Why didn't Mr. Satan know about Z Warriors and their abilities? Mr. Satan was a professional martial artist. Surely, he was also a buffoon, but from what we've seen he is definitely very strong and skilled by the standards of someone who was never trained by someone like Kami or Kaioshin. In Dragon Ball series, he would probably be a decent opponent for Goku or Tien.

He also wasn't completely stupid - you don't become champion, millionaire and world star by not knowing what are doing.

In the real world, it takes a mixture of raw talent, hard work, and passion to achieve such level, and we have no reason to assume that it's any different in Dragon Ball universe.

Now, to finally get to the point:

How come that he never came across stories about people like Master Roshi?
How come he didn't watch 21st, 22nd and 23rd Tournaments, where flying, Kamehamehas, disappearing and other strange techniques were common?
How come he had no idea about Tien (who won 22nd Tournament)?

Satan must have been a young boy or teenager, and if he had the passion for martial arts, people like Tournament Winners should be like Gods to him. And yet, after these Tournaments, Mr. Satan doesn't recognize Goku, Piccolo or the other Z-Fighters.

Mind that I'm not questioning why he kept on insisting that everything that happened during Cell Games was a "trick" - he wouldn't want to admit that he was outclassed - but why was he actually and genuinely surprised.

The answer to your question lies in the fact that there was a large time gap between the 23rd and 24th World Martial Arts Tournament.

Also, keeping in mind the fact that no one other than King Furry in DBZ remembers the King Piccolo Saga, it's safe to say that everyone has forgotten about the previous tournaments. This can also be said due to the fact that Tambourine had taken the records of the previous tournaments and the participants, thus there being no written history of them left.

Therefore, it can be concluded that even if Mr. Satan might have witnessed the tournaments, he has forgotten about them.


Where does "Tagoya" come from? At the start of the series (i think Episode 5 or 6), Sven teaches Eve to yell out "Tagoya" when she see's fireworks.

   later when Sven suggest to launch fireworks to lure Eden off-course, hearing the fireworks go off while within Eden Eve is yelling out "Tagoya" while on an elephant ignoring Adam

I am wondering, where does this thing about yelling "Tagoya" come from?

Are you sure you don't mean "Tama-ya!" rather than "Tagoya!"? It is very common for Japanese onlookers at a festival to loudly cry out "Tama-ya" and "Kagi-ya" when they see fireworks, instead of applause for the show. The words refer to two of the oldest, largest and most famous fireworks factories from the Meiji period (1868-1912).

I believe the plan is to so distract Eve with the fireworks and their surrounding customs that she'd be unaware of the changes being made behind her back.


Did Amon die in Root A? In Tokyo Ghoul: Root A, they showed Amon collapse and then Kaneki left him. Later when Akira reached him, she started crying. However, they never confirmed whether or not he's really dead and they don't show him after he collapses.

Did Amon die in Root A?

As for whether or not Amon died in Tokyo Ghoul: Root A is unclear as the events you describe is all we get with regards to Amon's injury.

However, in Tokyo Ghoul:re manga:

   Amon is reported "killed in action" however his body is never recovered. Later it is discovered that Amon was captured by Aogiri and is experimented on by Dr.Kanou. He is given the name "Owl 27" as he inherits Owl's kagune, with a kakugen in his right eye. Just like Kaneki, Amon is now a half-ghoul and is in fact not dead. Source


What is COMITIA? Is it different than Comiket? In Pixiv, sometimes I saw that as title. Here is the example: [ COMITIA119 ] 星の花束. Seems like it's a doujin. This is the first image (cover) - if anyone interested.

I found from Google that Comitia is a legal assembly of the people from ancient Republican Rome (seems like totally unrelated). At first I thought it's Comiket, but there's only 92 Comiket so far.

So what's COMITIA and what does the number represent? Seems like it's related to comiket after all. So how does it different than comiket?

Both Comiket and COMITIA are doujinshi conventions held in Japan. Both conventions are generally the same event with several differences. See What events usually happen at Comiket?
Main Focus
While both Comiket's and COMITIA's main focus is socializing and exchange doujinshi. COMITIA is the largest dojinshi convention focused completely for the exchange of original dojinshi in all genres. So unlike in Comiket, any doujinshi based on an existing work are not allowed in this convention. And unlike in Comiket where there are large numbers of cosplayers participate, there is no cosplay at COMITIA.
Frequency and Location
Comiket is held twice a year in Tokyo, in August and December. Generally referred as NatsuComi (Summer Comiket) and FuyuComi (Winter Comiket), in Tokyo Big Sight convention center. While COMITIA main convention is held four times per year located in various convention sites in Tokyo  depending on the size of the edition in question. And associated COMITIA cons are held in other parts of Japan as well. There are smaller editions are held throughout the year, 2 times per year in Osaka, Nagoya, and Niigata.
Participant
Comiket is way larger than COMITIA. In Comiket, the number of circles that can participate is limited to 35,000 where there are more than 30.000 circles participants in recent years. Where in COMITIA, about 2000 to 3000 circles have participated in every COMITIA in recent years. The hundredth edition of the main con, is set to welcome about 5000 circles.
Some professional mangaka also participate in COMITIA, selling their pro works directly to fans. But they must participate as individuals; company booths are not allowed. While in Comiket there are more than 100 companies, ranging from manga publishers to anime production houses to dojinshi resale shops and other fan-oriented companies, like Pixiv, can participated in Comiket. These company booths are located on a separate floor and have a separate catalog. Companies at Comiket generate publicity for existing and upcoming projects, and sell goods, often limited editions that are distributed exclusively at Comiket.
Inaugurated Date
The first Comiket was held on 21 December 1975. While the first COMITIA was held later on 18 November 1984.

Similar to Comiket, the number is the identification of the n-th edition of the COMITIA. Currently they have COMITIA122. The hundredth edition of COMITIA took place on 5 May 2012.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Djinshi_convention
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comiket
https://fanlore.org/wiki/COMITIA
https://fanlore.org/wiki/Doujinshi_Convention
https://fanlore.org/wiki/Comiket
http://www.comitia.co.jp/


Why do anime characters have official birthdays? Why do anime characters have official birthdays? Why do they decide for the anime characters to have birthdays? Does this have a historical basis? And when exactly is a character's birthday decided? Is it when a character's physical appearance is drafted? What is the birthday's significance?

Why shouldn't anime characters have official birthdays? It would be strange if they didn't have them!

Over in the west animated characters are given birthdays also. Spongebob's date of birth is July 14th, 1986.

Presumably the addition of birthdays is just to make characters a bit more realistic.
And occasionally it helps with character, For example in Kodocha, Akito was given his name as he was born in autumn. Sana was named so because she was born on 7th march.

Sometimes an author will release a 'databook' with information about the different characters including dates of birth, blood types etc. The example below is an excerpt from a Bleach databook.

Birthdays of course can be shown to in the actual show's content, in which case the day the episode was first aired is taken to be their birthday.

However, the most common case is to take birthdays from a character profile

As for historical significance, authors have been giving fictional characters from day one.

Sherlock Holmes's birthdate is  6 January, 1854

TL;DR:  Fictional characters are treated as non-fictional characters to bestow a sense of realism on them, so why shouldn't they have birthdays, blood types and everything else we have?


Who is that in Dark Twist Square and how are they related to Gen Urobuchi's work? A common Meme around Gen Urobuchi's works is Butcher Bingo

for the most part the images for each square is from something Gen Urobuchi has worked on being Fate/Zero, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Saya no Uta and Psycho Pass

Since Gen Urobuchi is generally the common denominator in the images i am wondering who that is in Dark Twist and what, if any, connection they have to Gen Urobuchi or any of his works because he doesn't look like Gen Urobuchi

That's M. Night Shyamalan, a film director and screenwriter known for making films with supernatural plots and twist endings. Some examples of films he has created are The Sixth Sense, Signs, and The Last Airbender. There are a lot of memes about his signature plot twists.

(Incidentally, I became first aware of M. Night Shyamalan memes from LittleKuriboh's Spoof Movie no Jutsu~, an abridged parody of the first Naruto movie.)

As far as I know, the only connection between Gen Urobuchi and M. Night Shyamalan is the plot twists thing, and nothing more than that.


How can Obito use his Mangekyo so often? It's been said that excessive use of the Mangekyo Sharingan causes blindness and eye-bleeding, as demonstrated by Itachi. However, Obito used his Mangekyo almost constantly nearly every time he's made an appearance. How come he has shown no signs of pain, blindness or eye-bleeding?

My own theory on this is that the Senju DNA Madara used to rebuild his body has something to do with it, but I have never seen this explicitly stated. If it has, can you tell me where or explain how this works in more detail.

Obito's left Sharingan is in posession of Hatake Kakashi, so let's compare Obito with Kakashi and the other known Uchihas.

Hatake Kakashi

To use Mangekyou Sharingan Kakashi needs to accumulate a lot of chakra before he can use Kamui on Deidara's arm. The size of the object determines the amount of chakra he needs as seen in the case where he tried to blow the neck of Juubi with that jutsu (thus, Sahan De Silva's comment is not very correct). Since he is not an Uchiha, he requires a lot more chakra and puts more burden on him than it should be as he himself mentioned. Kakashi also suffered the side effect of overusing the Mangekyou Sharingan which he mentioned during the fight between him and Sasuke.

Uchiha Itachi

Itachi was seen bleeding when using his Mangekyou Sharingan, especially when he use Amaterasu. This is due to the strain the jutsu puts on the eye. Itachi also suffers the other side effects of losing eyesight and is in pain when using it, although since he was dying at the time he was fighting Sasuke, it can also be said that the pain is also from him over-exerting himself.

Uchiha Sasuke

Sasuke also suffered the same side effect of losing eyesight and bleeding when using Amaterasu, much like Itachi was. Since Sasuke was healthy and not sickly like Itachi, it can be determined that overusing Mangekyou Sharingan puts the user in pain. He later recovered from it by transplanting Itachi's eyes and gained the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

Uchiha Madara

Uchiha Madara also suffered the same side effect and was thus forced to take his brother's eyes. He no longer get the negative side effects after awakening his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

Now, based on this fact, the only difference Obito has compared to the other Mangekyou Sharingan users is that he possessed the Senju DNA. The conclusion is, Obito didn't suffer the negative side effects of the Mangekyou Sharingan due to the Senju DNA he possessed.


Why were bodies left behind in the past? In Hell Girl (Jigoku Shoujo), you'll notice that during the present timeline a person disappears once they are sent to hell, however in the past, the body is left behind.

A minor example of this is Episode 13: Purgatory Girl, where it is mentioned that 2 people died. We later find out they were sent to hell. What's weird is that normally people disappear, so their whereabouts are unknown, let alone whether or not they died.

A major example is from Season 2 Episode 19: Steamy Hell. In the last few scenes of the flash back, we see the scorched body of someone who was sent to hell.

Why were the bodies left behind in the past, whereas in the present, the person vanishes completely?

As far as I know, it wasn't explained in the anime (though I'm not that sure since I haven't finished Mitsuganae and I haven't read the manga). But I think, it works like this.. (this is purely from my own deductions since I haven't found anything clear on any sites I searched).

If a person send someone to hell by pulling off the red string from the straw doll Enma provided, that someone will immediately be ferried to hell, thus completely disappearing along with the person's body. After that, the sender will gain a mark on his/her chest signifying that his/her soul will go to hell after he/she dies.

So, if a person is sent to hell, that person will disappear, along with his/her body, leaving nothing at all in earth. If a person was a sender, once he/she dies, his/her soul will go to hell, but his/her body will be left on earth. A sender will only completely disappear if he/she was sent by someone else to hell before he/she dies. That, I think, is how it works, in most episodes.

In Episode 13 Purgatory Girl, the two persons you mentioned who died were Fukumoto's wife who committed suicide and Okochi, Fukumoto's friend whom he sent to hell. Fukumoto's wife wasn't sent to hell, she committed suicide. Okochi however was sent to hell. The man (I forgot the name) who was retelling their story indeed said "Okochi died." in the english subtitles but what he said in japanese was "Okochi-kun ga nakunatta.." literally translating it means Okochi-kun disappeared. The man narrating the story didn't mention anything about Okochi's body being found or something like that. And it was shown that Fukumoto who sent Okochi to hell died and his body was left in front of his final artwork.

However, Season 2 Episode 19: Steamy Hell seems to be an exception. It indeed showed the burnt body of a person who was sent to hell instead of having him completely disappear.

I don't know why it was like that in Steamy Hell (probably a plot hole or something) and there is no definite explanation or answer to your question. It can be just assumed that what I've explained above is the general rule and Steamy Hell is the exception to that rule. Or, there is just no rule whatsoever for that. It probably depends on Enma or her boss (the spider) on whether they will leave the person's body on earth or not.


What is the name of this Hunter x Hunter (2011) song in episode 20? In Hunter x Hunter (2011) episode 20, there's music playing on around 03:21.

What is the name of the song?

The song playing during 3:23-5:27 is known as Unreleased Departure Instrumental Variation #1

It is not part of the official released ost, and is a play on the song Departure for strings.
Which was included as the 25th track in OST 2

Source


Who will be the Noblesse after the current one dies? When Kadis Etzamal di Raizel dies, who will take his position? I haven't found references for the Noblesse before Rai nor who will be his successor. Isn't there any information available?

As mentioned by Frankenstein before, there is only one Noblesse. Also during the entire manga up till today (2016-04-15), Noblesse is always mentioned as "the" Noblesse, never "a" Noblesse like is the case with Lord. For example, in chapter 389 where Raskreia was mentioned as "a Lord". This means that there is and was only one Noblesse, and that would be Rai.

Therefore, we can't possibly tell who will be called as "the Noblesse" suppose that Rai dies, since we currently has no information on the succession pattern of the "Noblesse" title like we had on the "Lord" title.


What are the episode titles of Boku no Imouto wa "Oosaka Okan" parodying? Listed below are all the episode titles from the official site (in Japanese). The title for the limited time episode on NicoNico is taken from the official (?) blog (in Japanese):

  Episode 1: ある朝、大阪おかんの妹ができまして。 (Aru Asa, Oosaka Okan no Imouto ga Dekimashite)
  Episode 2: 妹が大阪おかんなんですけど！ (Imouto ga Oosaka Okan Nandesu Kedo!)
  Episode 3: 俺の妹がこんなに大阪おかんなわけがない (Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Oosaka Okan na Wake ga Nai)
  Episode 4: 大阪おかんだけど愛さえあれば関係ないよねっ (Oosaka Okan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankei Nai yo ne)
  Episode 5: 大阪おかんホーム (Oosaka Okan Home)
  Episode 6: 最近、妹のようすがちょっと大阪おかんなんだが。 (Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Oosaka Okan Nandaga.)
  Episode 7: この中に１人、大阪おかんがいる！ (Kono Naka ni Hitori, Oosaka Okan ga Iru!)
  Episode 8: あるいは現在進行形の大阪おかん (Arui wa Genzaishinkoukei no Oosaka Okan)
  Episode 9: 大阪おかんな妹と受難な俺 (Oosaka Okan na Imouto to Ju'nan na Ore)
  Episode 10: 妹は大阪おかんの女神ちゃん (Imouto wa Oosaka Okan no Megami-chan)
  Episode 11: 最近の大阪おかんブームはどうやら俺のおかげらしいですよ (Saikin no Oosaka Okan Boom wa Douyara Ore no Okage Rashii Desuyo)
  Episode 12: 浪花はん＠がんばらない (Namika-han@Ganbaranai)

  Episode 1.5: 配信限定大阪おかん (Haishin Gentei Oosaka Okan)

Some episode titles can be easily recognized as a parody of the names of several light novel/manga series. It is interesting that the original series usually have something to do with brother-sister relation:

  俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない (Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai)
  ==> Episode 3: 俺の妹がこんなに大阪おかんなわけがない (Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Oosaka Okan na Wake ga Nai)

  お兄ちゃんだけど愛さえあれば関係ないよねっ (Onii-chan dakedo Ai sae Areba Kankeinai yo ne!)
  ==> Episode 4: 大阪おかんだけど愛さえあれば関係ないよねっ (Oosaka Okan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankei Nai yo ne)

  最近、妹のようすがちょっとおかしいんだが。 (Saikin, Imouto no Yousuga Chotto Okashiindaga.) [Screenshot]
  ==> Episode 6: 最近、妹のようすがちょっと大阪おかんなんだが。 (Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Oosaka Okan Nandaga.)

  この中に１人、妹がいる！ (Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru!)
  ==> Episode 7: この中に１人、大阪おかんがいる！ (Kono Naka ni Hitori, Oosaka Okan ga Iru!)

  ささみさん@がんばらない (Sasami-san@Ganbaranai)
  ==> Episode 12: 浪花はん＠がんばらない (Namika-han@Ganbaranai)

I believe most or all of the titles must be a parody of some existing series.

What are the rest of the titles parody of?

Update: I have identified all of the main episodes' titles. However, I cannot find any work that resembles Episode 1.5: 配信限定大阪おかん.

After some googling, it turns out that all of the episode titles are parodies of the names of light novel series that have a big brother ― younger sister theme:

  ある朝、ヒーローの妹ができまして。 [Amazon] [Screenshot]
  ⇒ Episode 1: ある朝、大阪おかんの妹ができまして。

  妹がゾンビなんですけど！ [スマッシュ文庫] [Amazon] [Screenshot]
  ⇒ Episode 2: 妹が大阪おかんなんですけど！

  妹ホーム（マイホーム） [Amazon] [Screenshot]
  ⇒ Episode 5: 大阪おかんホーム

  あるいは現在進行形の黒歴史 [GA文庫] [Amazon] [Screenshot]
  ⇒ Episode 8: あるいは現在進行形の大阪おかん

  女子モテな妹と受難な俺 [ガガガ文庫] [Amazon] [Screenshot]
  ⇒ Episode 9: 大阪おかんな妹と受難な俺

  妹はラノベの女神ちゃん [Amazon] [Screenshot]
  ⇒ Episode 10: 妹は大阪おかんの女神ちゃん

  最近の妹ブームはどうやら俺のおかげらしいですよ [Amazon] [Screenshot]
  ⇒ Episode 11: 最近の大阪おかんブームはどうやら俺のおかげらしいですよ

I still don't know whether the special episode (episode 1.5) is parody of any existing work or not.


Why didn't Pikachu evolve? I'm talking about Ash's Pikachu: obviously he already reached level 314159265kachu (Pun intended; that's not the exact number as I don't know what level he is).

I forget the reason for this - did he not want to evolve? If so, then why did he refuse to evolve? And does that mean that evolving is a choice? You can choose NOT to evolve your pokemon?

I forget the reason about this, did he don't want to evolve?

It's pretty safe to guess that part of the selling point of the series is that Pikachu is "cute". If you let him evolve into Raichu, you've lost this appeal.

So from the author's standpoint, there is no reason to evolve Pikachu. In the Anime, it was expressed as Pikachu simply not wanting to evolve. (Somewhere in the episode where Ash takes on Lt. Surge.)

  And is that mean evolve is an option? You can choose NOT to evolve
  your pokemon?

In the games, evolution is almost always optional. In the Anime, it's a bit unclear.But in this case Pikachu evolves by a Thunder Stone - which is completely optional. If you don't want to evolve, just don't use the stone.


Where is the second season of "Danna ga Nani o Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken", chronologically compared to the first? In season 1 episode 13 "Me, Her, and Another" (the last episode), Kaoru learns she is pregnant.

However, the second season makes no reference to this (supposedly huge) factor in their relationship.

Is there any hint where the two seasons are chronologically (from the manga, for example)?

The second season interleaves with the events in the first season.

On the title card roughly in the middle of each episode, it shows the episode number and where it relates to the first season in parentheses below it.

Episode 1 is 7.5
Episode 2 is 9.5
Episode 3 is 8.5
Episode 4 is 11.5
Episode 5 is 12.5

Screenshot from Episode 3:

Screenshot from Episode 4:


Was Light actually a friend to L? I know L said Light was his first friend but did he mean it? Yes we know L is a liar and knew Light was Kira the whole time but what if, during the time Light lost his memories, L thought of Light as a genuine friend. It’s all very confusing to me still so can someone answer?

I would say Yes.
L considered him as a friend because they had a lot of coherence as compared to the other characters even if he had a strong suspicion on Light being KIRA.
Also, to the "What if part" : he was never 100 % sure, but had a strong suspicion on Light.


Who is the woman seen in the grainy cutscenes? Thoughout the game there are cutscenes of this woman talking with a grainy effect making it seem like it is a flashback, there are also a couple of scenes where a woman is standing in a field of grass and one of 2 people by the tree which can only be assumed is the same woman.

At first i though it was Weiss's wife (Felenne's sister) who died which drove Weiss to seek out Chaos and kill him, however these scenes also appear in another generations.

So unless Schwarz and Grey inherited Weiss's memories as well, who is this woman?

This Woman is actually Varna, the High Goddess.

The Scenes that have her in it, most from what i remember are linked to Fiona or Eva Singing. The song they both sing is a song Varna song to Chaos which Chaos hummed to Eva, Fiona knen the song because she is related to Varna as she remembers being sung that song and remembering a mother's embrace and Fiona has Varna's Appearance.

The reason why Weiss, Schwarz and Grey saw this vision was because Weiss died at Mobius's hand and after killing Chaos used Weiss's body to house Chaos. Weiss, Schwarz and Grey from that point are facets of Chaos so they have his Memories (which explains the "Who am i" scenes), once in the True End Route Chaos allows Weiss, Schwarz and Grey to exists independently from him.

In the True End after opening the door to the True Agarest, there is a cutscene where we see the 3 flashback scenes of Varna, during the scene she is talking to someone who is revealed to be Chaos at the very end. We know this is Varna because

She express her feelings for Chaos who she always loved deep down
She expresses the same views Chaos had in regards to the Gods rule over Mortals

The partial scenes come from this one scene as Varna asks that when the door to the True Agarest if her and Chaos can be together indicating that the scenes occurs before Chaos was sealed.

NOTE: i'm not 100% sure if Fiona is Varna's daughter but the High Elves are the creation of Lenion who Varna married, however does not mean Varna gave birth to them as Chaos created their counterparts the Syrium and the only women on the Dark Gods side is Deeth and Nemesis. Deeth has been known to create races on her own but this might be because she is a hermaphrodite


How can two pucks be used at the same time in air hockey? As we can see, there are two pucks on a single hockey table. They collide and goal. It doesn't look like one came flying from another table. As I know there will be only one puck in a single game on a table. So what is going on in this part? Does air hockey have different gameplay rules in Japan?

What is really going on here? Can someone explain about two pucks at once on a single table?

A typical air hockey match consists of using two pushers and one puck. And as @jphager2 suggests in his comment, there's no need for a net in an air hockey match, hence, it could be a multi-purpose table.

So what's the deal with two pucks? Now, in that Chapter, Raku and Chitoge had a lot of fun in the arcade. And the bill had to be a decent amount. So instead of someone willingly agreeing to pay the bill, they keep a match on condition that the loser has to pay for all the games.

Since the the stakes were high, it is most likely that they used two pucks to increase the difficulty of the game.

Edit:

Like @mirroroftruth says in their comment, the two pucks could also be a symbolic representation of Raku and Chitoge themselves. No matter how much they try to distance themselves, they always end up coming together.


Can you kill people using photos? Not trying to kill L or any other potential enemy of Light using pictures using Misa's eye is a plothole?

I kind of forgotten if the anime or in the manga (I haven't read the manga), has a scene where they wrote someone's name in the Death Note by means of pictures or photos. And if they did, how could Light never thought about using this tactic?

You can kill people using photo or video. But getting L picture is not that easy. (Pictures taken from chapter 30)

Later Misa met Light and L together and she knew L real name. Light could ask Misa to kill him or ask her his real name but Misa was arrested short after they parted. But even if Light know his real name he didn't want to do that immediately because Light was very cautious about killing L. (Pictures taken from chapter 19)

He was in deep thought about it but he conclude he couldn't kill L without getting suspected by the police. (click to enlarge picture)

Later when he learn that he's the real L. He still didn't want to kill him and just want to take it slow and find out about everything before taking any action.


Why is Phryne's hair purple in the Manga, but brown in the Anime? In the Manga, Phryne and Nessa have purple hair.
In the Anime, Phryne has brown hair and Nessa has red hair.

Is there a reason for this inconsistency?

No real sources or references for this, but it's almost certainly the work of Masako Tashiro, the anime's character designer. As you can see in a design comparison image on this page, the detail and color changes between Hidari's and Tashiro's designs. When you have to animate characters, it's up to the character designer to not only create fitting and unique designs that match each character, but make them simple enough so that the animators can animate them in a reasonable amount of time. This is why you rarely see anime TV series with characters of the same gender that have the exact same hair color. Without all of the detail that can be afforded to still frames in a manga, there's often a reliance on colors to easily differentiate between characters that share the screen a lot.


Why didn't the First and Second Hokage's fight with full power against the Third? When revived by Orochimaru, the First and Second were sent to fight the Third, however, we know today that:

   The First beat one of the most powerful ninjas in history (me), could heal himself without activating any special jutsu, could summon a freaking chakra sucking tree dragon.

Moreover!

   The Second had known (invented!!) Edo Tensei (meaning he could have broken free of Orochimaru's control), he also knew space-time ninjutsu.

With those abilities, plus immortality, they couldn't have possibly lost against the Third at their full power.

So in that case, why didn't they use their full power against the Third? Their emotions should have been completely erased, and made into a strict killing machine, and nothing more.

Revived or not, they're still not the real deal. The Third was not fighting against the real Shodai and Nidaime. That would have been perhaps a completely different fight.

Besides, the fact that Orochimaru's Edo Tensei might not have been that perfect and powerful (perhaps less perfect than Kabuto's), makes me (and not just me) think he used it for the sentimental effect it would have had on the Third, i.e. fighting against your predecessors, rather than actual relying on their (weakened) power only.


What's the song when Bishamon fights in episodes 11 & 12 of Aragoto? What is the name of the song in Noragami Aragoto episodes 11 and 12 when Bishamon fights? First, against Izanami in the underworld, and then against Kiun, the Thunder Dragon, immediately after rescuing Ebisu from a direct strike.

Assuming you mean the music that starts at about 18:18 in episode 11 and 16:25 in episode 12, that is "Distortion" from the Noragami Aragoto OST (disc 1, track 4). Here is a 20-second extract from the beginning of the track.


Super Dragon Ball Wish in Finale Open-Ended? In the recent Dragon Ball Super finale episode for the Tournament of Power saga

   Android 17 wishes back all the universes that were erased.

However, it does not seem clear which ones this wish encompasses.

According to the lore in much earlier episodes, there were originally 18 universes not including the World of Void, 6 of which were already erased by Zen-Oh long before the Tournament of Power began.

Is there any evidence to support whether or not these 6 other universes were also revived by the wish?

I believe the wish was pretty cleverly worded as it gives the show a lot more options in the future. Then again we can't be sure whether it was done on purpose. It could be for one of 2 reasons:For Future Arcs: Since we already got a taste of 8 Universes in the tournament of power, they could perhaps introduce even more powerful characters from those erased universes. Perhaps a very powerful evil villain, or a God who has gone rogue. We won't know the same until a future iteration of Dragon Ball. To save out on time/ dialgue: Perhaps, viewers might be thinking too much of it and considering the fact that there was very little time remaining in the last episode, maybe it made a lot more sense than Saying Revive all the Universes that were erased during the course of the tournament of power. Considering it had to be said twice by both 17 and the Grand Priest. As much as I like to believe it was intentional, I have a feeling it isn't considering the fact that 8 new Universes have already come into the picture that can be explored. Especially Universe 6 and Universe 11. Also, there exists 4 more Universes that didn't take part in the tournament of power which could be explored. Considering the abundant number of characters present, I don't see why they would want to bring more Universes into the picture. Then again, Dragon Ball has been pretty unpredictable in Super. We all thought Android 17 was dead but he ended up winning the tournament of power! So we won't know until release up the next iteration of the Dragon Ball Series.


What are the plants in Trigun? I know that they generate energy and they're used like power plants but there's also a person or creature of some sort inside. What are the plants exactly and how is it that Vash can communicate with them?

In the Trigun Universe, Plants are constructions, built by humans, to hold and house powerful beings that can create energy, food, and even water. Not much else is revealed about the beings themselves in either the manga or anime that gives away where they came from, how humans learned to harness their power, or what they truly are.

As for why Vash can communicate with them:

   Both Vash and Knives are "products" of the plant. It is unknown if they were born by the plant on the ship, or how they came to be, as it is said that they were found near the plant itself. Vash and Knives both show many characteristics like the plant, and also many dissimilarities. For example, both show increased control over their powers, including being able to generate guns at will, and both have a far longer life-span than humans, while aging to the mid-30's look faster. They are also able to communicate with the plants, as Vash demonstrates on a few occasions. However, unlike plants, they do not need to be contained in a special environment to survive, and they are male, where as every plant form that can be seen is female.


Can 2 elements be combined into a new release without a "clan based Kekkai Genkai"? The Anime has stated quite a lot of times that Kekkai Genkai is a genetic leverage that some clans have, which allow them to combine 2 elements into a new style.
(Like for example, wind + water makes the ice release and Earth + lightning makes the explosion release).

What I'm more interested in thou, is if its possible for a prodigy who can use 2 elements, to combine them. To be more specific I'm asking if its possible for Boruto to create a new release by combining lightning and wind style. (I don't even know what the combination of wind and lightning creates).

I'm really interested in this because there has been some individuals who have used releases from combinations of 2 elements without being from a notable "Kekkai genkai known clan". An example is deidra, who could use the explosion style and also darui, the wiki even states that: "By combining his water and lightning-natures, he can utilise Storm Release".

So could Boruto possibly create a new release of his own by incorporating lightning style and combining it with wind nature.

Indeed, two or more elements can be mixed and utilized without it being clan based.
According to the Naruto wiki:

Wood Release (木遁, Mokuton, Viz: Wood Style) is a nature transformation kekkei genkai, a combination of Earth and Water Release. It was famously used by Hashirama Senju, and in fact is not known to have naturally occurred in anyone else, leading to it being regarded as impossible to use without having his cells.

Wood Release is a Kekkei Genkai only naturally used by Asura Otsutsuki and Hashirama Senju. Asura received Wood Release after Hagoromo Otsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths, passed his power onto him. Wood Release is also of Otsutsuki lineage, another possibility as to why Asura has it. Hashirama most likely has it being his former reincarnate. This power is a mixture of two elements not used by any Senju except Hashirama.
The wiki also states:

A kekkei genkai (血継限界, literally meaning: Bloodline Limit) is an anomaly of the DNA that allows the wielder to use unique techniques. A kekkei genkai's name describes both the anomaly and the resulting technique.

You are not wrong on this part. But Kekkei Genkai are shown to not only be bloodline abilities. They are also known to be the mixture of two elements, not needing to be passed down. Examples of this are Hashirama, and Haku. Boruto may be able to make a new Kekkei Genkai, but as of now, it has not been shown.
Final Answer
Yes, it is true that Kekkei Genkai are typically known to be abilities passed down by family, examples being the Hyuuga's Byakugan, The Uchiha's Sharingan, and the Chinoike Clan's Ketsuryugan. But Kekkei Genkai are also known as the mixture of two elements.


Who are Rock Lee's, Tenten's and Hinata's parents? Who are Rock Lee's, Tenten's and Hinata's parents?

In the show, they don't show a lot of parents. I used to think that Might Guy was Lee's father or a relative of some sort.

We don't have any information about Rock Lee's and Tenten's parents. Neither in manga nor in anime of Naruto. Among the three, Tenten has the least past stories and background information.

As for Hinata, her father's name is Hiashi Hyuga. The name of Hinata's mother didn't appear in manga or anime. Actually Hinata's mother never appeared in manga, only in anime, so I can't say it is canon.


What exactly is a Pencil Board? This may not be the best place to ask this question. However, I've only ever seen anime ones. I got an email from JList advertising Sword Art Online and I got a couple with a Galaxy Angel Vol. 1 Limited Edition box.

To me, pencil boards just look like plastic cards which, when flipped around (so everything is opposite), could be stuck to windows and allow light to shine though, but I doubt that's what they are for. What exactly are these pencil boards?

Pencil boards (Shitajiki), are used to place under a sheet of paper (or a pad) such that writing on the paper won't indent the sheets underneath. The wiki page for Shitajiki says:

  Merchandised shitajiki are very common, featuring images of everything from tourist attractions to celebrities to anime and manga characters. Most shitajiki designs only go through one print run, making them very collectible and often difficult to acquire. Collecting shitajiki is a hobby for many anime and manga enthusiasts. As collectibles, shitajiki are also often used for decorating or other ornamental purposes.


Manga about a crazy teenage boy A few years ago I read a manga with the following features:

The protagonist was a teenage boy, who grew up to an adolescent over the course of the story.
He cruelly stabbed both his parents to death when he was young.
He got sent to a juvenile detention centre, where he learned karate.
When he got out he became a delinquent.
Highly psychological and adult manga.

I am really curious as to how it ends, but I just can't remember the manga's name. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Shamo

Selected synopsis (emphasis by me):

  Ryo Narushima (成嶋 亮 Narushima Ryō?), a talented highschooler who was about to enter Tokyo University, the most prestigious university in Japan, killed his parents before his successful life could begin. [...] The 16-year-old bookworm murderer was convicted and sent to a reformatory where he was gang raped by other boys. Kenji Kurokawa (黒川健児 Kurokawa Kenji?), a jailed man who nearly assassinated Japanese Prime Minister decades ago, was sent to the reformatory to teach the youngsters karate every week. [...] Ryo returns to society with the mindset of gaining strength so as to survive and never be a victim again.

Of interesting note is that

  This story was inspired by the Kobe child murders of 1997 that a 14-year-old "Boy A" ("Shōnen A") killed and decapitated several children.

The plot and settings somehow reminded me of Rainbow, which tells the story of 7 teenage delinquents, their lives in the reformatory, and their encounters in the real world outside. One of the seven killed his father (if memory serves), another went searching for his sister, and yet another learned boxing while in the reformatory, all very similar to what the protagonist Ryo in Shamo did.


Why is Ichigo always in Shikai mode? Other shinigami are always in normal mode, and then when needed, transform into Shikai or Bankai modes. But as soon as Ichigo leaned Bankai mode he never went back to normal mode. Or maybe he is always in normal mode and he always skips Shikai and goes straight into Bankai mode? Why is he different?

According to the Bleach Wiki,

  Yoruichi Shihōin has stated that his Zanpakutō is a full-time released form type because of Ichigo's vast but uncontrollable spiritual energy upon generation of it, implying that it is simply a type of Zanpakutō that, without proper control of his spiritual energy, once in Shikai form, remains in said state.


What are the differences between the Broken Blade films and series? I've been watching the Broken Blade "films" (as they're referred to on Wikipedia), and they're each about 50 minutes long. I was reading, however, that they are releasing an anime series. I don't really get why they're releasing a series when they already have a series, so I was wondering what the difference is, both in structure (is the difference only length, or is it also methods of video release, etc.) and content between the film series and the anime series.

The most significant difference is that the TV series includes, in episode 10, an important battle from the manga of Girge and the Spartans. Otherwise, the TV series is just a generally better edited version of the films with the following (non-exhaustive) changes:

The order of some scenes during the negotiation in the first film were rearranged for a better and more linear flow.
Scenes like a passer-by remarking on Sigyn's blushing face (first film) and the monologues of newly appointed Mileni Team members (fourth film) were removed.
A short TV special is included in the Blu-ray Box release of the TV series, because Nike died differently than in the films.
Some scenes were played in like 1.25x speed, especially those from the sixth film.
Music was added, changed or delayed for the scenes after Cleo shot at Rygart (third film), when Cleo was changing clothes for the sleeping Sigyn (fourth film), and when Girge appeared on a cliff and smirked before diving off to attack Nike (fourth film), respectively.
New OP and ED songs and animations.

Originally, a spinoff OVA centering around the past of the Golem Delphine and its mysterious creation was planned, but sadly it had been cancelled.


Why did Rukawa join Shohoku? At the start of the manga, Rukawa was already a legend and contender for "No. 1 High School Ace", but he enrolled at the extremely weak Shohoku, which at the time only had Akagi as a strong player.

Why did he join such a weak team, when he could have had his pick of great schools? One might initially think that he would risk being overshadowed in a strong team, for example by Sendoh if he were to join Ryonan. However, we know later in the story that he had very lofty ambitions - of even entering the NBA - and with such a goal, it wouldn't matter if he were the ace of a single team or not, since he had to outperform all the other aces.

Did Rukawa give any indication why he picked Shohoku in particular? Was it simply because, as a teenager, he made bad choices? Was there something special about Shohoku that I missed? Did the ambition come later, as the character evolved? Or did it make some sense from Rukawa's perspective?

A picture is worth a thousand words...

This is from page 12, chapter 150.


What other countries have good animation scenes? Whenever I hear people talk about animation, it's generally either American animation or Japanese animation and I generally get the feeling that people only look to these two places for animation.

What other countries have a well developed animation industries, and what I should I watch from them?

The real question is not "who make good animation" but "how many good animation they make".
Like you say Japanese and American animation are really popular and the reason is the quantity of animated product they make (and some of them are really good product).
Many other countries made good animated product but usually are a one time thing (not something you see everyday).

Example: Code Lyoko is a good animated product made in France. But there are not lot's of other France production with the same quality/popularity of Code Lyoko, while everytime Disney make a new movie is almost always popular.

La freccia azzurra known as How the Toys Saved Christmas in the U.S. (by the way, Wikipedia say the US version was cut in same scene, probably because the toys in the italian version do not save Christmas but the "Epiphany" an holiday that in italy for children means the Befana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Befana ) is a really good italian animated movie made by animation studio Lanterna Magica (that also made the most famous Lucky and Zorba in Italian: La gabbianella e il gatto) is a really high quality product but the studio do not produce lot's of things, they just made 3-4 movies and the last one was in 2003. Also, like I said, the US version of the movie is not even complete.

Chinese and Korean animation are already a thing, but since they usually try to replicate anime the quality is still low for most product, except for some really good product like Big Fish & Begonia (also many Japanese product are made or partially made by Korean and Chinese).

There are some really good Russian animated product of tales, like the snow queen story:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Queen_(1957_film)

So the answer is yes, there are lot's of good animated product not made in America or Japan, the only real problem is that are harder to find, not popular like disney movies and usually are a one time thing.


Why didn’t Misa kill L the second time she got shinigami eyes? Why didn’t Misa kill L second time she got shinigami eyes? If she wasn't going to use them to kill him, then why did she get them, knowing her lifespan was going to be shortened? Why did Rem agree to do it?

These are actually several questions and should be asked separately (And at least one of them has already been answered). Also, please be sure to include your own research on the matter in future questions.
Why didn’t Misa kill L second time she got shinigami eyes?
The event that should have lead to her killing L was her obtaining ownership and thus regaining her memory. The only reason she made the deal a second time is that she does not remember the name and wants to see it again. However, she never meets L again and thus does not see his name.
Why did she get them then, knowing her lifespan was going to be shortened?
From a logical point of view, since Misa was saved by Gelus, she received his remaining life span and might potentially still have centuries to live even after halving her life span twice (though it is not clear how much she actually gained, given that human years and shinigami years might not work the same way and Gelus did spend quite some time watching her, assumably not killing many people).
Thought Misa is not known to be that rational. She simply wants to help/ please Light and assumes that, since she was that close to L for months, she would be able to see him again at some point. She probably planned on killing him right after meeting him the next time but that never happened.
Why did Rem do it?
Rem had stated several times, that she would do whatever it takes to protect Misa. She even agreed on killing L before the Yotsuba-arch because she did not care about Light and at that point and Light's life was the only one that would have been prolonged. Unfortunately, she never had the chance to see L before the incarceration of Misa and after comparing Light to Yotsuba-Kira, Rem grew fond of him and could no longer kill L without prolonging a human life that she wanted to protect.
After Misa regained her DN and started killing again, Rem realized that L would catch her at some point but Light would not waste the asset of Misa's Shinigami Eyes if L was dead. So the only thing Rem could do to protect Misa was to kill L and make sure that Light had all the advantages she could provide. Light prompted this reaction by talking about the possible punishment for Kira but I am sure that Rem would have come to the same conclusion anyway.


How long after Shisui's death did the Uchiha massacre take place? So I've been trying to look up a coherent timeline for Naruto (and create a perpetual motion machine on breaks) and a couple I have come across place Shisui's death at two years before Itachi killed off the clan though I was under the impression that it was a much shorter period.

Is there any official media that clarifies this particular point?

Several attempts have been made to create a fully coherent Naruto Timeline. As discussed by me How much time has passed between the final fight and Sasuke Shinden (anime)?; there is an official timelines of all the visual novels. This can be found on wikia and on Reddit: A guide to the Naruto Light Novels, Naruto Gaiden, and The Blank Period

There have been a number of attempts at a coherent fanon timeline, but I haven't found anything that is perfectly accurate or universally accepted. For Example: I used to refer to this for all the events in Naruto world.
Disclaimer: Please give credit to the wikia user ShounenSuki for compiling this. However, this has been inactive for a while and only covers event before the start of the Great Ninja War. It also mentions almost 2 year gap between Shisui's death and Clan Massacre.

The main reason for this is the filler anime episodes that put Itachi's age at thirteen.

The Manga puts Itachi's age at 11 when he joined Anbu. 6 months after Itachi joined Anbu corps he killed Shisui. We also know some time passed after Shisui's death because of the following events.

Sasuke thinking about Itachi's outburst when accused of Shisui's death
He also mastered and showcased his Fire Style Jutsu to his father
Coup d'etat is a complex process and lot of planning would have gone on this, from both sides
We also know Itachi found Tobi, tracked him down and trained with him before eliminating his clan.

Thus 12-18 months is a good estimate to consider the amount of time passed between Shisui's death and Uchiha clan massacre.


How can there be a one Nirvash, not to mention two? At the end of the original series (Psalm of the Planets Eureka Seven),

   Nirvash left with some Scub Coral to prevent the Limit of Questions, so there shouldn't even be a Nirvash.

In the sequel, Eureka Seven Astral Ocean, both Renton and Eureka have one.

It's mentioned in Eureka Seven AO that this Nirvash (RA272, Mark I) was originally created by Renton (as a homage to the original Nirvash from Eureka Seven, "typeZERO.") for Eureka in the far future, and was named "Nirvash Neo."

This new Nirvash does not initially have an Archetype.


How is King Bradley's sword so sharp? Throughout all of Fullmetal Alchemist Manga, King Bradley chopped his way through everything, from stone to arms to automail.

How did it get to be so sharp? What did the King use to sharpen his sword?

An aside: the sharpness of his sword seemed to transfer to any bladed weapon he used. Was it a side effect of his homunculus-ness?

They're so sharp because he takes care of them. The true power behind his swords are his swordsmanship, superhuman strength and incredible speed. Everything King Bradley uses to fight with is really just ordinary weapons. There is a scene in the brotherhood series (I'm aware you mentioned the manga but your overall question is generic) where he even picks up two dagger and starts to fight the old man with no problem.

With the right amount of precision and strength it is possible to slice through some really dense materials (Including metals) with a really well made sharp sword. Keep in mind that it is still just an Anime/Manga.


Why heroes are physically stronger than average humans In the world of My Hero Academia, the human society acquired Quirks.

So basically instead of having regular humans, we have humans with abilities.

With the exception of Power-Up quirks (like one for all...etc), why do humans/heroes/villains seem physically stronger?

I mean, they can go through walls and be smashed on the ground and still stand, with minor injuries, training can't make a human sustain such things..

In One Piece for example we know the world is filled with abnormally strong humans, but that's not the case in My Hero Academia, is it??

Bakugo standing up after Deku's power-up punch, even with 8% it can make holes in walls, why didn't it kill bakugo?

In a lot of anime, humans just have more durability than real-life humans. Not sure how I'm supposed to provide sources for this, but in, for example, One Punch Man, Saitama was repeatedly beaten down by Crablante before gaining any powers and survived. In JoJo Battle Tendency, Mark gets half of his head sheared off and is still able to talk for a while after. It's just a common thing in many anime that humans have higher-tier durability than their real life counterparts. I wouldn't pay much attention to this.


Straw Hat Luffy gonna destroy the Fishman Island? During the Fishman Island Arc, Madam Shyarly's in Coral hill predicted that a man with a straw hat is destined to destroy the Fishman Island.
They say Madam Shyarly's prediction never failed. I can't  think of any other besides Luffy that is wearing that hat.

How can Luffy possibly do it? Because in the first place, he saved that island and he's not that kind of guy who will do such a thing. Also, Fishman island lies right underneath the Red Line and Mariejois. So destroying Fishman island means destroying the capital of World Government, Mariejois.

Questions:

How can Luffy possibly do it? (if he is the destined one because it lies beneath Mariejois and Red Line)
Could this be another straw hat guy? or her prediction is just wrong?

Strictly speaking there are at least 4 possibilities which are all possible:

Luffy's actions could bring about the destruction of Fishman Island due to his risky behavior.  For instance: he claimed it as his own and challenged Big Mom for it so she could destroy it and it would be Luffy's fault.
Someone could destroy it impersonating Luffy in order to turn his rapidly growing group of allies against him.
Luffy could change the island so much that it could seem like destruction. He could, for instance, bring it to the surface or promote desegragation of the world so an island inhabited by just Fishmen/Merfolk is no longer a thing.
Finally, Luffy could be forced to destroy it for strategic reasons such as might be required in the "alter the Red Line so there is just one Giant Ocean and the world can be easily transversed" fan theories.

Ulitmately though, we don't know what will happened and any theories are speculation.  The residents of Fishman Island have been convinced that Luffy will do them no harm, even though that is foolish, as Shyarly's prediction are reportedly never wrong.  We can assume from his character, however, that he will not intentionally do anything to harm Fishman Island without suitable recompense. We can also assume, however, that this important plot point will not be forgotten and Oda will provide an explanation in the plot at a later date.


What happened to Migi in the last episode? What did Migi do in the last episode? I remember him saying something about walking on a different path so he would sleep for a long time and that he possibly won't wake up anymore. He could've stayed in Shinichi's hand as he normally did and continue to coexist with humans like Uda and Jaw. But why would he do that? Was it for his own good?

During his stay in Gotou's collective, Migi was put under hibernation, but with a constant and pleasant flux of information sent by Gotou through Parasyte telepathy.

However, you are mistaken. Migi did not go anywhere. He remained as Shinichi's right arm. Since the beginning of the series, Migi can delegate control of his muscle structure to Shinichi through the nerve connections of the arm stub. So Migi was to be forever as Shinichi's right arm/hand, hibernating.

This connection is telepathic too. Since Parasytes have empathic telepathy (they can convey feelings) and it is shown that Migi can enter Shinichi's dreams, it means Migi and Shinichi share some thought bond, probably through the nerve connections (Shinichi mentions there are Migi cells in his brain since the chest wound).

This could explain why

   Migi temporarily awakens when Murano falls from the roof, extending the arm and lifting Murano back to the roof. Then he tells Shinichi "you can do the work of holding her now" before going back to hibernating.

Keep in mind that the conversation above happened telepathically.

Migi tells Shinichi that it was so pleasant staying in the Gogou's information highway that he would not mind remaining part of Gotou's collective hibernating forever.

After he was reunited with Shinichi, he had a ton of issues in mind. This should be a good point to stress that Migi was a scholar type of Parasyte, similar to Tamura Reiko. So to him, understanding the information was more important than merely subsisting.

Several of the issues that Migi wanted to solve:

Reiko's signal when she died protecting the baby. Migi was bedazzled at this brand new kind of signal. We can think it was maternal instinct, the will to put another's life above one's own (which is unthinkable to Parasyte mindset).
Gotou's information torrent. You can think like Migi downloaded several Terabytes of data from Gotou while hibernating. He wanted to process that information.
Give Shinichi a normal life. By the end of the series, Migi is no longer of that Parasyte mindset, just like Reiko. The fact that he was willing to die in order to allow Shinichi to escape Gotou proves that he too was placing another's life before his own.
Lay low. Since every Parasyte that knew Shinichi/Migi was dead, and all the others were deadly scared of humans in general after the mayor's office carnage (going so far as to change their diets or to stop killing in an obvious way), there was little probability another hostile Parasyte would attack Shinichi. Meditating would turn off his signal, making Shinichi just a normal human, and giving them both peace of mind.
Meditate on the question (the one with the answer 42). Without any imminent threat, having learned almost everything, and with his nutrition granted by Shinichi's body, life for Migi was bound to be Boring with a capital B. So he turned to the higher thought processes to make up for the lack of more physical endeavors to pursue.


What caused the calamity of present day class, back in April? Later in the anime we discover that the calamity didn't start when Kouichi joined, but rather in April when Misaki, the twin sister, died from leukemia.

My question is what caused the calamity. Was it because Mei and Misaki were secretly talking to each other? Or was it because the students were confused and mixed Mei with Misaki?

It's neither.

The Calamity is the Curse on class 3-3 where someone who is supposed to be dead joins the Class and this causes members of the class and their families to be killed off until the end of the year or the Calamity is stopped prematurely.

  Because of the unnatural presence of this dead person walking amongst the living, at least one student from class 3-3 or one of their family members or the teacher of the class dies each month. At the end of the school year, the Extra simply disappears, the Calamity's effects on the class' memories and physical records are reversed, and the survivors forget that the Extra was ever part of the class. The Calamity has run its course, thus marking an end to the deaths, until the next year. The reversal must not be entirely complete, since Chibiki has been able to record the Extra's name most years, after the fact.

Source: Class 3-3 > 1973 - The "Calamity" of Class 3-3 Begins (Last Paragraph)

The Calamity is the result of Class 3-3 of 1972 not accepting the death of a fellow classmate and acting as if they still were there. This invited the dead to the class and thus the class became closer to death itself. Starting from 1973, the Calamity would start on its own without anyone triggering it.

Misaki Fujioka's death therefore is the result of The Calamity and not a trigger for it, it is also a sign it started as she is a family member of Mei

  [Misaki Fujioka] dies in Episode 1 from the 9th grade class 3-3 curse, being "the death of April", the first one who died because of the curse.

Source: Misaki Fujioka > Plot > Another (first paragraph)

While the various media differ in how she died (due to a kidney transplant, or due to her leukemia), they all point to her being the first death by The Calamity in 1998.


Why did Kate's pendant become a key, when it is shown as a locket before? In episode 7 of the second season (Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai NEXT released 2013), Maria-chan gave Kobato-chan a present. It was a key necklace similar to hers. Kate – Maria's elder sister – told Kodaka that on her birthday she had received a locket necklace from Maria, while Kobato received a matching key necklace. During that scene, Kate's necklace was exposed to be a locket.

However, in episode 11 (not very sure) Kate was exposed to have a key necklace. Why is she wearing the same necklace as that of Maria?

I don't think this was ever explained in the anime—not that I can remember. However, in this picture, which I believe is from Kate's first appearance in Episode 2 of NEXT, you can see that she has a key necklace that looks like Maria's and Kobato's:

In Episode 7, Kate tells Kodaka that her birthday present from Maria was the shell of a dead cicada, and shows him a locket she went out and bought herself to put the cicada shell in.

You can see in this picture of her cameo appearance in Series I as she walks by in the background that she's wearing a cross necklace:

This leads me to believe that Kate has several necklaces and doesn't wear the same one all the time. She probably owns a key necklace that looks like Maria's, in addition to a cross necklace and a locket containing the dead cicada shell that Maria gave her. As for why she would have a necklace like Maria's, there are multiple possibilities. Maybe she bought it herself so she could match Maria. Maybe Maria gave it to her at some point in the past when their relationship was better. Maybe the matching key necklaces were a gift from their parents or someone else. I don't believe the anime tells us, so this is all speculation.

Incidentally, the light novel is no help. In the light novel, Kate and Maria both wear cross necklaces. If you zoom in close on the bottom half of the following picture, you can see Kate's.

And here's a picture of Maria's from the light novel:

accompanied by this text:

  Kobato gently removed the sticker keeping the bag shut, and took out
  its contents.

  The item that was inside the bag was a necklace with a cross on it.

  It was the same as the one Maria's always got hanging around her neck.

So in the light novel, all three necklaces were crosses, and there was no inconsistency. The wikia mentions this discrepancy in its summary of Episode 7 under light novel differences:

  In the light novel, Kodaka saw Kate wearing a silver egg-shaped
  pendant after she caught the latter spying on their house. In the
  anime, Kodaka saw Kate wearing a key necklace instead, just like
  Maria. (this is probably an error by the creators)

The egg-shaped pendant, in the light novel, contained the dead cicada husk that Maria gave Kate for her sixteenth birthday. However, in the anime, Kodaka apparently sees Kate wearing a key necklace, then later sees the locket when she shows it to him. This supports my "multiple necklace" theory.


A one shot shoujo manga about a girl who's afraid of boys I've been trying to find this particular one shot shoujo manga.

It was about a shy girl with short (red?) hair, who didn't really know how to hang out/deal with boys. An upperclassman who had blond (?) hair from the drama club (?) noticed her predicament. He tried to help her out by going on a date with her to the amusement park. The upperclassman dressed up in different clothing for a stimulation, and he went with the cool ikemen image. They both went on their amusement park date, and the girl gradually fell for the upperclassman. Somewhere along the plot, she thought that she had been cured from her androphobia, but it turns out she was still bad with boys, except for that upperclassman.

The last thing I remember from the manga was that the girl found out she wasn't the only one that the upperclassman was helping. He had other girls ask for make-believe dates, so she felt betrayed, and she probably ran away crying or something. In the end, the upperclassman came to her and said that she was the only one for him, and he promised he would never go on make-believe dates again, all that jazz.

The art was shoujo, similar to Shiraishi Yuki's art.

I've been trying to find this manga for the past 4 months, and I don't know if it's real anymore.

If anyone has any idea what manga this is, would you please let me know?

Is it perhaps Kazekou Engekibu by Asagi Hikaru?

  Much to her embarrassement, the shy Mashio-chan wins a set of couple
  tickets for the amusement park. She feels at a loss for what to do
  since she has always been bad with men. So what will happen to her
  when the drama club president Katokura Aki suddenly declares that he
  would erase her awareness...?


Is every human wizard a female? In both LWA series and OVA, I only saw female wizards. The most likely to be a male wizard are Lotte's dad and the magical shop owner but I never actually see them perform any magic. There are also several non-human male character like  the Dragon Fafnir, but every human male seems to be a muggle. Is there any human male wizard in LWA world? If there are none, why all of them is female?

Nope, we see a wizard who is pretty clearly male in episode 25 at timestamp 21:26. (Behind Croix, wearing glasses.)


What differences are there between the manga and anime version of Coppelion? I've just watched Coppelion. Was curious about the manga, and according to the Wikipedia page... it is still going on? Apparently it has nearly 200 chapters, so I guess that the anime doesn't cover a large portion of the story.

I don't know if there will be further anime adaptations (will there?), but right now I'm more interested in knowing how does the current anime portion differ from its manga counterpart.

How faithful is the anime, so far?

I've just watched Coppelion. Was curious about the manga, and according to the Wikipedia page... it is still going on? Apparently it has nearly 200 chapters, so I guess that the anime doesn't cover a large portion of the story.

The Coppelion manga is broken down into "arcs" (部). As of this writing, the manga is part-way through the fourth arc, while the anime finished up at the end of the second arc. So the anime covers roughly half-ish of the manga released so far.

  How faithful is the anime, so far?

The anime was generally very faithful to the manga. There are minor differences in the order in which things are presented, and there's a flashback featuring Naruse and Haruto in Mission.40 which I don't think appears in the anime, and some of the stuff towards the end of the second arc are kind of rushed, but all things considered, there aren't really many differences.

If you want to verify for yourself that the anime is highly faithful, see below for a table indicating which chapters corresponded to which episodes. Note that Coppelion has a strange chapter naming scheme, in which:

The first arc has 21 chapters, numbered "#1", ..., "#21", and not given names.
The second arc has 60 chapters, numbered "Mission.1", ..., "Mission.60", and given names.
The third arc has 99 chapters, numbered "Phase.1", ..., "Phase.99", and given names.
The fourth arc (in progress) has 12 chapters (as of volume 20), numbered "Act.1", ..., "Act.12", and given names.

Episode    Chapters
 1         # 1-# 3
 2         # 4-#11
 3         #11-#16
 4         #17-#21
 5         Mission. 1-Mission. 5
 6         Mission. 6-Mission.11
 7         Mission.12-Mission.15
 8         Mission.16-Mission.21
 9         Mission.22-Mission.25
10         Mission.26-Mission.34
11         Mission.35-Mission.47
12         Mission.47-Mission.53
13         Mission.54-Mission.61


Is Gintama ending or not? I came across this Kotaku article called "Gintama Manga Isn't Ending Yet Because Its Creator Screwed Up", and I'm not really clear on what's going on.

So apparently, Gintama was originally going to end in Weekly Jump on September 15, 2018. But now it seems like it's not ending, and it's moving to Jump Giga instead? What happened there? Could someone explain?

It's mentioned here:

Apparently, the author miscalculated in trying to estimate on when the series will end. He mentioned that in Jump, mangaka have to notify the editorial department 6 months in advance before the date that the manga is expected to end.

However, he seemed to have realized after informing the editorial department that he could not fit everything he needed for a proper ending in the remaining chapters. Since informing the editorial department of the projected ending is probably absolute, meaning he can't take back what he said on the predicted date that it will end and there is most likely another manga that was already scheduled to replace Gintama in Weekly Jump since he already informed them that he will end the manga, it was transferred to Jump Giga from Weekly Jump.

Is Gintama ending or not? Based on this information, no, it's not yet ending.


What does Kabincho mean? In Genshiken Nidaime, episode 6, Kuchiki Manabu got some flak for being useless, and Kabincho! was his reaction (10:41). Is  this just more of his nonsensical outbursts or is this a reference to something?

I have no source or anything else to substatiate this, but I assumed it was just nonsense similar to what Nodame would say (from Nodame Cantabile) as an exclamation. It may be that later on we find out what Kuchiki is shouting about, but as of now, there's no indication that "Kabincho" actually means anything.

Also see Logan's comment about his research into the word in English or Japanese.


How important was the invention of blue towards anime? In the video of Vsauce2 it is mentioned that

  Prussian blue ... it reinvigorated Japanese wood block painting, which went on to influence manga which led to Japanese animation

The phrasing makes it sound like the invention of this Prussian blue is one of the key factors towards the development of Japanese animation or anime.

But was this invention really a key factor towards the creation of anime? Or did this Prussian blue really have a an effect to the creation of Anime at all?

Honestly no, it's like saying that a certain type of pen led to anime and manga, or that the printing press led to their eventual creation, sure it could help make the experience much better and easier, but they aren't necessarily creation sparkers. Prussian blue just gave us a new cool looking color to use in anime and manga, but was not key in its development. Our desire and interest for storytelling along with our fascination in artistic expression is more linked to the creation of anime and manga, definitely not Prussian blue.


Why did Itachi's amaterasu not burn the entire inn? In the original Naruto series there is a confrontation between Jiraiya and Itachi. Jiraiya tries to stop Itachi from escaping by trapping him and Kisame inside the stomach of a toad. Itachi was able to escape the stomach by burning a hole through to the other side using amaterasu.

The flames produced by amaterasu are supposed to burn for seven days and seven nights. Also, the flames cannot be extinguished with water.

So, my question is why was the inn they were in not destroyed? The flames should have spread and burned the entire inn.

After the encounter, Jiraiya was able to seal the flames inside of a scroll. This kept the inn from being destroyed.


Were Kenma and Kuroo childhood lovers? In the original manga of Haikyuu, were Kenma and Kuroo childhood lovers?

No. They are best friends. No romantic relationship between them was shown in the manga. They are just two kids inthe neighborhood that got close and became friends.


When and How was Homura's wish fulfilled? In ep. 10, Homura's wish is revelaed:

   "I want to redo my meeting with Kaname-san. Instead of being protected by her, I want to protect her!"

This wish forced her to go back in time and re-live the month since her meeting with Madoka 100-ish times.

But in the end of the main timeline (ep.12), it is still Madoka that saves the day

   by wishing to rescue all magic girls before they "completely" turn into witches.

Since the world was rebooted by Madoka's wish we briefly see events that happened during that month, such as

   Sayaka's despair for being unable be with Kamijou, only to be rescued by Madoka.

I won't address the Rebellion movie in this question body, but feel free to include it in the answers.

Since by the end of ep.12 it does not feel like Homura's wish was fulfilled, question remains:

Was it fulfilled, if yes, when and how?

If you are referring to how Homura can still have her wish granted in Madoka's Universe, one reason could be, as Euphoric said, it's a paradox. but then again we can say that for anything, it's more fun to see what we can infer from what we have seen, isn't it?

The second could be what I am going to call the Room of Origin (my term, not canon, since it has no name to my knowledge). We see the Room or Origin twice as being the center point of the universe being created. the first time was when Madoka recreated the universe and the second time was when Homura did it at the end of Rebellion (in Rebellion Homura says she's been there once before when the Incubator asks where they were). Since this is really ground zero for the start of the new universe we can make the assumption that a part of the old universe still exists inside the Room or Origin, serving as the basis.

The third reason could be that Homura retained her memories and abilities because she was key to creating Madoka's Universe. It was her terminating the timelines that compiles Madoka's Karmic Destiny that allowed her to become a god. In Homura's Universe Madoka regaining her memories would return her to becoming the full Law of Cycles once more and Sayaka retaining her memories initially could be because she is a part of the Law of Cycles as her secretary until Homura sealed them and probably sealed Nagisa before hand (since she did create a new life for Nagisa)


Why are anime characters usually drawn without lips? I have noticed that most anime characters are drawn without lips. Is there a specific reason for doing this?

The reason seems to be more historical and technological than some kind of art or costumes. Realistic lips are hard to draw. The lips has certain singularities that prevent creatives from trying to imitate them. In cases where they need a close up (focus on) the lips, the quality/relistic could be increased (this depends greatly on the production) but in most of case whereas there is another more important elements in the scene, some realistic details are just dropped.

Of course, some technology could allow producers to pimp up all realistic features (lips included) so they picture more realistic lips.

In a single line, the answers is: if they are not pictured, is because it results a pain to produce them; if they are pictured is because all other details are also realistic, why not lips.


What happens if a contestant's phone turns off? I was rewatching Mirai Nikki and saw Episode 15, and it got me thinking. Is it a requirement for your phone to be always on?

We already know that 'Future Diaries' are, in other words, your future. So if the phone breaks you have no future which means in short that you die.

So my question is: what happens for example if you decide to put your phone into shutdown mode? Do you still die?

Also how exactly are their phones powered? PS: Magic does not count.

I will accept Manga answers as I do not think it was explained in the anime. Also I have not read the manga so I am not sure. I will also accept answers with a bit of opinion as long as it is a good answer with some sort of canon. :)

I don't think the requirement is strictly for the phone to always be on but rather that it shouldn't get damaged. The phone is meant to be a reflection of the user, like a piece of their soul. So if it's damaged, the user is also affected. It probably doesn't hurt to just casually turn it off since it doesn't harm the phone. Although, it would be a BIG disadvantage, lol! I would guess the power would work the same too.


Why doesn't Naruto have/use his Six Paths power? Sasuke still has his Six Paths power, the Rinnegan. I understand that the other Tailed Beasts are no longer in him... but in the 4th War, even when Madara pulled out the Nine Tails, Obito gave him the One Tail and the Eight Tails chakra; thus, he was able to use his Six Paths power since he already had chakra of all the other tailed beasts.

Why doesn't Naruto have his Six Paths power?

Naruto did not lose his Six Paths senjutsu because he can still manipulate truth seeking balls, and his eyes also exhibit that he is using it in battle (tailed beast eyes crossed with sage eyes with no eye shadow).

Sasuke awakened the Rinnegan because Kabuto used Hashirama's cells to heal him after Madara impaled Sasuke with a sword. Thus, Asura's chakra mixed with Indra's chakra, becoming Hagoromo's chakra, thus allowing Sasuke to awaken the Rinnegan.

Basically, nothing has changed, except that Naruto and Sasuke can't use the Six Paths Sealing jutsu anymore because it can only be used once per lifetime and the two already used the jutsu to seal kaguya


What is happening at the end of the Another manga? I've just finished the Another manga and I don't really understand the final 2 pages.

What are the clanging noises, and who is the mysterious figure in the hallway?

Well from my understanding of the anime, the Calamity is only stopped for that year. It will occur again, so the figure could be who will become the next Extra in the class.

Apart from that, my only other basis is the top left frame, if the seating positions are the same in the manga then figure where is sitting in Mei's seat which the class uses as a counter measure to make someone non existent and, I think it is also the same seat of the first student who died, but was allowed to graduate which caused the Calamity to begin the year after.

of course take this with a grain of salt since

   the anime ends with 2 people of the class re-recording the message in how to stop the calamity as a means to prevent the insanity that engulfed the class when the original recording was made public

i've no idea how different the anime is from the manga or the Light Novel


How are short anime scheduled to be broadcast in Japan? Normally, anime is about 23 minutes long. With the addition of ads, it will take about 30 minutes for one episode to air which is what one time slot normally is. Yet, some anime like Miss Monochrome and Tonari no Seki-kun are not 23 minutes long. They are just around 6 minutes long, approximately a quarter the length.

How are these shows scheduled? Do they air along with other short anime so that they can make a total of 30 minutes in a time slot?

Bundling multiple shorts into a 30-minute block is reasonably common, yes. Ultra Super Anime Time is perhaps the best known block of this sort, bundling three ~8-minute shorts into a contiguous 30-minute time slot. It was home to seasons 2 and 3 of Miss Monochrome. A couple seasons ago, both Sekkou Boys and Kagewani Shou were on USAT together, which resulted in this bit of hilarity:

However, it's also fairly common for shorts to just be squeezed in between other shows. Japanese television programs don't tend to be rigidly slotted into exact 30-minute time blocks, so you can just kind of put shorts wherever there happens to be room. To use Tonari no Seki-kun as an example - when it aired on TX back in winter 2014, its slot was on Sundays from 26:35-26:45. It was preceded by Saki Zenkoku-hen from 26:05-26:35, and followed by Ichiyazuke (some sort of infomercial) from 26:45-26:55.

Same deal with Miss Monochrome season 1 - on TX, its slot was Tuesdays 25:35-25:40, preceded by Bijo no Kareshi ga Mitai! Osusume (I don't know what this is) from 25:30-25:35 and followed by Gifuu Doudou (which is unintentionally hilarious, by the way) from 25:40-26:10.


What were the filler episodes of Maison Ikkoku? While watching Maison Ikkoku, I noted the episodes in which the main story does not progressing. I found 23 episodes at total. I need someone who has read the manga to confirm them, or add/remove episodes from my list.

10 - Trip to sea
11 - Kentarou's first love
15 - Theatre club
16 - Kyoko injures her leg
20 - Shiner eye
21 - Kitten Kyoko
27 - The dog Soichiro is lost
28 - 3-legged race
29 - Festival ends in well
32 - Stupid egg
36 - Akemi's story
37 - Dress up
41 - Onsen
44 - Youtsuya's secret
46 - Ice skating
47 - Work at tavern
49 - Mitaka's dog fear
50 - Elder man moves in
51 - Ikkoku-han torn down?
67 - Grandma comes
68 - Baseball
69 - Kiss mark
70 - Grandma leaves

I did a similar list back in 2003 when I was watching the series for the second time through. I had read the manga before that, though I don't remember whether I took it into consideration when making the list. In general the anime follows the manga very accurately - if we ignore some blatant filler such as episode 32 (Yotsuya's egg; IIRC even its drawing style differs, so maybe the animators were using it for practice).

Your list corresponds to the B and C ratings in my list; B doesn't advance the main story but still e.g. develops the characters, whereas C is a pure filler episode. Except for a couple of episodes, our lists are similar.

It's interesting to notice that after episode 70 there are no filler episodes, and also on average the ratio of content to filler episodes is much better than in many other anime series. :)

A: Important part of the story
B: Could be skipped but is still worth watching
C: Totally irrevelant

01 A    + + +
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Hobi-Hobi no mi on Yonka Do the fruits in one piece have a limit based on the user vs victim strength? Could someone like Sugar just sneak up on Big Mom or Kaido and turn them into a toy?

Probably. No one besides Oda knows but it is likely.

There are limits to be abilities of some devil fruit powers:
Bartholomew can only make a barrier of a certain size; Buggy can't levetate his feet; Even Luffy can only stretch 72 Gomu Gomu's before he starts bleeding and risk ripping according to Oda. (Of course that is due to the first SBS. These, while canon, are more humorous than anything.  Gomu Gomu's is not a specific unit of measure.)

There are, however, no shown limits (so far) to Sugar's ability related to the size or power of the victim.  Sugar used her power on many strong opponents with ease.

There is a running theme in One Piece of weak people being surprising strong in the right battle. Ussop beat Sugar and Perona when either could probably beat Luffy. Mr. 3 was indispesible in beating Magellan and rescueing Ace. Buggy held is own (sort of) against Mihawk.

Sugar, or someone similar, being able to turn a Yonko into a toy is not impossible based on how powers work and would fit well into the themes of the show.

There is, however, a theme of baddies looking beatable and then suddenly becoming far more intimidating. If Sugar touches a Yonko, expect something insane like Blackbeard countering the fruit with a hitherto unknown ability, a small toy Shanks defeating Sugar and her mooks itself, or a toy Big Mom/Kaido being even more baddass and imposing than the real thing.


Can anyone be a wizard? In Fairy Tail, the anime, do you have to be born a wizard in order to learn to summon and wield magic? Or is summoning and wielding magic energy something anyone has the potential to do if they choose to learn how?

It states that people use it for everyday life.

It says that Training and Competence is needed.
The competence of a mage defines if they can use a magic or not.
this manga excerpt somehow explains this.
In fairy Tail Volume 28 chapter 233,

"Those who are atuned to the flow of magic can process and use any magic in existence."

Fairy Tail's Plot entry in Wikipedia says that:

The fictional world of Earth-land is populated by wizards who coalesce into guilds to hone their magical abilities and apply them to paid job requests.

However this might be due to the status of Wizards in the Land, as we can also see townspeople who can't or maybe doesn't use magic
According to FairyTail Wikia: http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Mage

Mages (Madōshi), also known as Wizards, are individuals who can wield Magic of any kind.
Mages are wielders of Magic, using their Magic Power to cast spells and employ magical objects. They comprise only 10% of the living population of Earth Land, with the remaining 90% being either incapable or unwilling to use Magic.

Also, There is a note in the end of Fairytail's Wikipedia Entry:
In the references section, it is stated that,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_Tail#References

According to the Fairy Tail Volume 2 Del Rey edition Translation Notes, General Notes, Wizard: So this translation has taken that as its inspiration and translated the word madôshi as "wizard". But madôshi's meaning is similar to certain Japanese words that have been borrowed by the English language, such as judo (the soft way) and kendo (the way of the sword). Madô is the way of magic, and madôshi are those who follow the way of magic. So although the word "wizard" is used in the original dialogue, a Japanese reader would be likely to think not of traditional Western wizards such as Merlin or Gandalf, but of martial artists.

Anyone Can learn Martial arts, but those who continue to learn and train can practically use it. There are also people who doens't want to.
In this answer to the question "What dictates who can use what magic in Fairy Tail?"

I think to be able to use a type of magic, one has to learn it. There are no requirements as to who can learn which magic.
In one particular episode, Mirajane teaches Natsu, Lucy and Happy the transformation magic and Natsu was able to transform into Lucy (even though that was not perfect, but that shows that you need to practice a particular type of magic).
And as have been mentioned in other answers that many characters are able to use more than one kind of magic.

And also Learning and WillPower

Magic has to be learned. When Erza was still a child, she was able to learn magic without actually practicing it. If you have knowledge of how to use a certain magic, you can use it. I guess it may depend on the user's willpower, or it may actually be inside them all along. By the way, there are a few characters who can use more than one type of magic like Ultear, Jellal, Zero/Brain, and Hades.

So to sum it up, one person might be able to learn Magic thru extensive training and practice of a certain particular kind of magic, has knowledge and understanding of it, Competence or Either he chooses to learn Magic or Not even if he/she is capable of it.


Why didn't Yokodera send Azuki Azusa back to Okinawa? Azuki Azusa is brought to the Tsutsukakushi residence from Okinawa after Yokodera accidentally makes a wish to the large cat statue in the storeroom. A little bit later, he learns that with this statue wishes can be taken back.

Is there any reason why he didn't take back his wish and send Azuki Azusa back to Okinawa?

Probably because she would throw a tantrum if he tried. She's been wanting him to show up in okinawa anyway.


Where can I watch Koe no Katachi? Koe no Katachi has already been released but I can't find it anywhere. I only found the trailer. Where can I watch it legally?

According to the official page for the movie, Koe no Katachi will have a home video release on May 17th, 2017.

You will most likely be able to find it available in iTunes and other retailers after this release date.


In chapter 507, what did Eileen mean when she said they are one and the same? I know they are somehow related, but what does it mean when Eileen says she and Erza are one and the same? Is it like what? An Elodas version of Erza? So there would be 3 Erzas now?

Update: Turns out that

   Eileen is Erza's mother.

Source:


How many characters in One Piece know what happened in the Void Century? What I found directly on One Piece wiki is the following:

Gol D. Roger's crew appears to have followed the poneglyphs all the way and figured out exactly what the missing history is. When queried by Nico Robin on the Void Century and the Will of the D., Silvers Rayleigh replied to her that he would tell her the history if she wanted to know.
Whitebeard also knew about the truth behind the Void Century and the
Will of D., as Roger told him before he died.  It is unknown whether Whitebeard
shared this information with any of his crew.
The Gorosei have shown to have at least a basic knowledge of the
occurrences of the Void Century, according to their shocked reactions
to Professor Clover's statements.

Is there anyone else who knows what happened in the Void Century?

This is a very interesting question. As you state in your answer, Gol D Roger knew what happened in the Void Century, as did Whitebeard, whom he told, Clover and presumably some of the others on O'hara knew at least a little, and it is very likely that the Gorosei and perhaps some others at the top of the World Government knew.

But it isn't very obvious who else knows. When Rayleigh is asked whether he knows the truth of the Void Century, he replies that they do, but isn't clear who exactly he is talking about. At least he and Roger knew, but it's possible only a few other officers did, and it's also possible that the whole crew knew, meaning Buggy, Shanks, Crocus and a whole load of others. However, I think this is unlikely. The Roger pirates weren't like the Strawhats, Buggy and Shanks were two cabin boys, so it's likely that the crew was pretty large, and if all these pirates knew the truth, then it seems likely that some of it would be out by now.

It doesn't seem likely that the Gorosei have told any others, and neither did Clover, but Whitebeard could easily have told Marco and some of his other trusted sons what Roger told him. Rayleigh was willing to tell the Strawhats, but preferred not to, and had already been pretty impressed by Luffy, I doubt he would have told the secret to anyone else on a whim, as he preferred to keep his head down after the dissolution of his crew.

In summary, the only living person we have confirmed to know the truth behind the Void Century is Rayleigh, but it's strongly implied the Gorosei know, there is a reasonable chance that some other world government leaders, Roger pirates and Whitebeard pirates know, and I would also expect Dragon to know at least some of the truth, as he leads a very powerful organisation fully opposed to the World Government.


Who exactly is Archer from the Unlimited Blade Works movie? Although I have not watched the Fate/Zero TV series, I have watched the Fate/stay night series and the Fate/Stay Night - Unlimited Blade Works movie. At the end of the movie I found out that:

   Archer is actually Shirō. Even before the ending, Archer told him he has already experienced what Shirō goes through. So I did not know if he is actually Shirō from the future or if he is a completely different character than the one in the TV series.

The Archer-class Servant in the fifth Fuyuki Grail War is:

   Shirou Emiya from an alternate timeline than that of the Fate/stay night timeline. The Shirou from the alternate timeline made a contract with the world and became the Heroic Spirit EMIYA.
 He is not a proper Heroic Spirit in the sense of other heroes (e.g. Saber, Lancer, Berserker). He acts as a Counter Guardian for the world as payment for the contract.
 He is summoned because he still has the jewel pendant that Rin used to save his life after Lancer stabbed his heart. The jewel he owns is the actual catalyst used for his summoning rather than the one that Rin still has at the time of his summoning.


Did Luffy kill Bellamy when he punched him at Jaya? In episode 151 where Bellamy uses Spring Hopper at Jaya and launches around the buildings, Luffy punches him. But does he kill him or just knock him out ?

No, Belammy is alive.

In the pre-Skyisland arc when Luffy goes to retrieve the gold from him, he just knocks him down and doesn't kill him.

The proof:-

In the CP9 saga, it is shown that Doflamingo was forcing Bellamy to fight.
Next is the Pirate Alliance Arc.

  Bellamy entered the Corrida Colosseum to compete for a leadership
  position in the Donquixote Family and was assigned to Block B. He is
  first seen somewhere in the Colosseum crushing someone's skull.

Belammy vs Abdullah and Jeet.

These are just two of a few events that prove that Bellamy wasn't killed by Luffy. There has been some more events with appearance of Bellamy. Luffy hasnt really killed anyone in the whole series except for a few Sea Kings :P


Why do some sources prefix "BOFURI" to the English title of "Itai no wa Iya nano de Bōgyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu"? The manga and anime are called "痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います。" which is translated to "I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense." Most English sites about manga and anime list it either in romaji or in the English translation. However Wikipedia lists it as BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. Apparently, they got the title from Funimation.

I have two questions based on that. How did they come up with the prefix, "BOFURI"? What does "BOFURI" mean or stand for?

"BōFuri"「防振り」 is the official abbreviation of the title in Japanese.

It is taken from the Japanese title 「痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います。」, which reads "Itai no wa Iya nano de Bōgyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu".

Related: Is there a name for the abbreviated (usually three syllable) title?


If he even has one, what is Dragon's devil fruit power? What is Dragon's devil fruit power?

In Loguetown, it became stormy out of nowhere when he showed up. Also, I think I remember Smoker saying something about it.

The only accurate answer is we do not know.  There is no proof Monkey D. Dragon has a devil fruit or that he does not have one.

There are many theories attributing the lightning strike that saves Luffy from the gallows to Dragon and, therefore, lightning to his devil fruit.  They hypothesize that he could have the storm storm fruit or air air fruit.  These are all speculation, however.


How was Goku able to teleport to the "Other World"? In DBZ, Goku has teleported several times to the "Other World" (a place presumably inhabited by souls), his most significant trip there being when he brought Cell in his second form there to prevent him from blowing up the earth and one another occasion Piccolo was summoned there too before being summoned to Namek. King Kai's planet is at the end of Snake Way and Snake Way is in the "Other World".

This brings about the question of where exactly is it located and wouldn't that mean that a 'dead' Goku could have easily teleported back to earth just the same as if he were alive?

He could (And he sometimes did), but it's "forbidden", and Goku doesn't like breaking rules.

It's actually a different world in the same "dimension" as the normal world, so yes, Goku can freely teleport between the two.


What song plays in the beginning of Noragami episode 12? I'm looking for the song that plays in the very first scene of Noragami episode 12 (first season). I've searched many times but for some reason I can't find it.

The closest thing I could find is the song titled "Yatotan" and while that song is similar, it is not the one I am looking for.

This is "M28" from Noragami Aragoto OST (disc 2, track 15). However, this track is only on the reprint version, not the original version. Here is a 20-second extract from the beginning of the track.


Is No Face from Spirited Away based on any traditional Japanese legends? Spirited Away borrows a lot of its side characters from various Japanese legends, although many are also original. One of the most mysterious such characters is No Face, who is perhaps slightly antagonistic, and comes off as a spirit of greed or something to that effect. The concept for No Face is very unique with a collection of strange powers that I don't know of in any other mythological spirit, suggesting to me that he might be a unique creation of Miyazaki.

Are there any comments by Miyazaki on the origin of No Face? Barring that, is there a clear origin in some Japanese mythology, or is he an original creation?

This interview was originally in the French movie magazine "POSITIF" (April 2002 volume). It was translated into Japanese by a Japanese blogger, and I've translated relevant parts into English. Some things may have been lost in the double translation, but hopefully the main points are the same.

Interviewer: By the way, where did Kaonashi, the creature who swallows everything, come from? Also, I noticed in this movie that Kaonashi, Boh, and Chihiro's parents are all obsessed with overeating.
Miyazaki Hayao: That's true. These characters' personalities are full of faults. I made this movie for my friend's two daughters. Like Chihiro, they are also 10 years old. I didn't want to show them something like "the struggle between good and evil." I wanted to show them the truth about the world. If young girls don't really see "good and evil" as something as simple as dualism, then it's something they must discover for themselves in the world. Regarding the overeating, in the past I saw "Babette's Feast". It's a very beautiful and enjoyable movie. In that movie, the characters also eat a lot.

Even when directly asked, he didn't give a very specific answer it seems. Though I suppose Babette's Feast was an important inspiration.

"Kaonashi is inside of everyone." Those are Miyazaki Hayao's own words. Kaonashi can't buy people's attention with money. In addition, he doesn't know how to hold on to people's hearts. Kaonashi is irritated by Chihiro's lack of desires and tells her to want. This is also a necessity of capitalism. There is a contrast those who swarm around Kaonashi when he gives out money and Chihiro's enlightened lack of desire for gold or food. Her resolution in this is so strong that it can even seem cold. There was no reasoning behind saving Haku. He clearly says to Kaonashi, "I won't give you what I want."