What song plays during the fight between Kaneki/Sasaki with Owl in Tokyo Ghoul:re episode 6? In episode 6 of Tokyo Ghoul:re, there's a song played while Kaneki/Sasaki is fighting owl.

What song is that?

So found the song its name is unravel Idk about the singer but below is the link for it.
https://youtu.be/KBSsrFLn6SE


Any credible news source of a Season 3 for Highschool DxD So I have been looking for several months now and I have not found any credible source as to whether or not there will be a third season of High School DxD will have a third season. I have seen that somewhere along the line a third season was discussed as a probability by the producer, but then alot of forums are saying that it was actually green lit. Anyone got any details?

Credible sources? As far as I know, Publisher Fujimi Shobo announced the green lighting of the season 3 last June 16. However, there is apparently no release date given as of this writing. I don't know if these sites qualify as "credible" for you, but here you go:

Side bar on Wikipedia
Anichart's to be announced page


What are the rules for Chrollo to steal an ability? Chrollo, the leader of the Phantom Troupe possess a book which contains all of the abilities that he has stolen from other Nen Users. When he opens the book to a specific page where an ability is, he can use that ability.

We know that some conditions are needed to be complete before a certain ability can be activated.

My question is 'what are the rules that Chrollo needs to complete before he can steal the ability?'

For Chrollo to steal a Nen ability from another Nen user four conditions must be met:

He must witness the Nen ability in action with his own eyes.
He must ask about the ability and be answered by the victim.
His victims palm must touch the handprint on the cover of Bandit's Secret.
All of the above must be completed within an hour.

Chrollo can only use a stolen ability when he has the Bandit's Secret open and on the page of the ability he wishes to use. The book must remain open and on that particular page for the full duration of the ability he choses, he can not close the book and still use the ability. Ref(Chrollo Lucilfer)


Why does anime air in 4 seasons per year of ~13 episodes? Most likely, the actual seasons are not a cause for the television broadcasting schedule in Japan. Furthermore, the seasons themselves don't much align to actual seasons, with "Spring 2015" ending in late June.

It seems strange to me that series air in such regular intervals and with such consistent lengths (only deviating by perhaps 2 episodes from what I've seen).

Furthermore, I'm no expert on western television, but it seems to me that western shows don't adhere to such a rigid schedule.

Notably, it seems that season lengths have changed in anime over the years, too. For instance, the original season of Naruto had 35 episodes, which is something I don't think would happen these days.
Is there a specific reason for this schedule? (cultural or otherwise)

It is for financial reasons.

In the past, many series had longer seasons: 24, 26 or 28 episodes for a season was common in the 90s (Meitantei Conan's first season was 28 episodes). Series that were pretty guaranteed to be popular enough to keep up selling a lot of toys to kids had longer seasons (Sailor Moon's first season had 46 episodes). Gag series from 4-koma comics are more likely to have a long series length (Nintama Rantarou's first season had 47 episodes and Chibi Maruko-chan's first season alone was a whopping 142 episodes). In the past, more people were loyal to their favorite series and collected the merchandise carefully, whereas Japanese children now are quick to switch their fads (from Pokemon to Youkai Watch, for example), so investing a lot into a series that'll get discarded next year is not financially-sound.

12- or 13-episode series started to appear in the late 90s as a way to animate and broadcast something (adapting a manga or video game, or an original series) that did not have a big enough fan base to sustain financing a full-length series (of course, this was in the era when everything was still drawn by hand). Previously, those sort of anime only received a one-shot OAV or a brief OAV series (for example, Koko ha Greenwood or Tokimeki Memorial).

Even though anime is mostly animated outside of Japan and by computer, lowering production costs, the industry is able to further expand the genres and number of titles produced by switching to a lot of shorter series over a smaller number of long-running ones. To have a long run, a series needs to keep viewers coming back (the sort of plot that can go on and on, like Inu Yasha) and sell merchandise well. Many genres of manga do not lend themselves to those epic series, so studios are creating shorter series that:

Can get something animated which in previous generations of anime production would never have had a chance to get animated at all because it's more niche.
They can make a modest amount of money off of it if it does well (and give it another season), or they can chalk it up to not too drastic of a loss if it doesn't do well and quickly move on to the next one.
Provide a nice, tight story arc that has closure at the end (though when they are not sure up to nearly the last minute whether they will get the green-light for another season, the ending can still fizzle).

Although the main reason is financial, a series where the very limited total number of episodes available to work within is known to the staff from the start can allow the writers to craft the storyline to suit the length with little to no filler, which offers a different sort of project than Rurouni Kenshin or HUNTER x HUNTER where you don't entirely know where it's going and how many episodes it will need to get there.

I'm not sure what you mean by "the seasons themselves don't much align to actual seasons, with 'Spring 2015' ending in late June." Japanese culture is very specific on when seasons take place, what is associated with that season, what to do during each season, what day of the year to switch from spring/summer school uniform to fall/winter school uniform and vice versa (called koromogae: see 2.07 here), what to eat in which season, etc. The seasons coincide with the Japanese academic year, so that the sakura (cherry blossom) trees are blooming in most of the country during graduation ceremony in late March and during the first day of school (on April 1st). This is a primary reason why, although Tokyo University has switched to the Western academic year, most schools in Japan strongly do not want to. Anime is usually keen to let the viewer clearly know what season it is in the story, and try to coincide this with the air date of the episode (New Year's Day, St. Valentine's Day, sakura blooming, the sound of cicadas in summer, mosquito repellent, summer festivals, ishi yaki imo (stone-baked sweet potatoes) in autumn, fall leaves, snow, etc.).


Shiny Bulbasaur doesn't have a golden bulb but Ivysaur and Venusaur do Shiny Bulbasaur doesn't have a golden/shiny bulb but Ivysaur and Venusaur do. Was that intentional, or did they realize that they should make the bulb shiny when they started drawing Ivysaur or Venusaur?

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It's the seed on shiny Ivysaur and Venusaur that is golden. While still a Bulbasaur, the bulb as yet to bloom and the seed is covered by the green leaves.

In one episode of the anime, it shows a Bulbasaur evolve into an Ivysaur. Albeit it's not shiny, you can clearly see the evolution process causes the bulb to bloom which reveals the seed on its back.


What happens to the discarded body of a person hit by the Dying Will bullet? In the Reborn manga, being hit with a Dying Will bullet kills you, and you are "reborn" from inside your own body, leaving a carcass behind.  You can see multiple times in the manga that it's not just the clothes that are left behind, but the person's "shed skin" as well.

As far as I remember, nobody ever acknowledged this through the entire run of the series.

Are the bodies left when a person is hit by the Dying Will bullet ever explained?

There is no explanation about it anywhere. And I do not think there will be.

The author of the story have left this issue open, to make us think more about it.

From my understanding, the Dying Will bullet shows your inner character (also known as your anima in psychology terms) which reveals his true deeds and his real-self, that is why when Tsuna takes this bullet multiple times, we see him, stronger, more serious, and leader-like figure. Which is his true personality that is hidden underneath his masked personality (the personality that he shows to people when he is not hit by the bullet). Anyway, if you need to go deeper, you might want to read more about Carl Jung and his theories because I think the author of Reborn was influenced by him.


What does rule XXXV mean? If a Death Note owner accidentally misspells a name four times, that person will be free from being killed by the Death Note.

What does that rule mean? I think I'm misunderstanding it, and I'd like to know, what the rule really means.

Wiki
The rules related to misspelling are:

Rule IX

The Death Note will be rendered useless if the victim's name is misspelled four times.

Rule XXXV

If a Death Note owner accidentally misspells a name four times, that person will be free from being killed by the Death Note. However, if they intentionally misspell the name four times, the Death Note owner will die.
The person whose name was misspelled four times on purpose will not be free of death by a Death Note.

So if we put all these rules together, that means that if you misspell a person's name four times on accident, that person is free from being killed from the Death Note forever. However, this does not mean you could make a person untouchable from the Death Note on purpose. The second rule from XXXV prevents this from happening. If someone purposely misspells someone else's name four times, he will kill himself and the victim will remain as is.
Manga
The manga seems to contradict this though. We have seen Light misspelling the name of a criminal more than four times, yet that person still ended up death. So if the rules are correct, it must be that one of the first four names Light wrote down was the real name of the criminal. Although I do find this a bit of a stretch, so I'm not really sure what is going on here. Ohba did make Light write down the criminal's name more than four times, but on the other hand, there was two occasions where he mentioned misspelling (rules IX and XXXV), so I'm not completely sure what to believe here.


Is Souma Yukihara the 9th seat after defeating Akira Hayama? I know that the first shokugeki between Souma and Eizan is not for 9th seat but for not Destroying Polar Star Dorm.

There is another shokugeki battle of Souma in Azami Administration Arc vs Akira Hayama.

On Chapter 190 - 191, Souma defeated Hayama. Does it reflect that yukihara now holds 9th seat of elite ten?

Shokugeki rules elicit that the conditions of winning and losing should be set beforehand. Souma Passes if he wins, gets expelled if he loses. Hayama gets nothing if he wins/loses. Though he had a deal with Azami to be expelled.

So, No. Souma is NOT a member of Elite 10.

   In fact  in the next chapter he discusses that if he, Megumi and Aldini, grab the Elite 10 seats. They have a chance of reversing Center's expulsion.

As discussed in the related question,

  Each side must lay out their "compensation", or something they must give up if they were to lose the challenge. Both sides must agree that the compensation of the duel equate with each other.

Source: Wiki: Shokugeki

This is established pretty early when Souma challenges Isshiki for his 7th seat earlier!


What is the Japanese word they are talking about? In EtoTama ep 4, around 11:40, Rabbit introduces herself as a Production Pro, or "P.P.". Boar then goes and gently pushes the 4th curtain aside (note: it is just episode 4 and there is no longer a 4th wall standing in that series) and says:

  I wonder if she realizes that abbreviation sounds like it's meant to censor a word we can't say on air.

What word is Boar talking about?

「P」 is a common Japanese name suffix, so there is arguably a play-on-words going on here too. You can add it to any person's name (first name or last name, male or female, though it is more often used for females). It is a cute and informal suffix for a friend.

For example, the 「P」 suffix is used in Sailor Moon. Usagi calls Minako 「みなP」(Mina-P), and Chibi-usa calls her cat-face robot「ルナＰ」(Luna-P). The mangaka's editor 小佐野文雄 (Osano Fumio), goes by the nickname "Osa-P" in real life. The jewelry store in the series, 「ジュエリＯＳＡ＊Ｐ」, is named after him.

To give yourself a nickname suffix, and to double a 「P」suffix into two back-to-back Ps is likely to portray Usa's character as ultra-cute and cutsey  (「うさ」 Usa, short for rabbit, 「兎」 usagi  + 「P」+「P」). Japanese onomatopoeia (擬態語, gitaigo; 擬音語, giongo, and 擬態語, gitaigo) often (though not always) repeats one or two syllables next to each other, and is considered to have a cute sound.

Boar's Fourth Wall comment indicates that Usa only has the 「P」suffix, in mind, but that the audience knows that 「ビーッ」 (piiii) is the sound effect (擬音語) of a high-pitched computer error sound, such as a censor bleep for television broadcast.


Why do most anime have field trips to Kyoto? Most of the anime and manga I have read/watched have featured a field trip to  Kyoto. (As a related example, Beelzebub's field trip destination was Okinawa.) I don't know much about class level or the education system of Japan.

Is Kyoto a field trip destination in the Japanese education system or is it just a trope?

Actually it's not only Kyoto. Depending on the manga's theme, the field trip could be anywhere, but yes, most of the time it'd be Okinawa, Hokkaido, Kyoto and Osaka. As a side note, most of the manga I read has the school trip to Okinawa and Hokkaido instead of Kyoto like yours.

Okinawa is usually visited during winter because due to its geographical location, it is warmer than the rest of Japan. Example for manga that has summer in Okinawa is Great Teacher Onizuka.

Hokkaido is the other way around. It is usually visited during summer for the students to enjoy cool summer holiday swimming and all.

Well, Okinawa and Hokkaido is usually interchangeable, depending on the author. Okinawa is also visited during summer if the author wants a hot summer holiday theme. Hokkaido if s/he wants skiing during winter.

Now, for Kyoto, they are visited for the obvious reason. Kyoto was the old capital of Japan. It was referred like a holy city, much like Vatican is to the Catholics, while also was the central for administrations and home to the Emperor. It also hosts the famous Honnoji temple, albeit the location is not the same as the Honnoji where Nobunaga met his demise.

Osaka is also sometimes visited, thanks to its culture. Osaka is famous for its Kansai-ben (Kansai dialect) and the Osaka castle, of course. Osaka is also home for many famous Japanese artists and bands, like L'Arc~en~Ciel and SCANDAL. Ranker listed at least 25 of them.So, that could be one of the reasons too.


How strong is Mezo Shoji? According to the official character book, Shoji has a power of "5/5". I don't know what exactly the power means for all character? But for a character who doesn't have any emitter ability, I guess it has to be related to strength, yet Shoji as far as I remember is never shown to be as strong as many other characters. Other character like Rikido Sato, who can increase his strength to five times and can destroy walls with it, it's rated  "4/5". My question is, does Shoji have some level of superhuman strength or what power he has that justify his "5/5" rating of power in the official character book?

Right taking into account what Merlyn said aka that shouji in grip strength measures 540 kgs. Just to give  you a reminder, the force that is needed to crush a human skull is 235 kg, so Shouji could potentially break all the bones in your body with relative ease, so yes he absolutely deserves the 5/5 scoring in power.


Could Eraserhead delete all All for One quirks at once? All for One is this powerful villain, who is almost unstoppable because he has and can use many quirks. Is there any reason why they never used Eraserhead to stop him by blocking all his quirks? Is this just a missing point in the plot or is there any limit to Eraserhead abilities or any quirk to All for One that makes him inmune to Eraserhead abilities?

This is mostly speculation, and incredibly hypothetical. With the evidence given, All For One (A4O) by itself is an activation based or transformation type quirk, and that activation can steal, grant/transfer quirks. However, the quirks that are stolen may or may not be used only when A4O is activated.

Erasure, another "Activation" quirk, can disable the quirk factor of any person caught in range. Thus those with Emitter and Transformation based quirks are disabled, but mutant-type quirks lose their functionality.

As far was we can tell the only time Erasure was used on a person with more than one quirk was on Deku in the skills assessment test (One For All is considered as multi-quirk; the stockpile, and the transfer quirks). However, since Deku only used the "superhuman strength" quirk, we don't know if there were other quirks that have been stockpiled. Also, whether or not a person wielding One For All can use Superhuman Strength + another quirk. This can end in one of two ways.

Conjecture 1: If the root of all quirk based power is rooted in the quirk factor, it is possible for Aizawa to disable A4O and all the stolen quirks  with the Erasure Quirk.

Conjecture 2: If the A4O quirk does not need to be activated to use stolen quirks, AND stolen quirks are separate from the Quirk factor of A4O; if and only if each quirk has its own Quirk Factor and Aizawa can disable only one Quirk factor within one person; then A4O will not be disabled by the Erasure Quirk.


Is it known if Rimuru's magicule supply is growing rapidly? Rimuru, the protagonist of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, has powerful magical abilities.  In that world, "magicules" are basically particles of mana and are the fuel for magic.  In two episodes we see him depleting magicules to below his minumum reserve point, at which point he shuts down for three days.  When he awakens, his supply is fully restored.

   In episode 3 he names about 100 goblins and, lastly, the direwolf alpha.  (Later we learn that naming the alpha (Ranga) allowed the name to be shared by the entire pack.) Then he shuts down due to insufficient magicules.  In episode 6 he names about 500 more goblins before shutting down.  Even if naming Ranga counted as 100 named wolves, that was still only 200 total beings named the first time.

Could he actually store about 2.5 times more magicules after about 10 days?  That is the simplest explanation for the greater feat.  If so, is it known if his magicule storage continues to grow at that kind of fast pace?

A second possibility is that, in the first instance, simultaneously affecting a whole pack acted as sort of a short circuit on magicule usage.  Doing it one at a time might have used much less total. This case would not require the kind of magicule storage growth seen in the first.

A third possibility is that as he learns to use his abilities, he gets more efficient in using them.  So the second time he could accomplish a lot more with the same amount of magicules.

A fourth possibility is that I'm way overthinking this...

I think there's another possibility: The more monsters he eats the more his magicule storage grows.


Why wasn't Danzo nominated for 5th hokage? When the 5th Hokage went into a coma for weeks, Danzo popped up nominating himself as 6th Hokage, which he in fact became..

But years before that, when the 3rd Hokage deceased the Hokage post was empty for weeks too.. Why didn't Danzo take that chance? Was he aware that Sannins would be given a chance first?

Hokage get decided by the hokage before him.
Hiruzen started looking for a successor

  After serving as Hokage for many years, Hiruzen started looking for a successor to the title. While he hoped to be able to give the position to Orochimaru, he saw that he only was interested in the power it offered. Though he turned to Jiraiya, Hiruzen instead named Jiraiya's student Minato Namikaze as his successor.

As Jiraiya originaly chosen by the 3th hokage. and the fourth dying before being able to choose a new one, the village returned to Jiraiya whom once again turned down the offer an found a replacement for him instead in this case tsunade.

When Tsunade went in a coma there where no legendary sannin left to fill in this blank the village dident know what to do. And this is where Danzo stood up and offerd to be the 6th hokage which in these desperate times got approved.

my sources
jiraiya
hiruzen
danzo


What are Archer's twin swords based off of? The Archer-class servant, summoned by Rin, in the 5th Fuyuki Grail Wars wields a pair of swords named Kanshou and Bakuya in close-combat.

Are these swords (especially their Overedge version, on the right in the picture below) based on real-life myths/legends or is in an original creation by the author/character designer? What type of weapons are they considered to be?

The swords that Archer used were replicas of real swords with the same names, which he made because he was greatly impressed by the originals. The original swords really existed (in real life), and were crafted by Gan Jiang and Mo Ye (pls refer to the wiki for the full text, I'll only put a piece of it here):

  Gan Jiang (Chinese: 干將; pinyin: Gān Jiàng) and Mo Ye (Chinese: 莫邪;
  pinyin: Mò Yé) were a swordsmith couple who lived during the Spring
  and Autumn Period of Chinese history. A pair of swords were forged by
  and named after them.

  According to the historical text Wuyue Chunqiu, King Helü of Wu
  ordered Gan Jiang and Mo Ye to forge a pair of swords for him.
  However, the blast furnace failed to melt the metal. Mo Ye suggested
  that there was insufficient human qi in the furnace so the couple cut
  their hair and nails and cast them into the furnace, while 300
  children helped to blow air into the bellows.[citation needed] In
  another account, Mo Ye sacrificed herself to increase human qi by
  throwing herself into the furnace. The desired result was achieved
  after three years and the two swords were named after the couple. Gan
  Jiang kept the Ganjiang Sword for himself and presented the Moye Sword
  to the king. The king was angered when he discovered Gan Jiang had
  kept one of the swords so he had Gan Jiang killed.

However, the legend doesn't really describe the appearance of the swords, so we can't say if Archer's replicas look the same or not.


Can Natsu Dragneel use Dragonforce and Lightning flame Dragon mode at the same time? I've just read all the way to the most recent manga chapter which is chapter 466 of fairy tail and Natsu has just used, and seemingly lost, the Dragon King Mode. It seems that all hope is lost for the fairy tail mages since natsu has now depleted the Dragon King mode and the guild has lost their trump card to defeat zeref.

Here is my question. Can Natsu theoretically combine the Dragon Force with his lightning flame dragon mode in sort of a stacking kind of way? From what I understand about Dragon Force it is the most powerful transformation that a dragon slayer can take and puts their overall power on par with an actual dragon. It increases their strength, speed, power, senses and their overall magic power to unimaginable heights. Now from what I know about Lightning Flame Dragon Mode it increases the strength of natsu's attacks as well as grants him the ability to use Laxus' lightning to increase the power of his magic related attacks.

Here's the thing, it seems to me that Dragonforce is a full on transformation that can be utilized by the dragon slayers but it seems as though Lightning Flame Dragon Mode is more a power up that Natsu can use to finish a fight quickly rather than being a full on transformation. So it seems that it would only be logical that Natsu would be able to enter Dragonforce and then power up utilizing LFDM to end a fight with zeref quickly. If he could utilize both would this put him on par with the Dragon King Mode and would it be enough to defeat zeref who was almost critically wounded by the Dragon King mode?

It is possible as Lightning flame dragon is an extra skill that he picked up from Laxus whereas Dragon force exists within all Dragon Slayers which needs tremendous amount of energy for natsu to tap into it. However the author has not shown him doing both at the same time. It is possible in future.


Why does Kaiki keep changing shirts? In episodes 21 and 22 (at least towards the beginning of the latter episode) of the "second season", we see Kaiki in a number of shirts in the same scene in the Okinawan cafe.

He first appears in a pink shirt (which he wasn't initially wearing in the airplane):

Before changing to a blue shirt and a yellow shirt:

In the toilet, we see him in what appears to be a different pink Hawaiian shirt, and in the beginning of episode 22, we see him in an orange shirt:

The changes in shirt seem to coincide with "pauses" in the conversation - e.g. pauses indicated by the "black screen", or Kaiki's own thoughts (accompanied by images such as departing airplanes). But the conversation between Senjogahara and Kaiki probably takes place over a bit more than the course of one afternoon. If that's the case, should Kaiki's changes of shirt be taken as something stylistic without much meaning, or is there some significance to it?

As you can see, the interior coloring of the cafe changes too. We could assume that they're moving together to a new place every now and then, or that the cafe decorator is currently working 400% with customers still in the cafe. Senjougahara also changes her "disguises" between scenes. We can assume they have enough money to afford all that, and are changing between their meetings.

But what's really going on is probably just Shaft doing a comedy thing with changing decorations to somewhat lighten up the mood of a very serious discussion between Kaiki and Hitagi.


Does Yukari ever change back from being an alpaca in Paca Plus? The premise of Paca Plus is rather amusing: the protagonist's girlfriend Yukari gets transformed into an alpaca. Having played the trial, it was pretty well-done, but the trial ends right when Yukari turns into an alpaca so it's difficult to judge the game based on that. I'm now at the point where I have to decide whether or not to buy the full game, with not quite enough information to make the decision.

If Yukari never changes back, and the whole game is just romance with alpaca Yukari, that wouldn't really be my cup of tea. To use a quote from the game:

However, if Yukari occasionally changes back to her human form, I could live with her being an alpaca most of the time. That seems like something that could be played up for great comedic value, and it wouldn't totally kill the romance.

So my question is, does Yukari stay an alpaca forever, or does she switch back to being a human?

Yes, Yukari does change back from an alpaca to a girl.

   The "curse of the alpaca" which was placed on Yukari is reversed by Kazuma accepting her and kissing her as an alpaca.


When did Conan's glasses get zoom functionality added? In epsisode 466,
Conan sees something down in a lake and Agasa says:

  Use the magnifying function of your glasses

Allowing Conan to zoom in and see the body floating.

I don't recall this functionality ever being mentioned before.  The way he mentions it and the way Conan responds makes it seem like it is obvious they both knew about it at this point. When did Professor Agasa add this feature to Conan's glasses?

according to the detective conan wiki:4
Agasa updated the glasses so they can zoom in on a distant target and enhance visibility, even in the dark.
As of the anime episode The Unsmashable Snowman and Volume 54, Conan's glasses can only have some form of magnifying lens. This lens is on the right, according to the manga, while the Criminal Tracking Glasses feature is on the left lens. Movie 8 and Movie 11 are the only appearances that uses the left lens for the telescopic feature. Because movies are non-canon, it is unknown whether Conan's glasses have this modification on both lenses in conjunction with the criminal tracking feature, or if one modification would instead interfere with the other.

it was never stated when Agasa updated the lenses, and there is only a few appearances.
Hope this helps


How did Morgiana get her Household Vessel? Alibaba got Amon from a dungeon capturing a Djinn, yet Morgiana was able to get some sort of relative to Amon from within the dungeon of Zagan.

How does this work? I don't think they explained this anywhere.

Note: I haven't read any of the manga, which might be where the answers lie.

When Alibaba got Amon from a Dungeon, his sword became a Metal Vessel, because Amon moved inside Alibaba's sword after he completed the dungeon. In other words, Alibaba became a Dungeon Capturer.

  Dungeon Capturer (迷宮攻略者, Danjon Kōryakusha) is a person who
  “completes” or “clears” Dungeons. If they survive the Dungeon, most of
  the time that person acquires wealth and magical items, like a flying
  cloth or Djinn Metal Vessel.

But Morgiana has a Household Vessel. Because Morgiana isn't a Dungeon Capturer she is a Household Member.

  Household Members are people who help a King Vessel capture Dungeons
  and forms a Household Vessel from that person's Djinn, or if they form
  a strong connection to the King Vessel. If the King Vessel does not
  have his/her Metal Vessel, the assistant can not use their Household
  Vessel

So, Morgiana was at the Dungeon when Alibaba got Amon and his Metal Vessel, then Morgiana made a connection to Alibaba's Amon. After this connection, was necessary an activation, and this only happened when they were at the dungeon of Zagan.

Here is the list of all Dungeon Capturer and their respective Household Members.


Where can I find "Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens" light novels in English? I started watching the anime, and it's really interesting so I wanted to read the original, the light novels, but I can't find it anywhere.

You have the unlicensed translation: not good in the hood . url
"This series is currently not licensed for official English releases at this time" Finding a physical copy? Not going to happen unless a translation gets licensed.


What kind of Girls does Naotsugu like? In Log Horizon 2 - Episode 13, Marielle gives Naotsugu candies made of Coconia Fruit and according to the Flavor Text:

  Coconia Fruit: A southern fruit used for many applications, such as making various dishes and drinks. If you feed them to someone on Valentine's Day, you may find out who they ♡♡

And as the episode goes, who ever eats it shouts out what they love. When Naotsugu eats them, he only says this much before being interrupted by a kick from Akatsuki:

  O Pa ...nti-

It looks a lot like Panties and since it was Akatsuki hitting him, I'm pretty sure it was something perverted. So what was he about to say? Maybe it was mentioned in the manga or someone with Japanese Knowledge can explain it.

As you have guessed, Naotsugu was about to say おパンツ, or panties. However, he was kicked by Akatsuki (who went through the trouble of leaving the kitchen momentarily just to kick him) before he managed to finish his sentence.

This also matches the running gag where he would be kicked by Akatsuki, or when she is not around, he would have to dodge some natural phenomenon conveniently occurs before he manages to finish saying anything pervert. The first case frequently occurs in the first few episodes of the first season (among other occurences here and there), and the second case can be seen 8 minutes into episode 2 of the second season.


Why did Clow Reed create the Clow Cards? I'm Cardcaptor Sakura it is known that Clow Reed created the Clow Cards and then set up an entire infrastructure to seal them until until Sakura could get to them because they were so powerful. It's been a while since I've read the manga or seen the show, and I'm wondering: why did he create the cards in the first place, particularly if they were going to be so much trouble to deal with after the fact.

I don't know the exact reason why Clow Reed created the Clow Cards. however i belive that they weren't created solely for the purpose to give to Sakura.

Cardcaptor Sakura is apart of a greater Multiverse in which other CLAMP Titles such as Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and xxxHolic are set in. in that multiverse Clow Reed is known as the greatest magician of all time and one of his abilities is Prophetic Dreams

  Clow possesses the powers of a Dream Seer, allowing him to see into the future. However, unlike most other characters, who could only see fragments of the future, Fei Wang stated that Clow can see everything, which gave him free reign to control events, hence how he had managed to foresee Sakura collecting the Clow Cards, making him create a Sealing Wand of the color pink for Sakura being a girl. He even knew that he would, as Eriol, cause problems for her to help her create Sakura Cards.

Source: Clow Reed - Powers & Abilites - Prophetic Dreams

ofcause if he foresaw Sakura sealing the cards and made the Sealing Wand specifically for her why did he let all that happen in the first place? the reason was that when he neared his death he had chosen Sakura (who had yet to even been born) to succeed him and most of it was by design.

  When Clow was nearing death, he chose Sakura Kinomoto to be the new mistress of The Clow. Sakura was not yet born at the time, but Clow's magical ability allowed him to foresee most of the future and plan many of the situations that would enable Sakura to succeed in taking full possession of the Clow Cards. The reason why Sakura's wand is pink is that he wanted to make a suitable wand for the young girl who would be mistress. It wasn't because of chance that Keroberos chose Sakura.

Source: Clow Reed - Background (1st Paragraph)

as such the seal on the Clow Cards, while it did lock away the powerful magic that was the Clow Cards, it was only until it was Sakura's time to claim them and thus the reason why the book was in Sakura's home and not in Li's who is a blood decedent of Clow Reed.

The reason why i say that the Clow Cards weren't created just to give to Sakura is that in the first Cardcaptor Sakura movie Su Yung/The Madoushi, a former apprentice and lover of Clow Reed, was sealed inside the Book of Clow until Sakura unintentionally released her. while it is possible the Cards were created long after the Book of Clow considering the book's magical independent uselessness after the cards were released i would think that both the book and cards were created at the same time.


Have there been any hints by writers about Blast? Blast is #1 among S-rating heroes; it is said that only Blast will be able to stop a God-level attack. However, we never actually see Blast, or get any hints as to who he/she may be.

The question is: has either ONE or Murata Yusuke hinted on who Blast might be?

Blast appears during a certain, fairly recent (by chapter number) flashback in the webcomic.  The depiction is pretty fully detailed (full facial details are obscured, but it's more detailed than "vague shadowy outline"), and interacts with the character having the flashback.

His appearance seems vaguely similar to one or more characters in both the manga and webcomic, but for now that seems to be the only connection: vague superficial similarities--this particular style of face and hairdo seems to be common, and no one has ever appeared in this outfit before.


Why are people so eager to grab Shisui's eyes even though it activates rarely? Shisui's Mangekyou Sharingan casts the mind-control genjutsu, Kotoamatsukami, but it activates only once in a decade. Why are people so eager to grab his eyes?

Several big spoilers ahead.

Three people have been showed to be eager to grab Shisui's eye, namely Danzo, Tobi and Kabuto. Besides that, they have one other thing in common:

   They all have access to Senju Hashirama's cells, which significantly reduces the reactivation time of Shisui's eye. Hence, these people could put it to practical use without the undesirable restriction.

 Danzo's case actually shows this reduction of the reactivation time. He had stolen Shisui's right eye shortly before the Uchiha incident, and had Orochimaru implant Hashirama's cells into his body. He was able to activate Shisui's eye twice in a day, first during the five Kage meeting and later towards the end of his battle with Sasuke.

 Tobi is later revealed to be Uchiha Obito. The right half of his body, destroyed during the Kannabi bridge battle, was repaired/replaced by Madara with Hashirama's cells.

 Kabuto had access to Hashirama's cells due to both working under Orochimaru previously and through Yamato whom he had captured during the fourth shinobi world war. Shisui's left eye emerges during the war from Naruto's mouth due to Itachi's setup. Kabuto also hears Itachi talk about the use of Hashirama's cells to reduce Kotoamatsukami's reactivation time. He hoped to grab it for his own use.


What's the background music in Code Geass episode 14 Background music when C.C faces Mao and points the gun at him in the ropeway. A music can be heard sung by a female voice. I want to know what that song/music is.

Masquerade by Kuroishi Hitomi. Its available on Youtube


Where could I buy the notebook that looks like the real Death Note? Well... I just saw the notebook in my fellow schoolmate and he just brought it to school yesterday. And I'm really curious where he got that and how much did it cost.

Check out these links:

http://www.399animeshop.com/anime/death-note/death-note-book-replica-size.php
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/death-note-notebook

There are different types tho, one type with only the cover looking like the death note, the content is like a normal notebook. The other type is exact replica, figure out which one you want.


In in-universe time, how long did the "first" part of the movie last? Vague title, I realize, but I don't want to spoil any passersby. Here's my question, spoilered to keep people browsing /questions from seeing it:

   How long was it from the first time that Taki and Mitsuha swapped until the last time (the day before the comet struck)? Relatedly, how long was it from when they realized they were swapping until the last time they swapped?

The sense I got is that it had to be a fairly long time (some number of months, perhaps), based on details like how they had pinned down that the swaps occur 2-3 times a week, and how each of them had gotten quite good at fitting into the other's life.

However, during the first scene that is set in Mitsuha's present with her in her own body, the TV news indicates that the comet is due to approach perigee within a month, and at this point, they hadn't yet figured out that they were swapping, which suggests to me that at best they could've had a few weeks where they were aware of the swapping phenomenon. (Granted, the swapping could've been going on for considerably longer with both of them still believing the swaps to just be vivid dreams.)

So the timelines seem a bit wonky to me. Can we pin down the duration of the "first" part of the movie more accurately?

I suspect that we should be able to get relatively tight bounds at least on how long they were aware of the swapping by examining the details of the diary entries Mitsuha was keeping on Taki's phone. (Or maybe this info could be found in the novelization?)

It's never stated. However, judging by the amount of different coloured diary logs in Taki's phone, it's likely to be that they switched for at least 2 months. The section where Zen Zen Zense plays can't be used as reference as it is unlcear as to when each event happened.

In terms, I'd say that they took a week of switches to realise the changes, and took another month getting completely used to it. Add a month after that, and that should fufill the timeline.


Do Emiya Shirou and Arturia ever meet again after Fate/stay night? Do Emiya Shirou and Arturia ever meet again after Fate/stay night,
spoiler next

   I'd like to know because it's pretty sad that she says that she loves him then dies.

Thanks!

Yes they do.

In the Visual Novel of Fate Stay/Night Realta Nua, once you have seen all five endings, a new ending appears accessible from the title screen called -Last Episode-. This is in two parts: a monologue of the Fate Route and a second part where Arturia is hearing from Merlin about a miracle achievable by two people, one who "wait endlessly" and one who "pursue endlessly", and eventually the pursuer will stop when they reach the waiter.

What Merlin is referring to is Arturia waiting and Shirou pursuing. Eventually Shirou reaches Avalon where Arturia is sleeping and the two finally reunite. It's not entirely certain how long it took Shirou to reach Avalon however, considering that Avalon transcends all magic including the 5 Magics it must have taken an eternity for Shirou to reach.

In Unlimited Blade Works, because Caster canceled the contract between Saber and Shirou, Rin is able to from a contract with Saber. In the Good Ending of Unlimited Blade Works, we see that Rin is able to maintain Saber's Prana Supply but complains she finds it hard supplying her with energy without something like the Holy Grail. You can see this has Shirou being able to stay with Saber. However in Unlimited Blade Works, Rin is Shirou's love interest so with the True Ending for Unlimited Blade Works where Saber does disappear at the destruction of the Grail, it can be assumed that Shirou loves Rin more and does not go to find Saber so -Last Episode- won't occur.

In Fate/Hollow Ataraxia, Arturia comes back thanks to Rin's and Ilya's experiment to make the Jewel Sword into a pendant to allow easier use of the 2nd Magic. This allows Fuyuki City to becomes a place where "any and all events are possible", so all the Servants are brought back including Saber. In Avanger's design to recreate the 3rd Holy Grail War, because in the 3rd war the Edelfelt Sisters used their Sorcery Trait to summon 2 Sabers, this is mimicked in this new war with Arturia having a second personality in the form of Saber-Alter which is her dark corrupted self from the Heaven's Feel Route of the visual Novel.

I should point out that Fate/Hollow Ataraxia occurs in a parallel timeline where at least the Fate and Heaven's Feel routes occurred at the same time as Sakura is shown wearing a sleeve reminiscent from when she had a contract with Avanger, Alter-Saber cannot exist unless she was corrupted in the Grail (Heaven's Feel), Ilya is alive and well (Fate), the Vessel of the Holy Grail was destroyed (Fate), and the Greater Grail is thought to still be operational just without any purpose for all the prana it has collected from two wars, so -Last Episode- may still occur after Fate/Hollow Ataraxia.


How much does Setsuna Ogiso love Haruki in White Album 2 anime and visual novel? I would like to know how deep is Setsuna's love for Haruki Kitahara in both the anime and visual novel. I'm worried because of what she says at the end of the anime to Haruki.

I'm partcularly interested in her disposition towards the main character, her signs of love and if she's able to do bad things for him.

Before answering the question I must say I would recommend reading my other answer to Kazusa's love for Haruki as it helps understanding this answer better (the game is a love triangle after all):

Does Touma Kazusa love Haruki in White album 2 anime and visual novel?

At the end of the anime Setsuna tries to ease Haruki's burden because he had slept with Kazusa and he was feeling down. She says she's the only one to blame and even that she doesn't love him as much as Kazusa. But soon afterwards, when Haruki kisses Kazusa in front of him, she starts crying. She then repeats the same explanation and adds "of course that's not true!" while crying. Setsuna loves Haruki very much and really wants him to be happy.

After having read the visual novel some of the main points that make it clear Haruki is number 1 for Setsuna and she'd do anything for him are:

She's lovestruck for Haruki and pursues him no matter what. She asks him what he's gonna study at university and where to do the same and she actually does it [saying it's a pity Haruki doesn't choose english because she's good at it but terrible at economics]. Later he changes departments just to ignore her.
No matter what he does, or how much he's been a jerk to her , Setsuna will always welcome him back, no questions asked. Even if he ignores her for years or cheats on her with another woman, as in Kazusa's Good end, she'll still take him back. Indeed, in Kazusa's True End, Setsuna gets angry instead at her own family for ganging up on Haruki, instead of Haruki himself. In Introductory Chapter when Haruki told her he had cheated on her not only does she forgive him immediately but also add she can be the replacement. In Coda when she discovers his boyfriend Haruki has been sleeping with Kazusa she isntantly forgives him and fights so that he chooses her in the end. When he avoids her the following 3 years to Introductory chapter she still pursues him and suffer like there's no tomorrow. Even so she never thinks Haruki is to blame, everything he does wrong is her fault.
She tries to get him by any means posible, it doesn't matter if she has to betray her best friend or ignore her family. When she discovered how much Kazusa loved him she immediately took action and confessed to him, knowing it would all be a nightmare for Kazusa. When Haruki asked her to spend her birthday just the 2 of them she didn't invite Kazusa to her birthday and ignored her family's plans [her father was hurt]. 3 years afterwards, when she sees Kazusa after a long time the first thing on her mind is to use her to start dating Haruki again. She calls Haruki and talks to him for 2 hours with a "let's celebrate her success" excuse. At the end she says "I'm sorry I used you again, Touma".
She wants him to be happy: If he abandons her, she accepts his decision and pretends she's happy to make him happy even though it kills her. Koharu's route is a good example. In Kazusa's True End, even after having dated Haruki for 2 years, when he breaks up with her to go with Kazusa she forgives him and considers she'd just been borrowing his heart for the last five years. If he isn't dating anyone she tries her best to get him. This is what she says after the 3 years Haruki had been ignoring her. It shows how much it broke her. Every time she calls him it's hell for her because of his reactions but she still does it every week:

"Deciding all that takes me an entire day. I really wanted to hear your voice but I was worried whether it was too late at night for me to call [because she spends all day thinking about those calls night arrives] "Choosing between calling or texting takes me another 3 hours"

It's pretty long so I'll get to the point: After that there's another hour to write something for conversation. After that she gives up, she looks herself in the mirror [full of tears] and finally calls him. No need to say that what he does each time is simply ignore the call.

Also, when she gets him at the end of concluding chapter (against the other sub-heroines Koharu, Chiaki and Mari) and they become a happy couple (this time he tells her he loves her more than Kazusa) Setsuna says:

  I'm very happy, you know? I've never felt such happiness in my entire life, you know?"

She even sings while they kiss.

Two years later in Kazusa's true ending Haruki asks Setsuna to marry him but changes his mind and marries Kazusa instead.
Setsuna is completely devastated. She takes Haruki's guitar and learns how to play it. She can never part with Haruki so his guitar serves as a substitute.
Another two years afterwards there's an epilogue where Setsuna is singing Snow powder (a love song for Haruki) while at the same time playing his guitar with a depressed expression. It shows she can't move on.

Everything regarding Setsuna and her playing Haruki's guitar is explained here:

Kazusa true ending. Explanation of Setsuna's epilogue


Final trigger that ended the Age of Gods(FS/N), World binding anchors beside Rhongomyniad So I am helping with providing ideas and checking for plotholes on FFN. The writer I am helping is planning on reintorducing the Age of Gods during the 5th Grail War so I need to know the original trigger that led to the end of the first one. I know that the barrier that seperates the Reverse side of the world where the gods/divine spirits and the general more OP beings of the Fate series reside is being maintained due to the exsistence of the real Rhongomyniad as a pillar of light that acts like an Anchor. Also are there any other anchors beside Rhongomyniad, if yes than what are they?

so I need to know the original trigger that led to the end of the first one

As indicated on the wikia under World > History > Age of Gods the transition of the Age of Gods (genesis) to the Age of Man (0AD) came in 3 phases

Deterioration

the Umbral Star passed by Earth allowing Sefar to invade in 12,000 BC, killing most sentient life, a large number of gods and plundering the vast majority of data from the Moon Cell

Separation

the weakened gods tried to create a link between them and humans by creating Gilgamesh, who ultimately rebelled and encouraged the complete separation of the gods and the humans
the gods ended up loosing their powers and became Divine Spirits
the decline of Mystery (which is how the world operated back then) is attributed to the demise of the King of Magic, Solomon

Trigger

in 700 BC, there is some unknown Trigger that caused the end of the Age of Gods (this has yet to be revealed)

so while the trigger to the very end of the age is not yet know it was probably some event which accelerated the age's end, however we can point to the fact that the Gods lost alot of power in the world after Sefar's invasion which lead to their downfall.

the page also lists an Age of Fairies which looks to be in between the Age of Gods and Age of Man but there is little information on this aside from the fact it has already ended, however given it's position between the 2 on the World page we might have a hint on when the Age of Fairies on the Rhongomyniad page

  Being the "king" that stood at the final moments of illusion and the Age of Gods, King Arthur possesses this Holy Lance that conceals such a tremendous power.

given that Vivian (the Lady of the Lake who gave Arthur/Arturia Excalibur) is a fairy we could speculate that Arthur's/Arturia's rule and legend is during the Age of Fairies

  Also are there any other anchors beside Rhongomyniad, if yes than what are they?

according to the wikia page on the Reverse Side of the World there may be

  Rhongomyniad is one of the "anchors" that fasten the planet together to ensure that the world of humans on the outermost layer of the world can't be destroyed by those on the Reverse Side who wish to reenact the Age of Gods.

Source: Reverse Side of the World (2nd Paragraph)

the use of the wording one of the "anchors" suggests to be there are more. however currently we don't know what the other anchors are or what form they take (or even if they are wielded in the world like Rhongomyniad with Arthur/Arturia and Grey)


Is this supposed to be a reference to Chinese socialist posters? In the first episode of Nekomonogatari (Black), we see this drawing of Araragi during his conversation with his sister at the beginning.

The text here states, according to the subtitles (and reading the text right to left):

  IT'LL WEAKEN ME AS A HUMAN (COLOUR ART WORK)

I don't imagine the actual text here to be particularly significant though.

In either case, this reminded me a lot of Chinese socialist posters used for propaganda, but I am not sure if "interpretation" is correct, given that I haven't really been exposed to anything similar from any other East Asian countries (namely Japan, in this case). Is my interpretation correct, or can this drawing of Araragi also be interpreted as a reference to some non-Chinese drawing style (perhaps of the variety used for propaganda in another country)?

While I have not seen this episode yet, let me chime in to confirm that this image looks awfully close to typical war propaganda posters. They do not have to be Chinese actually, Russians looked the same, as did those by Western countries at the time.

The drawing style was, as far as I know, mandated by the circumstance around the second world war, meaning they all look similar. The messages are also (maybe surprisingly) similar, as is the facial expression of energetically staring into the upwards, far distance.

The text in the example given is Japanese, which I sadly cannot read.

Chinese and Russian as well as other socialist propaganda made particular use of red colors:

(source)

For comparison, American propaganda from 1944 often used the same painting technique:

 (source)


How many transformations does Naruto have? In Shounen, transformations are an important part of the character developpment as he often gets stronger through them.

What are Naruto's different transformations ?

Naruto has like 2 or 5 transformations depending on how you count it:

Uncontrolled Jinchurichi mode
Controlled Jinchurichi mode, where he steals Chakra from Kurama
Naruto and Kurama in Sync, transform together.
Sage mode
Sage, Jinchurichi Mode.

You can count it as two if you consider All Jinchurichi transformation as one and Sage transformations as other.


Is Beerus stronger than Goku? In the movie "Battle of gods" Goku doesn't seems to be far from Beerus. Later Akira Toriyama said that in Battle of gods if Goku is a 6 Beerus is a 10 and Whiz is a 15. Later we see Goku to attain another transformation (probably stronger) since in the manga is shown as a next stage (in the manga he uses regular god form instead of SSGSS for saving energy probably). In the anime we see Goku using SSGSS Kaioken x10. That would make Goku to be a at least a "60" when Beerus is a 10, unless movie, anime, and manga are all independent stories. Then my question is, is Beerus still stronger than Goku in the series, or is he not? Am I missing something?

Well, right now I think we can say almost. Due to Whis' explanation of the Ultra Instinct transformation. In the battle between Kefla and Goku. Whis states that Goku's attacks are ineffective because he still hasn't mastered the art of the  unconcious attack and also states that it is very hard to learn and that even Beerus hasn't mastered it's use.

If Goku is able to complete it then for sure he will be stronger than Beerus for a moment. He still doesn't have stamina to maintain the form (a common thing now with every transformation).

But given the nature of how it works. I think Beerus wouldn't be able to land an attack on him at full power even with Ultra Instinct active.

Still it's only speculation at this point.


In yaoi anime, why does the uke always say 'senpai'? I wasn't exactly sure how to phrase the title but in yaoi animes, why does the uke refer to their love I guess as senpai?

For example, wouldn't it make more sense to say 'I love you Takano' rather than 'I love you senpai'?

Is this a Japanese language thing or is it better to just say senpai rather than their actual name?

I am going to make a couple of assumptions here. Since Uke is normally the "passive" partner in the relationship, it would stand to reason that they are the younger in the couple, while the Seme, being the dominant partner, is the older one.

In a school scenario, senpai would make sense and I'd assume the Uke would start calling the Seme by their name (probably with the -sama honorific at first) when their relationship is a bit more intimate (intimate = anything after their first kiss).

While I don't read Yaoi, one can't assume that every Yaoi story has the Uke and Seme attending the same school. There may be some where one attends a different school or doesn't attended at all, as such senpai could still be used.

However, the Seme, being the senior, is still guiding the Uke like how one's senpai guides, protects, and teaches their kōhai as best they can. With that, senpai becomes a term of endearment from the Uke after having been guided in the relationship by the Seme.


What databases and listing sites exist for anime, manga, etc? What are the major online databases of anime, manga, light novels, visual novels, and other related media? What are the differences between them?

To qualify as an answer, the source should list a large fraction of series in some particular medium, not just one or a few related series. The primary purpose of sites here should be indexing information about series. While it's acceptable to link to sites that do have some information related to e.g. fansubs, the primary purpose of all links in answers here should be indexing, not providing download links. Also, databases which are out-of-date should be removed.

Non-English sources are welcome so long as they qualify, but please specify what language in parentheses.

  Note: This is intended to be the canonical reference for
  questions like this to avoid lots of new questions coming in with
  slightly different specifications. Please check the sites here to see
  if any fit what you want before asking a new question. The answer is
  CW, so feel free to add to it.

All lists are alphabetized, for lack of a better method. If you have a better suggestion just go for it. For the moment, due to the size of this answer, the only things included for each entry are whether they list characters, people, and music from the series. If you want to add this, please do so for everything from a category, not just a single entry.

Anime

All anime:

AniDB

Includes characters, people/industry, music, fansub groups and file information

AniList

Includes characters, people/industry

AnimeCalendar

Includes broadcast info

Anime News Network Encyclopedia

Includes people/industry

Anime-Planet

Includes characters, people/industry

AniSearch

Includes characters, people/industry

Kitsu (formerly known as Hummingbird)
MyAnimeList

Includes characters, people/industry

Current/Recent Anime Only:

AniChart

Also includes older charts

LiveChart
MOON PHASE Anime List (Japanese)

Manga

Anime News Network Encyclopedia

Includes people/industry, broadcast info

Anime-Planet

Includes characters, people/industry

AniSearch

Includes characters, people/industry

Manga Updates

Includes people/industry

MyAnimeList

Includes characters, people/industry

Light Novels

All of the sites above which list manga also include some light novels in their manga section.

LNDB

Includes people/industry

Visual Novels & Eroge

VNDB

Includes characters, people/industry

Live Action*

*Please remember that live action series are only on topic here if they're related to some anime or manga.

JDorama.com
MyDramaList.com

Includes people/industry

MyDramaList.info

Includes characters, people/industry

Other

Anime Bath Scene Wiki

Site dedicated to archiving bathing scenes from anime, manga and other related media

Anime Characters Database

Site dedicated to characters from anime, manga, and other related media

IMFDB

Site dedicated to firearms from movies, TV and anime

VGMDB

Music from anime and video games, including many visual novels and anime-style games


What is the name of the music at S1E3 09m:07s of Domestic Girlfriend? Anyone knows the music playing in the background of Domestic girlfriend Season 1, episode 3 and 09m:07s?

You're looking for 夏生の想い, or Natsuo no Omoi


Which episode does Erina Nakiri find out who Soma's dad is? I really would like to know because Soma and Erin are mean to each other and I want to see her respecting Soma.

Comparing to the synopsis of the anime episode on Wikipedia, Erina found out about Soma's dad on season 3 episode 12 (episode 49), "The One Who Aims for the Summit".

[...]. Soma then tells Azami that Joichiro is his father, right as Erina walks in on the conversation, shocking both of them. [...]
(emphasis mine)


What is the significance of the rescue of Nagate and Shizuka by 256 Guardians? I didn't understand what happened at the sixth episode. Can you explain me the point listed below?

Why did 256 guardians come for the rescue? Why so many, and why 28 of them?
Why did the guardians break the law by rescuing them? What is wrong with the rescue? Why does it become unlawful? Why didn't the command center plan the rescue beforehand? Where they abandoned there officially?

This is speculation.

Point Number 1.
Shizuka was already past the point of no return. Which literally means she went past the point where she and Nagate would have enough fuel to return to Sidonia. This is a very real and very deadly result for all of the knights. Even so, Nagate went after her. In addition to him being a hero, his actions gained the respect of everyone, so they left to rescue him.

Point Number 2.
The guardians are supposed to guard, not leave the mother ship. By leaving to rescue them, they left Sidonia open to attack. Rescue cost resources, most obviously fuel. Rescue of people past the point of return opens up the risk to Sidonia even more because of the time the rescuers are away. The rescuers can get attacked themselves, and it takes time and resources to replace every knight. So yea, they were officially abandoned because the risk and cost outweighs promoting a new cadet.

EDIT: the number was because each squad has 4 members, so there were 64 squads present. I'm not sure if this answers your question because I'm not sure what's so strange about the number.

EDIT2: The significance of the number 256 according to @krazer:

  That's the the smallest tactical unit in the Ancient Macedonian army, which was the 256 men syntagma/speira. Take note of the parallelism structure and organization between Sidonia, it's Garde, and ancient city states


where can I digitally buy the soundtrack of Food Wars? I'm having an hard time finding where can I download/buy the soundtrack from the season 2 of Food Wars. Preferably in CD quality.
Do you know where should I look?

Search in https://vgmdb.net/ to get info about the soundtrack (like the distribution information).
Example: Food Wars All Albums,  Food Wars Second Plate Albums
You can also use the catalog number associated with the album to google search.
You can also directly visit the anime shows official website to get information regarding the ost of the series. But, obviously the site will be in Japanese.
Example: Official Site
Try,

CDJapan
Ark Square
Soundcloud

Sometimes an OST will be released in with Blu-Ray/DVD release (Check the official site/twitter for this information). Other options you could try would be YouTube, Amazon and itunes. But, it depends if it is being distributed in your region. If it is not then you will have to buy or import the physical copy from another site or third party vendor.


Which promised girl is Raku referring to? Onodera, Chitoge, and Marika seem to own a key and all of them have a fuzzy memory of their childhood. I think Raku really met them all when he was young and made a promise to each, maybe, so that makes all the three promised girls. Of course, only one key can fit inside Raku's locket but it's not whose key can fit but the girl he made a promise to. So the point of the story is whether Raku chooses the "promised girl" or his present love? Or I think is should be which of the three promised girls is his true love? So the one Raku's referring to as the "promise girl" is which: the girl with the key to the locket or the girl whom he promised to love?

Sorry I think my question sounds a bit confusing but I hope you try to understand it.

As the manga has ended, we have a winner. And the promised girl is

(click to enlarge picture, pictures taken from chapter 221)

   Chitoge

But wait, there is more

   Chitoge overheard that Raku actually like Onodera

   So Chitoge gave the key to Onodera

So, in the end, the promised girl is

   Onodera

So to answer your question, the girl with the key to the locket is the girl whom he promised to love


Where can I buy Suzaku Kururugi's sunglasses? Somebody tell me where I can get them on the internet please? I'm looking for any and all sites where you find them for sale. I've looked vigorously, but I need to be sure that their existence is only a dream before I give up.

I also were unable to find a direct re-seller for those glasses. I did however find something very similar on Etsy. It also seems this person accepts custom requests, so you could also contact him for a custom design if necessary.


How does Griffith's dream have anything to do with becoming a demon lord? Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

I just finished Berserk, and I'm left sitting here in confusion. I tried finding the answers on the wiki and forums, but had no luck. Came here in hopes of finding a Berserk fan online.

Griffith dream was to become a ruler of a kingdom, but at what point did his dream all go to hell? What exactly am I missing in the story that says "My dream is to rule humanity!"?

How did demons originally get involved in all this...?

If you recall in (the original run of) the anime, they call the Behelit the "Egg of the King". There are other Behelits too. In the manga, something similar happens to many other people. Typically, a demon in disguise intervenes when someone is down on their luck and gives them the Behelit. The Behelit warps their fate, giving them everything they wanted. Eventually, fate twists violently and brings them back to despair. When their blood comes in contact with the Behelit (which tends to happen at this low point), the God Hand appears and offers to grant a wish in exchange for a sacrifice. This process turns them into monsters known as Apostles. It's heavily implied that something like this previously happened to the Snake Baron in the first episode of the anime, as well as all the monsters in the last episode. It's been a while since I've read it, so the details may be off a little.

Basically the Behelits are human bait, leading people into situations where they will lust for power enough to embrace being a demon. Griffith's dreams and fate were also manipulated, or at the very least the darkness in his heart was cultivated until he chose the outcome.

The entire anime is just a small part of the entire storyline. It was canceled for obvious reasons.


When did Naruto mention his name to Jiraiya? I know this is too sudden and I also know that it's quite useless to ask since it's now way too far from the storyline of the manga and anime. But it's just that I'm too curious. I'm rewatching the anime again, and I don't seem to see the part where Naruto mentions his name to Jiraiya.

Naruto did not need to mention his name to Jiraya.

During the training of walking over water, naruto had removed his clothes, and at that time the seal appeared on his belly.

Now, Jiraya was the keeper to the key to the seal. The 4th Hokage sealed the nine tails inside his son, Minato also named his son Naruto based on the novel that Jiraya had written. So using these threads, Jiraya would not need Naruto to mention his name, its just comes.


How would you write Light Yagami's name in the Death Note? I don't know Japanese script, but Light would be spelled "Tsuki" which means "moon". So which of "Tsuki" or "Raito" can kill him? Would "Light" in English work?

It seems the death note is a stickler for spelling, as shown here: What did Light write before killing Shibuimaru Takuo?

Remember that the Death Note is very specific about using the original spelling for a name.

  So which of "Tsuki" or "Raito" can kill him?

The only one that matters, 月 or "tsuki". Early in the manga he makes a point about the pronunciation for this very reason.

  Would "Light" in English work?

no. The original spelling is required.

The following will work:

夜神月

The following will not work:

夜神
月
ヤガミライト
Yagami Raito
Yagami Light
Light


What is this manga with a lion on its cover? I saw this manga in a local bookstore but its name was completely in Hapanese. I'm curious about it and want to google it except for the fact that I dont know what the name even is. Has anyone seen it before, or can anyone tell what the title says?

This is volume 1 of「ヤスミーン」(Yasumiin), written as "Jasmin" in English letters, authored by the mangaka Hatake Yui (畑 優以). It is published by Shuueisha (株式会社集英社) under its Young Jump Comics (ヤングジャンプコミックス) line.

It is available to read for free online as an e-book on Shuueisha's official website.


Would it make sense for there to be a new category of episodes between filler and canon? There are plenty of anime that have a lot of filler, such as Naruto or Bleach. However, there are a lot of filler episodes that fit completely in the storyline, and could easily have happened.  Wouldn't it make sense for the mangaka to declare some of these as canon?

This would clearly satisfy the audience as it kills a lot of people to see good content that didn't really happen. But building on this, would it be plausible for the mangaka to create a new category of episodes in between filler and canon that simply labels episodes as correct so people can watch them, but skip over them since they don't contribute to the plot? This would seem like a step up since there is a clear distinction between outrageously impossible filler and filler that could actually have occurred.

Often times, when it comes to the filler, the original creator or mangaka has no say in it.  They may have the ability to influence designs, but that's probably it; much of that would get written by someone other than themselves.

This is largely borrowing from an earlier answer of mine, but I want to highlight a few key points from it:

  Studios in charge of the more popular anime series don't really have
  this liberty; generally, one of these things could happen:

  The author treats it as non-canon and progresses forward (ignore it)
  The author incorporates it into canon (think Hayate no Gotoku and the addition of Kayura Tsurugino after the movie) (embrace it)
  The author decides to reboot the series entirely, which may include some components of the original one and may not, with the liberties
  largely removed (Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood vs Full Metal
  Alchemist) (allow both to exist)

Effectively, there's really not much wiggle room between what is and isn't canon.  It either gets adapted into canon, or it gets ignored.  No one outside of the original mangaka can decide this, and there have been examples of both happening in different works.  Series like Bleach likely didn't get to exercise options of adopting it into canon due to the fact that Kubo Tite was working so hard on it, he had to go to the hospital several times during Bleach's run.


Who created the Uchiha's Clan's stone tablet in the Naka Shrine? Deciphering the Uchiha's stone tablet, located in the Naka Shrine, requires the Mangekyou Sharingan or Rinnegan. However does the creation of the tablet require a Mangekyou and Rinnegan?

Rikudou Sennin had the Rinnegan and one of his sons who inherited his eye-techniques as the Mangekyou Sharingan.

What type of person was capable of creating this tablet?

Kishi never explicitly stated in the manga that Rikudou Sennin created the tablet, however we can make an educated guess that he did.

Let's take a look at the facts.

To read the entire Uchiha tablet, the Rinnegan is required.
Madara is stated to be the second Sage of the Six Paths. (This should mean no one else had the Rinnegan inbetween Rikudou Sennin and Madara.)
The tablet had an extensive list of things, like the Moon Eye plan, how to obtain Mangekyou Sharingan, how to obtain the Rinnegan, and the history of the God Tree with Kaguya.

Kaguya could not have written the tablet because most of the tablet's info pertain to Rikudou Sennin's era, where he had the Rinnegan and was the Juubi Jinchuriki. And since Kaguya isn't considered to be a Sage of Six paths, we can assume she doesn't have the Rinnegan either. We can also assume that a Rinnegan user must have written the tablet.

With that said, Rikudou and Madara are the only two candidates left, but Madara uses the tablet to learn about the history of Shinobi, so Rikudou is the only one who could have written the tablet.

EDIT: Additionally, Tobi stated the Sage of Six paths created the tablet here (bottom panels).


What chapter of the light novel does the anime Mondaiji-tachi end on? To my sadness, I enjoyed the anime and the OVA very much but I cannot seem to find where the anime left off in terms of the light novel.

Could someone tell me what it left off on?

The animation covers vol. 1 and 2 so you can safely start from Vol. 3 onwards. Though it would be in your best interests to start from the beginning since as any adaptation, there's a lot more world-building in the novels and it can help explain some of the stuff that was a bit dodgy in the anime adaptation. But all in all, it was quite a decent adaptation with very little pacing issues in my opinion so you can safely start from Vol. 3, I started reading from there back then but it was more of a compromise since they didn't translate the first 2 volumes until later on.


Is Boruto published in Weekly Shonen Jump? Is Boruto published in Weekly Shonen Jump? It seems to come out monthly but it was on the cover of and in Weekly Shonen Jump recently.

Source: Weekly Shonen Jump Rankings - Crunchyroll forum (find for "Boruto" keyword)

Yes, Boruto is serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump and yes, it is published monthly, despite being in a weekly magazine. ANN article on it.


What's on the sign behind the guy with all the weapons in episode 8? In episode 8 of Hajimete no Gal, at around 12:59, Ranko mentions that there's tight security around the women's bath at the inn they're staying at, and then there's a cut to this sign:

It reads 完全被甲混乱, and was subtitled by Crunchyroll as "Full Metal Jacket". Is this right? If so, how does Full Metal Jacket have anything to do with this?

Surprise - it's a subtitling error! The first four characters (完全被甲) certainly mean "full metal jacket" (in the sense of a bullet with a full-metal jacket). But the last two (混乱), which seemingly went untranslated, mean "confusion" or "disorder"... or, perhaps, "Panic". You know, as in Full Metal Panic!.

So, what does Full Metal Panic! have to do with anything?

I have a pretty good guess: episode 9 of Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu features the cast visiting a hot springs resort. Once there, some of the men (led by military man Kurz) attempt to spy on the girls in their party as they relax au naturel in the open-air hot springs. Like Junichi's friends in Hajimete no Gal, Kurz-and-co's efforts are indeed foiled by rather tight security. I suppose this was a homage of sorts.


Does anyone know the name of the song played in these scenes from Dagashi Kashi? In this clip from Dagashi Kashi the song starts at 0:15, and in this clip it starts at around 0:58. I tried searching for it but couldn't find it anywhere. Does anyone know the name of the song?

EDIT: Both clips are from season 2. First clip is from episode 12. The scene is at the start of the episode around 0:38. The second clip is from episode 4. And starts around 11:35 in that episode.

Fuyu no Ame is the first song, it is from the second season soundtrack.


Why is Hikari's nickname "Pikari"? In Episode 1 of Amanchu!, Hikari states that her nickname is Pikari. In the English subtitles, she offers this explanation

  Hikari: Due to my overly peppy nature, people in junior high called me "Peppy Hikari", "Peppykari", and finally just "Pikari".

Where does this name come from in the original Japanese?

In Japanese, Pikari (ぴかり) is one of the numerous mimetic words of the language, meaning "in a flash"/"sparklingly"/"brilliantly", mostly associated with thunder and lightning. (Also, Hikari itself means "light", but I don't really know if it's related or not.)

Given the energetic and cheerful nature of Hikari, it's a fitting nickname.

Some references :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_sound_symbolism
http://jisho.org/word/%E3%81%B4%E3%81%8B%E3%82%8A


Did Tomura Shigaraki become stronger than All Might before he lost One for All? According to the last version of the official stats Tomura's power jumped from 2/5 to 6/6 S+ . I think this was when

 he awakened the full power of his decay, which made him able to decay a whole city .

but after that on top of that,

 he received All for One which a bunch of quirks attained already, like super regeneration, air cannon and black tendrils

So, with all these new powers attained, did he even surpass All Might former power? Did the last stats took in consideration these last powers he got in the manga or were they made before these events?

Yes. But is complicated.
If you are asking this i guess you are up to date, (If not you shouldnt be asking this).
So Izuku and the others managed to barely subdue him for a moment and they were all going with everything they had.
Now, Izuku still couldnt fully use his 100% without hurting himself too fast and Shigaraki "improvement" was imperfect. Besides Izuku had Eraserhead and the others giving him back up.
The question is how powerful is corrently AFO.
Based on how hurt was Sensei, he probably couldnt use fully his Quirk during his last fight against All Might, but one would assume he has stolen some new Quirks in his years of recovery, add to that Decay, and a perfected Shigaraki should be able to easily kill All Might in his prime.


Is there such a thing as Waifu-Wednesday? I found an interesting phrase here on Facebook page,

What is Waifu-Wednesday? Is there such a thing as Waifu-Wednesday?

Yes and no. No Waifu wednesday is not a officially recognized day for waifu's. Yes, it is a commonly used term in the Waifu-owning society.

Right now, Waifu Wednesday is used by people that have a Waifu/Husbando and use Waifu Wednesday as a mid week appreciation point for their Waifu. This is mostly done by spreading the love of their waifu's by posting Moe and or Kawaii pictures of their Waifu/Husbando.

For those not familiar with the term Waifu Check out "where does the term "waifu" come from?"


Why can't Devil Fruit users swim? I've only seen bits and pieces of One Piece, but I know that Devil Fruit users (people who have eaten a Devil Fruit) can't swim. I never understood why, though. How does this work? It doesn't seem to give arm or leg disabilities, so what would keep them from being able to swim?

It is said that the Devil Fruits are the fruits of Sea Devil, so even if most of them provide a great power, they're cursed. Quoting One Piece's wiki:

  The sea rejects the new Devil Fruit user and they become helpless
  while submerged in water

Also, Oda said in SBS that Devil Fruit users are vulnerable to all types of water, not just salt/sea water. Basically any type of "standing" water (ocean, lakes, rivers, etc) will affect them, while "moving" water (rain, waves, etc) won't.

Overall, I'm not saying the problem is the sea or something inside the users, what I'm saying is that it's both. And as to why users are affected by Seastone/Sea-Prism Stone/Kairoseki, as stated by Smoker:

  It gives off a wavelength that is the same as the sea itself

Basically it's a mini solid piece of the sea so that's why Devil Fruit users are affected by that as well...


Who are these three girls supposed to be in episode 25 of Great Teacher Onizuka? At 6:50 of episode 25 of Great Teacher Onizuka, we see three girls bitching about the new school nurse Nao Kadena:

I have not seen even a glimpse of these three girls, until episode 25. The part which intrigues me is their appearance. I've not noticed anyone with such a unique appearance in the series.
Has there been any characteristic explanation regarding it? Is it make up, or something else?

It is called ganguro, which is very well known for its dark-tan makeup.

Ganguro (ガングロ) a fashion trend among young Japanese women that started in the mid-1990s, distinguished by a dark tan and contrasting make-up liberally applied by fashionistas.
[...]
Ganguro instead tanned their skin, bleached their hair and used much colourful makeup in unusual ways.
[...]
In ganguro fashion, a deep tan is combined with hair dyed in shades of orange to blonde, or a silver grey known as "high bleached". Black ink is used as eye-liner and white concealer is used as lipstick and eyeshadow. False eyelashes, plastic facial gems, and pearl powder are often added to this. Platform shoes and brightly coloured outfits complete the ganguro look. Also typical of ganguro fashion are tie-dyed sarongs, miniskirts, stickers on the face, and many bracelets, rings, and necklaces.

It is also a subculture of gyaru (gal), and developed into further styles like yamanba and manba since the 2000s.


Is there a different voice actress singing the same ending for each arc? I'm pretty sure (but also not certain) that the first episodes about Sakurajima Mai had the same voice actress singing the ending, but then on Episode 4 I noticed that the person singing the ending for that episode sounded like the voice actress for Tomoe Koga.
Does Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl have a different VA singing the ending for each arc?

Yes.
From Wikipedia,

The ending theme is "Fukashigi no Karte" (不可思議のカルテ), with each arc using versions by Asami Seto (Mai Sakurajima), Yurika Kubo (Kaede Azusagawa), Nao Tōyama (Tomoe Koga), Atsumi Tanezaki (Rio Futaba), Maaya Uchida (Nodoka Toyohama), and Inori Minase (Shoko Makinohara) under their character names.


Is there any alchemy-based transportation in FMA? In FMA, cars and trains are shown, but they seem to be regular early 1900s cars and trains, similar to those that existed in the real world at that time. I was wondering if there are any forms of transportation that are shown to take alchemy, either in the construction or in the actually running of them?

There is no official word one way or another on this, as far as I can tell.

That said, there is significant evidence that the alchemists outside of the military are not as talented as the ones we've seen. In general, the military tends to pick up extraordinarily talented alchemists for their own purposes. (You can see scenes such as Al fixing the radio, Ed's little parade around town fixing everything, and even Ed fixing up the town after alchemy stopped working for a while; in each of these scenarios, the townspeople are astounded at their skill level.) Alchemists who do not join the military (Izumi, Hawkeye's father) tend to live more secluded lives and devote their time to research or other science.

From this, we can conclude that there are probably few alchemists who are willing to take their time and contribute to an industry (transportation manufacturing) that does not take advantage of their scientific understanding or level of skill the same way being in the military would. Not only that, but the military grants lots of time for personal research as well as huge grants to State Alchemists.

Given all that, it's tough to say that any alchemists would find themselves in the manufacturing industry; this doesn't mean there aren't any able to, though. We've seen Ed able to completely transform the exterior of a car.

However, as I said, since there is no official word on this, we can only assume that the alchemists outside of the military likely do not have the skill nor motivation to participate in the manufacturing of transport vehicles.

In terms of alchemy actually being used for transportation, this is essentially unheard of. The only time this actually happens is when people move between reality and non-reality. (This happens when they are deconstructed and taken into the Gate, or when Ed and Ling escape from Gluttony.)


How does the work relation between Shichibukai and the World Government? Shichibukai are pirates who have allied themselves with the World Government. But how does it work between them? What are their rule between each other? All Shichibukai have a bounty, is that means if they got caught they still got punished? On Crocodile side, he work against the World Government, so the World Government sent him to jail. And Jinbe got jailed because he refuse to help the World Government to fight against Shirohige. But what if they didn't do anything wrong and someone able to defeat them and give them to the World Government? Are the World Government still punished them?

Shichibukai are famous pirates with large bounties who have joined with the marines. They help marines in tough situations and eliminate weak pirates. In return the World Government ignore their actions, business, etc.

As for the specific rules:

They have to pay specific amount (1/10) of their profit to the World Government regularly.
They will not indulge in any activity that will affect the peace of a country.
They will have to answer the call of the marines in tough situations.

In any case if any of the above rules is broken, the contract will be dissolved and their bounty will be re-activated.

For the second question, as long as the Shichibukai has not yet broken those rules, they will remain bonded with the World Government, thus the Marines will go after the group who defeated them.

Further information can be obtained from here.


Where was “In This Corner of the World" funded? In This Corner of the World (or Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni) was announced recently to be funded for an anime adaption.

However, I can't find the original source of the crowdfunding campaign. I'd like to be able to see their pitch, budgets and other interesting information that they've likely provided to potential funders.

The official website doesn't seem to mention it either.

Where was the anime funded?

The Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni crowdfunding project was hosted by Makuake, a crowdfunding platform managed by CyberAgent Inc.

It opened on March 9, 2015 with a goal of 20,000,000 yen in 80 days but has hit 36,224,000 yen (181%). It closed and is no longer accepting pledges.

The animation studio is MAPPA, which created Sakamichi no Apollon, and the producer is Genco.

To check for other anime and live-action film crowdfunding projects you might be interested in participating in, the listing is here.


What happened to Anko after the war? I know she gets fat and eats a lot of Dango, but does anything else show up to let us know what happens to her after the war?

Well in Boruto's anime series, set 10 years after the Fourth Shinobi War, she is part of three arcs till now.

1)Academy Arc :

She is shown to be a instructor at Konoha's academy.She is shown to be yelling at Boruto's class, after they skip Shino's lecture to see the fight between Boruto and Iwabe (another student).

2) School Trip Arc :

When a class trip for Academy is set for Kirigakure (Blood Mist Village),she decides to accompany Shino to look after the students.
They meet Kagura, chosen to be the seventh Mizukage, and Chojuro the sixth and current Mizukage.

They later meet Mei, the fifth Mizukage, and discuss the growing conflict between the land of water and neighbouring countries.

3) Graduation Arc :

For graduation, it is decided that in the practical/ final test, the class would have to face off against Shino, Anko & Konohamaru.

Anko was seen to be putting many students under genjutsu. She also faced up Ino- Shika- Cho trio, testing their willingness to work together, as only one of them would be allowed to pass.

Outside of these three arcs, there has been little development of the character.


How did Mello know how to help Near in Death Note? In the end of Death Note, Near would've been lost if Mello didn't help him. That makes me think why Near who is always be careful (isn't like L or Mello) didn't find out about the possibility of fake death note, meanwhile Mello had found out about that.

For Mello, after he found out that Kira helped Japan Police, he would found out that Kira was there being watched by others. In order to keep killing people, he would need X-Kira (Mikami) to do the killings and a spokeperson (Takada) to help him communicate with him. Until then, Mello's and Near's thinking were the same: find the x-kira (Mello investigated Misa too). Mello could easily assume that Near had found the x-kira and been stalking him.

What makes it weird is Mello thought that this person who was being investigated by Near was using fake death note, and assumed that Near wouldn't ever found out about this unless he kidnapped Takada.

So, would Near have never found out about the possibility of fake Death Note without Mello sacrificing himself? If it was really that hard to find out, how could Mello know? Doesn't it sound like Near would get easily be tricked by Light, while Mello outsmarted the two of them?

I remember that Halle Lidner, SPK member, always kept in touch with Mello, keeping him up-to-date with Near's latest theories concerning Kira case. It's possible that he also knew about Near's plan and his appointment with Kira.

However, Mello, with Matt, decided to kidnap Takada that made the real Death Note location revealed.

Before that, Mello's movements are unknown since the story focus on Takada and Mikami investigation. His reason to kidnap Takada is also unknown whether because he realized the possibility of fake Death Note or other reason.

But in the end, Near acknowledged Mello that he wouldn't have won without his sacrifice.


Why didn't Rem die immediately after being mutilated so severely? In episode 15 of Re:Zero Betelgeuse mutilated Rem which should have killed her. But that didn't happen. Instead, she survives and crawls to Subaru with her last strength, frees him of the chains and finally dies in his arms.

I mean, among other fatal wounds her neck/ cervical spine was torn apart. I'm not a biologist or physician, so correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't you dead if your neck is torn apart?

And according to someone who's read the LN, she had been mutilated by Betelgeuse even further i.a. he ripped her in two halves. There's definitely no human being who's able to survive this.
The only plausible reason I can think of is Rem's demon race. I'm not sure about it, though.

In response to your 'biological knowledge' - In any instance, if a human was to have their neck twisted the same way Rem had hers, they would 100% die, so you're correct in your thoughts there.

The best way to consider this is to think of it as 'Anime/Manga/Novel Logic' and accept it, though I know that's not an acceptable answer, so I'll attempt to give reason to her survival.

The idea that she was torn in half should be forgotten when talking about the anime, as that wasn't the case, though as for how she survived in the novel is beyond me and I don't want to attempt to guess at how she survived.

As for how she survived in the anime, that would come down to a few things.

Life force. If she were to have a large amount of life force, which I assume she does, as she is a demon (it's known in multiple novels and such that demons have a much larger life force than that of humans), it's safe to assume she also has this trait.
Willpower. This one is a bit iffy and is more of a placeholder to further the point, though may not have any relevance. If someone has the will to carry on living, especially with the amount of willpower she shows (she states that the cultists took her "reason to die" when they took Subaru, meaning she was willing to die for him), it's not too far a stretch to say she would use any and all abilities to stay alive in order to free him, which she does. It's plausible that she was using magic to keep herself alive, though that's speculation, without proof.
Biology. We can't say for sure that she has the same anatomy as humans and that she would react the same to the treatment as we would, so we can't rule her dead after the treatment, even if we do see it as logical. We could say that the body contortions that were applied were simply hindering her ability to move and her death came from the damage she sustained on her journey to where Subaru was being held. (We know she had lost a lot of blood, as we witnessed her get a knife lodged in her left shoulder earlier, as well as her arm burned.) Thinking that she would make it to Betelguese and his hideout without receiving further injury is an insult to writing, so we'll assume she took damage (as well as the blood dripping down her head, as well as tattered clothes, it's safe to assume her journey was rough). All that damage could have been the underlying factor in her death.

We can't really say for sure why she survived as we don't know 100% how her anatomy works, how much of a play on her life the willpower and life force come into it, as well as a few unconsidered factors that I forgot to mention.


Anime where a fighter turns into a card after losing There was an anime that I grew up on as a youngster and I don't remember much about it other than that when two fighters fought, the loser turned into a card that the other could use as power. Help me, please.

Could it be Shinzo/Mushrambo?

I've never seen the show myself, but a lot of people mention it being a show where people fight each other and the loser turns into a card, which could be eaten to make the guy more powerful.


Are there classes of Kagune or they are all differents? I've just watched the first season of Tokyo Ghoul anime, and in one episode the subtitle translation made a note where it said some Ghoul had a Kagune related with speed or something like that, which seemed to imply there were classes of kagunes. With the exception of Hinami who inherited traits from her father and mother, all the kagunes shown in the first season appear to be different. My question then is, are there classes of Kagunes or they are all differents?

There are four different kagune types, which depend on kakuhou position in body:

Ukaku - fast kagune, capable of distant attacks, but ukaku ghouls get tired quickly due to RC cells depletion;
Koukaku - high density kagune, heavy, hence slow, but with high defensive capabilities;
Rinkaku - flexible kagune in form of tentacles, good for close combat offense, but not really sturdy. Its owner also has improved regeneration.
Bikaku - kagune with balanced speed, offensive and defensive capabilities.

Hinami is one of rare exceptions, she is Chimera, having hybrid kagune. This is really rare type of kagune.


Are some unusual honorifics used in Shougeki no Soma actually used in regional dialects? I noticed some unusual honorifics used in the Shokugeki no Soma anime series:

Yuki Yoshino tends to use "-cchi", as in "Erinacchi" or "Takumicchi"
Terunori Kuga tends to use "-chin", as in "Yukihira-chin"
Momo Akanegakubo tends to use "-nyan" or "-myan"

Akanegakubo's usage was described as a personal affectation to describe people that were cute (and also to look down on them a bit), but are the first two actual regional usages or due to a personal style/usage of the speaker?

Those are not honorifics per say, they are suffix you can add to make nicknames, same as -chan. And they are certainly not limited to a prefecture, aka, they’re not from a dialect.


Why can't Houou tell that Hinako isn't actually his brother? The basic premise of Kenka Banchou Otome (the anime, anyway) is that Onigashima Hikaru (a boy) and Nakayama Hinako (a girl) swap places, resulting in Hinako attending Shishiku Academy (a boy's school) while disguied as Hikaru.

Most of the main cast has never actually met the real Onigashima Hikaru prior to the swap, and both Hikaru and Hinako are sort of androgynous, so the deception works.

But Hikaru's elder brother Houou also attends Shishiku Academy, and encounters Hinako (in the guise of Hikaru) multiple times, starting in episode 9. For some reason, the disguise fools Houou as well - he shows no signs of being aware that the person he's speaking with is not actually his brother Hikaru.

Is there a reason that Houou is also fooled by Hinako's disguise (other than "the plot demands it")? We can infer, based on their conversation in episode 9, that Houou and the real Hikaru have met before (they weren't raised separately or whatnot), so this is rather odd.

Since every episode of the anime is very short, a lot of details are left out. In the game it is mentioned by others and Houou himself that although they are brothers, they don't live together and didn't see each other much.


How can reanimated bodies get their eyes back? Okay, this question comes up in my mind most of the time. Considering the basic law on life and death: when a body part is taken from a dead body, it can never get that back. But in Naruto, many reanimated ninjas had lost their eye of some or the other reason (Sharingan, Rinnegan and Byakugan mainly).

As far as I know, Sasuke has taken Itachi's eyes to awaken his powers. So then how could Itachi get his Sharingan back when Kabuto reanimated him? Is there any kind of logic behind this which I've missed out? Or is that some law in the shinobi world? Obito had taken over Nagato's Rinnegan, yet Nagato had the Rinnegan when he was reanimated. Considering the power of Rinnegan which creates stuff, there hasn't been any scene where Sharingan and other eyes of Rinnegan were created and transplanted into Itachi and Nagato.

From Naruto Wiki:

  The Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation is a forbidden technique
  where, using a living person as a vessel, a deceased person's soul can
  be called back to the world of the living and bound to it. The vessel
  will then take on the form that person had in life, thereby
  reincarnating them to do their summoner's bidding.

On reincarnation the shinobi is brought back to the living world with the same abilities that they had during their actual life course. With Kabuto's better hold over the Impure World Reincarnation jutsu, he could even enhance the abilities of the resurrected shinobis as he did with Madara

Since the eyes are a part of the body, the reincarnated shinobi has them.

However incase of ninja tools like the swords of the 7 ninja swordsmen, since these are not a part of the body, they were not with the ninja swordsmen on reincarnation. They had to summon them using a scroll.. and the swords that were being used by others were not summoned back to the ninja swordsmen (Chojuro had Hiramekarei with him)