Why didn't Itachi kill Sasuke? Why did Itachi not kill Sasuke but instead poked his head during their last battle that led to Itachi's death?

Was it because of the clan symbol behind him? Or because he loved him?

I don't know how far you are in the story therefore I don't want to spoil it for you, but Itachi did not plan to kill Sasuke.

He poked his forehead because when he was young he would show his affection towards his younger brother this way.

Since Sasuke was finally able to keep up with Itachi in their fight at the very end Itachi poked his forehead to let Sasuke know that he is still this Itachi, and he still loves him more than anything.


How did Rock Lee pass the academy test? I stumbled over this question on Facebook. I was wondering how Rock Lee got out of the academy and why did they let him leave?

One does not need to use Henge no Jutsu in order to graduate the ninja academy. Promotion throughout the entire series is never dependent upon a certain technique, but rather the capabilities of that shinobi determined by the Hokage and village elders.

Take a look at the Chuunin selection exam. Shikamaru received the only promotion yet there was no way he could have won the entire tournament.

While Lee could never use ninjutsu nor genjutsu, he was able to have very good technique with taijutsu and that allowed him to graduate. Lee just uses his chakra in a different way, but that doesn't make him any less of a ninja.

Same with Shino for that matter. Shino lets his bugs eat his chakra and then he can command them. So instead of making a kage bunshin, Shino uses a lot of bugs to form a clone.

Because every shinobi specializes in different areas, there is no set requirements in order to be promoted. The decision comes from the Hokage and the elders for Chuunin and above. For the academy, the instructor decides when the child is ready to be a Genin.


What are the responsibilities of key staff members in an anime production? With any given series, there's a lot of names and titles being thrown around in the opening and closing credits.

What are the typical key roles (E.g., art director, color-setters (iro shitei), producer, director, series coordinator) and their primary responsibilities? Are there also any roles or departments exclusive or work differently in anime production than in traditional or western animation?

There's a pretty good summary of a lot of the positions here.

Original Creator
Director
Enshutsu (Animation Technical Director)
Character Designer
Animation Supervisor
Key Animators
Inbetweeners
Producer
Art Director (Art Model and Background)
Color Coordinator
Finisher
Special Effect / CG Artist

These are just a few highlights:

  Original Creator (gensaku)
  The original creator is the person who came up with the concept for
  the story originally. This may be the original manga creator, a
  novelist, game developer, playwright, author, oracle, prophet, or
  whoever can come up with an original idea.

  Enshutsu
  Often translated as animation director or technical director. Enshutsu
  is one of the most difficult and most important jobs in the Japanese
  animation industry. The enshutsu is between the director (kantoku) and
  the production staff. He is responsible for checking and supervising
  the show through the production, from initial story to the final
  released product, and in many cases, has almost total control over it.
  He checks the animation drawings as they are being done, sets up the
  scenes before they go to camera and supervises the sound and voice
  recordings and all the editing amongst many other jobs. The exact job
  and responsibilities vary from company to company, and from show to
  show as well. Sometimes the enshutsu ends up as the whipping boy for
  the director; sometimes he or she carries the show and the director
  sits back and watches. On larger productions there is sometimes more
  than one enshutsu and usually quite a few assistants. It is important
  to have a good knowledge of animation production as well as artistic
  talent to do the job and it usually takes four or more years in the
  industry before someone can do the job right.

  Inbetweening (douga) The inbetweeners use the key drawings as reference points and produce drawings that fit between the
  positions on the keys. This smoothes out the movement and makes the
  animation look better. (The more inbetweens there are, the more fluid
  the movement becomes and the more expensive the animation becomes.)
  Inbetweening is a relatively non-creative job. It is more tracing than
  anything else. The hours are long and the key animators are sometimes
  very hard to work with. The cruelest part of being an inbetweener is
  that they rarely get to work on anything they are fans of and what
  they do get to work on they burn out on quickly. (I know some
  animators and an enshutsu that you can send into convulsions by
  whispering "Ranma" in their ears.) After 2 or 3 years of grueling
  inbetweening, animators who can handle it are usually promoted to
  keys.

As for a position that is present in anime production but not as common in western or traditional animation, I could could only find one position that might fit the bill.

  Color Coordination (Iroshitei)
  The Color Coordinator decides all the colors for everything that will
  be painted/colored by the shiage department in the show and creates an
  iroshitei hyou (color model pack) that the staff can refer to when
  painting. This job requires not only good color sense but a good
  memory, as the CC should be able to keep an idea of what the colors
  for the whole show look like in her head so that when questions come
  up about small details and things not in the iroshitei hyou she
  doesn't need to pull all the models and think about it.
  The CC makes
  color models of each of the characters and the props, mecha etc. in
  the computer paint system. The painters use these models when coloring
  the various scenes.
  In the old days of liquid paint, there were 327
  commonly used Taiyou Shikisai (Taiyo Paint Company) cel paints but
  they had over 1,000 in their catalog. Each color had a code number
  which originally was its equivalent to the DIC (Dai Nippon Ink
  Company) code. Color code numbers were usually a letter followed by
  numbers like GY-40 and RP-99. (Some companies used another paint
  company - Stack - but their paint was more expensive (and higher
  quality) and the paint codes were different.)
  A good way of telling
  that you had done this job too long is when you lookout a train window
  at a sunset or forest and find yourself determining what paint colors
  they it is composed of. Computers have made life a lot easier with
  16.7 million colors ending the need for weird paint codes but now you look at that sunset and wonder what dpi you would have to scan it in
  to get good output quality.

I'm sure other types of animations have color coordinators but this one is somewhat specific to anime since it deals with a specific Asian company and their limited paint color selection.

The full page is worth a read as it has a lot of the Japanese names of positions in addition to their translated names.


Manga about a boy who participates in battle to expand his god's shrine and uses rope to fight I read this manga a few months ago, but I forgot the title.

The story is about a boy who met a lone god and participated in battles which would expand her shrine every time he won. I remember the guy using a rope to fight.

I really want to read it again. Hope you guys can help me :)

I'm quite sure it's Gan-Kon (English title: My Wife Is Beautiful God).

  Tagamori Shinta is a student who routinely confesses with complete sincerity to any girls that he likes, failing every time with good reason. One day, after another failed attempt, he stumbles upon a strange shrine and ends up making the most important wish of his entire life. A romantic comedy packed with action on a celestial scale.

The main character battles with the red thread of fate, which becomes thicker the more affection he has towards the girl (his god).

After every winning battle, his god gets more territory and her shrine is also upgraded accordingly.


Why do Manga & Anime defuse tragic situations so often? Why do Manga and Anime defuse so often tragic situations? Moments that can be tragic/serious are often immediately defused by some hilarious moment and some stupid face of the characters. I personally find that disturbing that a plot cannot focus on something serious for a little while. Is that a stylistic choice or just a way to target a particular audience (i.e. children).

From your comments, I gather you don't like the use of Anti-Climax in M&A as a medium. Though it can be jarring, Anti Climax can be great if used correctly.

  Anticlimaxes can work well if it's clear that the subversion of audience expectations is the point, either for humorous purposes (such as the Anticlimax Cut) or as a more serious commentary on the genre of the work. If the Anticlimax is unintentional, however, or if the author's purpose just isn't sufficiently clear to the audience, the result is serious audience frustration. Use caution.

I think the root cause of this problem is discussed quite well on TV Tropes.

  Not all anticlimaxes are intentional, though. Oftentimes, they are caused when the story writes itself into a corner. Other times, it's caused when the writer realizes that their planned solution just wouldn't make sense compared with the logical one. Sometimes, it's caused when there are teams of writers that don't communicate very well. The planned resolution of a Story Arc is nullified by another writer, who might have written out the plot device intended. Sometimes, in the case of film and television, it's caused by budget constraints or unexpected cancellation. It's rather rare for unintentional anticlimaxes to show up in single works, usually popping up in long serials where there isn't a chance to unobtrusively go back and rewrite some pivotal moments to set up the proper climax.

The problems stated above are quite common in the Manga and Anime industry and thus as you seem to have found out can lead to disappointing endings to a great story.

Source: You've been warned TV Tropes link. Anti Climax


Current state of characters in Dragon Ball? I watched Dragon Ball, DBZ, DBGT, DB Super, but the order is such that DBGT is in the end I believe.

What happened to all the characters? On dragon Ball wikia, it said Goku died and is dead right now at Age 801, but I never saw this?

Dragon Ball GT is non-canon, when you say Goku died is because he turn the guardian of the Dragon Balls (you can watchDragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy to see that is true), but it doesn't matter because is not official, the official series is Dragon Ball Super.


Why does Kuroko call Misaka "onee-sama"? I just watched Toaru Kagaku no Railgun. It seems like Kuroko is in love with Misaka (?) and calls her "onee-sama", but when did it start? And why/how did this happen?

Onee-sama is commonly used in an idol-follower relationship between women, usually signifying extreme adoration on the part of the follower so on the surface it can look like Kuroko idolized Misaka because she's a Level 5.

However, we see that Kuroko sees Misaka as something than an Idol ie. groping her in the showers, getting jealous of any man being with her or wanting to see her, stealing her underwear,

   she has obviously done this before as she knew that the real Misaka would attack her if she stole her underwear using her Esper powers proving the one she was with was the real Misaka

this would indicate that Kuroko has feelings for Misaka which are ignored by Misaka possibly passing it off as just Kuroko's personality.

This would be a subset of the idol-follower type of relationship, signalling a lesbian relationship with the youngest of the couple referring to the oldest one as "Onee-sama", this is common in Shoujo Ai/Yuri where the youngest adores her older partner and the term is used to demonstrate how strong they feel as wanting to be a family with them.

However there are times where the oldest in the couple find this as a sort of "turn on", in the first Sono Hanabira game Yuuna gets Nanami to call her Onee-sama and the moment Nanami does we can see the euphoria in Yuuna as Yuuna keeps requesting Nanami to "say it again" and tries to get her to use it in conjunction with some lewd talk (to which Nanami releaises what she is about to say and stops it), Yuuna also tried to get Sara in the second game call Kaede Onee-sama but after a couple of uses Sara chooses not to.

Now as for the second part to your question, while i have yet to read the light novels, given Kuroko's personality it may have started when Misaka and her first met being "love at first sight", i remember Kuroko mentioning she had to "pull some strings" to get her and Misaka to share the same room and given how Misaka is used to Kuroko actions and how Kuroko is used to being "punished" it would indicate it's been going on for quite a while


Which musical piece is this from Code Geass? This tune is from R2 episode 23, near 19:20 mark in the version I have, though it is played many times in the series.

The tune plays at 7:15 in this video.

Does anyone know which musical piece this is?

It's an unreleased piece from the soundtrack called Path of Decisions. You can find it here:

Code Geass: Unreleased Album - 30 Path of Decisions


Would Kakashi go blind if Obito overused his sharingan? Since Kakashi's sharingan is technically Obito's, would he go blind if Obito used his sharingan too much? Or are they now separate since they both have one eye each.

I would argue that he wouldn't.
First of all, we can see Kakashi turning weak every time he used Kamui, although Obito uses it as much as he wants and seems to be alright each time.
Now, if Obito using the Mangekyou were to weaken Kakashi, then we could conclude that Obito overusing his Mangekyou would blind Kakashi. However, nothing happens to Kakashi while Obito uses Kamui. The only connection between the two eyes apparently is the dimension that the Kamui transports to.


What is the reference to Kiba's speech and Issei's flashback in episode 2 of High School DxD Hero? I've just started watching the 4th season of High School DxD (Hero). I know it's been a while since I've last seen the previous episodes. However, in episode 2, this line in Kiba's speech made me wonder if I had missed any episodes/OVA.

Kiba: I heard you had to deal with the four Great Devils?

A few seconds after, Issei had a flashback and then I was sure, I missed some episodes.

Unknown character: Right now, you are finally in front of many doors with a key in hand.

Is Issei's flashback from any OVA/movie/episode? Which one?

That's referring to the events in one of the short stories from Volume 8, Extra Life: The Fun Gremory Family. It was never adapted in any form, so the only way to know what happened is to read the novel. Fortunately, Volume 8 is a collection of short stories, so they can be read in any order; you could even read that short story alone and not feel lost at all as long as you've watched the first 3 seasons.

I'd still recommend reading the whole series in its novel form, as the 3rd season really butchered the series, pretty much mixing the stories from volume 5 and 7 into a single arc, and then closing the season with the events from volume 6 but with an anime original ending that was scrapped by Episode 0 of the 4th Season. It was THAT bad. Especially since mixing vol. 5 and 7 ended up in cutting the Rating Game between Rias and Sona, which Issei references in the latest season when he talks about wanting to pay back Saji after "losing" against him.

TL;DR read the books.


As of 2016, which has been the last Type-Moon work that's contained explicit content? A recent question made me realize something. Type-Moon's early works like Tsukihime and Fate/Stay Night had explicit scenes in them. However, some of their recent works such as Fate/Extra, Mahoutsukai no Yoru and the many re-releases of Fate/Stay Night have actually had none of this.

So I have been wondering: As of 2016, what was the last work Type-Moon released that contained explicit content? Have there been any social factors which may have forced Type-Moon to cease adding explicit content in their works?

Kinoko Nasu first started Type-Moon as a doujin group, so I also include any Type-Moon released doujinshi they may have released (if there are any) which contained explicit content.

By explicit content, I mean graphic or deeply detailed sexual content which would be restricted to adults only. I don't count stuff like in Fate/Extra, such as

   In the nurse's office when Hakuno Kishinami's Servant is being recharged by Rin/Rani, there is an implication they may be having sex. (Though I only saw Rin and Saber's scene. Not sure about Archer or Caster, but I assume it's more or less the same.)

Or in the Strawberry Panic Light Novel (which isn't Type-Moon), where

   Yaya dreams she's having sex with Hikari and some of the language in that (when Hikari climaxes) I would have thought would only appear in 18/21+ adult content.

Neither of these was restricted to adults only (can't remember Fate/Extra's rating, but Strawberry Panic was marketed towards teens as per the rating on the back of the book).

Note: this answer assumes that "graphic or deeply detailed sexual content which would be restricted to adults only" means R-18/CERO Z in Japan.

Games
Surprisingly, Japanese Wikipedia mentioned this,

2005年10月28日発売の『Fate/hollow ataraxia』以降アダルトゲームの新規発表は行われていない。
Since the release of Fate/hollow ataraxia on 28 Oct 2005, there's no announcement on new adult games.

So, at least that's the answer to the last game containing explicit content: Fate/hollow ataraxia (the original PC version, not the PS Vita one).
After that, they started releasing console games only (except Mahoutsukai no Yoru for PC as mentioned on the question) with Fate/EXTRA CCC having the highest rating of CERO D (R-17, no international release).
Anime, Movie & OVA
Since almost all of them were broadcasted on the TV, then they could be considered as 一般向けアニメ (ippan muke anime, anime for the general public) even though they might include heavy ecchi scenes (e.g. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya ).
This is also true for movies such as Kara no Kyoukai, Fate/stay night UBW, and also Carnival Phantasm OVA.
Manga & Light Novel
Some manga were published by Kadokawa, and as far as I know, Kadokawa doesn't publish adult manga (aka. hentai) although, again, they might include heavy ecchi scenes.
I can't comment on books under Type-Moon label itself though.
Music & Drama CDs
I believe all music CDs are clean, but I can't comment on drama CDs.

As a matter of fact, only Fate/stay night and Fate/hollow ataraxia games require age checking on the official Type-Moon website.
Note: Regarding "Kinoko Nasu first started Type-Moon as a doujin group, so I also include any Type-Moon released doujinshi they may have released (if there are any) which contained explicit content.", Type-Moon stopped being a doujin circle and instead became a game company in 2003. As a doujin circle, they only released Tsukihime and its extra contents. Fate/stay night was the first work as a game company.


Why is Love worse than a normal curse? When Homura's Soul gem becomes tainted it fills with swirling colors that Nagisa calls worse than curses. Homura then says shortly after while reality is being recreated that what transformed her wasn't despair but love.

Why did Nagisa think Love is worse than a normal curse?

Answer:
Nagisa never said nor thought love is worse than curses. Both Nagisa and Sayaka couldn't explain why Homura's soul gem had those colors. Homura bore way more negative energy within her then ever seen before. Way more than a curse ever had borne.

Side note: Homura claims that all this negative energy comes from her love for Madoka due to several events:

Being unable to save Madoka the way she wanted: by preventing Madoka from becoming a Puella Magi
Losing Madoka (again): Madoka vanished from visibility when she became the creator of the new universe, a.k.a. Madokami
The desire to bring Madoka back (as a plain human)
The idea of being able to meet Madoka(mi) again when Homura's soul gem becomes completely black
The selfish act of taking Madoka(mi) for herself and thereby breaking the universe


What is the music that plays in Bleach Episode 280 at 4:15 until 4:50? I've been trying to find this soundtrack for the past 2 days and haven't been able to find it anywhere.

This song is not present in any Bleach OST, as it has never been officialy released. You can find it here as a fan remake close to the original.


Is Ash's explanation for the origins of his name correct? In vol. 11, Eiji asks Ash about his real name while they are on the Staten Island ferry. Ash claims that his first name, Aslan, is a Hebrew word referring to daybreak.

Eiji: Remember what you told me once? That your mother gave you your name — your real name, "Aslan". It's not a common name … What does it mean?
Ash: It's an ancient Hebrew word that was used in prayer. It means "daybreak," cuz I was born at dawn.

But as far as I can tell, the Hebrew word for dawn is שחר (shachar). I tried guessing various Hebrew spellings that could be read as Aslan and looking those up on the internet, but I haven't yet found anything convincing. Aslan also happens to be a variant of a real Turkic name that means "lion," so Ash's etymology could also be the result of author error. I am not proficient in Hebrew or Aramaic, however, so I'm not sure if I'm missing something.  Is there any truth to Ash's claim at all?

Yes, this quoted dialog response by Ash is incorrect.

Aslan is not even a Hebrew word, it is a Turkish word, and it does not mean "daybreak" in Hebrew. Daybreak can be "shachar" (שחר) as you found, which is a very common name, or "zricha" (זריחה) which is the action of the sun arriving, and isn't used as a name.

Aslan, in Turkish, means a lion, and it is used a lot for names, even in Hebrew (not very common, but we do have this name as last name), this might be the source of confusion for that author.


Where can I read Sergeant Keroro manga online? I recently started reading Sergeant Keroro manga, but few volumes from 17 to 20 are not available. Is there any other site where I can read the missing volumes?

according to Manga Updates there are 27 volumes in Japan.

however. while licensed in English, Manga Updates lists that Viz Media has dropped the series at Volume 20 but Kadokawa ComicWalker is listed as Ongoing but is only on Volume 17 but the website lists the ebooks up to volume 20.

while the link to Stg. Frog on ComicWalker has a Read Latest button this only shows 8 pages and i don't know what volume it's from however i would suspect this is Volume 20

So at the date this answer was posted (21/10/2017) there is no localized copy of Volumes 21-27.

it should be noted however that ComicWalker and BookWalker (which ComicWalker links to) are English services of Kadokawa Shoten who are the ones who publish Sgt. Frog in Japan as such they would be your best place to find out where and when new volumes come out.

as for reading them online if future volumes come out, both sites seem to only have a preview button while at the bottom of a product page on BookWalker it says

  Please check your device (iOS, Android) supports the BookWalker app before purchasing by downloading the app when you will use the app.

as such i don't think there is any website where you can read Sgt. Frog legally


Why can't Kakashi use Lightning Cutter properly after losing his Sharingan? Is Kakashi's new technique Lightning Release: Purple Electricity as powerful as his signature technique, the Lightning Cutter?

On Naruto Wiki, it is written that after losing his Sharingan, Kakashi can't use Lightning Cutter properly. What does this mean?

Kakashi can't use the Lightning Cutter because it creates tunnel vision without the Sharingan, leaving him open for counter-attacks.


Manga involving girl who was raised in the forest and her parents died and she rejoined society and went to a fancy school I remember there was a guy who was with her throughout the manga and became her love interest in the end.

At one point, she got kidnapped and was on an island, where she practiced for a piano recital using a tree root.

At school, she had a super snotty roommate whose father was the Duke and a nice, kind of chubby roommate. At a Halloween party, the snooty roommate dressed up as Cinderella and the chubby girl as an angel. The main protagonist dressed up as a monkey and got made fun of, and the guy showed up to help her out and she changed her costumes into a princess.

In the end, they had kids and they ran around all over the place and everyone lived happily ever after.

The name of the manga your mentioning is called Pansy.

A girl is raised by monkeys before being brought to where people are and eventually meets the crown prince. It turns out her family was good at pianos.


Need help identifying a manga/manwa (School, supernatural, fighting, aikido, gem stones, diamond) I am searching for a manga/manhwa that I read 10 years ago.

I don't know if it was manga or manhwa because it was in Hong Kong and translated into Chinese. It was in one of those weekly "Jump" magazine.

From the first few chapters

On the way to school, the main character wanted to buy a birthday gift for his neighbor girl. He was drawn/called to a jewelry store, where he found a large bracelet with one huge diamond and one black stone. He didn't have enough money so the store owner sold him just the diamond part of the bracelet. After he left, black shadows came out of the black stone, killed the store owner, and burned down the store.

At school, one of the schoolmates of the main character wanted to see the bracelet and put it on the main character's arm, and the bracelet fused onto his arm.
He got another gift for the girl (a dolphin ring) and she happily accepted it.
The adopted brother of girl is the typical good looks, good grades, idol of all the girls type of character. He was super jealous that the girl chose the dolphin ring over the diamond ring he gave her. He was also drawn/called to the same jewelry store, now burnt to ashes.

The black stone threw itself into his eye and fused with it.

The diamond has the power of light and is able to give out light and heat.
The black stone has the power of shadow and dissolves anything the shadow touches.

Example:
The jealous brother cast a shadow on the support beam of a construction crane, ate away the support and dropped the crane onto the main character.
The main character touched the falling crane and melted it like candy.

Later in the story

There is a jade necklace that can communicate with plants.
A moon stone that gives werewolf like ability.
A ruby that manipulates gravity.
A blue stone that heals and more.

Hiseki Senki Stone Buster!

Unfortunately, I can not find an English summary online. If you read Chinese, Baidu Baike has a very brief synopsis. The manga was serialized in Shuukan Shounen Magazine.

In volume 1, the following events took place:

  Black shadows came out of the black stone, killed the store owner, and burned down the store.

See page 34. The store owner is saying: "My body is dissolving?"

  The black stone threw itself into his eye and fused with it.

See pages 47–48.

  He got another gift for the girl (a dolphin ring) and she happily accepted it.

See pages 101–102.

Later in the story:

   The guy with a jade necklace that can communicate with plants and the vampire with a ruby that manipulates gravity both appear in volume 3. The werewolf guy appears in volume 2. The monk with a blue stone that heals appears in volume 4.


Where can I buy "Snow White with the Red Hair" manga in English? I really love this anime and usually only buy manga if I really like it.     Akagami no Shirayukihime or Snow White with the Red Hair, is just an amazing story that I must have the manga of! But I can't seem to find a place to buy the English edition of the manga.

So is there an English edition out there for sale?

Shamefully, there does not seem to be an English version of akagami-no-shirayukihime right now.

But as the series is still ongoing, and already has been translated to several other languages as well. Besides the Japanese version, it is not unlikely that an English translation will still follow.

The other languages that have been released (partially) are

German: Die rothaarige Schneeprinzessin
Indonesian: Red Haired Snow White
French: Shirayuki aux cheveux rouges


Is there a name for this anime/manga visual convention? sometimes when a character is frustrated or has failed to do something, a cloud made of moving squiggly lines will form above their head (it's somewhat of a common trope in video games that use speech bubbles too.)

Is there a name for this anime/manga visual convention?

Yes, this pictorial rune has the name: twirl.

These pictorial rune's originate from Forceville's categorization, which mostly describes the location/orientation.

This is often used to depict movement as well as confusion, as described by samcyb

 Forcevile Image source: source


What is exactly a void? In Guilty Crown, the void is said to be the physical manifestation of a person's "heart", but later on it is also said that it is a fragment of the soul of Mana.

What is exactly a void (besides a McGuffin)?

From the Void Genome page in GC wiki, a Void is said to be

  a person's inner psyche taking physical form.

moreover,

  A Void's form and function reflects the person's fears and or complexes, in other words it's like the shape of their heart, or personality.

The definition of void wasn't given explicitly, but from what can be read in the quotes above the Void is the shape taken by the personality of a person infected with the apocalypse virus after it has been "condensed" by the power of kings.

In the page dedicated to the virus, the stages of the disease are reported:

Stage 1-2: Virus materializes the mind in the form of a Void.
Stage 3: Small crystal protusions emerge from the skin and grow along the skin.
Stage 4 onwards: The person appears to have crystalline substances over some parts of their body. That continues to spread till their entire body is covered in crystals.
Final Stage: Once the body is completely crystalized the body begins to break down.

So the Void is some kind of temporary materialization of the genome of any individual, which forms after said individual contracts the Apocalypse virus. It takes a shape which mirrors the individual's personality and doesn't really exist unless it is extracted using the power of kings.

The fact that a Void is a fragment of Mana's soul should be a consequence of the fact that she was the first one who contracted the virus.


Why wasn't the Flying Thunder God seal on Obito erased? Tobirama said Obito might be using some kind of light and dark jutsu that turns all ninjutsu to nothing and only Senjutsu works on him. But I don't remember Tobirama getting into Sage Mode before placing the Flying Thunder God mark on Obito (well, it is not even told if he have a Sage Mode), but the mark was not erased in spite of being a ninjutsu. How can it be possible?

The marking itself is not ninjutsu, but rather just a type of seal. And Minato states that the marking never disappears from a marked target in Chapter 637.

EDIT:
Minato marked him with a seal prior to Obito becoming the Jinchuriki. When Obito transformed, the seal was removed. This is because each mark has a very specific destination. And when Obito transformed into a different being, that also counts as a different destination, which voids Minato's mark.

However, after Obito became the 10 tails Jinchuriki, Tobirama was able to place his own mark on Obito. This seal is Obito the Jinchuriki, and can't be removed unless Obito undergoes another transformation into something else.


Why is the Uzumaki clan symbol more like a trademark in Konoha Almost every Ninja's cloth (mostly Jounin and chunin gear) have the Uzumaki clan (red-swirly circlish spiral) on their backs and I've been wondering why for a while now.

The clan sybol can be seen on the shoulders and the back of the Jonin Flak jacket.

Since the Uchiha and Senjuu clan founded the hidden leaf, one would expect that at least one of those clans symbol would be the trademark of the hidden leaf or maybe even a combination of the 2 clans symbol.

But rather they chose a clan that is affiliated with the land of eddies to be their symbol? What was the reasoning behind this.

The Uzumaki, being descendants of Asura Ōtsutsuki, also shared distant blood relation with the Senju clan. Through the years, the Uzumaki and Senju kept close ties, with members at times marrying between clans, as with Hashirama Senju and Mito Uzumaki. Following the founding of Konohagakure at the end of the Warring States Period, the Senju chose to symbolise their clans' friendship by adding the Uzumaki's emblem to Konoha's flak jackets. Konoha and the Uzumaki's own Uzushiogakure remained close allies over the following decades, with the Uzumaki providing fūinjutsu (among other things) to Konoha whenever there was a need.

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Is Mihawk stronger than one of the gorosei who holds the sword(since mihawk is titled strongest swordsman)? Since mihawk is titled as the strongest swordsman and there is one samurai in the 5 elders team,so does that mean mihawk is stronger than that gorosei?

We don't know because we don't know how strong that Gorosei is or (really) how strong Mihawk is.  Mihawk is likely a better swordsman than anyone in One Piece but that doesn't not mean he is stronger than that Gorosei in any other way.

There are several things to note:

Mihawk being the strongest swordsman is as much of a title as a
display of his ability. If there is a character who is a stronger
swordsman, it must be that his ability is underestimated or not known
to the world at large. Zoro won't be the strongest swordsman until
he can somehow be demonstrated as earning that mantel.  As it is Mihawk's
defining character trait and Zoro's dream, I doubt Oda has some mystery swordsman somewhere who is stronger with a sword.
Mihawk's title only refers to his ability with a sword. It is notable that Mihawk's only power seems to come from his reputation
and swordmanship. He has no known devil fruit, no shown Haki (though
he obviously has Armament), no gimmicks, and no crew.  I don't think
many people would doubt that Shanks is stronger and Shanks uses a
sword.  Shank's power, however, includes his crew and his insane
levels of Conquerors Haki.  If Gorosei must be a stronger fighter, he might
be stronger for other reasons than swordsmanship. That being said:
There is no reason to assume the Gorosei members must be all that strong. Maybe he was the strongest but got old. Maybe he was
never that strong but got there based on his intelligence.

(Also Whitebeard was the strongest man but Kaido is the strongest beast.  Maybe there is a stronger swordswoman somewhere? But that doesn't apply here... probably. Unless that Gorosei is a Celestial so is not to be downplayed to the level of mere "man"."


Which powers/skills does Noumu have? It's mentioned and shown in the anime that Noumu has shock absorption, regeneration and it's as strong as All Might. Are those all the powers it has? Or does it have other powers?

There hasn't been any other demonstration of their powers other than what was shown the USJ fight, which includes what you've mentioned above, so we can't assume that they have anything else. We know that they're artificial beings that have been experimented on to have multiple quirks, so we may end up seeing other powers at some other point.

   As of the recent chapter, 143, though this has not been expanded upon


What's the viewing order of the Queen's Blade anime? I want to watch Queen's Blade but found too many titles in the franchise, so I do not know which one to watch. In what order should I watch it?

Watch them in the following order:

Queen's Blade - Rurou No Senshi (The Exiled Virgin)
Queen's Blade - Gyokuza wo Tsugu Mono (Inheritor of the Throne AKA The Evil Eye)
Queen's Blade - Gyokuza wo Tsugu Mono Specials
Queen's Blade -  Utsukushiki Toushitachi (Beautiful Warriors)
Queen's Blade -  Beautiful Warriors OVA
Queen's Blade - Premium Visual Book OVA
Vanquished Queens OVA
Queen's Blade -  Rebellion
Queen's Blade - Grimoire (currently airing, alternative setting to Rurou No Senshi)

If you check MyAnimeList, under the related section, you can see sequels, adaptations and alternative settings.

There is also a forum where your question has been discussed.


Why is Waya's username Zelda? In Hikaru no Go, Waya's username when playing Go online is Zelda. In the anime the reason wasn't explained (I haven't read the manga, so maybe the explanation is in there). The first thing I think of when I see the name Zelda is The Legend of Zelda video game franchise, so I tried to find out if the username was a reference to that, but I couldn't find out anything online. I'm interested in both Waya's reasons (if available) and the author's for using the username Zelda.

There is no explanation given in the manga about Waya using the nickname "Zelda".

However, the adult person explaining computer/internet go to Hikaru says something like "Mmhh, with a nickname like 'Zelda', this person is probably a kid. On the internet you never know..."

This helps Hikaru to understand that Sai can play on the internet without giving away his true identity. Because "Zelda" is a nickname anybody can choose. It doesn't give away anything on your identity. You could be a boy or a girl, a teenager or an adult, ...

I believe the nickname "Zelda" was chosen (by the scenarist) because, like you said, anybody knows about "the legend of Zelda" reference even if you didn't play the videogame. Having a person saying "His nickname is 'Zelda', he must be a kid" is something every reader will understand.

Furthermore, Waya knows how to handle a computer and we can safely assume he plays videogames. Akira and Hikaru are all about go, but Waya is more a "normal" or "typical" teenager. Even if he is an insei, he has other interests than go.


Ane Doki ending and the possibility of a sequel So I was reminiscing about Mizuki-sensei's works and remembered Ane Doki's ending. For those of you who have read the manga, the ending was a big cliffhanger.

So I was wondering if there is a plan to have a sequel? Did Mizuki-sensei hint on it having a sequel? The manga could use a sequel you know, with an ending like that.

There will not be a sequel. Ane Doki was a cancelled series due to being bottom five for weeks in WSJ (Weekly Shounen Jump). When a series gets cancelled due to low ratings, there will never be a sequel unless another magazine picks it up right away (which hardly ever happens).


What are the differences between types of anime? The terms "shoujo", "shounen", "seinen", and "josei" are used to classify anime/manga. I know that the general meanings are as follows:

Shoujou: for girls
Shounen: for boys
Seinen: for men
Josei: for women

What are the more technical definitions of those terms?

There isn't much to add to your concise classification, really.

Shōjo

The word itself (少女) is used to refer to a young woman, approximately 8-17 years old. Right as you might think, Shōjo manga and anime have them as target audience. Shōjo isn't limited to any particular style or styles, it's only defined by the target demographic.
Shōnen

This kanji (少年) is used to refer to boys from elementary school to grade school age. Shōnen manga and anime are obviously designed for them as target audience.
Seinen

Seinen manga and anime are designed for male audience too, but this subset of manga and anime is made for people of older age, usually from 18 to 30, but the real audience can be even older than this with some manga. Such manga and amine usually emphasise the story and the character's personalities instead of action.
Josei

Josei manga and anime are for women aged between ~15 and ~45. They tend to be about everyday experiences of women living in Japan.

There are also sub-types of anime/manga, which tend to be more specific, for example, mahō shōjo is a sub-type of shōjo that focuses on young girl heroes with supernatural abilities (magic girls, right...).

Source: various wiki articles.


What is the song that plays when the results of the failed transmutation are dug up? Does anyone know what's the name of the song that plays in FMA Brotherhood when Ed and Pinako dig up the corpse of the failed transmutation during rain?

Here you can hear the song more clearly from the minute 9:25 to 10:03.

I can't find it on Shazam or on Youtube :(

It's FMA Brotherhood OST 2 - Anticipation: this is a link to the full track.


Are Kale and Broly's transformations the same? So in the anime series we were introduced to Kale who many labeled "female Broly". Vegeta makes some comments about her possibly having "the true super saiyan" and we see her transformation with white eyes, bulky form and green hair and aura. And now we have the official version of Broly, with a transformation which in some sense looks the same, but different perhaps for artistic / animation style reasons. Are these transformations the same? Is there hard evidence that now they have the same transformations or may be now Kale and Broly's tranformations will be treated like different super saiyan transformations?

Most likely Yes. Based of the characteristics of the transformations, they seem comparable indeed. This is because the character of Kale was based off Broly. During a story conference, it was mentioned that the character of Broly was very popular. Hence, it was suggested to include a Broly like character in the Tournament of Power. This resulted in the creation of Kale. You can read more about it here.Broly is just overall strong and tends to grow stronger at a very rapid rate during battle. Kale displayed something similar(Mainly in the manga) but obviously not to the same extent to that of Broly. However, two fighters using the same Transformations don't necessarily have to be equal in strength. Like for example, Super Saiyan Goten, is nowhere close to Super Saiyan Goku. Although, while Kale's initial Berserker form can be compared to that of Broly, she did manage to control her power into a  less bulky version of the transformation. It was implied that Broly was out of control from the point he began using his wrathful form. So I think it is pretty obvious that Broly doesn't have real control over his power. Hence, it is quite possible he might once he manages to use his true power more effectively.


What is the "SNAFU" in My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU? The Japanese title is Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabu Kome wa Machigatteiru with subtitle My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as Expected. The subtitle already pretty much translate the Japanese title. So, what is the SNAFU in its English name? How did it get there?

I suspect that whoever decided to use the "SNAFU" translation for the title was going for the original military acronym "Situation Normal, All Fucked Up", rather than the contemporary non-military meaning of "something that has gone wrong".

Why? Well, the title in Japanese is "yahari... machigatteru", which means "...wrong, as one would expect". If that isn't a borderline literal (if less vulgar) equivalent of "Situation Normal, All Fucked Up", I don't know what is.

(This is also, in my >opinion, a better translation choice than "...is wrong as expected", which is relatively unnatural and pretty obviously directly calqued from Japanese.)


What sickness did the alliance chief have? In the manhwa The Breaker: New Waves, after the new chief of the martial arts alliance confronted Goomonryong after his return to Seoul, he suddenly became so sick that he is going to die. I am really wondering what his sickness/injury was? I haven't seen in the manga the explanation what his injury/sickness is and what the effect of that injury would be. Can anyone shed some light on this for me? I am referring to the new chief of the alliance in The Breaker: New Waves.

Kang-Sung took some "deadly" hits during his fight with Goomonryong.

He couldn't always use his reflection technique to counter the attacks, first example in chapt 142 by kicking him in the air.

After that he took a huge amount of hits, Goomonryong is strong enough to destroy a building so.. imagine the effect on a human :)

Imo the final hit chapt 143 is the one that caused the more damages.


Why was "Mr. Raindrop" transliterated into hiragana rather than katakana? Gintama's ending song from Ep.14 to Ep.24 is "Mr. Raindrop" by Amplified. It is the only theme which is in English.

As you can see, the transliteration above the English words is done in hiragana instead of katakana. Since I can't confidently translate hiragana, I wanted to confirm that was this done intentionally for a joke (if yes, can you please explain it) or it was a careless mistake.

I wanted to confirm that was this done intentionally for a joke (if yes, can you please explain it) or it was a careless mistake.

It is perfectly normal to write furigana (in hiragana) on top of English words for the audience, who are practically all Japanese, to understand and learn how to pronounce.
In addition, furigana is always added on top of English words at any Japanese karaoke in Japan.
So no, it is not a joke nor a careless mistake, just a very common practice.


Why was Reiko "disposed of"? In Shinsekai Yori (From the New World), children who show the potential to become either Akkis (fiends/ogres) or Gouma (karma demons) are killed off and removed from society.

Examples:

 Katayama Manabu - He cheats in the ball tournament and is disposed of near the end of episode 2.
 Aonuma Shun - He becomes a karma demon and dies after episode 10.
 Kutegawa Izumi - She becomes a karma demon and is told to commit suicide in Tomiko's dialogue in episode 12.

But what about Amano Reiko?

She "disappears" at the end of episode 1. But what did she do wrong? It was apparent that she wasn't skilled with her juryoku (psychic power or Cantus). But is that reason enough to kill her off?

I will use the manga to answer this question. There are quite a lot of differences in the plot between the manga and the anime. However, the truth about the history of mankind, how the human population is reduced and consists of only Cantus users, and the checks and controls employed to prevent Cantus (Juryoku - 呪力) users from killing each other are essentially the same.

From the statement above, it seems that those who cannot control their Cantus well may unconsciously cause collateral damage. Although there is no example in the anime/manga, I guess that it is analogous to a shaky hand operating a water tap: the water tap itself is not broken, but the poor control causes the water (analogous to Cantus) to flow out much more or much less than necessary.

This is different from the case of Hashimoto-Appelbaum syndrome - Karma Demon (Gouma), where a faulty running water tap would make a good analogy of: the water just keeps running out without effective way to control the amount, like the Cantus power of a Karma Demon is constantly leaking to his/her surrounding subconsciously without any way of stopping. As seen in the anime, Shun can only redirect his Cantus to orbit the balls, but the power leakage cannot be stopped.


Need help in identifying movie with a boy who can turn into a tree, and a girl from centuries ago I saw this movie within the past few years. It was an awesome movie but I can't for the life of me remember the name!

Here is what I remember:

A boy finds a girl sleeping in a glass pod underwater with thousands of others.
He takes her to his village to help her recover. His village is connected by bridges to a dangerous, carnivorous forest on one side, and an industrialized desert on the other side.
The boy's father is slowly becoming a tree.
It turns out that the girl is from the same civilization, the apocalypse destroyed much of the world, and the people of her city were preserved in pods underwater. She came back to life hundreds of years in the future to a low-tech society.
The people of her time used Ribbon (pronounced Ri-BONE) technology in much the same way we use Apple Watches and Google Glass. It's like a cross between a holographic smartphone and a necklace. Or bracelet(?) I forgot.
The girl and anyone else who has come back from that time, is viewed as dangerous and is killed by bounty hunters from outside the village. They collect their Ribbons as trophies, but the bounty hunters can't use them because the Ribbon is bound to its user.

Here, the story gets a little fuzzy:

The girl ends up riding on a train to the industrial desert city. She is valuable to them somehow.
The city has huge steampunk beasts used for war.
The boy and girl end up in a volcano base which has mechanical legs and can move.
The boy turns into a huge tree to help her escape the volcano.

I really, really liked this movie. Can you tell me what it is?

Origin: Spirits of the Past

I finally Googled "walking volcano anime" and found Origin: Spirits of the Past!

I kept Googling "ribbon phone", "ribon phone", and kept getting some other anime. I kept thinking it was Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, but the art styles were totally different. Maybe I thought it was a Miyazaki film because of the story's environmental message.


After Madara stole Kakashi's sharingan, was it not possible for Naruto to take Obito's left eye and give it to Kakashi? Naruto had the power to regrow body parts of any individual as we saw with Kakashi. Heck, he restored Guy who was on the brink of death. Therefore, was it not possible for Naruto to take Obito's left eye, transplant it to Kakashi and then just restore Obito's lost eye? It would have been the perfect scenario with Kakashi having a new sharingan and Obito having his both eyes and being able to access the full power of Sharingan.

The Sharingan and Mangekyou Sharingan are caused by a special kind of ocular chakra originating in an Uchiha's brain. Usually, a cause of powerful emotion will awaken the Sharingan, and great loss will evolve it into the Mangekyou. Once unlocked, activating them is fairly easy. They can be transplanted, and even retain their abilities. Though it may have been an exception due to its spacetime powers, Kakashi's case showed it could even evolve to the Mangekyou despite not being in an Uchiha. Kakashi could activate and deactivate the Mangekyou form. However, he could never deactivate the Sharingan, and hence had to cover up his Sharingan eye when not in use to preserve chakra.

Next, after Obitos's death, he used his space time powers to transfer his chakra to Kakashi. By doing so, he also transfered his ocular chakra, which temporarily awakened Obito's Mangekyou in Kakashi. Once that Chakra was used up and the Sharingan released, it was gone for good.

Lastly, there is one who went through a very similar situation, Madara. As pointed out, Madara at one time had Obito's Mangekyou and his own Rinnegan. By having a 2nd eye, despite having unlocked the Rinnegan, did not evolve it into a Rinnegan. He even transplanted regular Sharingan before his death, but they did not evolve into Rinnegan either, despite up to several years between him giving his Rinnegan to Nagato, transplanting the spare Sharingan and dying.

Now, of course those were not Madara's real eyes, but the fact that he had the ocular chakra required to awaken even the Rinnegan, but couldn't do so with a Sharingan and a Mangekyou eye says a lot.

With all that established, We have a decent amount of evidence backing up what would happen if Naruto grew a new eye for Obito. Most likely, what would happen is the new eye would be a normal Uchiha eye, which is almost identical to any other regular eye. It would have the potential to unlock the Sharingan and Mangekyou Sharingan, and Obito could probably more easily unlock them than normal, but its impossible to say if it would happen immediately, take months to do so, or anywhere in between.

So, transplanting Obito's left eye into Kakashi, and then having Naruto regrow Obitos eye would likely be able to create 2 eyes with Obito's Mangekyou powers, given an unknown amount of time before he could reawaken his powers.

That however shows the main reason why they didn't do so, besides the situation preventing them from thinking about it. They couldn't risk it not working instantly. Obito was under Zetsus control until Kaguya showed up, and they needed everything they had to just barely pull off that victory. Obito having his left eye's powers is what both got Sasuke out of the dimension Kaguya threw him into alone, and saved Kakashi from her All-Killing Ash Bones. The odds that his new left eye being fully awakened to Mangekyou within the few minutes before it was needed are slim to none. Then after it was used twice in critical circumstances, he turned to ash.


What happened to Yahiko's body after he died? I know that Nagato used Yahiko's body to become 'Pain' but can anyone please tell me why and how he did it?

Nagato had an ability called the Outer Path using which he could revive the dead, transmit chakra to receivers. Using this ability of his, he created his Six Paths of Pain technique. He used the technique to embed some chakra rods into certain corpses (including Yahiko's) and transmitted his chakra to the rods to control the bodies.

As for why he did it, there are several reasons. Nagato got badly injured and damaged during his battle with Hanzo (the same one when Yahiko died). He was unable to move after that. Hanzo was still alive though. Nagato wanted to avenge Yahiko and he also wanted to continue their dream previous dream of peace (although his sense of peace got distorted). So Nagato still had to fight. That is why he created the Six Paths of Pain technique to allow himself to continue fighting and use his Rinnegan abilities. Secondly, he was very fond of Yahiko. He used Yahiko's body to form the strongest Deva Path. In terms of abilities, he was superior to the other paths.

As for what happened to Yahiko's body afterwards, well after Nagato died in the Hidden Leaf after the battle with Naruto, Konan retrieved the bodies of both Yahiko and Nagato and buried them in the Hidden Rain Village. And that is where Yahiko's body rests.


How come Luffy is not weakened during his fight in Marineford? Devil Fruit users' strength is sucked away when they are in sea or under kairosaki chains. In the Marineford arc, Luffy was standing on the Giant Ice land formed when Aokiji froze the sea. My question is: Ice is basically frozen water, shouldn't that also sap away Devil Fruit users' strength?

Yes, in practice, frozen water also would sap the power of a devil fruit user.
In the SBS of the One Piece Manga — Vol. 41 (p. 206), Oda mentions all types of Water cause weakness in Devil Fruit users. However, in this same SBS it is also mentioned that not touching the water itself will not affect the user.
Hence walking on ice with shoes or the likes, would in most cases prevent any form of power sap/weakening.


Are these two people with the same given name the same person? Are Emiya Shirou and Kotomine Shirou the same person?

He looks like Archer/Emiya.

If so, how did he become Kotomine and get a job as Holy Grail War Mediator?

no, Emiya Shirou and Kotomine Shirou are 2 different people. infact apart from their appearance resembling one another in a way the only thing they both have in common is that they are both people who end up become 2 different Servants for Holy Grail Wars and at one stage were also Masters
Emiya Shirou ends up one day becoming Heroic Spirit EMIYA and summoned as Archer in both Fate/Stay Night's Fifth Holy Grail War and Fate/Extra's Moon Cell Holy Grail War (though in the latter his name has become lost in history)
Kotomine Shirou is one of the Masters of the Red Faction in Fate/Apocrypha, Master of Assassin and Leader of the faction. however his true identity is  Amakusa Shirou Tokisada

Shirou's True Name is Amakusa Shirou Tokisada (天草 四郎 時貞, Amakusa Shirō Tokisada), the teenage leader of the Shimabara Rebellion. Born in the Edo period, he was a boy of miracles who could nearly be called a saint. However, how exactly he was discovered; a good half of his lifetime is wrapped in mystery.

Source: Kotomine Shirou - Profile - Identity (first paragraph)
He was originally summoned as the Ruler Servant during the Third Holy Grail War by the Einzbern Family instead of Angra Mainyu as Avenger however the war never ended properly due to the Nazi's stealing the Greater Grail thanks to Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia who then ended up stealing it from them.
in Fate/Aprocypha's timeline after the third war he spent time with Risei Kotomine and was "raised" with Kire Kotomine. he was later sent by the Church when the Mage's Association wanted a member of the Church to side with them in reclaiming the Greater Holy Grail from Yggdmillennia.

Differing from the timeline of Fate/stay night's Third Holy Grail War where the Einzbern family summoned the Avenger-class Angra Mainyu, they abuse one of the systems installed in the Greater Grail and brought forth Shirou as a Ruler-class Servant who was meant to be an impartial authority whom regulated the progress of the War. The Einzberns wished to call forth a proper Heroic Spirit befitting of the Ruler class rather than some nameless Eastern hero. However the act of summoning a Ruler was already a severe interference in the normal operating format of the Holy Grail War so he was a compromise with the advantage of his Command Spells
...
As Risei Kotomine rescued the Master of the Tohsaka, Shirou helped him with his rescue work. As Darnic successfully stolen the Greater Grail, the survivors were Shirou and Risei.
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Risei prepared a family register, registering him as his son "Shirou Kotomine" (言峰 天草, Kotomine Shirō). He had joined with the Church thanks to Risei's connections. He entered the Assembly of the Eighth Sacrament as Kotomine Shirou, but naturally Risei couldn't acknowledge him as his son there and approached him honestly as a friend. Around the time when Risei's son was born, Shirou had deliberately diminished his contact with Risei. Shirou remained distant from Risei's own son. Shirou consciously avoids Kirei Kotomine because Shirou noticed the "distortion" within his stepbrother.
...
As the Mage's Association decided to seek one Master from the Church in order to have their involvement prove the legitimacy of their cause. Having already hypothesized the possibility of a Great Holy Grail War—a situation with seven Servants versus seven Servants occurring instead of a normal Holy Grail War. In such an abnormal situation with seven Servants versus seven Servants and where even the previous Ruler had summoned his own Servant, the Greater Grail automatically summoned the Ruler for this war, Jeanne d'Arc, but Shirou had included even that into his calculations as an event within his expectations. Shirou promptly joined the Red faction as the dual mediator and Master sent by the Holy Church.

so as you can see the Kotomine part of his name was used to cover up his identity while the Shirou part actually comes from his real name


Why isn't Baki of the Sand fighting in the Fourth Great Shinobi War? The last time I've seen him was after the Five Kage Summit Arc. Since then, we haven't seen him. Despite him being a Jonin-level Shinobi, I can't remember him being on the battlefield, so my question is: why is it that this character (along with other Shinobi) isn't included by Kishi in this part of the anime?

Another Jonin level shinobi that is missing from the 4th Great Shinobi War is Kurenai (this maybe because of her pregnancy), Ebisu and Ibiki Morino too are missing and he too is of Jounin level.

Since nothing specifically has been stated about their absence we can only deduce that either

1> These shinobi have been dispatched on some special mission and that is not shown in the manga, or

2> These shinobi have been given the duty to protect the civilians that are not directly taking part in the war.

My two cent would be on the speculation that they are protecting the civilians that are not directly taking part in the war. These civilians need to be protected, and the generals need to dispatch a small group of quality fighters that would be able to defend them or move them to safety.


About Kizaru's attack on the Supernovas When Kizaru attacked Supernovas at Sabaody Archipelago, he beat some of them badly like X Drake, Basil Hawkins, Urouge and Scratchmen Appo. My question is: how did they manage to escape from Kizaru? In episodes, the scene ends with the (temporary) annihilation of the Straw Hats. But how did they manage to escape? Is it because of the Navy's carelessness?

Lets first see what happens on Sabaody Archipelago.

Chapter 508
Kizaru arrives on the island, searching for Sentoumaru. Since he couldn't find Sentoumaru straight away, he gets bored and when Kizaru is bored, he

  Couldn't possibly just leave a bounty head like this sitting around...

So that's why he started attacking the super novas in the first place. He didn't really intend to do so otherwise. He wasn't ordered to do so and had bigger fish to fry.

Chapter 510
Kizaru finally contacts Sentoumaru and goes after the Strawhats.

Chapter 511
Kizaru finally meets with the Straw Hats, but is kept busy by Rayleigh.

So to summarize. They got away, because Kizaru never told the Marines about the supernova's presence. The Marines didn't know about their presence so they never ordered Kizaru to arrest them. He only attacked them, because he was bored anyway. I think he really only does what he is ordered to. He and Kuzan are the lazy type like that. Secondly, Rayleigh kept him busy for some time, giving them time to escape.


Would it be illegal to host a anime streaming website? I am very curious on this subject. Would it be illegal to stream anime on a website without the owners permission? If so how do many websites on the internet do it without getting in trouble?

It would only be legal to stream any anime when you have acquired the licenses to do so. You'd have to make an agreement with the intellectual property holder (production company or the distributor), and they won't sign with just anyone − they want trusted sites which would be visited by enough users. And these licenses have limited time frames. It also costs a lot of money. The exact number varies case by case, but it's safe to say it would cost a fortune to an individual.


Why did Dragon Ball Z Kai change "It's over 9000!" in the TV version to "It's over 8000!" in the DVD version? In Dragonball Z Kai there are two different English dubs: the TV version and the DVD version. They handle the famous "what is his power level" scene differently.
TV version

Nappa: Vegeta. Vegeta! What's wrong with you?! Tell me what his power level is!
Vegeta: It's over nine thousaaand!!!
Nappa: What?!! Nine thousand?!!

DVD version

Nappa: Vegeta! What does the scouter say about his power level?
Vegeta: It's over eight thousand!
Nappa: Eight thousand?!!

While I presume that Nappa's first line was just a result of a different take or a slightly different wording, I'm confused especially about how the TV version (and all previous English dubs of Dragon Ball Z, shown earlier in the video) gives Goku's power level as "over nine thousand", while the DVD release of Kai changes it to "over eight thousand".
The two numbers have the same number of syllables, so it doesn't seem like something that would have changed to accommodate lip flaps or anything. So why the numerical change from 9000 to 8000?

Quoting wikipedia

In the original Japanese and English-translated mangas as well as the original Japanese anime series, Goku's power level is actually read as "over 8000!" (8000以上だ…! Hassen ijō da…!)."
In most versions of the scene dubbed in other languages, Vegeta actually says "It's over 8000!". However, even in the Remastered Uncut Funimation English dub, Vegeta still says "It's over 9000!", now performed by Christopher Sabat. This change was made due to inconsistencies with the dubbing process; the production team claimed that "9000" fit the mouth flaps of the animation better.

So it's originally 8000, but it was dubbed as 9000 to fit the mouth flaps.


How come Naruto and Rock Lee didn't meet each other up until the Chuunin exams though they are both from Konoha? Naruto and Rock Lee are both from The Hidden Village of the Leaf.

How come they studied at different academies? How come Naruto didn't meet Rock Lee up until the Chuunin exams?

Rock Lee, Neji and Tenten are older than the Rookie 9. (Team 7,8 and 10 headed by Kakashi, Kurenai and Asuma). Team Guy on the other hand were held back before appearing for their first Chunin Exam, hence they were of different age groups.

It isn't just Naruto and Rock Lee who don't know each other, but other members of Team Guy also don't know the Rookie 9. The only information they have is this time Rookie Genins are participating and one of those teams is headed by Kakashi who they know by reputation. Also the Uchiha name is (in)famous in the village and hence the knowledge about the last survivor.

Naruto is a nobody and a loner shunned by others, hence it isn't surprising not many people associate with him. It is interesting to note that the heirs of clans such as InoShikaCho are not more widely known, probably due to less extent of worldbuilding in Naruto by this point.

One caveat, since Naruto failed three times and Sasuke obviously didn't it is interesting no one older than Naruto remembers him, when even someone like Kiba, who dismisses him, knows him from Academy days.


What is the chronological order of watching Berserk? There is the original series and the recent continuation and three movies. Is there any specific order or can I watch them chronologically?

Berserk Anime is pretty loyal the manga so watching it first is no brainer. Movies are up for grabs, there is no need to watch them if you are watching in continuity since they are basically recap of the original anime.

You should watch the current Anime AFTER the original.

I personally haven't seen any of the three movies, and have heard that the CGI is pretty horrible in action sequences. However, I and many other fans would recommend you to read the Manga (again) after watching the original series.
The original series allows you to have a foothold in Berserk. Manga has beautiful artwork and you can skip the Golden Age Arc if it seems boring to you.

If you don't mind the CGI animation, Berserk movies do take the story a bit further and don't spoil anything from the Black Swordsman Arc which the First Episode of the original series does.

TL;DR Since Both movies and Anime tell the Golden Age Arc only they you can watch Either/both, but people mostly prefer the anime even if aged. The newer iteration of Berserk comes after them


What was the meaning behind Tetsuro's pendant? In Galaxy Express 999 (the movie) was the purpose of Tetsuro's pendant ever explained? We see at the end that Maetel was holding one that embodied her dad's soul and it is what she uses to destroy planet Maetel, but Teturo's is never really explained. Or did I miss something?

It's not really explained, but it's known to be a picture of his mother Kanae.  She gave him the locket before she died, which he keeps as a memento.

It may seem strange that she would have a picture of herself in a locket, but in the second movie, Adieu Galaxy Express 999, it is revealed that Faust (implied to be Tetsuro's father) has a second identical locket with a picture of Kanae and a young Tetsuro, which he leaves to Harlock.  So it seems that they were a set, perhaps exchanged by Tetsuro's parents.


What are Youmu Stones used for? In Kyoukai no Kanata, the hunters make a living out of selling Youmu stones, allegedly the souls of the defeated youmu. It goes even to the extent of a school teacher taking a leave to hunt during a particular event.

What is the use for those youmu stones after they are sold? Why are they valuable to others?

What I am looking for is some source material reference from other media (I only watched the anime).

I will build on FatalSleep's answer:

  The similarity among all youmu is their tendency to manifest an ore-like stone that contains the powers of that youmu when slain.

In the anime, it is shown that Sakura Inami can use Youmu stones to empower "her" spear-like weapon.

Given
(1) that the stones have the powers of the youmu and
(2) this use of the stones shown on screen,
we can infer that the stones could be used to empower/create magical items.

The barrier sticks, the charms and several other magical artifacts from the Kyoukai no Kanata universe could be made using the power from those stones.

As magical ingredients, youmu stones would be very valuable and highly sought after. This would justify the Ikaishi income, the wealth of some Ikaishi families and the economy of the Youmu stones market.


What happened to Captain Yamato by the end of Naruto story? Well, the title is pretty much self-explanatory. What happened to him? Did he die from being used as a fertilizer for the white Zetsus? Or he's alive, like Mitarashi Anko is?

He survived. In 699 you see him emerge from the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Spiral zetsu is near him and tries to grab him again, but the zetsu quickly falls apart (presumably it died).

You don't see him anywhere in 700, though. So it's unknown if he lived to that point or what he did after the IT was dispelled.


Was all Hitler wanted world peace? In Chapter 100 of Billy Bat, we are greeted to a flashback in which the fake Chuck Culkin meets up with Hitler in his mansion.  During a discussion about the bat and the power it wields to change time, when Chuck asks Hitler what he'd want if he had the power to change time, Hitler wishes to be accepted into the art academy in Berlin in that timeline.

But later on, in Chapter 142, on his deathbed the fake Chuck Culkin is speaking to Timmy Sadana (who replaces Kevin Goodman) and makes a cryptic reply about a dream the Fuhrer gave up on, and later stating something along the lines of wishing for destruction of the earth.

I'm quite confused and don't particularly understand what this means at all.

Was Hitler wishing for world peace, (by acceptance into art academy he would not become the Hitler we know of), or was he trying to simply end the world, as Chuck states when he is dying, claiming it is the "dream Fuhrer gave up on"?\

This is more of a reference to achieving your dreams. Although Hitler established himself as a dictator and as a result gained a lot of power, the author suggests that he still has a longing and regret for not getting into the art academy. Taking "Billy Bat" back into their own hands is more of a symbolism for having the ability to succeed and conquer your dreams. In this entire manga, "Billy Bat" is viewed as a real thing but I believe that the author is simply using that as a form of symbolism when he wants to make a point. If you have watched the Truman Show, it is like the giant physical barrier that keeps Truman within but actually is symbolism for being trapped in the psyche from all the advertisements, propaganda, and control blinding you from the truth. To clarify, this example is not the symbolism the mangaka is using but the idea behind the type of symbolism he is using.

The only weird part to this is when Chuck says, "If you can do that, then his legacy..." Hitler's legacy isn't exactly peachy and it trails off. Because of this, I am not sure if he was going to say something like "then his legacy would be saved" or "then his legacy would be understood". I believe that this would imply that Hitler's legacy is not actually the atrocities he committed but his ability to follow through on his dreams. However, I cannot confirm this last part.

Let's look at three instances "Billy Bat" is shown in a clear and defined manner (whether in a corporeal form or just a symbol). The first is with Neil Armstrong (Chapter 9: Bat Boy's Great Adventure pages 24 and 25). He is the first person to step on the moon and finds a symbol of "Billy Bat". This is because he had achieved the dreams that he and several other people had and therefore has the "Billy Bat".

The second is with Einstein (Chapters 70: Opposing Billies & 71: Time Travel and Infinite Earths) as he apparently met with "Billy Bat". Einstein was close to achieving his dream as he delved deeper into theories of time and the like but after meeting the "Billy Bat" decides to no longer pursue time travel and admonishes Zofu Sensei for pursuing it instead. Einstein never actually has "Billy Bat" as he did not succeed but because of his potential is able to meet it. Deciding not to complete his dream is most likely because his intellect allows him to see that although with the "Billy Bat" he can achieve his dream, perhaps that isn't the best thing in the long run. It's also where Einstein brings a distinction between the two bats, suggesting that not all dreams are always as great as they seem.

Lastly, we can look at Hitler himself. He uses the "Billy Bat" to realize one of the major dreams he had, but upon achieving it, realizes that perhaps that isn't what he truly wanted. I believe that the whole "destruction of the earth" is more of an idea that stems from the terrible power and evil that can come from the same foundation of what is believed to be good. That is why there are two "Billy Bats" both with an apparently different agenda. I believe that "Chapter 102: Adolf and Hitler" puts a lot of what I am trying to say into context. Sorry for this long answer.


Bakagalas (バカガラス) aircraft schematic/size comparison In the anime and manga Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, several large aircraft appear. I believe they are called 'バカガラス' (possible transliteration: Bakagalas). I plan to make 3D models of them, as it seems it hasn't been done.

Are there any schematic or good size comparisons for these?

It is apparently inspired by the German Aircraft Me323D-1.
There are some schematics for a model of that here https://www.1999.co.jp/10548533

Google image search of  "バカガラス　模型"　brings up Japanese plastic models/drawings, if that helps.

The Japanese Wikipedia says there isn't any official documentation on the specific size of the plane, but a fan site (http://www.ghibli-freak.net/nausicaa/mecha.html) says it has an overall length of over 100 meters.

On a side note, someone made a real-life Nausicaa glider, which is awesome.
https://www.makery.info/en/2016/11/08/il-a-realise-le-planeur-de-nausicaa/


Is there a comprehensive list of non-light novels made into Anime? My family and I have been watching a lot of Anime lately, and I've noticed that some of the most well-written ones tend to be adapted from full length novels, rather than from light novels or mangas.   Don't get me wrong, many of the ones based on light novels or manga are also great, but the quality of the writing on ones based on full novels, like for example Moribito or Twelve Kingdoms tend to have a higher level of world building and deeper more original characters on average.  This helps because there are so many overused and boring character tropes often with paper thin plot concepts in not a small number of Anime series.

I know Wikipedia has an extensive list of light novel adaptations which I'm sure I will be mining at some point or another.  But what I really want is an extensive or comprehensive list of novels that have been made into Anime series and/or films.

Does anyone know of an extensive or comprehensive list of Novels made into Anime series?

Anime database sites like MyAnimeList, AniList, Anime-Planet, etc. have a "Source:" field, which indicates the type of medium that the anime was adapted from (if any).

Fortunately for your use case, these sites do appear to distinguish between "Novel" and "Light Novel". For example, AniList's entry for Morbito lists it as "Source: Novel". Meanwhile, entries for anime that were adapated from light novels, such as Toaru Majutsu no Index, display "Source: Light Novel".

So, to get a comprehensive list of anime adapted from non-light novels, searching on these sites and filtering based on source criteria should get you what you want. For example:

AniList search: https://anilist.co/search/anime?source=NOVEL
Anime-Planet search: https://www.anime-planet.com/anime/tags/based-on-a-novel


Once a floor boss is killed, does that level become bossless or does another boss appear with time? The dungeon walls create monsters constantly, but how about the floor bosses? Once a floor boss is killed, does that level become bossless or does another boss appear with time?

When a boss is defeated, it will appear again after its recovery time.

That means while the boss hasn't recovered yet then that level is technically bossless.

You can see this in season 1 episode 10 of Danmachi

   Bell and his teammates are having a hard time because of pass parade then Lili suggested to go in floor 18th since it is a safe zone. Welf is concerned about the boss in floor 17th but Lili said that they can make it since the boss is still "recovering"


What's this manga with girl who does household chores and a guy in piercings and tattoos outside of school? I know the title started with an H and I'm pretty sure it was a mash up of the two main characters names.

It was about a girl who was really popular in school and a guy who was really quite and reserved (thought to be the nerdy type).

When they run in to each other outside of school the guy is covered in piercings and has a bunch of tattoos and the girl is basically a house wife always doing chores, cooking and looking after her brother.

I know it sounds lame but it was actually a really good story!

Please help!

I think Horimiya is what you are looking for.

Most of the descriptions in your question matches the details in the first chapter of the manga.

Synopsis (From MangaHelpers)

  Hori may seem like a normal teenage girl, but she's a completely different person after school. In her workaholic parents' absence, Hori has been like a parent for her little brother since she was young herself. Between taking care of her brother, feeding them both, and housework, she doesn't have much time for a usual teenage social life. One day, she meets someone else who does not present his true self at school: a quiet, glasses-wearing boy called Miyamura. She'd assumed he was bookish, and possibly an otaku, but Hori couldn't have been more wrong. Outside of school, Miyamura is a friendly guy with many piercings, and he's not very good at academics. Now the two of them have someone with whom they can share both halves of their lives!

Here is the cover of the first volume, which shows both character in their "school mode". Note how Miyamura (the male character) leaves his hair long and has a nerdy look, while Hori (the female character) looks very stylish:

Here is a panel from chapter 1, showing Miyamura in his "after school mode" with plenty of piercing, which he hides by leaving his hair long:

Here is a panel from chapter 2, showing Miyamura's tattoos, which is the reason why he always wears an extra layer of clothes during PE to prevent the tattoos from showing through:

You might also want to check out Hori-san to Miyamura-kun written and illustrated by HERO, since it is the original work that Horimiya adapts from. The art is not as good, though, like the case with One Punch Man's original work by ONE (which looks like it is drawn with Paint) and its awesome adaptation.


How does an outsider get "citizenship" in one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries? After re-watching Naruto: Shippuden with Kushina's history, I've noticed that on her wiki page that

  At a young age she was sent to Konoha and enrolled in the Academy.

I'm aware of the connection the Uzumaki has with the village. However, without being born into their respected village other than the academy or married to one of the citizen (like Temari), how does one get a headband of one of the Five Shinobi Countries?

Kushina was an exception since she didn't move to the village but was sent there to become the next nine tails jinchūriki.

But I guess that if someone decided to move to another the village he would need to talk to the Kage and be accepted.


Does Devil's Fruit power gained depend on how much of it is eaten? Luffy accidentally ate the Gomu-Gomu (Rubber-Rubber) fruit, but was interrupted by Shanks after a few bites. It was too late and Luffy got the Devil's Fruit powers anyway. If he had instead eaten the whole of it, would he have got even more power from the fruit?

In the One Piece wiki, it's stated, that it doesn't matter, how much someone eats.

  Only one bite is needed for the user to gain the power of a Devil Fruit, after which the Devil Fruit becomes a simple, useless, disgusting fruit. Swallowing the fruit whole, as Buggy did, has the same effect,[8] as well as peeling off the skin and eating it piece by piece also works.

However, that is never stated in the manga/anime.

Source


Why can Genya eat demons? In the manga it's shown that Genya can eat demons and,

   gain their powers, like regeneration

Why can Genya can eat demons? Is this ever explained?

At the moment (10-10-2019) there is not explication in the manga, he just can. Like some other powers in the blood on others pjs.


Term for animation style change that accentuates emotions/feelings I want to know if there is a term for the scenes in anime and manga where the style of drawing changes markedly, often to reflect comic relief and step outside the current scene to accentuate an emotion.  A subset of this style is addressed in this question, and called super deformed style, but it seems to specifically refer to miniaturizing the characters, and not the related elements that are often used without drawing the characters small. These scenes often often have a surreal/unnatural aspect to them in the sense that things often happen in them that would not be possible in the normal plot.  I imagine they were initially developed in manga to better convey emotion without detailed faces or narration.  These scenes can be detected by the presence of one or more of the following elements:

The background fades out and is often replaced by colors, icons, or character heads, with the animators only drawing the character(s) and object(s) central to the moment.
The style change happens whenever someone gets a nosebleed to depict sexual arousal
The style change is also very common when a character is chastising another
The characters are often drawn in the Chibi style during these scenes, but I'm not referring to Chibi style in my question, I'm referring to the larger concept of the change that often does not include Chibi characters
A character 'popping a blood vessel', signified by 4 curved red lines that form a '+' and indicate anger/frustration
A sweat drop or nose bubble
Red lines that emanate from a point to highlight something
Characters drawn without pupils (that normally have pupils) or with pupils that are a specific shape
Deformed depictions of the characters, often moving in ways not physically possible, such as undulating appendages/body
Breaking the 4th wall: I've seen characters even acknowledge the illustration changes, such as in this clip
Specific sounds for things like hunger, as seen in this clip
Simplified illustrations

Here's a compilation that seems like it's all examples of what I'm talking about.  Is this still considered SD or Chibi, or does this phenomenon have a terminology of its own?

This is referred to as a "monologue" (モノローグ). It is essentially what is referred to as an externalzaton of character inner state and depending on the author, can include meta-action content between other characters. It's literally a figurative voice from a character's heart. The cut in anime is typically set up a a montage shot.

Monologue typically focus predominantly on one character at a time, in order not to confuse a reader or viewer. The depictions can vary drastically between series and genres.

Chibi style monologue are intended to convey a lax atmosphere, cutting away from the norm or typical seriousness, a mood or tone shift as you will.

Alternatively, more detail can add seriousness or tension to the situation, application can vary depending on the skill and experience of the author and/or artist.


How does Amagiri Ayato get the nickname Murakumo? This wiki lists Murakumo as an alias for Amagiri, but doesn't list how he gets it. I don't think anyone was calling him that before his high-profile duel with Toudou Kirin, but a girl calls him by the name at the start of the following episode.

I think it makes sense to assume that he was given the nickname when he took the rank 1 spot, but I don't know why that particular nickname was chosen for him. The wiki translates it to "Gathering Clouds" but I'm unsure what this has to do with anything. Is the reason for this nickname explained somewhere in the series?

Ayato's nickname "Murakumo" was given by Claudia.

This was revealed in the introduction of Ayato's first Phoenix Tournament match.

From the light novel The Asterisk War, Vol. 3, Ch. 2 - The Phoenix,

  “The first two onstage are Ayato Amagiri, Seidoukan Academy’s number one,
  and Julis-Alexia von Riessfeld, number five! Now, Amagiri only rose to the top a
  few weeks ago in a duel against the former top-ranked student! He is a truly
  brand-new star—so new, in fact, we still don’t have much data on him
  ourselves! Ah, although we did hear his nickname Murakumo came from
  Seidoukan’s student council president, Miss Enfield, herself.”

  (Emphasis added)

However, the reason for the nickname itself was not stated anywhere.


Was golden oozaru cumber's blast power what made Super Saiyan Blue Vegito defuse? In Dragon Ball Heroes anime episode 4, golden oozaru cumber fires a blast against Super Saiyan Blue Vegito and at that time Vegito defuses. Was golden oozaru cumber's blast power what made Super Saiyan Blue Vegito defuse or they are supposed to run out of fusion time exactly in that moment?

Based on how it seems to have happened i would say they run out of power, as Vegeta himeself has said it they simply have run out of energy(power). I do not think there is anything more to be said about it besides that.


How do I watch Kara no Kyoukai? I've seen the hour and a half movie called Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin and the story seemed very incomplete. Later I discovered that it was a compilation of longer episodes of a series. I'm not sure how I can fix my experience and in what order to watch the other animes with this title.

Since the other answers don't appear to address Mirai Fukuin, I will do that here.

First, you must watch Kara no Kyoukai in release order. That is, 1 through 7 in numerical order, then the epilogue, followed by Mirai Fukuin, and finally Mirai Fukuin: Extra Chorus (a half-hour bonus episode included with the BD/DVD release of Mirai Fukuin). To do otherwise is downright ridiculous - this isn't one of those cases like Haruhi where both release and chronological order have their merits.

Since Mirai Fukuin assumes knowledge of the rest of the series, it obviously doesn't make any sense as a standalone anime. Luckily for you, the sort-of disjointed, vignettish nature of Mirai Fukuin is such that you haven't really had the rest of the series spoiled for you. If you knew what you were looking for, perhaps, but the KnK storyline is sufficiently convoluted that you probably weren't able to pick up on any of the aspects of Mirai Fukuin that spoil the earlier movies. Go ahead and pick up the first movie (Fukan Fuukei / Overlooking View) and start from there.

  Later I discovered that [Mirai Fukuin] was a compilation of longer episodes of a series.

This isn't actually the case. Mirai Fukuin is basically an extra, original pair of short stories, not a compilation of the previous movies or anything like that.

Note that there is a compilation movie for KnK, titled "Kara no Kyoukai Remix: Gate of Seventh Heaven", but that's neither here nor there. If, after watching movies 1-6, you find yourself confused about how everything plays out chronologically, watch Remix, which contains short recaps of each episode, in chronological order.

  ...the story seemed very incomplete.

I should point out that even after watching everything in the right order, Mirai Fukuin will probably still seem incomplete. This is partly because Mirai Fukuin adapts only two out of five short stories in the original Mirai Fukuin novel on which it is based. I haven't read the novel myself, but I hear that the remaining three stories help make everything seem more complete.


Which universe is Future Trunks from? Universe 6 and universe 7 are twin universes

If Earth didn't have life in Universe 6(Champa's universe). From where does Trunks come from? He couldn't have come from other Universe because they aren't twin universe.

If Trunks has come from alternate timeline of Universe 7, how did  an evil Goku come? He should have died of that heart virus?

Edit: Trunks has come from an alternate timeline of Universe 7.

And if Evil Goku is from Universe 6, how does TRUNKS know about him?

The Future Trunks Arc hasn't been aired yet, the story hasn't been told, how do we know the plot?

But since I have a pretty reasonable answer to share, I might just answer it anyways. But it also contains spoilers, so... yeah.

  Based on what I know about the next arc, it's all about time travel, and yes, the game Dragon Ball Xenoverse is all about time travel too, and also the game's sequel, it both featured Future Trunks. If you played the game before, or know a bit about the game. Future Trunks from Xenoverse and Online works for Supreme Kai of Time as her assistant and the head of the Time Patrol, his job is to mainly fixing distorted timelines.Towa and Mira were the two major villains that travel through time to destroy the history. Besides that, Towa can cast dark magic on enemies which gives the user pure red eyes and a dark aura, pretty much turning them into demons.So, the evil / black Goku is probably from an alternate timeline (defeated the heart virus) and been cast by Towa's dark magic, and turn him into her pawn to assist her evil plan. Future Trunks from that timeline fought the evil Goku and was overwhelmed, he barely escaped into the main timeline to ask for help once again.

Though, it's just a theory, I might be wrong, or not even close.


Is Lelouch's Geass limited in what it can tell people to do? Yes, I know that Lelouch can only use his Geass once per person, but can he control everything? I mean, if he says "I command you to do whatever I say", will it work?

Yes it would, and he have done so on multiple occasions.

   (For instance, on Schneizel, "Obey zero")


Why did Strelitzia transform in Episode 15? In episode 15 we can see that after re-uniting with Zero Two, Hiro when connects with her

   Strelizia jumps up in the air to transform into a red version of the FranXX while emitting a bright light, mid-air while transforming

Why did this sudden change in the FranXX take place?

The only possible reason I can think of is the newly mutual acceptance of each other that made this happen. Are there any canon reasons for it?

There is no real explanation however:

   In ep 15 she accepts herself for what it is after the talk with Hiro. As we know she is originally red skinned.

Further evidence:

   When Klaxosaur Princess used Strelitzia it turned blue as well.


What is Sakaki's Heian Hyakudan? As a former Shotokan Karate practitioner myself, I am quite familiar with the Heian Kata series. However I have never heard of Heian Hyakudan before.

First and foremost, is this a real technique or kata? I've been trying to find out more about Heian Hyakudan through google searches, but I get absolutely nothing.

If we dissect his finishing stance, we might be able to come closer to a conclusion. His bottom section, leg and hip formation is a posture held after jumping or leaping. We also know he is landing from a jump due to his forward shoulder being lower than the back shoulder (as well as the visual landing effect).

The part that throws me off the most is his upper posture. Normally when a jumping technique is executed, both arms work together and are connected(katas: Heian Godan and Bassai Dai). In this picture, his left arm is back which would mean that his technique requires a certain hip motion. The only times I recall seeing the top posture is in a Kata like Chinte, but even then, the leg stance requires feet to be spread out with open or reverse hips.

The top just doesn't match with the bottom. I have never seen a technique like this, nor heard of it.

Please help me identify this specific technique or Heian Hyakudan.

The technique Heian Hyakudan is non existing technique in karate.

Shio Sakaki claims to hold 100 dan in the arts of karate . So the move Heian Hyakudan could be a word play on this with Hyaku meaning 100 (百).

As for his movements, with the rotation and forward moving speed he should have fallen indeed. Although in the manga (don't remember the exact chapters) it is also shown that Sakaki can alter his central point of gravity by using certain muscles. Which in this case would have helped him with maintaining balance and allowing him to land in such manner.


What is Requirement to Unlock [Unique Skills]? According to Kawahara Reki there supposed to be 10 [Unique Skills] on Sword Art Online. I know few of them.

Dual Blades = Player with Fastest Reaction speed.
Holy Sword = Strongest Player (GM giving himself the strongest player title)
Darkness Sword = Highest Player Killing count.

All [Unique Skills] should be rewarded after Floor 90. What are other [Unique Skills] and requirement to unlock it ?

Up until now, only 2 [Unique Skill] have been mentioned in the story:

二刀流 (Dual Blades): fastest reaction speed
神聖剣 (Holy Sword): strongest player

However, according to a web-anquette interview (cannot find the original source),

  Q...他にユニークスキルなど考えてましたか？
  A...90層以降、更に８種のユニークスキルがアンロックされる予定だった。『暗黒剣』『抜刀術』『手裏剣術』『無限槍』など……デザインに苦労したんだが……。

  Q...Have you thought about the other [Unique Skill]?
  A...Above Floor 90, 8 more [Unique Skill] have been planned to be unlocked. Examples are (see below), but there were troubles about the design...

  暗黒剣 (Darkness Sword): highest PK count (if-situation at floor 95, Kirito vs PoH)
  抜刀術 (Swordsmanship)
  手裏剣術 (Shuriken Technique)
  無限槍 (Infinite Spear)

Note that since they are still in planning, the real [Unique Skill] might be different.

References:

SAO Fan Wiki (Japanese)
Japanese Yahoo! Answers: 1, 2, 3
Arcadia (Japanese BBS)


What is the name of One Piece background music in episode 296 during the scene Zoro decides to use Usopp as a sword? What is the music playing as Zoro decides to use Usopp as a sword while they are in Enies Lobby to get Robin back? It's in episode 296 and the music starts at about 22 minutes and 48 seconds.

Zoro decides to use Usopp as sword in episode 289: if you are referring to this moment the music is called Luffy's Fierce Attack!.


Are The God Cards stronger than Number Cards? In Yu-Gi-Oh God Cards posses almost "un-godly" power, but are The God Cards stronger than Number Cards and are they and will they always be the most powerful cards in Yu-Gi-Oh.

In terms of the anime, the God Cards have been made weaker due to new mechanics added to the game. At the end of the original series, Yugi was able to defeat all 3 at once. I should also point out that Exodia under the rules of the anime, if assembled will win even if the opponent has 2 of Obelisk and Slifer, one of Ra and has infinite hand in play. Also, Exodia Necross is about as strong as a god card as well.

Also in the anime, at the times where a good guy had the God Cards and could use them to defeat an arch enemy, the God Cards had always been stolen. In the Orichalcos Arc, they were stolen and only come back at the very end while Yami Bakura's "Shadow Game" was not what we was expecting as the final fight between him and Atem

However, in terms of the real life game, the first versions of the cards are illegal and can not be played. Legal versions have been released however are still banned from all sanctioned tournaments. One can duel with the legal god cards, however, most players will have strict conditions and I very much doubt that even if a player allowed to have all 3, they won't be allowed Horakhty.

That being said they can be stopped, none of them can be special summoned so you can aim to stop the tributes.

Slither's attack depends on the number of cards in a users hand, which means it can be 0 if the hand is empty, so you just need a monster with at least 2001 ATK to kill it.
Obelisk can destroy all monsters but requires tributes of a set ATK and DEF of 4k, which means it can be killed by monsters like Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
Ra's power comes from the user's life points so it can be destroyed if the user is low on them or a direct attack on the user if they use Ra's full power will win.

Also each of the God Cards have been defeated in the anime despite strategies being implemented to make them all powerful. The means to defeat them was created with pre-GX, 5Ds and Zexal cards in mind so they can probably be defeated much more easily now. If the God Cards were to make an appearance within an anime again and becomes all powerful, they will be used a tributes for new stronger versions (kinda like Horakhty). However, given predictable plot they can still be defeated, and by understanding a character's strategy these can be done in real life.

In Yu-Gi-Oh or Dual Monsters in general, there is no such thing as a card always being powerful. Each card is strong but has it's weaknesses and can be defeated with a proper strategy. Anything that is "all powerful" in the anime will never be used in sanctioned tournaments, and most players will disallow opponents to use them as well, especially if one is playing with a tournament rule deck.


How can you tell when Vegeta is fighting in super saiyan god or in super saiyan blue in the manga? I was reading manga #44 of Dragon Ball super and in it,

   Vegeta fights Moro. First, he faces him in super saiyan which is drawn with white hair in the black and white manga, and later he switchs to another type of super saiyan transformation which is drawn with grey.

How can you tell when Vegeta is fighting in super saiyan god or in super saiyan blue in the manga, if he doesnt say anything about which transformation he's using, and since his hair in super saiyan god or super saiyan blue looks almost the same in shape?

SSJG Vegeta has a black pupil in his eyes while SSJB Vegeta doesn't.Also,  the shading in case of SSJG is slightly darker than SSJB. However, it is slightly more difficult to see that. SSJG VegetaSSJB Vegeta