Do seniority relations among the fleet girls have any basis in properties of the actual ships? I notice, for example, that the Akagi and the Kaga both began construction in 1920, and they're portrayed as being more senior than the Fubuki, the Mutsuki, and the Yuudachi, all of which only began construction later on.

Is this a reasonably consistent pattern among the other fleet girls? Or is it more or less arbitrary which girls are portrayed as being senior to others? (Or is it not arbitrary, but based on something else entirely, like ship class?)

A few points that rule out ship age as a deciding factor:

The Nagato and the Mutsu are the secretary ships of the fleet and hold highest seniority, yet the construction of the four Kongou-class battleships had all been completed at least five years beforehand. The Kongou-class were all originally battle cruisers, which is a possible reason for their lower seniority assuming it's based on ship class, as the Nagato-class were dreadnoughts, and the Nagato often served as flagship IRL.
The Ashigara and the other three Myoukou-class heavy cruisers are depicted as teachers. However, every single Mutsuki-class destroyer was completed around 4-5 years before them, and they're Ashigara's students in the show.
The Ooyodo light cruiser was completed in 1943, well after most other ships in the fleet, but works with Nagato and Mutsu, which is likely because she was originally intended as a command vessel for submarine operations and briefly served as flagship of the Combined Fleet before being sunk.
The Shimakaze was also older than the Mutsu.

Given the other references to real-life attributes of the various ships and their histories (e.g. the Sendai fought all of her battles at night, hence her character's obsession therewith), I would guess fleet seniority is handled based on ship roles in the actual Combined Fleet, which would roughly follow ship class just because of the different capabilities/stats of each.

The information of the ships are referenced from Wikipedia


Will a Devil Fruit user swim if he/she is in contact with Kairoseki? We know that Kairoseki nullifies the Devil Fruit powers and sea immobilizes the Devil Fruit users. So hypothetically, what will happen if a Devil Fruit user tries to swim while he/she is in contact with Kairoseki?

They can't. The Sea Stone drains the Devil Fruit user's body of energy rendering them unable to move (as if they were paralyzed), and negates their Devil Fruit powers (but not the cursed side effects). This is the same effect as if they were exposed to the ocean. Since they can't move or breathe underwater without special assistance, they will ultimately drown.


When does Shirayuki return to Tamburum in the manga? When does Shirayuki return to Tamburum after receiving an invitation from Prince Raj in the manga (which chapter)? You see, I kinda lost where I was in the manga and can't seem to find where I was reading. If you could tell, me that would be a big help, thanks!

That arc starts in chapter 18, the actual invitation from prince Raji is in chapter 19 and shirayuki actually returning to Tamburum is in chapter 20.


Where does the One Outs anime diverge from the manga? Today I just finished watching One Outs and I was interested on picking up the manga, but I would like to know if the adaptation is faithful to the manga and from which volume the anime itself ends.

The anime adapts chapter 1–chapter 82 (volume 10) of the manga. While I have not read the manga yet, I've been led to believe that it is reasonably similar to the anime in terms of plot. There should be no problems in starting off from chapter 83.


Song that plays in Boku no Hero Academia season 4 episode 12 at 12:40 Does anyone know the music that starts playing in Boku no Hero Academia season 4 episode 12 from 12:40? I can't remember what was it called. Thank you.

I think this is it! Please forgive me if I am wrong, good day!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh1qpioSEEk


Why does Sakura's inner voice say "cha" at the end of her sentences? So this answer explains why Naruto say "dattebayo" or "believe it" in the English translations, being that he inherited it from his mother.

In earlier episodes of Naruto when Sakura goes to think of what she really wants to say, this occurs in the form of white drawing lines of Sakura with writing on her forehead with black background. See the image below:

In the English dub, the second Sakura often ends her sentences by saying "cha".

What is the reason for this? Is this something she picked up from her parents like how Naruto inherited his mother's habit, or is there some other explanation for this?

According to Catchphrases and Verbal Tics from Naruto Wikia, the phrase "Cha" was replacement of "Shannarō" and "Shannarōyo" in the English dub often used by Inner Sakura, which have no literal meaning, but it can be translated into "Hell yeah!", "Hell no!", or "Damn it!" depending on the situation.


Ghost in the Shell separate continuities From reading threads here, I gather there are separate continuities in (all) Ghost in the Shell animes, including TV and movies.  I had a lot of questions about continuity and the separate contuity answers most of them, as there are things that don't make sense if we put all the animes in order.  So trying to separate the continuities, my understanding is the following.  Can someone help and see if this makes sense?

Continuity 1
Arise serves as a prequel on explaining how Major and Section 9 comes together
Major went missing after first movie
Major still missing and helps Batou in second movie
2027- Arise
2029 - Ghost in the Shell
2032 - Innocence

Continuity 2
Arise serves as a prequel on explaining how Major and section 9 comes together
Crime solving storyline.  Major stayed with Section 9 all the way through end of S.A.C. 2nd GIG.
Beginning of Solid State Society mentioned Major left for "a couple of years".  This matches the timeline of S.A.C. 2nd GIG end,
assuming Major's departure is unmentioned in S.A.C. 2nd GIG.
2027- Arise
2030 - Stand Alone Complex
2032 - S.A.C. 2nd GIG
2034- S.A.C. Solid State Society

Continuity 3
Arise serves as a prequel on explaining how Major and section 9 comes together
Major looks the same between the two shows.
One thing uncertain is in Arise, Major and team reports to Section 9.  But in The New Movie, Major/team and Section 9 seem to be separate entities.
2027- Arise
2030 - The New Movie

They are all really not related... If you watch closely you'll notice that they each take liberties in different directions.  In Stand Alone Complex (S.A.C.) they have stories regarding the past of various characters that is in direct contradiction to the Arise media.  Both Arise and SAC have contradictory information with the original movies.  Continuity wise; I think it's really best to group them by production era.

1) Original Movies:
a) Ghost in the Shell (1995)
b) Ghost in the Shell: Innocence (2001?)

2) S.A.C. Story Arcs (Alternate Universe / reboot):
a) S.A.C. Laughing Man arc
b) S.A.C. 2nd gig Kuze / Individual Eleven arc
c) S.A.C. Solid State Society (SSS) movie

3) Arise (Prequel Reboot):
a) Arise OVA
b) Arise: Alternative Architecture (AA) (Edited version of Arise with 2 new episodes)
c) Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (Arise AA Series Conclusion)

If I were suggesting a watch order, I would probably recommend the above ordering.  I would also recommend not watching the laughing man or individual eleven movies, as they are hacked up versions of the TV series. I personally think the SAC TV series are probably the best GitS media, but the original movies are good.

One thing to note is that they all have very different story arcs.  it's really just that they recreate the Section 9 team in various states to tell different stories.  They all share the same basic themes of cyberpunk, [spy|detective] thriller, with a hefty dose of philosophy (of the Ghost in the Machine by Arthur Koestler style).

If you want to pretend they are share the same universe watch them in reverse order by era, and skip the Arise OVA

1) Arise Alternative Architecture (AAA)
2) The New Movie
3) S.A.C. The Laughing Man arc
4) S.A.C. The Individual Eleven arc
5) S.A.C. SSS
6) The 1995 original movie
7) Innocence

This way, you're watching the prequel -> some stuff where The Major comes and goes (She leaves in the 2nd gig, then comes back in SSS) -> then you see the story line where she is changed and leaves at the end.  Followed by the Batou Blade Runner detective movie where she is pretty much gone.


If All for One can pass quirks on to others, can he pass debilitating quirks to people that don't want them? Since All for One can transfer quirks, can he pass along quirks to people that don't want them?

Of course. All for One has the power to pass quirks regardless of the wishes of the receiving person.

About One For All from fandom :

  Long ago, a man with a Quirk that could steal other Quirks and give them away forcibly gave his seemingly Quirkless younger brother a Quirk that allowed him to stockpile power within his body.

This is the story of how One for All was born. The brother of the original All for One rejected any desire of having a quirk but his brother gave one to him regardless. So it is possible to give Quirks to people who don't want them.


What is the music playing in episode 14, when Gowther was talking about the cycles in the cave? I'm looking for a piece of music in Seven Deadly Sins that plays at 5:15 of episode 14, when Gowther explains about the life cycle to the armor beast.

The track is called PT-16: Taizai and is from The Seven Deadly Sins Original Soundtrack 2.

It is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano.

The track can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_D-Ob908LU

Note that the part that appears in episode 14 starts at around 1:06 on that track.


Does Dagashi Kashi author getting paid for advertise snack in her manga? The series Dagashi Kashi is like an advertise manga, it's promoted many snacks for children from japan. Does DagashiKashi's mangaka getting paid for promoted all of those snack?

I mean did all of those snacks which appear in DagashiKashi series (manga and anime) have been affiliated before between the mangaka and many snacks company ?

As far as I know, there aren't any candy companies in the production committee or officially listed in the sponsor page.

One of the main purposes of the manga is to talk about Dagashiya and their decline in Japan, as their role is taken over by more general convenience stores and supermarkets. It's a nostalgic trip down memory lane. Not naming specific candies would destroy that purpose.


Which movie shows Naruto and Hinata's wedding? I have completed watching Naruto anime series completely, but Hinata's and Naruto's wedding is not shown properly.

So which movie should I watch to see their wedding?

The Last: Naruto the movie.

At the end of the movie in the credits, you can see the images of the wedding.

You also see the events leading up to the wedding, till the bride and groom come out to the ceremony, in the last few episodes of Naruto Shippuden. Episodes 494 to 500.

However, we cannot see the actual happenings anywhere.


What are Holo's roots in Japanese tradition? The rich background of Holo: being a minor deity of harvest, her forms, shapeshifting, powers and limitations, likes and dislikes, traits character etc - how is it grounded in Japanese beliefs, myths, traditions, and legends?

Is her lore entirely made-up for the needs of the show; did the authors take strong artistic license on some more or less common legends; or is she shaped closely after a character well known in Japanese culture?

If it's one of the latter, could you give some sources or summaries of the original upon which she is based?

I wasn't able to find any references that state that the exact background that Horo has originates from some exact legend or myth. However, it is definitely not entirely made-up. Animals play a significant role in Japanese folktales. Two of them are also widely known to be able to transform into humans, and other objects: kitsune (狐) - fox, and tanuki (狸) - raccoon dog.

Also, the Wikipedia article "Japanese folklore" has this interesting fact:

  Marriages between humans and non-humans (irui konin tan (異類婚姻譚 "tales of heterotype marriages")) comprise a major category or motif in Japanese folklore. Japanese heterotype examples such as the crane story describes a sustained period of married life between the interspecies couple, in contrast to Western examples like Frog Prince or the Leda myth where the supernatural encounter is brief.

I believe we can say that all these definitely have some resemblance with Horo's background.


How many devil fruits we know about have been discovered? I was wondering how many devil fruits have we seen in the manga since the beginning ?

Has someone ever counted how many of them exist ?

The number of devil fruits from the start of the manga till today is as follows [ taken from the one piece wikia ]   :

             Canon   Non-canon    SBS[I'm Taking Questions by Oda]

Paramecia       74          25      2

Zoan            29*          6      0

Logia           12           3      0

Unspecified      1           1      1

Total          116          35      3

*The number excludes artificial devil fruits .


How old can fairies become? In question 122 of Mugimeshi-san's question corner, somebody asked whether the fairy king's lifespan is longer than the rest of the fairies. Which gets answered with "It might be the longest out of all the different species."

But how old can these fairies become?

As of now, there's no official answer, but at least older than 4200 years.

Summarizing from the Wikia about Fairy Clan:

  Longevity: The average lifespan of a Fairy is between 1000 to 1500 years. They do not appear to physically age and they never suffer from illness.

Now, comparing the known fairies' age:

Invisible: ?
Cisca: ?
Dahlia: ? (former, 2nd king/queen)
Melik: ?
Elaine: ±1000
Ende: 1000+
Puora: 1000+
Helbram: ±1300 (deceased)
King: 1300+ (current king)
Gloxinia: ±1400 (former, 1st king)
Gerheade: ±4200

Although most of them are mentioned in between 1000-1500 range, Gerheade is an exception, and she's not even a king.

Thus, assuming there's nothing that prevents their natural aging (e.g. Elaine, Helbram), and since they don't suffer any illness, fairy king should even be possible to live more than 5000 years.


How many official super saiyan transformations are there already? ok, so there are so many transformations and states in Dragon Ball already, that now it's hard to tell what's an official transformation and what's not. According to a japanese magazine spoiler of the upcoming episodes a new one could be just right on the way,

   Super Saiyan 3 for the super saiyan green/super saiyan berserker of Kale, which I assume it isnt the same transformation than the regular super saiyan 3

So, how many official super saiyan transformations are there already?

Super Saiyan
Ascended Saiyan(Super Saiyan 2)
Super Saiyan 3
Super Saiyan 4(Not canon)
Legendary Super Saiyan (Not canon)
Super Saiyan rage(Future trunks)
Super Saiyan Berserker(Kale's transformation)
Super Saiyan God
Super Saiyan Blue
Super Saiyan Rose

// Additional

Mystic/ Ultimate Gohan ( I wouldn't call it an actual super saiyan transformation.)
Ultra Instinct Goku (His new aura seemed to indicate it was a new transformation).


How could Feyris send her message in the past if she was miles away from the phone microwave? I watched the episode 9 of the Steins;Gate series and have been wondering how Feyris sent her message in the past from her apartment if the phone microwave was miles away in the laboratory. Until now, they had always sent the D-mails from a phone which was very close to the phone microwave which (if I understood it correctly) managed to open small Kerry blackholes, allowing the electromagnetic signal from the sending phone to time-travel and reach the receiving phone in the past.

In this episode, it seems that they can send the D-mails from any location and if the phone microwave is running, the messages go to the past, which doesn't make sense because these Kerry blackholes should extend far beyond the laboratory and then any other (under 36 characters) message sent from a mobile phone in the town (and beyond) would travel to the past and reach the targeted phone back in time (if the number already existed), causing multiple time changes and not just the one caused by Feyris' D-mail.

I really can't understand this plot hole and it ruins my enjoyment of this series.

Could someone explain to me what I didn't get about the functioning of the phone microwave that makes the episode 9 logically believable?

It is logically accurate. The necessary conditions for a D-Mail to work are listed on the Wikia as:

D-Mails are sent through the Phone Microwave and can only be sent from devices connected to the Phone Microwave, such as a phone or a pager.

D-Mails can only be sent to someone with a phone (or a pager), so although they could hypothetically be sent back millions of years, they would not have any effect.

The number of the target phone is also necessary to send the D-Mail, so they cannot be sent to individuals whose numbers the sender has not obtained.

Hence, it's not a plot-hole. Basically, it functions like a normal message sent from a mobile to the Phone Microwave (name subject to change) as mentioned in the comments. The Phone Microwave (name subject to change) doesn't pick-up any random message sent in a nearby zone, which, in size, is shorter than or equal to 36 bytes but only the ones sent to it.
This also tells us that the device sending the message needs to be connected to the Phone Microwave and not the one receiving it. As mentioned by Builder_K, the Phone Microwave may be functioning as a relaying device, which relays the message to the target phone as intended by the sender.


Why is it common for anime to lack surround sound? With all this push for HD video, I would think HQ audio (5.1 surround sound) would be obvious. But I am having trouble finding any TV anime in 5.1; One Piece from Japan is only stereo (movies are an exception), Crunchyroll does not have any 5.1 according to their support, most anime series listed on sale say on Amazon (or even Rightstuf) don't even seem to have a field for the sound type (stereo or surround).

Why is this?

According to a reddit user:

  ISDB supports 5.1 but in practice most broadcasts are stereo, with 192k AAC audio.

[1]

Another question of mine would be why would the DVD releases not support 5.1?

Probably the only anime that I saw with 5.1 audio is Evangelion. However as you've pointed out, most(if not all) TV-aired anime in Japan are in stereo unless it got released into special BD/DVD.

This issue is also under budget constraints, etc. It's not budget-wise to apply one, just the same as what @Dmitri said about the average Japanese household.


Why did Marleyans wait 4 years? After the last attempt to get the Origin titan, in the battle of Shiganshina, why did Marleyans wait for 4 years to try again after their defeat?

The short answer is that the nation of Marley had suffered great losses in the battles leading up to, and including, the Battle of the Shiganshina District.

In the fourth story arc of Attack on Titan manga, Chapter 33,

  Annie Leonheart, the Female Titan, is forced to crystallize herself prior to being captured by the Eldians on Paradis Island. In this way, she prevents herself from being consumed by the Eldians but she also can not help the Marleyans in their military operations either.

Then, in the Battle of Shiganshina District, we see

  Levi Ackerman take on the Beast Titan, rendering both him and the Beast Titan incapable of further combat as both were considered to be at their limits.

Of course, elsewhere during the battle

  Eren and his teammates take on both Reiner and Bertolt incapacitating both with new technology (thunder spears) and excellent military tactics.

This left the Beast Titan with two choices:

  Save Reiner, the Armored Titan, or save Bertolt, the Colossus Titan. He chose to save Reiner and left Bertolt to the Eldians on Paradis Island. Armin, at risk of dying, was injected and chosen to consume Bertolt. And now, on behalf of the Eldians on Paradis Island, Armin is now in possession of the Colossus Titan.

So let's recap the events up until now:

  The Marleyans were never able to recover the Founding Titan. They also lost the Attack Titan many years before Eren was born. Eren then became in possession of both the Attack and Founding Titan. Armin took possession of the Colossus Titan and the Eldians on Paradis Island are in possession of the Female Titan who, in crystallized form, is incapable of performing any further military operations of behalf of the Nation of Marley. That means that, of the 9 titans, four of the titan-shifting powers remain in the hands of the Eldians on Paradis Island. Not only was the military operation to recover the Founding Titan a total failure, but the Marleyans also managed to lose two of their titan-shifters in the process. To be fair, they actually lost THREE of their titan-shifters but Ymir willingly gave her titan-shifting form back to the nation of Marley so that brought their losses back to two.

Up until that point, the only reason the nation of Marley

  wanted the Founding Titan was to take possession of the natural resources found on Paradis Island without suffering casualties as a result of the mindless titans roaming the land.

However, four years after the Battle of Shiganshina District,

  Marley's battle against the Mid-East Allies proved that their military power was weakening; human technology rendered the power of the titan-shifters almost obsolete. Thus, they decided to continue operations against Paradis Island at great risk to themselves in order to bring all titan-shifters, including the Founding Titan, within their power. Of course, realizing that technology would soon make their titan-shifters obsolete, the Marleyans are only pursuing this plan to buy them more time; the titan-shifters will give them enough time to improve or advance their own military technology.

So the long answer is

  the Marleyans had no intentions of returning to Shiganshina. They did attempt some naval operations but the ships they always sent never came back and so, they essentially gave up plans for Paradis Island. Then, four years later, the battle against the Mid-East Allies gave them greater motivation to go back and retrieve the remaining titan-shifters.


Why King was needed as a decoy to grab the attention of elder centipede? For grabbing the attention of elder centipede,

   and killing him, King was need as a decoy for Saitama to kill him.

Why King was needed as a decoy to grab the attention of elder centipede?

Actually, it was not King himself that was needed. In Chapter 82, you'll read the following dialogue:

  They say Centichoro cooperates with the Monster Association so he can get revenge against Blast...

Remember that it was not King himself that made Centichoro go after him but rather, it was after he mentioned Blast. King said that he brought Blast with him and after taunting Centichoro that he was too afraid to face Blast, Centichoro, presumably angered, went after him, thinking Blast was with him.

To conclude, King himself was not specifically needed for the task. It was his lie that Blast was there that distracted Centichoro since Centichoro apparently wants to get revenge upon Blast. Centichoro probably would not have wanted to miss the chance to get even so after hearing that Blast was there, he charged towards him. Saitama used Centichoro's hatred towards Blast against him, resulting to his defeat.


Why are Sailor Senshi earthlings? Tuxedo Mask is the protector of Earth, so it makes sense for him to be an earthling.

But what about the Solar System Sailor Senshi? Shouldn't they have been born on their respective planetary bodies, and live there protecting them? Why are they protecting Earth instead?

For example, I would expect Sailor Mars to be a real martian:

This answer is based on the two Sailor Moon Crystal seasons and fan wiki information that I found online. I may edit this in the future, if I ever get to reading the original manga or otherwise come across new information.

The prior incarnations of the Sailor Senshi (i.e. those that came prior to the "present day" of the series) were indeed born on their respective planets. From the wiki:

  Act 41 of the manga reveals the Sailor Senshi as princesses of the Solar System. Each one had her own castle, which she can call upon late in the series for power. This act first enables Sailor Moon to transform into Eternal Sailor Moon. The castles are named after moons, except for Mercury's and Venus'. Venus' castle is introduced long before the others', in the Sailor V manga, but she never mentions this to them.

This is supported somewhat by the Mugen arc of Sailor Moon Crystal, in which we learn that the Outer Senshi (as their previous incarnations) simply watched over the Solar System from afar, on their own planets.

From this, it is not immediately obvious why the current incarnations of the Sailor Senshi show up as human girls on Earth. However, I think that from an in-universe perspective, there are two possible explanations:

It is now the Earth where the Senshi need to fight the various villians that show up, and that it thus makes sense for the Senshi to be there.
The other planets are no longer populated, so it does not make sense for the Sailor Senshi to be reincarnated there.


Was Nanoha critically injured during a Jail Scaglietti Investigation? During Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS it's revealed that between StrikerS and the end of A's, as Nanoha pushed her body too much without proper rest, she got injured during a mission with Vita to the point where she could have never walked/flown again.

During the battle in Saint's Cradle, when Vita comes across spider like Gadget Drones, she remembers seeing them during the mission which led to Nanoha being critically injured, and she lets out her anger on them because they were apparently responsible for almost ruining Nanoha's life.

I am wondering, was the mission Vita and Nanoha did together where Nanoha was critically injured a Jail Scaglietti Investigation? If not, then what was the connection between Jail's Drones and that mission?

Before the events of StrikerS, although Jail Scaglietti's existence was a secret known only to the top tiers of the TSAB, his activities were already known, albeit the identity of its perpetrator remained unknown. In fact, said activities are one of the main points Hayate used during his exposition when forming Riot Force 6.

We can only deduce that Nanoha's incident happened in one encounter with Scaglietti's activities. Still, as there was no "Jail Scaglietti Investigation" back then, she must have been investigating a case of improper use of Lost Logia or usage of magical technology in an underdeveloped world (not specified, as far as I know)


How come not all subjects of Ymir don't have royal (Fritz) blood? All of todays Eldians have a common ancestor, Ymir. But in all Eldians there is also a royal bloodline, Fritz/Reiss. This royal blood line came from King Fritz.  As far as we know, King Fritz and Ymir have three daughters. Thus should not all Eldians be also descendent of King Fritz? This only make sense if Ymir had kids with some-one else, other than King Fritz, but that is not shown. What am I missing? Or is it a plot hole?
To rephrase it.
We know Ymir only obey commands of the royal family and that why founding titan can only be used by those of the royal family. But if  all eldians are her descendants, and she only had children with royal King Fritz, all eldians should be Fritz. But that is not the case, why?

All Subjects of Ymir are Eldians, but not all Eldians are Subjects of Ymir or Royal.
Technically, every subject of Ymir has Royal blood, but it is not enough to make an impact. Remember, King Fritz was just a human and his bloodline can be diluted to the point where Ymir does not recognize it and all subjects are connected through Paths so that can not be diluted. Only one of the 3 daughters was kept as the Queen of Eldia and kept the Royal Family bloodline as pure as possible (possibly through incest, IDK. Historia was not a result of incest so it is a bit confusing). The other 2 were used as breeding machines to create more subjects of Ymir, diluting the Royal blood immensely.


How were the Giant Hornets actually defeated? In Shinsekai Yori (From the New World), the Robber Fly colony uses the Akki (Fiend) to disarm the Giant Hornet soldiers.

However, in the 18th episode of the anime, it is also revealed that the Giant Hornet soldiers were reduced to nothing but lumps of flesh.

How is that possible? I understand that the Akki is immune to the death feedback when considering humans, but the Akki couldn't have possibly done that to the Giant Hornets, the Akki could have at most disarmed the soldiers.

That being said, how did the Giant Hornets die? Or is this something that is lost in translation? (I was watching the Japanese version with English subtitles).

I don't think it was ever stated how exactly they were wiped out, but we do know that it wasn't a WMD (no damage to the surrounding land), it wasn't the fiend that killed them (death feedback), and that the fiend stopped their arrows and disarmed them. It's also possible the fiend prevented the Giant Hornet soldiers from attacking any of the Robber Fly and that's why none of them were killed. Being unable to fight back, all the Robber Fly soldiers had to do was slaughter them all.

That could also be the reason Kiroumaru was the sole survivor of the battle, in order to bring suspicion onto him from the humans. The Robber Fly could have purposely let him live.


How were #35's vectors stopped in episode 12? In the midway of the 12th episode the #35 Diclonius failed to use her vectors. Also just before she failed to do so, she was attacking Nana or #7 at the edge of the bridge. The #7th saw something at the #35th's chin/neck and one of the #7th's vectors attacked and took #35 by surprise. Soon after the attack the #35 was no more able to use her vectors. So my question is what did #7 do to stop #35 from using her vectors? Because nothing was shown as to what was #35th's weakness and how did #7th find that weakness.

The vectors are unable to be used when the Diclonius is in pain. That's why the scientists keep them in pain. They won't be able to use their vectors to escape. The reason why #35 can't use her vectors after #7 hits her in the head has a lot to do with this weakness. Maybe the blow affected her frontal lobe in some way.


Can Ainz Oal gown make Clones of himself? (warning! spoiler alert): In the Final episode of overlord season 3 (Episode 13), something really tricky happened and it kinda blew my mind. Ainz Oal gown was in his warrior form (Aka Momon) and he was talking to Albedo about how he wanted to defend E-rantel from The magic King (Ainz himself) and then just as they were about to fight, Ainz Oal Gown in his true form landed close to Albedo in order to form a truce.

I don't really understand what happened in this scene because momon is ainz in his warrior form, so that leads me to the question. Does Ainz have some magical spell that allows him to make clones of himself? if not then how could there be 2 Ainz at the same time and place. Its pretty mind blowing.

Pandora's Actor has the ability to disguise himself as Ainz and others.

  As a higher-tier Doppelgänger, he has an ability to mimic a player based on their appearance as well as their ability.

He already did that in episode 10 of season 2 while meeting Sebas and Tuare.
It is reasonable to assume that the same happened in episode 13.

Source


Difference between Vampire and Noble in Noblesse? What is the difference between a vampire and a Noble in Noblesse?

Both terms were used by humans to describe the same species. The species refers to themselves as Nobles, and that's the name used for them throughout much of the series. "Vampire" was used for a relatively short time in the first issues, when the lore was yet being established.

The humans refer to Nobles as vampires because, as Frankenstein explains, Nobles can, and maybe did, consume human flesh and blood. In the series' universe the term "vampire" likely originated from Nobles, as well as the term "Noble" and "nobility" itself.

The term vampire was also used for the humans who were turned into zombie-like creatures by the humans who had obtained powers by making a contract with a Noble. One of those is seen early in the series, when he is turned by M-22.


Does the "running technique" of Seiho players exist in real life? In Episode 7, when they play against Seiho, it shows that the way the Seiho players run is different from the common way (specifically, the way they swing their arms).

Does this running technique exist in real life?

I don't know this running technique, but I can tell you how important it is to swing your arms properly while running.

Have a Look here ->
LiveScience Arm Swinging.

  The scientists found that swinging the arms reduced energy costs by 3 percent compared with holding the hands behind the back, 9 percent compared with holding the arms across the chest, and 13 percent compared with holding the hands on top of the head.

If you have a look at professional runners, you will recognize how focused they move their arms. I can't tell if this special arm swinging is working, but there are surely different techniques to reduce your energy cost by swinging your arms.


Which version of A certain magical index is more expanded, the manga or the light novels? I'm watching the 3rd season of the anime, and after that, I would like to continue with a version of the story which tells more events or situations or details which werent told in the anime. Which version of A certain magical index is more expanded, the manga or the light novels?

The Index light novels are the source material, so the light novels are the most expanded. The Index manga and the Index anime are adaptations of the light novels.

Though to make things more confusing, there's also A Certain Scientific Railgun and A Certain Scientific Accelerator, which are manga spinoffs of the Index light novels. They have their own separate storylines, so the manga versions of these series are the most expanded for their respective storylines.

But to make things even more confusing, Railgun has a number of anime-original arcs that are not in the manga, but are acknowledged and back-referenced by the manga in later story arcs. But the Railgun anime and manga also have a number of timeline inconsistencies (e.g. the timing of Kongou Mitsuko's appearance). Oof.

The graph of Toaru adaptation relationships looks roughly something like this. In my diagram below, titles branching to the right are direct adaptations, and titles branching downwards are spinoffs. The year in parentheses is the date of first release.

Index novels (2004) ─┬── Index manga (2007)
│                    └── Index anime (2008)
├─── Railgun manga (2007) ──── Railgun anime (2009)
│    └───  Astral Buddy manga (2017)
└─── Accelerator manga (2013) ──── Accelerator anime (2019)

This is just a broad overview; there are also things like side-story light novels and games and movies.

For the Index anime in particular:

Index adapts volumes 1-6 of the light novels.
Index II adapts volumes 7-13 of the light novels.
Index III adapts volumes 14-22 of the light novels.

That adapts up to the end of the original LN series, but there are something like another 22 light novels after that, under the sequel title Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index (a.k.a. New Testament). See this list of light novels.

It also may be worth rereading the arcs that the anime covered, because the anime left a lot out (note that it had to compress 9 volumes of content into only 26 episodes). In the r/anime threads for Index III, Razorhead's "Small Facts" comment series on each episode details the differences between the anime and light novel, and clarifies a lot of details that may have been unclear due to omitted content. And some of these are quite lengthy. (Some examples: episodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

See also Baka-Tsuki's Index Calendar. It's a bit out of date at the moment, but it's a good overview of where all the various light novel, manga, and anime adaptations in the Toaru Verse are currently up to in-universe, timeline-wise.


In the Berserk manga, what was the interpretation when Guts was lying on his back looking at the starry heaven? After reading the manga Berserk for a second time I noticed a particular scene that when I first read it I didn't give even the slightest attention, this scene is from the chapter "The Golden Age (3)".

The scene starts when Guts had to kill Gambino (which would leave him strongly marked in the future), and he begins to escape from his former comrades because they didn't really know what had happened. The persecution happens on horseback and when Guts reaches a cliff is hit by an arrow, making him fall... and here is when one of my favorite scenes occurs in berserk... after the life of Guts went to hell Kentaro Miura shows us Guts watching the vastness of a beautiful starry heaven, after that Guts kept fighting for survive...

Somehow it made me remember a scene from the manga Vagabond, chapter "Heaven and Earth", which is when Miyamoto Musashi (Shinmen Takezo) is fightning with Inshun (which was his worst enemy so far), and just when Inshun was going to attack Musashi recalls an advice that Takuan had given him long ago, and he start thinking "Beneath the vastness of These starry heavens... Inshun and I, both, are insignificant...", which made Inshun feel threatened.

I think this scene has a deeper meaning, and that is more or less the same line as the scene of Vagabond, which I think it's: "When we realize how insignificant we are is when we can bring out our true potential".

What do you think?

To my knowledge, there is no official interpretation of the symbolism behind this scene. Your interpretation is a good one and might be exactly what the author intended.

My interpretation is different. I see the sky as a symbol for limitless opportunity. The sky goes on forever and there are countless stars, just as human potential for growth is limitless and there is no limit to the number of paths we can take in life.

I took this interpretation because in the same scene, Guts asks the same question twice in a row: "Where should I go?". The repetition indicates the importance of the phrase.

In other words, the sky represents the endless destinations and possibilities that exist in human life, like bright stars against a black nothingness.


Does Melissa Shield ever appear outside the movie? AFAIR, in the first 3 seasons of the My Hero Academia anime, Melissa Shield never appears. How about the manga? Does Melissa Shield ever appear outside the movie?

Well, she does appear in the anime, specifically in Episode 58.

She also appears in the spinoff volume Two Heroes, which was released alongside the film.


Will the Japanese version RWBY remake the animation or just be changing the voice actors and actresses? I saw this and read on the news that RWBY was going to be dubbed by Japanese. I was wondering if the Japanese version would remake the animation, like anime style, or use the original animation, just replacing the voice actors and actresses. Does anyone know an article or a thread regarding this matter?

I have compared the animation and dialogue in the English and Japanese versions of the first episode of RWBY ("Ruby Rose"). The dialogue and voices have been set to match the flaps of the character's mouths rather than the other way round.

The dub is purely audio, no animation changes were made. This is typical of most localisation dubs both in the western world and in Japan also.


What is the song playing in "Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?" ep. 11 at 11:24? In Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? season 1 episode 11, there's a song playing at 11:24 and ends at roughly 12:26 (YouTube video by Funimation, region-locked for North America).

What is the name of the song?

The song playing is OST piece 19 called "Yami no chikara"

This song were included in the the second released OST set with specials by Shinji Kakijima whom composed all the songs through out the kore-wa-zombie-desu-ka series


Does Zoro still have his ankle scars from Little Garden? In Chapter 133, Zoro appears to have received ankle scarring from Little Garden, yet in Chapter 239, there's no scarring, so does this mean the scarring wasn't permanent, or was it an error?

Probably just an error. There are many if you look carefully. Once I saw one of Luffy's hands have only four fingers.


The Father or Godfather of Anime I have a free write for my essay and I want to write about the history of anime because I am really thankful for anime. I have been reading that the godfather of anime was Osamu Tezuka, but I'm not too sure.

Who is the father or godfather of anime?

History

Tezuka is considered to be the father of the post-war anime. The concept of anime exists in the early XXth century but there were no real standardization. I think Tezuka was the first ever to define some rule and above rule, the first one to be able to have a mass production as stated here (the conquest of the television)

Moreover, I guess it would also be interesting for you to find out per your favorite genre. For instance, if you like mecha, clearly Tezuka is a name to quote. If you are more into romance, well...  once you have found your focus, you can highlight some masters and their productions. Afterwards, you can make the relationship between those productions and you have your history :)

But looking for the father of anime is like looking for the father of science-fiction to me: you can almost say whatever you want as it is pretty hard to define it objectively.

Your essay

As for your essay, I did some myself when I was a student. My favorite topics were:

Comparison of anime and Japanese history. A good example is why the anime in the 90s are somehow apocalyptic (Evangelion, Ghost in the Shell). Without entering into the detail, I made the parallel with the economic crisis. If you follow this axis, and I recall properly, you can split into big period: post war (50s), the early stage (70s, early 80s), golden age (80s-90s), democratization (2000s)
Comparison of mecha and Japan's past. You find a lot of symbol in the mecha etiquette and it somehow reminds the formerly glorious samurai (e.g. the Lancelot launching procedure in Code Geass). You can develop either toward the "Japanese are looking for their golden past" (once again Code Geass is a good example but Gundam series is like a golden mine) point or "Human always wanted to overcome their condition thanks to the technology" (Evangelion, Gundam...). Well, I'm not a mecha expert ._.
Impact of Japan culture in the anime and impact of the anime in the Japanese culture. Unlike in the West, anime is fully part of the Japanese culture, regardless if they are happy with it or not. And the dependency is on two ways. A good example for me is fashion where sometimes the border between cosplay and clothing is pretty thin.


Does anyone actually die? I've started watching Naruto and was wondering if anyone actually dies or if it is like Dragon Ball and it never really happens.

Please no spoilers about who dies, just if someone does or if there are serious injuries inflicted.

Yes, people die.  The first major arc (Zabuza arc) features multiple deaths. Several villains die throughout the story.  Some country leaders also die, as do some fairly plot-important characters and/or their relatives.  A lot of the most important characters end up near-death, but survive for various reasons.  Not all of those are able to recover well enough to resume their previous lives.

   Some of the dead ones don't stay dead, though.  Some of those come back as zombies.  But then they go back to being dead.  Others just get a resurrection spell cast on them.  Kind of like in Dragon Ball.


Can Rock lee use the 8th gate now? Rock Lee is very strong and he's been trained by Maito Guy but can he open the 8th gate now in Boruto?

According to this link:

  By the age of 17, Lee was able to open six gates, and later as an
  adult in the anime, he was able to open the seventh gate.

Now to open it:

  The Gate of Death (死門, Shimon), located at the heart, requires the
  user to stab their chest with their thumb to direct the chakra to the
  tenketsu

Now if Lee can open 7 gate then he can stab his heart to open 8th gate. So yes it is possible to open it unless there is an exception which has been not told yet but with given information available we can say that it is possible.


Can wizards/magic users possess more than one type of magic? I've noticed that in Fairy Tail everyone has a different type of magic. But would it be possible to possess more than one type of magic? For example: Natsu being able to use Fire Dragon Slayer Magic and and also being able to use Magic like Gray's Ice-Make spells? Or are there rules for his Dragon Slayer Magic not allowing him to use different kinds of Magic?

Yes, they can. The best example is Makarov Dreyar, Fairy Tail's 3rd and 6th master. He can master many different types of magics:

  Fairy Law
  Fire Magic
  Ice Magic
  Light Magic
  Maximum Defense Seal
  Requip
  Titan
  Wind Magic
  Dispelling Magic
  Telepathy

Another example is Ultear. She originally learned Time magic and later learned Ice magic to kill her mother. Magic isn't something you are born with, it is something you can learn. So you can learn multiple magics, but with anything in life, if you stick to only one skill and train it with everything you got, you will become more profound in it, than if you divide your time between different skills.


How exactly did Yuma Kuga get to earth? If you think about it, Yuma tells Osamu about his coming to Earth, and yet Yuma never says how. Did Replica turn into a space-ship or something? Or did Yuma and Replica come to Earth through one of the portals? (And if they did, how did no one at Border noticed?)

Though it is not explicitly said how did they get to Earth, I think Yuma used the gate to come to Earth since

   Replica can use a seal to open a gate

It's not that border didn't notice the gate they've used it's more like they didn't know who or what came through the gate since they are only using radar. As seen when a neighbor or trion soldier comes out of gate, the border only issues an announcement about the gate but not who or what is coming out of gate. And it seems Yuma doesn't use his trigger that much when he came to earth since his trion signature didn't detected by the border until he defeated the bamster

   Border using radar to detect gates and neighbors

 Bamster coming out of gate (Known neighbor at that time)

 Ilgar coming out of gate (Unknown neighbor at that time)

 Replica talking about trion signature


How many Dragons are there in total in Fairy Tail? Some of the Dragon Slayers were trained by Dragons, while others gained Dragon Slayer Magic by means of Lacrima implants (as in the case of Laxus). For Lacrima implants, the Dragon Slayer Magic has to be extracted from a Dragon (that's my assumption). So how many Dragons in total, living or dead, exist in Fairy Tail? If possible please provide their names.

According to the Fairy Tail wiki, there are 18 Dragons who have been given a name.

   However in the Grand Magic Games arc we learn that 400 years ago the world was ruled by dragons. Many a Dragon were slain, and thus, the humans became known as Dragon Slayers.

Dragons with titles:

Igneel - The Fire Dragon King
Metalicana - The Iron Dragon
Grandeeney - The Sky Dragon
Acnologia - The Black Dragon (The Black Dragon of the Apocalypse)
Weisslogia - The White Dragon
Skiadrum - The Shadow Dragon
Zirconis - The Jade Dragon
Atlas Flame - The Fire Dragon
Belserion - The Sage Dragon
Irene Belserion - Queen of Dragons
Elefseria - The Law Dragon
Mercuphobia - The Water God Dragon

Other named Dragons:

Motherglare
Scissor Runner
Levia
Dark Dragon
Rock Dragon
Animus


Why is "Shingeki no Kyojin" translated as "Attack on Titan"? The direct English translation of 進撃の巨人 ("Shingeki no Kyojin") isn't actually "Attack on Titan", and the name seems like an odd translation because it implies either an attack on a person/thing named "Titan" or an attack on or taking place on a planet/place called "Titan," neither of which are the case here. Have there been any official announcements on the translation/English naming of "Attack on Titan" regarding why they gave it that name?

To answer your questions, one must note one important thing:

The original English "subtitle" for 進撃の巨人 ("Shingeki no Kyojin") is in fact "Attack on Titan." (See the volume one cover for reference.)

Semantically there is very little meaning that would connect the two titles, and is likely to be attributed to an error, on the part of the author or his editor/publicists.
The biggest notable change is the use of "titan" as a translation for "kyojin."
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, titan is defined as:

capitalized:  any of a family of giants in Greek mythology born of Uranus and Gaea and ruling the earth until overthrown by the Olympian gods

one that is gigantic in size or power: one that stands out for greatness of achievement

In terms of simplicity, titan might be an very good choice of words, but in terms of conveying the actual meaning, it falls a bit short.
"Kyojin" is a very simple word, consisting of two kanji which translate as "gigantic" and "human" or "person" respectively. Naturally a more correct translation of this word would be "giant", because it's simplest way in English that we can to refer people are like humans, but are significantly bigger.
"Attack" seems like a broad and simplistic choice of "attack" for "shingeki." both share similarities to one another, the semantic connotations are a bit different. "Shingeki" is a very specific term for akin to a (swift) military advance/charge on the enemy. Using "attack" oversimplifies this, and in combination with the preposition "on" and the noun "titan" (which can also refer to one of Saturn's moon by the same name), leads to an error in interpretation. Shingeki can also be used to refer to a vanguard rally/charge, much like what the Survey Corps are.
But let's take a deeper look at the title itself and see what we can get from it. It we directly translate and take it's meaning literally, the title would be something like "Advancing Giant." This doesn't work well as a title and probably isn't what I think the author intended on convey to his readers.
If we read the English titles as it is, "Attack on Titan," grammatically one would infer that "Titan" is some sort of location rather than a person or group. E.g., "Attack on Normandy." For this we have the preposition "on" to blame. Initiating an attack "on" usually implies that whatever "on" refers to is the thing being attacked, not doing the attacking. So the combination of "attack" and "on" as a passive proposition, implies in the act of inciting an act of aggression upon the following noun, "titan."
The Japanese particle "no" (in "Shingeki no Kyojin") is often seen translated as either the preposition "of" or the possessive (-'s), as a marker of possession.
In the case of the title, "kyojin" would be something possessed by "shingeki". Therefore we can assume that the giant is something that belongs to the advance/charge, in other words a giant pertains to a military advance/charge of a vanguard.
Now what does all this mean? Is it referring to the Titans as a whole or singling out on in particular? One can imply that the title is referring to Eren Jaeger, as he is the one and only giant who fights on the side of the humans, thus the giant who leads the way for their armies to finally make a dent in the enemy forces, representing hope for the humans. So something like "The Advancing/Charging Giant," or more appropriately something "The Giant of the Vanguard." Essentially referring to the giant that would lead people towards victory/salvation.
The original title was most likely intended to convey a great deal emotional value, especially when the circumstances involved in the story. However, this might not be as easily conveyed in English so they often to go with something short and to the point for the English subtitle (which is typically only there for the "cool" factor) and never intended to be used as the localized name.
For better SEO, sometimes localizers like to include the romanized Japanese name or w/e the "engrish" subtitle might be, like in the case of Oreimo, this way they can bring already associating links from the original source material to their localized version, without needing to break the bank with advertising.


Are people from Shandia originally from Sky Island? I've just rewatched the Skypiea arc, and I realised that 400 years ago, before Jaya Island is blown up by Knocked-Up Stream, people from Shandia have wings.

People living in Sky Island also have wings, or it's more like people with wings are from Sky Island.
Like people in Skypiea, Enel's crew from Birka.

  Urouge also has wings and he's also from an unnamed Sky Island. As we can see, he talks to Kaido before he jumps from Sky Island.

Then, why do people in Shandia also have wings, even before they blew up? Are they originally from another Sky Island?

The Shandia were once called the Shandorians. They lived on the moon along with the fellow moon races, the Birkans and Skypieans. The three races had also built a robotic race called the automata. However, when resources on the moon wore out, the three races had to leave the automata behind as they headed for Earth.
while the Birkans and Skypieans settled in the Sky Islands, the Shandorians made it as far as the Blue Sea. They settled on the island of Jaya. They used to be one of the more powerful societies on the Grand Line, but their city of Shandora was invaded during the Void Century by the Twenty Kingdoms. Their kingdom fell and only a small tribe was left.

Though the Shandorians disappeared, they left their descendants a legacy, including the ruins of the golden city of Shandora and the Shandorian Golden Belfry Bell. This was also one of two poneglyphs, containing the details of Poseidon which they had guarded with their lives for generations.

They are related. Plus you can see on the moon tablet that the also had wings from the start since they all are moon races.


Why do drama CDs and anime series of the same franchise use different voice actors sometimes? In the Lucky Star anime, there is a scene where one character mentions something about drama CDs and anime adaptations of the same work having different voice actors. Ironically enough (and probably intended), Lucky Star is one of these franchises.

Character: Drama CD / Anime
Konata: Hirohashi Ryou / Hirano Aya
Kagami: Koshimizu Ami / Katou Emiri
Tsukasa: Nakahara Mai / Fukuhara Kaori
Miyuki: Nakayama Erina / Endou Aya

I can take some guesses at why this happens, but I've never properly researched it and therefore don't know the actual reason(s) why.

In the case of Lucky Star, this is because the drama CD predates the anime by about two years, and was produced by a completely different group of people. When Kyoto Animation took on the Lucky Star anime project, they decided to cast new voice actors. Why? I don't know in this specific case, but one possibly contributing factor is that drama CDs are likely to have a smaller budget than anime, meaning that there are probably more constraints on which voice actors can be hired. Then again, maybe the producers just didn't like Hirohashi Ryou as Konata, or maybe Hirohashi had scheduling issues (because, after all, the Lucky Star anime wouldn't have been part of her contract to do the drama CDs). Who knows?

This is a pattern you will see from time to time - there are some manga/LN franchises that get drama CDs before getting an anime adaptation. In these cases, the drama CD cast is likely to be replaced when it comes time to make an anime, simply because the production staff for the drama CDs and anime are different, and so there's nothing really necessitating that the anime production staff use the drama CD cast. Kara no Kyoukai is another example of this - there was a drama CD back in 2002, but the entire cast (besides glorious Nakata Jouji as Araya) was replaced for the movies.

On the other hand, when the drama CDs are a tie-in to the anime, you'll almost invariably see the same cast used for both, since they're both being produced by the same people/companies. I know of no exceptions to this, though I wouldn't be too surprised if there were some exceptions out there.


What happened to Goku's Nyoibou and Kinto'un? Goku used to have a magical flying cloud (Kinto'un) and an extending staff (Nyoibou). Later on in the series (I think at DB-Z second half, but I am not sure), they were not shown on-screen anymore.

Considering the whole Dragon Ball series (DB-Z, DB-GT, etc)...

What happened to them? Were they destroyed, gifted, lost, stolen, or just hung out to dry?

Regarding the fate of the flying cloud (Kinto'un), according to Flying Nimbus article on Dragon Ball wiki:

During Dragon Ball Z, the Nimbus was used by Goku during the Vegeta Saga. He used the Nimbus to chase down and save Gohan from Raditz, and to race toward the battlefield to save his friends from the Saiyans, Vegeta and Nappa. The Nimbus perhaps most notably saved Gohan from being stomped to death by Nappa. After recovering in the hospital from the injuries he received during the fight with Vegeta, Goku uses the Nimbus once more to travel to the Capsule Corporation and begin his journey to Namek in Dr. Brief's Capsule Corporation spaceship. This is Nimbus' last appearance for quite some time, as most characters learned high-speed flight, which far outclasses the Nimbus' speed.
It is seen again in the Great Saiyaman Saga when Gohan also used it to fly from Mount Paozu to Orange Star High School, and even raced with it after becoming Great Saiyaman. He later gave it to his little brother Goten after getting the Great Saiyaman Watch from Bulma, which allowed him to fly without the fear of someone recognizing him. The Nimbus is only used by Goten once, as he would soon learn to fly after Gohan teaches him. This would be the final time the cloud would appear in Dragon Ball Z. In the 2004 kanzenban edition of the manga, four new pages drawn by Akira Toriyama were added to the final Dragon Ball manga volume. They depict Goku giving his Flying Nimbus to Uub while they are leaving Papaya Island.

As for the extending staff (Nyoibou), according to Power Pole article on Dragon Ball wiki:

When Goku shows up for the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament, he is also carrying the Power Pole. After the 23rd tournament, Goku uses the pole to fight Annin in the final episode of Dragon Ball. Four years later, Goku uses the Power Pole against Garlic Jr. and his henchmen in the movie Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone. While Goku was training with King Kai in the Other World after his death fighting Raditz, the Power Pole was shown strung between Korin Tower and Kami's Lookout. Brought by Gohan in Wheelo's fortress, Goku uses the Power Pole again in the battle with Dr. Wheelo in Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest. Following this, Goku retires the Power Pole, presumably because he does not have much use for it with his rapidly ascending power.
In the Garlic Jr. Saga, the pole is not between Korin Tower and Kami's Lookout but in Korin's possession, as seen when he bets it in a poker game with Maron and Yajirobe. The Power Pole is later seen extending from Korin Tower to the Lookout several times during the course of Dragon Ball Z, and Goku is seen with it one final time in the Japanese ending credits of "Until We Meet Again", the last episode of Dragon Ball GT.

As seen in the 2 articles, the flying cloud and the extending staff are still there, but no one really uses them. Goku has the extending staff with him in GT, but that is later in the series and he doesn't even use it.


Why didn't L check for fingerprints or hair? Related to this: Death note handwriting check

A lot of DNA must have rubbed off on the Death Notes. Unless the Death Note has a rule about fingerprints or DNA, I don't see how this isn't a plothole.

When the Kira Task Force recovered the Death Note from Kyosuke Higuchi there is 2 things which contaminated any DNA evidence on the Death Note:

The Kira Task Force touched the Death Note to see Rem
Light was holding onto the Death Note as part of his plan to reclaim ownership (when his memories returned)

To my knowledge there is no way to tell "when" fingerprints or DNA first made contact with an object being tested as such any of Light's DNA found on the Death Note can easily be explained by his interactions with it when the Death Note was recovered.

Remember that the idea was to capture Kira and convict him in a court of law and DNA on the Death Note would be inadmissible due to how it was handled. This is why the police tend to block of crime scenes ensure that the proper Chain of Evidence is met. In some cop shows there are times that, when a seal is broken or multiple undocumented people handled a particular piece of evidence, it can't be used in court.

Even if Light didn't touch the Death Note when it was recovered and L found Light's DNA on it, suspecting Light again after the 13-day rule seemed to show his innocence would not help L since up until now Light had been very cooperative in aiding the Task Force and they were all on good terms. He would first need to prove to the rest of the Task Force/Police that the 13-day rule is fake  thus returning to what I have explained here and then rule out any other way Light's DNA could have gotten onto the Death Note after it's recovery.


Is there a standard energy consumption on the usage of Devil Fruit powers? Im on Episode 685, and while Captain Law runs out of energy after using his ability to deflect/slice about 4 meteors the size of the Sunny (rough estimate), I'm seeing this guy with Flamingo now controlling enough stone to be an actual mountain in a human shaped form, smashing his fists all over the place, with no apparent attempt at conserving energy.

So are some Devil Fruit powers just lucky, and allow infinite or a massive amount of usage, for example moving a mountain constantly for a hour or two, while others are extremely limited? Does it have nothing to do with the amount of work being done, for example?

In other words, is there any gauge or limit for the usage of all DF powers, or does it vary just completely randomly?

No, there isn't.

This answer is based on my observation throughout the series:

Paramecia Devil Fruits:

  These fruits give the users a power that can affect their body, manipulate the environment, or produce substances. In general, Paramecia Devil Fruits are fruits that give their users powers other than transforming into natural elements, like Logias, or transforming into animals, like Zoans. (Source)

The amount of energy required for the Devil Fruit user varies from one to another based on their power, with some requiring a good amount of energy while others requiring pretty less.
Most importantly, I think the exhaustion arises from the level of concentration or the use of the fruit to its extreme, rather than from using the fruit's ability directly. My basis for saying so is that:

Luffy expends that energy because he's doing hyper-physical activity, not because the fruit powers innately require energy as a source.

  Gear Second uses even more oxygen and energy, using up more food and causing Luffy to pant heavily. The increase in his metabolism causes him to be hungrier than usual or even have a paralysis type effect after prolonged use of it, like in the second fight with Rob Lucci, where Luffy was only able to lie on the floor.

  Essentially Luffy increases the blood flow by forcing more blood through his blood vessels thus increase his fighting ability. (Source)

Similarly, Law does not get tired just by using "Room". What makes Law tired is the concentration it requires him to control the things in his "room".

  Furthermore, while Law can control everything within a particular area, if he loses his concentration on an opponent, then they can still move freely, as seen when Vergo was able to retrieve Law's heart while he was distracted. (Source)

Logia Devil Fruits:

  Logia Devil Fruits allow a person to create, control, and transform into a natural element or force of nature, depending on the fruit. The user can transform partly, or completely. It is characterized by giving its user the ability to turn into a natural element or force of nature. (Source)

These devil fruits are almost never tiring because the user doesn't have to expend themselves to use the basic powers of the fruit, ie, to convert to an energy/element. Neither have I ever seen a Logia user get exhausted after using his/her energy for a long time.

Zoan Devil Fruits:

  This type of fruit allows the user to transform into another species and inter-species hybrid forms at will. Zoan types are especially effective in close combat. (Source)

Like other devil fruits, using the Devil Fruit directly, ie, to convert oneself to convert to another species isn't exhausting. The way it's used determines the exhaustion level of the user.

  Physical powers granted are restricted to just the capabilities of the proportionate physical equivalent of the animal they are able to transform into. In hybrid form, these strengths of both species may be combined, but again seems to be just a mixture of both forms. While it is true that they enhance the strengths of the consumer, they rely primary on the consumers fighting skills and capabilities.  (Source)

TL;DR: The devil fruits do not innately require energy as a source for their use and what makes the user tired is the way he/she uses it and their stamina also plays a huge part in it.


What was the apocalypse that preceeded Sora no Woto? The series Sora no Woto was based in a post-apocalyptic world that significantly reduced the technological capability of mankind. (Takemikazuchi spider tanks -> mundane tanks)

Then entire show focuses on events after the apocalypse, with only a glimpse of flash-backs to earlier events during the apocalypse. But for the most part, the apocalypse itself is largely shrouded.

Are there any details about:

What the apocalypse was?
How did it happen?
What did the pre-apocalyptic world look like?

I'm still learning english, but this is what I understood.

The apocalypse is related to the legend that Yumina describes in chapter 12. It could have been the great war against one angel (it appears on chapter 7 partially, you could see black wings in the windows- this happens when Felicia remember her past).
The enemy was extremely strong, even a takemikazuchi was not enough to fight against the "angel". I am not sure if it´s an alien or maybe advanced technology from that time. The "angel" uses a laser to destroy a city.
The world look likes today, some buildings without great technology, the only remarkable thing was takemikazuchi. Chapter 7 has more details.


Is Ash's time in Kanto's Safari Zone ever detailed? When Ash returns to Pallet Town in the first series, I think after he got all the badges and was preparing for the Pokemon League Championships. When they were in Professor Oak's lab, Oak showed off Ash's extra pokemon that was sent to him pointing out that most were Tauros caught in the Safari Zone.

When I first saw the series I didn't recall it ever showing that Ash went there. So I am wondering if Ash's time in Kanto's Safari Zone was ever detailed anywhere, like why he caught nothing but Tauros or what happened in regards to Pikachu (as in the games you aren't allowed to take pokemon into the Safari Zone and I think it was the same in Yellow where you no longer have Pikachu follow you in there until you leave).

Yes, it was shown in episode 35 of the original TV series. All he caught were Tauros', that's because whenever he tried to catch other Pokemon, a group of Tauros would just happen to run pass. That's why Ash only caught Tauros'. As of regards to Pikachu, it was held by Misty who wasn't participating. Kaiser ( in-charge of Safari ) also stated that the only rules were that they could only use Safari Balls and the Fishing Rod he gave them, and that they had to come back when they had ran out of 'Balls'. Break any of those rules, and his "Thunderbolt" would burn them ( this refers to the gun that he was holding ). There was no time limit and you could take your Pokemon in, but you can't use them to battle. Same with FireRed and LeafGreen, the Pokemon stays with you, but you can't use them in battle.
Hope this helps!


On which chapter does Naruto married Hinata in the manga I have watched the last episode of shippuden (marriage episode) and couldn’t find the chapter of manga. Don’t tell me that it isn’t shown in manga

Naruto and Hinata's wedding was never shown in the manga. It was only depicted in the novel titled Konoha Hiden: The Perfect Day for a Wedding which was written by Shō Hinata and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto.


What are the pirates in Outlaw Star chanting when they use magic? Whenever the pirate guilds make any use of magic, they chant something repetitively (example: on episode 2, about 3 minutes in, as shown on Funimation. It's not subtitled, and kind of hard to make out.

I'd imagine it's something in Chinese; their powers are referred to as "Tao magic", with one character in particular called a "Tao master".

What is this chant, and its significance if any? Note that this is on the English dub, if it matters.

It is very much the case that the pirates are associated with the Chinese Guild.  This much is said in the intro of episode 7.

  This particular group of pirates are from the Hoppo system.  They are called the 108 Suns, the most brutal member of the Chinese Guild.

The chant itself is not Chinese.  It sounds more like faux Chinese, or at least something to sound as close to foreign as possible.  The sub doesn't make any attempt to transliterate the chant at all, and any announced senjutsu attacks are nonsensical phrases in both Japanese and Chinese.


How is Solomon's Wisdom acquired? In Magi, Aladdin is the only one who seems to be able to use 'Solomon's Wisdom', a power he obtained from Ugo in a dream.

My question is, how is Solomon's Wisdom acquired? Does it have anything to do with Ugo and why can't other Magi's such as Scheherazade tap into this power?

It only makes sense that they should be able to use it since they are Magi's and are favoured by the Rukh. I am sure it was not addressed in the anime since I only follow the anime (not the manga) but if it was revealed in the mangas then that is perfectly fine too.

Had to delete my old post based on new reveals in the Alma Torren Arc.

He's Soloman's son so it was probably his inheritance/something that is passed down genetically as only Soloman had the ability before.

Solomon's wisdom is defined in the wikia as:

  This power allows normal people to hear the will of Rukh. This power
  seems to be able to see the past, present and future, through the use
  of Rukh. Aladdin was able to show Judar his past, causing him to freak
  out. This power also is able to temporarily summon departed souls back
  to life as a way to say any last goodbyes. This, however, is very
  tiring to Aladdin. It allowed Aladdin to enter the body of Alibaba to
  get rid of a curse cast on him by Ithnan. According to Ithnan this
  power makes the person "Omniscient".


What are Reiju's powers In the Wholecake island arc, Reiju was able to suck out poison from Luffy's body. How come? Wasn't Impel Down's Magellan the one who ate the Poison-Poison fruit? So what are Reiju's powers?

Till now(manga chapter 883) we don't know about the devil fruit that Reiju ate, but as described in one piece wika

  Possibly resulting from her genetic enhancements, Reiju wields considerable poison-based powers, which garnered her the epithet of "Poison Pink."She can suck poison out of people via mouth-to-mouth and ingest it, while having exhibited immense immunity to the most virulent of poisons, such as extremely lethal doses of the poison from an Armored Stonefish's skin, as shown when she saved Luffy.

And

  Reiju is also capable of secreting poison from her body and combining it with physical attacks.

That may be the reason why Reiju was able to suck out poison from Luffy's body and had no effect on her body.


Is Naruto an awful parent because Boruto is a brat? I'm only up to episode 5 in the Boruto anime but the intro instantly implied what I thought and after watching the first few episode it certainly suggests that Boruto is a brat.

Does this point/suggest that Naruto might be too blame for this situation?

Yes, and no. Boruto acts rebellious and resentful towards Naruto as he felt that his father being Hokage took him away from his family.

  Initially nonchalant in his duties as a member of Team Konohamaru and is resentful of his father and the office of Hokage because it left him with no time for his family

Eventually Boruto and Naruto do come eye to eye in this aspect

  Boruto eventually comes to respect and reconcile with his father and his role as Hokage

However, most of Boruto’s arrogance comes from his lineage and believes he is better than everyone else

  For these reasons, Boruto has a high opinion of himself and freely brags about his abilities, but his arrogance has made him put no value in teammates or teamwork, believing he can do anything on his own


Identify anime with submarine under aerial attack This is an anime movie (OAV?) I saw on a local TV station in the late 80's. It was dubbed in English and here's all that I remember about it:

Set in a futuristic dystopian world.
Hero was a young male with at least one additional male companion.
They find a lost girl and decide to help her.
After sometime they find her father who is the captain of a submarine.
Among the crew is a fat chef who treats the hero and his band to a large feast.
Sometime later, the submarine surfaces, probably to do some kind of maintenance. I remember scuba divers working around the sub.
An enemy jet fighter finds them and starts strafing the submarine, killing several of the divers.
The fat chef attempts to rescue some survivors but gets shot himself.
The movie ends with the sub sinking but the hero and his friends surviving.

EDIT:

It is not any of the following submarine animes:

Submarine Super 99
Konpeki no Kantai
Nadia of the Blue Seas
Blue Noah
Blue Submarine No. 6

Thanks to a very diligent redditor I was able to find it.

海底大戦争 愛の20,000マイル
The Great Navy Battle: 20,000 Miles of Love

Released by Tatsonoku in 1981. Apparently it was dubbed by Harmony Gold as Undersea Encounter but was never released for home video, which probably explains why there's almost no trace of it in the web except for a few cover images and brief synopses (mostly in Japanese).


What is this huge symbol on the door in the Truth realm and in the Neon Genesis Evangelion opening? In Fullmetal Alchemist the door in the Truth realm has a huge symbol with all kinds of things on it:

I've seen the opening of Neon Genesis Evangelion today and noticed that the same symbol is shown in the beginning of the opening around 0:10 - 0:13.

I first thought that it was just a random symbol in FMA, but now that I've seen it in the opening of NGE, I believe that it must come from something else since there is no connection between those anime.

What is this symbol, where does it come from and what does it describe?

Here is a more detailed picture of the symbol:

It's a slightly modified version of the Sephirothic Tree of Life as defined by Robert Fludd, who was a physician with interests in Kabbalah and other religious mysticisms. The globes (called Sephiroths) are thought of as being ways in which the universe shows its truths to humanity. They're also printed with the words God used in creating the universe in Genesis.

You can read up on it more here, but the basic idea behind it is that it is a mystic symbol representing universal truth -- and the Truth is on the other side of the door in FMA.

In NGE, however, the symbol appears after the Mass Production units form an inverted tree of life, symbolizing the opposite of creation -- destruction, death -- after crucifying Eva 01. This is part of the Third Impact, in which nearly all of humanity is reduced to LCL. You'll find that there's a lot of mystic symbolism in NGE.


What series are there after Rurouni Kenshin (1995)? It seems that after Rurouni Kenshin (1995), there are more stories. But I don't know what to watch because it shows that Kenshin and Kaoru has a baby, Kenshin's past and also that Kaoru was kidnapped by some guys hiding a grudge on Kenshin.

But I'm not sure if there is a movie or different part of the series like season two or something.

The final arc of the Rurouni Kenshin manga is indeed about a man, Enishi, who has an old grudge against Kenshin. However, the final arc of the manga was never put into the anime. There do exist two OVA series that adapt this part of the anime.

The Trust and Betrayal OVAs adapts the backstory of the final arc, and the Reflection OVAs adapts the final arc, though it only appears as a lengthy flashback. The main story of Reflection takes place after the manga.

Both sets of OVAs are drastically different in style and tone from the manga and anime, and lots of content from the manga is not present due to the brevity of the OVAs. That being said, they were highly praised. They were released in English under the Samurai X name.


Refactored names in One Piece? There are several occasions in OP now, where the name has been changed/updated/modified(uncertainty).

Examples are:

Gold Roger <-> Gol D. Roger(Explained now!)
Reverie  <-> levely (?)
Raftale  <-> Laugh tale (?)

What's going on here!!!! Do the older names become obsolete? Do these changes mean that they are meant to replace previous usage of these words? Has there been any official update regarding this? or Are they just dubbing errors that are now corrected?

Gist of the question: Whats up with these new names???

The old names were written in katakana.
Pronounced in Japanese, the phonetics would sound like this:

ゴール・ディー・ロジャー >>>> Gōru Dī Rojā

レヴェリー/世界会議 >>>> Reverī

ラフテル >>>> Rafuteru

If you noticed, many of the 'L' sounds aren't replicated in Japanese speech. In this case it's replaced with 'R' sounds.

My top guess is when things were being dubbed, they decided to go with the authentic Japanese phonetics. But when they saw that the meaning behind the names and places was getting lost on their English audience, they properly 'translated' the words.  Oda always meant for some of these names to be in English, especially for things like laugh tale and what not.

I'm just glad they checked themselves when it came to Luffy's name LOL.


When does the Bible come up in "Miss Bernard said"? Prior to watching the anime adaptation, I read descriptions of Miss Bernard said (Bernard-jou Iwaku) in MyAnimeList and the Fall 2016 chart linked to in the Anime.SE chat. Both mention that the Bible comes up in at least one conversation in the series. Despite this, I do not recall ever seeing a discussion of or an allusion to Bible in the anime shorts, which I found a bit disappointing — I would have liked to see how they approached the subject.

In this case, seeing that Bible was mentioned in the show description in the first place, it seems likely that it at least appears once in the manga. Am I correct, and if so, where does it appear? (Alternatively, did I overlook some details in the anime?)

The Bible does come up at least once in the manga. There is a two-page segment in volume 1, chapter 4 (p. 35-36), titled "The Bible said" (「聖書曰く」). It's kinda loony, like everything else in Miss Bernard said.

Page 35

  Panel 1
  NARRATION: Miss Bernard, a.k.a. Machida Sawako, was reading in the library, as was her habit. World-Famous Adages You'll Love to Use was one of her favorites.

  Panel 2
  SAWAKO: Hmm.
  NARRATION: What was Miss 'ard planning to do with these adages?

  Panel 3
  SAWAKO: When aliens attack and bring about the end of the world, I want to murmur a verse from the Bible as I stand there petrified... but I can't find anything suitable in here.

  Panel 4
  SAWAKO: Like, "the scales fell from my eyes" is apparently from the New Testament, but that's so lame.

  Panel 5
  VOICE: Aliens have attacked! The end of the world is nigh!

  Panel 6
  SAWAKO: The scales have fallen from my eyes... I guess?

Page 36

  Panel 1
  SAWAKO: Argh! This is no good! I need something more... Apocalyptic...

  Panel 2
  BIBLE: And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. [...] and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

  Panel 3
  ENDOU: Revelation, chapter 16...

  Panel 4
  SAWAKO: That's too long! I'm not feeling it!!

  Panel 5
  SAWAKO: Oh. I found something good.

  Panel 6
  SAWAKO: When the aliens eat us, I'll say this verse!
  ENDOU: Them eating us is a done deal?

  Panel 7
  SAWAKO: Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

There may be other references to the Bible (I haven't read much past this chapter). If I do run into any more, I'll try to remember to update this answer.


What is the source of Sanji's flame power? I recently came up with a theory that Sanji might get a power because all his siblings did, even though he was called a dud. I was then watching One Piece Film: Gold and remembered how his flames didn't make any sense. Could his flames have come from his father's experiments?

He did say in Enies Lobby that he got heated up when he was mad and his powers related to fire keep growing a bit stronger than friction should be able to make. His siblings had powers similar to devil fruit users, so the more powerful Sanji's flames become, the less I believe it is natural (by natural I mean through Haki and friction).

What do you think?

Well, this is an opinion-based question so no clear answer can be given, but I can at least tell my own opinion.

This was a plausible theory for a time, but in my opinion it is now impossible.

Unless I missed something, nothing indicates that Sanji's Diable Jambe comes from anything other than friction. He's been able to activate Diable Jambe without spinning ever since the beginning of the second part of the series, as shown in the manga by his fight against Surume the kraken; long before his family was even mentioned.

He's been stated several times in the Totto Land arc to be a "dud" whose genetic enhancements failed, a statement greatly strengthened by a revelation from chapter 852.

  Sanji's mother Sora is the reason why his enhancements failed. When she was forced by her husband to subject herself to experiments to allow her then-unborn sons to be genetically altered, she took a drug potent enough to counteract those alterations, in an attempt to cancel them. While this didn't work with Sanji's brothers, it did work with Sanji himself, who turned out as normal and full of empathy and compassion as any normal human.

The above moment's entire meaning and point would be completely shattered if Sanji suddenly turned out to have altered genes after all, hence why I think the theory is impossible. However, this is only my opinion of course, as no clear answer can be given yet.


What is the opera music playing in Psycho-Pass season 2 episode 9? What is the background “opera” music in season 2 episode 9 of Psycho-Pass, the moment when

   Akane discovers her grandma’s ear

?

The opera song playing in season 2 episode 9 of Psycho-Pass is Nessun Dorma (Let no one sleep), an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera, Turandot.


Why does Kyoko come to the city in Madoka Magica? Why does Kyoko come to the city in Madoka Magica?

There is probably a very simple answer for this, but I'm too lazy to go back and rewatch or to skim through a wiki.

Why does Kyoko come to the city?

We learn quite a bit about this in The Different Story, a sidestory manga that basically tells us about Kyouko and Mami prior to the events of the series (mostly before the point where Homura wakes up in the hospital, meaning that most of what we learn is timeline-agnostic).

There is an informal system among magical girls whereby each one has their own "territory", so to speak, within which they and they alone can hunt witches. This is because having multiple magical girls work together in a given area requires them to split the proceeds (the Grief Seeds) amongst each other, which nobody really wants to do.

Upon learning that Mami has perished, Kyouko ― who, until that point, had the neighboring city of Kazamino as her territory ― presumably saw this as a good opportunity for her to expand her range.


What exactly is Ousama Game in this titular series? How does it work? I read the manga recently because I was watching the anime and I am a little confused about the game and the virus.

So can anyone please explain the Ousama Game? Not the manga but the game in the manga.

The Wikipedia article on Konpa (which are basically alcohol-fueled "get to know each other" events) describes it. Basically, the rules are:

Everyone gets a piece of paper which either has a number on it, or identifies them as the king.
The King reveals themselves.
The King issues a decree/dare, including some of the numbers (for example "Number 2 has to kiss number 3's index finger").
The people whose numbers match the decree reveal themselves and do the dare.

It's a bit like a semi-anonymous version of Truth or Dare.


Is there an official explanation for Cage of Eden's rushed ending? They rushed the ending, and it has too many plot holes. They leave the ending without any explanation, and there are characters who never revealed their identities.

It's pretty popular outside Japan (I don't know whether the manga is well-received by the fans in Japan or not). Did they make some official statement about this rushed ending?

Rather abruptly, it was announced that Cage of Eden was no longer going to be serialised:

  2013's combined 4th/5th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine is announcing on Wednesday that Yoshinobu Yamada is ending his Cage of Eden (Eden no Ori) manga series in three more chapters. If Yamada does not take a break, the manga will end in the 8th issue on January 23.

  Anime News Network

I can't find a definitive reason as to why the series was finished when it was, but the general consensus on the web seems to be that a drop in sales led to the publishers, Kodansha, halting the production:

  "Sadly the manga was cancelled by the publisher and not the fault of the author. He was given at least a month to end his story."
  Source

  "The series was killed off so the author had to end it within a certain chapter, hence the ridiculous rush ending."
  Source

  "The ending was terrible because the manga got cancelled and the author had to end the story in a few chapters."
  Source

  "No, it's not very popular. Last volume that went on sale sold 40K copies which only put it at number 23 in the manga charts it then dropped out of the top 50 the week after."
  Source

In any case, the reason for the completely rushed ending is definitely due to the series' cancellation.


Looking for an anime with an impoverished town and abusive father I’m thinking of an anime but I only remember a flashback about one character (possibly a  villain character). It’s bugging me that I can’t remember what the anime was. I’m sure I’ll remember the main story once somebody says the title but right now this is just an unassociated fragment in my head so here’s what I remember…

It starts out with a young boy and his father living in an impoverished sort of town where they both work at the same factory. The narrator (female I think) says that for this kid there were only two moments in his life that he valued: one was when he fell ill and his father stayed by his side, changing the wet towel on his head. I can’t remember the other moment.

His father is a mean drunk or something who pretty much takes all the money the boy makes and probably beats him too. Anyways, the boy finds out from a person at his work that it was a neighbor lady who stayed by his side while he was ill and not his father (and so his cherished memory was tarnished). His second valued memory was true, but I can't remember it.

So one day some other people gang up on and start beating the crap out of the boy when he spots his father. The boy looks over at him as if asking for help. His father looks at him for a moment but then looks away and carries on his merry way.

That’s all I remember... Any help would be appreciated.

Oh! I figured it out! It took me awhile searching through a few series I thought it might have been. I thought it could have been a minor Neo-Nazi or Czech S.S. character from Monster, the Comrade “villain” from Gun X Sword, the perfectionist character from the last story arc in The Twelve Kingdoms, or one of the rich & borderline-insane old men from Kaiji or Akagi.

But then it dawned on me... Hunter X Hunter (2011)! I found in the first ten minutes of episode 80.

It was a few details off in the previous description but it’s the story of the youth of Gyro (the leader of NGL’s underground). We’re never told what happens to him but I can only assume the worst if you saw the episode. I think I had my memory lapse because his name, position, and story of youth are all that are mentioned without any sort of introduction of his character into the storyline. Seems sort of suspicious to me…

I’m sorry about answering my own question kuwaly and other people who may have been researching this. Have a good day.


Why do only some of the Kaioshins & Gods of Destruction get erased with their universe? Episode 122, the bleachers are shrunk and we can see all the remaining Kaioshins, angels, and participants.  Looking at ~5:43, I see many more than 2 remaining Kaioshin and their Gods of Destruction.  There is a total of 6 sets, and 2 universes are left in the tournament.  I thought that when a universe got erased, the Kaioshin and the God of Destruction went with it.

Why are there so many left in the bleachers?

I thought about marking the pic as a spoiler, but anyone who has watched enough Dragon Ball knew that it would end up at this point.

Out of the entire Dragon Ball multiverse, only 8 universes were marked for destruction by both Zenos due to failing to maintain or exceed an adequate quality of life, otherwise known as their 'mortal level.' The 4 sets of Kaioshin & Gods of Destruction circled in the photo (circle the fox, not the clown) are exempt from participating in the Zenos' twisted game of survival because they have met or exceeded the minimum mortal level required to continue existing in peace. The only ones participating are Universe 7, represented by Beerus the cat and company, and Universe 11, represented by Belmod the clown and company.


Why doesn't Midoriya get any recommendations despite his good performance in the tournament? In the manga they mention that they get recommendations based on the students performance in the tournament. Although Midoriya performs really well there and manages to reach the top 8 he doesn't get any recommendation(apart from the single one) why is that so?
He wins the first round without using his quirk and although his quirk harms him, the quirk in itself was exceptional if brought under control. So was curious as to what kept the pro heroes away from him.

You yourself mentioned the main reason. IF brought under control his quirk is exceptional. However, we as readers get the extra information that the characters of the manga don't have.

   He inherits the quirk from All Might.

Thus, Midoriya maybe capable of big things, but the other pro heroes will consider him a liability in practice because an injured person removes 2 persons from a fight.

Also note, though he achieved good results, he didn't do anything impressive showcasing his hero talent.

Obstacle Course Race. He won the first round because Bakugou and Todoroki were fighting against each other. 1B wasn't interested in the first place. He didn't use his ability at all! This is mentioned specifically in Manga.

Cavalry Battle. They barely scrape through. Though Midoriya planned well again. From the outside the MVP for the team was Tokoyami who defended well and was able to scrape through the qualification in the end.
PvP Tournament. 1st Round. Even after knowing his opponents weakness, he gave himself away. He lucked out in the end, when Previous One for All users triggered him from the hypnosis. He won since his opponent was weaker when they both didn't use quirks.
PvP Tournament. 2nd Round. Lost to Todoroki. He got his ass kicked tbh. He showcased his will power and helped Todokori assess his powers, but he was literally helpless. From the outside, it showed other Pro Heroes his vulnerabilities rather than his strengths!

Now, its different. He has formed his own style of battling and is interning with AllMight's former sidekick in the current arc! So look forward to Anime/Manga. Cheers


Why doesn't Yukio face the same prejudice as Rin do for bring the son of Satan? I understand that Yukio did not inherit Satan's blue flames or any demon qualities as Rin did, but still Yukio is a legitimate child of Satan. How come nobody else realizes and/or care about this but when it came to Rin they treated him wrongly?

From a very young age, Yukio trained to become an exorcist which could have helped to boost his reputation. This showed to many that he meant no harm to mankind, but instead to aid in defeating Satan. Also, the fact that he did not inherit the blue flames causes people to perceive him as less of a threat as Rin. I agree that the way Rin was treated was unfair, but the people most likely overreacted towards Rin's blue flames and other demon qualities.


Why did reanimated Itachi lose eye vision after using Izanami? As I understand, any physical part of a reanimated person cannot be destroyed. It will be regenerated automatically within a short time. Then, why did Itachi lose his eyesight after using Izanami? He should've got the eye back quickly as he was a reanimated person. Or, he could've damaged his own eye with a kunai, so that he would get a fresh Mangekyo Sharingan.

Q. Any physical part of a reanimated person cannot be destroyed.

The eye was not destroyed at all. It just lost its light forever. As stated in the wiki (emphasis mine)

  It is a genjutsu which affects the target through physical sensations shared between them and the user. Like its counterpart, in exchange for the temporary ability that it grants the user, the Sharingan with which Izanami is cast is rendered blind and loses its light forever.

  Q. It will be regenerated automatically within a short time.

Since the eye was never destroyed, it did not regenerate.

  Q. He could've damaged his own eye with a kunai, so that he would get a fresh Mangekyo Sharingan.

The light of the eye was already lost. Even if Itachi were to destroy it with his own kunai, the regenerated eye would still have been the one without its light.

Also, it should be noted that Itachi did not want to stay in the living world anymore, as he had no more attachments with the living (after telling the truth to Sasuke). Therefore, Itachi would never have tried it at all in the first place.


Did Yamamoto Genryuusai use all his power aganist Aizen? During the Arrancar war saga in Bleach, Yamamoto fought against Aizen before the arrival of Ichigo. In the end of the fight he used a kidou that almost killed himself tying to defeat Aizen. If I remember, this kidou uses the body as a "fuel" for it to work.

Spoiler:

   But in the new saga, he showed his bankai against Juha Bach. And it's
 very powerful.

He said that never used his full power, why didn't he use it against Aizen? If he underestimated him, why would he use that kidou that almost killed him and ended up losing the fight, instead of using his bankai?

He did not use the bankai because he could not use it.

His bankai Zanka no Tachi absorbs the flames of his Ryujin Jakka into the katana blade. During the battle in fake Karakura town, Wonderweiss absorbed his flames. Later when the flames sealed inside Wonderweiss's body are about to explode, Yamamoto has to shield it with his own body, which left his own body in tatters. It is reasonable to assume that he was either in no position to activate his bankai, or the bankai would not be strong enough since he couldn't absorb enough flames.

If he had known Wonderweiss's abilities beforehand, he may have gone straight to his bankai from the start.


Does Golden Meta Cooler have ki? So in Dragon Ball Heroes meta Cooler appeared and he turned into Golden Meta Cooler. Supposedly meta Cooler is an android, but a yellow aura surrounds him when he transforms in Golden Meta Cooler.

Does Golden Meta Cooler have ki?

Golden Meta-Cooler is not fully an Android.

Within Dragon Ball Heroes' non-canonical events, Cooler became a cyborg through Fu's manipulations and modifications. Fu used the Cosmic Suit to convert Cooler into Meta-Cooler. A Cosmic Suit was previously used by Frieza after being defeated by Goku ; this form is commonly known as "Mecha-Frieza" within the fandom.

Cosmic Suits are built by mechanizing Bio Suits, biological pieces of clothing and armor that are naturally grown by Frieza's species over time. In essence, although Cosmic Suits do mechanize their wearer to some extent, they do not transform their holder into true cyborgs, which explains why Golden Meta-Cooler can release ki. By comparison, Metal Coolers from the non-canonical movie "Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler" were built by the Big Gete Star, and were fully mechanical, explaining the absence of ki.

It should be emphasized that Dragon Ball Heroes is entirely non-canonical and mainly serves as an advertising product for the Dragon Ball Heroes game. Disparities and inconsistencies should probably be accepted as such, for the anime doesn't really aim for complete accuracy.