Are the mid-episode transitions in One Piece random? In OP episodes there is a small transition/break mid-episode that shows one of the main characters picking up their most recognized item/weapon (prior it was a hat floating away or something or there were two of these). I used to think this was done using the character who appears in the main scene(s) for that episode but I just chanced across a few that had had Brooke picking up his violin and Chopper his backpack and no appearance of them. So I ask is it completely random or does it relate at time?

In every anime I've seen with mid-episode transactions (MT) I've noticed five types of MTs.

Fixed - The same MT since episode 1 untill the end (very rare);
Changing by season - It changes depending on the season
Changing by arc - It changes depending on the arc;;
Changing by character reference - It focus on one or more characters of the anime (like One Piece);
Mix of 2, 3 and/or 4 - It is what is is (LOL).

There isn't any source that comproves this at least I haven't found any.
However, as in One Piece or any other animes that use MTs 3, 4 and 5, the MT seems to focus on the "main character of that specific episode" or the "Location of the episode" (this happens a lot in Fairy Tail S2, just an example though).

One Piece follows the same pattern, and the MT focus on the main character.
However, other characters can't be "forgotten" therefore they appear in the respective MTs.

Once again, I haven't found any official source that confirms this it's just a pattern I have seen in several animes not only one piece.
The fact that there isn't any official source might be a proof that it's not that important to be mentioned and it's just plain random.


Do the specials of the manga Zetsuen no Tempest continue the story after the end of the manga? Are Yoshino and Hakaze going to end up together? Unfortunately, the English translations of the manga ends in chapter 37 and I can't read Japanese. I already know that the end of the anime differs from the storyline of the manga, since Yoshino and Hakaze end up together in the anime.

After reading some comments about the final chapter of the manga, it seems that they didn't end up together. I also heard that Yoshino rejected her in the nicest way because he thought her feelings for him would dwindle down as time goes by, and he didn't deserve her. However, Hakaze said he was the only man for her and she wouldn't give up on him.

That's why I've looked through the 6 special chapters with the hope of some hints that they do end up together in the near future, but I wasn't able to interpret something just by seeing the pictures.

Do these specials or even one of them continue the story after the end of the manga (chapter 44) and are there any hints Yoshino and Hakaze could end up together?

The end of chapter 6 of the extra story shows that Yoshino starts to open up to Hakaze while he was walking her home after her job (Mahiro suggested him to do so).

On their way, he says to Hakaze, if she has a boyfriend one day she should introduce him to Yoshino and he'll be happy for her from the bottom of his heart. But Hakaze replies that those things don't make her feel better at all.

Then Yoshino suggests holding hands as its dark and late and she might get lost. Hakaze refuses and says that it only applies to kids. Yoshino tells her that he can't walk as confident as Mahiro, but if there is a one in a million chance that he could get lost, he wants to hold her hand. Then both of them intertwine their fingers and walk together.

Thus, I think it's indicated that they will end up together.


How could Naruto twist his ankle? Well, when Naruto was fighting Sasuke at the Valley of the End, Sasuke popped a hole in his shoulder, to prevent him from using the Rasengan.

Naruto, in response, activated his Nine-tails chakra (to less than one tail), and the hole healed so fast it was actually visibly closed.

A few years into the future, Naruto has (almost) complete control over the Nine-tails' chakra! And yet, when he attacked Kisame, he twisted his ankle, and that didn't heal until much later.

What the hell? That chakra had enough life force to sprout trees from Yamato's logs! Why couldn't it heal a simple twisted ankle? Can we dismiss it as a case of "Allow Gai to fight Kisame and provide Naruto an excuse to stay out of it"?

During his battle with Sasuke in the Valley of the End Naruto was not in control of the nine tails. The Nine Tails was acting on his own accord, triggered by the emotions of Naruto.

But during the battle with Kisame, Naruto was in control of the Nine Tails. Infact he had just gained control of it. So I would guess that, since he only recently gained control of the nine tails, he was not in sync with the Nine Tail's power, which is displayed by Naruto misjudging his speed and power thereby spraining/fracturing his ankle.

One can have all the raw power in him, but unless the body is in sync with the power, you are no good. Also, about the fallen Zetsu's or wood element's sprouting leaves, this is not done by Naruto, but rather it is done by Naruto's/Kurama's chakra resonating in the wood element. (Zetsu has Hashirama's cells).

Well this is my two cents.


Is there any reason why the race takes place on Roboworld? Roboworld is a dangerous place for the racer. When they announced that the race was to be held in Roboworld, the President of Roboworld directly stated that they would not allow the race to be held there, and they would destroy any outsider who entered their territory by any means necessary. They know that Roboworld had many troops and weapons to stop the race. One of the racer even stated that Roboworld troops were the meanest troops in the galaxy. So why did they still decide to race there? Was there a reason behind it or did they just want an intense race?

Being attacked by the local military made the race just that much more exciting.

The racing culture seemed very counter-culture or anti-authority as well, so holding the race somewhere they were forbidden from just jived that much more with their ideals.

Anyhow, there was a nearby refugee moon where they were basing out of (if I recall correctly) so it wasn't too hard to pull off logistically... especially considering some of the race organizers literally had magic on their side.

But to answer your question, I don't think there was any single, specific, reason.


Difference in strength of luffy's gear forms? As luffy have now 4 special forms (gears) how much they are different, can anyone please explain the differences?

Available on Wikia in detail. I'll try to brief it up a bit.

Using Gears is selecting the right tool for the right job. Each Gear has its own drawbacks and Luffy must also consider the impact it will have on its body. For Example. Gear Four may seem the strongest, but it leaves Luffy completely defenseless after the timelimit.

Gear Second: Luffy uses his legs (Just his hand post-timeskip) as pumps to increase the blood flow in his body. This provides him more oxygen and nutrients. Enhancing Speed and Strength though affecting his endurance to the point of paralysis after prolonged use. Rob Lucci compares its affect to doping. Luffy can use this technique because of his Rubber Blood vessels which don't tear under extreme stress.

Post Time-skip he gains much more control over this Gear, saving his Stamina. He can activate and deactivate it quickly. Used in combination with Haki he also can use much more powerful attacks.

Read More: Gear Second

Gear Third:

  Luffy corks his mouth with his thumb, bites into his thumb joint (making a small opening) and blows very hard into it, which inflates his arm. He is then able to transfer the air through his entire body, requiring the torso to act as an interface for his various limbs. Luffy blows so much air into his body that when they are all focused on a single limb, they become the size equivalent to (or greater than) that of a giant's, if anything resembling Oars' size. Used with his already-strong physiology, this apparently gives his arm more mass and a larger area to attack with far greater strength, but he sacrifices mobility for this strength, as his limbs are now so large that Luffy has trouble moving.

In Gear third he essentially inflates his Bone to Giants (or larger) size. The increase in mass and momentum give him tremendous Raw power (Destroying Marine Battleships, Oars Backbone etc.)
Major difference for this is that Luffy loses his elasticity.

  Unlike the normal Gomu Gomu no Fusen technique, bullets ricochet off of Gear Third instead of bouncing off.

Post-Timeskip he can compress the air to the end of his limbs for more power.

  Gear Third would increase the size of the majority of Luffy's arm, thus reducing the speed of the attack in exchange for a powerful impact. However, Luffy after two years can seemingly control where the air is stored within his limbs, where his fist becomes large and instead of the air being equally distributed throughout his arm, an equivalently large mass forms behind the fist. This allows a majority of Luffy's arm to remain as it is, permitting him to stretch it, thus allowing him to attack and withdraw much faster than pre-timeskip.

Read More: Gear Third

Gear Four:Boundman Luffy puffs up his Muscular Structure giving him more power, while keeping up his flexibility. This seems to be a cross between Gear 2 and 3 while utilizing his Haki.

  Luffy coats his arm in Busoshoku Haki before biting into his forearm. Similar to how he activates Gear Third, he blows an incredible amount of air into his body, but this time he inflates his muscular structure before distributing the air throughout his body, with emphasis on his upper half.

It achieves to counter both drawbacks of the first 2 Gears

  While Luffy is using Gear Fourth, his physical strength and speed are increased to the point where he is able to overwhelm a member of the Shichibukai, Donquixote Doflamingo, whereas before, Gear Second's lack of strength and Gear Third's lack of speed were ineffective in the fight. [...] His durability is also enhanced: despite being hardened with Busoshoku Haki, his body is still rubbery, so physical blows (even ones enhanced with Busoshoku Haki) simply bounce off of him

However, it lacks in range. And thus Luffy needs to be close to use the techniques.

  Unlike the previous forms, Gear Fourth focuses on compression more than stretching. While the compression grants Luffy's moves overwhelming speed and power, the range of his attacks is severely decreased.

Read more: Gear Four


Why are Kurenai's eyes the way they are? I've been reading Naruto, and I've noticed Kurenai's eyes are weird. They look a bit like Sharingan eyes, but there has never been indication they they are at all actually related to the Sharingan. Has there been any explanation for her eyes?

They are not related to sharingan in any way. The are simply because of their genes. Like we have green eyes , brown eyes and stuff. There never has been any canonical opinion about it in anime or in manga. Even so, the manga is coming to an end and still there is no hint of having any powers or any affiliation with the sharingan.


Why did they skip the 4th Hokage and choose the 5th instead after the 3rd died? I think I didn't watch Naruto carefully because I can't understand one thing: After the third Hokage died, the fifth was chosen. Why did they skip the Fourth Hokage?

After Sarutobi Hiruzen (the third hokage) stepped down, Namikaze Minato (Naruto's father) became the fourth hokage. Minato died during the kyuubi attack during which it was sealed inside Uzumaki Naruto. Konoha now lacking a hokage, they chose to bring back Sarutobi into office.

So they didn't skip the fourth hokage, they just reinstated the third one after the fourth...


Which chapter of the manga does Season 3 of Nanatsu No Taizai anime start? If I want to start reading the manga of Nanatsu no Taizai by the chapter season 3 of the anime start (so I avoid most things which were already shown in the anime), which chapter should I start reading the manga?

That should be volume 25 of the manga.

I just checked it here;
https://nanatsu-no-taizai.fandom.com/wiki/Story_Arcs


Check and circle marks in test papers While watching anime, especially ones that focus on slice-of-life or high school, I often come across a test paper containing a character's score. However, it is interesting to note that the correct answers are circled while the wrong ones are ticked (checked?). As far as I know, ticks are for correct answers and circles are for incorrect answers (unless I've been living in a shell, which would be embarrassing).

The image is from The World God Only Knows OVA: Four Girls and an Idol, where Keima Katsuragi intentionally placed an incorrect answer for question #1. As you can see, it is checked while the rest are circled. Does this mirror how Japan marks the test papers of students? If so, why?

Yes, this does mirror how Japan marks the test papers of students. Let's see an example each of a marked test paper in anime and in real life Japan:

Circles and crosses indicate right and wrong answers, but you'll often see check marks used in place of crosses to save time and effort. Check marks are sometimes called reten for bearing resemblance to the katakana re, but should not be confused with the return marker reten that annotate Classical Chinese. Check marks call forth the attention of students to incorrect answers, which they should check again.

The check mark as an error mark also sees usage in countries like Korea and Sweden, but as you can gather from the discussions on Reddit and Wikipedia, there really is no universal standard for marking right and wrong answers even within a country. The graders may choose whatever the mark they want. My teachers in school thought that ticking off wrong answers wastes too much ink, so they just cheaply impressed a dot by the wrong answers.

Occasionally, you might also encounter the flower circle, double circle and triangle marks, which denote, respectively, perfect, good and average (poor) work done by the students.


How are people supposed to watch Naruto legally if they live outside America?when it's only licensed in Canada and US on crunchyroll I'm curious , I saw online that Naruto can only be watched on Crunchyroll in Canada and the US

So I live in Australia, and I watch Naruto for at least 24 hours a month. If you want really good quality, then watch it on AnimeLab. If you don't want ads, then don't use the mobile AnimeLab.

Even though these really help you, the anime community gets affected if you don't buy official merchandise and DVDs, or watch it on official streaming websites, the anime production company will get shut down, meaning they won't produce more seasons, and no one wants that ;)


Who are the Heroes that Sweet Mask acknowledged? I saw an interesting question: How does Sweet Mask (A-Class rank 1) plan to stop unworthy heroes from moving to S-Class?

My question is, at the moment, who are the Heroes that Sweet Mask acknowledged as worthy Heroes? Are the Heroes he acknowledged all S-Class Heroes only?

Sweet Mask has acknowledged:

King (S-Class) - Chapter 93
He acknowledges King's split-second decision-making and fearless actions and even went so far as to say that there are S-class heroes serious about their jobs after all.
Feather (A-Class) - Chapter 94
He says that Feather is good and that he has star potential.

So, no, he not only acknowledges S-class heroes but A-class heroes as well.


How come Naruto's Chakra responds to Wood Elements? Till now it's shown that Naruto is good in Wind Element alone but Naruto's Kyuubi chakra affected the Wood Style technique used by White Zetsu and even Captain Yamato's Wood Style.

   If that's the case, then why can't Naruto use Wood Element technique?
Why does Kyuubi chakra affect the Wood element alone?

From the following Naruto Wiki

  Whenever Naruto is in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Wood Release techniques
  will react to the Yang chakra's life-giving properties and mature into
  full-grown trees within a matter of seconds, either by contact or
  close range.This was also shown to have the same effect on White
  Zetsu Army clones, whose genetic make-up is similar to that of
  plants.

Thus, Naruto himself doesn't directly control the effects his yang chakra has on the wood element or the white zetsu.

Also,

  The Yang Release (陽遁, Yōton; Viz "Light Style") techniques, based on
  the physical energy that governs vitality, can be used to breathe life
  into form.

Thus, Naruto is not explicitly using the wood element technique, as with the first hokage, yamato or the white zetsu, rather it's the yang element chakra that is resonating in the wood elelemt that provides the wood element the vitality to grow.


What happened to the rest of the Academy class? In Naruto, when the academy classes are shown in the beginning, there are characters who appear who do not appear as genin later, as far as I can tell. The two characters in the second row on the right don't seem to show up later. What happens to these characters? Naruto is presented as one of the only characters to repeatedly fail, so are these characters who passed and then just never showed up again, or do they drop out of becoming ninjas?

Students graduating from the academy are given an additional test by their Jonin sensei. Kakashi mentioned during the bell test that only about 33% students pass this test, and those who fail are sent back to the Academy.

Among the other students in Naruto's class, some may have taken up a different profession after failing the Jonin test a few times, while others may have passed the test and taken up work as genins. Konoha does get a lot of genin mission requests, not just the plot relevant ones involving main characters.


Was Rin's death the only reason which has led Obito to start Fourth Great War? It seems like there weren't any other reasons for Obito to consider Mugen Tsukuyomi.

Did Obito had other motivation, except Rin's death?

Rin's death was just the final spark to make Obito start the Fourth Great War. His hatred towards "evil" shinobis, current world and the desire to fix the world were evident from a long while (him always trying to compete with Kakashi to get stronger and save his allies). He was searching for a way to bring "peace" to everyone which is when Madara came in, in the times of despair Madara presented him a hope of "Infinite Tsukuyomi" which to the strong desires of Obito looked like the perfect solution. I won't just call it manipulation, for that time, the goals of Madara and Obito were quite similar and it was more of an agreement than just manipulation. Madara found the perfect candidate to carry his will, Obito found the perfect solution he deemed "correct" in his twisted, despaired mind.


Why didn't the entire village know Naruto was Minato's son? Besides the out of universe reason that his identity was hidden as a plot device, is there any in universe reason people don't know Naruto is the 4th Hokage's son?

After all, Minato was married to Uzumaki Kushina. She must have been pregnant for a while before her and Minato's death. Being the wife of the 4th Hokage, she must have been, at least to some degree, a celebrity figure. Everybody would have known she was pregnant. She must have been sporting a good baby bump for at least a couple months before her death. Shortly after the time of her death, there's suddenly a newborn baby named Uzumaki Naruto wandering around (that happens to have a striking resemblance to the 4th, which becomes more and more obvious as he ages), and nobody made the connection they were related?

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

I know that the Third hid his relation to the 4th, but simply using the 4th's wife's last name doesn't seem like it would be very effective. Was that really all it took to fool just about EVERYBODY? Is there some other explaination to Naruto's anonymity?

While I don't like posting speculative answers, upon plenty of time and thought I think this is the best I can think of. Expanding on my comment on the question, I'll try to logically conclude why many didn't relate the boy Naruto with the son of Hokage.

We see the scale of invasion pretty early in the episode and see it
was a sudden war worse than the attack by the Sand/Sound villages.
The strategy of saving the villagers probably resulted from the
Nine-Tailed Fox Attack. The knowledge of Jinchuriki is SECRET
information and wasn't revealed to anyone but the Hokage and top-tier Anbu.
Hence, while plenty of people had seen Kushina pregnant,
no one knew the significance of the birth (even Minato didn't know).
The sudden death of the Fourth and his wife naturally led people to
conclude the worst. We also know that some Anbu and the Third's wife died
as well. When so many people die together, how can they assume a new
born baby survive?
We know of at least two orphans from the Nine-Tailed attack. Iruka and
    Naruto. (I believe Kurenai's parents died too, but not sure if it was
    filler). When the Third Hokage retook the position, the village was
    turmoil, and plenty of rehab efforts were made, including for orphan
    children whose parents had died. Uzumaki Village is extinct, but
    there may have been several wandering clans in the Land of Fire (not the
    village), who may have visited the village. And Naruto may've been
    thought to be the son of guests who unfortunately died in the attack.
    The nature of the Third's kindness is well known and no one would question
    his interest in the kid of a guest of the village who died because
    of the failure.
The Hokage's family are treated as special in village. Tsunade (the First's
granddaughter), Asuma (ran away from home to escape the shadow of
Hokage's son), Konohamaru (Honorable Grandson + Special Tutor) and
even Boruto (Konohamaru would naturally take him in). Everyone likes
them. Treats them with respect. In Naruto's case only the shadow of
fear lingered, and it didn't change. If he were "special" why didn't
anybody intervene? This created the vicious circle of some people
staying away because of the fear that being the Fourth's son makes him
a target (Kakashi), some jounin let him be (Shikaku), some actively
shunned him. This shunning gradually increased and seeped into the
kids as well. No one expects a village oddball to be that of Hokage
heritage.
The most important point is hiding in plain sight. Naruto isn't
the first nor the last to use this technique for hiding the true
nature of main character. Superman is a prime example. People don't
expect "special" people to live among the common! What they don't
expect they just don't see it. This is true in real life as well.


Guy cross-dress to frequent school and met father's last wish? I am looking for an anime, where a guy with long blonde hair dresses as a girl to frequent an all girls school.

It was his father's last wish, his father or grand father not sure, in order to get his inheritance.

His childhood friend also frequented the same place and helps him cross-dress.

There was some sort of sister system in place and aside from that a big sister thing.

I don't remember the date of this anime but the animation looked like something of 2000ish.

Hopefully some one can help me out.

Well, then it must be Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru. The boy who cross-dresses to get into the all-girl's school is named Mizuho Miyanokouji.

From Wikipedia:

  Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru revolves around the main protagonist Mizuho Miyanokouji, a male high school student. After Mizuho's grandfather dies, his will is reviewed, which explains his desire to have his grandson transfer to Seio Girls' Academy, the same one his own mother attended and his ancestors founded. Abiding by the will, Mizuho cross-dresses to attend the school. The headmistress, the deputy head teacher (visual novel only), Mizuho's homeroom teacher Hisako Kajiura and Mariya Mikado initially know his secret; Sion Jujo and Ichiko Takashima also eventually find this out.

Mizuho's friend Mariya Mikado helps him cross dress:

  Mariya is Mizuho's cousin-german who grew up with him and therefore knows him very well. When it was decided that Mizuho would transfer to the all-girls school she also attends, she took it upon herself to transform him into a beautiful girl by the use of makeup, and she seemed to have a lot of fun dressing him up.

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What spelling is Caster using to refer to Joan? In the Aniplex English dub, when Caster mistakenly refers to Saber as Joan, he adds his French accent to the pronunciation of her name.

Now the wikia for Joan mentions 2 ways of spelling her name, Joan of Arc and Jeanne d'Arc. I don't know French all that well and for all I know, Caster could be saying either. So I am wondering, when Caster says Joan's name, is he using Joan or Jeanne?

Joan is just the English version of the French name Jeanne, both of which are female forms of the Biblical name John.

In the original Japanese, Caster refers to Saber as ジャンヌ jannu, which is the Japanese pronunciation of French "Jeanne". English "Joan" would be ジョーン jōn. I haven't seen the English dub, but I imagine that Caster is using the French version there, too.

Given that Caster is Bluebeard (i.e. Gilles de Rais, who was a French person), it makes sense that he would use the French version of the name rather than the English version.


Why aren't Meow and Dandy zombies anymore? In episode 4 of Space Dandy, Meow, Dandy, and many other people become zombies, after Meow gets bitten by an infected alien. If I'm not mistaken, there's no cure for being a zombie -- all the advice Dandy and Meow get is to change their outlook by eating yoghurt instead of meat and sunbathing, so that they are fermenting instead of rotting. (Whether this logic about zombie biology is true is probably best left to another question.) This reaches the point where since life insurance companies are losing a lot of money to zombies cashing out on their policies, they try in vain to hunt down these zombies (but fail and eventually also become zombies).

Now, everything looks fine in the next episode: Meow, Dandy, and the massive swathes of the population that were zombies in episode 4 are now alive again. Why is this the case? Does Space Dandy largely simply consist of non-cohesive "filler" segments that don't necessarily have to follow each other? Or did some cure for zombification come up?

I haven't read the manga, so perhaps something comes up there.

Non-spoilery answer: there's an explanation for this, but you're going to have to wait pretty much until the end of the show to find out what it is. It's not a deus ex machina or anything, though; there are hints dropped along the way, and you may be able to figure it out beforehand.

Here is a fuller answer, which spoils some of the last episode of the show, except sort of not really, since the whole thing is so damned wacky anyway:

   The reason that Space Dandy seems so vignettish is that it takes place across a number of different timelines. When Dandy and crew die in the zombie episode, they're dead and stay dead - in that timeline. When we see them alive and well in the following episode, that's a Dandy-and-crew from a different timeline.

 You see, the Dandy universe (well, multiverse) is one in which the "many-worlds" interpretation of quantum mechanics (hey, Everett!) is literally true - there are infinitely many parallel universes, and for the most part they can't interact. However, "cosmic strings" (which are probably somehow unrelated to these things) can reach from one universe into another, and the way in which they do is regulated by some mysterious substance called MEGA-pyonium (which, in Japanese, sounds suspiciously like "bigboobsonium").

 Anyway, for some reason, Dandy is well-endowed with pyonium ("boobsonium"), which is like MEGA-pyonium, except smaller, I guess? Well, not just "some reason"; apparently, the supreme god of the universe (a.k.a. The Narrator) has had his eye on Dandy for some time, and wants Dandy as his successor for after the universe goes through another Big Bang / Big Crunch cycle, and I guess this is why he has all this pyonium? And, uh, yeah, this doesn't actually matter, since Dandy himself can't really interact with his alternate-universe selves (but then again, there's episode 14...). I think Dandy yanking on the cosmic string in episode 1 may have had something to do with it?

 Point of the matter is, there's a lot of universes. And pretty much every episode from 1-25 takes place in a different one. The only time we have any real episode-to-episode continuity is between episodes 25 and 26. In every other case, you can probably safely assume that the Dandy of episode n is a different Dandy from the Dandy of episode n+1.

I should note that I haven't touched the Space Dandy manga; it could be that there are some better explanations in there. (But, given that this is Space Dandy we're talking about, I kinda doubt it.)


Can Sasuke use Tsukuyomi? The question is based on my theory from the recent manga chapter (Naruto 661):

  Sasuke, when stabbed by Madara is the effect of Tsukuyomi from Sasuke.

Now, to prove my theory, is there an episode in manga/anime that Sasuke used Tsukuyomi?

Short answer

Sasuke can not use Tsukuyomi.

When fighting Kabuto, Sasuke used a regular Sharingan genjutsu on Itachi.
Sasuke's left eye creates Amaterasu, and his right eye manipulates the flames. There is no place for Tsukuyomi.

Long answer

Mostly from a reddit post:

Sasuke does not have the Tsukuyomi. What Sasuke uses is the Sharingan's standard ability to cast genjutsu through eye contact with its "eye of hypnosis". In the past, Sasuke had personally it used on Sai, Orochimaru and Deidara, and we've seen it used by Itachi, Kakashi, Obito and Madara on different occasions. What Sasuke had been doing since Itachi's death was channeling these Sharingan Genjutsu through his Mangekyou Sharingan, which apparently had the effect of amplifying its strength, rendering him capable of instantly incapacitating his opponents.

Sasuke was shown casting genjutsu with one eye of his Mangekyou, like how Itachi cast Tsukuyomi with his left eye (and Amaterasu with his right). But whilst Sasuke typically cast it with his right eye, he had also done it with his left eye. Against C too since he appeared to be holding his left eye, and a third time, if you count his domination of the bijuu.

And even regular Sharingan Genjutsu had been used through a single eye, as demonstrated by Madara and Itachi. Itachi himself used Sharingan Genjutsu with the Mangekyou after his Tsukuyomi eye had been blinded. Madara had done the same.

Sasuke has never once called his genjutsu, Tsukuyomi. Both Danzo and Tobi compared it to Itachi's Tsukuyomi - which was understandable since they're brothers and both had used Amaterasu and Susanoo - but neither of them actually called it Tsukuyomi. Only twice had Sasuke "named" it where he called it "Sharingan" and "Genjutsu - Sharingan" respectively (just like Madara). When he called it "Genjutsu - Sharingan", the difference is also made explicit by showing it side-by-side with Itachi's Tsukuyomi.

Tobi implied that Sasuke had received Itachi's eye techniques, but Itachi had only sealed a single use of the Amaterasu inside Sasuke with the Transcription Seal: Amaterasu which Sasuke had no actual control over. From what I've heard, it came from a misunderstanding over how the Japanese language doesn't differentiate between singular and plural. And when the jutsu was unsealed, his eye transformed into Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan temporarily. So if Sasuke used a Tsukuyomi (or another Amaterasu) from Itachi, his eyes would have changed to show it.

The genjutsu Sasuke used against B (when he still had to implant Itachi's eyes) resembles the Tsukuyomi with its inverted colours, but this was also the only time it happened. Every other time we saw the genjutsu itself, it didn't have that visual effect. It was also said by Itachi and the second databook that the Tsukuyomi can only be broken by his own blood (presumably someone of the Uchiha bloodline with a powerful Sharingan), which we later saw proven and explained. Yet B was essentially freed with just a genjutsu dispel.

Ultimately, Sasuke only has Amaterasu, Kagutsuchi and Susanoo with his Mangekyou Sharingan. Amaterasu was first used with his left eye against Killer B. Kagutsuchi was used to quell the flames and then used and named it against the Raikage where he shaped the black flames and dubbed it "Enton: Kagutsuchi". The most blatant evidence of these two being his Mangekyou jutsu is when he fought Kaguya and freed himself from ice using both of his eyes.

Even after Sasuke took Itachi's eyes to awaken the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, he has never revealed the Tsukuyomi. You can implant the Mangekyou Sharingan and use the abilities of the original holder (e.g. Kakashi using Kamui or Danzo using Kotoamatsukami), but when those eyes are used to evolve to the next stage, it instead empowers their own abilities from what we've seen. Or at least removes the drawbacks.

Once the third databook stated that you would need Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi to awaken the Susanoo, but the above tells us that this is outdated information. If anything, I'd believe that Kishimoto had originally intended to give Sasuke the same jutsu as his brother (with different preferences, perhaps) but decided otherwise at crunch time. As far as we know, the only character with the Tsukuyomi is Uchiha Itachi.

Also, the current revision of Tsukuyomi from Naruto Wiki shows only Itachi Uchiha under the list of users.


Is turning into stone as a result of waiting for someone for a long time derived from Japanese legend? This concept is used in Windaria and an early episode of Pokémon (Episode 20: "The Ghost of Maiden's Peak").

Did it come from a Japanese legend I'm not familiar with, did it come from the Windaria novel, or is it just a Kunihiko Yuyama thing?

Stone legends are indeed pretty common just as TurkeyFried stated. Most of these are based on loyalty towards a person (most common in anime is waiting for a loved one).
It is said that the petrifaction version originates from Vietnam

Hòn Vọng Phu (Statue of Husband Waiting)

But nowadays in TV shows and such they give their own meaning to it and reasoning.
You can check this out for some more examples of this phenomena.


What is the English translation of the letter (written in Japanese) in Anohana: The Movie? So I began watching Anohana: The Movie after completing the series. In the movie, there's this scene where Anaru is writing a letter to Menma. Unfortunately, the contents of the letter are left untranslated. Can someone please tell me what Anaru wrote in the letter?

Here is the screenshot of the letter:

Transcript:

  めんまに[謝]{あやま}りたいから、お[願]{ねが}い[叶]{かな}えようって[思]{おも}ってた
  I want to apologize to Menma, so I think my wish has been granted.

  いつからか... いつからか、[私]{わたし}...　じんたいが[好]{す}き
  Since when... Since (who knows) when... I fell in love with Jintai.

いつからか means “since some time or another; since who-knows-when”, but I am not very sure how to put it to make it sound natural in English.


Where can I watch My Hero Academia Season 4 English dub for free? My Hero Academia Season 4 (English dub and Japanese) used to be free on Funimation, but yesterday I checked and found out that almost all, except a few, can't be watched in ANY language for Season 4. I remember that before Season 4 was free, it was only for premium for a while, so maybe if I wait for some more time, it will become free again? Or is there another site I can use to see the My Hero Academia English dub?

Hulu is a good one, they offer 7 day free trials and that is enough time to finish season 4 of you watch about 5h a day.


Are the Homunculi abilities based on the sins? I understand Gluttony's ability of being able to ingest anything being related to the title Gluttony. I was wondering about the other Homunculi's abilities (from FMA:B, not FMA) and whether they have any relation to the sins or to any biblical story relating to the sins.

No, this isn't generally the case.

Greed (both pre- and post-"death") has the ability to modify the carbon in his body to be rock-hard. This is not reflected in the fourth circle of Dante's Inferno nor in the Bible as far as I can tell.
Pride has the power of the shadows and of omnipresence. As far as I know, pride is generally represented Biblically as a giant, so there's little correlation here.

Wrath and Sloth could potentially be connected.

Wrath has the all-seeing eye. Though there is nothing about this in Dante's Inferno, this could be a reference to the potentially wrathful statement in the Bible, "an eye for an eye". However, I'd consider this a bit of a stretch.
Lust has the ability to make longer fingernails. I suppose this could be seen as a use of her beauty to kill others, but again, a bit of a stretch. She also seems to have no correlation to the second circle of the Inferno.
Sloth possesses great power and skill, and yet wastes it; this isn't really his ability per se, but he does use it in a slothful manner.

I believe, though, that Gluttony and Envy are the only ones who share a strong-ish connection.

Gluttony, as you mentioned, wants to (and is able to) eat essentially infinitely.
Envy has the ability to appear however he likes; as his jealousy later reveals, his envy of humans causes him to use his ability to take the human form.

It's worth noting that most of the homunculi have some form of their story connected to their sin. Wrath, for example, loses his arms, as in Dante's Inferno; Lust's death by fire and wind is also a reference to how the lustful are killed in the second circle; and in the Bible, it states that "the slothful will be put to forced labor." A few of the sins have some aspect of their appearance related to their sin as well.

However, despite all this, it does not seem that most of their abilities relate to their sins, or the stories that accompany them.
  Disclaimer: I am not an expert on the Bible or Christianity.


Help me find an old anime film Can you help me find the name of an anime film? I do not remember very much about it but here is what I recall:

It's a movie not a TV-show.
It's probably in the genre of horror because it includes monsters, blood and maybe some people dying.
It was made before 2005.
There is a boy who lives in a cave in the mountains with an old lady and he decides to go to the city (I don't know why).
A girl is run over by a bus and her blood is everywhere, but somehow she is not dead (like it was only a vision or time went backwards).
The girl has an older brother and I think they are orphans.
There is a young girl with three eyes.
There is a very large monster that resembles Ryuk from Death Note and maybe a bird monster.

The anime you're looking for is 3x3 eyes

  3X3 Eyes is the story of a young man named Yakumo Fuuji, who through a strange series of events becomes the immortal slave of the last of a race of 3 Eyed immortals. The immortal absorbs his soul to save his life, making him immortal in the process. Now, he begins a journey with the female immortal in an attempt to find a way of becoming human. Of course, there are many complications along the way, not the least of which being that the immortal is a female with a split personality, one achingly cute and the other being no-nonsense destructive power, and the romances that develop between.

The anime satisfies all of the points you mentioned except for

  It is a movie not a TV-show

I think you may have mistaken it for a movie. It's an OVA collection of 4 episodes having a sequel of 3 another OVA episodes.
The boy is Yakumo Fujii, the three eyed girl is Pai Sanjiyan and the large monster is Benares


Use of nosebleeds to denote arousal? In several episodes of Assassination Classroom (animated version), characters develop spontaneous nosebleeds seemingly in response to becoming sexually aroused.  This occurs with a number of male characters, though I can recall at least one instance where it happens to a female character as well.

Here's an example on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKNRnL6E64Q

Is this a common trope in anime, or something that's unique to Assassination Classroom?  And in either case, is there any rational explanation behind using this seemingly bizarre method of depicting arousal?

This is a common trope in anime. Many examples of it can be seen on Dragon Ball with Master Roshi:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0-Ep3UI2SI [potentially suggestive content]

According to AnimeNewsNetwork, it is a long-standing Japanese folk belief.


Why Tsukasa didnt kill Senku and his friends in episode 3? In episode 3, Tsukasa had the chance of killing Senku and his friends, after Senku fired a sort of arrow at him and missed, but he left them alive.

Why Tsukasa didnt kill Senku and his friends in episode 3, when they are confronted, Senku tried to kill him , and Tsukasa clearly has no problem killing humans since he destroyed several humans turned into stone?

Tsukasa didn't kill Senku and his friends because he doesn't know how to revive humans. So otherwise he would be alone.


An old anime where the protagonist stabs his eye to counter hypnosis and later on receives a bionic eye that can control vehicles I can't remember the name of an anime I watched a long time ago (approximately 20 years). In this anime the main antagonist is a woman who can hypnotize people by getting naked and then drawing out some eye projectors and when people look at these projectors they go insane. I remember two main scenes from this anime, I hope this can help.

In the first scene, two people look at a security camera, then the woman stands in front of the camera and manifests her eye projectors. Then one of the two men goes insane and jumps off the building and dies.
In the second scene, the main protagonist drives in his car and then the woman jumps on top of a truck which is just in front of the protagonist's car. During the time the woman manifests her eye projectors, the main protagonist stabs one of his eyes so that he won't get hypnotized. I remember that after that the main protagonist's eye is replaced with a powerful bionic eye which gives him some super unnatural powers where he can control distanced vehicles by using mind control.

Thanks in advance for anyone who is willing to help.

The name of the anime is  Midnight Eye: Gokuu.

The actual scene differs a bit from your description: the two people were actually police investigating the baddie whose minions include the woman of a different biology with "peacock feathers" extending from her body who can mind control people. One of the police was observing a room through a telescope when the woman walked into his vision and hypnotized him into pushing his comrade off the balcony and following suit. Here's a screenshot of the woman:

The rest is as you have described, but the bionic eye not only can control distanced vehicles, it can control every electronic device in the world.


What are the differences between the Totoro releases? I know that My Neighbor Totoro was released at least twice (possible three times because of some sort of airplane release) in the United States. I'm pretty sure that at there was at least a cast change between the two major US releases, but are there any other changes? Was anything censored or was any animation or lines changed?

According to the Wikipedia article, Tokuma Communications did a release in 1993, which was released on video by 20th Century Fox and dubbed again by Streamline as a special release for airlines. The Wikipedia article claims that Miyazaki would not allow any sort of editing, modification, or censorship, due to his disappointment with Warriors of the Wind, the heavily edited version of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind that was released in the US. The article offers no source, but this site supports the idea that Miyazaki hated Warriors of the Wind.

Fox's rights expired in 2004, and Disney acquired the license, creating a new dub. The Ghibli fan site from the link above makes the following claim about the Disney / Ghibli relationship:

  No. This will not happen [editing of or changes to the Ghibli films]. Disney can not cut even one second from the
  films, according to the contract. Ghibli has officially stated that
  "With Disney's commitment to maintain the quality of the original
  titles, there will be no changes to music and sequences in foreign
  language versions." According to Mr. Suzuki, the producer of Ghibli,
  other companies such as Fox and Time-Warner contacted Tokuma, but
  Disney was the only company willing to agree to this condition, and
  that was the main reason why Tokuma chose Disney as a partner.

The FAQ on My Neighbor Totoro also claims that nothing was cut from the Disney release, but does state that the songs were translated into English and dubbed by an American singer, as with other Ghibli releases by Disney.

It's been a long time since I watched the Disney dub, and an even longer time since I watched the Carl Macek dub, but I'm pretty sure Disney did a new translation and wrote a new dub script. The Disney DVD also includes Japanese audio with English subtitles. I never watched Totoro subbed, but I have watched other Disney releases subbed and compared them with the dub translations, and the degree of fidelity is always very high.


Is Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez alive? In Bleach, whilst watching the final fight between Ichigo and Grimmjow I noticed that Grimmjow's body did not vanish when he was defeated as the other espadas did (in the aftermath when Nnoitra appeared). There is no mention of Grimmjow after this. Confused I turned to the manga, in 286 I could not tell either. I was still confused so I turned to the wiki. In the wiki, it vaguely says

  "..but Ichigo steps in and protects Grimmjow as he lies on the ground, severely wounded. However, he survives the attack...

A quick google search and I found this yahoo answers post about this but both posts are vague and unhelpful. Is there some credible source that can verify if he is alive or not?

Ok, I found the omake that mentions Grimmjow:

In the bottom-right corner, it reads:

  Q: Will there be characters that appear in the role of a friend?

  Kubo: Ulquiorra has already turned to ash. Grimmjow might become a friend...

So yes, Grimmjow is alive.


In episode 1 of rokyubu, what is the manga that one of the characters is reading? In episode 1 of rokyubu, what is the manga that one of the characters is reading?

Upon closer examination, the manga she is reading is called Shoot!!.

(Click to zoom in.)

There is a real manga called Shoot!, but it is about soccer.

So, the answer would be that she is reading a fictional basketball manga titled Shoot!!.


Where to read continuation of Re:Zero anime after episode 24? I just finished this anime on Crunchyroll, if you have watched it as well, you know how it ends there.

How or where can I see what happens next without waiting for the still possible next season? Also, what chapter of the manga picks up where the anime ends?

The answer is: I was mistaken.

Crunchyroll made the series sound (to me) like it was ended 2 weeks ago but the series actually played until this week (not sure yet if there is more coming).

But, thankfully, I was able to see all the episodes up to an actual conclusion.


What's a good entry point for Touhou? I've been wanting to try and get into Touhou. However, just looking at Wikipedia, there is a crap ton of games and most seem to be for very old systems; they aren't listed in chronological order by store (rather, by release date).

So, I'm wondering: Is there is a game/anime/manga which is in English, in one form or another with games, it would be either official English releases or fan translation patches; anime would be either English dub or sub; and manga either localized or scanlation), which would be a good entry point into the series?

The biggest difficulty with getting into Touhou is the number of characters which are present. The bulk of the canon story material is really not that large.

The main Touhou games are released in chronological order. This is rather irrelevant because the stories typically are not closely related anyway. However, newer games do involve characters from older games. This shouldn't really stop you from understanding what's going on, because the characters are all pretty easy to understand, but you may miss a few things if you go out of order. Note that these are really essential to understanding Touhou well, since they serve as the introduction for most of the characters and almost all of the major plot points which are referenced elsewhere are from the games.

Typically, it's recommended to start with the beginning of the Windows Touhou games, Touhou 6 (Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil). The Windows Touhou games have only occasionally used characters from PC-98 era games, apart from Reimu and Marisa (the protagonists). However, it would not really hurt anything to start with any of the other games either. If you find the games too difficult, many people who are just interested in the story watch replays of them online or read transcripts of the dialogue (which are available on Touhou Wiki, e.g. here). There are fan-made patches available for all of the main Touhou games.

If you want an official source, Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red (the first Touhou fanbook) has a great deal of information on the characters up to Touhou 9. Touhou Wiki typically serves as a fine alternative as well, though it has a lot of fanon as well. Neither of those are really stories though. To be perfectly honest, you can read almost any of the canon manga releases if you're willing to occasionally look up who a character is. Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth might be a particularly good choice simply because it only involves a small number of characters.

In any case, once you know the very basics (the major characters and plot of the main games), you can pick up pretty much anything canon or fanon with relative ease. The biggest difficulty is just learning all the characters in the first place, and I don't think there's any better advice for that than just to play the games (or at least read the dialogue from them).


Are Franky & Bon Clay voiced by the same voice actor? I'm just wondering if the voice actor of Franky is the same as the one of Mr. 2 Bon Clay. They sound the same.

In Japanese, both Franky and Mr. 2 Bon Clay are voiced by Kazuki Yao.[1][2]

In both the 4kids English dub and Funimation English dub, they are voiced by different people.


How does the automail work? An automail must be a masterpiece, as the user seems to be able to use it as a fully working arm/leg/... It seems however, that it's no regular artificial limb.

What's so special about an automail? How does it work? Are there any drawbacks?

@kuwaly's answer covered most of it, but here's a bit more information as well.

  What's so special about an automail?

It's basically a prosthetic limb which has been optimized for fighting. Its name comes from auto- (as in "automotive") and -mail (related to armor). They were originally designed to give more freedom of motion to uses of prosthetics, but were soon fitted to combatants who had lost limbs.

There is nothing extraordinarily special about these limbs except their versatility and wide variety of uses. Additionally, this type of technology did not exist in the real world during the time Fullmetal Alchemist is set (early 1900s).

  How does it work?

There are dozens of little parts to it, but it is largely composed of motors, tubing, and the external metal covering. Here's a couple images of its components (click to enlarge):

It has no internal power source; it draws its power directly from the impulses of the nervous system to run the intricate motors and other mechanics inside it (and of course, to control which ones activate when). So, when the synapses are sent, each part contracts with its motors, giving free, versatile movement.

  Are there any drawbacks?

Of course—otherwise, why wouldn't people just cut off their limbs? ;)

kuwaly mentioned three major drawbacks:

It is painful to have installed (nerve connections are painful—in real life, too).
It is prone to breaking (just like a bone or limb).
It creates a reliance on an automail mechanic for tuneups and fixes, and mechanics can make mistakes!

There are two drawbacks that weren't mentioned, though. One is that it is quite painful during pressure changes; recall that when Ed went to the field with Pinako to dig in the rain (2009 anime), he was actually forced into vomiting due to the aching pain of the pressure system. The second is that the material can work against you; iron and steel can cause issues like frostbite when in cold areas, and are also quite heavy. (Some alloys alleviate this issue, though.)


How are the Divergence Number and world line related? In Steins;Gate there is much ado about the Divergence Number of the current world line. But if I am remembering correctly, the meter Kyouma made/carries/is given shows the difference between the current world line and the "previous" one—which I understood to be the one Okabe was in immediately before his last time jump.

Does the Divergence Number work relative to the last time jump–originating world line, or relative to the world line where it was constructed (the world line where SERN maintains a dystopia)?

In Steins;Gate there is an important thing called Attractor Field. An Attractor field is a number of world lines that may be slightly different from each other in small details, but provide the same end result.

Each attractor field is "made of" a number of World lines, in some range. For example, the Alpha Attractor Field contains world lines with the divergence from 0% to 0.99%, the Beta Attractor has world lines from 1% to 1.99% and so on.

Thus, the divergence meter is not showing some relative value, but rather an absolute value which is used to determine the Attractor field that the current World Line belongs to.

Source.


Where does the Kyuubi inside Naruto exist? Whenever Naruto sees the Kyuubi that Minato sealed inside him, we see this room with water on the floor and a big door behind which the Kyuubi stays. What is this place and where is it?

The place that we see is within Naruto's subconsciousness and its as a result of the Eight Tetragram pattern which is the sealing formula used by Minato to seal the Nine tails within Naruto.

  According to the Wiki, When Naruto wants to speak to the Nine-Tails, he enters a subconscious plane that resembles an underground complex, with pipes running along the ceiling and various hallways. The floor is flooded with a shallow layer of water; the Nine-Tails' growing influence over Naruto is sometimes depicted as the water level rising.


What period of time in DM does the catastrophe scene in Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D take place in? In Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time, there is a scene where Paradox appears and kills Pegasus, Sugoroku, and thousands of innocent fans in the process of trying to end Duel Monsters, but I have no clue what time period it takes place in. I figured it took place between two miscellaneous arcs in the story, but there isn't any evidence supporting that. I was mostly wondering because he somehow used Atem's form despite Atem being freed. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.

The event takes place sometime after Battle City but before the Waking the Dragons arc.
It is important to point out that the production of this movie overlooked many errors.Some of which confused many fans of the franchise.

1: Several times during the Duel, fewer cards are seen in someone's hand than there should be.

2: When Yusei revives "Junk Gardna" with "Miracle's Wake", a face-down card is seen on both sides of it when there should've only been one.

3: When Jaden is about to attack "Malefic Rainbow Dragon", the original "Rainbow Dragon" is seen on Paradox's Duel Disk instead of its "Malefic" version.

4: When Paradox Synchro Summoned "Malefic Paradox Dragon" and it appeared on the field, "Elemental Hero Neos Knight" is not on the field but its card is seen on Jaden's Duel Disk after "Malefic Paradox Dragon" is Summoned.

5: When Yusei revives all of his team's monsters with "Stardust Mirage", the DEF of "Junk Gardna" is mistakenly shown as 2500 instead of 2600.

6: Pegasus is shown with the Millennium Eye, despite the movie taking place after he lost it at Duelist Kingdom, although this may just be an animation mistake.

7: In the dub, when Yusei activates "Stardust Mirage" the underside of Jaden's face-down is also "Stardust Mirage" instead of "Neos Spiral Force".
In the dub, when Yugi uses the effect of "Kuriboh" to block the attack of "Malefic Stardust Dragon", he calls it "Stardust Dragon" instead of "Malefic Stardust Dragon".


Why was Yui happy at the end? When Suitengu was explaining to Kamiya how he had already found his sister and she had been with him all this time (in the form of a charred bone fragment left from her ashes), it's shown that Suitengu found out that Yui has been sold as a prostitute and had become "broken" after years of abuse.

When she saw Suitengu, she started begging him for money and started to suck on his fingers. Suitengu wept a tear of blood which she swallowed before he hugged her. It's obvious that Suitengu used his power to put Yui to rest while they were hugging.

As Yui died, she was smiling. I am wondering, was she smiling because she realized the man hugging her was her older bother, or was she happy that she was freed from her life as a prostitute?

I believe she was happy to be free from her life as a prostitute - When Suitengu enters, she treats him like another client, begging for money and initiating intimacy by sucking on his fingers.

Yui's life was a wreck and you can see in the scene that she has been reduced to a weak state of survival, having been badly treated for (presumably) years.
She was most likely glad to be free of the living hell she was in.

Her smile could be interpreted as a final recognition of her brother, but personally I doubt it - she is confused and dismissive of both the music box and when Suitengu hugs her, it's only moments before we see her hand drop that she smiles.


Can a Nen user still use their abilities after Kuroro Lucifer steals it? When Kuroro Lucifer steals the ability of another nen user, does it mean that the original user wont be able to use it anymore? Or is it like a copy-paste, like Ging copy-pasting the punching abilities? Because in the last arc, he was using Shalnark's ability 'Black voice'.

Does it mean the original user can't use it anymore? Can Chrollo give back the nen abilities that he stole?

According to his wiki page they do not have access to the ability anymore. Unfortunately, it is not stated wether or not he can give the skill back. It is probably safe to assume he would not give it back due to his status as leader of the Gen'ei Ryodan.

  Chrollo's Nen ability allows him to steal the Hatsu of other people to use them as his own using a conjured book known as the "Bandit's Secret." The theft victim, of course, no longer has access to their stolen ability. The theft happens under strict conditions:

  1.He must witness the Nen ability in action with his eyes.

  2.He must ask about the ability and be answered by the victim.

  3.His victim's palm must touch the handprint on the cover of Bandit's Secret.

  4.All of the above must be done within an hour.


Which song was played in Naruto Shippuden episode 378 at about 20:00? Which song was played in Naruto Shippuden episode 378 at about 20:00?

I can't find the song. Please help me.

There is no song around 20:00 in the episode. at that time minato's kunai was broken and he lost his one hand. however if you are referring to the ending song then it is "Never Change feat.Lyu:Lyu" (around 21:00)


Hinata's & her children's family name by the end of Naruto What is Hyuuga Hinata's family name after she married Naruto? Is it still Hyuuga, or has it changed to Uzumaki? And what about their children? Are their surnames Uzumaki or Hyuuga?

Please also post the proof of them being called with their family name and not just quoting their name in Wikia, as the Wikia page currently doesn't have the proof of them being called with their family name (by 29-04-2015 4:20 PM GMT+7 time).

I'm gonna have to say that Hinata's surname will remain as it is. Because, if we take the case of two other couples, who were from different clans and had offsprings, we can see that wives' surname remains as it is. Examples are:

Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki
Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yūhi

In both cases, even after their marriage, their surnames were kept the same. So this leads me to believe that Hinata will retain her surname as Hyuuga.
Taking the same examples for the case of the offsprings,

Naruto
Mirai Sarutobi

Mirai's case, she retains her father's surname. While Naruto's official surname is Uzumaki. But the Uzumaki surname was given to him because it was a means to protect him and his identity (from enemies). I think there was a chapter which discussed that incident. Therefore, his original surname was Namikaze.
From these examples, I think its safe to say that the child recieves the surname of the male parent. Which means the names will be Boruto Uzumaki and Himawari Uzumaki.

Update: (credits to @AyaseEri)
As for physical evidence, the 8th official guidebook, Zai no Sho (released Aug 7th 2015) confirms that Boruto and Himawari have their surname as Uzumaki:

Boruto Uzumaki (page 26)
Himawari Uzumaki (page 31)

But it seems my logic with the wife's surname being preserved is faulty. As in Zai no Sho, Hinata's surname is not Hyuga, but Uzumaki (page 31). Therefore, her official name after marriage has become Hinata Uzumaki.


Why did most kages change in the Boruto movie? The fifth mizukage and the sixth hokage doesn't look old at all. And I don't believe that Ōnoki had died. Why are the kages all different?

Why did most kages change in the Boruto movie?
Because they felt it's time to get retirement and they also found there replacement. Hiruzen also got retired when he found his replacement in Minato and become Hokage again when he died.
Tsuchikage
Ōnoki always complain about his back pain and after the tiring Fourth Shinobi World War it seems like a proper time to get retirement.
Hokage
Naruto have a dream to become Hokage from start and Kakashi might have noticed the change in Naruto to be worthy of it so he retired.
Kazekage
Gaara is quite young and capable and still being Kazekage.
Mizukage
Mei Terumī always complained about having scarcity of good man in her life and Chōjūrō being the last of Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist have proved his worth in Fourth Shinobi World War. So Mei might have retired to concentrate on her personal life and also found a good replacement for her.
Raikage
Fourth Raikage (A) was ofcourse old enough and he even lost a hand just before Fourth Shinobi World War, seems like a proper time for retirement. And Darui proved his worth in Fourth Shinobi World War too.

So mostly it seems Kage just gave there seats too younger generation who proved there worth in Fourth Shinobi World War.


What is the song playing at the end of My Hero Academia season 4 episode 12? Can someone please help me find the song used in episode 12 of season 4. It starts at the 20:15 aprox when Chisaki is trying to convince Eri to come back and deku refuses that idea.

The song is called Red Riot. It's the 9th song on the Season 4 playlist.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg38mEVKi6s


Can shisui use izanami? Itachi knew of the izanami and he considered Shisui as his brother so it is possible that he shared the information with shisui? while kotoamatsukami requires time before it can be used again, izanami is a one time use of the eye so Shisui could have avoided using it. I know that the answers will just be extrapolation only but still might be worth asking

The short concise answer:

If Shisui knew about Izanami, then yes he can use it. If not, he can easily learn it by reading the Uchiha stone tablet with his Mangekyou Sharingan.

Considering all events leading up to his death, he probably never learned about Izami (reasoning below).

The nice long juicy explanation:

Because the Uchiha had a past history where people started abusing the Izanagi and Izanami, they became labeled as kinjutsu or forbidden techniques. Kinjutsu is not taught to shinobi on a general basis.

That means one can only learn of Izanami either through the stone tablet or another Uchiha that knows how to use this technique. From what it appears, Shisui had considerably the best pair of eyes amongst the Uchiha clan. With that said, Shisui is definitely capable of using Izanami as so should any other Uchiha member that awakens their mangekyou.

However, it only makes sense that Shisui did not know about Izanami before the Uchiha coup d'etat. Recall Shisui trying to use his special technique Kotoamatsukami on Danzou prior to the event. If he knew about Izanami, I am sure he would have used it, because it only requires the eye sacrifice, which is better than having Danzou stealing his eye.

In order to protect his last eye, Shisui sacrifices his life and entrusts his eye to Itachi. Therefore we can determine that Shisui did not know of Izanami.

EDIT: Addressing R.J's comments -
(This really doesn't add to the answer of the titled question, but explains the fundamentals of Izanagi / Izanami).

  I think any Uchiha can use Izanami or Izanagi provided they know about the jutsu.

Anyone (not just Uchiha) can use Izanagi / Izanami provided that they know about it and have a Sharingan (ie Danzou).

  There is no pre-condition of them having awakened the Mangekyou because if that was the case, then Danzo couldn't have used it so many times.

For a person to use Mangekyou techniques in the past (amaterasu, tsukiyomi, susanoo), it required him to use his Mangekyou Sharingan. The only other type of eye that can use the above 3 jutsus is the Rinnegan, and that is because it is the evolved form of the Mangekyou.

When Danzou used Izanagi 10 times, 10 normal sharingan were sacrificed. This means that Izanagi is not a Mangekyou technique, and does not require Mangekyou to use.

  All you need is an activated Sharingan and the knowledge about the jutsu.

Before I begin, we know that you also need Senju DNA in order to use Izanagi. This was explicitly stated by Tobi when Danzou was fighting against Sasuke.

In Danzou's situation, we can assume that Danzou needed the Mangekyou Sharingan in order to learn about the technique. Who is going to teach Danzou Izanagi? The possible options are Madara, Obito, Shisui, and Itachi, except none of these people have motive to teach him Izanagi. Therefore it is only logical to assume that he needed to read Uchiha stone tablet with MS.

The possible plot hole:
Tobi stated that you need both Sharingan and Senju DNA to use Izanagi. Keep in mind that both Tobi and Danzou had both DNA when using that jutsu. Naturally, I'd assume the same prerequisites hold true for Izanami, however it was never mentioned that Itachi has Senju DNA. That means Izanami and Izanagi have different requirements, or Itachi has some Senju DNA, or this is one big plothole mess.


Do we know what happened with Iroh and the Spirit World? During the Siege on the North Pole Zhao mentioned that Iroh had went to the Spirit World which would explain why during the Winter Solstice Iroh saw Aang and Roku's dragon fly over when they were in the Spirit world.

So i am wonder if there is any more information Iroh's visit to the Spirit world like how he got there, why he went there, how he got out and what other abilities he gained aside from being able to see people who are in the Spirit World.

There are multiple posts I found

This description of Iroh mentions him departing to the spirit world, but it doesn't sound like anything fancy. Just him simply deciding to leave the physical world behind and being accepted into the spirit world. Considering he has a stronger connection to spirits than anyone else in the series, short of being the avatar and a partial spirit, this isn't too surprising.

This other stack exchange mentions how he had time to visit the Spirit World to search.

Anything else I found was a repetition of things you already know.

As for abilities he has gained, I would assume nothing changed. He gave up his physical body to live in the spirit world where bending doesn't work (without using the portals, which he can't use anyway anymore). Traveling to the Spirit World has yet to provide anyone with additional skills, just knowledge.

Although, if you want to stitch some things together, given the previous instance of the Winter Solstice and Jinora's spirit projection abilities, I wouldn't be surprised if he could appear in the physical world under optimal conditions.


Does Garou have some important techniques of his own? We know that Garou was trained by Bang, and that he can use the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist of this last, also we see him copying Tank Top Master and Watch Dog Man techniques and style. But how about his own techniques?
Does Garou have some important techniques of his own?

He mostly adopts the styles of others, but he does take it to certain extremes.  For example, Bang and Bomb are able to combine their styles into a special combination attack style.  In chapter 69 of the webcomic Garou eventually learns how to do this by himself, which is said to be a unique and "impossible" achievement. So in that sense, that combination-but-solo style is his own technique.

   (I feel like the two boxes in the first panel should be interchanged)

The name of the combination seems to be different in the webcomic versus manga, but that may just be a translation issue, or possibly a (minor) change in the canon.  It's worth noting that exactly how and when he picks up this combination style is different between the manga and webcomic.

Later on he goes a step further and declares that he has created his very own technique/style.  This was his own declaration while near the pinnacle of his egoism, however, so it is to be considered debatable on whether he truly achieved a unique technique/style or not.

However, the immediately preceding page does have a narrator line suggesting his claim of a "new technique" is legitimate. This is in the sense that it provides a list of twelve Martial arts styles he has absorbed through battle, all of which this alleged new technique is definitely not part of.

So from this I would conclude that, yes, he does eventually develop one unique technique.


Did Bakugo become stronger than Midoriya in My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising? In My Heroe Academia, Heroes Rising

 Bakugo gets One for All from Midoriya, who still has One for All because this power doesnt leave the user inmediately but lasts for a while. Supposedly when an user gets One for All, he adds his own power to it.

Did Bakugo become stronger than Midoriya in My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising?

I say perhaps. It depends for how long you are referring to. right at that moment, after an unknown amount of time, it depends.
My reasoning for after an unknown amount of time is because of something that we have heard many times while watching the anime "this is the story of how I became the strongest hero in history". With this it probably means that he has more control over his quirk than Bakugo or something happens to Bakugo later on.
As for after then this. With the One for All quirk it takes time to learn how to use it. For about half of the episodes form the first season (I think) Midoriya spends time trying to use it, and ended out hurting himself, then he learnt how to us the quirk properly.
I am not saying that Midoriya will always be stronger than Bakugo. I am saying that at some points Midoriya will surpass everyone counting Bakugo. There is a chance that Bakugo will be stronger, but it won't be forever


Why can’t Madara use Amaterasu or Kamui? From what I've known, Madara was a legendary leader of the Uchiha clan. So, there are chances that he knew all types of techniques in terms of his eyes. His Kekkai Genkai includes:

Sharingan
Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan
Rinnegan
Wood Release
Storm Release

So, I wonder why couldn’t Madara use Amaterasu or Kamui?

Madara can't use Kamui, because that was Obito Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan ability, used by Kakashi after the transplant (after part I). He could only use it because he took Kakashi's Sharingan and used it to access Obito's pocket dimension to retrieve the Rinnegan.

Itachi - Tsukuyomi, Amaterasu, Susanoo
Sasuke - Blaze Release: Kagutsuchi, Amaterasu, Susanoo
Obito - Kamui, Susanoo
Madara - Susanoo
Izuna - Not mentioned in the series
Shisui -  Kotoamatsukami, Susanoo
Indra - Susanoo, Amaterasu

Madara can't use Amaterasu, because in my opinion, it's an ability that only runs in Sasuke and Itachi's family, seeing as they were the only ones to show this ability in the series.

All Mangekyou Sharingan users can use the Izanagi and Izanami ability.


Why did Eren survive getting eaten? Why did Eren survive when he was eaten by the titan during the battle of Trost? Why didn't that titan gain his titan abilities too? There hasn't been another example of a Titan Shifter being eaten in their human form and surviving.

Furthermore,

   when Armin ate Bertolt he absorbed him and returned to normal immediately.

And when Eren was eaten no one saw him transform and break out of the titan, meaning the titan had enough time to walk away from Armin.

Is this an oversight?

Good question.

It says on the Attack on Titan wiki page  about Titan Shifters that:

  According to Rod Reiss, a shifter's power rests in their spinal cord, meaning that to gain the Titan powers, it is not necessary to eat the entire shifter, more so just biting through the spine and ingesting their spinal fluid. Analysis of a serum recovered from Rod Reiss has also revealed that the Titan serums, which is actually Titan spinal fluid,appear to contain ingredients based on human spinal fluid. However, it is difficult to study, because once the liquid makes contact with the air, it evaporates just like Titan corpses do.

It can be seen during the 5th episode of the anime

that when Eren is firstly bitten, his spine is not damaged.

Shortly after, he saves Armin, then the Titan bites his arm off and then swallows  without chewing him. This means that he got in the Titan's stomach without any damage to his spine, keeping his powers from being taken.
He then transforms and breaks free, from here being no need for me to continue with the story of how he escapes and goes berserk.

Moreover, when Armin eats Bertolt it happens like this:

It can be seen that Bertolt is bitten in a way in which his spine will be cracked open so his powers will be passed to Armin.

To sum up:

Eren survives during the Battle of the Trost because he keeps his powers and transforms fast enough to not be crystallized and regurgitated by the Titan.
He keeps his powers because his spine was not damaged.
Armin gained his powers by eating Bertolt's spine, as showed above.
Based on the previous information, these events were not an oversight from the author.


Why does Sarada Uchiha wear glasses? In the anime, it was stated that Uchihas have the best eyes in terms of sight and visual prowess. If Uchihas have the best sight then why does Sarada Uchiha wear glasses?

I know there was the whole 'who is Sarada's mom' arc but

   it was revealed that Sakura is Sarada's mom, not Karin

so then why does she have glasses? Even though her glasses are a gift, we know that she legitimately needs them (she doesn't wear them for style) and neither of her parents wear glasses.

I haven't read the manga so if there are any canon reasons as to why Sarada has glasses can you please give me the source?

There are actually multiple reasons for this.

According to Manga, Sarada's eye condition was explained as an illness as a child, post which she had to wear glasses. I can't find the exact panel, but Narutopedia kind of corroborates this. She has perfect vision while activating the Sharingan, while her vision is no better or worse

  During her father's absence from the village while gathering information on Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, she became ill with a high fever and afterwards, began wearing glasses, which unknown to her were a gift from Karin. Sarada Uchiha: Narutopedia

Sharingan enhances her vision, but only while activated and the normal vision is just like everyone else.

However, the real reason is out-of-universe. It was Design Aesthetic, plain and simple. Kishimoto felt like giving her glasses, so he gave them to her.

  Interviewer: How is Sarada? [Or what about Sarada? T/N: In the context of design.]
  Kishimoto: Rather than cuteness, I wanted to project a slightly dark but strong hearted sense to Sarada. In my head, she is like a girl version of Sasuke. However, as it would be scary to have a Sasuke-like girl, I gave Sarada elements of Sakura as well. Although spectacled people are commonly given the image of “cute without glasses”, in Sarada’s case I aimed to make her cute even with her glasses on. Her clothes have a sense of Sakura, don’t they? Kishimoto Interview Excerpt


Can Naruto use planetary devastation? If no, then why?

He has the sage of six path's powers too right?

Then why can's he use planetary devastation?

Planetary Devastation is a technique unique to the RINNEGAN which means it is an dojutsu.


What happened to Muroi in Shiki? As the series progresses,

  Muroi allies with Sunako and her "family". In the final scenes, we see him get on a car with a briefcase containing Sunako.  Did he become one of the "Daywalker" Shiki, or did he just remain a human?

At the end of the series,

   he's bitten by Sunako, then becomes the only surviving day-walker, and then is seen smuggling Sunako away. Presumably, he'll accompany Sunako either in hiding or to find another village to turn into a Shiki village.


How does a colossal titan come down once he is done shifting? I was thinking that Bertholdt must have trained with his Colossal Titan so I was wondering how he would get down, considering Marley did not have 3d maneuver gear.

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

Humans with titan abilities have some control over what parts of the body is turned into a titan and to what degree. This is shown in The first season when Eren only builds a single arm, some torso and a head to stop the cannon from hitting himself, Mikasa and Armin.
To some extent this ability can be extended to deconstruction of the parts at different rates. This can mean the colossal titan may only deconstruct the torso and then the legs to get back down on his feet. This will require practice but is certainly plausible.


Does Naruto only have the wind chakra nature? Does Naruto have only the wind chakra nature?

If he doesn't then why doesn't he use any different chakra nature besides the Rasen Shuriken?

As I said in the comment section, Naruto "apparently has wind, lightning, earth, fire, water, lava, magnet, boil, yin, yang, and yin-yang as his nature types". Which you can see here.
In the comment section you said you watched the anime till the end. But, even so, you should have still seen him use the other chakra natures. It was during the war, I don't remember exacly what episode(s) but in the manga it showed in chapter 673: WE Will...!! (in this chapter he uses Sage Art! Lava Style Rasen Shuriken!). In the next chapter, Sasuke's Rinnegan, he uses Sage Art! Magnet Style Rasengan.
In Chapter 688: He of the Sharingan!!, the Biju give Naruto part of their chakra which he uses for Sage Art...... Super Bijuu Rasen Shuriken!!. But the manga doesn't say what the other seven Shuriken are made of.
Yin Release:

based on the spiritual energy that governs imagination, can be used to create form out of nothingness.

According to the Second Mizukage's, genjutsu falls under the broad category of Yin Release.

Yin chakra is also part of the tailed beasts' chakra.

Yin Release can be used offensively when combined with senjutsu. However, it is unknown what exact role the Yin Release fulfils in said technique.

I'm pretty sure statement three is the reason why Naruto has Yin release. My theory behind this is (could be canon)

 During the war, if you remember, Naruto died. Which lead to Minato sealing the Yin half into Naruto.

I think that's the reason for him having Yin Release, but, remember, I could be totally wrong.
Yang Release:

based on the physical energy that governs vitality, can be used to breathe life into form.

Yang chakra is also part of the tailed beasts' chakra.

This second statement is, what I think, the reason behind Naruto having Yang Release.

 Minato had sealed the Yang half of Kurama in Naruto. Making him gian Yang Release. So when ever Naruto is is Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Tensou's wood style would have a reactions towards the Yang chakra.

Yin-Yang Release is just the, what someone can call, "combination" of Yin and Yang Release.

After receiving power from Hagoromo, Naruto Uzumaki gained the ability to use Yin–Yang Release to stabilise life forces and restore missing organs through physical contact.

Like how he healed Gui after his fight with Madara. But, it seems to have a limit. For example, it was unable to fix Gui's leg after he used Night Guy. Another example is how Naruto was able to heal Obito from the Ten-Tails extraction, but wasn't able to heal him from Kaguya's All-Killing Ash Bones

Yin–Yang Release also has the ability to nullify the effects of all ninjutsu, rendering them useless.

Sorry for making my answer pretty long. I tried to make it as short and detailed as possible. I hope this more detailed answer helps you understand more.


Anime about a girl who escapes torture? Never got to watch the anime itself but saw a short 2-minute clip on a profile on Facebook like 8 years back, and never got to follow up on it.

From what I remember:

It's about a girl who tortures people in her home.
I remember a scene where this girl almost escapes with a knife, tries to get out the door but is cornered and gets tazed.
She jams her own head into the knife, exclaiming that she won't allow the girl to be the one to kill her.

Pretty gruesome, I know, but I've wanted to watch it for over a year and just can't find out what it is...

It's the first season of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.

The scene you're describing is in episode 20 (about 18 minutes in).

Shion is the one with the taser. She ends up torturing killing like half the cast.

Rika is the girl who commits suicide by banging her head against a knife.


Where can I find the copyright owner of the anime? Do I really need it for fan products? I’m recently thinking about creating enamel pins so I can make some money and save up, but since I want to design the pin with anime’s such as Toilet Bound Hanako kun and Cardcaptor Sakura, I am afraid that I will get sued for making fan products.
Do we really need the copyright owner to approve if it is just a fan product?

For legal questions such as these, it is always good to contact a copyright lawyer in your country. Laws regarding fair use, copyrights and the likes differ per country, and a copyright lawyer should be more than capable of answering your questions. And this answer should not be seen as legal advice.
Beyond that, yes, you'd likely need a license. And should contact the original IP holder (or their legal departments) to obtain it see also Who do I contact regarding rights licenses of specific manga/anime characters?
To quote sharur's answer on Law.SE addressing the creation of fan-made merchandise of the game Overwatch.

... This is exactly the situation that IP law (e.g. copyright and trademark) was created to address. Blizzard created the game and so they have rights to control and benefit from derivatives there of. There are some exceptions, but prints, buttons, and keychains are not likely to meet the requirements for those.

Additionally, you can also take a look at Printing copyrighted logos on t-shirts/jackets/apparel without permission: in which situations is it legal? which covers another angle on a similar idea.


Why do people in Shin Sekai Yori die if they kill other humans? Why do people in Shin Sekai Yori die if they kill other humans?

I remember that during the anime they go through some ritual, but why does that ritual work? What is that ritual exactly? Is it something religious or is it just portrayed religiously but has scientific reasons it works? Do they psychologically affect the subconscious of humans? Is it a religious "magic" that does the trick? What gets triggered in the human brain after when people try to kill other humans? By what mechanism do they die?
Why is the ritual needed?

Also, what was the name of this thing? Was it death of shame? Why is that the name?

NOTE: I have watched (not recently) the whole show, so no risk of spoilers. Sorry the story is not very fresh on my mind.

This is all spoilers if you haven't seen the entire show.

The Death Feedback is part genetic and part conditioned. From episode 4, they mention that the human genome was modified and that the Death Feedback works by the subconscious becoming aware of an attempt to harm another human and it uses their power to stop liver functions and parathyroid glands. This is further reinforced by education, conditioning and hypnosis. I think in episode 12 Tomiko speculates that it could be possible to circumvent the Death Feedback if the user was on some kind of stimulants or somehow didn't recognize their targets as human.

(Taken from part of my answer to this question which is also related.


What's the song playing while kakashi and his dad are talking? (episode 175) video link: https://youtu.be/ccOv9fh38aI?t=70
from 1:10 to the end of the video
Thanks!

j’attends - ol’ dirty digger, you can hear full version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn4BF2TMawQ
Also for the future, you can use the Shazam app too.


Tokyo Ghoul re: Season 2 - What did Orca notice about Arima in his fight with him? In the latest Tokyo Ghoul re: Season 2 episode 13. There is a fight scene between ccg investigators and Orca. In that scene what was Orca talking about Kishou Arima's eyes? He said that there is something strange about Arima and then he noticed something about his eyes. What was it that he noticed?

There are spoilers ahead for the Tokyo Ghoul:re manga.

What did Orca notice about Arima in his fight with him? In Chapter 65, during their fight,

  Orca noticed something about Arima's eyes.  He also notices Arima's strange timing and uneasy feeling.

It was revealed in Chapter 83 that

  Arima is a half-human, with a ghoul and a human parent. There are two possible outcome for the child when a ghoul and a human copulate: a half-human or a one-eyed ghoul. Half-humans are indistinguishable from humans (they can eat normal food, unlike ghouls) except they have improved physical capabilities and shorter lifespans. Arima, along with many others, were 'failures' raised by the Sunlit Garden.

What does this have to do with Arima's eye?

  Since Arima is a half-human, he has a shorter lifespan than a normal human. This also brings about the effects of accelerated aging. Arima revealed after his fight with Haise that he has glaucoma and that his eye is close to not being able to see anything.


Who is the first school idol group ever featured in anime? In the Love Live! series, UTX High School's A-RISE is the first school idol group featured. But, is A-RISE the first school idol group ever featured in the history of anime? If not, who is the first school idol group?

It's been 3 months since the question existed, well, if you still haven't found the answer yet, here it is.

  1983

Magical Angel Creamy Mami is the oldest Idol anime I could find. It has 52 TV epsidoes + 4 OVA aired back in 1983. It's a school idol group, but unfortunately I can't find the name of the group.

  Creamy Mami is about a young girl, Yuu, who after seeing a spaceship is given the power to use magic for one year. She is also given 2 cats, Poji and Nega, to watch over and guide her. Using her magic powers to transform into the idol Creamy Mami, Yuu must work hard at acting, singing, helping her parents at their crepe shop, fighting aliens and bad guys, going to school, plus try to get the affections of her childhood friend Toshio.

  2003

Wandaba Style is the possible oldest Idol anime with a group name, yes, finally, but wait, it is not a school idol!

  A J-pop group named Mix Juice consisting of four girls: Ayame, Yuri, Sakura & Himawari attempt to make it big by playing the first concert on the moon. Bankrolling this endeavor is the 13 year old billionare Susumu Tsukumo and his android, Kiku 8 who propose to go to space in an eco-friendly way.

  2006

Lemon Angel Project is about a group of high school girls forming a new Lemon Angel Idol Group, I think that is it, I'm surprised that the first school idol group was created only 10 years ago.

  Lemon Angel was once the greatest girl band of Japan, but then it broke up and most of its members vanished. When a music producer decides to put together a new Lemon Angel, average high schooler Tomo Minaguchi is approached to audition for the group. Little does she know of the mystery behind the original Lemon Angel...


Are Levi and Mikasa siblings? Are Levi and Mikasa siblings? I've heard Levi being called as Levi Ackerman, which in Mikasa's backstory, you discover that her last name is Ackerman as well, although no recognition passes between them, and you never see them together as children.

No they are not siblings.

Below are some details you may not want to know if you have only seen the anime.

  Levi is the son of a prostitute named Kuchel Ackerman who died while Levi was very young.  His serial killer uncle, Kenny Ackerman, took care of young Levi growing up to a limited extent but obviously was not a good man. Mikasa's father was an Ackerman while Levi inherited the name from his mother's side of the family. His biological father is unknown.  They, therefore, are not siblings. It should be noted that some bloodlines in this series have special abilities and the Ackerman's seem to be one of these bloodlines.

It is not clear how closely related they actually are beyond that as most of their family trees are unknown.

The spoiler below is a quote from the wiki.

  When Captain Levi Ackerman speaks about Kenny Ackerman, he asks Mikasa if she was possibly related to him. Mikasa retells that when her parents were alive they told her that her father's family, the Ackerman bloodline, was persecuted inside the cities and that her Asian mother's family lost a place to live inside the cities as well, possibly because of her race. Mikasa then states that her parents met as fellow people who had been driven into the mountains and out of the cities and got married. She claims that her father never knew why the Ackermans were discriminated against and that they weren't of a different race like her mother was.


Why did Johan want to commit suicide? Well, I just finished monster today and I really enjoyed it. I thought I grasped the meaning to Johan suicide but after searching on the internet people were writing different interpretations so I would like you to hear my interpretation and correct me if I am wrong.

The second to last episode (episode 73) Johan and Nina recollected a memory in which Franz said that the twins were not monsters and are special. By recollecting this memory Johan attempted a suicide which will be led by Tenma's hand.

My interpretation into why Johan wanted to commit suicide is because of the recollected memory of Franz saying that they are special hence Johan at the moment of recollecting that memory he cried because that's when he realized what he was doing was wrong hence the suicide attempt and the reason why Nina forgave him. Am I correct?

What I think happened in Monster is, Johan was the nameless monster. Somehow he might have concluded that the story always ends with the nameless monster being the last person alive, so Johan planned the perfect suicide destroying every trace of him. Now that Tenma learned his real name, I guess he thought he was not the nameless monster anymore, so he committed suicide.

As for being psychopath, maybe it happened when he started to question himself if he was the wanted child as the mother gave Nina to Bonaparte. At that particular moment, he was reading that nameless monster story. Then I guess at 511 Kinderheim when he forgot everything, he became a loose nut and his memory of wanting to be the nameless monster (last person alive) came back when he read the book at the library, and then he planned the perfect suicide.

So I guess that's when the real story starts, and I also think that Nina always had a clue of Johan wanting to be the nameless monster.


Which chapter of the manga does Season 1 of Kimetsu no Yaiba anime end in? If you want to keep following the story of Kimetsu no Yaiba after that, you need to know which chapter of the manga the anime ends.

Which chapter of the manga does Season 1 of Kimetsu no Yaiba anime end in?

From the wiki, the 26th Episode adapts parts of Chapters 51-54.

The upcoming movie, Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen, adapts the Infinity Train arc or Demon Train arc from Chapters 53-66.


Who exactly is Selim Bradley? I am currently watching Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. I have a question regarding the identity of the homunculus inside Selim Bradley.

Is he Pride? Or is he another homunculus?

In episode 42, when Van Hohenheim met Pride in an underground passage in Liore, he said that Pride shouldn't have been able to reside outside a spherical body.

This confuses me as to how Selim Bradley can be Pride. Am I missing something here?

Potential spoilers for the manga and Brotherhood continuities. I'm being conservative with spoiler markdown, since I can't tell how much you've watched.

We first get a crucial bit of information after Hawkeye interacts with Selim (ep. 37, vol. 18):

   Selim is indeed Pride. Hawkeye gets suspicious about Selim while talking to Mrs. Bradley and then is confronted by him. Hawkeye later passes on a message to Roy stating that he is a homunculus (vol. 19, can't locate the exact episode number).

Later, the information is confirmed after Edward and the others return to Central (ep. 46-49, vol. 21-23).

   Edward, his brother, his father, and some people who joined him while he was at Briggs fight Selim, who they notice is a homunculus. It is clearly shown that he is Pride: I believe he makes some comment about this, and even if he does not, it is clear from the eye pattern his attack comprises of that he is the same homunculus Van Hohenheim confronted while in Lior (ep. 42, vol. 19).

So this leaves your question:

  In episode 42, when Van Hohenheim met Pride in an underground passage in Liore, he said that Pride shouldn't have been able to reside outside a spherical body.

He was referring to Pride being restricted to a specific part of the underground tunnels:

   I assumed that it referred to only the parts of the tunnel that circle Amestris, and the restriction only applied to Pride's real form (not his human container).

It also appears that he was referring to where Pride's shadows could move (at least when he was outside of Central), not where Pride's "container" or body could be:

   After all, Pride is Selim Bradley, and Selim Bradley has a relatively normal-looking life on the surface of Central, where he is probably moving within the borders of the underground tunnels.


Can fans convince a streaming site to show a certain anime? If a streaming site, for whatever reason, doesn't have a certain anime of which you're a fan, can you gather enough votes in online petitions or facebook likes to convince the site to start streaming it?
When could this work, and when would this be hopeless? For example: do studios decide not to work with specific streaming sites, regions or audiences of less than N viewers?

In most cases: No. They don't care about the fans, and care about profits. Most streaming sites have licenses to stream that show, which often enough is for exclusivity, such as with Netflix, or Amazon Prime. The licenses for these shows are either expensive from competition for it, or not worth the cost because of lack of response for the series. In the former case, the streaming site you're petitioning can do nothing about it, considering some other place will most likely already have the license, and in the latter case, can't see enough profits coming from it to make it worth the cost.


Can someone explain about the attendance record in "Another" In 1996, Mami Asakura was the extra student. She was also a student of 1993 (and she died that year). When she joins Yomiyama Junior High, Her name from the 1993 record disappears and everyone who knew her, loses their memory about her. After she disappeared, her name from 1996 record gets erased and it reappears in the 1993 record.  Am I correct?

Also, will her friends remember that she was in 1993?

How did chibiki identify that Mami Asakura was the deceased if a person's memories are altered?

Yes, you are correct. After the calamity ends, the records are restored (even photographs), and some (maybe all, maybe none) of the memories.

Tatsuji keeps careful records of all classes 3-3. Since he reveals the truth about Mami in 1998, the data was already restored.

It is not shown, but he probably also tracks the deaths.

It is not shown if Tatsuji's memories were erased or not.  We know that the records both written and graphical (photographs) are edited and the extra removed - and later repositioned - name and image. But the memory of the calamity is not erased. People know that deaths occured. For someone tracking the calamity for as long as Tetsuji, and that know of the phenomena around the extra's records could spot a blank where something should be there. The calamity does not prevent discovery of the extra through sleuthing.

He could restore the information by crossing data from the records. The "extra" would be evident because there is no enrollment papers, no admission exam score, etc. Also the duplicate name.

As people remembering, it is blurry. People involved in a calamity class usually die or won't want to remember or keep themselves involved with the school.

So probably when Mami returned (or anyone else, for that matter) nobody that once knew her in life was there to remember.