How much does Shalltear love Ainz? (All quotes from the source material) I just finished season 1 and started the still ongoing season 2 from the anime and I loved Shalltear's character.

Now I wonder, were there any quotes in the light novel where it is shown Shalltear loves Ainz? Either through verbal or physical acts? Like blushing when Ainz's nearby, or fighting Albedo to marry him... I take it that the light novels might include more moments like these than the anime.

It seems that what I've watched so far covers volumes 1-4, so I am mainly looking for occurrences from those 4 volumes. Any other suggestions are still welcome as long as they don't include spoilers. Namely, all quotes are accepted if they don't spoil the story.

Revision - I had already finished writing the documents a while back, but I now thought that giving a general overview would be good. Once you click on either the word Pastebin or Google Docs you’ll be redirected to the main page, which contains very relevant instructions, so please read it first. This will lead to a complete understanding of the heart of my answer to your question: Quotes from Drama CDs, Quotes from Side Stories, Quotes from light novels (volumes 1-4), Quotes from light novels (volume 11). After that, there are the final conclusions on Shalltear’s love for Ainz.

As a side note, I recently answered another question in this forum about Overlord’s translation, so I decided to also edit these files so that they include the comparison between the official translation and the fan translation in more detail.

If you just wait for a few days, I'll give you many pages worth of such sentences as well as a full analysis on Shalltear's love for Ainz. I'm linking my own Pastebin and Google Docs for that purpose. (Right now they're visibly empty, but it will take me very few days to gather enough material to create a very long document)

In the meantime, I will explain one of quotes from Bhavin as it's quite revealing. I'll also quote a conversation between Shalltear and a death knight from the side story "Emissary of the king" that the author wrote.

  この二人の対立は恋敵であることに起因している。
  アインズはアルべドとシャルティア、両者から惚れられていた。絶世の美女二人に愛される。これ を喜ばない男はいないだろう。

This sentence that Bhavin mentioned (from volume 2 of the light novels) is very beautiful.

この = These
二人 = two people
の = possessive marker
対立 = opposition
は = subject marker
恋敵 = rivals in love
であること = the fact that
に = from
起因している = originates

All together...

These two's opposition originates from the fact that they are rivals in love.

アインズ = Ainz
は = subject marker
アルべド = albedo
と = and
シャルティア = shalltear
両者 = both
から = from/by
惚れられていた = to be in love with

All together,

About Ainz, to be loved by both Albedo and Shalltear

絶世の美女 = peerless beauty
二人 = 2 people
に = from
愛される = loved
これ = this
を = grammar marker
喜ばない = not be happy
男 = man
は = subject marker
いない = doesn’t exist
だろう = most likely

All together,

Loved by two peerless beauties, to not be happy of this, most likely there doesn't exist a man.

The reason the sentence is so beautiful is because the author used a different kind of love each time, showing how complete Albedo and Shalltear's love for Ainz is.

恋敵 (koigataki) = it uses koi, which can only mean romantic love. They fell in love with Ainz in a romantic way, the way you would feel for your boyfriend /girlfriend. It is always 100% romantic.

惚れる (horeru) = to be in love with/to be infatuated with or consumed by (romantic.) The romantic feeling is very strong on all occasions. The usual translation would be to "fall in love with" but context should be taken into consideration. The next love word used makes it clear it means “to fall in love with” with a very strong feeling of infatuation as well.

愛される (aisareru) which means a very deep type of love (to be loved by.) The word "愛" is the standard word for love in Japanese. However, Japanese VERY rarely say this word, and some people go their whole life without saying it. So it has come to have quite a deep meaning, you will almost always see suki used in the place of ai. Unlike the other 2, this type of love doesn't necessarily have to be just romantic when referring to another person, though it's even rarer to use it for family or a friend.

So far, Albedo and Shalltear are the only floor masters that have shown the first 2 kinds of love. The third type of love should also include romantic love in their case.

Regarding the conversation I said I was going to quote, it is from the side story "Emissary of the King" that Maruyama wrote. Ainz sends one of his servants, a death knight, to ask the floor masters what it is they really desire. Shalltear is a bit skeptical at first.

  "Then… Is the reason you came to me first because I am the furthest away from Ainz-sama? Was it purely a matter of distance?"

  It wasn't like that. The Death Knight told her what his master had said, that "Shalltear is a very important person." The mood changed in an instant.   Something that felt like hot air roiled in front of him. There was no change in Shalltear — no. Her crimson pupils glowed like lava.

  "—Forgive me. I must have gone deaf for a moment, so I didn't hear what you said just now. Do forgive me. Could you please tell me  what Ainz-sama said, one more time?"

  It was hard to believe that undead, with their immunity to biological status effects, could go deaf. But he had no reason to deny Shalltear's request. So, he repeated himself.

  The corner of Shalltear's mouth turned up. "—Ha! Hahaha! Ahhh, if only Albedo was here to listen to this! Hahaha!" After having a good
  laugh, Shalltear continued asking the Death Knight  other questions.

  "Did Ainz-sama say anything about Albedo?" After hearing that Ainz hadn't mentioned anything, Shalltear was all smiles. ...  Conversations were like passing in basketball. If the exchange ended after only a couple of rounds, something was wrong. … Seeing Shalltear's discomfort, the Death Knight asked the final question, "What do you want?"

  Shalltear's smile was bewitchingly beautiful as she made her reply. "I want Ainz-sama's love. I don’t mean to say it only has to be me. After all, it's normal for a great man to claim many women for himself. It would be surprising if any woman could resist an absolutely amazing man like Ainz-sama. However, I want to be the first in his heart."

(Later, Ainz-sama’s servant goes back to Ainz and tells him what happened and what she desires.)

  "Very well. Then let me hear the answer to the last question."   As he heard Shalltear's answer, Ainz sagged like a puppet whose strings had been cut. "... Besides Ainz. Append that to the last question the next time you ask it. Understood?"

(Later, the death knight servant goes to Cocytus and asks)

  "What do you want… besides Ainz-sama." Cocytus seemed to grin at the addition. "…I. See. Someone. Asked. For. That. It. Must. Have been. Albedo. Or. Shalltear."

(Each servant wants a different thing: Aura wants magical beasts, Mare wants plants… On the other hand, Albedo and Shalltear love Ainz too much, and they may never get their wish granted.)


How does "at all" mean "no hair"? In Aoishiro, on the 2nd day during Lunch, Momoko is complaining about the lack of animal protein in the meals Yasumi has prepared, who has been trying to keep to vegetarian Buddhist Meals.

Momoko asks Suzuki Yuukai, the monk of the temple, if he would run her out of the temple if she ate meat, he says:

  I don't condemn eating meat at all.
  (Literally, "at all" = "no hair")

This is what Yuukai looks like

After reading the liner notes of Maria Watches Over Us, I know that some humor in Japanese language comes from puns on how words look very similar but have vastly different meanings only because of one character of the placing of a space.

I know Yuukai is bald, however, I don't get how not condemning eating meat at all = him having no hair, as at dinner on the second day, he points out that he does eat meat (asking Shouko if his "Iron Body" could come from a vegetarian diet). I played the English fan translated version.

So I am wondering, is this actually some sort of pun only understandable if you know Japanese (i.e. read the original Japanese text)? What exactly does he mean?

I found a walk through of the game in Japanese on YouTube. The link shows the exact scene in the unpatched Japanese version.
The same line in Japanese is

「[肉食]{にくじき}を[咎]{とが}めるつもりは[毛頭]{もうとう}なし」.

The pun is on 毛頭なし, where in this context, it means "not at all". However, if you interpret the idiom 毛頭なし literally, it means "no hair" (毛 = hair, 頭 = head, なし = no).
As reference, here is the entry of 毛頭 on Weblio:

【一】 （ 副 ）
（下に打ち消しを伴って，打ち消しを強調する気持ちを表す）毛の先ほども。少しも。いささかも。 「立候補する気は－ない」 「そんなつもりは－ない」


What's the song in Tokyo Ghoul when Tsukiyama tries to stop Kaneki? It's also played when Anteiku is on fire and Touka runs to Kaneki. Please help, I've been looking for so long.


Which is Kraft Lawrence's familiar name, and which his surname? Regarding the character of Kraft Lawrence from Spice and Wolf, I've often wondered whether Kraft was supposed to be his familiar name or his surname. Kraft sounds more like a surname to me, but Lawrence could be either. I'm aware that in Japan, the family name is given before the familiar name, but as the story is styled more as a European medieval fantasy, it isn't so clear to me what Isuna Hasekura intended. Characters such as Norah Arendt and Eve Boland seem to have their familiar names first. Unlike Lawrence, Norah and Eve are both more commonly referred to by their first names rather than their last. My confusion is further legitimized by the third volume of the Spice and Wolf manga. In the bonus manga at the end, set in Japan, Lawrence is introduced thusly:

  Young Master Lawrence of the House of Kraft.

This sidestory is obviously not canonical and not authoritative, but still serves to muddy the issue. So, is there any information that would definitively prove whether Kraft is Lawrence's familiar name or his surname?

I'm pretty sure "Lawrence" is intended to be his surname/family name and "Kraft" his personal name. My recollection from the anime is that he is occasionally referred to as "Lawrence-san," which while permissible for a personal name would be unusual enough to be remarked.

Moreover, he's frequently referred to as "Mr. Lawrence" by people who would have absolutely no reason to call him something cutesy like Mr. Personal-name. For example, in the Vol. 1 of the light novel (Yen Press translation), Marheit (head of Milone Trading, features in the silver trenni arc) calls him "Mr. Lawrence" on pp. 238, 243, 248, 260... pretty much throughout their interactions.


How come WW3 doesn't happen in the Stein's Gate worldline? Since Kurisu is alive, and even though her paper was burned, she would republish it given how seriously her father took it, How come WW3 doesn't happen in the Stein's Gate worldline?

It can be assumed Kurisu would never touch that theory again. Even if she did, it would never end up being used for evil. Otherwise, it would not be Steins Gate and Suzuha would time-travel from the future.

From what we've seen in the Steins;Gate visual novel and some drama CDs:

   Time travel can exist in any world line and it doesn't necessarily end up with a dystopia or a world war.

Another perspective for this is the attractor fields. AFs are groups of world lines that converge to the same future. The world lines in the Alpha AF always converge to the SERN dystopia and the Beta to WW3. The world line Steins Gate lies in both Alpha and Beta, making itself its own AF, converging to neither and having its own unknown future. So time travel or not, WW3 should not happen.

This is largely speculation btw.


Who is the being with 2 eyes in Magi chapter 323? So I am confused about the identify of the 2-eyed thing.

I assume the person with 3 eyes is Ugo for that's how he looks when David fights him. For it to be Arba seems rather out of character to me, in later pages of the chapter.

Was 2 eyes some sort of amalgamation of Rukh/will of the world or something more individual?

You are correct on the 3-eyed guy being Ugo. As for the 2-eyed guy, I believe it is an amalgamation of Rukh from old kings. If you notice, Ugo states you guys implying there are more than one and the 2-eyed being says that Sinbad has done enough and unveils him from inside.

Another hint would be the fact that the 2-eyed being is seen above speaking directly to Sinbad as Sinbad is crawling on the ground and says, "Divine providence...the one that reaches the top will fall...Old kings?."

Sinbad's Rukh leaves his body near the end of the frames as it goes to join the old kings.

Hope this helps, the angles are tricky to understand sometimes.


How can I see if legal anime subs are available in a certain language for streaming? I'd like to watch anime (legally) with French subtitles (while not in a French-speaking region), since I'm trying to improve my French. How can I easily see anime that has French subtitles available legally? Some sites (namely Crunchyroll) have non-English subtitles, but it's impossible to see whether or not a specific series has those non-English subtitles available until I get to the episode page (or possibly a page for the series - I'm not completely sure).

I would like to be able to have sort of list to see whether or not I can watch anime X in language Y (or possibly at least have some way to know this without looking at specific entries for each series). How can this be done? With some languages such as English or Chinese it's generally pretty simple, but with others it doesn't seem as clear.

I have found a solution. On Crunchyroll there is a workaround to this.

Step 1

Head over to the footer or bottom of the website. It should look something like this >

Step 2

From the footer, head over to languages in the footer, then head over to the highlighted text which says 'French'

Step 3

After this the page should reload and the animes should now be playing with French subtitles.

Note: Not sure if it will work, but it did work for me. Have a look in the picture below. Try it on Golden Time Episode 24.


Could dragon balls bring the universes back? In Dragon Ball Super, a giant tournament between the most powerful fighters of eight different universes is currently happening. The seven universes to lose will be erased by the God of all universes.

If that happens, could dragonballs possibly save the erased universes ?

The universal super dragon balls can revive the universes yes. As it was said during their first encounter that this Shenron was powerfull enough to grant "any" wish.

However I doubt that the Super Shenron would go against Zen-oh as he would be at the risk of being erased. This is my personal thought, but based on the fear of the earth Shenron towards Beerus I can asume that Omega Shenron has the same fear towards Zen-oh. Due to this he most likely would refuse to grant the wish.


How could Chihiro tell which pigs were her parents? In the early scene of Spirited Away, Chihiro's parents were turned into pigs.

I don't remember how she knew if the pigs were her parents or not.

How could she tell?

Because Haku told her, but also because she knew what was important.

When Chihiro is faced with the Yubaba's final challenge, she is told she gets one chance to find her parents. Haku has explained the rules of the challenge to her, but also told her that Yubaba doesn't want to let her go - and so presumably has told her that Yubaba is likely to cheat, and not include Chihiro's parents among the pigs she is told to pick from.

When Chihiro tells Yubaba that her parents aren't there, that's the correct answer. This shows that Yubaba did indeed cheat, but also it shows that Chihiro learnt what Yubaba didn't - when Zeniba took away Boh (the baby), Haku told Yubaba "You still haven’t noticed that something precious to you has been replaced." and her first reaction was to look at the pile of gold she had gotten from No Face, before realising that what she thought was Boh was a trick. In comparison, by the end of the film Chihiro has learnt how important her family is, and even in their transformations should would be able to recognise them amongst the other pigs if they were really there.


Did Krilin get god ki? In the last episode of Dragon Ball Super I was under the impression that Krilin could have gotten god ki. His ki was drawed differently, and he mentions that he has to control his energy for enemies not to notice him, just like Vegeta said he had to control his ki to not overflow when he acquired god ki for the fist time and god ki is not sensed by non gods. Now it was a thought that it lasted a few seconds in my mind, but now I've just seen that several youtubers are talking about the same in their videos, that it seems Krilin got god ki or became a human god. Is there any proof that what he did is god ki or it isnt god ki?

No. Not at all. No way. Just because he had a ki silhouette instead of a ki flame does not mean he suddenly got some new power especially the ki of the gods.


Which is the manga series with the highest number of volumes? There are some famous manga like One Piece have 77 volumes and are still ongoing or Naruto which has 72 volumes.

Which manga series is the one with the highest number of volumes ?

As described in Wikipedia the manga Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (Kochikame) is the manga series illustrated by Osamu Akimoto with the highest number of volumes and ended on September 17, 2016 in the 42nd issue of the year, in commemoration of Kochikame's 40th anniversary. It was continuously serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since September 1976 with 1960 chapters collected into 200 tankōbon volumes.


What other sacred/legendary places exist that are like Mount Myoboku, Ryuuchi Cave, and Shikkotsu Forest? The locations that have been mentioned where one can learn sage mode are:

Mount Myoboku
Ryuuchi Cave
Shikkotsu Forest

I am interested to know if any other places exist that are on-par with these places, such as a place where a legendary event has occurred. (Example: A place of hawk, summoned by Sasuke while fighting against Danzo).

We know that there are other types of creatures, Gai summoned a turtle, Temrai summoned a weasel, and I'm not even beginning to talk about Pain's Chikshodo.

However, as for the "homes" of said summoned creatures, only 3 have been confirmed. The 3 you listed.

Mount Myoboku
Ryūchi Cave
Shikkotsu Forest


Who are the characters on the two secret rubber straps for season one? One of the pieces of merchandise for Symphogear season one is a "trading rubber strap", about half way down the second page of goods on the official site. There are ten varieties - Hibiki, Miku, Ryouko, and Chris in regular clothing; Hibiki, Chris, Tsubasa, and Kanade clad in Symphogear; and then two more secret ones that are shown only in silhouette.

Who are the characters depicted on the two secret straps? I can't tell from the silhouettes, though the shape of the one on the left looks suspiciously like Tsubasa's hair.

If you're still looking for an answer, it's a second Kanade and Tsubasa.
Here is what they look like. (Source.)


Which of Ash's Pokemon faints the most? In the Pokémon anime, which one of Ash's Pokémon (other than the Pokemon that has been in more than one region than Ash, unless you re-count the number of faints for each region and not including Raticate or Aipom or any of his unofficial Pokémon) has fainted the most?

I'm not going to bother checking every single episode, since I have better things to do with my life.

However, I can say with a 90% certainty that it's Pikachu. Not because it's weak, but because he has stayed with Ash the whole time, much more longer than any other of Ash's pokemon. So he's battled more and likely to have lost more.


Why is human transmutation illegal or that matter have alchemy laws? Follow me here for a minute.  The state is controlled by the homunculi/Father who wants people to use alchemy to do dangerous research especially human transmutation to make philosopher stones.

Why would they have laws that forbid it in their country?  Seems counter productive to their goals.

@Madara basically hit the nail on the head here, but I thought I'd elaborate a bit.

Unmarked spoilers follow.

Father wants people making philosopher's stones for his goals. He has his end goal of the Nationwide Transmutation Circle, and he has a plan to get it. This plan involves the military laboratories (especially lab #5), as well as waging wars (such as the blood crest in the North), and a few other things.

But let's consider the very first episode of Brotherhood, in which Isaac McDougal, by way of philosopher's stone, launched an attack against the military, attempting to completely freeze over Central. This was clearly contrary to Father's goals, as its motive was to destroy Central by ice, beneath which Father lived.

And later in the series, the truth behind the military's law of, "you must not create humans," is revealed: they are not concerned with ethics, but rather to prevent people from creating an army which would oppose the government's, and subsequently, oppose Father.

So, like @Madara initially mentioned: killing people in reality is illegal, yet countries wage war because the governments have their own motives, which they believe are above those of the citizens. Yet, we can't just have citizens going around massacring others, can we? (Hint: The answer is no.)


Is Kami's lookout connected to Korin's tower? Are the two connected or just close by? In the video games it always seems like they are two separate buildings. But in the anime it seems like it takes no time to fly from one to the other.

No they are not.

Kami's Lookout is in a Geo-Stationary orbit directly above Korin's tower but are not connected, directly. The Lookout - Wikia

They used to be connected by the Power pole before Master Roshi gave it to Grandpa Gohan, who later gave it to Son Goku. Goku used it as a weapon but its primary purpose was to reach Kami's Lookout.

Here is what Wikia has to say about this. Power Pole - Wikia

  The Power Pole is a magical, length-changing staff that is owned and wielded by Goku for most of the Dragon Ball series. Before Master Roshi gave the Power Pole to Grandpa Gohan (who later gave it to Goku prior to the start of Dragon Ball), it was owned by Korin. Although Goku uses it primarily as a weapon, its true purpose is to use its size-changing ability to travel from Korin Tower to Kami's Lookout.

Referring to What happened to Goku's Nyoibou and Kinto'un? for the details about Power pole in DBZ. It is seen again in the end credits of DB GT.

  The Power Pole is later seen extending from Korin Tower to the Lookout several times during the course of Dragon Ball Z, and Goku is seen with it one final time in the Japanese ending credits of "Until We Meet Again", the last episode of Dragon Ball GT.


Why did Satoo use "Fabrication" when the flying ants attacked? In episode 6 of Death March, a swarm of flying ants attacks the town Satoo is in. Immediately prior to their arrival, he tells some of the military people (Zena's coworkers) about them. When he does so, he's shown to have used the skill "Fabrication" (詐術):

What was he fabricating (or going to fabricate)? His statement appears to me to be truthful.

It's a problem with the translation. In the LN, Satoo says "A giant flying ant like this would never act on its own. Most likely, more will follow. You should send out as many scouts as possible…" (this comes from the Yen Press translation of the novel). He's coming up with an feasible explanation with the Fabrication skill as to why he's sending the girls to find their weapons since he can't reveal that he has a radar.

In this scene, the dialogue gets cut short, managing only to say "Kono flying ant wa mure de..." which would be roughly be "This flying ant... the swarm..." which in a complete form I guess he wanted to say "A flying ant doesn't go far from its swarm" which would be along the lines of what's said in the YP translation, YP's translations are quite liberal so it could just be a rephrasing.


Meaning of telegraph code in the song "Planetes" The song Planetes in Guilty Crown begins with some telegraph encoding, which I think is Wabun code.
Here is the YouTube link.
My transcription is:
-•-• -••-- •-- --•-- •- --•-• •-•-- -•--•

which decodes to this:

ni-yu-ya a-i-shi-te-ru

Niyuya didn't make sense. Did I get something wrong?

It really is Wabun Code. The telegraph sequence at the start of the song was widely known and had been discussed on Japanese website, all of them says 「集｛しゅう｝　愛｛あい｝してる」 (Shu-u, ai-shi-te-ru) is the encoded message. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
If you take a look at the Wikipedia page you cited, the small ゃ ya, ゅ yu, ょ yo in the digraphs are encoded the same as regular や　ya, ゆ yu, よ yo.
So we can comparing your attempt at decoding:
-•-• -••-- •--

and the supposed coding of the message (shi-yu-u):
--•-• -••-- ••-

Listening to the telegraph sequence again to cross-check, while I can agree with Japanese fans' transcription of the 3rd mora ••-, I could only hear 1 dash at the beginning for the first mora --•-•. And apparently, the author of answer [1] on Yahoo also encountered the same problem:

ネタバレになってしまいますが、
「しゅう あいしてる」
だそうです。桜満集のことですね。
ただ、最初の音(？)が微妙に「にゅ」と解読されるようですが、「にゅう あいしてる」だと意味が通じないので「しゅう あいしてる」で間違いないとおもいます。

Translation:

This is going to be a spoiler,
but it seems to be "Shuu, I love you".
"Shuu" here is referring to Ouma Shuu.
However, although the first sound somewhat decodes to "nyuu", "nyuu aishiteru" doesn't really make sense, so I think it is definitely "Shuu aishiteru".

There is this question on Yahoo Answer which says that apart from the Morse code at the beginning and at the end (which I myself also confirm, but I don't bother to decode it), the asker feels that there are also Morse code playing in the background through out the song (which I also feel there is something, but listening closely reveals nothing).


Why King was demoted from #6 to #7 S Class rank? According to the One Punch Man wikia the first rank assigned in screen to King was #6 but he currently is #7. Why was he demoted?

Metal Knight and King switched ranks after the meteor event.  Metal Knight was promoted based on his "assistance" in destroying that meteor.  Public perception, contributions to the association, and a known list of accomplishments all factor into ranking decisions in the association.  It's not simply a matter of who is more powerful.  In this case, Saitama's contribution to the meteor event was undervalued, and the contribution of Genos and Metal Knight was overvalued (and both were promoted).


Why were several fights skipped in episode 31? In episode 31, we were in the middle of the fight between Hien and Senkuu which ends with Hien dying and Genji Togashi preparing to take his place in the fight.

Suddenly we are shown Tazawa and Matsuo who survived the fall in the river and met the principle Edajima Heihachi who tells them that they are in the middle of the 4th battle.

This is followed by a brief summary of the missed fights in a short time.

Why did they skip the battles and fast forward to the final battle between Momotarou and Daigouin Jaki?

Because the anime got canceled while in the middle of broadcasting due to receiving continuing protest from Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) in Japan.
From Japanese Wikipedia,

アニメ独自の解釈が折り込まれているが、放送当初からPTAの抗議が絶えず、中盤以降は放送取り止めを叫ぶほどに激化したという。結局、大威震八連制覇編で放送は終了することになり、第31話にて第2戦途中から最終対決までの経過をダイジェストで進める強引な手法が採られている。
While the original interpretation of the anime was folded in, PTA's protest continued since from the beginning of the broadcast, then got intensified until reaching to the point of "shouting" to stop the broadcast while in the middle of the story plot. In the end, since the broadcast was decided to end after "Great Trembling Conquest of the Unified Eight" arc, the battle from the middle of 2nd round until the final round in episode 31 was cut and summarized heavily to advance the progress.
(Emphasize mine)


Why is "aku soku zan" used in different animes? In Rurouni Kenshin, Hajime Saitoh had a philosophy of life or something like that called "aku soku zan" that was something like "kill the evil immediately" which he mentions when fighting Makoto Shishio. Now in Dragon Ball Super Toppo says to Goku the same "aku soku zan". What is this really? Is this something from animes or the history of Japan or something?

I didn't find any good evidence at all for where this phrase comes from. A few weird Shinsengumi fan sites and Urban Dictionary claim that it was a real historical phrase, but Wikipedia and the question I posted to History SE claim it was not a real phrase and was invented by Nobuhiro Watsuki for the manga. Wikipedia claims without citation:

  The "Aku Soku Zan" motto he lives by (悪即斬, most literally, "Kill those who are evil immediately,", translated as "Slay Evil Immediately" in the English dub and as "Swift Death to Evil" in the VIZ manga) is most likely fictitious, though it does encompass a common sentiment of the Shinsengumi during the Bakumatsu.

The only semi-reliable source among these is the Google Books search that Avery did for the History SE answer, which turned up no results for the phrase anywhere in the 20th Century. The History SE answer also points out that the phrase smacks of the kind of bad Classical Chinese that a non-expert modern Japanese speaker would come up with, which is at least decent circumstantial evidence.

All I really have to go on at this point are instincts, which tell me that if it's this hard to find any decent historical source on this phrase, it's highly unlikely that a mangaka doing a weekly action series for Shounen Jump would have managed to dig it up, so it was probably a fabrication. I don't know whether it was Watsuki's specifically or if it was one of the weird fabricated "facts" that sometimes show up in happy fun-time history picture books aimed at grade schoolers that you buy in the gift shop at the museum, but my gut says someone made this up in the modern day.

This would mean that when other anime use the phrase, they're referencing Rurouni Kenshin. They might be doing so intentionally; several high-profile manga creators of today, including Eiichiro Oda of One Piece and Hiroyuki Takei of Shaman King worked as assistants for Watsuki, and the series has remained popular, leading to a live action film released in 2012, with a sequel in 2014, so it's still in the public consciousness. It's also possible that after the phrase was introduced in Rurouni Kenshin, it became part of folk history, the way American films like Titanic have influenced the public's view of the historical events.


What's the difference between Endeavor and Dabi's quirks? Endeavor and Dabi seem to have very similar quirks, with the exception that the flames Dabi generate are blue. Is there any other difference? Is one quirk stronger than the other in some way?

Both quirks essentially do the same thing, but blue flames (used by Dabi) are hotter and more fuel efficient than red flames (used by Endeavor) though Endeavor uses blue flame as special move while all of Dabi flames are blue.

Because blue flames burn oxygen more efficiently, Dabi can create big attacks with less effort than Endeavor.

In my opinion Dabi quirk is more stronger than Endeavor quirk.


Couldn't the Chimera Ant King be trapped in Knov's Nen dimension? I enjoyed the anime a lot. Most of the time, no main character made bad decisions in fights or at progressing. However, in the Chimera Ants arc, wouldn't it be easier to trap the Chimera Ant King in one of the special rooms in Knov's Nen dimension? Are the rooms to weak to keep him in there?

They could just let him starve there. I know Knov was scared of the Chimera Ant's Nen, but he created those rooms before the battle, so one of the others could move the King there.

The plan required the Hunters to somehow force the King to move into Knov's Nen rooms, which would be almost impossible. Knov creating a Nen portal close enough to the King and pulling him into the room is ruled out. As you mentioned, just coming into contact with Royal Guard Pouf's En caused him to suffer a mental breakdown.

The next option is for the other Hunters to move the King into Knov's rooms. The Hunters could not realistically hope to achieve that given the gap in power between Chairman Issac Netero and the King.1 The Hunters were aware of this gap before entering the battle, so they wouldn't consider it.

The plan was also risky because the extent and nature of the King's powers are a big unknown. Even if they succeeded, what if the King's Nen could destroy Knov's Nen once he is inside the room, or if it could "hijack" Knov's Nen, analyze how it works and obtain the Master Key? (and so on) The Nen abilities in Hunterverse vary from compound interest to teleporting gorillas, so the King having some troublesome Nen abilities could not be ruled out.

1 The anime confirmed this gap of power rather beautifully later when one of Netero's strongest attacks scores a direct hit on the King, who was sitting on the ground, but the King just wipes some blood off his cheek.


Will Stain get One for All ability? After watching fight between Midoriya and Stain, I started to wonder if Stain may obtain the One for All ability ?

We all know that in order to pass the ability of One for All, you need to pass your DNA to other person ( By passing hair which All might did, but you can use blood or saliva too ).
Now Stain always licks the blood to use his pulverise on the enemy, and he licked Midoriya's blood, too.

As now Midoriya has the One for All ability, licking his blood, and DNA there, seems like it may allow the ability to be passed to Stain?.

So is it really possible (considering Stain is unconscious/dead )?

One of the requirements for getting One for All is intent/will - both the person passing it on needs to want it to be passed on and the person getting it needs to want to have it.

As any fight between Stain and Midoriya would lack this component (Midoriya wouldn't ever want to pass One for All to Stain - and Stain would have to know about it and want it), there is no chance of Stain getting One for All.

This has been explained in the manga, which is ahead of the anime (and was likely only explained because others have figured the same loophole as you have).


What song is playing in DBS Episode 130 at around 9:40? So I've heard this song with the previous fight of Goku with Kefla and Jiren.
It also is featured in Episode 130 and begins at around 9:40. And for the record, I've tried Shazam and other similar services.

If possible, plz link the source.

Found the song, from the original soundtrack vol. 2. "The Power to Resist"


What are the requirements to wield God ki? We have seen quite a bit of change from battle of the gods to the universal tournament arc in super.

So far as I know some supreme kai, Goku, Vegeta, Trunks and gods all can use god ki.

Goku has both red and blue ss forms. While the other saiyans can use or halfway use blue.

Is blue just kind of becoming the next level of evolution for ki? Or are there specific requirements that need to be met in order to tap into god ki?

Has the show or manga elaborated on this at all?

What we've seen in the anime is Goku first got god ki when he became super saiyan god (red) after making the ritual where 5 saiyans of pure heart surrounded him.

Vegeta first got god ki only (not in super saiyan) when he was sent to train to another dimension by Wiss along with Goku

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNpUK5n9bHg

there Vegeta tells what they call god ki is ki which doesnt overflow from his body

In this other video, after being told by Wiss not to overflow their ki, both Goku and Vegeta get a taste of super saiyan blue, which supposedly is "having the power of a super saiyan god (god ki) and then becoming a super saiyan"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxrFIuWsaVg

So, a requisite to have god ki is to learn how to control ki for it not to overflow from the user's body. Personally, I also believe you need a certain minimum power level to attain god ki, otherwise why Wiss made Vegeta train and raise his power level before telling him how to use and get god ki (Additional note: Wiss also mentions "he is reaching the level where he can sense god ki").

Unless you are a special case, such as Kamisama (Dende) or Supreme Kai, who can feel other's god ki and therefore have god ki, because they were assigned gods or they were born gods, when they have a low or not so great power level (it's stated than only gods can feel god ki)

And for the manga, I dont remember anything relevant about god ki. Usually Toyotaro in the manga tries to fix the mess done by the anime or movies regarding different contradictory concepts with some additional explanations , but this wasnt the case. (sometimes he also makes more mess than coherence)


What does the 'D' stand for in all the names? There are a lot of characters with the middle initial "D".  Is this an indication of something, or do they really all just have middle initials of the letter D?  If they are initials, do we know what they stand for?

Examples of names:

  Monkey D. Luffy
  Monkey D. Dragon
  Portgas D. Ace
  Monkey D. Garp
  Gol D. Roger

Update

We start to see the meaning behind the D. In the episode 703 of the Anime...

   ...Corazon talks to Trafalgar D. Law, telling him how young kids in Marie Jois are instructed to see D. as a sort of boogeyman:

 "Badly behaving children will be eaten by the D."

 He continues saying that in some parts of the world, the Family of D. is known as 神の天敵 (kami no ten teki), translated "God's natural enemy".

 He also states that "God" in this instance is used to refer to the Celestial Dragons.

It hasn't been revealed yet I think.

  The initial was first pointed out in Oda's SBS questions and answers corner, he was also asked what the D in Luffy's name stood for. Oda just replied to read it as a D for now and that he would reveal the truth behind it in time.

You can read more in the Will of the D. wiki.


Why did Aizen want to defeat the Soul King? We know Aizen is trying to make keys and combining Hogyoku, assembling Hollow armies, etc. The question is why? What's the motive behind it? Is it cliche like "GREEED FOR POWAAA!!" or are there other plans of what he is about to do as a Soul King? Perhaps rule change? What is he really fighting for?

For the most part: we don't know. It's a plot point that was never really resolved by the time the manga concluded.  All we have is the following angry exhortation from Aizen after being defeated by Ichigo and Urahara, admonishing Urahara for simply accepting the status quo and "that thing" as the Soul King.

Without that we might have been left to conclude Aizen's real plan was to explore the depths of power and find a challenge, and the Soul King was just a point on the path. But it seems he didn't like the idea of being controlled, and he wanted to change the world. But beyond his perception of control, we're never really given a reason why he wants to do this or what he intends to accomplish.


Is Lector the Exceed alive? Sting the dragon slayer has Lector, the Exceed cat.

Is Lector alive or dead? Did Minerva lie to Sting by saying she transported Lector to a different place or is it true?

Well, he's alive, he was saved by Minerva's Magic seconds before being killed. From manga chapter 307, The Order Of The Hungry Wolves

And she's not lying


Why do Japanese live-action adaptations appear to have extremely similar artistic direction to their manga/anime source material? It is possible that my premise is extremely flawed, but I have noticed in recent times that there are quite a few live-action adaptations of Japanese anime or manga that look very similar in visual style to their source material. For example, I recently saw a trailer for the Japanese film Parasyte, which is based on a manga. Many of the scenes from the trailer look identical to parts of the manga, and the appearance of the parasites is identical to the original artwork. I also saw the movie trailer for Attack on Titan and the titans in the film look identical to those in the manga and anime. There are quite a few other examples that I've encountered that I cannot list right now.

In Hollywood, even when animated material is adapted to live-action, usually the artistic direction is quite distinct between the two. Some of Marvel's latest superhero movies borrow a lot from their comic book material, but even then their visual style is quite distinct from the "comic book" look. The film adaptation of Watchmen was extremely similar in both plot and artistic direction to the graphic novel and it was critically panned for this, which leads me to believe that it is somehow deemed unacceptable to do this for Western graphic novels.

Is there a reason why the live-action adaptations of manga are so close in appearance/artistic direction? Or is it just my limited experience?

I probably have not watched enough live-action drama TV series and film adaptions of manga to verify whether or not they do, for the most part, bear extremely similar artistic direction to their manga/anime source material; however, this is not surprising if it is indeed the case.

The reason it is not surprising is that Japanese culture values sticking with tradition and establishing traditions. This is why their traditional arts such as tea ceremony, ikebana, kimono manufacture, and sumi-e painting are not interested in "innovation" but rather pride themselves in remaining unchanged in technique and materials/tools.

Most Japanese companies follow a tradition of doing things procedurally as they have been done up until now; they are generally averse to streamlining, experimenting, and risk-taking (this is the launching point for the plot of the TV drama 「フリーター、家を買う。」 [Part-Time Worker Buys a House]: Take Seiji quits his job after only 3 months because his company will not allow any newbies to suggest improvements to make operations more efficient).

The Takarazuka Revue all-female theatre company has adapted a number of manga titles into stage musicals. Once they create choreography for the musical, it becomes tradition and every single performance of the same show must be danced using the exact same choreography as the first production. A prime example is Versailles no Bara, which has, arguably, very out-dated, over-dramatic and poorly-choreography dances and battle scenes from the very first production in 1974, but despite adapting the manga into a variety of perspectives (i.e. Oscar and Andre version, Oscar version, Andre version, Fersen and Marie Antoinette version, Girodelle version, Alain version, Bernard version, etc.), no dance moves can be revised for the revivals (when the company stages the show again for a new run with a new cast).

In this vein, for live-action adaptions of manga to attempt to replicate with live actors the scenes and "camera angles" that the mangaka made and which the fans already love matches Japanese tradition. Another way to think of it is loyalty. Japan has a solid history of respect for doujinshi and other doujin works, so if you want to take someone else's work and adapt it liberally, you are free to do that (some professional mangaka do draw doujinshi of manga by others); if you want to make an official adaption, it makes sense to be true to it and meet fan expectations and hopes.

Another aspect of Japanese culture is the concept of accuracy, meticulousness, and painstaking attention to fine details. Although Japan does not invent as many products as some other countries do, they have a tendency to take someone else's invention and greatly improve upon it in small details (for example, the automobile) and have thus gained a global reputation for quality technology. This penchant for aiming for precision and correctness would also lend itself to depicting a beloved work as respectfully and exactly as possible.


Why is there less action anime every season? Why aren't there anime like Ninja Scroll anymore? Anime like Attack on Titan or One Punch Man came out and they were huge hits. But then each season, anime studios do more romance and slice of life animes.  With shows like Bleach, Naruto and One Piece, why are studios so hesitant to make an action anime series?

Looking at the MAL Lists for 2017 by their definition of action genre:

Winter
49 of 243 anime released were action genre (20.1%).
Spring was 43 of 237 (18.1%).
Summer was 37 of 249 (14.9%).
Fall is 36 of 206 (17.5%).

2016

Winter was 52 of 252 (20.1)%.
Spring was 51 of 235 (21.7%).
Summer was 56 of 241 (23.2%).
Fall was 61 of 278 (21.9%).

2015

Winter was 58 of 227 (25.6%).
Spring was 55 of 222 (24.7%).
Summer was 54 of 249 (21.6%).
Fall was 64 of 265 (24.2%).

Lets jump to 2010

Winter was 42 of 177 (23.7%).
Spring was 37 of 171 (21.6%).
Summer was 41 of 171 (24%).
Fall was 50 of 181 (27.6%).

And another jump to 2005

Winter was 24 of 138 (17.4%).
Spring was 27 of 131 (20.6%).
Summer was 34 of 147 (23.1%).
Fall was 29 of 154 (18.8%).

Final jump to 2000

Winter was 14 of 88 (15.6%).
Spring was 15 of 87 (17.2%).
Summer was 15 of 103 (14.6%).
Fall was 21 of 107 (19.6%).

From looking at these lists - and I'm probably going to look into the time between 2005 and 2015 in more detail when I'm not at work, it seems more like we got an upsurge of about 5-10% in action anime that's either taken a slight blip now, or has trended back towards year 2000 levels.

One of the main things to happen between 2000 and 2005 is the anime releases of both Naruto and Bleach. Their take off and massive surge in popularity both in the east and west could have sparked an anime boom in getting action manga (and just action ideas) to production; however this is just conjecture without sources to back this up.

It would be interesting to know if this was a trend followed when Dragonball  first went to anime too.

Just in general though, we've seen a large increase in the amount of anime being released. When the most popular (and safest bet) action anime stems from the adaptations of shows from Shonen Jump and other shonen manga, who only have space for a certain number of different manga in their magazines, then it would follow that an increase in total manga should see a decrease in the percentage these manga adaptations take up.

If I get time I'll also look into whether I can find any stats on take-up of anime outside of the "teenage boy" demographic, and look to the success of the non-action genre releases (such as the stand out hits that came from the Slice of Life genre).


Why aren't Kyuubi and Naruto real allies? Several characters in the Naruto universe share their bodies with other entities, most of them are true allies. They share the Power both have, even if one has the upper hand controlling the body.

My question is, why doesn't this happen with Kyuubi and Naruto?

Several times Kyuubi saves Naruto with his red chakra out of hairy situations. Naruto is aware of it and sometimes they talk to each other.
Kyuubi is an evil Daemon, sure, but due to the fact tat he would die if Naruto died; and Naruto, as a Ninja, has a dangerous live; it would be in Kyuubi's advantage to help out, given that his Chakra is way stronger than Naruto's.

Why don't they team up?

EDIT: Question regarding Naruto Vanilla not Shipuuden or anything else.

If by "Naruto Vanilla" you mean the manga, then

   Naruto and the Kyuubi actually did become allies in the later parts of the manga. As it turned out, just about all the Tailed Beasts, including Kyuubi, were mistreated and abused by humans, so they distrusted and disliked humans. That's why Kyuubi wasn't that friendly to Naruto, or at least at first.


What is the OST in episode 481 of one piece In episode 481 of One Piece (Marineford arc), the music start around 19:04

  When Whitebeard told his crew to leave Marineford.

Thanks for your help.

It's the soundtrack named "Ace".

https://soundcloud.com/alice-ni-tm/one-piece-ost-ace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFZm9RlYzag


Why does the Teiko basketball club have over 100 members? The Teiko basketball club in Kuroko no Basket is described as an incredibly strong team with over 100 members that won the championship three times in a row.

However, only 6 in the main roster and 2 of their senpai(s) are actually shown and mentioned in the whole anime. The other 92+ players were never mentioned and are literally useless. They also affected the basketball in middle school, where they themselves got more and more bored and their enemies gave up before even playing.

So I'm wondering why would 92+ players even join the basketball club when they obviously have no chance to play in a real match?

The second/third string in Teiko play matches against weaker schools. In one of the OVAs (Tip Off) Kise (when he first joined) and Kuroko help the second string in an exibition match.

Also, first years and even second years would not usually make first string right away in a bigger school, but they still need training so that they can possibly join later.

They could just have joined to play/practise basketball. Remember that it's a club not just a team. I doubt that anyone would even attempt to join if they had to make first string. It's pretty clear playing in matches is a privilge for most people, not an expected outcome.


How does Tomoe's father know who kenshin is or that they were even married? In the manga Oibore in the fallen district (slums) ends up revealing who he is when asked why he helped Kenshin by telling the people there its his daughters husband who was there when she died.  But how did he know? Kenshin was a top secret assassin and his identity was kept secret to most of the public. How did he even know they got married (it happened in the mountains away from anyone) or Tomoe died while kenshin was there (the only people who would know, kenshin killed and maybe the higher up imperialists)?

It was stated he abandoned the family after his wife died so he wouldn't have had any contact with her or Enishi.  Enishi doesn't even meet him until after his fight with Kenshin, even then it is implied he doesn't really know who he is.

Tomoe knew that Kenshin was her fiance's assassin. She moved to Kyoto, desperate to find him. So we can assume that the rest of the family knew about Kenshin too.

When Kenshin kills, he delivers the "Tenshu", a signature for the crimes, that identifies the faction responsible for the murders. Kenshin's reputation among the Ishin Shishi and their ennemies was increasing (remember that the Shinsen Gumi has a physical description of him before actually meeting Kenshin).

So Mr Yukishiro knows that his daughter's fiance was killed by the Ishin Shishi's assassin, and later on, that assassin became famously known has a man with red hair and 2 scars across his left cheek. Even if Kenshin's name was unknown to most, his appearance and skill was becoming a legend.

Now, how would he know about Tomoe's wedding? She wrote to Enishi, once they moved close to Ootsu. That is why Enishi meets them in the mountain (and he already knows that Kenshin is responsible for her fiance's death). We can assume that Tomoe's father learnt about her wedding from Enishi.

Source: Manga + the OVA Rurouni Kenshin Tsuioku Hen


Why did Saber reveal to Shirou and Rin that she has participated in the previous war? Saber did not reveal her identity to Shirou for fear of her master giving it away to enemies and thus exposing her strengths and weaknesses. But why, even though in front of a rival master, did she reveal the fact that she has been summoned to the previous Holy Grail War? Wouldn't that enable Rin to deduce whatever advantage Saber has because of her memories of the previous war and possibly even her real identity (Servants being summoned twice and retaining their memories was unheard of)?

Because there's nothing to gleam from the fact that she was summoned previously, infact in the Visual Novel she doesn't say that she was summoned in the previous War but was "summoned once before", she doesn't mention that she was in the previous Holy Grail War until later on the 4th day where she and Shirou talk to one another before going to be where Shirou finds out she made it to the war's finale and questions his worth as a Master to her (since within the first night Saber had been in 3 fights and was badly injured in 2)

Also, Rin mentions when Saber says she was summoned previously that it was quite rare. given what we know about the previous Wars with the exception of 3 no hero has been properly summoned twice under the Fuyuki System, the exceptions are

The Hassan-i-Sabbah, AKA Assassin, as all 19 leaders of the Hashshashin share the same name and the name of the sect is the etymological root of the word "assassin" with the class name itself thus acts as the catalyst to summon the members of the organization.  Type-Moon Wikia: Hassan-i-Sabbah
Arturia because

   She isn't a clone of a Hero from the Throne of Heroes like every other Servant summoned

and Gilgamesh because

   he was never unsummoned in the 4th war, Angra Mainyu's corruption unnaturally boosted his Independent Action Class Skill to the point he could stay in the world indefinitely

I am not including the Looped Holy Grail War which is featured in Fate/Hollow Atarxia as

   is it a representation of the 3rd War with 5th war Servants acting as stand-ins for the Servants of the 3rd War and some Masters being based off from 3rd war, such as the Edelfelt sisters who look like Rin and Sakura

In Fate/Strange Fake Jack the Ripper is summoned as a Berserker for the False Holy Grail War in Snow Field and is a male (made sane by the Mad Enchantment Class Skill) but in Fate/Apocrypha Jack the Ripper is a young girl summoned as Assassin for the Black Faction.

Also, everyone who knew her identity she presumes had died as at the time she hadn't seen Kotomine nor know that Gilgamesh was still around and finally, given the normal procedure in the Holy Grail Wars to kill Masters to ensure they can't contract another Servant later on, with Gilgamesh being the only other Servant left to confront her she would assume Iskander and Waver are dead (however we know Waver is still alive)

As for your comment

  Servants being summoned twice and retaining their memories was unheard of

Yes it's unheard of, mainly because every Hero summoned is not the real Hero but a clone as such they should not have memories of a previous war as the clone who has these memories is lost at the end. the bellow image and link explains it quite well

Soruce: Heroic Spirit - Accession

If this was not the case then Servants who become corrupted by the Grail particularly those in the Heaven's Feel Route would be corrupted in the Throne as well.

   the Reason why Arturia isn't a clone is because she made a contract with the world prior her death to become a Heroic Spirit in exchnage for the Holy Grail, thus she wasn't summoned from the Thone of Heroes as the bllow image shows  we however do not know what her corruption had done when she returned to her original time however if Fate/Hollow Ataraxia is any hope she is still her usual self just with a corrupt side to her as a second personality


What was the intent for making Rem sacrifice herself for Misa? We know Light is clever and smart and almost devilish? But I don't understand why Light wanted Rem out of the way?

What was his motive and what would have happened if it went wrong?

Because Rem threatened to kill him should anything happen to Misa Misa. If he planned to use Misa Misa as a tool and perhaps sacrifice her eventually. He would have to get Rem out of the way.


Does Akito Takagi have parents? There is no appearance of his parents at his marriage, during the proposal or even at his home! But there is (as long as my memory serves) no canonical statement where it is mentioned that he doesn't have any parents or lives away from them. I'm confused if he is an orphan or just living without his parents.

Takagi Akito's parents are shown in a flashback in chapter 8 of the manga which is titled Ame to Muchi, in which Takagi explains that his dad was laid off from a bank and his mother pressured him to become a banker, but he stood up to her and she never commented on his choices after that.

Takagi's mother calls him "Acchan":

Takagi's father:

In chapter 76 titled Daisuki to Hitei, a scene takes place during Takagi and Kaya's wedding reception, but though the venue looks to be a large room at which the happy couple sit at a special table on an elevated stage facing the guests, it does not show who any of the wedding guests are other than 1) the one round table of the Shounen Jump crowd and 2) two other tables (in which none of the figures are shown in detail). It is impossible to know whether Takagi's father is one of the seated guests in the illustration since his face was never shown, or whether his parents were seated at another table. In Japanese culture, it is most likely that they would be present at the wedding, dressed in the expected attire for parents of the bride and groom according to contemporary Japanese culture, would be presented with a present and/or speech from the married couple during the reception, and would participate in some fashion that honors them, such as standing in the receiving line, giving a speech, and/or pouring drinks for guests before the toast. For parents to be absent would cause the parents to be looked badly upon, so unless the parent is deceased/hospitalized or the parent/child relationship is completely severed, it would be extremely rare for a parent to not be there. In the flashback, Takagi's mother indicates a desire for her family to be viewed positively in society/to follow societal norms, so she would likely want to take her customary place in her son's wedding.


Music during Shikamaru's fight with Tayuya Does anyone know the song used during Shikamaru's fight with Tayuya, when he first uses the Shadow Strangle Technique on her? I've tried to look through OSTs, but I haven't been able pinpoint the exact one.

https://youtu.be/Q9-UBzSS4zM?t=658

Found it, it was an unreleased track called Dangerous! at abot 37 secs in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBVeRzjWqq8


Why didn't Weather become a soulless husk after losing his memories like Jotaro? In part six, Jotaro loses both his memory and stand disc, this causes him to lose consciousness and his body starts to decompose. After gaining his stand disc he comes back to life, but loses all his memories and his will to live. This causes the muscles to decompose which would eventually cause Jotaro his life if it weren't for the return of his memory disc. Weather lost his memories but this didn't happen to him, why?

It is because when Pucci claimed Jotaro's disc, he already had a stand, and by taking his stand along with his memories, there is no way for him to recover said memories, as his stand is also taken away from him, this is also linked with the fact stands are basically the representation on a person's soul, getting your stand revoked is essentially as if somebody tore your soul  away from your body, leaving you a husk. That did not happen to Weather Report, because his stand was not yet awakened, and if you do not have a stand at the time where your disc gets stolen, there is only a memory disc, however your potential to acquire a stand is still there, meaning your soul has still not yet given up, which was the case with Weather, after his memories disc gets stolen, he awakens his own stand, making him capable to live even without his memories.


Does "The Ravages of Time" manhua have an official Japanese translation? The Ravages of Time is a Hong Kong manhua about Three Kingdoms.
Does it have an official Japanese translation? If so, where can I read it?
I googled around and can't find anything.

Yes, The Ravages of Time has an official Japanese translation, but it only covers the first 9 volumes.
According to Wikipedia, it was serialized in Sangokushi Magazine. According to the Japanese Wikipedia, it was serialized on the first edition of Sangokushi Magazine until it was merged into Comic Flapper magazine. For unknown reasons, the serialization ended with only enough chapters for 9 volumes of tankobon (the last volume was published on December 2009).
The series is known as 「三国志群雄伝　火鳳燎原」 in Japan and can be bought on:

Amazon (paperback)
ebookjapan (Japanese) (e-book)
and possibly many more


How old is Winry in Fullmetal Alchemist? I had remembered that Ed was 15 in the series, then I realized that I had no clue how old Winry was! Does it say anywhere how old she is, or do they just give an estimate?

You can check the FMA Wikia

Her year of birth is mentioned as 1899, which is the same as Edward's, although their exact birthdays are never stated. She is 15-16 years old during the course of the manga/anime, and around 18 post-timeskip.

MyAnimeList lists her exact birthday as June 9th, 1899. However, I don't know if there's any credible source for that.


What is the meaning of the dialogue at the end of the episode 30? At the very end of the episode 30, the dialogue reads:

  … but at that place, for that one moment the hero killer was the only one who stood up to fight against his opponent.

I just don't know what it could mean. Is it that this guy was standing and the others were lying on the ground or half-sitting? Why does it matter? It's phrased in such a way that you'd expect some teachable moment wisdom or a thought-provoking metaphor, but I just don't get what it could mean in this context. Maybe the meaning was lost in translation of the subtitles.

It's quite literal; as you said, Stain, though unconscious, remained standing, while several of the present heroes had fallen over in shock (Shouto and Tenya fall to their knees, one pro hero completely fell backwards, and even Gran Torino and Endeavor are taken aback) upon witnessing Stain's bloodlust.

(The narration also states that at the moment Stain froze, one of his broken ribs pierced his lung; I personally headcanon that this internal bleeding triggered Stain's own quirk upon himself, but this is by no means confirmed.)


Do we know which side is heaven/hell? Do we know which elevator is heaven and which is hell? In the Death Billiards movie, it seems kind of debatable. As well as the first episode of Death Parade, did the wife or husband go to hell? Does winning the game have any bearing on this?

Also, not sure if this is any kind of hint, but the beginning of the episode, when the couple enters the room:

But at the end of the episode, the couple leaves in the same elevators but the masks have been switched:

We know that the final result is that the husband gets sent to heaven and the wife to hell:

  Takashi gets reincarnated and Machiko gets sent to the void. Wikipedia

The bartender also states that the husband goes to "heaven" and the wife to "hell". This is in the scene after the end credits for the first episode. I believe you may have missed it or Funimation could have neglected to include it.

As you mentioned, the Funimation subs say Heaven and Hell instead of Reincarnated and Void. I believe that this is due to localization, since most English speakers are going to be more familiar with the concept of "heaven and hell" after death, rather than "reincarnation and void".

The mask indicates where the people in the elevator go.

My reasoning is that the husband arrives in the hell elevator because he killed the couple to begin with. Then when it's revealed that the wife cheated, she gets sent to hell.


Why is it hard to draw people running in animes? Why is it so hard in many animes to draw people running?

I mean even if the whole anime drawing is good, somehow when someone is running it feels so awkward. Their body movements don't look realistic. Sometimes people seem to be leaping or scrolling. Sometimes their steps seem to be longer than a normal human could walk.

There are exception of course, but they are so rare.

The walk cycle is considered to be one of the most basic aspects of animation.

American animators and animation enthusiasts often times scorn the Japanese styles and methods of animation as lazy, while Japanese anime enthusiasts deride the American style as clunky or too comical.

Why is that you ask? The answer lies in how these countries distribute their budget and time.

While American animation often times may seem lacking in it's attention to detail, it makes up for it the quality of their animation. American animation often times meticulous and original in how they animate motion, though sometimes content is reused cyclically, the animation is painstakingly frame by frame.

In contrast, Japanese anime uses a lot of shortcuts (to save budget and meet deadlines). Typically long scenes feature only the mouth of a character (and maybe other minor features like a waving hair or glittering eyes) moving during delivery of key information/dialog, or the short burst of motion of some character in some an action pose against an animated, cyclic, and stylized background (I'm looking at you transformation scenes). Often times these uses of dramatic still-shots are done against patterned (or static illustrated) backgrounds, sometimes a few moving emotive icons (sweat drops, question marks, small chibi animated heads) will accompany a some sort of monologue. Admittedly both styles of animation reuse shots and sequences, but it's more noticeable in Japanese anime for various reason (e.g., not enough budget and/or manpower). This is why Japanese anime is typically labeled as "lazy" by American animators and enthusiasts.

A typical walk cycle in animation consists of 8 keyframes typically:

The smoothness of an animation is typically determined by the framerate and amount of key frames in the animation.

In American animation, the animation is captured by shooting two frames of film per drawing at a rate of 24 frames per second (fps) to achieve the smooth motion of American animation.

Japanese anime, while it also runs at an average 24 fps, typically captures their animation at a rate of three or four frames per drawing in order to save money and manpower. Though it varies depending on the studio and tools used (e.g 3DCG) with main objects in the foreground (typically characters) are animated at 8 to 12 fps, while background objects can be animated at as low as 6 to 8 fps.

Lets compare the difference between one walk cycle that is 8 frame to one that is 16 frames, both at 60 fps:

 <-- 8 frames      <-- 16 frames

Notice the 16 frame one is smoother, but slower while the 8 frame is faster, but choppier. This is because it takes the 16 frame animation twice as long, covering more frames, to go through one cycle than the 8 frame one.

The varying of frame rates can also be be used to depict the expansion and compression of time (think bullet time from The Matrix). However generally choppy animation is the result of not enough keyframes in your animation. More frames mean more and manpower and/or time, which ultimately means more money is required. Japanese anime production don't typically have as big of a budget compared to American productions (but there are exceptions), so they must make do with what they have and cut corners where they can (like Shaft did with the certain Bakemonogatari TV episodes).


Does anybody recognize this anime with a military parade? I'm afraid I don't have any information about this anime except a single screenshot and the source where I got it (AMV).

Here's the picture:

And the AMV is here. The reason I'm pasting the AMV link is because it may contain more scenes from the above anime (as it did have different scenes from some animes I knew).

Thanks for any help/guesses.

This is from the third ED of Xam'd: Lost Memories.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mU1MbPWyf8

The figure in the center is Toujirou Kakisu.


Why did Naru not want Lin to know he bent a spoon? In the Ghost Hunt anime, in the "The After-School Hexer" story (episodes 7-10), Naru shows that he can bend a spoon using psychokinesis, but asks Mai not to tell Lin he did so.

It is revealed at the end of the first (and only) season that

   Naru has tremendous psychic powers, that are too much for a human being to control, therefore he must not use them. Lin looks after Naru and is the one who has told him not to use his powers.

But later in the same story arc, it is revealed that

   Naru used a trick to bend the spoon. There was no psychic power involved.

So why would he need to hide this from Lin?

I think Ghost hunt is good mystery story instead of horror story.

Warn: I wrote follow part based on novel which anime version doesn't covered and contains spoiler.

   Naru has psychic power.

The scene that naru describe the trick is mislead.

The story is:

Naru cuts the spoon, Mai see it.
Mai talk about (1) to lin, monk and other member.
Lin is angry and mock asked how to do it to naru.
Naru bents the spoon by using trick.
Naru apologize to lin.

   The point is the difference between 1 and 4.
 Naru cuts the spoon at 1. but in 4, Naru just bets.
 The trick which naru describe in 4, naru can't cut the spoon.

The real story is different:

   1. Naru cuts spoon by psychic power.
 2. Mai talk naru cuts.
 3. Lin is angry because naru uses psychic power.
 4. Naru try to cheat monk using trick, because he'd like to hide his psychic power.
 5. Naru success to convince monk and mai.
 But lin know that trick doesn't work for cut which mai talked in 2, and naru know he can't convince lin by this story. Then he apologize to lin about use psychic power.


How does Hisoka see Gon exactly? As a rival or as a toy to entertain himself? Hisoka hinted that Gon is his treasure and also his prey, but it can't be both, right? Because in the end, he didn't want Gon to die no matter what.

So it's weird that he didn't want Gon to die but also made him his prey to fight till death. Is it sexual for Hisoka or what? I still remember the 'Schwing' thing.

Hisoka is a psycho that only seek for strong opponents to fight.

He saw a real potential in Gon since they met (Killua too , Leorio and Kurapika too) and just want him not to die until he becomes a monster worth to confront.

And yes , for psychos , the pleasure they find in their... "activities" are orgasms-like.

Remember just what Hisoka had to do only to "fight" Kuroro , he likes to take his time but in the same time when he fought Gon he could hardly prevent himself from killing him ^^

So we can't say he's a rival , he's just another "toy" for Hisoka , but a special one as he really has the potential to become a monster.


What's the last episode of Carnival Phantasm about? I had just recently finished the Carnival Phantasm series and watched the last episode called "Fate/Prototype". This episode is different b/c it looks to be about a different Fate universe. If so, is this a different anime in the Fate series?

Fate/Prototype is the original story created by Kinoko Nasu which would later after many changes be published as Fate/stay night. It can be considered as an alternate universe to the world of Fate/stay night, in a similar way to the other Fate spinoffs like Fate/Apocrypha and Fate/Extra.

  Based around the Second Tokyo Holy Grail War, it is the original concept of Kinoko Nasu's for Fate/stay night. It has yet to be adapted as a full series, with only a short animated feature and production notes detailing the story.
  ...
  The original version of Fate/stay night, now called Old Fate (旧Fate, Kyū Fate?) and Fate Origin, was a novel that Nasu wrote during high school, eventually being vastly redesigned as a visual novel to suit the target audience. They were reluctant to completely abandon many of the "original charms" that were discarded, and they had wished to utilize them somehow with each passing year. Twenty years after originally being penned, they decided to make use of the release of Carnival Phantasm, discarding other proposals like Princess Arcueid VS Saber Lily or a scene from Tsukihime 2, to "just once, return to the original" for the company's belated tenth anniversary.

See the Wiki for more information.
A good article about Fate/Prototype.


Why did Kuro not burn out completely during the bath sequence with Irisviel? In episode 6 of 2wei (not sure where that is in the manga), Irisviel returns to Fuyuki and meets Kuro. She delivers exposition to Miyu, Kuro, and Illya in the Edelfelt mansion's unreasonably large bath. In particular, she informs them that the Holy Grail War is nevermore to be; Kuro does not take this news well, and starts venting mana (or something).

Anyway, despite Illya's (ahem) mana transfers, Kuro seems to be fading away due to a lack of mana... until she has an emotional moment and admits to herself that she wants to live.

What is the mechanistic explanation here for why Kuro didn't continue to deplete her mana supplies until she vanished altogether?

Apparently, the fact that Kuro can continue to exist in the world is a miracle created by her own "wish" stated at that same part:

“I want family. I want friends. I want to live a normal, everyday life. But…more than that…more than anything…I don’t want to disappear! I just…I want to live!”

This happens because she is the grail, so she basically granted her own wish as a holy grail, which allowed her to continue living.

Now, this only means Kuro's "wish" stabilized her corporeal form. She still uses the Archer card like the Servants use the class vessels the Holy Grail initially prepares. She doesn't have a mana source and she isn't human, either. She is a miracle that is still allowed to remain in the world.

This is comparable to at least two cases from the original VN: Saber in UBW Good End, and Rider in HF True end. They all still need the mana to stay, same as Kuro.


Where do the two GATE animated series arrive with respect to the novel and the manga? I know that GATE: thus the JSDF fought here is a novel which has been then adapted into both a manga and two anime series. Since I am currently reading the manga I was wondering where I was with respect to the anime version and the novel.

I have reached the point where they fight the fire dragon, and I would like to avoid spoiling myself by watching the last episode of the season is currently being aired.

So, which chapters of the manga/volumes of the novel were adapted by the first season and which by the second?

Okay, as for where things line up. As was mentioned in the comments, the Manga skips over things that were in the books and pulls in side stories from later books...and the anime skips over things that were in the manga. But here are a few 'line-up' points. I'm going to leave out exact details of what happens in those respective points so as not to spoil anything, but you should be able to put things together from there.

As it stands, the anime is actually further along in the story than the manga...so as of posting this, if you don't want to spoil the manga, stop watching at Episode 18 (Season 2, Episode 6). So, here are where things line up.

Book 1 -- Anime Episodes 1-10 -- Manga Chapters 1-24

Book 2 -- Anime Episodes 11-17 -- Manga Chapters 25-46(ish)

Book 3 -- Anime Episodes 18-current (should end at Ep 24) -- Manga Chapters 47-Current

There are a total of 10 books out there. Books 1-5 are the "Main Story" and books 6-9 are side stories focusing on a single one of the girls that surround Itami. Book 6 focuses on Pina, 7 on Rory, 8 on Tuka, and 9 on Lelei. Books 1 through 9 occur in chronological order. Book 10 is a collection of side stories that occur at differing points throughout books 1-9. Book 10 included the story that occurs in the manga but not in the anime where...

   Lelei falls ill on the way to Rondel; and Yao, Itami, and Rory end up battling undead and a minotaur to get the cure for her

Book 9 is intended to segue into a 'Season 2' series of books (not yet released) that will return the focus back to Itami to progress the main story.

Assuming you are talking about the true battle with the Fire Dragon...you are presently at the equivalent of Episode 17 (S2, ep5).


What is TK's actual name? "TK" is a mysterious character who tends to speaks in nonsensical English phrases depending on the situation.

Was it ever revealed what is his actual name? Also, why do the other SSS members call him "TK"?

According to this wiki:

  His real identity and his name are still unknown even to the SSS, so they identify him as "TK", a nickname he gave himself.


What are the techniques/fighting styles displayed in Bleach? In the series, a number of different styles are shown among the different characters. Some fight using their Zanpakutō, others use Kidō. Do all of these derived from a similar source? Are there other fighting styles? Can they be combine?

There are four fighting styles a Shinigami uses are:

Zanjutsu (Weapon arts) --
The art of using their weapon to it's full potential.
Hakuda (Martial arts) --
The art of physical power and melee fighting skills.
Hohou (Movement arts) --
The art of moving, dodging, and countering.
Kidou (Magic arts) --
The art of using spells and magic.

They are often used in combination with one another in battle.


Why didn't Kira kill manipulate the mafia to kill Mello? In the Mafia Arc, Kira was able to get hold of the names of the Mafia members under Mello's command, but the only thing he did was kill them. Couldn't he have manipulated them to help out in the assualt/kill Mello themselves?

Seems like a plot hole to me.

The same could be said for Mello killing the majority of the SPK members - he could have manipulated them to kill Near. However, this could be forgiven because he might have wanted to 'fight' Near 'mentally' with defeating Kira, the last boss.

Is there a rule that prevents them from manipulating to kill?

There is a rule indicating that someone's death must not cause another's:

  Whether the cause of the individual’s death is either a suicide or
  accident. If the death leads to the death of more than the intended,
  the person will simply die of a heart attack. This is to ensure that
  other lives are not influenced.

From http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note


What happened to the one-eyed twins after they escaped? Last we saw them, the one-eyed twins who seemed to be against Aogiri and the CCG were terribly wounded and struggling to escape Cochlea prison, while the CCG and Aogiri battled during a prison break of every ghoul held in Cochlea. Amon saw them escaping but did they even really get out of that maximum security ghoul prison? Did they get caught in the crossfire, or caught by the CCG's reinforcements? What exactly happened to them?

Kurona decided to flee with her Nashiro (who was fatally wounded), to find Kanou(the doctor) so he could save her.There he was found with Eto and Matasaka Kamishiro. Kanou stated that Nashiro's damage was beyond recovery and that they should leave her. Despite the terrible news, he smiled and said that Kurona would make many new friends. Kurona, shocked, fell to her knees still holding Nashiro. Kanou then left with Aogiri.

Sometime later, a distraught Kurona decided to consume her fatally wounded sister through her kagune as a last resort to save her from dying, but unknowingly killed Nashiro.


Clarification about Hashirama's Senjutsu? I was browsing about Hashirama's sage mode. What I could procure was that he went to Shikkotsu woods to learn the wood style and the sage mode respective to that.

  Shikkotsu Forest (湿骨林, Shikkotsurin, English TV: Shikkotsu Woods, Literally meaning: Damp Bone Forest) is one of the big three unexplored sage regions, a legendary place that is equally famous as the other two: Mount Myōboku and Ryūchi Cave. It is the home of the slug Katsuyu, parts of which are summoned by Tsunade and her disciple Sakura Haruno. - source

How did Hashirama come to know about this forest which is the home of slugs? And what was his background to learning the Senjutsu?
Additional question that arises is that Does this mean both Tsunade and Sakura can learn the sage Jutsu?

To answer your first question,

  How did Hashirama come to know about this forest which is the home of slugs

There is no mention of how Hashirama found this place or that he learned senjutsu there. But if he did, it could be speculated that he either stumbled upon it, or he researched scrolls or other historical artifacts that led him there. Much like how Kabuto managed to find Ryūchi cave.

  what was his background to learning the Senjutsu

nothing on this was mentioned either on the manga or the anime.

  Does this mean both Tsunade and Sakura can learn the sage Jutsu?

By transitive property of equality, we can say that Tsunade and Sakura could master the sage mode, however it has been stated by Kakashi that Sakura has the least amount of chakra among the members of team 7. Also, it has been stated that a large chakra pool is required in order to amass nature energy. So that could be a handicap for Sakura. However, as her training progressed if she managed to increase her chakra pool, then theoretically she should be able to master senjutsu. The same goes for Tsunade.

Madara was shown to be able to control sage chakra, without having any training in it.


Why did Ainz tell Aura not to set her alarm on her watch at 19:19 and 7:21? I came across this in the Trivia section of Bukubukuchagama on Overlord Wiki:

  Giving the watch with her voice to Aura, Ainz told her not to set an alarm at 19:19 or 7:21. These numbers can be read as a sexual word in Japanese wordplay. It seems that she recorded her voice for an H-Game at that alarm.

Since I don't know Japanese, I am curious to know how they are read.

As a comment pointed out in the wiki page you provided, the words which the numbers represent seem to be a common thing in hentai games.

For 19:19:

   In Japanese when reading the time, or a string of numbers, it is often read as if each number is separate, for example, "One Nine One Nine". Doing this with 19:19 sounds a bit like "Iku, Iku" which translates to "I'm cumming, I'm cumming!".

For 7:21:

   Thanks to ʞɹɐzǝɹ's comment we now know that it sounds a bit like "Onanī" which translates into "onanism" which is a synonym for "masturbation".

These are instances of Goroawase word play in Japanese, which takes advantage of the readings of digits to encode meaning in a string of numbers.


Why is Goku not using instant transmission? In the recent episode of DBS we see that Goku is seen flying to Krillin and Dendy - why he is not using instant transmission? If he used it, he could save some time and train for the tournament of power. Why is he not doing it?

Goku is not about optimization or not concerned regarding the tournament. He is only looking forward to meet people with great power and test his limits against them.

Plus, many times it was shown many times (I know I'll get roasted for this) that Goku has become over confident of his power and even becoming vulnerable to attack during battles.  Also, its fun to fly around at high speeds.

So, he doesn't use instant transmission until its absolutely necessary and doesn't think he needs to train in the mean time.


Is the Nine Tails still stronger than the Eight Tails even though half of him was sealed away? I've not read the manga series, so the question may be quite basic.

In an earlier discussion, it was said that the number of tails determines the power of the tailed beast. Since half the Nine-tail's chakra was sealed by the Fourth Hokage, does it mean that the Eight-tails now has more chakra than the Nine-tails?

It's not specified explicitly, but I think not.

Itachi told Kisame that the nine-tails had to be sealed last, because if it doesn't, the Gedo Mazo would be thrown out of balance, and break down. Akatsuki definitely knew about how the Kyuubi was sealed, because Tobi was there.

   In the manga, Naruto together with the Nine Tails managed to fire a bijuudama of equal scale to that of the Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Seven tails combined.

From those I conclude that even after half of him was sealed away, the Nine Tails still has more power than the rest of the tailed beasts, if not combined!


What is the origin of the "this is a work of fiction" explanation? Is it a trope? At the beginning or end of episodes of anime I sometimes see a disclaimer similar to this:

This program is a work of fiction.
Any resemblance to people, parties,
or situations is purely coincidental.

Is this a trope? Or is there some Japanese regulation that sometimes applies to these shows?

The above quote was taken from the end of Durarara! ep 1x13 to be exact.

This is less of a trope and more of a copyright catch-all claim.
As a reference from the All persons fictitious disclaimer, the main reason that this is done is to prevent another person from suing for libel.
It isn't unrealistic to think that someone's family name could be Orihara, and would take grievance with the way Izaya is portrayed.  So, to prevent them from suing, the works are made to be fiction and not based on any one person or any one real event.
This can also used to cover up for factual inaccuracies as well, per Samurai Champloo:

This work of fiction is not an accurate historical portrayal.
Like we care.
Now shut up and enjoy the show!


Why is the Tiger/German Suplex wrestling move so popular among anime culture? I see a lot of fan art that depict this move (even though nothing of the sort happens from the show/series where the characters came from) and even in Nichijou we have the school principal giving a deer a tiger suplex:

Shuichi drops a suplex in Gravitation

GTO dishes one out

Episode 87 of Gintama is: "Perform a German Suplex On a Woman Who Asks If She or the Job Is More Important"

From Lagrange, the mechas do one:

And all the endless fanart:

Why is this so popular? Is this because wrestling is popular in Japan? But why this specific move?

Yes, it's very likely because of the popularity of puroresu (wrestling) in Japan. Antonio Inoki is credited with making wrestling popular in the country and he himself was impressed with and inspired by the amateur wrestling style of Karl Gotch (nicknamed Kami-sama) who had become famous in Japan. The German suplex was Gotch's signature finishing move.

There's a compilation of Gotch's moves on YouTube.


Help me find this old bloody anime fantasy movie I have been looking for an anime movie I saw a long time ago for many years now and would be grateful for any help. It was a fairly bloody and graphic movie in a dark style and included female nudity (exposed breasts) and at least one scene with an attempted rape.

The movie was probably from the 80s or 90s
The protagonist was a woman with some sort of magical power symbolized by the metal bronze. The main villain had the 'gold' power and there was a male character with the 'silver' power who helped the main character in the final battle.
There was one scene where another woman is about to be raped by a guard/warrior and the main character runs in without her top on, kills the guard with some sort of blade and then takes something from the room for clothing.
In her initial battle with the gold villain the main character is killed or at least badly injured but then is revived by some power and goes to fight him again.
The gold villain could change his form and in the final battle turned into some sort of giant dragon like monster before the silver and bronze characters killed him working together.

I saw this movie on DVD and I believe it was dubbed. It was probably rented from blockbuster so it had some sort of American release.

Could you be thinking of Legend of Lemnear?

This is a 45 minute OVA that has a female protagonist who is a a champion of silver, there are two other champions as well, one of gold and one of bronze.

From MyAnimeList:

  The young and beautiful Lemnear's home village is destroyed and her brother is taken away. Lemnear swears to kill the evil wizard Gardin who is responsible for the disaster. With her allies Lemnear goes on a journey to take her revenge. She doesn't know, though, that there is someone above Gardin...

Cover:


Why is blood pink in Danganronpa? In episode two of Danganronpa, two characters die. On both cases the blood appears in pink, rather than red.

Why is this?
Is blood in the Danganronpa universe pink? Or is this supposed to be less shocking for the viewer or something similar?

According to the Something Awful playthrough thread for the game:

  Because of the intricacies of the Japanese game rating system, blood
  in this game is colored pink. Rest assured, though, it is human blood
  you will be looking at, and it doesn't mean our characters are
  secretly aliens or elves.

TVTropes also says the same thing:

  Many murder scenes are liberally splattered in Pepto-Bismol, thanks to
  the intricacies of the Japanese game rating system.

So it seems like making the blood realistic would have given the game a higher age rating, possibly restricting some of their target demographic from being able to purchase the game. But the pink blood also goes along with the main artistic style of Dangan Ronpa.

According to Wikipedia:

  The game uses pop art, a bright and colorful style, as a way to
  contrast the dark subject matter of murder. Scenario writer Kazutaka
  Kodaka stated he desired to "...shake user's heart by showing a
  devastating accident in not devastating ways. But, by some measure, it
  might be more shocking than showing a devastating scene."


How did Eren Jager transform into a titan from inside another titan's belly when he had his limbs torn off? In season 1 of attack on titan, the colossal titan appears for the second time and this time Erin participates in the battle with ODM gear.
He looses his arm in an attempt to save Armin from being eaten by a titan but gets eaten in the process.

He transforms for the first time from within the titans belly, but later on its revealed that a shifter can't transform if he's lost his limbs.
How then was Erin able to transform?

Titan shifts can transform if their limbs are cut off, as with Erin's tranformation during the titan invasion in season 1. However, if a transformation has recently occurred, they are unable to transform until they have fully recovered.

The ability to transform into a Titan can be hindered by injuries inflicted on the human body. A human can transform into a Titan with injuries as severe as a missing limb, but only if a previous transformation has not occurred recently. If a human emerges from their Titan form and receives severe injury, this person cannot transform into a Titan again until said injuries have healed.
Power of the Titans

Erin also openly asked Reiner why he severed his limbs. Reiner responded to Erin's question by stating he did it because of the short time table he had after capturing him.
Seeing how they just had a battle not to long before this had happened, a transformation had just occurred. Severing Erin's limbs in this manner prevent him from transforming, because

He recently transformed
Received a serious injury shortly after coming out of his transformation


What is the background music played in Psycho-Pass episode 7 at 13:37? The background music at 13:37 of episode 7 in Psycho-Pass season 1 is incredible but I am not able to identify it. I already tried music recognition apps like Shazam. They were not able to recognize it. It could be a modified or original version of Beethoven's 9th symphony. Can someone confirm?

It is Beethoven's 9th Symphony - Ode to joy. Here is the link to it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wod-MudLNPA


What is the soundtrack playing when Luffy beats 50 thousand enemies with Conqueror's Haki on Fishman Island? I am just looking for the soundtrack that was being played when Luffy defeats 50 thousand enemies with Conqueror's Haki on Fishman Island in episode 554.

I think you're looking for Sai, sai, saikyou!!!


Why did Saruhiko Fushimi cross over to the side of the Blues? During season 1, Yata and Fushimi have mini confrontations. I learned later in the season that they only hate each other because Fushimi joined Homra's most hated clan, Septer 4. Why does he do this?

I am not sure if this can help you, but I can at least give you my opinion from what I read in K -Lost Small World-. This may be a long explanation so if you go to the bottom, you can see my short-term answers.

   Before Fushimi and Yata, joined HOMRA, it was their own small world; both were really close and happy. Until they joined HOMRA. Yata started to have his own world with other people, that it had lesser and lesser time with Fushimi. Lesser and lesser until Yata wasn't Fushimi's light anymore. One time, the blue king asked for a meeting with them; and one of the representatives was Fushimi which Munakata took notice of. Though Munakata did show that he wants Fushimi to work for him, Fushimi didn't agree just yet, though he did ask if it is possible to change clans.

In the manga that I read, it was only until chapter 11, but feel free to check if it's been updated. The chapters 12 to 17 are just story strips. It ended with Munakata telling the green king to pull back from attacking Fushimi.

So I have a few answers:

He betrayed HOMRA to get Yata's attention. (Cause of Yata)
He went to SCEPTER 4 because Munakata gave him a choice. (Cause of Munakata)
He went to SCEPTER 4 because he knows he can be of use to the society and doesn't want to end up like his father. (Cause of Nikki)
He went to SCEPTER 4 because he thinks that he belongs there, and is not fit to be called a Red Clansman. (Cause of Mikoto)

This is my opinion:
He did it for him, SCEPTER 4's, HOMRA's, and for other people's own good. If he stayed in HOMRA, nothing will progress for him. Yes, he is a skilled fighter. But if his brain is put to waste I think he can feel himself becoming like Nikki. So that helps himself, SCEPTER 4, and other people. Now, what about HOMRA? What I like about him going to another group was that he could be a bridge that can lead HOMRA and SCEPTER 4 to an alliance.


Which song plays while Hughes and Mustang talk during episode 30 of FMA:B? In episode 30 of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, the song starts playing 12 minutes in while Hughes and Mustang were talking. It sounds like Requiem for the Brigadier General, except it's a soft piano.

Is it a different version of the same song? If so, I can't seem to find it.

It's Happiness ~Requiem from The Blind Alchemist~ by Akira Senju, the 28th track from the album Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Original Soundtrack 1.


Why do some summons have forehead protector while most of others don't? These are all summons with forehead protector that I can find, it's quite rare among the summons. For example, Sannin's summons, Inuzuka Clan's Ninkens and the Ninnekos don't have forehead protectors.

Are the headbands are overall just for decoration purpose for the summons?

Weren't forehead protectors are worn by most Shinobi since the summons are technically mini ninjas?

Kakashi's and Guy's summons:

Konohamaru's summons:

Hiruzen's (Third hokage) summons:

Forehead Protector in Naruto shows the symbol of Ninja's hidden village and his loyalty towards it.

Similar can be assumed with Summoned animals, Summoned Animals with Summoned animals with  forehead protector seems to be loyal to one village only.

Even naruto.wikia.com speculated the same :

  Summons may also wear a forehead protector, suggesting a loyalty to
  only one village.


What caused Charmeleon to become so disobedient to Ash? Early in the series when Charmander evolves to Charmeleon, almost right away it begins to disobey Ash and refuse to listen to him. this continued to Charizard who would lounge around and blast Ash with a fire breath until he was frozen in ice during Ash's travels though the Orange Islands and Ash stayed up all night trying to melt the ice.

from what i remember Charmander willingly went with Ash when it's trainer abandoned it and he was about to die from the rain. if i followed the game logic i could assume that it was because Charmander's Level went too high in comparison to what badges Ash had however....

there was no signs of disobedience until after the evolution
the 8th badge of any region allows full control no matter the level however Charizard was still disobedient even after Ash got Kanto's Earth Badge.

not to mention that the level control ability of another regions badges would be made obsolete for someone like Ash who gets badges from other areas

So what caused Charmeleon to become so disobedient to Ash?

I found this interesting and helpful tidbit of info from an old PokeCommunity forum thread. It's not conclusive, but it is explanatory:

  I think of it as like Charmeleon was like a teenager. It had paid
  attention to Ash when it was young and naive, because it Ash showed it
  caring and love. However, when it got older, and learned more, it
  became cocky and saw Ash for what he was-- a rookie trainer that was
  still learning many of the basics. I think Charmeleon felt as if he
  didn't have any respect for Ash. When he started listening to Ash in
  the Orange Islands, it was after he saw how dedicated and serious Ash
  could be, even to something that was repeatedly rude and menacing to
  him. I think that when Charizard saw Ash doing that, he began to have
  some respect and admiration for the boy.

  Charizard may have been a 'plot device' to show pokemon that disobey,
  but it was important because it showed that not even Ash could 'wow'
  every pokemon with a couple days of friendship. It also was an
  indication of Ash maturing.

And here's another interesting viewpoint from an old question on Quora:

  Since Charmander was once rejected as weak he had gained an
  inferiority complex. He was always trying to prove himself. When he
  evolve into Charmeleon, he lost his fear and considering itself as
  proud. He gained self-pride and was considering itself as strong
  pokemon. Thus he was arrogant, and didn't listened Ash's orders. Later
  it evolved into a Charizard to prove its strength in front of a
  Aerodactyl. Charizard retained his disobedience to Ash as of
  Charmeleon. However, when Ash saved him after being frozen by Tad's
  Poliwrath's Ice Beam, Charizard's loyalty to Ash returned in full
  force; the best part of Charmander's pre-evolved personality was back.
  So the arrogance and disobedience that Charizard (or Charmeleon) was
  beacause he was boastful of his immense power.