Why did Shouko use hearing aids even though she's deaf? In Koe no Katachi, Shouko Nishimiya uses hearing aids. She's deaf, so can she actually hear something or not? I have read the manga but didn't watch the movie, so I haven't seen any clue about why she is using hearing aids. For what purposes did she use hearing aids in the first place?

Shouko uses hearing aids because she's deaf. They're meant to assist anyone with hearing loss of specific kinds to allow them to better identify sounds.

If you're looking for a clue, in the first chapter of her introduction, she plainly tells the classroom that she's deaf.

Picture taken from Chapter 1 of Koe no Katachi, available for free from Crunchyroll.


What's the name of this Robotech song? When I was younger, I knew the Robotech Perfect Soundtrack perfectly. The RPS had most of the Robotech songs, and for a long time most fans thought it had all songs. Later some songs were pointed out not to be in the RPS and to the in the 80's series and movies (no new songs were added for a period of 20 years, since no animation appeared for 20 years), but this one I don't remember it at all. I don't think it was in the RPS. Which is the name of this song?

Robotech 2014 original soundtrack

This is "The Right Move" sung by Minmei, only once, on the radio in episode 18 of the Macross Saga. It's featured in CD2 of the 20th anniversary OST. Deculture it is not.


Was the person hanging out with Eita at college, Nakajima? During the first episode, we see Eita talking with Nakajima (supposedly his friend from the previous school) via a chatting application on his phone when he moves to Fukuoka and transfers to a new high school.

And, during the last episode, that is Episode#12 at the ending sequence we see Eita hanging around with a person talking about stuff.

My question is, were they the same person, as in Nakaji took admission in the same college as Eita. In the short lived conversation in the ending sequence there is no reference as to what his name might be.

My skepticism arises due to the fact that both in the avatar of the chat and the conversation during college, their eyes were kinda closed.

In the credits of episode 12, TAKANASHI Kengo is credited as voicing Nakajima. The character who speaks to Eita at the end of the episode could not be any of the other credited characters (the only unnamed ones are "wind band junior A", "wind band junior B", and "track-and-field junior", clearly none of whom are this character), so unless this character's voice actor went uncredited, he's Nakajima.


Who woke up Kirito in episode 9? In Sword Art Online (season 1) episode 9, at about 16:00, someone with blue hair woke up Kirito. When he regains consciousness, it was Asuna. But she doesn't have blue hair!

Here are some pictures.

This was just before he woke up:

Then:

What's going on here?

That would be Sachi. She's umm.. you know. big spoiler. As you can see from this screen shot, her hair is blue.


The Breaker: Season Three Does anyone know if there is actually going to be a third season in the manga? I know they took a break [LOL] from the Breaker series, but I've seen rumours flying about that they might be going back to it.

Is this baseless rumour?

Yes, there will be a continuation. However, it's going to take a few more years until it releases. As Jeon Geuk-Jin & Jin-Hwan mentioned during their inverview with Star Comics in October 2019.

The interview is originally in Italian, but below I have included a google translated edition as well

  Star Comics : Is this the first time you are interviewed by Italian journalists?

  GJ JH : Yes, we have been interviewed by many Europeans, but never by the Italians.

  SC: What was the idea behind the work ?

  GJ JH: Usually in manhwa there are themes that are easily understood by Orientals, which are difficult for Westerners to understand. We wanted to make these issues accessible to a public outside of Korean soil.

  SC: Given the incredible details, both in history and in drawings, how long does it take to create a volume?

  GJ JH: During the first series we had about 4 months to publish each volume, while for the second series we had more or less 3 months.

  SC: How do you create locations that perfectly recreate the atmosphere of some places?

  GJ : Living in Seoul, during the walks I take pictures and send them to Jin-Hwan who manages to recreate them in a very faithful way.

  SC : Are there some moments you like to remember?

  GJ JH : It is very pleasant to think about how the opera fans welcomed us in different countries, especially in France.

  SC : Is it possible to have some details on the third season?

  GJ JH : We can only say that it will be released in a few years.

  SC : Between the first and second season there was a profound change in the protagonist, who became more mature. Is that why in the second series you didn't see the same passion or sexual transport present instead in the first one?

  GJ JH : Actually, changing companies, we were advised to limit some scenes to make it accessible to a wider audience.


Do publishers pick certain seasons for a show to be published? I have been thinking about this for a while, but I haven't really been watching enough just-released anime to form a picture of what type of series are broadcast when.

I'm interested to know if publishers pick certain seasons for a show to be published? Or do they release it as soon as they have the idea, in the nearest season?

I'm sure there could be lots of reasons for a show to be published in a particular season instead of another one:

Scheduled Christmas Episodes, Valentines Day/White Day
School Holidays / School Year
Seasonal trends for particular genres
Publishers know a similar title / popular title will be coming out

I don't really see any trends with this though.

The answer could be very publisher-dependent, but is there any evidence that any companies knowingly wait until a preferred season?

I think most Publishers dont, since most anime are aired for 3 months and contain a timespan of way more Tome(like in most School Anime they contain a whole school Year), but I think there are trends of Genres over the seasons, for example, most 'Harem' Anime are started in winter/spring and most sport anime are aired in summer.


Why not leave Yomiyama? In the anime Another, the town of Yomiyama is cursed with a calamity that causes the deaths of members of Class 3-3 and their family members living in the town.

This is obviously a big problem. So why don't the members of 3-3 and their families switch schools? Wouldn't that be a better choice than to risk death in Yomiyama?

The deaths are tied to both members of class 3-3 and Yomiyama. My guess is that if you try to leave either class 3-3 or Yomiyama you'll be killed by doing so, rather than waiting for your turn to die through the normal means of the curse--one death every month.

This is mentioned in the show due to one of the character's deaths and on the wiki:

   Aya Ayano - While leaving Yomiyama with her parents in their family car, a rock fell and hit the windshield, causing her father to lose control and drive off the mountain.


Did Kakashi attain an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan? During the fight with Kaguya, Obito gave his Mangekyou Sharingan to Kakashi after his death, and we know that if a Mangekyou Sharingan is given to any other person that person will achieve the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

So did Kakashi achieve an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan even if he is not a true heir of Sharingan?

In short, no. Kakashi didn't achieve an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
According to wiki:

After Kakashi loses his Sharingan, his body is temporarily inhabited by Obito's spirit, giving him Mangekyō in both eyes.

So now the question is Why he didn't achieve Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan ?
Now again according to wiki:

Their vision can be restored by receiving the transplanted Mangekyō of
an Uchiha with strong blood ties — ideally a sibling — thus
awakening so-called Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. The Eternal Mangekyō
merge the designs of the transplanter and the transplantee's
original Mangekyō.

Since Kakashi was not having his own original Mangekyo so it might be possible that he was not able to achieve it also it is mentioned that there has to be strong blood ties. So I guess according to me both of them have to be from Uchiha clan but in this case Kakashi was from Hatake clan.


What does Unohana Retsu's Bankai do? What does Unohana Retsu's Bankai do?

It was not so clear in the manga.

As for all the information that is currently available

  she finally enables her Bankai! Blood spills from the skies, as though it was rain, she enables it caller her Minazuki Bankai out! Zaraki notices all the blood that’s dropping! Unohana’s sword is straightened and changes into a sword with never-ending blood oozing from it. She mentions that the play is over!
  Both of them go crazy and quickly go on their attacks! They keep on clashing, Zaraki can feel that the sword Unohana currently has melts her, it starts to degrade his face from skin to flesh and to bone! He mentions that it’s fun! He notices his hands and cloths degrade away from his bony hands. He asks himself what that is, he mentions that everything seems to be different, at the same time, he sees Unohana with no face except bones!
  Zaraki mentions that everything is so different, he’s been asleep, he’s  just been dreaming about their contacts over and over again, he calls this exchange to have no name, but thanks to her, she now realizes that this can be called, Fighting! They keep on clashing swords and spilling blood! Unohana mentions that she likes fighting! Zaraki likes it so much that he can’t help it, Zaraki is back to seeing flesh and blood again. Source

It seems like a weird kind of bankai to me very Illusive


The song playing in My Hero Academia season 3 episode 14 at 4:10 What is the name of the soundtrack in My Hero Academia season 3, episode 14 beginning at 4:10?

just to make sure was this when the class were being told about special moves?

The next music after that point (beginning 4:25) is 'Kibasen'
Hopefully this is the piece you were looking for.


What's the difference between manga, manhwa, and manhua? I understand that manga is from Japan and read from right to left, whereas manhwa is from Korea, read from left to right, and manhua is from China, and read from right to left (If I'm not mistaken). Are these the only differences between the three, or is there something else?

What you listed cover many of the major differences, though there are others.

Manga

From Japan
Multi-panel
Almost always black and white
Right-to-left

Manhua

From China
Full color with some panels rendered entirely in painting (1)
Single issue format (1)

Manhwa

From South Korea
Usually horizontal, left-to-right
Can be vertical, right-to-left, top-to-bottom (2)

(1)

(2)


Indra's Mangekyo Sharingan In the manga, Indra is shown with his Mangekyo Sharingan:

But in the anime, his eyes are like:

Which one is his actual Mangekyo Sharingan? If it is the one in the anime, then he has the same Mangekyo Sharingan as Sasuke. Then is it true that all Uchihas have unique Mangekyo Sharingans?

The anime episode showing Indra having Sasuke's eyes is a filler episode (see the list here). Trust the manga instead, which is canon. There are two reasons why the producers did changed it in the anime:

They got lazy, or they didn't have enough time to think of a unique mangekyo sharingan ability and animate the effects. So they slapped Sasuke's eyes onto Indra and called it a day.
Indra having Sasuke's eyes symbolizes how Sasuke is the reincarnation of Indra. Indra's personality, physical prowess, and intelligence were all passed down to him. So it makes sense that the MS was also passed down too.


What happened to Goku after he left the Earth at the end of Dragon Ball GT? What happened to Goku in those 100 years after he left the Earth (by which Pan was already an old woman)? Did Goku die or not?

A lot can be said about the last episode.

You could argue that Goku went to train with Shenlon, you could argue that he offered his own life for that last wish, you could argue that it was all an illusion, seeing Pan holding his shirt after he had supposedly left, you could argue that he became one with the Dragon Balls/Shenlon, you could argue that he'd become immortal.

This list goes on and it will remain to your own imagination what you believe has happened to Goku, as it was never thoroughly explained in the anime. I guess if anything, we could agree that Goku had surpassed human existence and entered a state different from being alive or dead as we know them.


Why does Vash the Stampede act so happy all the time? I have watched all of the Trigun series but for some reason I never understood the reason why Vash acts so happy. His backstory is really depressing but I don't think the series explained the reason for his happiness. I would think any normal person would be very dark but Vash is the opposite.

Vash acts happy because he chooses to act happy.  More times than not, he is happy.

You're right when it comes to his backstory; it's not been a very easy life for him.  Speaking about the anime chiefly, he's had to endure

   him and Knives being found somewhere in space, and being treated like outcasts while aboard

...but the whole thing that ties everything together for him is Rem Saverem.  She imparts to both Knives and Vash that there should always be a peaceful solution to every conflict which arises.

Knives rejects this philosophy, which - combined with

   the physical abuse he suffered while aboard the ship

leads him down a fairly dark path.  This is played with when Vash sees a spider and butterfly vying for survival; Knives put it almost as succinctly as, "Spiders eat butterflies to live.  Saving one will cause harm to the other."

Vash does break on occasion; the tension between Rem's guidance and the stone-cold reality of life on Gunsmoke causes him to shoulder a lot of grief.  Several examples include:

Towards the end of the series, after

   he very nearly destroys the entire city of Augusta and puts a hole in the moon instead

he decides to recuse himself and live a quieter, more clumsy life for a short while.
The whole point of Legato Blues' existence is to cause Vash to suffer.  Not to kill him, but to suffer.  The methods which Legato uses are particularly brutal to accomplish this.  Case in point: at one point, E.G. Mine, under direction of Legato,

   is forced to throw his life in harm's way to kill a Plant that Vash was so desperately trying to save.

The final stand with Legato is also indicative of this dark past.

   Legato gives Vash an ultimatum to either kill him or witness Milly and Meryl be shot dead.  Ultimately Vash kills Legato, but this leaves him scarred until he can forgive himself and reconcile his choice with Rem.

There are other examples which almost always involve Legato's overarching goal to cause Vash to suffer, which involve friends or people he is close to.

In spite of all of this, Vash still desires to follow Rem's advice, and believe that everything can be resolved peacefully, and that no two people should ever attempt to kill one another.


Did this stand do this to cause this? (Spoilers for Part 3)
So, while Jotaro is fighting the antagonist of Part 3 in Egypt, he realizes he can:

stop time.

And he could do this all the time, he just didn't know about it.
With that said,

Could Star Platinum stop time as Jotaro shot the gun, and grab the bullet?

Could have? Maybe. But did he do it? Probably not at that time.
The reason why Star Platinum was able to catch that bullet wasn't because Star Platinum stopped time, but just because of it's immense speed and precision.
There's also some speculation that Jotaro isn't really able to stop time in the same way that The World can but rather that he is just so fast that it seems like time has stopped.


Are mangas freeware and shareware? I have been a manga reader for a long time, and also a developer. I know about the rules, like manga content can't and should not be edited without the author's permission, etc. But my question is, are they freeware and shareware? Can I just take or download or store or transfer or share content without the author's prior permission?

No?

  [...] are they Freeware and Shareware?

First things first, we have some terminology confusion here. Nobody describes anything besides computer software as "freeware" and/or "shareware". Manga is not software.

Manga, like other creative works, are generally encumbered by copyright, the entire point of which is that the creator (i.e. not you) has exclusive rights to distribute the works in question. While it is certainly possible to license one's works more permissively (for some varieties of copyrightable material, Creative Commons is popular), I expect that you will literally never see commercial manga with a permissive license.

  Can i just take [..] content without authors prior permission?

larceny (n.)

the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.

  Can i just [...] download [...] content without authors prior permission?

While you probably shouldn't, and while this is against the law in many jurisdictions, I seem to recall there being some jurisdictions (probably Scandinavian, or maybe I'm just making that up) in which only providing (i.e. uploading) copyrighted content leaves one legally culpable.

  Can i just [...] store [...] content without authors prior permission?

Obviously if you have purchased a volume of manga from a bookstore, you have the right to store it. Depending on your jurisdiction, you may even have the right to digitize it and/or make backup copies. Consult a local legal professional if you really care.

  Can i just [...] transfere [...] content without authors prior permission?

If you have purchased a volume of manga from a bookstore, you probably have the right to give or sell that volume to someone. In the U.S., this is called the first-sale doctrine, and most reasonable jurisdictions have something similar.

The question of whether one can "transfer" a piece of electronic content by sending them a copy and then deleting all your copies is difficult to answer. Depending on your jurisdiction, the law may not have caught up to figuring out how to deal with digital artefacts.

You probably do not have the right to transfer a copy to someone else. Because, you know, copyright.

  Can i just [...] share content without authors prior permission?

If you have purchased a volume of manga from a bookstore, you can certainly let your friends read it, unless you live in North Korea.

If by "share" you mean in the sense of electronic peer-to-peer sharing, this is jurisdiction-dependent. I would suggest that this is a practice of dubious ethicality.

  I know about the rules like manga content can't and should not be edited without authors permission and etc

Somehow, you've gotten this part wrong, too. You can probably do basically anything you want with manga created by someone else, modulo general restrictions on speech that are applicable in your jurisdiction. If you want to redraw Attack on Titan to be about an actual attack on Titan, have at it!

Issues arise when you distribute this derivative content. Derivative works tend to have the same copyright protections as the original work, save for some exceptions like fair use.

This answer is written in broad generalities because I am not a lawyer and because there is no such thing as "the rules" when it comes to law (besides, like, the Geneva Conventions). If you have specific legal questions, go to Law.SE or find an actual lawyer or something.


How to start the .hack series and its viewing order? As the questions suggest: how do I start and what is the preferred order?

It would be appreciated if one would also identify which anime/film/OVA has a main story. Additionally the timeline of which anime goes where would be appreciated as well.

The release order of .hack is:

.hack//Sign
.hack//Liminality [OVA]
.hack//Legend of Twilight (Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu)
.hack//Gift [OVA]
.hack//Roots
.hack//G.U. Trilogy [Movie]
.hack//G.U. Returner [OVA]
.hack//Quantum [OVA]
.hack//Sekai no Mukou ni [Movie]

If you want to watch each story at a time, I would suggest:

.hack//Sign
.hack//Liminality

Because they share the same storyline. Then,

.hack//Legend of Twilight
.hack//Gift

As Gift is a side story to the other three you have now watched.

At this stage there are two distinct storylines you can pick from:

1:

.hack//Roots
.hack//G.U. Trilogy [Movie]
.hack//G.U. Returner [OVA]

2:

.hack//Quantum
.hack//Sekai no Mukou ni [Movie]

Finally, pick the story you didn't choose to watch in the last choice

Here's a flowchart from AniDB:


How does the hierarchical rank system in Amestris armed forces work? A lot of ranks are mentioned in the world of Fullmetal Alchemist (such as Colonel Mustang, Major Alex Louis Armstrong, etc.) but I've never known, what do these mean compared to themselves.

Can I find a descending order of all the character who's appearing in Fullmetal Alchemist (both in 2003 and 2009 series) with an order according to the rank in the army?

This is compiled/arranged from here and here.

Fuehrer General

Bradley
Grumman (Chapter 108)

General

Roy Mustang - Flame Alchemist (epilogue)

Lieutenant General

Grumman
Raven
Gardner

Major General

Olivier Mira Armstrong
Hakuro

Brigadier General

Basque Grand - Iron-Blood Alchemist
Roy Mustang - Flame Alchemist (ep. 45 2003 anime, chapter 108)
Maes Hughes (posthumous)
Clemin
Edison
Fessler

Colonel

Roy Mustang - Flame Alchemist
Frank Archer
Henry Douglas

Lieutenant Colonel

Alex Louis Armstrong - Strong Arm Alchemist (2003 anime)
Solf J. Kimblee - Crimson Alchemist/Red Lotus Alchemist (2003 anime)
Maes Hughes
Roy Mustang - Flame Alchemist (2003 anime)

Major (automatic rank given to a State Alchemist)

Alex Louis Armstrong - Strong Arm Alchemist
Giolio Comanche - Silver Alchemist
Edward Elric - Fullmetal Alchemist
Solf J. Kimblee - Crimson Alchemist/Red Lotus Alchemist
Tim Marcoh - Crystal Alchemist
Isaac McDougal - Freezing Alchemist
Shou Tucker - Sewing-Life Alchemist
Miles
Maes Hughes (before ep. 13 2003 anime)
Roy Mustang (during war in Ishval)

Captain

Juliet Douglas
Fokker
Buccaneer
Vato Falman (Chapter 108)
Maes Hughes (during the war in Ishval)

First Lieutenant

Riza Hawkeye
Yoki

Second Lieutenant

Maria Ross
Jean Havoc
Heymans Breda
Vato Falman (Chapter 65)
Henschel
Rebecca Catalina
Darius
Heinkel
Jerso
Zampano
Riza Hawkeye (at Eastern Headquarters)

Warrant Officer

Vato Falman
Riza Hawkeye (after the war)

Sergeant Major

Kain Fuery

Sergeant

Denny Brosh

Corporal (no named characters)
Lance Corporal (no named characters)
Private

Sheska

Military Police (no named characters)

At the end of the 2003 anime, the rank of Fuhrer was removed, and in the Viz Manga version, the title used was President instead of Fuhrer.


Which non canon characters were made canon in Dragon Ball recently? So aside of Broly who appears in the new Dragon Ball movie by Toriyama, and Bardock, who apparently also appears in the movie and who was incorporated to the Dragon Ball spin off Dragon Ball minus written by Toriyama, are there other non canon characters who were made canon in Dragon Ball recently?

It's debatable whether the end of DBZ can be considered canon. Hence, the character of Uub wouldn’t technically have been canon until the Tournament of Power arc.Bardock has always been canon. If it weren’t for him, Goku and Raditz wouldn’t have existed. Super Saiyan Bardock is the one who isn’t canon.Broly like you said, will be made canon based on the trailer for the new Dragon Ball Super movie.


Why is Kurapika so powerful? I know he made a contract with his own soul or something like that.  But if this Nen is so powerful, how come he is the only who used it in the series?

I also watched the previous version(1999), and there was no one who did this type of contract besides him.

Kurapika's scarlet eyes allow him to shift from becoming a Conjurer to a Specialist because of their unique nature. This ability, Emperor Time, allows him to utilize all the types of Nen to 100% efficiency.

Kurapika has a Nen blade chain wrapped around his heart. Kurapika imposed a limitation onto this chain, it can only be used to deal with members of the Phantom Troupe. If this condition is violated, Kurapika will die. This condition (a Limitation, a Vow with a punishment) was needed in order to increase the strength of the ability.


What convinced Saber to destroy the Holy Grail in the Unlimited Blade Works movie? I've been watching Fate Stay Night and Unlimited Blade Works (movie). Haven't seen the manga yet.

In Fate Stay Night, Saber is determined to obtain the Holy Grail. After many experiences with Shirou, he convinces her that it is pointless, and so she accepts to destroy it. Shirou convinced her mainly because he wanted her to stay and have a normal life.

In the Unlimited Blade Works movie, there's no hint of major affection from Shirou towards Saber (who seems to be more interested in Rin). In fact, so many things happen so quickly that Saber even ends up as Rin's servant (so Shirou's relationship with her was like... null).

When the Grail is being summoned by Gilgamesh in Unlimited Blade Works, Saber doesn't even hesitate about destroying the Grail.

So in the Unlimited Blade Works movie, exactly what convinced Saber to destroy it?

I didn't really get UBW's plot very well though. I'm not sure if there was something especially wrong with that Grail that made it useless for Saber. Was there?

In the movie, as Rin was carrying Shinji out, she told Saber to destroy the Holy Grail "cocoon" (Shinji was too weak and incompatible to be able to contain the Grail, so this "cocoon" is the result of it manifesting).

Saber she was hesitant because Rin was still there, but she knew that if the cocoon were to explode the cursed contents would destroy everything it touched. So destroying the cocoon would be natural to her in this situation.

The movie plays out almost exactly as the visual novel scenario, with a few bits and pieces cut out for time. E.g., Saber tries to cross the pond of corrupted mud to save Rin, but Rin uses a Command Seal to prevent her from doing so (because she would be corrupted by the cursed mud if she touched it).

About the corruption of the Grail:

The contents of the Grail was corrupted during the Third Fuyuki Grail War, which allowed for the summoning of non-Heroic Spirits such as Rider and Caster. Any wish made upon this upon the Grail's corrupted contents would come with destruction. The Lesser Grail, the container meant to hold the contents of the Holy Grail was destroyed in the previous Grail War (the Fourth, by Saber, commanded by Shirou's foster father Kiritsugu using his command seal).


Why shadow clone technique make a clone of what they are holding? Definition : Similar to the basic Clone Technique, Shadow clone technique creates copies of the user. However, these clones are corporeal instead of illusions.

According to me when Naruto uses Shadow clone technique then his whole dress also get cloned to other user, so there might be possibility that item inside bag might get cloned too.
And it can also be proved as he uses All direction shuriken technique where "Naruto and his shadow clones throw shuriken all at once." - Source

So the quesion is: How non-living object get multiplied because according to wiki definition about Shadow clone technique : "The user's chakra is evenly distributed among every clone, giving each clone an equal fraction of the user's overall power." but non-living object has no chakra so how come ?

If it is possible to use it which is true, then let us say that those cloned user threw kunai on the target then for sure it will get hit on that target. But if that cloned user (which uses that kunai) got vanish then :

Will that kunai too vanishes at that same time or it will be there as it is?

Short answer: If you enjoyed it, don't question the logic.

Longer explanation
This is an example of Artistic License, which means the author is allowed to ignore logic if it makes the story more enjoyable.  The trope of a character's ability extending to their equipment is known as My Suit Is Also Super on tvtropes.1

Cloning techniques in Naruto require this trope due to how it is usually used: to confuse, distract and deceive the opponent. Cloning based techniques would be useless if the opponent could tell the original apart from the clones by simply looking at who has a shuriken in hand!2

Artistic License requires Willing Suspension of Disbelief from the audience. This is acceptable to the audience since they want the story to entertain, and do not necessarily want it to be logically accurate. The author should maintain a balance between the Artistic License and the Willing Suspension of Disbelief that the audience is willing to give.

If he uses too much Artistic License, the audience cannot take him seriously anymore. For example, if Naruto had awakened Mangekyou Sharingan, and it was explained with "an Uzumaki can awaken Mangekyou Sharingan by repeatedly using Shadow Clones and Rasengan", then the audience will lose interest in the story.

It he uses too little of it, an opportunity to make the story more entertaining is lost. The author would have had to exclude a lot of techniques and events from the story, which would make it too boring.

1 The trope of cloning techniques extending to the user's clothes is Magic Pants is used mainly for censorship reasons, as otherwise the clones would end up naked. It is too much trouble for the author to keep dealing with all the time. Given how often the cloning techniques are used in the story, it would also get annoying for the audience after a while.

2 Interestingly, in a much later battle, Kishimoto plays with this trope differently. Naruto makes one of his clones carry a certain thing which fools his opponent into thinking that clone is the original. See the below spoiler for details.

   During the battle against Kaguya Otsutsuki, Naruto deliberately places the Gudodama behind the back of one of his clones, which tricks Black Zetsu into thinking that clone is the original.


Do artificial devil fruits also prevent the user from swimming? If someone eats a devil fruit, they can get some power depending on the fruit that they eat.
The side effect for eating this fruit is that the user cannot swim.

How about the artificial devil fruits that are made by Dr. Vegapunk? Is it the case that people that eat artificial devil fruits also can't swim and are weakened by the sea?

Yes, artificial devil fruit users suffer from the same weakness has the "natural" devil fruit counterparts: they cannot swim. This was shown in Chapter 795, page 6:

I would like to add something in response to Namikaze Sheena's comment. First of all, to be precise, it is not that devil fruit users cannot swim, but rather they become powerless  when their body is submerged in water. As a consequence, they cannot swim or even move at all.

Now, if Vegapunk were to feed a devil fruit to a boat, I think (this is pure speculation) it would not sink: the boat floats because wood is lighter than water, which is a physical property that it would keep even on top of water. It would lose strength, but maybe not completely as we have previously seen Luffy retain control of his body if only a fraction of it is submerged (e.g. on their way to fishman island, Chapter 605, page 11).

EDIT:

On the above picture, we can somewhat see Brook and Momosuke (in dragon's form) drowning. Here is a picture of Momosuke is his Zoan form:


Who's the character at the end of the last episode of Owarimonogatari season 2? At the very end, who is the girl with a black ribbon who's running down the stairs? She can be seen at the last still shot in a weird pose holding/being held by Kanbaru. It's not Ougi, as she has a tie instead of a ribbon, and can be seen to the right of them in that still shot when it pans out.

This appears to be Higasa, who is on the basketball team and in the same year as Kanbaru. In the anime productions, she first appears at the beginning of Hanamonogatari.

Hanamonogatari opens with a section where Kanbaru talks about her parents, before she wakes up on the morning of her first day of her third year of school. She runs into Ougi on the school's athletic grounds. Ougi asks Kanbaru if she has heard of Devil-sama.

We then see Kanbaru is sitting in her classroom that same morning. Higasa, being now in the same class as Kanbaru, walks into the room, and Kanbaru identifies her by name.

There is then a time-skip to the afternoon of the same day. Higasa suggests to Kanbaru that they should go home together, but Kanbaru demurs. She then asks Higasa about Devil-sama as Higasa is leaving.


Name or tag for kana phrase videos I'd like to know the Japanese name or tag of a type of video that used to be popular on Nico Nico Douga on 2007-2010 (maybe there are still some people making these videos but I can't find them anymore).

In these videos the creator would take a character from an anime and then put a phrase/scene from that character for each hiragana/kana syllable.

For example for Kagami from Lucky star (this is the video I remember):

あ(a) - Anta no tame janai.
え(e) - Eeeeto.
い(i) - Imi ga wakaranai.

I remember that there were many videos for many characters and anime but many of them were deleted and I can't find the videos I had favorited.

I found the video: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2931268

The tags I was looking for are: ツッコミカルタ and アニメかるたリンク


Anime involving aliens racing? I remember seeing this on TV as a younger kid but I don't know what it's called. I think Adult Swim was where I saw it.
This girl runs off and joins this team that's in a race with a bunch of other alien species. Her dad is the leader but he doesn't know the girl is his daughter. Her mother was a pilot and she died in a race so the dad didn't want the daughter to race. There's an alien that has a white mask and shadow powers sorta. People think it killed her mother, bit it tried to help her before the ship exploded.
there's like this mother ship like thing that's the 'garages' are on and it moves to right above the next race start and then the racers drop from the ship.

Thank you in advance for any help given.

This sounds like Oban Star Racers.

Here are a few quotes comfirming that from Wikipedia:

Unable to tell her father who she really is, she lands a job as a mechanic in his team under the name "Molly"
Haunted by the death of her mother — a famous star-racer — and the harsh "reunion" with her father, Molly is determined to win so she can be with her parents once again.

And here's the opening sequence:
http://youtu.be/TIKQBNlwhHA


A song played on episode 487 when Trafalgar Law turns up at Marineford What is the music that plays when Trafalgar Law turns up at Marineford in episode 487? I can't seem to find it anywhere online.

The track when law appears is called "Luffy vs Ratchet, Round 1".


Is Alluka a biological offspring of the Zoldyks? In chapter 321, Silva Zoldyk says:

I'd consider this dialogue as talking about the entity within Alluka, rather than about Alluka herself.

But moving on to chapter 323, Illumi talks to Hisoka about Alluka:

But this dialogue (considering context), is about Alluka and not Nanika. After reading Illumi's explanation, Silva's explanation also seems to be on the same page.

So the question is whether Alluka is a biological offspring of the Zoldyks or not, since they repeatedly say that they don't know where he came from.

There's no information from the manga yet which can deny Alluka as a biological offspring of the Zoldycks. However, I'm not sure that them saying they don't know where Alluka came from would mean that Alluka is not blood-related. I still think they're referring to the Alluka-possessed-by-Nanika, not to Alluka alone.

I am going to cite this image from Volume 33. Here, it's showed that Nanika is from the Dark Continent:

As far as I know, this information is not yet revealed to the characters. 'The truth is we don't know...where he came from.' Given the little knowledge there is about the Dark Continent and the fact that they still don't know that Nanika is something from the Dark Continent, it would make sense that the Zoldycks would make this statement. They thought Alluka was their child before the first incident or sign that he/she is possessed. They probably became unsure who Alluka really is after they found out about Nanika since their previous children and even their ancestors did not manifest something similar.

To conclude, I think Alluka is a Zoldyck, unless future manga information reveals otherwise. What happened was Nanika possessed Alluka when he/she was still a child, making the Zoldycks doubt that he's/she's family. How Nanika came to Alluka all the way from the Dark Continent is currently unknown.


English, Hepburn, English, Hepburn, alternating in OP and ED. Why? The anime series Big Windup has a full English dub, and it does it does something interesting with its openings and endings. (I just checked, and the same thing occurs in the sub.) By "full dub", I mean even the credits are translated. The interesting thing is that in odd episodes, the opening and ending songs are shown in English subtitles. However, even episodes show the song text in Hepburn (Japanese with Latin characters). At least I think it is an odd:even pattern; I'm only on episode 5.

I can think of a sort of practical reason to do this.  For English speakers who want to know what the songs mean, they see that in the odd episodes.  For English speakers who would like to sing along, they can do so in the even episodes. Is that the reason, or is something else going on? Have other series done this?

----- added next day -----

I completed season 1, and have begun season 2.  It isn't on Funimation, though, but it legally streams on YouTube on Nozomi Entertainment's channel (Japanese dub with English sub). They continued the subbing of opening and ending songs.  This time, though, both the English and Hepburn text are displayed each episode. (Nozomi licensed season 2, Funimation season 1.)

This isn't unheard of and this is actually an older tactic than you may think.  Funimation's dub of Outlaw Star, for example, does the same thing has in the past done the same thing with its opening and ending songs, alternating between English and Hepburn.

For whatever reason, the dub on their site for free users no longer alternates.  Some older DVD releases do, though.

You surmise correctly in that this helps the English speakers follow along with the song, and understand the meaning of the lyrics, too.  The Hepburn addition allows non-native Japanese speakers to at least get a feel for how the words are pronounced.


Why didn't Danzo get the Rinnegan? In Naruto, it was said that you need both Senju and Uchiha DNA to achieve Rinnegan, right? So why didn't Danzo get Rinnegan? He had Senju DNA holding Uchiha DNA.

Well, that's becasue you also need to be competent enough to master both these powers.

Madara was strong enough, and was able to awaken it. Danzo however, was not.

Danzo's DNA originates from experiments and body modifications. He wasn't a "Natural", while Madara had natural mastery over the Uchiha powers, and after being defeated by Hashirama, mastery over the Senju powers.

It was also implied that you need to be very close to the end of your lifespan to awaken the Rinnegan.

Edit - Spoilers!

   Based on the recent chapters, it is implied that it isn't Senju + Uchiha which is needed to awaken the Rinnegan, but Indra's and Ashura's (Sage of Six Paths' sons) chakras. That is why Madara (the incarnation of Indra) was able to awaken them after implanting Hashirama's (the incarnation of Ashura) cells into his wounds.


How does the equivalent exchange of alchemy work? Alchemy, in Full Metal Alchemist, is based on the concept of 'one needs to provide materials of equal value compared to the thing one want to create' (equivalent exchange).
But, how does it exactly work.
Can this amount of required materials be calculated by the alchemist? If so, how? Are there some sort of lookup-tables?
Or does one need to guess and provides something of more value to be on the safe side? If so, can one become a more skilled alchemist by experience of successful guesses?
Also, different alchemists might have different specialized skills. How does that work? For the guessing part, I can imagine that one have a preference for certain kinds of alchemy and thus gain experience with a specialized skill.
Edit: Madara Uchiha's answer suggests that there are always materials required. I was also wondering about the situation where this is not the case and the alchemist was successful none the less.
For example:

 In the end Edward trades his alchemy skill in exchange for returning Alphonse's body to him.

Alchemy has three stages: Understanding, Break down, Rebuild.

Different alchemists have different specializations because of the Understanding part, learning chemistry in general isn't easy, and digging into a specific subject (For instance, the study of the atmosphere and oxygen in Roy Mustang's case), is even harder, hence specialization.

Matter of "equal value" means of equal "type" (Mineral to mineral, organism to organism, you can't turn stone into a flower), and of equal Mass.

This works well in accordance to the physical laws of matter and energy conservation. You cannot make matter disappear, nor you can make it appear out of nothing. You can't input more matter to be on the safe side, that matter won't be used for the alchemic transmutation (at best), or result in a rebound (at worse).


How come Goku was defeated by Frost of the 6th Universe? Can anyone explain the reason why Frost of the 6th Universe was able to disable or paralyze Goku? I didn't get how that was possible!

Is there any sort of cheating or is there any ability of Frost that can paralyze the opponent somehow?

By the way, I am talking about Dragon Ball Super, episode 33.

Its been revealed in ep. 34 that frost contains a needle within his wrist that allows him to poison his opponents. This is how he defeated Goku .


Who is this figure of an orange-haired schoolgirl? I got her from a mystery bag. Anybody has any idea who this character is?

Anime: Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma

Character: Erina Nakiri

Here is the anime scene which resembles the figure in the photo.


What does "Full Cowling" mean? Cowling: the removable cover of a vehicle or aircraft engine.
So when Deku uses One for All-Full "Cowling" (as spelled in subs), does it refer to him removing the limiter on his power, or is it just mispronounciation ? Shouldn't it be "calling" instead?

By using Full Cowl, Mydoria effectively uses All For One power on whole his body, rather than focusing on specific part.

This is most probably why this skill was called "Full Cowl". But it is not clear if author explicitly decided to use word "cowl", or rather didn't knew difference between it and some other english words with similar meaning (e.g. "coverage").


What are all the aspects of the Love Live TV series that were voted on by fans? On the ANN article announcing Love Live's TV series, they report the following: (emphasis is my own)

  The anime studio Sunrise, the music label Lantis, and ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G Magazine developed Love Live! School idol project as a self-described "ultimate user-participation project" which lets its fans vote on the future of the fictional idol characters. Online mobile phone polls have determined different aspects of the idols, such as hairstyles and costumes.

Obviously the article says "hairstyles and costumes" but I assume that's just two of the things voted on.

A perfect answer would contain screenshots of all of the polls, but if all you can find is the winning results (character X should wear twintails, character Y should be shy, character Z should be the main character, etc.) then that would be much appreciated too.

The polls seem to decide quite a bit of the series, sans plot. Unfortunately, not all of them were broadcast well (at least, in English or otherwise easily found). As you mentioned, characters' hairstyles, costumes, and appearance were voted upon. I was unable to find these specific polls and their results. In particular, it does not appear that the actual poll pages are available anymore.
In addition to the character attributes, though, names of the group and the mini units were decided through polls, and there are frequent (and still ongoing) popularity polls. Some polls are used to determine character order in media such as music videos.
Dengeki G's magazine is the medium through which (most of) the polls are hosted. They, and their results, were printed in the various issues of the magazine, and conducted through their mobile site.

(Note: All magazines are published two months in the future. Here, I've used the actual month of publication, rather than the "issue date".)
The first through fourth popularity polls ran as follows:

First popularity poll: Announced July 2010, ran from 15th-31st August.
Second popularity poll: Announced December 2010 (could not find poll run dates).
Third popularity poll: Announced July 2011, ran from 24th August to sometime in September.
Fourth popularity poll: Announced January 2012, ran from 15th February to 10th March. The results (#1 Kotori Minami, #2 Niko Yazawa, #3 Maki Nishikino) were published shortly after.

The naming polls were early in the publications, following the first popularity vote:

First idol group name vote: Ran from September to October 2010. After its success, five of the best names were chosen to be voted upon again.
Second idol group name vote: Ran from 31st October 2010 until January. The winning name, "μ's" (muse), is announced.
Three Units vote: Announced January 2011 (could not find poll run dates). The running unit names (Printemps, BiBi, and Lily White) were announced in February.

The popularity votes (or "general elections") were polls done for all the heroines of the show and were done by mobile phone site via Dengeki G's mobile site. I could not find the issue date for the 5th popularity vote, but it is ongoing at Love Live!'s official website, and will decide the central character of the 6th single music video.
Here is small publication of one of the results:

As for the rest of the polls' results, most of them can be found on the Japanese Wikipedia for μ's
and Aquors (screenshot here; they do not appear to be readily available anywhere in English).


Is Gogeta super saiyan blue confirmed in the new Dragon Ball Super movie? There are many people talking about not only that they think Gogeta will appear in the new movie, but they are refering to a supposed tweet where a japanese animator said he's going to do Gogeta in the new movie. Does anyone know if this official? Supposedly the official release of this info was done in japanese. Any translation?

Gogeta Blue hasn't been "confirmed" to appear in the DBS movie. However, it seems very likely that it might be the case. An animator Yoshihiko  Umakoshi, mentioned on a live NikoNiko broadcast that he was practicing Gogeta. While the above mentioned information is accurate, it has to be noted that Umakoshi's names isn't on the film credits. However, not all the animators working for the Dragon Ball Super movie have been named.When the new DLC (Extra Pack 3), was released for Xenoverse 2, on further Datamining, there was one character who had Super Mad Dance as a super and the Vanisher Guard evasive which are Gogeta's moves. Another character had the Gigantic Meteor Ultimate who is implied to be Broly. Hence, Gogeta Blue and Broly are being predicted to be the new characters that get released in Extra Pack 4, after the movie.Further information with regard to the animator and his comments can be read here.


Why did Major Kusanagi wear a particular extreme outfit on episode 14? On episode 14 - YE$, at 6:21 in this episode, we see the crew being debriefed by Aramaki. The chief remarks that she is wearing "some get-up", inquiring whether she is searching for a specific kind of attention. She replies, somewhat... despairingly(?), with "...; I just... don't have a choice."

The scene prior to this ended with her being ejected from a building through a window and landing on a pile of trash. She is noticeably soiled by "garbage-type fluids" and, presumably, needs to get cleaned up.

It is not explicit, but it seems that only a few hours, at most, have passed between the incident and the debriefing.

Aside from being her usual hot-gun-toting-super-hacker-ninja self, I have missed the implication as to why this particular outfit is "mandatory". Is there a specific clue I missed or was it just to imply that she may have had other, personal, obligations for which she was still dressed? Her outfit was definitely extreme for being at "the office", even for her.

(Upon review I've determined that the source provided is insufficient to support my answer. I'm currently investigating sources to come up with a more appropriate answer.)

Her body is a mass production "pleasure model" so that she blends into (I assume 'shady') environments in the city. That's why she wears sexy clothes so often, to fit her cover.

Source: Masamune Shirow via Joseph Christopher Schaub

http://schaublog.com/Writing/KusanagisBody.pdf (pg.94) [last retrieved 10/24/17]

  For his part, Shirow provides a very practical explanation for
  Kusanagi's body in the author's notes which accompany his manga. He writes:

    Major Kusanagi is deliberately designed to look like a mass-production model so she won't be too conspicuous. In reality, her electrical and mechanical system is made of ultra-sophisticated materials unobtainable on the civilian market. If she appeared too expensive, she might be suddenly waylaid on a dark street some night, hacked up, and hauled off to be sold. (1995: 103)

  His mention of Kusanagi's body as 'a mass-production model' no doubt provides the seeds for Oshii's foregrounding of her commodity status in the film, but the critique is certainly amped up a notch by Oshii.

I've also included the author's citation:

  For all references to Shirow's version of Ghost in the Shell, the source I follow is the graphic novel. Masamune Shirow, Ghost in the Shell, trans. Frederik Schodt and Toren Smith, (Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Comics, 1995)


Whose drugs are actually being kept in the storehouse? In episode 2, entitled 'His Butler, Strongest', whose drugs are being kept in the storehouse? Are they actually Azzurro's drugs, or are they someone else's and he just wants to get his hands on them to sell them?

That would be drugs that do belong to Lau's operation to handle within England. But since they are being stolen and trafficked it was Ciel's job to track down and eliminate them.


What is Shingeki no Kyojin's Year Zero? In Shingeki no Kyojin, they comment a number of times about what year it is. The show starts in year 845. Though the world seems to be relatively similar to ours (having Asia, etc.), the don't seem to use any sort of marker for the years (at least that I saw) such as AD, CE, The Year of Our Lord, etc.

Is there any indication or mention of what year zero (or one) of their calendar is, as well as what their calendar is based off of?

They have not yet indicated in the anime or manga exactly what happened at Year 0.

However, please note that the link to the "question close to yours" is almost 6 months outdated, and there is quite a bit of confusion and speculation there which was shown to be erroneous by the manga volumes released since then.

There has been a significant amount of evidence to suggest that Shingeki no Kyojin actually does take place in our universe, in the distant future. Every question of "how could X be like that in our future?" has been explained at this point.

Spoilers from the manga:

   The method used to create the walls involved having sentient colossal titans stand shoulder-to-shoulder and encase themselves in a hard crystalline material which they're capable of producing on the outside of their bodies. This explains how they were able to build the walls fast enough to protect themselves from the titan outbreak, and offers one of several explanations as to why much of the technology in their day-to-day lives seems medieval (never mind the certainty of government involvement). The world seen inside the walls is not in any way representative of the outside world which existed before that, since the government has outlawed all information regarding the outside world and its history.

 It has also been demonstrated that the titans are all transformed human beings, with one titan being seen later appearing to be a transformed monkey (potentially one of the first experimental subjects). It's also been indicated that Eren's ability to transform into a titan at will was catalyzed by an injection of some chemical from his father. These are a few of the things which show that the titans are almost certainly a result of our own creation, developed through some advanced future technology.

What very few historical facts have managed to be preserved (through the rare informative book which has been successfully hidden from the government) match up perfectly with our own history. Their legends are our legends, their history is our history, and their world is our world.

As for when this takes place, the earliest it could hypothetically be (at the time Eren is in training) is 2116 AD, since the manga was released in 2009, and it was stated when Eren was in training that the titans were created 107 years earlier. This naturally assumes that the government hasn't used their "world history blackout" to fabricate the details of the titan's appearance.

(Writing it out, I just noticed this setting has a few similarities to The Village.)

Continuing that line of thought, where we assume the new government didn't arbitrarily change the dating system just because they could, the "Year 850" would mean that we began using a new dating system at some point in the future, starting at 0 or 1. Maybe another World War? (that's just pure speculation, but it's yet another of the many possible explanations as to why the technology of the common peasants is so underwhelming).

Since that would make this at least 850 years from some unknown point in the future, and "the future" is any time after the manga began releasing in 2009, that would mean the earliest that Year 850 could be is 2859 AD.

However, one last thing to consider is that the first chapter of the manga is titled "To you, 2000 years from now." This shows that a 2000 year gap of time is relevant to the storyline somehow. There are a few interpretations about what this could be referencing, but one of the more popular ones is that this chapter title is addressed to the reader, meaning the storyline starts 2000 years from now.

That would put the beginning of the series in the year 4009 AD. It also means that the new world's dating system would begin in 3164 AD.

Considering the advanced level of technology it's suggested was used to engineer the titans, this appears to have a significant chance of being correct.

It would also give the author an infinite number of ways to explain every aspect of the setting, since literally anything could happen over 2000 years. Especially when something so significant happened halfway through that they felt the need to reset the calendar back to Year 0.

At any rate, I hope this up-to-date information was useful to you.


What are these charts and what are they for? This is used during anime production,but why do animators draw those and what are they for?

It looks like an inbetweening timing chart, very similar to the ones given in an example on a web page titled Timing Charts by Brian Lemay:

The chart in your question looks to be an example of what the is described in the picture above as a "halves slo-in" and "halves slo-out".

The chart shows how the inbetween frames that fill the gaps between key frames (like the one below the chart in your question) should be drawn.  The chart gives two alternatives, one using 5 inbetween frames between key frames on the left, and the other using 4 inbetween frames between them.

Using the alternative on the left, the chart is telling the inbetweener to first draw frame number 5.  This frame would be drawn halfway between two key frames, the one numbered 1 and 7 on the chart.  The inbetweener would then draw frames 4 and 6, the former halfway between frames 1 and 5 and the later halfway between 5 and 7.  Then frame 3 would be drawn, halfway between 1 and 4, and then frame 2. halfway between 1 and 3.  A similar process would be followed to draw frames 9, 8, 10, 11, and 13 in that order.

Since the frames are displayed at a constant rate (probably "on twos" at 12 frames per second) the illusion of movement created by the animation would start off slow, speed up and then slow down again.  The total running time for the animated sequence would be (if done on twos) 1 second.


When did Lelouch take the Code from his father? When I was just searching for theories for why people believe Lelouch is still alive, I found a theory which says Lelouch took the Geass from his dad, so when he was killed he actually became immortal. But on re-watching the series I can't find any such scene where we see Lelouch taking the Code from his dad. Or did I miss something?

When I watched the anime for the first time, I remember it had extra scenes like Lelouch driving the cart, which wasn't present when I re-watched the series. I read that it was removed later.

So, did the writers remove the scene in which Lelouch takes the Code from his dad?
I am getting an impression that the writers had plans on keeping Lelouch alive, initially. They came out and said the ending was left ambiguous for the reader to interpret as they want, and then, they removed that scene and declared Lelouch is dead.

Lelouch never got Charles's code.
That was an old fan theory, but it was debunked by the community years ago.
The anime itself made it impossible and even the show staff have officially confirmed that Lelouch was truly dead.
So he never got a code or immortality.
There are also no scenes which show Lelouch as the cart driver. that's merely a fake fan-made video on youtube, it was never real. people made that to fool fans and to push their debunked conspiracy theory of him having a code.

All the official information regarding Lelouch's death can be found on the Code Geass Community Information Database. It has all the official statements, including sources, links, pictures, etc. It also shows how the anime made the fan theory impossible.

Here are some examples of official statements.

From "Geass Memories":
- "Before I started writing the story of a person called Lelouch, I confirmed with Taniguchi-director something. That thing was that the end of Lelouch will be death."
- "At least he is aware of his sins and pays for them with his death."
- "This man called Lelouch will pay for his sins by his death. The story follows him till he finally make this decision."

From the official guide book:
- "For those two who bear the heavy sin known as killing their fathers, they share the belief that they can forgive each other by imposing the greatest punishments on themselves. Death for Lelouch who wishes for a tomorrow with his sister, life for Suzaku who wishes to atone for his sins through death."

From the remade epilogue from 2009 where they dropped the cart driver scene and replaced it with a brand new epilogue:
- "A young man dies. He had the power to change the world, to create a new order. The world feared him, hated him. But, I know he died with a smile on his face. Only those who have realised their dream will truly understand that feeling of utter contentment. So, this is not a tragedy. And whenever I feel sad or cry at night, I sing a song. A song of man's making. Zero Requiem!"

All sources and many more examples can be found in the above linked Database


Ai Tenchi Muyo! episode 59 ending song Can anyone please tell me the title of the song that starts at 3:04 of episode 59? I love the way it sounds and I want to hear the full version, but since I can't read Japanese I can't find it.

Please and thank you very much for anyone that answers.

The song is titled キミと見た花 キミと見た空 (The flower I saw with you. The sky I saw with you), according to the credit roll of the episode:

According to the official website of Ai Tenchi Muyo, the full version of the song is included in the BD/DVD Volume 1, which is set to released on January 21st, 2015.

  封入特典

  キャラクターソングCD壱

  愛してるって叫びましょ!! -full ver.-
    歌:川流もも(CV:東山奈央)
  キミのままで! -full ver.-
    歌:ハチ子(CV:優木かな)、沙流葉七(CV:M・A・O)、笛山塔里(CV:深田愛衣)
  キミと見た花 キミと見た空 -full ver.-
    歌:川流もも(CV:東山奈央)、鬼ノ城紅(CV:大地葉)

Currently, the album 愛・天地無用エンディングテーマShort ver.集 Vol.1 which includes the short version of the song can be bought from Amazon, iTunes, among others.


Change of final bosses in SAO Season 1 and Ordinal Scale In SAO season 1 Akihiko Kayaba reveals that he is the final boss, but in the movie 'Ordinal Scale' the final boss is something else. Why is this?

According to an Interview with Kawahara (original author of SAO), abec (SAO's illustrator), Miki (SAO's editor) and Itou (Ordinal Scale's director), the final boss shown in the movie, "An Incarnation of the Radius" was the original boss of the 100th floor designed by Argus, but Kayaba found it so broken, he decided he'd take its place as the final boss.

Quoting certain parts of the Interview:

  Kawahara: The last boss that was present in the 《Ruby Palace》 was the one formally developed by 《Argus》 before Kayaba took over.

and later on:

  Kawahara: The reason why Kayaba changed himself to the last boss was because he saw the data for the original boss and thought "Like hell anyone can beat this thing" …or at least that's what I think he did.

Source: translation of said Interview


Why do characters always wear the same clothes? In most anime, most of the time, the characters wear the same clothes. Why is that?

I'm sure they are easier to draw but are there any other reasons?

There's many reasons -

Many manga artists draw all their characters with a standard male or standard female face.  The only way then to distinguish their characters is by hair style and clothing, if they wear a recognizable outfit.
Branding - as other people said, characters become more recognizable, like a brand when they always wear the same clothes.
Coming up with new outfits is hard.  Manga artists have really strict deadlines, so it's important for them to save time when they can, and designing new outfits that aren't terrible take time.
For those manga that have the same clothes all the time, their intended audience isn't really interested in fashion, and fashion isn't really a focus of the manga, and so it's not really worth it to invest time/effort in coming up with new outfits anyways.

I actually think more economical merchandising is not a motivating factor.  For every outfit you come up with you can sell another toy to the same group of people who bought the last toy (Look at Card Captor Sakura, with lots of merchandise of her many outfits).

Shoujo manga publishers are much more likely to pressure artists into drawing new clothes regularly because they're more likely to have a storyline relating to fashion (like all those "become an idol" manga), and their intended audience is more likely to be interested in fashion (why else would they be reading a manga where that's a focus?)  For example, I know for a fact though the manga author for Skip Beat! was not particularly interested in fashion, she was pressured to come up with new trendy outfits for her characters since she was, after all, writing a manga about movie stars.


What is this manga about a guy who completed a video and he gets a mysterious game? This is a manga that I read quite a while ago, maybe 5+ years. It starts off with a guy who completed a video and he gets a mysterious game that he has never seen before. He puts it into his console and nothing seems to happen. Then the class representive arrives outside his house. She suddenly turns into a monster which our protagonist somehow defeat. He exits the game and the next day when he goes to school the class rep is replaced by a guy. The girl class rep is gone and no one remember her. Then there's something about an area boss that has a way higher level than the protagonist. Also there's a mysterious girl that appeared whenever he puts in the game.

This has been on my mind ever since I first read it and it has been haunting me ever since. Any help would be appreciated. TY

Gamerz heaven

From wikipedia:

  Soon after starting the game, Kaito is attacked by the class president, Ogura. Ogura falls to Kaito and vanishes from the Second Zone. Now no one believes that Ogura ever existed except for Kaito's best friend Kawashima, who loves video games just as much as Kaito. Later Kaito eventually convinces other friends Rio, and Ren, who didn't believe him until a "meteor" hits the center of Tokyo, which was actually the work of the first area boss of Gamerz Heaven, Rush.

Regarding the mysterious girl:

  Upon reaching this strange new world, Kaito discovers a boy known as the "navigator", aptly dubbed "Nata". In Gamerz Heaven the real world is referred to as the "Second Zone". All enemies in Gamerz Heaven are after Nata and Kaito can only beat the game by saving him.


How long can a titan shifter stay in a titan form? In Attack on Titan, most titan shifters are only shown in their titan form for a while, but apparently, Pieck can stay in her titan form for up to 2 months.
How long can a titan shifter stay in a titan form? What about Eren?
Note: this is not about the 13-year curse, but the duration of the transformation.

Although I am an AOT enthusiast, I, too, am unsure. If you count Annie in, she was in a dormant stage for 4 years since her capture and Eren's rumbling. I'm assuming she was using her titian powers, because it would have been impossible for her to stay alive without suffocating, starving, and dehydrating. However, When Ymir was given the Titan power, she roamed outside for a while before going into a hibernation state for around 1,800 years all the while remaining in Titan form the entire time. Since Eren has inherited Ymir's powers, I'm assuming that he can at least last around roughly the same or half the time, but only if he went into a hibernation state like Ymir. This is all speculation on my part, however, and the time cannot be actually determined.


What was the motive for kidnapping Eri in the 1st episode of Railgun season 2? In the first episode of Railgun season 2, Erii Haruue gets kidnapped.

But why? What did they want with Erii?

Does it have something do to with the level 6 experiment from the first season?

They just needed to keep Anti-Skill at bay until they could make their escape. The two thugs original intended purpose was to break the pyrokinetic esper out of custody as he was about to be transfered to an Anti-Skill hospital.

They clearly didn't need her as they tossed her from the helicopter in order to lose Mikoto who was using her powers to pin the helicopter to the ground.


How the Akatsuki members turned all "missing-nin's"? I know why Itachi went rogue, and why he left the village and joined the organization, and I know from other questions and answers why and how the members arrived to the Akatsuki, but I'd like to know why did the Hidden Villages and the Five Great Nation let these kinds of shinobi's to be excluded from their homes, nations, and eventually life?

Just think about it, since almost every member of the Akatsuki once belonged somewhere, and you should be a fool to mistreat and let go of fighters like: Kisame, Kakuzu, Hidan, etc. All of them are powerful warriors, immortals, owning a chakra level like a tailed beast, prodigies of the century, possessors of Kinjutsu's, etc. How come that a Kage isn't able to understand the importance of these kinds of men, especially when "a nation is reflected by the military power it has" and let them go wild, resulting in their exile from their own native villages?

Missing-nins are not shinobi that got exiled from home. That does not happen.

Missing-nins always are shinobi who went rouge and left their villages willingly.

No village would want a shinobi of theirs going away and possibly to some other village spilling all their secrets? Especially not very powerful shinobi who were probably high in the ranks in their respective villages.


Why Raikage didn't consider Minato using Body Flicker in their fight? In his fight against Raikage, Minato spread his marked Kunai to many locations.
It seemed like the Raikage was very sure that Minato would only appear at the marked area/kunai.

My question is, can Minato appear at unmarked location using Body Flicker? I think he obviously can. If so, then why Raikage didn't consider this in their fight?

Minato's Flying Thunder God Techniqie allows him to teleport to any location which he has previously marked with a hand seal (either on a kunai or with his hand). The jutsu, which was Originally created by the The 2nd Hokage (Tobirama Senju) was perfected by Minato to the point where the "hand-marked" seal never disappeared from whoever Minato marked.

  Both Tobirama and Minato were famed as the fastest shinobi during their lifetimes. While both were very fast on their own, the Flying Thunder God also contributed to their fame.

The reason why Raikage A did not anticipate Minato's offense was because he did not know enough about Minato's Flying Raijin Jutsu. The rumors about Minato would have spread tales about how he could teleport to whatever Kunai he threw around but apparently Minato also had "some extra's up his sleeve" which only a few people knew about.

Minato was actually very fast in normal speed. To be able to react to Raikage A's top speed on lightning chakra mode and even counter attack.

  Before the Flying Thunder God Technique can be performed, users must first mark a target with their "technique formula"

Minato did not "just magically appear" at the back of Killer bee during Their Fight, what actually happened was that Minato used his hand to mark Bee a split second after dodging and cutting his tail. Raikage was trying to figure out which of the kunais that Minato would flicker to, little did he know Minato had already teleported to the mark he placed on Bee.


How did Koro-sensei prevent the Moon from falling onto the Earth? After blowing up the Moon, making it lose more than half of its mass, what did Koro-sensei do to prevent it from crashing onto the Earth? Given the loss of mass, the Moon would have lost the centrifugal force that kept it from crashing onto the Earth. So, there must be something that he done to prevent it, because if not, the World Leaders would've noticed and said something about the Moon getting closer.

Physically speaking, assuming there weren't any debris from the moon blowing up and hitting the earth, there's no real reason for the moon to fall down.

Gravity is determined by (among other things), the product of the Earth's and the Moon's masses. The acceleration is determined by the force of gravity divided by the moon's mass, so if you do the math, the only thing that matters in this problem space is the Earth's mass. The moon has no say in it.

It's similar to the reason all objects fall at the same acceleration on Earth, regardless of mass/weight.


What's the song during the shogi match between Smith and Gotou in episode 13? Does anyone know the name of the piece that plays in at around 9:20 during episode 13? It's during the shogi match between Smith and Gotou.

It's "One Blow", track 8 from the March comes in like a lion Original Soundtrack 3.


What song plays just before the ending song of My Hero Academia episode 3? Does anyone know the name of the song in My Hero Academia episode 3 that starts at 22:30 just before the ending song?

I think it might be the full version of the ending theme "Heroes." Sounds like extra guitar improv from the ending theme itself


What's up with the Black Butler intermissions? Today I decided to carry on watching Black Butler since I had only watched the first episode a couple months ago and then stopped watching. (so fairly new to the series) but I noticed that every time there was an intermission or brief break in between the episode, it always seem to feature either Ceil or Sebastian next to what I think is a tarot card?

I don't mind spoilers just so you know and maybe I am a bit slow, but is there a relationship or connection between the cards and how they always pop up in intermission to the storyline etc?

Edit: I just realised that I had been watching Black Butler II and not Black Butler I which would probably be why I was confused.

I'm late to this, whoops.

But the tarot cards, I assume, are just a foreshadowing of the uprising events.
If the Death tarot card appears: what happens in the episode?
Well, obviously, death. Either, on Ciel's side or the opponent of Ciel.

Some other cards are harder to explain but you could search up "insert tarot card here" on Google and then find the meaning there.

Sorry if this wasn't much help. I tried!


Do Eren's crystalization powers come from the Attack Titan or from the Founding Titan? In episode 50 of the Attack on Titan anime, Eren blocks one of the wall holes with his crystalizations powers. Do Eren's crystalization powers come from the Attack Titan or from the Founding Titan?

Eren can use the abilities of the founding titan only when he's in contact with someone among the royal bloodline. Thus all abilities Eren uses during combat is from the attack titan.

This was confirmed when Erin encounters the titan that ate his mother in season 2 episode titled "Scream", he was able to control all the other titans with his scream as he touched her.
That was the only time till date Eren was able to use the founding titans abilities.


Does Suisei no Gargantia have a manga? After watching Suisei no Gargantia, I have been looking like crazy for the manga, but have been unsuccessful in doing so. Is there a manga version of this anime?

Yes, there is. According MAL, it seems like it started publishing on Jan 10, 2013.

  A manga adaptation began serialization in the January issue of the Newtype Ace magazine. It is produced by the Oceanos team and drawn by Wataru Mitogawa. (Wikipedia)


How can Haku perform hand seals with only one hand? In the Land of the Waves arc, it can be seen that Haku performs handseals with only one hand. That must be something special, because a.) even Kakashi was surprised to see that, and b.) that's never seen again somewhere (except I forgot it).

How is that possible? Is that a special technique? Was it ever explained in the manga/anime?

Ebisu explains (in Chapter 90) that to perform a ninjutsu or genjutsu, a shinobi needs to go through 2 steps.

Build up the necessary amount of chakra for that jutsu.
Control the chakra for that jutsu using various hand seals.

Haku's ability to do hand seals with one hand shows his exceptional skill in the chakra control (at step 2).

There are other ways in which a shinobi's prowess with hand seals has been demonstrated. Senju Tobirama could use the Water Dragon Bullet Technique with just one hand seal, while it normally requires 44. Uchiha Sasuke has been able to use Chidori without any hand seals, and Fire Techniques with just one hand seal. (He needed more seals for both the jutsu when he started.)

The other shinobi shown to be capable of one-handed seals is Guren from the Three Tails filler arc. (Source: Narutopedia)


Lelouch - Geass in both eyes Until Lelouch confronted his father, his Geass was just in one eye. But suddenly, it changed and also appeared in the other eye. After that, he could stop his father's plans.

Was this a sign that his power was getting stronger? Or did something else change?

The Geass-in-both-eyes thing is just how the ever-increasing strength of Lelouch's Geass manifests. C.C. mentions on multiple occasions that his Geass will grow stronger and stronger, to the point that it cannot be controlled (even by the special contact lenses).

I don't think there's anything to it beyond that. Lelouch's Geass seems to grow stronger precisely when the plot demands it - first it becomes always-on in one eye, triggering the Euphinator incident, and then it activates in both eyes, allowing him to get rid of Charles.


Why Goku uses all the transformations he has except Super Saiyan 3 in the tournament of power? is there any reason why Goku uses all the transformations he has in the tournament of power except super saiyan 3? So far he has used,

Super saiyan . Against Caulifla for example.

Super saiyan 2. Against Kale for example.

Super saiyan blue. Against the trio de dangers for example.

Super saiyan god. Against Dyspo for example.

Does super saiyan 3 has a disadvantage over all the other transformations or something?

Because SSJ3 suppose to drag a lot of energy and it was shown when Future trunks came however I think it is not shown because we await for new form.


If 17's aura isn't ki, what is it then? In Dragon Ball, aura always meant ki. Recently, however, fighters without ki have been shown to have an aura. First 17, which now it's been explicitly stated he doesn't have ki. Kochiarator, which is a fusion of 3 robots, has been shown to have a sort of aura. And Anisa which is a fusion of 3 robots with a humanoid form definitely has an aura that isn't distinguishable from any other fighter's regular ki aura. So if 17's and other robots' aura aren't ki, what are they supposed to be?

What is ki?It's a form of life force energy used by characters in the Dragon Ball Universe. We consider the aura to be a form of ki and yes it is! Rather than ki, you should look at it as energy. They might both sound very similar but look at it this way. The ki blast fired by a character is different from the ki used while flying. So the aura has to do more about powering up and using energy. A good way to look at the same is if Android 17 were to have unlimited ki in terms of strength, he would technically be stronger than even the Grand Priest because of his unlimited strength, however, the androids only have unlimited stamina(life-energy source).Think of Android 17's power up to him using all his strength.  We know all living beings in Dragon Ball have ki. We also know that the amount of ki can be increased or by training and altered by  transformations or special skills like the Kaio-Ken. We also know that this Ki is not unlimited irrespective of who the being is. There have been many instances where a character (Didn't have enough energy to fight) or didn't have sufficient amount of energy to power up etc which is why they consume Senzu beans. Androids, on the other hand, have a special or unnatural energy source such that their ki capacity is unlimited. Unlike the other species(All species shown on Dragon Ball as of now). Due to the same, androids also have difficulty in sensing ki the way other species do and need special modifications to help locate a particular fighter. There is not definite available answer but this is what I believe. I think the amount of ki associated with stamina and energy has nothing to do with one's strength. In other words, when Goku uses his Super Saiyan transformations and alters his ki, I don't think he gains more life support or more stamina(as a matter of fact, he loses more stamina), yet his ki is altered. The same applies with regard to the androids. The only difference is, the androids have an unlimited source of life-energy(Stamina associated ki). We know Android 17 and even 18 obviously have gotten a lot stronger since the android saga. If they had a fixed capacity of strength ki, they wouldn't have been able to get stronger. Also, Koicherator, Aniraza, and the Androids shouldn't be confused with.Koicherator is a robot. They are 100% mechanically designed. They can power up or gain energy only by physical manipulation i.e(By designing them that way or by using a special power-up like the one Dr.Paparoni used).Aniraza is a fusion between Paproni and the Robot. It is not technically a modification like in case of the androids. I would compare it to the Potara fusion and fusion dance. We know Kefla's ki increased both strength wise and even stamina wise after the Potara fusion. Aniraza could be compared to that.Finally, Android 17 is a cyborg. He was a human-modified with mechanical parts. He has a special modification in him which gives him unlimited stamina. Since he's part human, he does have an unnatural source of Ki and also has the ability to get stronger with training, unlike Koicherator and Aniraza.


Was this person killed by someone else at the end of "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas"? I just finished Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai the movie as well as the manga. I found out that the main heroine (Sakura Yamaguchi) was found dead with a knife on her chest.

I’m wondering if she got killed by someone and if so, who was that and why did he/she do so?

My guess: I strongly believe that her ex-boyfriend murdered her.

Yes, the main heroine was killed by a random slasher unknown to the main character.

The murderer's name was never mentioned in all media (light novel, live-action film, manga, anime movie), but it's the random slasher that has been mentioned a few times in the story (in the newspaper, on the TV news). It's unknown to the main character as he said,

  山内桜良は、以前から世間を騒がせていた通り魔事件に巻き込まれた。どこの誰だかも知らない犯人は、すぐに捕まった。

  Sakura Yamauchi got dragged into the random slasher (通り魔) case that has been disturbing the society since then. The culprit whom I don't know was quickly arrested.

Since this is a random slasher case, there's no particular reason why they were attacking someone: she was just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

That said, the point of that scene is not about who the murderer was or why she was murdered, but why it happened despite the main topic about "pancreas".


How does "The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan" relate to the Haruhi Suzumiya series? MAL's page on The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan lists it as a spin-off for both The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009).

How exactly does the new series relate to the others?
Where does it fall into the timeline?
Or is it completely independent aside from using the same characters - in which case, can it be watched without previously having watched any of the older series?

The show's existence is in itself a spoiler for The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, so anyone who hasn't seen the movie/read the book yet has been warned.
Yuki-chan is a spinoff anime based on a manga that began in 2009. The series is written by the original author of the Haruhi series, Nagaru Tanigawa, and takes place in the alternate universe created during the events of Disappearance, in which the members of the SOS Brigade are simply normal humans, and the SOS Brigade doesn't even exist.
The spin-off focuses more on the day-to-day interactions between the characters than the original series, and follows the titular Yuki-chan as she attempts to pursue Kyon, on whom she has a crush. As the series progresses, Yuki-chan develops a friendship with Kyon as she attempts to confess to him, which leads me to believe that the series is non-canon, as the following conversation takes place in Disappearance shortly after Kyon finds himself in the alternate universe (around 3:17 in the link):

"Nagato, tell me ... do you know ... who I am?"
"I do. [...] I know that you're a student in class 5. I see you every now and then. But I don't know any more than that."

The spin-off can't take place before the events of Disappearance because Disappearance Yuki only knows Kyon from when he helped her get a library card, and it can't take place afterward because

Nagato had actually used her powers to rewrite the world and take away all supernatural elements surrounding Haruhi, not just create an alternate universe, and she reverts the change at the end of the story, erasing Disappearance Yuki and the rest of the Disappearance SOS Brigade from existence.

The series is thus probably non-canon, and doesn't fit into any specific place in the timeline.
Its plot is basically separated from that of the original series, so it can be watched independently with almost full plot comprehension. However, enjoyment of the characters and their actions might requires familiarity with the source material because the much of the show's appeal stems from gap moe, in which a perceived difference or contradiction in a person's behavior or action (i.e. "gap") is found to be cute or attractive. Yuki-chan lets viewers see the normally stoic Nagato express her feelings as a normal, shy girl, and without this contrast the show turns into another "cute girls doing cute things" anime - not that there's anything wrong with those.


What is the equivalent of "seme" and "uke" in yuri culture? As mentioned in this answer, the terms seme and uke are used in yaoi to describe a duality:

  Yaoi fans have adapted these terms to describe the roles in a male/male relationship: the seme is the one who takes the traditional male role: initiates the relationship, "pursues" the uke and is usually "on top" during sex. This can get ridiculously codified and outright heteronormative, e.g. the seme has to be taller and stronger, not show their emotions, etc. The "uke ends up winning" aspect may or may not be relevant.

If there is an equivalent to this kind of relationship in yuri manga and animation, what is it called?

If you use "uke" and "seme" to describe particpants in yuri relationships, I imagine you'll be understood, but it'd be very weird - male homosexual relationships and female homosexual relationships are conceptualized quite differently from one another in Japan, and uke/seme is only an element of the former. I don't think Memor-X's answer quite gets at this.

Here is a basic (and oversimplified) sketch of how homosexuality is conceptualized: in a relationship between two men, one of them needs to "be the woman". Hence, we have this deep dichotomy between "uke" ("the woman") and "seme" ("the man"). On the other hand, in a relationship between two women, there is no need for one of them to "be the man" - and so the uke/seme distinction does not arise as obviously. Indeed, there's this notion called リバ (~"riba", from "reversible") to describe a lesbian who is fluid with respect to her role in a sexual situation; I'm not aware of an equivalent term for men.

Why is there this asymmetry? The reasons are probably myriad; one obvious one derives from how penetrative sex works - one party must "attack" ("seme") and the other party must "receive" ("uke") - and penetrative sex is obviously more commonly an element of male homosexual relationships than female ones. In this respect, Euro-American and Japanese notions of male homosexuality are not entirely dissimilar.

But anyway, whatever the reason, the fact of the matter is that uke/seme terminology is by far more entrenched in the male homosexual community than the female homosexual community. And this distinction percolates from actual homosexual communities to the communities of people who consume media about homosexuality (yaoi/yuri). The Japanese-proficient reader may like to note the following:

The Japanese Wikipedia article on yuri does not reference the notion of "uke" or "seme".
dic.pixiv's article on yuri has explicit commentary about the ordering of names in a pairing (consider "MadoHomu" vs. "HomuMado") having nothing to do with uke/seme. (dic.pixiv is obviously not a "reliable source" in the WP:IRS sense, but I'd say it is reflective of the views and concerns of the community of people who consume yuri media.)
The glossary on the website of the "Lesbian Girls Club" in Osaka (with the wonderful domain name "lesbian.jp") only uses "uke" and "seme" as part of comparisons to related notions specific to lesbianism, like "tachi" and "neko" (as noted in makihige's answer).
But, things like dic.pixiv and other websites for fans of yuri media generally do not use the terms "tachi" and "neko". For reasons that are unclear to me, these terms, unlike "uke" and "seme", do not seem to have percolated from the lesbian community to fans of yuri media.

The basic takeaways are these:

Using "uke" and "seme" for female-female relationships is weird and not generally done.
That particular dichotomy is not really even a thing in the Japanese conception of lesbianism, though other dichotomies, like "tachi"/"neko", are things.
Consequently, in yuri media, "uke" and "seme" are, again, not really used.
However, "tachi" and "neko" are not really used by fans of yuri media either.

And so, the answer to OP's title question is basically this: not only is there not a one-to-one equivalent to "uke"/"seme"; there isn't even really any terminology at all that's used to dichotomize relationships in yuri media. Them's the breaks.


A rat that talks and is also a weapon? I think it was a movie or something but definitively not several episodes.

There was a girl and she owned/had a rat with her(I think it was a rat) that could transform into her cloths, weapon, etc and also talk.

I don't remember specific date it was around 2000~2005 I think.

She was running away from some incident that happened(pretty vague here), it was something related to fire maybe and she was involved with pretty shaddy activities.

The anime was situated on a city and the period was a recent era or perhaps slight into the future, not sure how to describe but not feudal or old like that, similar to a normal city of todays.

I can't remember anything else, but if I do, I post.

Thanks.

You're looking for Mardock Scramble. There are 3 movies that tell one story.


Is Lupin III: A Woman Named Mine Fujiko a prequel or a reboot of the Lupin series? I've watched Lupin III: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna ("A Woman Named Mine Fujiko") and some scattered episodes of the original Lupin III TV series. One thing that isn't clear to me is how the two series are related.

Depending on who I ask, some say that the new series is a prequel which describes how Lupin's gang got together, while others say that it is a reboot with a different continuity. I haven't seen enough of the original series to judge this either way.

Is there any authoritative source which confirms the relationship between the two series, one way or the other?

I think as far as the timeline goes, it's obviously before the events of all 3 Lupin III TV series. Because of the lack of overall plot, it's hard to say whether or not events from "A woman named Fujiko Mine" match up with all the events in the TV series without any ret-conning, maybe with the exception that Fujiko has memory loss.

There's never been any official announcement as it being a prequel and it's not consistent with the source material where the first meeting(s) between Lupin and Fujiko in the manga differ from this series (not that there's much consistency between the manga and any of the TV series to begin with).

Likewise, because of inconsistencies within the TV series itself (different characterizations of Lupin between the red and green jackets, different characterizations of his sidekicks and Fujiko) you could say the Fujiko series was a reboot just as likely as Lupin III, part 2 and part 3, the manga, were all reboots. But if you want to consider them all within the same continuity, I don't see any reason not to include Fujiko's series as a prequel, even if there would need to be some ret-conning (can easily just say Fujiko lost her memory again).


Is doujinshi always sexual? Sorry if this has an obvious answer, I'm pretty new to the anime community.

I've seen covers of doujinshi for certain pairings/fandoms I like, but from what I've seen of the contents, most of them get pretty steamy. I really like the concept of fan-published works and seeing certain characters interact, but I don't feel comfortable reading something so...explicit? Are there doujinshi that are based around platonic/fluffy romance interactions, or is this typically the standard for doujinshi? (And is there a way I can tell a platonic doujinshi from others?)

The term Doujinshi is rather broad, encompassing any self-published work. Sometimes, although rarely, even big name authors have created some doujinshi.

Wikipedia has a pretty decent article which defines it as:

  Dōjinshi (同人誌{どうじんし}), often transliterated as doujinshi) is the Japanese term for self-published works, usually magazines, manga or novels. Dōjinshi are often the work of amateurs, though some professional artists participate as a way to publish material outside the regular industry.

These self-published works are almost always inspired by work created by someone else, rather than being original works. Since the authors usually don't have original ideas to write about, instead they want to express their love for a series by writing stories that could have happened, which is why you're often seeing these sexual situations in doujinshi. Sex is popular, and it is generally abstained from in source material. Thus writing about it is a good way to make your doujinshi popular easily, since many people will have had similar thoughts while reading the source.

As far as if there are doujinshi that do not involve sexual situations, the answer is of course. Since we are talking about self-published works, there is really no limit to what kind of stories you could find, just like in any fan fiction.

Finally, your question about finding out what is in them ahead of time, has already been asked here: How do I figure out the contents of doujinshi? While there isn't an answer to that question posted, it seems the consensus from the comments is that outside of learning about the contents from a doujin circle, it is rather hard to know what to expect.


What is the relationship between Clow Reed and Ichihara Yuko? According here,

  Clow had accidentally wished for Yuko to live, thus severing her time
  from all dimensions. Clow regretted this wish, and no longer wanted
  the title of "world's most powerful magician".

Though it was said on the same link that their relationship is unclear and that Clow Reed had a former lover named Madoushi (appeared in Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 1), I would still like to ask (because someone here might know) how Clow Reed and Yuko is related. Clow Reed wouldn't have wished for Yuko to still live if there was nothing deep in their relationship. So are there any formal statements from CLAMP about their real relationship and the story behind Clow Reed wishing for Yuko to live?

For one thing, it wasn't a very deep thought that caused him to wish for her to still be alive. Instead, according to here:

  Upon her death, Yuuko finally explains her connections with Clow Reed. As Yuuko lay dying, Clow Reed had the briefest thought that he wanted her to remain alive. Clow's magic was so powerful that this single thought caused Yuuko to become frozen in time.

Additionally, according to here:

  In Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Clow Reed is mentioned by Yuko frequently. They seem to have worked together for the same event that Yuko always talks about: "the day that has to come". For this purpose, both created the Mokonas (which implies that they had met the "Real" Mokona of Cephiro).

As far as I can tell from everything I've read, they are not related by blood. Instead, they worked together. They may have been no more than acquaintances or maybe friends, as there seem to be few implications that they were ever anything more.

The only time I have seen it implied was in Chapter 138 of Tsubasa, where Clow said to Sakura, "Being apart from the one you like, no matter how old you are, is a lonely thing. And while apart, I'm wishing for that person to be happy." There are thoughts that he may have been talking about Yuuko. It is possible that he was talking about Madoushi, but Madoushi only appeared in an anime movie and so may not have been canon to the manga.

I cannot find any official statements on the matter, though.


Are people aware of who Naruto's parents are? Every villager in Konoha is aware that Naruto has the Kyuubi sealed inside of him.

Is anyone in the village or elsewhere (other than Kakashi and Jiraiya, that I remember knew) aware that he is the son of Minato and Kushina?
My main doubt being: do they know that he is the son of the Fourth Hokage?

Most of them didn't know. It was a secret to protect Naruto. Just a few people knew it. I found proof on this site:

  Suddenly orphaned, Naruto was left to grow up knowing nothing of his parents, receiving only his mother's last name because the Third Hokage thought that it was best that nobody knew that he was related to the Fourth Hokage.

They found it here: Naruto chapter 440, page 5


Why was Bartholomew Kuma after Luffy's head at the conclusion of the Thriller Bark arc? Why did Bartholomew Kuma want to take Luffy's head after the Thriller Bark Arc? Wasn't he a member of Revolutionary Army and secretly working for his father Dragon? If it wasn't for Zoro, Luffy would have died.

Bartholomew Kuma was a undercover member of revolutionary army, he cannot just say to the marines that he wont kill Luffy. Similarly, Straw Hat Pirates and Rolling Pirates (Lola's group of pirates) heard the order of the marines and Kuma can't just take a risk of blowing his own cover.

Hence he pretends to fight them all, since that also gives him a chance to check the loyalty of his crew and what are there potential.


How did Nunnally know that Lelouch did what he did for good? In the last episode of Code Geass R2, after Lelouch died, Nunally touched his hand and she suddenly knew what he did and what the Zero Requiem was. Was this a power of Geass?

This has something to do with the Geass. In episode 11 of Code Geass, Lelouch saw C.C.'s memories when he touched her. Though it wasn't the first time that he had touched her, seeing her memories was a first. It is left unclear under what circumstances does a memory leak like this one happens.

What happened to Nunnally was something similar. She saw his memories when she touched him. It is probably some anomaly related to the Geass.