in real life, tell if a notebook is filled or not! If the owner tells the Shinigami that the notebook is filled, they would probably glance over the pages to see if all pages appear to be filled up, or maybe, they won't even bother doing that, and just hand over a new notebook.

It has been explicitly stated and seen that the Shinigami are generally lazy and not very smart. I cannot picture them telling the owner, "Hey look, there's a little space here in the corner, why don't you write there for now?"

  What if I fill my Note, ask the Shinigami for another one, then erase what was on my first Note again, will I have made two Death Notes for my self?
  Why didn't Yagami Light do that to get six Death Notes?

The assumption here is that either the owner hands over their used notebook and then gets a new one, or the used notebook becomes ineffective and is excluded from the count. This is a reasonable assumption because otherwise there would be a contradiction when Light asks Ryuk for a 7th notebook.

  Can you kill people after writing on an erased page?

There's a Death Note rule regarding erasing names:

  How to Use: XLII

  1. It is useless trying to erase names written in the Death Note with erasers or white-out.

The word useless in the above rule could be interpreted to mean either of two things:

Don't bother trying to erase a name in the hope of saving the person whose name you just wrote because that isn't going to work.
Erasing itself isn't going to work. Anything written in the Death Note cannot be physically erased.

If the interpretation 2 is correct, end of discussion, obviously.
If interpretation 1 is correct, you could theoretically keep reusing the pages by writing with pencil and erasing with an eraser, or writing with ink and washing it with water, etc. However, it is probably not worth the trouble because you have endless pages anyway.

Lastly, to answer the title question:

  Why there is an entire Death Note while only one page is enough?

For convenience, that is all. With more pages, you can avoid the hassles of having to erase every few days, erasing with care to prevent damage to the page, etc. Moreover, the Death Note was not "designed for humans", it was "designed for Shinigami". The product design generally caters to the preferences of its primary customer base. :-)


Is the grip shown in Hikaru no Go really used by expert Go players? In an early episode of Hikaru no Go Akira Toya comments that Hikaru must be a beginner because he's holding his stones incorrectly. In the show, it is shown that real Go players use a grip that only uses their index and ring fingers. Is this true in the real world? And if so, what exactly is the advantage of this grip? It seems to me that not using your thumb would be more likely to lead to dropping a stone accidentally, so I'm having trouble seeing why it would be used.

It is the proper way, and is used by most (if not all?) very strong go players (and many beginners as well!).

It allows you to easily place a stone in the middle of many others without touching them, and same to pick one up (when stones are captured you need to remove them from the goban (the playing board)).

In addition to this practical effect, pros and strong amateurs have a very gracious way to handle stones using this finger placement. You can see examples by seeing professional players on the net. I recommend Japanese players, as the whole ceremonial is quite precise, but also in the anime Hikaru No Go (especially Saï).


Are there other English versions of weekly manga magazines besides Shonen Jump? I know that Viz translates the Shonen Jump magazine as it is released, but  I'm not a massive fan of shonen, so I was wondering if there are any other manga magazines that are/have been published in English?

I had asked a similar question in chat a little while ago and did some research myself on the subject.

Viz no longer publishes Shonen Jump, as it has gone entirely digital. Viz also used to publish Shojo Beat which ended its publication run in 2009. Before that, they published Manga Vizion (1995), a manga anthology that ran for 4 years, Pulp (1997), which was the same thing but aimed at adults and ran for 5 years.

More general publications like Animerica or New Type USA (by A.D. Vision, counterpart of the Japanese "New Type" magazine) contained news and some serialized manga. When A.D.V shut down, the magazine was replaced by PiQ, which was even less about anime/manga and only lasted 4 issues. There's also Anime Insider published by Wizard which contained some manga previews but it's mostly a news magazine and Protoculture Addicts published by Protoculture, Inc. which covers anime and manga news and is readily available in Europe. It's now part of Anime News Network.

I think the only manga magazine that's still in print today is Otaku USA which claims to publish 32 pages of manga previews. According to its wikipedia page:

  After the shutdown of NewType USA in February 2008, Anime Insider in March 2009, and the discontinuation of Protoculture Addicts since August 2008, Otaku USA is the only remaining anime news magazine published for the North American market.

Since it only contains previews of manga, it's not a viable option if you want serialized publications of manga in English.


Who is the main target audience of yuri titles? I know that yaoi is famous for its fangirls, but I was wondering what the case was for yuri.

I have only occasionally seen yuri fangirls being referenced in anime, and these shows have a cast that is fully female.

Inspiration!

Researching it, there seems to be many subcategorys of yuri, which are targetted towards men, women and younger girls. But I was wondering - which is the main target audience for this genre?

Yuri is a genre.  It, like any other genre - drama, action, romance, adventure, slice-of-life, etc - is part of what will define the particular plot the show will have.

It by itself isn't a demographic, which is what defines the target audience.

Many yuri-centric works actually do have a demographic attached to it explicitly.  For example, Girl Friends is listed as seinen,  and Collectors is listed as Josei.  They may also have a demographic attached by virtue of the manga that they're published in, such as Kannazuki no Miko being a shounen manga, due to it being published in a shounen magazine.

In general, the demographic will vary, but I've noticed it by and large be seinen.


What is Sebastian's catchphrase 'A Phantomhive butler who can't do this much isn't worth his salt' in Japanese In Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler), Sebastian commonly uses the phrase

  "A Phantomhive butler who can't do this much isn't worth his salt"

It's in about every episode of season one. But it's at least in episode one on 8:38.

I was wondering what this phrase is in Japanese since I can't really make it out from the voice, and I can't find it anywhere else either.

Sebastian's general catchphrase in Japanese is

ファントムハイヴ家の執事たる者、この程度のことが出来なくてどうします?
Phantomhive-ka no shitsuji-taru mono, kono teido no koto ga dekinakute doushimasu?

which can be translated literally to

Those who are qualified as the butlers of Phantomhive, what would they be if they cannot do this much?

... which actually is straightforward compared to the English translation mentioned in the question.
However, that seems like a fan translation, since the official English translation by Yen Press is

I am the butler of the Phantomhive Family. It goes without saying that I can manage a technique as elementary as this.
*Black Butler vol. 1, ch. 1, pg. 8


How many years Goku and Vegeta were training in Dragon Ball Super? As far as I recall, there were at least 3 times when they spent time training. - When Vegeta ask Wiss to train him, he spent months traning before Goku's arrival. Later with Goku, they were placed in that strange dimensions where they learnt how to control differently their kis and where they ate all Beerus's pizzas that was hidden in Wiss's staff (so they had to be a while there I guess) , and later they trained in the room of spirit and time for I dont know how many years. You could add Goku's training before fighting Beerus and Freezer I guess. Is there any rough figure you can make from the anime or manga of how many years they were training already?

Before Goku arrived at Beerus' planet, Vegeta has trained for six months under Whis.
It is not cleared whether how long Goku and Vegeta trained together before entering the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. By speculating, they probably spent about 4 months together while Frieza was training.
Well, in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, they recognize that the place they're in is similar to Kami's Lookout's Hyperbolic Time Chamber but filled with god ki.

  Time passes 365.24 times faster in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber than in the real world, making one day outside the chamber equal to 365.24 days within it (one solar year)

We can calculate how long does Goku and Vegeta spent in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber by counting how many pizzas they had eaten.

From the scene where Whis returns all the pizzas from his staff, there are all 10 boxes of pizzas came out of the staff. Let say Goku and Vegeta each ate 1 box of pizza every day, which means in 5 days, they will consumed a total of 10 boxes of pizzas. And now, by calculating the time dilation, spending 5 days in Hyperbolic Time Chamber will make around 20 minutes outside of the chamber. This is quite accurate considering the Z Warriors fighting 1000 Frieza's soldiers, while each person will be fighting around 170 soldiers (or 1 soldier per 7 seconds).
During Universe 6 Saga. they train for three years in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
In total, they have trained about 3 years and 10 months together.


Why is Reinforce so small? At the end, of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's and during Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, Reinforce is quite small.

However, in the above image she is shown to be just as big as Vita. The image above doesn't look like fan art and it's obviously set a few years after StrikerS as Tina is wearing the Enforces' uniform and has longer hair.

I am wondering why Reinforce was so small. Is it because she was still a new born that's yet to grow? If so, can Agito eventually grow up to be normal size since both Rien and Agito are Unison Devices?

It was explained in the StrikerS soundstages  that she can turn into human size, but that cost her more magical power, which makes it not practical for combat. And Agito can do the same.

Source

http://nanoha.wikia.com/wiki/Reinforce_Zwei


How did Light know that Hideki Ryuga is the real L? While watching the Death Note anime, I noticed that there was one incident when Hideki Ryuga told Light that he is the real L. Well, at that time Light was not sure if he was the real L because he thought that it might be a trap from the real L to catch him.

So my question is: how he was able to deduce that Hideki Ryuga is the real L and not a fake?

His father confirmed it.

L when tells Light his real identity, he made it in such a way that Light couldn't kill him.

If Light tries to kill "Hideki Ryuga", he is not sure if he is the real L. If the fake imposter dies (Like the one on TV), Light confirms he is Kira
He might kill the real "Hideki Ryuga" by mistake and not gain anything while exposing himself.

But he plays L's game and finally ends up in the HQ of L's team where his father confirms he is the real L. Later when L realizes about the Shinigami eyes, he tells Light that he has made arrangements with his Father that if he dies in the next few days that Light is Kira.

Thus he didn't get a chance to kill L until he was able to manipulate Rem.

EDIT: Found the source. Light's father confirms this in hospital in Manga Chapter 22. Here is the screenshot.


How closely does the anime movie "In This Corner of the World" follow the manga? In This Corner of the World (Kono Sekai no Katasumi) anime movie was adapted from a manga of the same name. The manga has 48 chapters and the anime is about 2 hours and 6 mins long. However, I felt like some of the scenes were cut, or the flow of the story was disturbed and another scene was brought up so that the duration won't be too long.

I did read some chapters and found that the scene where Mizuhara drop Suzu's pencil in the hole was not in the anime. I want to read the manga if there are big changes or parts which affect the story.

Did the anime movie really follow the manga?

According to Japanese Wikipedia, the differences are (warning: also includes spoiler from the manga):

The time period at the beginning of the story (year 1934 → year 1933)

 At the beginning of the story, the time period of the episode when Little Suzu encountered the kidnapper on the way to deliver seaweed was advanced from "January 1934" to "December 1933". In the movie, after passing through various circumstances such as the reworking of the production plan, the time period of this episode was set in December 1933. In the movie, the state of the busy town in the Christmas shopping season is depicted. However, on that year, there was an event of the birth of the Crown Prince on December 23, the day before Christmas Eve, thus the celebratory mood should have continued from that day until the new year. Because of that, the episode at the beginning of the story was set sooner than that date.

The emphasis on character relationships (Suzu-Keiko, Shusaku-Rin-Suzu, Teru-Rin-Suzu)

 In the movie, the relationship contrast between Suzu as a wife and Keiko as a sister-in-law is the main point. The appearance of the courtesan Rin, a major character in the original was reduced, and an episode related to the love triangle between Shusaku, Rin, and Suzu is not shown. Along with this, the appearance of the courtesan Teru who mediates the reunion of Suzu and Rin in the original is cut to one scene only without any line. However, Teru is mentioned in Suzu's flashback and Suzu has possession of Teru's red cosmetic item, which Rin handed over to Suzu after Teru's death in the original.

The scenes related to the characters' point-of-view

 In the movie, the scenes from men's point-of-view like details of weapons such as ships and fighters, the feeling of male characters and more, were added, supplementing the women's point-of-view drawn in the original. During the beginning of the bombing of Kure (chapter 26 in the original), while Entaro is lying down protecting Suzu and Harumi, a dialog regarding his emotion to the Homare engine mounted on Kawanishi fighters while dogfighting US fighters in the air was added. Also in this scene of the movie, when Suzu is fascinated by the sight of war, colorful bomb smoke is shown using paintbrush inside her imagination. While this was not shown in the original's monochrome, it's an arrangement based on the historical fact that coloring bullets for identification were mixed in the anti-aircraft guns of warships.

Suzu's reaction to Japan's defeat

 When Suzu flew out of the house raging after listening to Jewel Voice Broadcast reporting Japan's defeat, her line is changed when she looks at the raised Taegukgi and breaks down crying. In chapter 38 of the original, Suzu feels that the justice they believed was lost and she talks to herself whether Japan will yield to violence since other countries have been conquered violently, while in the movie, her monologue is about whether they should yield to violence since they live on rice and soy coming from the other side of the sea. Regarding this, Katabuchi stated that Japan's food self-sufficiency at that time was not high and there were circumstances in which we had no choice but to rely on grain imported from abroad, and to talk about the same thing as the original, he said that he thought that it was better for Suzu to respond to food material since she is always doing the kitchen work. As a related depiction, when Suzu visits the black market, a random character refers to Taiwanese rice, a line not included in the original has been added.

Note: a 30-minute extended version of the movie, titled In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World will be released on December 2018 (Source: AnimeNewsNetwork).


Where can I find reliable information about licensing status of manga/anime? Often I want to buy some anime or manga, but after a long time of searching, I find out, that the manga/anime isn't translated yet. Is there a website where I can find information about whether an anime/manga is licensed and/or translated? At least in English, but if there's a source for German translations, too, I would be very happy!

I typically look up this information on Anime News Network's encyclopedia. They tend to have licensing information pretty well covered. They pay attention to the announcements made by the major licensing organizations and typically write brief news pieces for each release, and more data about the licensing is added to the encyclopedia entry as it becomes available. I can't comment on their reliability in any language other than English, but in English they are usually pretty good. I can't comment on how reliable they are for manga.

Other anime indexing services also tend to have information, though it's often more sparse. MyAnimeList and AniDB both sometimes have licensing data. In MAL it's listed with an L in the "Producers" section. In AniDB, they typically have a link to the website of the licensing company. In both cases, I was able to find some licensed anime which weren't listed as such, so in my opinion these are less reliable than ANN. These sources typically only list English licenses.

Typically, Wikipedia articles also include this information when it becomes available, at least for English releases. However, these are maintained by fans, and usually link back to various news articles anyway from ANN, MAL, etc. so they may not be as reliable.

Finally, if there's any doubt as to whether a specific company has licensed a particular anime, you can usually check their website. All licensing companies that I know of have a list at least containing all anime that they have released, and most also list future releases.


What is the symbol/tattoo on Sebastian's hand? In Black Butler, Sebastian has a symbol on his hand and Ciel has the same symbol on his eye.

I swear I've heard of it, but what's the name of this sign and why is it significant?

Fun Facts About Sebastian Michaelis' Symbol written by aneir on DeviantArt stated:

  Fact 2: Pentagram

  The Pentagram is a five-sided star, usually made with a single continuous line, with the points equally spaced. It is often depicted within a circle. This is one of several geometric star designs representing the mysteries of creation and redemption, the soul of man in its relationship with the Universal Spirit. Magickally, such diagrams are considered efficacious in rites and rituals of evocation and transformation.

  Among the Greeks, the pentagram was the symbol of the goddess Kore, who resumed in her mythos the descent and ascent of the human of soul from the Underworld. Her sacred symbol, the apple, shows a five-pointed star when sliced horizontally through the center. The Pythagoreans, who based much of their philosophy on numbers, used the pentagram as an amulet for health and spiritual well-being. They wore the pentagram both upright and reversed and when hiding from persecution, they used the pentagram as a secret sign of recognition.

  By the Middle Ages, the pentagram had become a general symbol of spiritual wisdom and truth, and it was marked on doorways and windows to keep evil out of the house. There is evidence that the old village witches made use of the pentagram, which they called the Witches' Foot, the Druid's Foot or the Goblin's Cross.

  The Church decided it was no longer proper for Christians to use the symbol after the Christian Inquisition began burning village wise women and identifying them by the sign of pentagram.

  After the invention of the printing press and subsequent publication of Agrippa's Occult Philosophy and numerous magickal grimoires, the pentagram became a popular symbol of occult knowledge.

  And to add to this, there are apparently two different types of pentagram or pentacle. An upright and an inverted pentagram:

  An upright pentagram is a 5 pointed star with one point aligned upwards.
  An inverted pentagram is a 5 pointed star with two points aligned upwards.

  Inverted pentagrams are largely associated with Baphomet, an imagined pagan deity (in other words, a product of Christian folklore concerning pagans), which is revived in the 19th century as a figure of occultism and Satanism. Often mistaken for Satan, it represents the duality of male and female, as well as Heaven and Hell or night and day signified by the raising of one arm and the downward gesture of the other.

  Its name may have come from two Greek words, baphe and metis, meaning "absorption of knowledge." It has also been called the Black Goat, Devil's Goat, Goat Head, Goat of Mendes, and Judas Goat. Its first appearance appears to have been during the vicious interrogation of members of the Knights Templar by the Roman Catholic Church during the Inquisition. There was little consensus among different victims' descriptions of the Baphomet.

  It can probably be safely assumed that their description of the Baphomet is more a product of the Inquisition's torture methods than of any actual statue that was in use by the Knights...

  Fact 3: Writing within the Pentagram

  Magicians also use the pentagram as a part of the Solomon Lamen (Seal of Solomon), which is composed of three sigils: the Pentagram, the Hexagram and the Secret Seal (a Mercurial symbol). In this lamen, worn as a necklace by the magician when invoking spirits, the pentagram is used to open a doorway to spiritual forces.

  The words on the seal have the following meaning:

  Abdia - I conjure thee in secret, O Spirit!
  Ballaton - Come forth from thy abode and speak clearly in my speech.
  Bellony - Put forth thy might and discover unto me the knowledge and power in thy keep.
  Halliy - Answer in the inward silence all of my questions without fail.
  Halliza - Assume and show forth unto me thy form of divine perfection.
  Soluzen - Open unto me thy secret door and fulfill me of my purpose!


Is there a Naruto manga that goes over kid Kakashi? I know some of kid Kakashi's story from Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm games but I would really like to read more about it.

Is there a Naruto manga that goes over kid Kakashi?

Let me help you.

You can read Kakashi Gaiden which covers his backstory when he was a kid. You can watch 119 to 120 of Naruto Shippuden also. I would suggest if you have and interest in Naruto the series and want to see where the characters started and orignated, watch Naruto and then Shippuden.


Why did Hiruzen Sarutobi become the third Hokage again? Hiruzen Sarutobi is the third Hokage, while Minato is the fourth Hokage.

After the death of Minato, Hiruzen becomes Hokage again and he is still called the third.

But why still the third? Why isn't Hiruzen called the fifth then? And why didn't they choose a new candidate as new Hokage?

This is a guess from human behavior not exact knowledge.

they are used to call him the third Hokage and only know him as the thrid.
Even if he now would officially be the fifth. Compare this to kings in the real world even if the went to exiles or somethign and came back to be kings again they would not change their name.
there might not be a suitable candidate at that point or he might be the best option.


Why does the Fairy Tail anime have no blood? Dragon Ball, One Piece, Bleach, and Naruto all have blood. Why doesn't Fairy Tail have it?

The reason for this is censorship. Fairy Tail has a 'PG-13' age rating; most shows with this rating do not show gore.

Another example of something they censored would be that in the manga, Gray Fullbuster is a smoker. They took this out in the anime because they were afraid it might influence children to think that smoking is cool.

This can be seen in Chapter 4, Page 20 and Chapter 10, Page 6-7.

On a side note, the first OVA ("Welcome To Fairy Hills!") is the only episode I know of that shows blood before Fairy Tail 2014.

 Levy after Erza smashed her face into the wall (10:05).


What is the correct chronology in Sword Art Online what light novel and manga volumes? There are manga and light novels in Sword art online with three simultaneous separate series.  What is the way to chronologically read this series?

The manga is just an adaptation of the Light Novels, so it follows the arcs in the original LN.

Aincrad
Fairy Dance
Phantom Bullet
Caliber
Mother's Rosario
Alicization

The Girl Ops manga can be read at any point after the Fairy Dance arc, as it's just a side-story.

Progressive is a reboot of sorts of the Aincrad arc, exploring from the first floor onwards, so it can be read on its own whenever you want.