What does the German part in "Feuerroter Pfeil und Bogen"/Guren No Yumiya mean? The YouTube video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OkpRK2_gVs says it's "Sind Sie das Essen? Nein, wir sind die Jäger!"

However, the YouTube video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgBUP8TJqV8 writes "Sie sind das Essen und wir sind die Jäger!"

Depending on which translation it used, two different meanings can come across. In the first one, it's a rhetorical question "Are you the prey?" to what is responded to with "No, we are the hunters." In the second version, it appears to be more of an insult "You are the prey and we are the hunters."
Which is it?

Both of the video's seem to get the first part of the lyrics wrong. However, the narrative on the first one, eg. question > answer, is indeed the one they tried to get across.
According to the CD booklet, the song 紅蓮の弓矢 歌詞 by Linked Horizon starts with the following sentences:

Image taken from taken from the full image at Rafaelferrer.info

All though a tad hard to read, the sentences seem to be as follows

Seid ihr das Essen?
Nein, wir sind der Jäger!

Leaving the correctness of the German pronunciation/usage aside, which is nicely covered on reddit, this would roughly translate to:

Are you the food?
No, we are the hunters!


What's the meaning of the spell's name that Wendy uses to cure Natsu's vehicle-sickness? In chapter 152 Wendy cures Natsu's sickness for vehicles. When doing this enchantment/spell she says TROIA:

What does that mean? Is it just a random word?

I ask this because troia is the Italian word for whore, but I hope it isn't related to this.  I'm reading the manga in English, so that's not an Italian translation.

This is probably just a random word created by the mangaka for the spell's name. It's probably just a coincidence that Troia meant whore in Italian translation. After all, it's a healing magic so it won't make sense that the mangaka chose that kind of word intentionally if knew that meaning in Italian translation. You can find Troia's full description here.


What Idol Groups in Love Live have real life counterparts? According to this question, both μ's and Aquors are real life groups.

So, I am wondering what other groups that are mentioned in Love Live! School Idol Project and Love Live! Sunshine!! are also based off real life idol groups.

In Japan, they are generally called as seiyuu unit (Japanese Wikipedia) when a music/acting unit (group) consists of voice actors. For a special case where a group also works as a real-life idol, it is called seiyuu idol unit.

According to the Wikipedia, there are 3 units, but only 2 are seiyuu idol units:

A-RISE (created for Love Live!, no live event/talk)

Kira Tsubasa: Sakuragawa Megu
Toudou Erena: Matsunaga Maho
Yuuki Anju: Ohashi Ayuru

μ's (created in 2010 for Love Live!, 6 live events, 4 live talks, 18 guest appearances)

Kousaka Honoka (Leader/Printemps): Nitta Emi
Ayase Eli (Bi Bi): Nanjo Yoshino
Minami Kotori (Printemps): Uchida Aya
Sonoda Umi (lily white): Mimori Suzuko
Hoshizora Rin (lily white/NikoRinPana): Iida Riho
Nishikino Maki (Bi Bi): Pile
Toujou Nozomi (lily white): Kusuda Aina
Koizumi Hanayo (Printemps/NikoRinPana): Kubo Yurika
Yazawa Nico (Bi Bi/NikoRinPana): Tokui Sora

Aquors (created in 2015 for Love Live! Sunshine!!, 2 live events, 5 live talks, 3 guest appearances):

Takami Chika (Leader/CYaRon!/Gu~RinPa): Inami Anju
Sakurauchi Riko (Guilty Kiss): Aida Rikako
Matsuura Kanan (AZALEA): Suwa Nanaka
Kurosawa Dia (AZALEA/Gu~RinPa): Komiya Arisa
Watanabe You (CYaRon!): Saitou Shuka
Tsushima Yoshiko (Guilty Kiss/Gu~RinPa): Kobayashi Aika
Kunikida Hanamaru (AZALEA): Takatsuki Kanako
Ohara Mari (Guilty Kiss): Suzuki Aina
Kurosawa Ruby (CYaRon!): Furihata Ai


Can Tatsuya use Material Burst in the tactical/strategic scale without the Third Eye CAD? The "Third Eye" CAD is treated security-wise like a nuclear detonator, and custom made by third division of FLT exactly for him use Material Burst effectively.

Is it feasible for him to cast it at that scale/range without it?

Yes, he can maintain strategic class levels of range and potency, even without the Third Eye.

There are two parts to strategic level magic - range, and strength.

Tatsuya can successfully cast Decomposition on objects with the size and mass of Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC's), and material burst is merely an differentiation of that (the conversion of matter to energy, rather than base elements). A flag of 1kg is the cause of the destruction in Zhènhai Naval Port, so while he would find no trouble in casting Material Burst on something like a car, the destruction caused would be far greater.

Being near the activation point of such a cast would be, as mentioned in Saphiric's answer, suicide. But, this is just hypothetical - Tatsuya has the potential to cast that kind of magic if he wanted to, and that's all that matters for the question.

So his scale, naturally, is still of strategic class even without the Third Eye.

Range is a more awkward matter.
While it's more difficult for him to activate magic on a strategic scale without the Third Eye CAD - mostly due to the necessity of finding a suitable target - it is still possible for him.

It's important to remember that magic isn't bound to the physical plane, instead using a separate dimension where trivialities like distance aren't issues. Since magic is simply a phenomenon rewriting the data of a specific Eidos (information body) that exists in the real world, as long an information body's coordinates are known, it can be targeted.
Only a very small number of spells (such as Gram Demolition) physically travel through the real world, and therefore only those spells are restricted by physical distance.

Most magicians can't perceive a target more than several hundred meters away, simply due to the limits of the human body.
But, this is Tatsuya. With his Elemental Sight, he can perceive things in the information dimension, or the dimension of magic, where distance is no issue:

  This was not looking down from a bird’s eye view, he was looking at things from the point of view of the information dimension. It was not an elliptical sphere around the double focal points, it had nothing to do with physical distance[...]

  Volume 10 - Visitor II, Chapter 12

Even so, he can't just pick a random target to cast Material Burst on - he has to know the coordinates of the Eidos. This is the main purpose of Third Eye, to pick targets at huge physical distances, so Tatsuya can easily manipulate them in the information dimension.
However, this isn't the only way he can find a target. If he picks out an information body he can perceive at close range and follow it as it travels, he can cast magic on it at any distance:

  By his own hands, using the magic he alone could wield, he had decomposed then
  rebuilt the bullets. However far away they flew, he would not lose sight of their information structure.

  Volume 8 - Reminiscence,Chapter 16

As proof of this, the first time Tatsuya uses Material Burst is without any sort of CAD, and he casts it at a target 20km away, one of the aforementioned bullets:

  Tatsuya stretched out his right hand towards the west, and forcibly unclenched his palm.

  The bullet broke down into energy.

  In that moment, the mass conversion magic ‘Material Burst’ was used in anger for the first time.

  Volume 8 - Reminiscence,Chapter 16

Granted, it's not quite as far as the distance he casts it in Episode 26 of the anime, but it's still a considerable distance that's far beyond the realm of normal human perception. Furthermore, he states that he could cast it at a greater range, but in this instance, he is limited by the range of the sniper rifle's bullets he uses as a medium to cast Material Burst on:

  Sanada’s murmur was drowned out by the boom of the sniper rifle.

  Tatsuya’s eyes seemed to chase that supersonic bullet which should never have been seen.

  At length he shook his head, disappointed.

  "……It’s no good. It could only reach 20 km."

  Volume 8 - Reminiscence, Chapter 16

So although practically very difficult to recreate without proper planning and requirements, it is theoretically possible in the right circumstances, meaning his range too, is still that of strategic class without Third Eye.

In conclusion, yes, Tatsuya can cast Material Burst unassisted at a range and scale similar to that which he achieves in Episode 26 with the Third Eye, but he would require a very specific set of circumstances, and would need to rely solely on Elemental Sight for targeting. That's the main reason for that CAD - to make Material Burst far more practical to cast.

With or without Third Eye, he's still very much "Strategic Class"


Is there a continuation to Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children? Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is a 3D anime movie I watched more than some years ago and it's been a long time I've been searching for it's continuation story.

Is there such a continuation to it?

Final Fantasy VII, as you probably already know, originally started as a game. There have been several installments as either games or animes. With regards to story in chronological order, there is a game set a year after the events in Advent Children. It's called Final Fantasy VII - Dirge of Cerberus. Vincent Valentine is the main protagonist in this game. The story is indeed connected overall to the series, but it isn't exactly that much relevant to Advent Children.


In Mirai no Mirai, where is the protagonist's family house in Japan? Does anyone know where this location might be in Japan? Or is this a purely fictional location? I'm particularly interested in their house designs. The protagonist's neighbors' houses seem to be elevated. Is there a name for that style?

From an interview with Mamoru Hosoda, the film's director:

Mirai is not set in Toyoma but rather in Yokohama, which is a port city that was one of the first cities to be modernized because of its contact with the West. I chose Yokohama, a city that is constantly changing, because Mirai is a story about how a family can change but always remains itself.

So, no this location is not fictional.
Regarding the house design or style, as @AkiTanaka mentioned, these are called stepped houses. The link also mentions that the house is located in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama.


Does Sword Art Online Season 1 end at episode 25? I saw a post on the anime Facebook page that season 2 was confirmed. However, I can't remember how long ago that was. (The post was really just an image with white text saying Season 2 Confirmed).

I know that sometimes anime seasons go for 20+ episode and sometimes they go for half that yet have a second season that goes up to episode 20+. And since the 25 episodes of Sword Art Online have covers 2 games, I am wondering, is season 1 all 25 episodes or is the 25 episode actually 2 seasons (each season being a different game)?

Season 1 of Sword Art Online involved two arcs.

There is the Aincrad arc, which spans the first 14 episodes and then there is the Alfheim Online which follows and makes up the remaining episodes to 25. These all aired sequentially, with no real "break" from the studio.


Why was Rukia's head covered when she was escorted to/from the Repentance Cell? When Rukia was transported to the Repentance Cell after the use of the Sokyoku for her execution was authorized her head was covered with a white cloth. and i recall alter on when she is escoted to the execution ground her head is covered aswell

What i don't get is why? I get the feeling it may be something to do with a Japanese Tradition because when Ichigo's team got back and Orihime was telling Tatsuki about what she did during the break i seem to recall Tatsuki assuming that Orihime just went to a town that was themed like feudal japan.

Also it's not like Rukia wouldn't know the location of the cell since how many tall white towers are there in the Seireitei which overlook Sokyoku hill.

so why was Rukia's head covered when she was escorted to/from the Repentance Cell?

Covering a prisoners head is a good way to "dehumanize" them and it's a good way to try to prevent riots and escapes since people don't know who the prisoner is and the prisoner themselves cant see.


What was Kirito's actual family name? Most of you will say Kirigaya, but that is his adopted family name.  Kazuto's mother was Midori's sister and was married to a man from a different family.

Per the fan wiki, his surname was Narusaka (鳴坂) prior to his adoption.

  Born on October 7, 2008, Narusaka Kazuto was adopted by his aunt and uncle a year after his birth, when his biological parents died in an accident.

According to this news article and some other sources I found, this was revealed at the beginning of Unital Ring, originally in the January 2018 issue of Dengeki Bunko, which publishes SAO as a serialized story.


How is Amon able to revoke someone's bending? It was never fully explained how, despite him being a great water bender and blood bender, how was Amon able to remove someone's bending?

That ability was reserved, up until then, to energy bending, which only Avatar Aang could use.

What kind of technique did Amon use?

As per this link Bloodbending has a lot of potential to be used in specific ways. One of the effects is Bending severing :

Bending severing :
Bloodbending can be used to completely cut off a bender from his or her bending abilities, achieving the same effect as energybending. This technique has only been demonstrated by Amon and requires direct physical contact between the user's hand and the victim's forehead. The effects of this technique are long-standing, and, unlike chi blocking, it cannot be easily undone. According to Katara, the technique "severs" an individual from his or her bending, making it impervious to all methods of healing. Even so, only active chi pathways can be severed; Korra was able to use airbending because it was still dormant when her other bending abilities were removed. However, the severed bending can be restored through the use of energybending, as shown by Aang and Korra


Trope where objects are physically harmed and receive giant bumps? During the series, it happens quite often, where Naruto does something stupid (usually sexy jutsu related) and gets hit on the head, which follows by this huge bumps on his head. This happens quite often even in other series.

What caught my eye is that objects also seem to be affected by this phenomenon:

And in a earlier episode, this also seemed to happen to the chair Tsunade threw out of the window.

What is trope called, and why is it used?

The giant head-bump thing is common in other anime (and media, at least in East Asia), and is used to indicate an injury to the head, as you've stated. For instance, a Chinese search for "撞头" on Google Image (literally "hitting head [on something]") gives images such as this one, which don't seem to be connected to any anime:

I am pretty sure I have seen this in other anime before (e.g. Keroro), but I'm having trouble locating similar screen-caps. In a sense, it has become something of a "convention", the same way sweat-drops are kind of a "convention", which explains the usage here.

Thus, the Naruto extension of this to inanimate objects appears to simply be an extension of this trope -- the objects have been "injured", and so like the heads of these individuals, swollen, overly stylized bumps form on them.

TV Tropes calls the head case a "cranial eruption". However, any searches for the term don't produce many results beyond sites like TV Tropes (and some similar site), and this small anime wikia doesn't seem to have a listing for the trope, despite it being a fairly prevalent thing. (Conversely, it doesn't have "ahoge".) So it seems that there's no real, generally accepted English term for this trope.


What happened to Satou at the end of the last episode of season 2? My question is, why are there two Satous at the end of the last episode of season 2; and how did the Satou with the cross-shaped scar end up masquerading as an American soldier?

To recap, Satou has his head chopped off, revives, and is then killed again and captured by American soldiers.
While being transported on the American plane, we see that there are actually two Satous: one with a cross-shaped scar on his cheek posing as an American soldier, and the real one, imprisoned with Tanaka.

There weren't 2 Satou's in there, the one with the scar was Satou in the past. He was dreaming about the time when he was still part of the American military, and captured the first demi-human known. We already knew about this in the earlier episode when the Americans were discussing the email that was sent to them by Nagai who posed as the two Americans sent by the US. Samuel T. O'Brien was the registered name of Satou and you can see the big red stamp of "Dishonorable Discharge". I could guess that he took the "SA" from Samuel, the "T" from his middle initial and the "O" from his last name to form Sato/Satou. This is just my assumption though.

The only ones in the plane are Satou and Tanaka which were placed in an astronaut suit I guess and as we can see there was a slight vibration which Satou felt before the plane exploded. So we can assume that the vibration within Satou was what caused the explosion. We still don't know how Satou did it but it may be planted inside his body but some dismissed the thought because we saw with the fight with Nagai's "flood" and him that his body was completely stabbed and hurt which would cause the possible bomb inside him to explode but if ever he found a way to put a bomb inside him within the time frame of when he was given to the Americans and the time he was transferred to the plane then that might explain it.

As for the scar that was seen in his dream, this might be because of the fact that he already died which then removed his scar completely.


What does C.C and V.V stand for? Disclaimer: I am not asking about speculation on C.C's (or V.V's) real names

In Code Geass, C.C implies that she abandoned her real name and has since forgotten it

  Lelouch, do you know why Snow is white? it's because it has forgotten it's name

When talking to Lelouch about if she was human she says that if she wanted to be seen as human she would have a more human name, as if she hinting that her name C.C was something she chose. V.V also shares the same kind of name but nothing is ever said about it.

in Etrian Odyssey Untold, the AI in charge for firing Gungnir and Ricky's friend is named Mike however is spelled as M.I.K.E which stands for Memetic Installation Keeper Engine.

So i am wondering, does C.C and V.V stand for anything?

There is no information as to a meaning to C.C. or V.V other than to hide their real names.

There is some information about the planning stages of Code Geass having C2 name as Cera or Sera but I never saw any official information to back that up other than random websites.

In regards C2:

Well if you want the reference from the anime alone, I don't think it was ever revealed, there was a scene where she does say her name involuntarily in her sleep at episode 11 around 18 minutes of the first season, but the name it self is never revealed to us and is covered with droplet of water sound instead.

She whispers her name

She confirms it was her name

Further in he also calls her name right after saying "I learned something interesting because of that" in reference of staying/saving her which was not necessary. And again her name is censored.

Further in she also asks him to call her name again which he does however again its muted/censored.

So to this point the name is only known to Lelouch!

In regards V2:

On episode 21 of the second season around 5 minutes and 20 seconds Lelouch's mother tell a set of events of the past along with Charles however V2 name is again never revealed.


Where did the mecha genre originate from in Japan? I was wondering where mecha genre in Japan originated. It doesn't seem the same as something like the idea of a doll having a soul, which is from Japanese folk beliefs, but it could be.

Is there some historical basis for giant fighting robots (or similar things) in Japan? If not, where did they originate from, and what was the first series that showed them?

There is no deep origin of the super robot trope in Japanese folklore, at least as it pertains to anime and manga. While some Japanese legends and history (such as the samurai) may have influence the design and characteristics of the mechas, there is little direct inspirational influence.

The first anime adaptation of the Tetsujin 28-go manga, in 1963, is widely credited as the origin of the mecha genre with an early design of a "super robot". This series, in conjunction with the manga Giant Robo, were the first to feature these designs. Mitsuteru Yokoyama*, as the creator of both these manga, is considered the father of the genre.

Yokoyama was largely influenced by the wartime of his days; the bombing of Kobe is one such case. He was also influenced by the monster concept from Frankenstein. Astro Boy, a 1952 manga series, has also had great influence over the design of the robots seen in the mecha genre[1].

(Left: Tetsujin 28-go manga cover; Right: Giant Robo manga cover)

A bit more history: Notable mecha series that followed Yokoyama's creations were Mazinger (one of the first to feature piloting) and the Gundam series. In the 90s, Neon Genesis Evangelion moved forward from the clunky, overly mechanized (and often blocky) mechas from the prior series, and introduced sleeker, faster designs[2]. Later series, such as Gurren Lagann and RahXephon mimicked this design, while few shows like GaoGaiGar did not.

* - Yokoyama also made significant other contributions to Japanese comic culture; these can be found in the linked WIkipedia article.


What exactly is Project-118? I know that they are the writers of Nagi no Asukara, just that I wanted to know more about that exactly. A group being named after a "project" sounded curious to me. Can someone tell me more about these authors? (or author)

The meaning of "Project-118" is the sum of the name of the staffs in the planning stage converted to numbers.
It was explained in the "Nagi no Asukara" Special Staff Talk Show (凪のあすから　汐鹿生大宴会 ―「凪のあすから」スペシャルスタッフトークショー) on April 19, 2014. Some tweets from it:

澤村・スク水・英梨々 @nanoexpTS2
Project118の意味。辻さん 凪のあすからの企画段階のメンバーの名前を数字に変換して足したら118だった。検索してみたら、海上保安庁の番号だった。[...]
The meaning of Project118. Tsuji (ed. the Animation Producer) said that if the name of the staffs in the planning stage of Nagi no Asukara is converted to numbers and then summed, the total is 118. Searching about it, it is the number of Japan Coast Guard. [...]

しらこ @srcsn
Project-118の118の意味は、製作決定当初のスタッフさんの名前をあてたものを足して118になったとか。[...] …ちなみに118は海上保安なんたらの番号らしく、海という共通点が偶然にも。
The meaning of 118 in Project-118 is, when the name of the staffs at the beginning of production decision is "matched"(?), the sum is 118. [...] ... By the way, looks like 118 is the number of Japan Coast Guard something, having "sea" as a common point is a coincidence.
(emphasis mine, archived from togetter (Japanese))

However, they didn't explain further about the conversion and who the staffs are.
It might be possible as nhahtdh's comment to calculate the kanji strokes of the name (example: 辻充仁 is 5 + 6+4=15), but it's also possible to use goroawase (example: 辻充仁, Mitsuhito Tsuji is 3+2+1+10 + 2+10 = 28 [or any other possible combinations]). But at this point, both are only speculation though.


Why did the Strawberry Panic manga end? I picked the so-called 'complete collection' of Strawberry Panic at a convention. Upon reading it however, I found the story wasn't actually complete (stops just as the 'faceless devil' event is announced) and closes with an "..end?" even though nearly no plot points are resolved and many events are about happen

I've read the light novels, and there's a good chunk of story left. Why was the series stopped so suddenly?

Generally, a manga/anime doesn't have to complete the story set out by the original material it was adapted from. Some examples are Accel World, Bleach, and Bodacious Space Pirates.

Some reasons are obvious, like key changes in the plot making it impossible to follow the original plotline set out in the source, while other times it's not so obvious such as events involving members of the production team, such as work disagreements, licensing problems, or people getting sick for an extended period of time.

This isn't just for adapted works as these problems can affect the source material: Kaze no Stigma's light novel has been left incomplete due to the author dying.


What do the runes that roll (while Connect plays) near the end of the second Madoka movie say? Towards the end of Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica: Eien no Monogatari (the second movie), in between the two scenes that feature wraiths (魔獣 majuu), Connect plays (this is chapter 25 on the Blu-Ray). As it does, there's a credit roll (or something that looks like one, anyway) that is entirely in runes. Examples:

What do these runes say? (cf. the rune transliteration chart here and the puella-magi wiki's page on the runes)

It turns out that the runes in this segment actually represent romaji (transliterated Japanese), rather than German (which is more commonly the language represented by the runes). Jon Lin's comment links to a Japanese blogpost that has done the gruntwork of converting from runes to Japanese.3 I trust they're right; I only double-checked the first few lines of the runes myself.
The structure of the text here is as follows: everything that isn't in white runes is a line said by someone other than Homura at some point in the series. Pink is Madoka; yellow is Mami; blue is Sayaka; red is Kyouko. The text in white, however, is original (i.e. not spoken at any earlier [or later] point in the series), and is "spoken" by Homura (addressed to post-wish Madoka). There does not appear to be any relationship between the positions of the Homura and non-Homura lines.
Here are the non-Homura lines in order from top to bottom and left to right (translations taken from the official subs on the movie BDs), with annotations indicating where in the series they're from.

Madoka: I'm the Nurse's Aide in our class.
[ep 10, timeline 1 / 32:37 in movie 2]1
Madoka: Homura... I'm really glad I became friends with you.
[ep 10, timeline 1 / 37:45 in movie 2]
Mami: I'm not afraid of anything anymore.
[ep 3 / 45:17 in movie 1; ep title quote]
Sayaka: Give that back! That― That belongs to Mami...!
[ep 3 / 48:24 in movie 1]
Kyouko: How do you even call yourself human?!
[ep 9 / 8:13 in movie 2]
Madoka: Even now, the fact that we were in time to save you from that witch... It's one of my proudest accomplishments.
[ep 10, timeline 1 / 37:51 in movie 2]
Kyouko: Want some?
[various; ep 6 / 81:54 in movie 1]
Madoka: Don't talk about Mami that way!
[ep 5]2
Madoka: You too― I swear I'll never forget you either! I'll never forget... the way you saved us yesterday!
[ep 4 / 56:00 in movie 1]
Mami: You don't read between the lines very well, do you? I'm telling you I'll overlook what you did this time.
[ep 1 / 18:01 in movie 1]
Madoka: ...why are you always so cold?
[ep 7 / 94:10 in movie 1]
Mami: Will you really stand and fight with me from now on? Will you really stay with me?
[ep 3 / 43:05 in movie 1]
Sayaka: There's no way I'll ever regret it.
[ep 5 / 69:40 in movie 1; ep title quote]
Sayaka: Miracles... and magic... are real!
[ep 4 / 58:30 in movie 1; ep title quote]
Kyouko: I know you don't want to be alone.
[ep 9 / 26:18 in movie 2]
Kyouko: ...on the one thing that means most to you...
[ep 9 / 25:40 in movie 2]
Madoka: So, is it okay if I call you Homura, too?
[ep 10, timeline 1 / 33:19 in movie 2]
Madoka: You... finally called me... by my first name... I'm... happy...
[ep 10, timeline 3 / 49:01 in movie 2]

And here are the Homura lines, roughly translated by me. It's kind of lyrical/songy, and I don't really get what some of the lines mean (like the one about "a day of blue" [うつろいゆくこの全ては青の日の希望の比喩に過ぎません, guessing at the kanji]), so this is not a good translation. I welcome improvements.

Even if I can't hear what you say,
your words touch me deep within.
You take on the forms of all sorts of things
and shower sparkling dust.
Whether above the city or beneath the waves,
you are my only friend.
Though you never call for me,
you are always there.
All these impermanent things are
but a metaphor for hope on a day of blue.
All that came before
is now fulfilled.
Even the magic I could not put into words
can reach this place.
One day, your eternal wish
will come to take us away.

Notes
1 There's a slight oddity in this line - in the movie, Madoka says 「私、保健係なんだ」 while in the runes, she says 「わたし　ほけんいいん　なんだ」. They mean pretty much the same thing, though.
2 The scene where this line is said (Homura and Madoka at the restaurant, with Homura telling Madoka to give up on Sayaka) is omitted from the movie, but would start near 71:06 had it been present. This translation is taken from the Crunchyroll subtitles at 11:50 of episode 5.
3 Twitter user @Fau3 did a very nice re-rendering of the credits with the runes replaced with their corresponding kana (lower-res stack.imgur mirror), which may be of interest to readers.


What Japanese animation was the first to be an international success? Around 1910, I believe Japan started to experiment with animations and over a span of several decades anime became as we know it now. With hundreds of anime that became quite popular even outside of Japan, including off course the big shots such as One Piece and Naruto.

But which anime/ Japanese animation was the first to actually be successfully received outside of Japan?

A good guess is probably Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira. It was released in 1988 and had a worldwide theatrical release in more than 10 countries and at least 9 languages.

The Akira wiki page notes:

  The title has been regarded as one of the greatest animated movies of all time and prompted an increase in popularity of anime movies in the US and, generally, outside of Japan. It is still admired for its exceptional visuals. In Channel 4's 2005 poll of the 100 greatest cartoons of all time featuring both cartoon shows and cartoon movies,

and

  The film led the way for the growth of popularity of anime outside of Japan. Akira is considered a forerunner of the second wave of anime fandom that began in the early 1990s and has gained a massive cult following since then. Akira has also been cited as a major influence on live-action films ranging from The Matrix to Chronicle.

The History of Anime wiki page also notes:

  Despite the failure of Akira in Japan, it brought with it a much larger international fan base for anime. When shown overseas, the film became a cult hit and, eventually, a symbol of the medium for the West.

More info:

The Guardian - Akira: the future-Tokyo story that brought anime west
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There was some mention of Dragonball, but the first of those movies were released in 1986 and none of the first ones had international releases.


What is the song playing in Fairy Tail episode 16 when Natsu asks Gray to handle things with Lyon? In Fairy Tail season 1 episode 16, at around 04:50, there's a song playing when Natsu asks Gray to handle things with Lyon.

What is the title of this song?

The track is Takanashi Yasuharu - Natsu's Magic 2 ~Fire Dragon's Piercing~ (original: ナツの魔法２ ～火竜の劍角～), track 17 on Fairy Tail Original Soundtrack Vol.2

EDIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWGWlVTL9ms

Extended (looped) version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxV067vXT1A


When did Sakamoto get his three chips? When did Sakamoto obtain his three chips? (It may be that I just didn't pay enough attention.) I do know Tairo collected most of the chips of the dead bodies, but I never really saw Sakamoto collect any or kill any of the players. How did he obtain them?

Sakamoto has 3 chips, plus his own (for a total of four), after he kills Masashi Miyamoto (knife guy) and Souichi Natsume (attorney guy with glasses).

Before Miyamoto gets killed (while he has Himiko hostage, after Natsume is killed by the Cracker BIM), he mentions he's already killed a guy and taken his IC chip and BIM. Miyamoto wrongly assumes that Sakamoto has three chips (two plus his own) since he has 3 types of BIMs, and that Himiko has Mitsuo Akechi's (fat guy) IC chip.


What is the exact difference between Fairy Law and Fairy Glitter? From the manga and anime, as well reading their description on Fairy Tail wiki, Fairy Law and Fairy Glitter seem very similar.

Fairy Law

  When activated, a bright light envelops the area and inflicts massive damage on whoever the caster perceives from their heart as an enemy, leaving friends and bystanders completely unharmed.

Fairy Glitter

  it is a Magic that rivals Fairy Law and is a radiance of merciless light that denies the existence of nearby foes.

What is the exact difference between these two magic spells?

Fairy Law seems to only works on people who are your enemy and is an area of effect type of spell. This spell seems to draw from the user's internal power.

Fairy Glitter seems to be a single target type of spell. This spell seems to draws power from external sources (sun, stars, moon).


In Sword Art Online, was it not possible to force a logout? Was it not possible for the police to force a logout from the backend? Or at the very least, update the game to where a logout is possible?

No, it was not possible for the police to force a logout from the backend. The players were connected to the game using Nervegear.
Nervegear connected to the player using microwaves, allowing the player to be “attached to the game.” Their mind was the controller. Imagine a corded Xbox controller that self-destructs when unplugged... the internal battery in the gear prevented the player from disconnecting without being killed.
Even if the servers were blown up, the headset would kill the players.
And no, there was no way to update the game to make logging out possible. In Episode 12, "Yui’s Heart", it's revealed that the game is self-contained and would not have allowed an outside update.
If the game had been designed to be accessible from the outside, then an update to allow the players to log out would have been possible, but it was designed so the players could not log out. There was even a spot for the logout on the menu, but it was removed and the players were stuck.


Is watching the first 2 seasons of the anime enough to understand "Tokyo Ghoul:re" manga without reading prior manga? I've watched Tokyo Ghoul and Tokyo Ghoul Root A, but I didn't read the manga.

Is watching the them enough to understand Tokyo Ghoul:re manga without reading prior manga?

One big thing to note is that Tokyo Ghoul Root A (the second season of the anime) greatly diverged from the manga. In the manga, Kaneki left Anteku and went off on his own, forming his own group. In the anime, he joined Aogiri.

Tokyo Ghoul:re is a sequel manga, meaning it builds off of Tokyo Ghoul. The first season of the anime does only a decent job at covering the story of Tokyo Ghoul, and the second season, as noted, diverged, covering only a handful of the biggest plot points. Having only watched the anime, you will not know numerous plot points that are addressed or expanded upon in :re.

However, in my personal opinion, you will only be moderately confused reading :re if you only watched the anime. Thankfully, Root A converged with the canon story line near the end, and had many of the major events occur identically to the manga (albeit several of them in the wrong order, and as such events that drove them to the order they were in are skipped in the anime). So as an anime only viewer, you would have knowledge of almost all of the major plot points.

With another however here, I can not find one person who would recommend doing so. Almost everyone who claims to be a fan of Tokyo Ghoul the manga greatly dislikes the anime. Even the top reddit post asking where season 2 starts in the manga is met with universal replies of chapter 1 (as in, pretend you never watched the anime and start the series from the beginning). As noted in Why did Tokyo Ghoul √A completely deviate from the manga?, the differences in season one are fairly significant, and you are going to be hard pressed to find people who prefer the anime's story over the manga's.

If you are desperate though, and refuse to read from chapter 1, then season 2 starts at around chapter 46.


Why do all Dragon Slayers have Exceeds? As we see in the series, all Dragon Slayers (not God Slayers) who are trained by Dragons have Exceeds as partners.

Specifically there are 5 of them: Natsu, Gajeel, Wendy, Sting and Rogue. Now, Laxus is also a Dragon Slayer, but he was not trained by a Dragon and became a Dragon Slayer by Lacrima. Is this a coincidence? Or is there a reason behind it?

If we follow the story of Fairy Tail from the beginning, I think it goes like this. At first, Happy was the only Exceed. Mashima-sensei created Happy to be some-kind of sidekick to Natsu. And then there's Gajeel. At that time Mashima-sensei still has no idea about the Edolas Arc, so Gajeel was on his own, even when he revealed that Laxus' thunder magic was in fact a dragon slayer magic. Then there's Wendy, another dragon slayer. Wendy is the first female dragon slayer, and since Happy was the only flying cat (the term Exceed was not revealed at that time), he decided to make another flying cat, named Charle to accompany her.

It was during this that Mashima-sensei got the idea to make Exceed as the official sidekick of Dragon Slayers. That's why he then make Gajeel wonder why he is the only Dragon Slayer without a cat. And after that, Exceed is the official sidekick of Dragon Slayers. So when he created Sting and Rogue, he created Frosche and Lector too.

Edit: The Exceed is sidekick of dragon slayers that was raised by dragons, that is, a real dragon slayer, not the one made by embedding lacrima such as Laxus (Thunder Dragon Slayer) and Cobra (Poison Dragon Slayer).


Thematic or mood effects of shadow placement on a character's face? Not sure if this is on topic here as it's not a question about a specific manga... or even specifically about manga, but about comic books in general.

The use of shadow is important for conveying lots of different things... mood of a person, setting or simply for dramatic effect. I am wondering specifically, in a close up shot of a face in the classic 3/4 position, what is the difference if the face is in shadow in the foreground versus on the background side?

For this assume the only difference in the drawing is the placement of shadow, the position expression and amount or surface covered in shadow are the same. The only difference is shadow on the side facing the viewer versus the side away from the viewer.

Here is my poorly drawn example of what I am thinking in my head:

I tried to draw a neutral expression but they both kinda look upset... so try not to base the answer on the facial expression, just shadow placement.

What are the thematic/mood/emotional response differences to the audience when using those lighting patterns?

In real life, the shading on a face (or anywhere on the human body, animals, plants, and inanimate objects) is merely a case of the direction of light hitting it. In illustration, the realistic way is most common: the mangaka or animation aims to highlight and shadow according to the light source in the scene.

However, in some instances, a shadowing which is not primarily based on the placement of the light source can be employed to convey emotion or lack thereof. The most common variety is to shade the forehead and eye area of a character's face. This is partly accurate to the light source, assuming the light source is generally coming from above: considering that a character who is angry, fuming, plotting something evil, sad, dejected, alarmed, or stunned might tilt their head downward. However, its main purpose is to convey that the character's emotions are not being revealed at the present moment, in order to generate suspense (i.e. "What is he thinking?!" or "How is she gonna react?!"). To shade this area conveys that the character is clouded by an emotion but the audience has not yet been shown exactly what that emotion is. Often, the character will dramatically snap his/her head up after the effect, letting the audience abruptly know what he/she was thinking during that head-downward period.

Since the eyes convey the most emotion, it is possible to achieve this by only shadowing the eye area. Alternately, it is also common to achieve the same effect by simply using the character's bangs to temporarily cover his/her eyes.

In manga, there is also a practice of using a shadowing which can go against the placement of the light source. If the face is mostly dark, the character is feeling evil or dark thoughts which have not been shown to the other characters (only the audience is able to see that the character's feelings are covered by a "mask" of darkness; the other characters in the scene usually cannot detect that the face is darkened). Alternately, a character might be shown with dark shadowing if the audience is supposed to assume that he/she is thinking something bad, but then later it will be revealed that he/she was merely in deep thought/stewing over something/puzzling over something/concerned about something unrelated to the current topic of the scene. Another meaning is to depict the character as menacing or possibly scary.

One common use of forehead shadowing is to express distress, mortification, or utter shock. This can be drawn with vertical lines in combination with or instead of shadowing.


Looking for blond hair girl with pink dragon tail anime I only know very little about the anime but I would like to finish it.

Here's what I know:

The main character is a little girl with long blonde hair and she has a pink dragon tail with a heart on the end.
Their is also a guy with blue or black hair who has a daughter, and they are both from the human world.
And I think the only way to get to the magical world is through a tree in the middle of a lake.

And that is really all I know and I would love for someone to help me identify this anime.

I believe you're talking about Astarotte Ygvar:

Astarotte no Omocha!

Synopsis

While job hunting, Naoya is taken by a mysterious girl to a magical land where he is installed in the harem of the succubus Princess Lotte. Thanks to trauma from her childhood, Lotte hates men and surrounds herself with lots of other women, who all have quirks of their own. In spite of her selfishness, when Naoya learns that Lotte is really quite lonely he agrees to stay in her world ...if he can bring his daughter Asuha with him.

Source: ANN


Can a mangaka continue another mangaka's manga? There are plenty of manga that never had an ending for many reasons. For example, High School of the Dead's mangaka, Daisuke Satou, has passed away. Some mangaka also cannot continue their work because of health problems, as well as other reasons. Say the original mangaka either prepared or did not prepare an ending himself/herself, can another mangaka continue their work? Has this ever happened before?

Yes, it can. It is usually up to the publisher if they want to pursue continuing a series, depending on who owns the rights (family member tend to have a say in it as well).

Note that for HotD, the plot creator was known to be a slow writer to begin with (2 years between vol. 6 and 7), and the manga was on hiatus for quite a while before his death (2011). While his death was the nail in the coffin, I don't think anyone really expected the series to ever be completed. The artist moved on to create Triage X, which basically was written as a replacement for HotD.

Below are some examples (though I'm sure there are more).

  Cases where the author died, and his team took over:
  Crayon Shin-chan

  Cases when the author changed, even when the previous is still alive (though it is technically a new series or spin-off):
  Lupin the 3rd
  Saint Seiya

  Cases where the artist died, but the original author was still alive:
  Catapillar (They replaced the artist with another one)

  Cases where they had someone else fill in for the dead author:
  Familiar of Zero


How does the fossil connect with the rest of the story? During the game there is a scene where someone discovers a fossil of the Utawarerumono (apparently an archeologist) and it's hinted that the Utawarerumono is the missing link between man and ape or the origin of man. The fossil has what looks to be Hakuro's mask on it as well. The archeologist is then shot by the person he was talking to, apparently a guard.

Now we know that the "Iceman" is the Utawarerumono (Hakuro) and he was being experimented on so that humanity could become stronger to inhabit the world. However I don't understand where the scene with the fossil fits in.

So I am wondering, what the connection between the fossil and the rest of the story is.

I don't know how game presents it, but I think it is pretty obvious from anime.

The scene with the fossil is in our present.

   The scientists find the fossil and believe it is missing link between man and ape. Proto-Hakuoro finds it and wants to show it to the world. But another scientist, tells him that humanity is not yet ready for such revelation and shoots him. His blood gets on the fossil, which awakens Utawarerumono. It then asks the dying scientists if he wants to live. He agrees and gives his body as vessel to the Utawarerumono, thus gaining the mask and practically becoming Utawarerumono.

Fast forward few (hundreds) years

   and Proto-Hakuoro is found as Iceman.

Neither game nor anime explains where the Utawarerumono actually came from and how it became a fossil.


What's the tune that Noel is humming in Sora no Method? What's the tune that Noel is humming as heard in around 02:55 of Episode 5? It seems that Nonoka also knows that tune. It also played as the ED of Episode 7. Does someone know how to tranlate the credits? I think the title is stated somewhere there.

I got it. The title of the OST is Hoshi no kakera. Hoshi no kakera is 2nd ending theme by fhana. It is the ending theme of Episode 7.


Bleach OST in episode 174 around 2:43 There's a song in episode 174 of Bleach from 2:43.

I couldn't find anywhere on YouTube/Google, even after I checked all the soundtrack lists.

What is this song?

It's an unreleased OST called Soul Society by Bleach's music producer, Shiro Sagisu (YouTube).

Quote from OP:

  I found it. Can't believe I found it. It was so hard that even in the comments people say that found it by mistake and was not on purpose. I spent 5 years looking for this and I found it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gntBKXOrppI (YT: #10) BLEACH OST - Shiro Sagisu - BL_93 (Soul Society)) for anyone in my position


Why do the Black Star Dragon Balls exist? If Kami made the Black Star Dragon Balls, why didn't Dende have to recreate them like he did with the original ones?
Why did Kami make the Black Star Dragon Balls in the first place? Namekians are supposed to be peaceful.
Why weren't the Black Star Dragon Balls scattered? They were all together when Pilaf found them. (How did Pilaf get past Korin)

Kami didn't create the Black Star Dragon Balls. The entity known as the Nameless Namekian did. This is from the Dragon Ball Wiki:

  The Black Star Dragon Balls, or Ultimate Dragon Balls, are a more powerful version of the main Dragon Balls, created by the Nameless Namekian (before Kami and King Piccolo split).

So Dende not having to recreate them is possibly due to there being a different set of rules applied to them. Unfortunately, I don't think it's possible to point out when the Nameless Namekian made these Black Star Balls. However, it would make sense that the regular Dragon Balls had more restricting rules, since Kami had a responsibility as Earth's guardian to make sure they wouldn't fall into the wrong hands, so it would make sense for them to be rendered useless by his death.
Since now we know it wasn't Kami but the Nameless Namekian who made them, except that we don't know the exact time he made them, it could be inferred they were made during a time when the Nameless Namekian began developing a bit of a corrupted side within him with less than perfect intentions. The side that would later becomes King Piccolo.
They weren't scattered because they were supposed to be hidden. Since Kami had knowledge of the Nameless Namekian in him, he and possibly Mr. Popo thought it would be better to keep watch over them. Again, from the Dragon Ball Wiki:

  The only people who would have known of the existence of the balls would have been Piccolo (due to him having all of Kami's knowledge) and possibly Mr. Popo, but King Kai also knew of their existence.

Although it probably wasn't smart to keep them all in one place, GT never really did make much sense.

Also, this slipped by me the first time around, but to further prove GT's logic isn't really logic, look at this snippet about the Black Star balls:

  After the wish has been granted, the [Black Star] Dragon Balls spread across the universe... If all seven balls have not been re-collected and returned to the planet on which the wish was granted in one year, the planet will explode. In the Japanese version, Mr. Popo insists that not only must they be returned to the planet they were used on, but they must be returned to their original spot, hence why Earth still exploded a year

So not only did the Nameless Namekian make them, but once a wish was granted, he could never get to them again. Is space flight common already at that point in time? If it was, why make it near impossible to track the balls again without a Dragon Radar within a year, thus killing the Earth's populace?

Last but not least, if Kami did have knowledge (which would've later transferred over to Piccolo by them fusing and becoming the Nameless Namekian again), why not go ahead and destroy the Dark Star Dragon Balls before all the drama?


Help me remember this movie that isn't Spirited Away When I was a child, I was all about this anime movie and for years now I have not been able to find it nor pinpoint the title.
The description is going to be a bit ambiguous so just stay with me here and keep a very open mind. This is coming from the memory of a 5 year old.

Timeframe for when movie was made: mid 80s to sometime throughout the 90s

In the beginning there is a brunette little girl (maybe even a pre teen) that does not appreciate something in her life. I believe she gets upset with her mother and takes her for granted then runs outside to her backyard upset. There she encounters... something... a spirit... or animal. I can't remember but she is sent on a mission and it gets pretty hazy from there. I remember the end is her waking up in the backyard and it was all a dream and she runs back inside and hugs her mother.

No, it's not Spirited Away. Really.

Here is a guess, it doesn't fit exactly - but hopefully the fuzziness is to blame for that.

I looked through all the old Ghibli works, but didn't find anything that seemed to match up. However, there was one show that some of the larger names from Ghibli worked on before Ghibli was created. This show was Chie The Brat or Jarinko Chie. This was back in 1981, but it could have taken a while to be translated and localised for English speakers - placing it roughly mid 80s.

Chie is a hardworker at home, but she's not without her brattiness - Flicking through the first few minutes of the show, she takes a cut of the family's earning and keeps it for herself:

She eventually leaves on an adventure after her school-life is disrupted by her relatives, who barge in and embarrass both the teacher and herself.

She then takes the money she has stored away and travels into the city. There she finds a woman she treats like her mother (whom she embraces occasionally) and rides rollercoasters, paddles boats, and other adventure-y things.

And as for the spirit/animal - there are some talking cats which maybe are what you remembered. The two cats are both from Chie's home village and have a large fight in a graveyard near the conclusion of the show.

Again, this only loosely fits the description you've offered - but it's the best I could find.


The significance of characters having initial D in their name in One Piece At the first, I think, initial D is the fabulous initial. Until now, all of D are the strongest people in One Piece, and that been proven.

According to me, whose people have initial D is the good man. But why Marshall D. Teach is the bad man?

Elaborating a bit on the will of D. In short all people born with the middle initial of D have the power to greatly influence or change the current course of history. No person with the name "D." has ever been just a normal person they are the people you see in the news headlines traveling the world and wrecking s***.

Ace, Luffy, Blackbeard, Dragon, Trafalager Law and Gol D. Rodgers all bear this name and are all major characters in the series.

Now determining who is a a "good guy" and who is a "bad guy" is not based off of having the name. It only means that these characters are major and significant or will become major and significant later.

There is some speculation as to the will of D relating to the poneglyphs and the tenryubito in the holy land and whatnot but no cannon plot has focused on that yet. My suggestion is to just stay tuned...


What is the piano piece played at the end of airplane flashback on episode 19 of Nodame Cantabile season 1? There's a piano piece playing at the end of the airplane flashback in season 1 episode 19 of Nodame Cantabile at around 8:21.

What is that piano piece called?

It's the piano/slow version of the opening theme, "Allegro Cantabile". (YouTube Link)


How did Gecko Moria created marine zombies in Marine War without Hogback around? Back at Marineford War. I noticed something, Gecko Moriah summoned marine zombies from nowhere instantly without Hogback around.These marine zombies have stitches which is only done by Hogback back in Thriller Bark. Some even take the form of animals which is another problem in its existence.

So how did Gecko Moria has done it?

Hogback was useful for Moria, because he could stitch together different parts of separate bodies, thus  only using the strongest parts of those bodies. The best example for this is Sanji's zombie. He is essentially a penguin, but instead of the useless mouth, hogback replaced it with a dogs jaw.

If you look at the marine zombies, none of them has a dog head or bear hands. The closest to this category is the centaur on the left, but that's..."normal". A normal marine doctor should be able, to fix those bodies up.


Weren't the 1st and 2nd Hokage sealed forever? In recent chapters, all the Hokages that have passed away have been summoned by Orochimaru with Edo Tensei.

Didn't the Third Hokage, during his fight with Orochimaru, in which Orochimaru used Edo Tensei to summon the 1st and 2nd, seal both Kage away in some way, so that they could never be summoned again?

All four Hokage had been sealed with the Shiki Fuujin:

As you said, the First and Second Hokage had been sealed by the Third, in his fight against Orochimaru.
On that same fight, the Third sealed himself, along with the First and Second.
The Fourth sealed himself when he sealed the Kyuubi inside Naruto.

Those whose souls were sealed by the Shiki Fuujin cannot be summoned or reincarnated.
However, as we discovered in chapter 618, the seal can be broken by summoning the Shinigami while using a Shinigami mask that was stored in the Uzumaki Clan's Mask Storage Temple.


Origin of the phrase "Hyuga are Konoha's strongest" I have seen it being used in the episodes where Konoha was invaded by Orochimaru when Hinata's father engages the enemy stating that. Now I see that being used in the current ninja war when Neji remarks to Naruto about that?

Is there any basis for the origin of this phrase in the manga or anime anywhere regarding the strength of Hyuga clan?

It was seen first in the Chūnin exam, when Kakashi said this during the battle between Hinata and Neji. That path was followed in the fight between Naruto and Neji.

The reason is, that the members of the Hyūga can manipulate the chakra of their enemies and thus can win against most ninjas. And since the massacre of the Uchiha-clan, who could be better than the Hyūgas?


At the start of 6th Spice and Wolf light novel, what's up with the discrepancy between “like” and “love”? Note: Please no spoilers beyond the start of the 6th novel.

At the very end of the 5th Spice and Wolf novel, Lawrence says "I like you".

Love is never once used by Lawrence toward Holo so far in the story. I even ran the search function to check the PDF, I'm certain.

Yet, in the next book, at the very start, on the same day that the previous novel left off, Holo teases Lawrence about saying "I love you".

The best I can tell, the author meant to write "love" in the previous novel, or else my PDF copy is simply wrong.

What's the explanation behind this?

I'm afraid to do a Google search on the topic since I'm only starting the 6th novel and searching "love" in regards to a romance that I'm 6 of 17 books through is just begging to run into all sorts of spoilers.

Apparently, the same word 好き is used in both instances in Japanese version of the light novel.

Quoting the same lines from Page 345 of Spice and Wolf 5 (emphasis mine):

  それでも、ロレンスはホロを抱きしめて、そして。
  「俺は、お前が好きなんだ」
  それから、右頬に軽く口づけをした。

Quoting the same line from Page 29 of Spice and Wolf 6 (emphasis mine):

  「わっちゃあ嬉しかった。そう。ぬしがわっちを好きじゃと言ってくれて。じゃからー」

Regardless of whether "like" or "love" is the correct translation, the same word should have been used in both places, since Holo was simply quoting Lawrence's confession to her the night before.


What is the song playing in Attack on Titan episode 17 when the female titan kills the 2 guys then goes to Armin? I'm searching for the song when the female titan kills the 2 guys then goes to Armin (It's the episode 17 of Attack on Titan season 1). I tried searching on YouTube or in the theme itself of the female titan but nothing.

It's a part of 進撃st-hrn-gt-pf20130629巨人 from Attack on Titan Season 2 OST.
There is a YouTube video that cut out the part to make it standalone.

Originally a part of "Shingeki st-hrn-gt-pf20130629 Kyojin" from the Attack on Titan OST, this part of the song was cut out to be standalone.
It plays during the first appearance of the female titan in the series.


In episode 46 of Dragon Ball Super, why are destroyers 1, 5 and 8 still there? In episode 46 of Dragon Ball Super, only two universes remain. Yet in the beginning, when all the crowd is put closer, one can clearly see 3 extra destroyers.

Why are they still there? Also, there are missing 'angels'.

The gods of destruction of those universes didnt participate in the tournament. They didnt participate because they had a high mortal level determined by Zeno.

According to

Mortal level

  All the universes with Mortal Level lower than 7 were planned to be erased, but after the suggestion of Goku to perform the Tournament of Power, they were given a chance to avoid erasure by winning

Meaning the other universes were safe and didnt participate in the tournament of power, and the gods of destruction of those universes either, and they could just sit and watch the tournament


What is the chorus singing during the opening of Ookami Kakushi? The opening song of the Ookami Kakushi anime, Toki no Mukou Maboroshi no Sora, has a chorus intro where I cannot distinguish what they are singing. It could be Japanese or Latin. The lyrics sites only have the main singer lyrics, not the chorus. At least the ones I found. Does anyone know what language is the chorus singing in?

For reference, here is the Wikipedia link to the song. The chorus in question is sung in two moments, at the beginning (0:00–0:05 one time) and later on (3:38–3:50 repeated twice). The 3:38 section is only available in the full version, which was DMCA'ed into oblivion. Vimeo has the TV-sized version, though.

tl;dr they're probably not singing any humanly-intelligible words at all.

You have run into the fascinating phenomenon known as Kajiuran (梶浦語 kajiura-go), a pseudo-language/non-language, named for Yuki KAJIURA, who is the composer for FictionJunction (among other things). One very common quirk of Kajiura's compositions is that they feature lyrics written in "Kajiuran", which is not really a language at all, but rather Kajiura's own term for non-linguistic vocalizations that feature in her compositions.1

The example you cited - the first five seconds of Toki no Mukou Maboroshi no Sora - is almost certainly an example of this. The fact that you can't find any written lyrics for that part is a clue - official transcriptions of the Kajiuran bits of her songs are typically never released, and so they often go untranscribed.

You can find more extensive examples of Kajiuran, too:

Sis Puella Magica, track #1 from the Madoka Magica OST 1, sung entirely in Kajiuran. Don't be fooled by the Latin track name - it's a ruse! This is a rare case where the lyrics were actually provided with the CD on which the track came (check them out). It's pretty darned clear that this is no language known to man.
M23, the last track from the Kara no Kyoukai 5 (Mujun Rasen / Paradox Spiral) OST, where all the lyrics are in Kajiuran. This one is more typical in that there aren't any transcriptions of the lyrics, as far as I'm aware.
Nowhere (live version), a FictionJunction song used as an insert song for Madlax. The main body of the song is in Japanese, but it has little Kajiuran bits and pieces, like at the very beginning and in the chorus.

1 Kajiura has, I believe, stated that Kajiuran is inpired by Latin, though I can't find a source for this at the moment. If I find one, I'll add it.


Could Dita really shut down Chi with her Trans mode active? In Chobits Episode 24 - The Person Only For Chi, Dita, the government-made persocom, attempted to shut down Chi by directly connecting with a data cable after she failed to hack into Chi.

Could Dita really shut down a Legendary Chobits series like Chi with her Trans mode active?

In theory, Dita was manufactured for that purpose.

You need to know about OS on Chi to get these response. The problem aren't if Chi are on Trans mode or not, the problem are if their OS have some backdoor for access. If these backdoor are present, there isn't important the trans mode, it's only the difference between ability of the attacker and the defender.

On real terms, think on that scene as two hacker working. One are attacking and another one defending. Probably the most important question here are the computer power itself, because Dita and Chi are AIs, the better processor can react before and do better.

Also, you need to think about the methods. Taking into account the above, probably Dita have more processing power than Chi (Because if you made a persocon for defeating another one, you need more power on them), but, Dita only have a basic AI and programming routines for doing their work, but Chi have some knowledge (Because have their learning program), and some feelings.

Probably no, Dita cannot defeat Chi, because Chi can learn about the attack, and use these knowledge for doing something.

But, there isn't any fact about this.


How is the voice quality of a seiyuu classified? Considering the extreme popularity of voice acting and voice acting schools in Japan, I'm curious to know if the industry actually classifies the quality of each voice. I'm not talking about things like age, gender, etc. Rather I'm interested in the tonal quality of the voice.

Personally, I'm particularly taken by the tonal quality of Mizuhara Kaoru, the seiyuu who voiced Kusakabe Misao in Lucky Star. Kusakabe's voice has got a thick, musical quality to it and sounds ... double-layered.

(I'm not the only one enamoured with Kusakabe's voice:

  Her character Misao Kusakabe in Lucky ☆ Star gained a cult following in fans and spawned internet memes due to her own addition of a nonsensical "vuah" (ヴァ) at the end of her sentence.("if it's picked up within 5 seconds, the germs don't get attached" 五秒以内だったら、菌がつかないんだってヴァ) This began in the 18th episode of the anime where her character Misao was nervous and embarrassed after eating food that has been dropped on the ground in front of others. The popularity was substantial enough to have a 13th Lucky Star character album featuring Misao released four months after the originally planned twelve albums were released even when her character already shared a duet character album as the 9th album.

This is at around the 18 minute mark of the 18th episode.)

Well I don´t think they actually classify the quality of each voice. Why do I think so?

Most seiyuu are picked after they either send in some records or do a vocal audition, or they have done voice overs/acting before and are scouted this way.

When a company wants some voice acting done, they usually keep in mind the characters that have to be voiced. Most of the time characters have a specific personality and they want a voice to best represent this personality. For example, let's look at Mizuhara Kaoru, the seiyuu who voiced Kusakabe Misao in Lucky Star. She has a melodic yet playful voice which can represent the character as one of the best. To even better grasp this concept, think of Naruto being voiced with Kusakabe Misao's voice. This would not match the personality the character has to represent.

So if there were to be a classification for seiyuu, it would differ per character. So there are no known "standard classifications" for seiyuu.


Black Clover chapter at the end of season 3? I was watching the third season of Black Clover a few days ago and wanted to ask which chapter the third season ends with.
Thank you in advance.

This season finished at chapter 253 if I'm not wrong, From chapter 129 of the anime the episodes aren't canon


What did Team Rocket use to evolve Rhyhorn? In the Pokemon Adventures manga, Koga used some kind of item (like a syringe) on his Rhyhorn:

The strange part is that the Rhyhorn suddenly evolved into a Rhydon, in the middle of the fight:

Red confirmed this:

I didn't understand how it would be possible to make Rhyhorn to evolve like this, because Rhyhorn is not the kind of Pokemon that could be evolved by stones.

So what did Team rocket use? Does this item appear again in the manga and did someone explain it better? Or does it even exist in the TV series?

No reliable site lists what that syringe is (or could be) and it never appeared again. Misty asumes that an other of these syringes was used to evolve a gyarados (seen earlier).

Team Rocket tried to create ways to force an evolution (like the experiments at the lake of rage), so it's most likely another experiment to force the evolution of a pokémon and to make it stronger.


Why is Yuki surprised by the Level E vampires? In "Vampire Knight"  ep. 3, entitled 'Fangs of Repentance', Yuki seems genuinely surprised by the Level E vampires she encounters in town. It's like she had no idea vampires could be that awful.

She never seems to want to believe that vampires are bad, and even tells Zero that she probably should start listening to him and accept that there really are some bad vampires out there, only after her attack.

Why does she seem so surprised by Level E Vamps? Her earliest memory is of Kaname killing a clearly monstrous vampire. She should know and accept how bad they can be right off the bat.

It's apart of Yuuki's denial that Vampires can be bad, don't forget her earliest memory if that of her idolized Kaname soaked in blood yet she doesn't fear him (at first). Also as a Guardian all the other Vampires she has met are in the Night Class and none of them are like the Level E she encounters.

We see later during the the first part of the series Yuuki trying to deny that the Vampires of the Night Class, particularly Kaname, and the Level E's are the same blood thirsty creatures but Kaname tries to make Yuuki understand they are the same by letting her see him drink Ruka's blood being fully aware Yuuki was peaking though the door. he did this knowing

   that if Yuuki is afraid of Vampires she wont want to return to being one

i also suspect that when Yuuki went into the Night Class Dorm during the day and almost had her blood taken by Aidou Kaname was well aware the moment Yuuki entered but also knew Aidou was awake. making sure to stop Aidou at the right moment


Can E.N.D slay Acnologia? If E.N.D is the strongest Demon in the Books of Zeref and if Acnologia can slay countless dragons, is it possible for E.N.D to slay Acnologia?

I mean, when you think about it, Natsu's dad couldn't slay E.N.D, so is it possible for the Demon to slay a dragon like Acnologia?

I highly doubt it.

First of all, we have no evidence to suggest that any slayer magic is of a higher tier than any other slayer magic. Wendy and Chelia were about equal when they fought, and Natsu actually defeated Zancrow in combat despite Zancrow's God Slayer magic. Therefore END's Demon Slayer magic isn't necessarily better than Natsu's Dragon Slayer magic.

Secondly, Natsu is END. That means that we don't have any evidence to suggest that END is anything more than Natsu wielding Fire Demon Slayer magic as effectively as he wields Fire Dragon Slayer magic.

So looking at the matchup, I would argue that Natsu is actually better suited to 1v1ing Acnologia as a Fire Dragon Slayer than as a Demon Dragon Slayer. You see, slayer magic is designed to defeat the entity they are named after. That means Fire Dragon Slayer magic is more effective against dragons than Fire Demon Slayer magic. (Chapter 301, Zealconis states that humans were given the magic to slay dragons. That's logically Dragon Slayer magic, and you can deduce that X Slayer magic means magic to slay X).

The reason Zeref designed END is because he wanted to get hit with the most powerful Demon Slayer Magic that existed, since Demon Slayer magic is more effective against his demon body.

At any rate, if Natsu with his super-effective-against-dragons magic can't beat Acnologia without the power of friendship, I doubt he could do so with less effecive magic.


Who was the attacker targeting in episode 1? Who was the man with the knife targeting or trying to attack in episode 1?

He didn't really stop, he just left the knife and kept going.  Was this a random event?  Kind of like a drive-by?

Did the attacker want to kill a random person?

Who was the attacker targeting in Episode 1? No one in particular, the attacker was just a random criminal. In the light novel,

  the man had 'a backpack in one hand and a kitchen knife in the other.' After Satoru was stabbed, as stated in the light novel, the man  ran off shouting:  “Get the hell outta my way!” (Volume 1).

While the man was made to look like just a random guy sprinting in to attack Satoru in the anime, the light novel was more specific. From this, it can be said that the man is a criminal or a thief (as he has a backpack but is not wearing it over his back, which he probably stole hurriedly). Also, the man yelled to get out of his way, meaning he was in a hurry trying to get away from someone or something.

The wiki synopsis also states that the man is a robber.


Is the Mangekyou Sharingan capable of controlling only the Kyuubi or all the Tailed Beasts? This is a picture taken from Naruto manga chapter 385.

Is Mangekyou Sharingan capable of controlling only the Kyuubi or is it also able to control the other tailed beasts?

Also, how does Sasuke come to know the nature of the Mangekyou Sharingan?

The Wikia says that the MS was capable of controlling all the Tailed Beasts.

  The Mangekyō Sharingan has been noted to wield the power to control over the tailed beasts, but only Madara and Obito, have achieved this feat. Sasuke at first also used his Sharingan to suppress a small amount of Kurama's chakra within Naruto's subconscious.

The MS is gained when a user of the Sharingan witness the death of someone close to them.

  It is initially awakened by the trauma suffered from witnessing the death of someone close to the user.

Sasuke got his Mangekyo Sharingan after Itachi's death.

  Sasuke Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after the death of his older brother

Also as a side note, Sasuke is able to use the Rinnegan to control all the Tailed Beasts at once.

  Sasuke could use his Rinnegan to put all nine tailed beasts under his control with just a glance


How does Renji become stronger than Rukia? I only have the anime to go on so maybe there's an explanation in the manga. It seems clear that Ichigo is stronger than Rukia was in episode 1 at the point of his first battle with Renji. In fact it seems like Ichigo may have been stronger as soon as he became a soul reaper, but based on Rukia's reaction to the stronger enemies up to that point (Menos Grande, and Grand Fisher) it seems she believes that a single shinigami could hope to win in cases where Ichigo does. This seems to imply that Ichigo is stronger than Rukia ever was at that point. Then Ichigo fights Renji and is at least closely matched. It's difficult to say that at the point where Ichigo gains the upper hand whether he is stronger or weaker than when he was fighting stronger enemies in the past but it does seem like Ichigo and Renji, at their first meeting, are at roughly the same strength which is greater than Rukia's at the beginning of the series.

But in episode 32 where Renji has his flashback to his time in the Rukon district and training to be a shinigami it seems clear that Rukia was always stronger than he was. So then how do we explain this discrepancy? Did Renji get significantly stronger in the few months Rukia was in the world of the living? Is there any particular reason for that? Or am I underestimating how strong Rukia was at the start?

When Rukia stepped into the world of the living, she had to inhabit a "Gigai" (empty body) to be able to interact with the living. That body was provided by Kisuke Urahara. Hidden inside that Gigai was one of his inventions (the Hōgyoku), which by being placed in the same body as a Shinigami would be destroyed, or so he planned. After Rukia gifting her Shinigami power to Ichigo, her powers failed to return, and the Hōgyoku was what was blocking Rikia's powers. Along with the tower she was held in during her wait for execution, she was left with no power. Shortly after she was saved, the Hōgyoku was stolen, and her power began to very slowly return.

In the later episodes, when she has recovered, you can clearly see her strength after she has enough power to call forth her Zanpakutō with its overwhelming ability to freeze enemies.

Just as Ichigo has gotten stronger from numerous fights with Hollow and Shinigami, so has Renji from their fights and his own determination to save Rukia from her execution and later protect her from further harm. Also, his power was boosted considerably with him mastering his Bankai at the same time Ichigo was unlocking his own.

Plus, all Shinigami have their power capped/suppressed when visiting the human world, or they would seriously damage the living.


Why did Bisky ask Killua to leave Gon? In Hunter x Hunter, Killua had to leave Gon because he wasn’t able to defeat Shoot, and Bisky told Killua his weakness and one day he would leave Gon to die. Later on, Killua removed the thing Illumi implanted into him, which changed him.

But I still don’t understand why Bisky would ask Killua to leave Gon?

Killua was joking. By saying to Gon about Bisky's promise, the only thing he meant was at that moment as he felt that Aluka needs him more than Gon, 'cause his family was hunting for Aluka. So he wants to devote his time to protect Aluka.


People should be wary of those who quote which author? In the anime Psycho Pass they reference some of the major ideologically leading people.

But there is a direct quote from one of the main characters saying "Be wary of those who quote ___"  There is then a reply: "Had you not quoted him I probably would have." Who is the author in question?

From episode 16 - The Gates Of Judgement (at around 16:10), Shogo Makishima said:

  Justice is subject to dispute; might is easily recognized and is not disputed. So we cannot give might to justice,

In return, Shinya Kogami replied:

  I have long since learned, as a measure of elementary hygiene, to be on guard when anyone quotes Pascal.

So the answer is Blaise Pascal.

By the way, Kogami's reply is actually a quote from Toward a Philosophy of History by José Ortega y Gasset.


Can't 17 give energy to Goku to restore Goku's power? In the tournament of power we've seen Freezer giving energy to Goku to restore Goku's power, after he run out of energy when he used for the first time incomplete Ultra Instinct

Then in Dragon Ball Z we've seen how 17 gave energy to Goku for him to create a Genki Dama

Since 17 has infinite energy, why cant he give energy to Goku to restore his energy just like Freezer did before?

Firstly, the Energy given for the Spirit Bomb is different from the Energy given by Freiza and Vegeta to Goku. Goku can gather this energy from inanimate life forms and surrounding objects as well for the spirit bomb. Hence, in other words, Goku can't gather energy from a rock and regain stamina.Secondly, the androids have infinite "Stamina" which prevents them from getting tired like a normal individual. This might be because of mechanical part fitted inside Android 17. So it would be impossible for Android 17 to share his energy with Goku. A better analogy would be something like this.Let us assume there exist 2 human beings and 1 robot. Human beings need x amount of blood to survive while the robot has a fitted energy source which is different from blood but always keeps them alive.If one human is deprived of blood, he needs to rely on the other human and can't ask help from the robot despite him having an infinite energy source because the human has a different anatomy compared to the robot.


Could Danzo use Kotoamatsukami on Sasuke to fight Tobi? Just when they stab each other there was clear eye contact. Danzo could have used it on Sasuke and make him fight Tobi, right?

Danzo had just used the Kotaamatsukami at the Five Kage Summit, and I believe that the eye needed some time to regain the power, that's why he asks his subordinates to fight Tobi first. Then while fighting Sasuke he uses the other Sharingan (located in his arm)... He basically wanted to use the Kotoamatsukami against Tobi, because he was the main guy to be controlled.


How many chapters does "Shokugeki no Soma" season 3 cover? Shokugeki no Soma season 3 just ended. How many chapters from the manga does this season cover?

According to Japanese Wikipedia, the 3rd season has 2 cours which cover chapter 120-217(?).
The first cour (The Third Plate) covers chapter 120-166:

Chapter 120-121
Chapter 122-125
Chapter 125-127
Chapter 128-130
Chapter 131-134
Chapter 135-138
Chapter 139-142
Chapter 143-148
Chapter 148-149, 151-155
Chapter 155-159
Chapter 160-163
Chapter 164-166, 149-151

The second cour (The Third Plate: Toutsuki Train) covers chapter 167-217(?):

Chapter 167-171
Chapter 171-175
Chapter 176-179
Chapter 179-183
Chapter 184-187
Chapter 188-192
Chapter 192-194, 199-200
Chapter 201-205
Chapter 194-199, 205
Chapter 206-209
Chapter 210-211, 215-217
Chapter ?


In which episode did Naruto turn into Eight-Tails Chakra Mode while fighting Pain? There's an episode in Naruto showing Naruto use the Eight-Tails Chakra Mode while he's fighting with Pain.
I have looked on Google and nothing came up. The only thing was that when he met Killer B.
Which episode is this?

I think it's ep. 166 or around that in Shippuden.
It started in 166 and the fight started in 167 with Pain vs 8-tails. To be more precise, the whole ep. 167 was of 8-tails.


Things that boost different bender skills We know that the moon boosts waterbenders and the sun and the comet boost firebenders.

Are there other things that boost earthbenders and airbenders?

Such powers are not been mentioned in the Comics or in Avatar or Korra Series. That said, the powers from the Sun and the moon can be seen in the negative sense. Because Night leaves the Firebenders vulnerable a lot (the reason why General Iroh asked Admiral Zhao to wait until daybreak for attack again at Northern Tribe in Episode 19) as WaterBenders becomes virtually unstoppable under moon. Similarly, WaterBenders lose a lot of their power to Sun and they become vulnerable (that's why Admiral Zhao continued the attack only in Day). The powers are more like in Cycle, one is bound to overpower another. Earth and Air on the other hand are elements that have no relation with any natural phenomenon in Avatar World, thereby, making them virtually impossible to be boosted unless by Physical and Mental Training. Besides, Air seems to be the only element that is present everywhere, whether a wooden cage, a metal cage, a ship to hold Criminals, or any other ordinary or extraordinary place. This makes Air as a gift to be virtually available  everywhere for any Airbender. Even the Fire has its limits (remember the way Pa'li was caged before being freed) on availability.


What do people mean when they say "Notice me, senpai"? I'm new to anime and my friends really like it. They really like to say to me "notice me, senpai!" and I don't get the reference. I could be walking to class and one of my friends would say "Can you go to the canteen?" and I would say no I can't and then, they will say "NOTICE ME, SENPAI!" Can anyone shed some light on the "notice me, senpai" reference, please?

This is a meme in the English-speaking internet anime community. This particular phrasing appears to have come into existence around December 2013 (according to Google Trends), though variants are known to date back to 2012.

It does not directly reference any particular work of anime or manga. Rather, it is inspired by a reasonably common trope of anime/manga writing about school-age children, whereby a character (usually a girl) will have a personal or romantic interest in an older student at their same school (which is what a "senpai" is in this context), but instead of doing a dag-blasted thing about it, just silently hopes that the senpai will pay attention to them. This narrative trope is particularly common in shoujo media.

Goodness knows why your friends are exuding memes in real life; you would do better to ask them about that. As a meme originalist, I cannot help but notice that the contexts in which your friends are reportedly using this meme don't make much sense.


Why is Haruhi Suzumiya considered shonen? Why is Haruhi Suzumiya considered shonen ?

There are some serious and hard to interpret dialogs in the series.

Or is it considered a shonen with some seinen mixed anime ?

The terms "shounen" and "seinen" are assigned to a work for many reasons, none of them really having to do with how intellectual or difficult the work is. The most common criteria are the age group and gender that a work is aimed at and the magazine in which a work is published (for manga and light novels), but the definitions for these terms are fuzzy rather than precise.

According to Wikipedia, the age range for shounen works is between 10 and 42 years old, although the largest portion of the audience is between 10 and 18. Even 10–18 is a pretty wide range, and the interests and abilities of boys between 10 and 18 are not at all uniform. As a personal anecdote, I first watched the Haruhi Suzumiya series when I was 18 and had no trouble following the conversations; I expect there are lots of eighteen-year-olds capable of following the series. On the other hand, the ten-year-olds would probably be more comfortable with something simpler, like One Piece. But then, there might also be some ten-year-olds who would enjoy the series; I first watched Eva, an extremely difficult series, when I was eleven, and although a lot of it went over my head, I still got something out of it. (Fifteen years of loving anime, among other things.) Given that variability, there's basically no way you can expect to neatly categorize works according to what age group and gender they're aimed at. You'll always end up with works too smart for some of the audience, works too dumb for others, and works that a lot of people don't quite get, even though they still enjoy them for other reasons. (People who watch Eva just for the shipping, who bug Hideaki Anno to no end.) In many cases, the designation of "shounen" or "seinen" is somewhat arbitrary, often made for business reasons like what magazine a manga runs in or what time an anime broadcasts.

And if we look at the content of the works themselves, things become even less clear-cut. Typically, we think of shounen as including works like Naruto, One Piece, and Dragon Ball. But Love Hina, Attack on Titan, and even Aria are also considered shounen. (Aria ran in Comic Blade, which is considered a shounen magazine.) Those three series have about as little resemblance to Naruto and Dragon Ball as Haruhi does. Wikipedia lists Maison Ikkoku as a representative seinen work, but Love Hina, which was heavily influenced by Maison Ikkoku, is shounen. (I even remember Love Hina being racier than Maison Ikkoku, though it's been a long time since I read Maison Ikkoku.) Granted, Akira, Berserk, Battle Royale, and Ghost in the Shell are definitely more mature than Naruto and One Piece, both in their themes and in their depiction of graphic violence. But so is Attack on Titan, and so is Eva, whose manga version ran in Shounen Ace. Shueisha found Attack on Titan a little too dark for Shounen Jump, but Shounen Magazine, which also carried Love Hina, consented to publish it. (Source). The cases of Attack on Titan and Maison Ikkoku show us how fuzzy the border is between shounen and seinen. It's more a matter of what one editor thinks of the work, and what's best for business, than any hard and fast rules.

In short, Haruhi is considered shounen because the editing department at Kadokawa Shoten thought it would appeal mostly to males between the ages of 10 and 18. They were making a judgment call, filtering out all sorts of conflicting information about the differences between ten- and eighteen-year-olds in general, the variation among individual ten- and eighteen-year-olds, and how similar it was to other works classified as shounen.


Why does Rukia fall for so long when getting thrown by Yammy? So Rukia gets grabbed by Yammy in Las Noches:

Yammy then throws her at the ground, but she is falling for more than a couple of minutes:

But Ichigo jumps from above the sky in Las Noches and makes it to her before she hits the ground:

I know physics is not always followed in anime but this just seems so far off. Why would the animators do this? The scene does not seem way too important to me, and you don't even see Ichigo save Rukia—it is implied that he does as he is seen standing next to her when the smoke clears.

This happens at the end of episode 285 and into episode 286.

I timed it at 5:18-5:34ish for the animation of release to smoke cloud.

Anyways, the stretch of physics would be bad if he threw her underneath him, near his feet. But my eyes saw his arm stretched out away from his body after the toss in an attempt to basically spear-chuck her.

My speculation would be that they're relying on a set of three overlapping times: Ichigo's catchup (shortest span of observed time), Yammy's toss (short span of observed time), and Rukia's trajectory (longest span of observed time to get in frantic dialogue).

For anime fluff, this feels around average.


How did Finral transport Yami into the cave? It is said that Finral can only use his spatial magic to open portals to places that he has already been. Is there some kind of exception to this?

In episode 34, Finral opens a portal to a cave where Asta is fighting members of a certain organization. This allows Yami to assist Asta, but it seems very strange that he would have been into this random cave.

I checked the corresponding manga chapter #47, where Yami mentions that Noelle contacted HQ about the situation and they were dispatched because they were the ones closest to that town.

I think the teleportation in this case was short-ranged, done in order to block Licht's attack and save Asta. So they must have already entered the cave for it to be in Finral's line of sight.

It is indeed unlikely that Finral would have visited the cave before, but it seems plausible that Finral might have visited the town before, since it is near to their base. So they could have teleported to the town and then made their way to the cave on foot.


Does the mark on Kimimaro's forehead have any significance? Kimimaro Kaguya has two dots on his forehead. In South Asia, it is called a bindi. Is it an identification mark, or does it have any significance like a curse mark? Is there any canon reason given for it?

I came across a source which said that it represents his clan, but the Kaguya clan doesn't have significant history in Naruto/Shippuden anime or manga. Is there any source for this claim?

The sign can be seen on all seen clan-members (okay; there's only Kimimaro and some guy in the anime), so I think that it's a clan-symbol.


Does the truth that Naofumi did nothing to Myne ever come out? Does the truth ever come out that Naofumi did nothing to Myne, in The Rising o the Shield Hero ?

I don't care for spoilers, it would be really good to know if the truth ever come out or not.

According to Myne's wikia page, the truth does indeed come out, and she was punished for it. In Volume 4,

   The Queen exposed all of Malty's crimes, stripped her of royalty and, as an extra punishment, renamed her "Bitch" for her false rape claims, on Naofumi's suggestion. Alternative acceptable names by royal decree include "Whore" and "Slut".

This does not, however, change her in any way as it was also noted that she still harbors ill feelings towards Naofumi and considers everything that happened to her 'entirely his fault.'


What are the hand signs that Naruto does for Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu? What are the hand signs that Naruto does for Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu?

The hand signs used to evoke the Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu aren't different than the standard Shadow Clone Jutsu. The only difference is the amount of chakra consumed during the execution of the jutsu.


What exactly is the "Ritual of The Divine Tree"? In the anime, it is shown that Kaguya regularly sends people to the Divine Tree for this "ritual" and those people somehow die.

So what exactly happens to them? I thought the Infinite Tsukuyomi was supposed to make people dream in their ideal world... Then how do people who go there for the ritual end up dead, whereas the ones who were first caught in it (King Tenji and others) live in their ideal worlds?

They live in their ideal worlds but while that's happening the tree is turning them into white Zetsus and I think somewhere in that process their brains turn to mush killing them. Thats where they got the army of Zetsus in the first place (by sacrificing people with the ritual turning them into Zetsus).


Why Goku doesnt use the Super Saiyan Blue kaioken anymore? In Dragon Ball Super, when fighting Hit, Goku used the super saiyan blue kaioken or also called super saiyajin god super saiyajin kaioken. With this technique, he could get even 10 times stronger. But now he's inferior to Black, and he has been defeated 2 times by him, but he doesnt use it as a last resource. Why is that?

There are a ton of disadvantages using Super Saiyan Blue Kaio-ken:

It has only a 10% chance of working and a 90% of failing, which had a chance of killing him.
Goku is only able to maintain Super Saiyan Blue Kaio-ken x10 for short periods of time because it puts a great deal of strain on his body. While Potara fusion could last for an hour.
Goku began to suffer severe muscle convulsions as he powered back down to base form and developed Delayed Onset Ki Disorder which includes significant decrease in ki control and capacity.
King Kai warned Goku to not use this form as the user might incapable of getting stronger.

Though, Goku did used Super Saiyan Blue Kaio-ken once to escape Fusion Zamasu's grasp and send him flying with a swift kick. Goku manages to destroy Fusion Zamasu's Ring of Light, but quickly returns to base form, unable to move. See here for more details.


What's the meaning of "The coffee isn't coffee coffee"? In Nichijou there is a scene where a random character says,

  The coffee isn't very coffee coffee

Is this a pun? What's the meaning of these sentences? Even her friend asks too.

Relevant video on YouTube

There's no pun. She is using "coffee-coffee" as a made-up adjective to describe that the coffee she is drinking doesn't have properties of coffee, and as you can tell from her friend's response, it's not standard Japanese (she could've just said something like "This doesn't taste like coffee."). The subtitle uses the phrase as-is, but something more English could be something like "This isn't very coffee."

The gag of this skit is that Girl B drinks and agrees with the fictional word, despite no description of what it means. I feel this isn't supposed to be funny, but more closer to something the viewers can agree to, like when eating out with friends and trying to describe what you just ate/drank, but cannot find the right words for it (thus just saying something like "coffee-coffee").


Did Sakuya end up being healed? When Genjimaru escapes with Sakuya and intends to give her to Hakuro (as a hostage in exchange for Hakuro's trust and help stopping Kuuya), it's revealed that before the escape Genjimaru had cut the tendons on Sakuya's legs so she couldn't walk, thus being unable to escape Hakuro and being the perfect hostage for him.

The final scene shows Sakuya and the still regressed Kuuya outside. However, no scene has shown Sakuya having walked at all after she is left with Hakuro. This final scene and the scenes with only Sakuya and Kuuya show only the two of them and no third person who could have carried Sakuya.

So I am wondering if Sakuya ended up being healed at some point, or if Kuuya was carrying her all this time.

It is possible that Kuuya or some random NPC helped her to get outside. However, since there is literally no additional information given about Kuuya or Sakuya after the events of Utawarerumono (or the amount of time that passes by after the final battle), it is quite difficult to say. I would say that she hasn't healed because of a few reasons:

Her field sprite depicts her sitting down. Though she may be merely looking over Kuuya as she plays in the field, I think Sakuya would have been right next to her if she was able to walk. I think the sprite designers would have made her standing if she was healed.
Tendon injuries take a long time to heal. Genjimaru outright cut them and given the limited amount of medical research and prowess that is shown in the Utawarerumono universe, I doubt that it would be enough to have her healed any time soon. The time factor I mentioned earlier also comes into play, because it isn't directly stated how much time has passed.
I need to bring up the anime for this one, even though they decided not to mention her tendons being cut at all. In every scene after Genjimaru and Sakuya joined Hakuoro, she is sitting. Every scene after that shows her sitting and she is never seen walking or standing again. Even in the ending scene, Sakuya remains seated.

Sadly, I doubt she would be able to walk again...


Why was EVA Unit 01 Crucified? One part, for me anyway, that stuck out was the crucifixion by the Mass-Production EVA Units of EVA Unit 01 in The End of Evangelion. I just can't see the reason why EVA Unit 01 was crucified when Third Impact occurred. What was hoped to be gained by crucifying a mech of all things?

What was the reason for EVA Unit 01's crucifixion? Was it to start Third Impact?

I have not read the manga behind Evangelion, so I know I am missing something.

It seems to be a necessary part of the ritual they are doing but the exact details of it and how it works are unknown.

  SCENE: SEELE monoliths
  SEELE 09?:
  EVA-01 has been marked with the stigmata (sacred insignia).
  All (chanting):
  To restore the Tree of Life!
  SEELE 01:
  Our servants, the Eva series...
  (Keel appears) Their existence has all been for this one moment.
  (Eva series move to the positions of the Sephroticum and shine in circles around the cross of EVA-01)
  Script

A reason for the stigmata could be that GNR/Lilith also has them later on in the movie through which she absorbs the souls. Since EVA-01 is made from the body of Lilith these could possibly be caused by inflicting them on the EVA.


Romance manga about a group of legendary children So there are 6 (or 7) legendary children. They need to protect the humanity, but one of them is demon (they don't know who it is).

So a girl (the main character) and a boy don't like each other, they are walking home from school and a legendary kid appears and saves them from a weak demon. Then he says he hates that the boy is useless and that he should die and then swears to protect the protagonist.

After that, they all go to a shrine and a priest tells them they're legendary kids and can have powers. One of them starts to punch the idols because he wants power, then you find out the girl is the demon.

The girl has hair that's up at the back of her head. One of the guys has light hair (I don't know what color) and the other guy has black hair and black eyes. This is a romance manga.

Please help me find this manga. Thanks

It really sounds like Yuki wa Jigoku ni Ochiru no ka (Fujiwara Hiro)

  The "military history story concerning boys and girls" revolves around
  Yuki, a girl who has lived in the rural area of Kyoto with her six
  childhood friends who all share a secret that they cannot tell anyone.
  On her 16th birthday, Yuki's fate begins to change.

The story begins with the main girl and boy (the one with dark hair), their friends are not present at the beginning, then the light hair boy comes back and argues with the dark hair boy.

Each child has specific kind of the power, and the girl power...

   comes from Hell