How many magicians quit after the 7-year time skip? After the time skip following the Tenrou Island arc, a lot of Fairy Tail members quit.
So, my question is: how many members did Fairy Tail have before the time skip, and how many do they have after the time skip? How many of them quit?

Yes, after the "Tenrou" arc, most of the Fairy Tail members quit the guild, but all the members who had screen time are still in Fairy Tail .

Most of the important characters, or characters who had major or average screen time and were at "Tenrou" island (Natsu, Ersa, Lucy, Gajil, etc.), and even the most minor characters who had less screen time (like Waren, Romeo, Romeo's father, etc.) are still in Fairy Tail.
Even if some characters are missing (I personally didn't notice any), all the important ones are still in Fairy Tail even after "Tenrou" arc. On the plus side, we even get a new character - Kinana.

My answer is based on only the anime, not the manga.


Perfect Blue - What was *that* scene? I understand most of the movie but one scene I can't completely filter into different buckets of reality is, the scene where they say Mimorin is going to have another concert with the two other idols remaining in the group, and all the otaku gather and seem to collectively see Mimorin there (it was written in her blog I think that she would be performing, so everything thought she'd be there). Was it the chubby female manager or performed in her stead? How would no one have noticed? Or was it just Mimorin's delusion?

This is more-so speculation on my part, so sorry if that this answer doesn't suite well enough.

It is not true.  Mima did not actually perform and the manager was not performing as her.  The image that we see is part of Mima's delusion as she originally doesn't know that her manager is pretending to be her, and truly believes that the person behind the blog is some sort of demented version of her.

Because Mima is unable to separate herself from the blog, she sort of enters a state of psychosis and through that altered reality, she sees herself performing.

The crowd most likely was cheering on the group because it is stated earlier in the film that the duet the remaining two members did had hit the top charts.  So it is probable that the fans are celebrating the group regardless of Mima being there.


Why is Kaneki's fighting ability improved when he put on his mask? In volume 8 chapter 72, Nishio mentions to Kaneki that his abilities will improve if Kaneki puts on his mask.
As far as I know it's just a mask (with no special power or anything). So why does it increase his fighting ability?

The mask covered Kaneki's nose and mouth. This helps him suppress his urge to eat the opponent by reducing his ability to smell. Remember that Kaneki's ghoul ability is originally Hanazawa Kana's...no wait...Rize's, nicknamed the Glutton for her great hunger.

By suppressing this urge to eat, he can concentrate more on the fight as he's not worried about getting carried away and going berserk.


What would happen if Eren ate all of the other titans? What if Eren went and ate every other person with the titan powers? Could Eren potentially become the complete titan, and be able to bypass the 13 year rule?

This is called the curse of Ymir. In Chapter 88, pages 22-23, we discover through Eren's memories that

  The very first and original titan, Ymir Fritz, had the power of all nine titans. Even though Ymir was in possession of all nine titan powers, she died 13 years after receiving this power. This death, and the consequent split into the nine separate titans, then imposed the 13-year rule wherein a titan-shifter could not physically withstand the shifting after 13 years. We see that as a titan-shifter gets closer to that 13-year limit, as in the case with the OWL in Chapter 88, they grow increasingly less capable of shifting as the process continually weakens their body. From here, it's up to interpretation of the page below.

The first interpretation is that

  Ymir's body could not withstand the power of titan shifting and died at or upon the thirteenth year.  When she died, however, her powers were passed down to 9 other Eldians. This suggests that she may not have known about the limit, or did not choose to select a successor, and allowed her death to distribute her power among the Eldians.

The second interpretation could be that

  Ymir died for a reason not yet revealed, and not because she couldn't withstand the power of all nine titans. If this is so, then she must have chosen to divide her power into nine titans for a reason that hasn't yet been revealed. Perhaps this was to limit the power any one titan-shifter could hold, a sort of checks-and-balances system if you will.

If we go by the first interpretation then likely

  it would not be possible for anyone, regardless of how many titan-shifting powers they obtained, to break the 13-year rule if the rule was imposed on the very first titan.

If we go by the second interpretation then

  it's likely there exists a way for Eren to break the 13-year rule at the expense of obtaining, through the process of consumption, all nine titan powers.


How did Madara read the Uchiha's Stone Tablet about the history? Madara said that finding out the history of shinobi is the reason he felt hopeless and left the village. And he learned it from the Uchiha's stone tablet.

But it was said before that the Rinnegan is also needed to read what is written on the Uchiha's stone tablet. So, if Madara only awakened the Rinnegan after he left the village and his final battle with Hashirama, how was he able to read the stone tablet without the Rinnegan?

It's not a stretch to think that he managed to sneak back inside the village and read it in his spare time.

Somewhere before he connected himself to the Gedo Mazo and after he awakened the Rinnegan.

It is not explained however, so any answer you'll get here would be speculative.

EDIT: Now I understood your question, however, nothing told you that the part about the God Tree is only readable by the Rinnegan, maybe it was a part of the tablet that could be read using a Mangekyo.


Who is the baby Lucca picked up? in the Ending Cinematic of Chrono Trigger (i'm playing the DS Version). at the very end Lucca sees something glowing and finds a baby with a pendent before picking it up and taking it with her

I doubt it's Magus because while we see all the character but him (and Zero if you don't count Lucca's re-creation) Magus had pale blue hair, not to mention he was older than the baby when Zeal was initially destroyed (when he and the Gurus were scattered across time and he was found by Ozzie)

So who is this baby?

It's Kid, the heroine of Chrono Cross.

Sources:

Lucca's wikia page
Kid's wikia page

Both of them also contain the exact same image you have linked


What's the song when Gaara cries out in episode 297? What is the background music themed in Naruto Shippuden episode 297 (Link to Crunchyroll) at time 19:29 when Gaara cries out?

It is very heart touching. I really need it.

It's an unreleased soundtrack called "A Mother's love". I've linked the name to a youtube video of it.


Where is it raining exactly? Is the abnormal rain only in Tokyo? Is it all over Japan? World wide? Does it follow Hina?
I don't think it's world wide, or the consequences would have been much greater.
On the other hand we see sea level rising a lot, flooding Tokyo. Shouldn't water just "flow" and rise almost evenly everywhere? Does it imply that everywhere in the world the seas have risen?

The movie does not address much directly outside Tokyo. But the novelization gives a bit more context.

 It's mentioned that undoing her sacrifice means the rain resumes, flooding Japan for years to come. By the time Hodaka returns in 2024 to see Hina, most of Tokyo has been one third submerged, affecting the shape of the Kanto Plain.

This implies that the primary impact was on Tokyo and the Kanto region.


Is it possible that Madara could have used the Izanagi after his "death"? When he was defeated by Hashirama, he put a one-day time lapsed Izanagi on himself. When Kaguya is defeated and Madara is spat out by her unstable transformation, we see him supposedly die in front of everybody. I don't think it was ever shown what happened to his body, and nobody ever took his Sharingan.

Is it possible he could have put another Izanagi on himself and be still alive, or put a very long-lasting time lapse on himself (70 years for instance), so when he is brought back Naruto and Sasuke will be gone ?

Although we dont know what happened to his body , we are almost sure that his death this time was in absolute certainty .

First , only a sharingan can cast the izanami [ taken from naruto wikia ] ;

Izanagi can be used only by those with the genetic traits of the Sage of Six
Paths. The Uchiha, descended from the Sage, are able to perform Izanagi with
their Sharingan. Even with such an eye acting as a medium, gaining the power
to temporarily control reality's flow as the user sees fit comes at a price;
one has very limited reserves of time within a single eye for invoking this
technique. This technique would normally be used for only the most dire of
situations and for but a brief moment as after the Sharingan with which
Izanagi was casted exceeds its limit, the said eye becomes powerless and is
rendered blind permanently, with the rare exception that its sight and power
can be restored to the said eye by further evolving it into a Rinnegan.[5]

Madara could switch between both the sharingan and the rinnegan effortlessly . but there is one thing we know for certain and that is when a tailed beast extraction occurs the jinchuriki faces certain death . when we saw that kaguya had burst out from madara we saw something similar happen , and the beast was extracted from him into kaguya and wasn't spit out until later when kaguya was about to be defeated . Madara was ultimately out of chakra and he couldnt even switch between the eyes at the end as we could see . If he didnt have the Tailed beast extracted maybe he could've.

There is another argument i have , after madara became the sage of six path's i think madara could no longer access the dojutsu powers of his sharingan . But this is only mere speculation.


Which one has the "Telepathic Kiss" power: Hana or Daichi? In the ending of the series, Daichi kisses Hana, and Puck is surprised to see they are doing a telepathic kiss between them.

Since that power works both ways, it's hard to pinpoint who has the power (because it is activated even if unwilling).

So, which one of the lovey doveys has the telepathic kiss power? Hana or Daichi?

Hana is biologically engineered from the Planetary Gears' royalty DNA, so she might be the one.

Daichi has just prestige-classed into "Badass Protagonist" because the stakes were raised and he had to beat the final boss alone. If he could learn how to teleport his Mecha in such a short time, why not?

And please back your answer with sources, if possible. Lets keep it the least subjective possible.

  P.S.: In advance, I apologize for any time lost visiting TvTropes. Always mouse over links before clicking away.

Well, earlier in the series, Hana was worried about Daichi kissing her. She said something along the lines of "I was worried you'd hate the real me". Thus, she knows that the kiss between them would be telepathic. We can assume from this that She is the one with said power.

and as for Stevebot's answer, the Planetary gears Princess was under control of a mind-transfer machine when she was telepathic-kissed, and saw her foster mother's evil intentions. So telepathic kiss works despite mind-control


What is the name of soundtrack in attack on titan season 3 part 2 trailer I want to know the exactly sound track name in this trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3mo2TZGXlM

All what I get is soundtracks name is like this not same one?

The Song you are looking for is "ətˈæk 0N tάɪtn · MIKA KOBAYASHI · Hiroyuki Sawano"

https://youtu.be/zroFzv7sFis

https://genius.com/Hiroyuki-sawano-tk-0n-ttn-attack-on-titan-annotated


What happens to the human inside the titan when the titan dies? Just to be clear I'm NOT talking about those who where swallowed.

  We know that titans used to be humans and then somehow they transformed into titans.

When they kill a titan it completely Vaporizes and nothing is left.
So what happens to the human inside them?

  Could it be like when Eren was testing his limits and each time he fused more with the titan body? If so, why could Ymir live in titan form for over 60 years and still transform back into human?

I will try and answer by spoiling as little as possible.

I have read all manga chapters (including the newest one, 91).

   We have two types of Titans (so far): shifters, and non-shifters. A shifter is a Titan whose human can voluntarily transform into and out of the Titan shape. As far as we know, shifters are only the 9 original Titans. We also know that there is a certain serum that can transform a human into a mindless Titan. This serum was injected to Ymir (the person) and like all other mindless Titans, she wandered around until she accidentally ate a human who was a Titan shifter (Reiner's and Bertlod's friend). As such Ymir transformed into a human, obtaining the power of the so-called "Dancing Titan".

Which brings me to the next spoiler (approximately manga chapter 88 and above):

   Only "The people of Ymir" (Eldians, including Eren and the people inside the walls) can be transformed into Titans. Furthermore, the people inside the walls live on an island called Paradis Island, although far from the shore. Knowing that, the Marley government gathers Eldians on top of a wall next to the shore (but far from the walls), injects them with the serum and throws them on the ground. These Titans wander around eventually finding the walls and creating problems for the people of the walls. (A nice counter strategy from Marley, using a weapon they cannot control). The plot thickens when Marley has managed to convince Eldians to fight for them. These Eldians, such as Reiner, Bertold, Annie, Zeke, each hold one of the 9 original Titans power, and can easily transform from Titan to human to Titan again.

To answer your question

1) If you are talking about Titan shifters

Then you cannot kill a Titan without killing the human inside. The methods used by the Survey Corps are pretty much cutting off their nape. If you cut the nape of a Titan-shifter, then you are left with the human body of that Titan-shifter. If you consume the spinal cord fluid of this human body, you will obtain his/her Titan-shifting power.

2) If you are talking about mindless Titans

Then if you cut off the nape, there is no trace left of the human who was turned into this Titan. As far as it is revealed, we cannot say if the person evaporated, died, or something else. It is assumed that the person inside a mindless Titan dies, when the nape of the Titan is cut off. Hange speculated that the spinal cord and the central nervous system of a mindless Titan functions separately from the body. Maybe that means that the human body simply turns into a mindless Titan, thus leaving no human body inside of such a Titan.

A list of the 9 original Titans is here


Where do these faces originate from? I've seen these manly faces several places over the internet (especially the one on the right) & I'm pretty sure it's from sort of manga.

Does anyone know where these faces originate?

This originated from here. It's based on this meme, which itself is based on the manga Kuso Miso Technique, which was in the manga supplement of the gay magazine Barazoku in 1987. Scanned images of it began circulating the internet in 2002, and it became a meme after that.


Does Naruto consciously control his clones? I've seen when Kakashi was training Naruto with his elemental affinity that Naruto cannot see what his clone is doing until it is undone. How does he control the clone? Does it move and think like a separate entity? Can it think to try to kill the original?

Does it move and think like a separate entity?

Yes, the clones are completely independent, apart from the fact that Naruto can undo any clone he wishes to.

This can be seen when they collaborate and the fact that they need to communicate in order to do so. Note that when Naruto creates them, they know what he knows so he can think of a plan, create the clones, and everybody knows their role in the plan without a need to discuss it—they are still independent.

  Can it think to try to kill the original?

Possibly. But seeing as they have a short life and have just been cloned, Naruto would have had to be thinking about that kind of thing himself already in order for a clone to really do that. And of course, since Naruto can undo a clone at will, it would mean that as soon as he senses a threat from a clone he can undo it.


Did Death know Blair was a cat and not a witch? At the start of Soul Eater, Maka and Soul are tasked with hunting the soul of a Witch to turn Soul into a Death Scythe. The target is normally assigned by Lord Death as to avoid the Meister/Weapon group from getting killed.

During Maka's/Soul's fight with Blair, Death comments that there's "something odd" about her (right before he Reaper Chop's Spirit for Spirit's comment on Blair's body), then we learn she is actually a cat with a lot of magic. As a consequence, because Maka and Soul messed up the final soul, their previously collected 99 souls were confiscated.

From what Death said during the fight, it didn't seem as if it was a test to see if Maka and Soul could correctly identify a Witch. So I am wondering, did Death know Blair was a cat? If not, why did Maka/Soul get punished when he himself thought that she was?

From what I remember, the 99 souls were not actually confiscated. Because the 100th soul he ate was a cat's, he had to repeat the whole process of hunting 99 red souls again.

Think of this as a "soul-meter", the goal is to fill it up to 100 (99 being red souls and a soul of a witch). Initially, he had 99 souls already eaten, and he had one more soul to go.
He then mistakenly ate a cat soul, thinking it was a witch. This caused the gauge to drop back to zero.


What's the OST playing in "No Regrets" OVA when Levi is fighting with Erwin? The OST appears in No Regrets OVA when Levi fights Erwin and Mike and is played exactly when Erwin comes in.

I believe it's "So Ist Es Immer". It appears when

   Farlan and Isabel died.

It appears to be telling Levi his choice is wrong.


Why did Kiki lose her witch powers? In Kiki's Delivery Service, Kiki is a witch and she sets out to train as a witch by herself (like an apprenticeship). Things are going well for her but at some point she starts to lose her witch powers, unable to fly on her broom and unable to talk to and understand her cat, Jiji.

Why did she lose her witches power? Was it because she got sick (but was still missing powers after she got better)? Or do all witches have to deal with losing their powers from time to time?

The central theme of Majo no Takkyūbin is about self-belief and being yourself. This message is explained to Kiki early in the film when she complains about having to wear the drab witches' dress. Her mother explains that it is her inner self which is important; her outer self is just a shell.

Even before she leaves home, people question how Kiki will be able to survive as the only thing she seems to be good at is flying (and even that is a little suspect). And after she leaves home, she is repeatedly plagued by more incidents which batter down on her self-worth. These include:

Meeting the snooty apprentice witch who pooh-poohs her skills.
Meeting girls wearing pretty colourful clothes who look down on her.
Even Tombo comments on her clothes at one point.
She also stares longingly at a dress in a shop window.
She inwardly does not think much about her chosen profession or her skill level either.
She feels unappreciated and underwhelmed by the response of the granddaughter to the freshly baked cake she has flown over in a storm.
She also feels really out of place when she meets Tombo's friends.

etc., etc. (Personally, I think Jiji's negativity either doesn't help much or is a reflection of Kiki's inner self.)

All these incidents chip away at her inner self until she collapses into a depression, something which her artist friend, Ursula, compares to an artist's block. She explains to Kiki that she has been through a similar situation herself when she lost interest in her art as she was modelling her approach on what other artists were doing or what her audience was expecting rather than believing in herself to come up with her own style.

This brings us back to the early scene where Kiki's mother tells her that it's her inner soul which is important.

All that said, this is also a coming of age story, and as the OP puts it, the loss of power could well be something that all witches go through as they mature. The fact that Jiji doesn't speak to Kiki even after she recovers her powers is telling. In many ways, it is only the childish Kiki who is able to speak to her childhood companion. Kiki, the mature independent witch, is still friends with Jiji, but does not need the cat as a confidant.


Why does Lazet's hair color suddenly change? In episode 4, when Teito meets Lazet for the first time she looks like a brunette, but a few moment afterwards (something like 10 seconds), her hair color changes to pink without any noticeable reason (and apparently no one seems to be bothered by it at all).

Although I didn't see the whole series, I'd like to know if this phenomenon has been explained later in the series, or has it just remained unexplained?

Because

   She is not a human, but a Noel Mermaid, who has an ability to change their face's appearance. Her original face is the one with pink hair and eyes.

So, when Teito met Lazet,

   She mimicked Teito's face: brunette hair and green eyes.

References:

07-GHOST Wikia: Razette


How much of the manga did the anime Akatsuki no Yona (Yona of the Dawn) cover? So I watched the anime Akatsuki no Yona not long ago and now I want to buy the manga. I want to buy it, however, from the point the anime left off.

Which volume of the manga it is?

The anime series adapts the first 8 volumes (47 chapters).

The first OVA, On That Back, is an adaptation of volume 12's Extra chapters.

The other two OVAs, The Yellow Dragon Zeno's Past, Part 1: The Starting Dragon and The Yellow Dragon Zeno's Past, Part 2: The Red Star Rises, showing Zeno's past, cover chapters 101-105 from volume 18.


Why was Kisame surprised when he saw Obito (Tobi/fake Madara) without the mask the second time they've met in person? So, Kisame first met Obito (Tobi) when he introduced himself as the guy who controlls the Mizukage. Then, he tells Kisame about his Eye of the Moon Plan (Tsuki no Me) and recruits him to Akatsuki. So that's like 4 people who knew the true identity of Tobi as 'Madara' (later Obito, but they didn't know that): Konan, Nagato, Itachi, Kisame.

But if Kisame also knew him as the leader of Akatsuki, then why was he surprised when Tobi showed his face to him the second time, after Itachi died? I thought he already knew that Tobi mas Madara since he was the one who recruited him. It made sense for him to continue with Akatsuki after Nagato died, since Kisame didn't really care about who the leader was, as long as Kisame got the job done, but the only thing that bothers me is: why was he surprised when Tobi showed his face to Kisame the second time? He should've already known it was Madara/Obito. Is this a plot hole?

I dont believe this is a plothole, because the first time Kisame met the "Madara", it was actually Obito disguised as Madara Uchiha, Although we never got to see the actual person that Kisame was talking to, based of the way the persons hair from the Shadow was, it looked exactly like Madara Uchihas hair, and we all know that Obito's hair looks very different and isn't spiky long. (I would guess that Obito probably used substitution Jutsu in order to resemble the real Madara.)

However, the second time, he saw Obitos real face and that probably caught him by surprise since he was not expecting those scars.


Why do some translations call them "Queerrats", while others call them "Monster Rats"? I'm guessing this has something to do with "queer" having political/social connotations in the West. Or maybe it's a difference of translation? I'm watching a sub release that uses the former but i've seen the latter used in various articles and on different websites.

This is purely a matter of different translators translating a word in different ways.

The Japanese word in question is バケネズミ（化鼠） bakenezumi. This can be taken as "monster rat1" (化物の鼠) or as "transformed rat" (化けた鼠). It is quite reasonable to translate bakenezumi as "Monster Rat", but it is also easy to see how a translator wishing to be a bit more flashy might choose the term "Queerrat" (with "queer" in the classical sense of "weird, peculiar", not the modern sense of "homosexual").

This latter choice makes some sense insofar as bakenezumi is (I believe) an original coining for From the New World, and so it is not a bad idea to coin an original English word to correspond to it.

It seems unlikely to me that the translators who chose "Queerrat" did so as a form of social commentary.

1 Technically, Japanese nezumi can refer to mice, rats, and a number of related rodenty organisms. If you've watched the entire show, you will understand why "rat" is the correct choice here.


What case is Naoto remember in Yosuke's horror story? During the Sky Trip in January when Yosuke is telling everyone a horror story about a girl who though another girl's ghost was coming after her, Naoto comments that she had heard about this as a case once before.

Do we know anything about this case is real or not? and how much it relates to Yosuke's Story?

I believe Naoto is remembering something that occurred 2 years prior at Tatsumi Port Island in Persona 3 which Yosuke's story may actually be referring to.

Yosuke's Story in Persona 4:

A girl and her friends bullies another girl who later died. the girl's friends one by one all were found unconscious at their school and a rumor start to spread that it was the bullied girl's ghost getting revenge until only one of the bullies were left who attitude changed out of fear of being the next victim.

one night the girl's brother hears his sister scream out that she can hear the bullied girl's voice and that she is coming to get her yet the bother hears nothing.

Persona 3

Fuuka Yamagishi was bullied by Natsuki Moriyama and her friends. one day as a prank Natsuki and her friends locked Fuuka in the Gekkoukan School Gym at night but the next morning when they went to retrieve her Fuuka was gone.

The Rumor:

It was thought that Fuuka had escaped during the night and committed suicide. in the days that followed, one by one Natsuki's friends were found on school grounds when it opened unconscious and was taken to hospital. the rumor about Fuuka's death spread and it was thought her ghost was getting back at Natsuki and her friends for the bullying.

The Truth:

Before Fuuka was locked in the Gym she was at the same hospital that Akihiko Sanada was recovering in after injuries sustained from his fight with the Magician Full Moon Shadow. it was here that Mitsuru Kirijo determined that Fuuka the potential and did try to recruit her into SEES.

when Fuuka was locked in the Gekkoukan School Gym, as the school is replaced by Tartarus during the Dark Hour and Fuuka did not transmogrify (because she had the potential) she was actually transported to a random floor in Tartarus at the start of the Dark Hour, and was trapped in there after it's conclusion. because of how time works in the Dark Hour the days Fuuka was missing were only hours for her in Tartarus.

Natsuki's friends were called to Tartarus by "The Voice" and were attacked by Shadows which is why they were found unconscious at the school. it's unknown what "The Voice" really is but the coincidence of them being called and attacked after Fuuka's disappearances into Tartarus might have been just that, a coincidence, or since Shadows are born from humans and their emotions (and in lot of cases, are just untamed Persona) it's possible that Natsuki and her friends's emotional states at this time gave birth to their Shadows who called and attacked them in Tartarus.

SEES worked out the connection between the victims and kept an eye on Natsuki in order to protect her. during the Dark Hour of June 8th (the 3rd Full Moon Operation) Natsuki was called to Tartarus by The Voice (and thus didn't transmogrify) while SEES was searching for Fuuka. when the the Empress and Emperor Full Moon Shadows appear at the entrance to Tartarus Natsuki is in the cross fire and Fuuka, having been found, was able to awaken her Persona in her need to protect everyone, especially Natsuki. after the battle Natsuki apologized to Fuuka about the bullying and the 2 become close friends despite Natsuki not remembering Tartarus or that Fuuka protected her.

as the events of Persona 3 occurred 2 years before Persona 4 so it's very possible that Naoto heard about the case in her studies since Police were involved initially when Fuuka was reported missing.


What is this buzzing sound playing? I heard this on buzz channel which is an anime channel, and now also in bleach. In episode 2 You can hear it at around 14:00 in this youtube video

Does this sound have a specific name? or is it some sort of soundtrack?

Are you talking about the Tōryanse? A traditional children's song that's commonly used at street crossings to indicate that it's free to cross the street.


What does the title of Cowboy Bebop's eighth episode—"Waltz for Venus"—mean? I think you can have two (or possibly more) interpretations for this. One being a dance or music; the other being to accomplish something with little to no effort. Are these two interpretations correct or is it just the former that's correct?

I couldn't find a source that explicitly stated the meaning to the name of the episode. I agree with your interpretations with both of them fitting moments in the episode. So let's break down the episode:

"Waltz for Venus"

Venus is the setting for most of this episode so that fits just fine, the challenge is what the waltz stands for as. Stated on Merriam Webster the word Waltz can be a dance/music with a time signature of 3/4. This particular definition doesn't seem to have any real relevance to the episode, but if we take the whole timeframe in which Rocco Bonnaro is eluding Piccaro Calvino this could be considered a "dance".

The reason I say this because dance as a verb can mean to move quickly or nimbly. This is why sometimes in sports, for example American football, sometimes sports announcers will say a player "danced around the defense", meaning they eluded the defense. So I don't think it is that much a stretch to say Rocco was "dancing" away from Piccaro.

Another reference from the episode that can be used is when Spike and Faye take a commercial shuttle into Venus. They are doing this to catch some hijackers and defeat them very easily. This ties into the other definition of waltz being used as a verb and means to "to succeed at something easily".

Now this is in no way 100% the reason as to why the episode is titled this way but merely an interpretation as to why it could be.


How did people even know that the One Piece was in the Grand Line? The people say it's in the Grand Line, but I can't find anything on how they knew. In the opening with his last words, Gold Roger only says he left it in one place, not that he left it in the Grand Line. Did I miss something?

The one piece in itself is a guess. If you remember, Luffy even yelled at Ussop in  Shabody for asking such a question, and for once Luffy was actually trying not to think about the possibility of the one piece being nonexistent. However, we know that:

   There are 4 Red Poneglyphs, and each one points to a certain location. Once they are laid out, these four locations will have Raftel in the middle.

However, we do not have actual evidence that Raftel is in Grand Line. Now that you mention it, probably, just maybe, it is somewhere else. (The irony; people were looking for it for so long in Grand Line and if it's not there then really, what a disappointment.)

As far as we know, it could be anywhere, even on top of the Red Line, we don't know. Note, at times Rayleigh's facial expressions really did suggest wild thoughts in readers, like the one piece does not exist or that the Void Century is such a simple puzzle after all.

In Conclusion:
The people assume it is in Grand Line because Gol D. conquered it, and short after that, he got executed.


Why Shizune's body didn't turn into red like the Orochimaru's hand turned? We saw in original Naruto that after Orochimaru's hands have been cut by Reaper it turned red. Why it didn't happened to Shizune's body after extraction of her soul?

It is different jutsu that one Third did on Orochimaru (Reaper death seal from Uzumaki Clan) and on Shizune was used one of the Six paths Jutsus of Pain. And from what I think the soul that Pain extract is still in this world unlike the Reaper and it travel to another uknown world and that is why body turn purple becouse it is like without oxygen (at least I think Kishimoto wanted to visualize it that way).


Do all the snacks featured have real world counterparts? Watching Dagashi Kashi will surely make you want to try some of the snacks that the characters portray to be very yummy. Do all of the snacks featured in this series have real life versions?

All of the products featured in the show are at least representative of real-life product that have existed, in Japan.

The products featured in the titles of the first two episodes are:

Episode 1:

Umaibo
Potato Fry
Coffee Milk Candy
Young Donuts

Episode 2:

Kinako-bou
Namaiki Beer
Flute Ramune
Menko, a game akin to Pogs.

Much of the culture and novelty of Dagashi is rooted in Japanese culture, making it very hard for those out of Japan to appreciate.


Is there a name for this manga-anime mouth expression? (`3`) Is there a name for this expression?

They do it a lot in YuruYuri, too.

This is a pout, and is based on the real life expression of the same name.

While it can be used as way of making oneself look more attractive, it's more often used (especially in anime) as a childish way of expressing displeasure or annoyance, in a similar way to the puffed out cheeks expression.

See here and here for additional definitions.

The "3 face pout" is an exaggerated form of a pout, and there are other less extreme cases to be found elsewhere. Some examples of varying intensity are included below.

Additionally, the "3-face" is not limited to only a pout. As a shorthand form of displaying puckered lips, it can also be seen upon characters either awaiting or giving a kiss, or on those whistling.


Which episodes show the battle between Naruto with Madara and Tobi? I want to rewatch Naruto's fight with Madara but there are so many episodes and 20% of them are fillers.

Which episodes show the battle between Naruto with Madara and Tobi?

Naruto starts fighting with Madara during episode 392 of Shippuuden.

This battle happens during the Birth of the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki arc, which spans over the following episodes:

378 to 388
391 to 393
414 to 421
424 to 427

Of these mentioned episodes, most are canon with the exception of the following, although some of these might still be worth watching as they do contain some canon content. Those are marked as such. (source):

388 Mostly filler
415 Mostly canon ← should watch this one
416 Filler
417 Mostly filler
419 Mostly filler
427 Filler


Is the person who appeared at the very end of Fate/Stay Night UBW (desert scene) Archer or Shirou? Right after Archer ended his monologue, he fades away. Then we see Shirou (or Archer) walking in a desert.

I wouldn't have any doubts concerning this scene whether it's Shirou or Archer (it would've been Archer who's taking part in a new mission) if he hadn't had orange hairs which don't fit Archer. So if it's not him, then it has to be Shirou in the future. If that's true, then why is he travelling alone and not with Rin?

According to a review and two similar questions on Reddit, there might also be a third possibility which Kinoko Nasu (author of Fate/Stay Night) explained (though, it seems it was only a suggestion or request to ufotable which hadn't been accepted by this studio):

“Desert scene- After the end credits. A desert scene, same as the opening. Shirou walks alone. His strength falters and he stops walking. Shirou looks down to shield his eyes from the sandstorm and sees traces of someone else having been there (the place where Archer stopped). Shirou breathes out and looks up. There’s fake endurance in his expression, but it’s full of hope. Shirou walks away with a steady gait. The camera lingers on the traces of Archer’s presence, and watches Shirou leave as the shot ends.”

According to this explanation (if ufotable did accept Kinoko's suggestion, but only changed it a bit), this scene might be just some sort of a metaphor which hints that Shirou will be able to make a step forward and therefore doesn't have to suffer like Archer. Or is this supposed to be a time leap and not a metaphor?

What's the right conclusion?

First of all, I know Japanese (even though I usually read light novels just in English). However, I just play visual novels in Japanese (I can't bear hearing one thing and reading a mistake in the translation).

  it seems it was only a suggestion or request to ufotable which hadn't been accepted by this studio

You're wrong there, it wasn't a suggestion, it was part of the way it was supposed to end.

http://www.typemoon.org/bbb/diary/log/201506.html

This is Nasu's blog just after the episode was released. He says that the production of episode 25 started from a manuscript created by him (as the original author). Afterwards Ufotable had to trim/change things as it was too long/ too much of a novel.

This is the most important part that says that:

  と。感謝の気持ちを高円寺方面に送りつつ、
  きのこはきのこで恒例のネタバレ含む裏話を始めるのであった。#25の制作は「ほぼオリジナルなので、まずは原作サイドで書くべし」と始まりました。
  そしてできあがったきのこによる脚本モドキを前に頭を抱える制作陣。
  そう。分かるね。つまりきのこはまた尺をオーバーしたんだ。ファック！

The manuscript he creates is 11 pages long (just text) and appears in Blu-ray box II booklet, which I happen to own.
It's not much but here's a summary (I can confirm it is good): http://kurozu501.tumblr.com/post/131376500337/kyuubi-hime-fateubw-bdbox-ii-booklet-scans

Proof that he didn't like the ending Ufotable made is that when it was released he basically said: This is what they did, and this is part of what I wrote as the actual ending.

Now, what do those 11 pages say about the ending?

Basically that Rin and Shirou will have their happily ever after. The part where Rin says that in the anime, that her priority is Shirou's happiness, that she will follow him, that they will suffer together but eventually they will get their happily ever after. All that was in Nasu's manuscript.

Nasu's saying that Rin will be with him (she doesn't abandon him) and that she knows that after some suffering together (as Rin says both suffer, Rin took part of that burden for him) Shirou will achieve his goal and they will live happily ever after.

Why do I know he doesn't become Archer? Because Nasu says so himself. At the end of the manuscript Rin puts her amulet in a box. She was touching it nervously and puts it there as a goodbye. Then Nasu says it means Shirou won't become Archer as he doesn't have the amulet. The sad goodbye symbolises her goodbye to the other Archer, the one that was her servant in the war.

The good ending is happier because Saber will also be there with them in their happy ending. I guess it is difficult to understand from the episode, but this is a literal translation of 2 paragraphs from his manuscript:

"The same library, a wide solemn space. I'm going searching for Shirou. On the walls and walls, heavy bookshelves stand side by side and contain huge numbers of books. Those books are all thick and thick, they are only periodical books. Shirou was alone in the reading seat. He is reading books eagerly. Image that seems to be studying judicial exam rather than studying magic. Shirou, on his way to self-study, raises his face from the desk and indulges in thought. The face of anguish, anguish, anguish is painful to watch. Rin watches it and calls out with the usual lightness. Dear "Thank you for your work, you were here after all." Shirou, I was a little surprised when I saw Rin. Shirou "Tohsaka? Not yet in class ......" Rin "I have finished the practice early" I Look at the book that Shiro was reading. A book of language, history, politics. Rin "Next to English is Italian? Magic to convey intentions"

"Even though you only have to master it, you are honest, is not it? "Shiro" Maybe, but I wonder if there is something that can not be conveyed unless I speak with the people of the country properly in the language of that country ". It is because Shirou 's honesty seems to be hunted down. Rin takes the textbook from Shirou and returns it to the bookshelf. Shirou protests with eyes only saying "What you are doing", Rin looks backwards and backwards, Rin "Freeze tomorrow, do not go out for a moment"

The next days Shirou waits for her in the lobby and they go to one of Saber's fake grave (yes, there are many of these as Rin says in the manuscript).

It's very funny Shirou has an "anguish, anguish, anguish" look while in thought and Rin comes to the conclusion: Ok, you need Saber..., I'm gonna take you there tomorrow...

The episode changes this as well. I'm not very happy with the episode actually.

Anyways, the answer is NO, he's not Archer. Nasu blatantly says so in the manuscript. In interviews he says the chance is so close to 0 it isn't worth mentioning. Here he just says he won't become Archer and before that he says Shirou and Rin will have their happily ever after.


Is puking blood when punched in the gut a common trope in anime? I have often seen characters throwing and puking blood when they are punched in the gut especially in Shounen animes like BNHA and Naruto Shippuden(well there are other animes I have seen this trope but I could think of these two anime for the time being). Why is it so common? Is it actually a trope? I have never seen someone throwing blood when punched in the gut IRL including boxing matches. Is it due to the fact that the punch is so strong that their organs gets damaged or collapsed leading to puking blood?

Yes, this is a trope known as blood from the mouth and sometimes also crosses over with the waterfall puke where a stream of blood will follow.

This trope is used to indicate significant physical damage to a character, through a force that would be at least significant to getting hit by a car.

Disclaimer, I am not a medical professional. The following based on prior received medical treatments and their explanations, and online articles.

In real life this can also occur, it is one of the symptom of severe hemorrhaging, which in it self is internal bleeding due to damaged blood vessel's.

Vomiting blood is considered a dangerous symptom which would require immediate medical attention.

A pretty good explanation on what Hemorrhaging is in near layman terms can be found on: medical news today


Which episode does Sakura tell Lady Tsunade to not to overestimate Shikamaru? I am looking for the episode in which Sakura tells Lady Tsunade to not overestimate Shikamaru. In reply, Tsunade tells her that she might have underestimated him and shows her a letter from the feudal lord of the land of fire.

Naruto Shippuden episode 87 shows conversation of Sakura and Tsunade about Shikamaru.


What is the name of an anime about sisters working as maids? I need help to identify an anime I saw 2 years ago that features a rich orphan. He meets two girls, one of whom is attacked and beaten up by an alligator.

The two girls are sisters, and begin working as maids for him.

I think you may be looking for He is My Master (aka Kore ga Watashi no Goshujin-sama) (it's a bit hard to tell because you haven't given a lot of information). It follows Yoshitaka, a 14-year-old orphan who inherited a large estate from his parents. He hires sisters Izumi and Mizuki as maids. They also bring their pet alligator Pochi, who often attacks Izumi. A third girl, Anna, appears later in the story as a maid.

The anime aired in 2005, while the manga ran from 2002 to 2009, so it fits your time frame.


In what order should I watch the Ghost in the Shell series? The Ghost in the Shell series is comprised of several movies and animated TV series.

TV series:

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG
Ghost in the Shell: Arise

Movies:

Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG – The Laughing Man
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG – Individual Eleven
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex − Solid State Society
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie

For someone completely new to the series, what order should these be watched in? (Are the movies even important to the animated series?)

Here's the order:

Ghost in the Shell (set in 2029) from 1995 or its 2008 remake Ghost in the Shell 2.0
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (set in 2030)
- The Laughing Man, a feature-length OVA summary of S.A.C.
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (set in 2032)
- Individual Eleven, a feature-length OVA which retells the events of S.A.C. 2nd GIG, altered to focus on both the Individual Eleven investigation and the relationship between Hideo Kuze and Motoko Kusanagi
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (set in 2032)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex − Solid State Society (set in 2034) from 2006 or 2011 in 3D
Ghost in the Shell: Arise OVA series (set in 2027). It's a prequel telling the origin story of Section 9
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture is a recompilation for television of Ghost in the Shell: Arise.
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie is a movie set after Ghost in the Shell: Arise that is a continuation of the plot of the Pyrophoric Cult episode. The original movie's plot follows directly after this movie.
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 is the next and latest anime and follows all the other seirse for this anime series

The only unclear part is about where S.A.C. 2nd GIG and Innocence go in relation to each other, because they are both set in 2032. 2nd GIG is the second season of S.A.C. and should probably be watched directly after it.

The GitS movies, SAC-series and Arise OVA are all different interpretations of the source material/manga.
Ghost in the Shell/2.0 and Innocence are set in the same universe, and I would recommend to watch them first as they have the strongest story and production values.
The SAC-series has it's own separate universe and is more of a crime series where the movies are more philosophical.
The Arise OVA-series is also completely separate from both the movies and series, but somewhat serve as a spiritual prequel to both.


Song played at the end of episode 20 of Parasyte Does anyone know the suspense build-up song being played at the end of episode 20 when the military enters the courtroom? Thanks!

The song is called "HYPNOTIK" by Ken Arai.

You can listen to the song here on YouTube. In addition to being played at the end of episode 20, it's also played throughout the show in other episodes.


How is Gilgamesh' summoned at the final battle against Tiamat in the Underworld in Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia? When Tiamat attempted to snipe Ritsuka with a long range attack, Gilgamesh blocked it and died to save Ritsuka. Kingu then sacrifices himself to restrain Tiamat with the Chain of Heaven long enough for Ereshkigal to finish moving the Underworld under Tiamat. Ishtar blasts a hole underneath Tiamat, causing her to fall into the Underworld. Later, when Tiamat summons high class Lahmu to fight Ritsuka and his servants while she climbs out of the underworld, Gilgamesh arrives in his servant form to support Ritsuka's team against Tiamat and the Lahmu and uses Enuma Elish later to finish off Tiamat's physical form after Ritsuka persuaded her to give up her Nega-Genesis field to recreate the universe. How was Gilgamesh summoned? I know the real Merlin arrived from Avalon and summoned the Grand Assassin Hassan, but there was no mention of him summoning Gilgamesh in his Archer form as well.

I'll use the F/GO game (English version) for the basis of my answer. I use a somewhat humorous name in-game, so try not to mind that too much.  There are definitely differences with the animation (there's no persuading anything about a nega-genesis whatsit), so it's possible there are differences between them regarding how any given character arrives on a given scene. But supposing we put that aside...The short of the answer is: we don't know how Gilgamesh himself arrived there in Archer form. The longer answer is...
First, (real) Merlin is not the one who summons First Hassan. While Merlin describes First Hassan as being an Ace he's kept hidden up his sleeve, he denies being the one to actually summon him.  Nor was he summoned by Gilgamesh or a (greater) grail.  First Hassan is in fact summoned by the protagonist, albeit without his knowing it.

As I suggested in my comment, this kind of implies that First Hassan kind of summoned himself there so he could fight a Beast, as is the point and calling of a Grand Servant, and to be a Servant to the protagonist.
The real Merlin has arrived by typical Merlin rules-lawyering shenanigans.

Unfortunately, Gilgamesh is even less forthcoming with how he managed to arrive as an Archer class Servant.

When Mash asks/implies that he survived to this point after all, he responds:

And that's all we hear on the matter.  So he broke and bent the rules, using the nature and mechanics of the (Babylonian) Underworld to his advantage.  He does seem to have full memory of his association with the protagonist and Mash.  Nevertheless, it's unclear what has been accomplished here.  He calls himself a Servant, and I think we can trust him on that, so we can rule out that he's simply the human Gilgamesh the story had featured thus far donning a new role.  Perhaps he is a Demi-Servant or Pseudo-Servant, using his own body and/or spirit as the base?  Or, heck, maybe somewhere in that vault he's got a "turn a human/spirit into a Servant" potion or another, and it really is the human (caster) Gilgamesh (or at least his spirit).  It's impossible to say from what we're provided, unfortunately, beyond that it relies in part on some sort of shenanigans involving the rules and nature of the Underworld, and that he is in fact a Servant of some sort.


Looking for old anime with twin brothers fighting their evil wizard father I am looking for an old anime that I found sometime ago but whose name I have forgotten. Keep in mind that I only saw the first episode but here are the details that I remember of the plot and parts of the first episode I saw.

The story takes place on a world (that may or may not be earth), more specifically on an island, where an evil wizard, along with other wizards, and his anthropomorphic-like animal servants rule over a primitive humanity enslaving them as they live in terror.

This evil wizard was searching for a worthy heir to replace him as a wizard and while ignoring his own wife, he began raiding nearby human villages for beautiful women who he then rapes to produce a son worthy of him.

The first episode begins when in a dark castle the most recent heir is fighting in a arena to prove himself worthy of joining the wizards demonstrating superhuman strength but no magic. When he won the evil wizard, his father, entered his mind and when the boy couldn't resist him having not enough magic to do so, the evil wizard killed him. The boy's trainer tried to protest this later in the wizard's chamber but he ended up angering the evil wizard and he turned the trainer into a talking wolf.

Later the evil wizard sent an army to raid yet another human village, over the disgusted protest of his wife, when to his surprise a young red headed woman stood up to the army. She offered herself to the wizard in exchange that her family and the rest of her village are left unharmed. The wizard keeps his bargain and the trainer, now a wolf, takes the girl to the wizard's castle where she is later raped by the evil wizard. After being taken to a cave outside the castle she gives birth to two red headed twins (I forget the names she gives them but one of them had slightly pointed ears). The wolf takes the pointed ear twin and delivers him to the castle and the mother keeps the other.

That's where the episode more or less ends but there is one other detail I remember that should help. During the episode the evil wizard's wife was begging the moon (the name of the deity that shares the name of the title of the anime) to cure her husband of his madness. The moon answered with visions of the two boys.

Also the anime was English dubbed with sub-English option.

I realize that with all this detail it shouldn't be difficult to find yet I have been unable to find it myself and I can't remember the name of it so if anyone knows what this anime is could you please tell me.

It's probably Genma Wars, which is based on the manga called Genma Taisen. It seems to fit your description of the plot and characters (twin brothers, wizard father, kidnapped mother, etc) perfectly. Cheers!

  In the distant future, monsters and inhumans roam the land, and the ruling Evil King seeks a human woman to bear him powerful, force-adept heirs. Non offers herself to the Evil King in order to save her village from Ape Clan raiders, and gives him twin sons, Loof and Jin. She and her sons are exiled by the ungrateful villagers, however, and Non's companion Nue (a Demon Clan member changed into a wolf for disobedience) takes Loof to be raised by his father, the Evil King. The Evil One's Queen Parome despises humans, however, and her malevolence towards Loof deepens...


Where does Team Rocket get all of their vehicles and machines? Team Rocket usually uses some weird vehicle or machine. Where do they get them? Do they build them themselves or do they buy them somewhere?

Even though Jessie and James are pretty stupid, they are still a part of the larger organization Team Rocket where they obtain their funds. I believe that in the 1st season with the original 150 Pokemon they are also shown once meeting the boss for more funds, who gets pretty mad but in the end still grants it to them. (I can't recall the exact episode; it is too long ago.)

How does the organization Team Rocket obtain money? Well, if it was not quite obvious yet, by Jessie and James trying to steal each and every Pokemon quoting "they will make a nice buck" once in a while.

  While its main focus is stealing or capturing rare and strong Pokemon, and subsequently selling them, it also funds and conducts cruel experimental research on Pokemon. Their oath, as posted on the wall of one of their many bases, is "Steal Pokemon for profit. Exploit Pokemon for profit. All Pokemon exist for the glory of Team Rocket." Their ultimate goal is to take over the world using Pokemon.

I have been using Jessie and James as an example due to your picture. There are more reliable Team Rocket members within their ranks which do manage to obtain Pokemon also managing to cover the failure of a member's cost.


How many fingers are needed? How many fingers did itadori needed to consume in order for his soul to be controlled by sukuna who gave him a chance to live in one of the episodes.

Sukuna has 20 fingers. If Yuji were to eat all 20 fingers, then still Sukuna won't be unleashed (currenly there are 147 chapters in manga, so the reason is still yet to be known). Itadori can supress him, and the only way to unleash Sukuna for a little while would be to consume several fingers at once, but after a certain amount of time Itadori would take control again.
Currently Sukuna can only take control of Itadori’s body only for a minute (Sukuna calls it "enchaning") and can't kill or hurt during that minute. It was a binding vow and Itadori doesn't remember he agreed to that and this option hasn’t been used.

 Currently, Yuji has consumed 15 fingers as of chapter 147

Sources (Warning: spoiler links):

https://www.quora.com/In-Jujutsu-Kaisen-if-Itadori-consumes-all-20-fingers-will-Sukuna-be-unleashed-having-taken-over-Itadori-s-body-completely
https://www.reddit.com/r/JuJutsuKaisen/comments/hk981f/sukunas_fingers_status/
https://jujutsu-kaisen.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000023463


Kekkai Sensen ep9, meaning of "playing it backwards in double-time/fast-forward"? 5:54 Zapp said "What's he doin', playing it backwards in fast-forward?" You could replace fast-forward with double-time according to another set of subtitles. He was referring to the vampire, but the vampire wasn't even doing anything. What exactly does it mean?

The vampire they were fighting was regenerating (I guess "playing it backwards" as in "reverting to a prior, unhurt state") quickly ("in double-time").

He had previously been severely injured by crashing into the skyscraper and by Klaus's attack. Note that about 30 seconds prior (in video time, not necessarily in-show time), he looked like this:

I think there's a kernel of a pun in here. Zapp says 逆再生の早回しかよ gyaku-saisei no hayamawashi ka yo. The word 再生 saisei has two meanings. One, "play" as in "to play a video". Two, "regenerate" or "come back to life". The prefixal 逆 gyaku means "the opposite of" or "reversed". So whereas a regular creature regenerating might be "coming back to life", an eldritch undead abomination like a vampire might instead be "coming back to life backwards" - gyaku-saisei, which is also the word you'd use for "to play a video backwards".

I'm kind of reaching here, though; I'm not sure whether that was the intention.


What is the difference between Judgment and Anti-skill? Both these organizations seem to keep coming up in Railgun/Index, but it's never explained what the difference is. Both of them seem to be some kind of police force. At first I thought Judgment was the "students" whereas Anti-skill was everyone else, but the way Judgment is being used as some kind of swat team when the plot demands it makes that seem strange.

Judgement is a term used to refer to Academy City's student-based disciplinary committee. They are composed of students of varying grade levels and power, and along with Anti-Skill, they are tasked to maintain peace-and-order within the school system. Judgment members can be recognized by the armbands they wear over their right sleeves, which are green with white stripes and which have a shield symbol.
Anti-skill is the term used to refer to Academy City's police and security forces. Unlike Judgment, members of Anti-Skill are ordinary adults who work in the city. One is essentially a volunteer when they join Anti-Skill, and as such is not paid to do Anti-Skill work; however, the city compensates for Anti-Skill members' help in the experiment by giving them various gifts and privileges
It is often assigned to situations that members of Judgment are unable or not allowed to handle, such as engaging terrorists, handling hostage situations, or stabilizing dangerous areas. Judgment is often assigned to assist Anti-Skill in these cases by evacuating civilians or handling crowd control as well as dealing with rogue espers who abuse their powers. It is also shown to assist Judgment with meager work such as directing traffic, helping lost people, and enforcing curfew, and can also be hired for events. Anti-Skill members are also tasked in training Judgment recruits.
Moreover, it is also their duty to keep watch of Judgment, and vice-versa. It is a checks and balances system that should prevent prevent internal corruption in the two organizations

Source: http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com


Does the Steam version of Wonderful Everyday VN have upscaled CG? I'd like to buy Wonderful Everyday VN. I know that this VN is an old one. The CG was made around 2000-2010 in 480p.

Does the Steam version of this VN have the CG upscaled from 480p to 720p? Or do  they still use the 480p CG like the Japanese version?

I mean, I saw the CG on the internet, the VN still have the black bar for both side like it was made around 2000, is this same with the Steam version?

Yes, the CG images have been upscaled to 1280x960.

Quoting the official Kickstarter page,

  Furthermore, the English release has been newly upscaled to 1280x960 from the original 4:3 assets, by the same team at KeroQ that worked on the original Japanese release, to ensure maximum faithfulness to the intended product.

Operation Rainfall also confirmed it,

  All of the CG images have been increased to 1280 x 960 resolution [...]

Regarding the black bar, it's because the CG's aspect ratio is still in 4:3 (16:12) while most screens are in 16:9 or 16:10 nowadays. Since the aspect ratio is not the same, the CG won't fit the whole screen and thus letterboxing is used.


Are the garbled up text in Log Horizon Season 2 Episode 9 meaningful or simply garbage? In episode 9 of the second season of Log Horizon, when...

   Shiroe died and appeared on the unofficial 14th server of Elder Tale, the test server, which was set to be on the Moon instead of on the Earth,

... he checked the location and the dialog was mostly garbled up, saved for the location name Mare Tranquillitatis.

Can the garbled up text be decrypted, or are they simply garbage?

Yes, the garbled up text is the result of mojibake, where the original text in Japanese, encoded in Shift-JIS encoding, is decoded by Windows-1256 encoding.

If you ever open up a Japanese web page or text file encoded in Shift-JIS encoding (2-byte character set) under some Western encoding in Windows (1-byte character set), you will see high frequency of ƒ paired up with some other character in the resulting view. Since I observe that there are Arabic characters in the image, I used one of my existing text file which is encoded in Shift-JIS and tried opening it with Arabic (Windows) encoding in the browser, and I found out that Arabic (Windows) or Western encoding has the same mapping for ƒ and Œ (which is another common character in the garbled up text).

After comparing to the properly rendered location status window and some guesswork, I managed to decode the garbled up text into proper Japanese text (the brackets 〈 and 〉 are added for clarity and not decoded from garbled up text):

〈サーバー〉
月サーバー
〈ゾーン〉
月サーバー
〈区分〉
個別ゾーン/モンスター出現なし
〈その他〉
戦闘行為可能区域
　全特技使用可能
　進入許可/制限あり
　退出許可/制限あり

Translation:

<Server>
Moon Server
<Zone>
Moon Server
<Classification>
Isolated zone/No monster
<Other>
PVP allowed
Special skills allowed
Entry restriction/Restricted
Exit restriction/Restricted

Appendix

To cross-check the result, you can use the following piece of Python 3 code:

garbled = 'ƒTپ[ƒoپ[\nŒژƒTپ[ƒoپ[\nƒ]پ[ƒ“\nŒژƒTپ[ƒoپ[\n‹و•ھ\nŒآ•تƒ]پ[ƒ“/ƒ‚ƒ“ƒXƒ^پ[ڈoŒ»‚ب‚µ\n‚»‚ج‘¼\nگي“¬چsˆ×‰آ”\\‹وˆو\nپ@‘S“ء‹Zژg—p‰آ”\\\nپ@گi“ü‹–‰آ/گ§Œہ‚\xa0‚è\nپ@‘قڈo‹–‰آ/گ§Œہ‚\xa0‚è'
print(garbled.encode('Windows-1256').decode('Shift-JIS'))

Below is the view-only source1 of the mojibake for comparison with the image:

1 The text below contains U+200E Left-to-Right Mark to prevent Arabic characters from rendering right-to-left and changing their shapes based on their position. Another problem that prevents straight copying is due to the presence of U+00A0 No-Break Space, which is converted to space when copied from browser.

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Song identification from an old anime I've been trying with no luck to identify this song. It is from an old anime but besides that no clue. Anyone who might know something?

It is Sad Brothers from Saint Seiya OST I, played from the middle. Thanks to @hkBattousai for the clue.


What is the logic behind Sephiroth's forms? Generally in Final Fantasy the appearance of the final bosses have some sort of relevance to one another and/or the plot ie.

Final Fantasy VIII

   1st - Ultimecia Fights
 2nd - Ultimecia Summons Griever
 3rd - Ultimecia junctions Griever (similar to what Adel does with Rinoa)
 4th - Ultimecia begins absorbing all of reality (time, space, existence, stars and planets from across the space/time continuum)

Final Fantasy XIII

   1st - Barthandelus fights the l'Cie to try and force their hand
 2nd - Menrva enter into Orphan's Pool and gives birth to it, Menrva and Barthandelus are assimilated forming Orphan's protective outer shell
 3rd - Orphan emerges exposed from the protective outershell

But with Final Fantasy VII i'm not quite sure of the connection between the Sephiroth who the party sees floating (after defeating JENOVA:SYNTHESIS), the 2 non-human forms the party fights then the human form Cloud fights in the end.

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Above is the order they appear in. the first one (human, wearing his black coat) is what he looked like before the battle against the 2nd final boss start. the second image is Bizarro∙Sephiroth who is the second final boss. the third image is Safer∙Sephiroth who is the third final boss and the forth image is what Sephiroth looked like in the cinematic battle (where while it shows a battle it's rigged for him to loose with Cloud gaining Omnislash and if he fails to use it and Sephiroth attacks Cloud counters killing him)

My question is how does Sephiroth go from looking human at first to looking like Bizarro and Safer Sephiroth before going back to human? is Bizarro and Safer Sephiroth just more Sephiroth Clones and only the last topless Sephiroth is the real Sephiroth?

As you can remember (or according to this Wikia article), Sephiroth's goal is to become god-like being, gathering a lot of energy.

According to this article, actual name of Bizzaro Sephiroth is "Rebirth Sephiroth", and this is more like intermediate form in his transformation to something more powerful, than he was before. Initial stage of transformation can be seen, when Cloud's party visits Northern Crater for first time:

Safer Sephiroth is more like final form of his transformation (judging from this article, it is more correct to call it something like "Seraph Sephiroth"). It is unknown, if it is his desired form, but for sure it is closer to "god-like being", than Bizzaro Sephiroth, as it looks more like majestic angelic being.

As last resort in battle, Sephiroth tries to manipulate Cloud, and final, human form is embodiment of Sephiroth's impact on Cloud's mind, existing only in Cloud's head. And by defeating this image of Sephiroth, Cloud frees himself from this impact.


Why didn't Edward Elric get his leg back? At the end of Brotherhood, Edward sacrifices his gate in order to bring back Al with his body. While doing so, the Truth being associated with Ed's gate tells him:

  You've defeated me. Take everything you want!

So why didn't Ed get his leg back, when he can get everything if he sacrifices his gate?

This is probably difference in translation. In the manga it is made pretty clear. The entire conversation is about Al only. Look at the following transmutations and the sacrifices. Ed sacrificed his leg and Al his body for their Mother. Ed sacrificed his hand for Al's soul. Al gave his soul for Ed's hand. Ed gives up his transmutation gate for Al's body and soul.

I don't remember the entire conversation in the Anime, but in the Manga, Following conversation takes place.
Ref: Chapter 108 of the Manga

  The Truth: Come for your brother, Eh? But how do you plan to extract an enitre human being? How will you pay? Will you offer YOUR entire being?
  Ed: I've got your payment right here. It's really big though. [..]
  The Truth: That's the right answer Alchemist. You've beaten the truth. Claim your prize. All of it.

Thus to me it seemed that the bargain was Al's entire being. All of it.

Now, you could always argue that the exchange wasn't "equivalent" and Ed should have asked for his leg back as well. We could talk about this all day! But just touching on the very surface, its about the main themes of FMA. Personal Responsibility and Sacrifice. Both Ed and Al are ready to sacrifice everything for each other. But Ed wouldn't use a philospher Stone or even Hohenheim himself to bring Al's body or his limbs back. This has been reiterated several times. In the end Ed is satisfied with what he can get and be normal, because he still has his friends.

Edit: @Maroon also highlights the difference in translation, by mentioning the Cantonese dub. This further supports the differences in translation.

  I'll also note that in the Cantonese dub of the same episode, Truth appears to say something more along the lines of "Take what you came to retrieve, then [now that you've defeated me]!" rather than "Take everything you want!"


Did the anime cover all the manga up to Season 4 of Shingeki no Kyojn? I would like to read the manga after Season 3 Part 2 of the anime Shingeki no Kyojn. But I would like to ask if the anime covered the manga chapters before it?

Clarification:
MAIN QUESTION. Did the Anime include all that there is in the manga (at least the chapters up until the last part of Season 3 Part 2 of the anime)?

If not, what are the manga chapters not included so that I could read them before proceeding?

No, it does not. The anime is behind the manga by more than 30 chapters.

The last episode of the latest Attack on Titan season adapted Chapter 90 of the manga so Season 4 would, presumably, start from Chapter 91.

It should also be worth noting that Season 4 is the last season for the anime series, given that the manga is already on its final arc.


Why are there two Utsu-tsus? In episode 2, there's a scene with Utsu-tsu cleaning the Tachikawa City International Greenery Garden where she volunteers. However, the scene is a bit strange, as it shows two of her in the same shot:

As far as I can tell, both of the people in the shot are Utsu-tsu. She's also in the two shots before this one, and doesn't seem to move between them, so there could be more than two of her.

Why are there two Utsu-tsus here? Is she able to double her body, or does she have clones, or are they imposters, or something else?

In episode 4, it is revealed that Utsu-tsu has the ability to create copies of her body as one of her powers as a Gatchaman. It seems there are other modifications to her body as well, though these have not yet been completely explained. Her copying ability allows her to perform basic functions, but it seems that conversing and interacting with others is difficult through the copies. She uses this ability to simultaneously follow Hajime and O.D.

Here's a gif of her making a copy:

It's probably worth a mention that the opening theme actually foreshadowed this before the scene in the question:


AI conflict in Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet In Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, I feel like the final conflict is trying to say something about AI in some way. But it feels very out of place from the AI depicted in episodes prior to the end few.

So is there more background, or is this explored more in another medium other than the half season anime series?

To dig a little deeper, Chamber seems no different than his pilot in his ability to assimilate into jobs on Gargantia. Where as Striker seems to have taken on a completely different persona. Unguided it doesn't seem like Chamber would end up the same place. I just feel like there is more to explored here that the authors would intend and I'm missing

Like you say, the AI follows whats best from machine's point of view. Chamber even recommends multiple times that taking over Gargantia and becoming a leader is best way to achieve his goals of survival and getting back to Alliance. But Ledo stops him. This is reason why there is still pilot. Leaving critical decisions on a machine can result in really bad situations.

There is also OVA that explains how things happened on Kugel's side. Simply said, Kugel starts in similar position as Ledo, yet circumstances and misunderstanding lead him to what we saw in anime. Striker just continues what Kugel started.

As for Chamber vs. Striker at the end, it is easily explained by AIs being able to learn. Chamber learned, that while Gargantia does things inefficiently from Aliance's standard, it leads to much higher satisfaction and lives of people, along with Ledo's happiness. What is what Chamber looks out for most. Striker on the other side got confirmed it's way of thinking, so it tries to defend that.


Why were the Dragon Knights trying to kill the Dragon Torc? In Noein, there is a bit of complicated quantum-type stuff going on.  There are multiple timespaces that are possible futures for the "real" world (which is a possible present timespace).  The commonality between all worlds seems to be Haruka (a.k.a. the Dragon Torc).  If I interpreted this correctly, this means that anything she observes becomes the actual outcome.

So, one of the timespaces (La'cryma) decides that they want to sacrifice the Dragon Torc.  Wouldn't this cause mass chaos and some kind of crazy quantum status of the timespaces since the observer can no longer definitively confirm any outcome (i.e. mass Schrödinger's cat)?

I would assume what they were hoping for is that Noein would no longer be able to attain Haruka and confirm the existence of Shangri La, with the hopeful outcome.  As stated in the show, no one knows what would happen if Haruka was killed.  Any and all futures would be possible, confirming their own dimensions existence and stopping its destruction.

My problem with the 'observer' idea is that she saw Lacryma first, wouldn't that confirm its existence above Shangri La's?


Why is this panda chasing XP-tan? I've had this image of XP-tan's final days for a while (it's a tall image thus the link). after XP-tan sees 98-tan being taken away bellow that there is a frame of XP-Tan being chased by a panda.

What is this references supposed to be? why is XP-tan being harassed by a panda?

I think the panda is an icon of "Fujacks" and used as a symbol of computer virus in this image.
(She is suffered from a wide variety of viruses.)
It is a virus software which changes desktop icons to pandas or golden pigs.
See also page 5 of Symantec's report.


Chain Chronicle viewing order? What is the best order to watch the 3 movies and the TV series of Chain Chronicle?

Is there any part that can be skipped (i.e. a movie is a compilation of the first 6 episodes, etc)?

The 12 episodes of the TV series retells the same story of the movie trilogy, each divided into 4 episodes.

The "Chapter List" table from Japanese Wikipedia shows the overlapping between each volume of the movie with the TV episodes: episode 1-4 (vol. 1), episode 5-8 (vol. 2).

A Reddit discussion seems to reach the same conclusion,

  I saw the TV's first episode. It was a recap of the movie.
  They probably just split the movie into parts and showed it as TVs.

And finally, Theron Martin's review on AnimeNewsNetwork,

  Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas is the first of a trilogy of movies being released once a month between December 2016 and February 2017. A TV series version is also airing during the Winter 2017 season, but based on its first two episodes, the TV series is just going to be the movies chopped up into 20-minute segments with an opener, closer, and a small intro and recap added in to smooth out the runtime. (Crunchyroll, which is streaming both versions, has taken the unusual practice of subdividing the movie version into those 20-25 minute segments, presumably so viewers know which parts of the movie match up with which TV episodes.) So this review could be seen as covering the first movie in a trilogy or the first four episodes of a one-cour series.


Is there any real world equivalent measurement to a Gomu Gomu? So we all know that Luffy ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi Devil fruit and I found in the Gomu Gomu no Mi's wiki page that Luffy is able to stretch a length of 72 Gomu Gomu's. So is there any real way to turn 72 Gomu Gomu's into a real world measurement of length?

No there is not. At the SBS of chapter 30, Oda was asked how far Luffy's arm can stretch. He humorously replied

  O: Pretty far. Right now it can stretch about 72 Gomu Gomus. Luffy was telling me before how he wanted to try hard and reach 100 Gomu Gomus.

Later at the SBS of chapter 47, he was asked how many liters go into 1 Gomu Gomu and he replied

  O: Oh, you've come again! Gaimon's son. In "1 Gomu Gomu" there are "10 Fairy Tale Gomu Gomus". And in each "Fairy Tale Gomu Gomu" there are "10 Funky Gomu Gomus" so, in other words Luffy's arm can stretch around 7200 Funky Gomu Gomus. Understood?

When reading the SBS's you will see more of these funny replies and measurements come up, but you will never get a real world comparison.

The problem is that Luffy moves around too much. Oda was never able to measure how long one Gomu Gomu is. We will just have to trust Luffy's word, that it really is 72 Gomu Gomus and we can only imagine the real world distance.


Why is the fee for Yato-gami to do things just ¥5 (5 Yen)? No matter what the job is, finding cats, to avenging a murdered child, all it takes for Yato to grant those is just a measly ¥5. I suspect that this practice dated back from during the time when Yato was actively known as God of Disaster.

Since there is inflation, while ¥5 now worths almost nothing, it must have worth a lot more in the past. If this is the reason, then how much far in the past was the year that Yato was actively known as the God of Disaster if we are to use real world's currency value?

If this was not the case, why is the fee just ¥5 while other Gods have it more, which can be seen from their lavish and abundant number of shrines?

It is because of Japanese culture, not the monetary value.

The Japanese for “five yen,” go en (五円) is a homophone with go-en (御縁), “en” being a word for causal connection or relationship, and “go” being a respectful prefix. As a result, five-yen coins are commonly given as donations at Shinto shrines with the intention of establishing a good connection with the deity of the shrine, and is widely believed it is best to insert a single five-yen coin into a new wallet before inserting any other money.
The reason why the five yen coin is lucky is because it’s called a “go-EN” coin. The number 5 is “go” in Japanese, and “yen” is pronounced more like “en.”
To be precise, “go-EN” means “honorably good luck” especially in terms of relationships. So people throw in these coins at a temple hoping to meet new people who might bring fortune, business, friendship or love.

Source: Tokiotours


What is Meliodas's TRUE power level Before regaining his true power Meliodas has a power level of 3,750 then he regains his true power having a power level of 32,500 but Meliodas seems like he is much more powerful.

look at that smirk seems like he's hiding his true power**

Well, his 'normal' Power level would be 32,500.
With the "Demon Mark" it is at 56,000.

After his revival, his 'normal' power level was at 60,000.
And in is Assault Mode it is at 142,000.

Other numbers aren't known to us at this point, IIRC.


Which chapter depicts Doraemon and Nobita on Easter Island? This one is from a Doraemon manga and the story appears to be called 'Battle on Easter Island'.

Which Chapter is it from and how can I purchase/acquire a copy?

The "Battle on Easter Island" appears in the 3rd chapter of "The Devil of Time and Space" arc (時空の魔神), in the 2nd volume of The Doraemons Special (ザ・ドラえもんズ スペシャル) manga.
The arc's storyline revolves around Nostradamus' "1999 prophecy".

Nostradamus Arc
Nostradamus the prophet, who was sealed, escapes from the space and time dimension plot to make his prediction come true about the world's end in 1999. It is up to Doraemon, Nobita and the gang to stop him.

The panel on the question depicts Doraemon and Nobita on Easter Island being attacked by the people who are under the influence of Nostradamus, and Nostradamus himself attacking the group with a rain of thunder.
The series has not been licensed in English, so there's no way to acquire it legally. However, for the original Japanese language, it can be purchased on Amazon.

References:

AniOta Wiki - 時空の魔神(ザ☆ドラえもんズ) (Japanese)


Do all the children in Wammy's House receive codenames? Everyone who watched Death Note knows that L was raised in a orphanage called Wammy's House. So, L's Name was L Lawliet. Near's is Nate River, and Mello's was Mihael Keehl.

Does every child of Wammy's House have a codename? If every child has a codename, is the first letter from the codename the first from the real name?

Does every child of Wammy's House have a codename?

Yes, almost every child has a codename, all but Beyond Birthday. See next question for a complete overview of all characters related to Wammy's House.

  The orphans use aliases rather than their real names, which are kept secret. In addition to these aliases, notable graduates may be assigned a letter by Watari.

Is the first letter from the codename the first from the real name?

Yes, the first letter from the codename is the first from the real name. Here is an overview of all characters related to Wammy's House.

The following list is formated as alias, letter, real name and relation. Also the following legend is used.

(-) Indicates that the character does not have a Letter.
(†) Indicates that the character is now deceased.
Watari, W, Quillish Wammy, A famous inventor and philanthropist, founder of the orphanage and assistant and mentor to L. (†)
L, L, L Lawliet, The famous detective L. He was found by Wammy as a child and brought to the orphanage. The goal of the orphanage is to train a worthy successor to his title.(†)
Near, N, Nate River, The youngest of the two boys in line to succeed L. He takes on the mantle of 'L' by the end of the series.
Mello, M, Mihael Keehl, The eldest of the two boys in line to be L's successor. He leaves the orphanage soon after learning of L's death, and gives the title of 'L' to Near. (†)
Matt, (-), Mail Jeevas, He is the third smartest student at Wammys, though not a successor to L. (†)
Beyond Birthday, B, Beyond Birthday, The second child of the "first generation" in line to succeed L. He eventually ran away from the orphanage and became a serial killer. (†)
A, A, Unknown, The first child of the "first generation" that was in line to succeed L. All that is known is that he committed suicide. (†)
Linda, (-), Unknown, A female student who appears once, when she asks Near to come outside to play. She is referred to later as being a successful artist.
Roger Ruvie, (-), Roger Ruvie, A close friend of Watari's who runs the orphanage in Watari's absence.

  X, Y, and Z - Only briefly alluded to at the end of Another Note, they are referred to by Mello as three children that appeared in the "Detective Wars" bio-terror case with L.

  Various other children are depicted in both chapter 59 and the one-shot special's flashback, though none are given any names.

  Other characters

  K - A former student of Wammy's in L: Change the WorLd, who has become part of a bioterrorist organization which plans to "cleanse" the world of its excess population by a deadly virus.
  F - A former Wammy's student and colleague of L's that dies early on in L: Change The WorLd, while on a deadly rescue mission in Thailand.
  D, P, Q, G, I, E - Shown on L's mailing list in L: Change the WorLd.
  R, V, T - Also shown on L's mailing list however their letters are grayed-out along with B's, implying they were killed.
  J - A character in the D.S. game L: The Prologue to Death Note. Due to the game not being available in English, little is known about him, but based on his name, it is assumed that he is from Wammy's.

Source Death Note wiki

PS: I wanted to put the list in a table as on the wiki, but the formatting seemed to be completely off. Anyone know of a way to format tables on SE?


Why do cats wear scarves in anime? Sakamoto from Nichijou

The cat from Ninja Hattori (Note: I don't remember the details but I knew an episode where the cat was heartbroken because he lost the scarf and thought that his master would abandon him)

Why do cats wear scarves in anime? What does it signify? Does it signify that it is domesticated/adopted? The color of the scarf is mostly red. Why?

Happy from Fairy Tail also wears something which is sort of a backpack used to carry food and items for battle:

So they stand out from other, normal Cats.
Similar how many Protagonists in Anime have a different hair color, eye color or some other special feature, and many Girls have varying hair-colors so they contrast from their
predominantly brown / black haired normal Classmates.
So they appear more human.
By giving them human-like characteristics, like wearing accessories, they appear more civilized, intelligent and human like.
Because we do this in real-life to, I guess.
Some people just like to dress up their dogs and cats, so it wouldn't be impossible for Anime-Characters to have the same ideas?


What is that thing behind Enel's back? Enel, God of Thunder, or of anything, usually has multiple copies of a thing behind his back.

What is that thing? Did he transplant it inside his body?

If you have a look at the Appearance section of Enel's wiki page, you can see that (emphasis mine)

Enel is a tall, muscular man who has white/blond hair which was, in ancient South American civilizations, considered godly..
His nose has many lines running horizontally across it. His ear lobes are extremely long, ending up to his torso. He also holds four large Tomoe drums attached via a large ring to his back, instead of the regular Skypiean/Birkan wings, which gives him an appearance similar to a Raijin, a similarity made even more prominent when using his "200,000,000 Volt Amaru" transformation.

So they are basically just external features of his attire and not really something which he has transplanted to his body.


Birth of Maria's child in Shinsekai Yori After having watched Shinsekai Yori, something is still bugging me.

From what I understood, the council received Maria and Mamoru's bones from Squealer/Yakomaru after they had gone alone in the wilds, behind the Holy Barrier.
To me, that would mean that the bones were received only a short time after they escaped.

If they were really dead at that time (the Council says that the bones were DNA checked), then when did they have their child? Did I miss/misunderstand something?

After Maria and Mamoru escapes from Kamisu 66th district, the story undergoes a time skip 12 years ahead, where Saki and Satoru are 26 years old1.

As we all know, in episode 18, Asahina Tomiko, the head of Ethics Committee, reaffirmed the death of Maria and Mamoru. After they received the bones from Yakomaru/Squealer, they have checked that the bones are from human and there are no inconsistencies in age and gender. They even further confirmed by doing DNA tests and matching the dental record from Harmony School. Therefore, at the point when Saki and Satoru are 26 years old, both Maria and Mamoru have deceased.

However, it was not mentioned when they received the bones in the anime (or maybe I have missed it).

I only found reference in the manga2 (volume 4 chapter 13), where it was mentioned that the bones are recovered 2-3 year after their disappearance.

Therefore, it is safe to conclude that during the period of 2-3 years, Maria and Mamoru had a child together, then Maria and Mamoru were killed by the queerats and had their bones sent back to the district. Their child was raised by the queerats, which made the child recognize the queerats as his/her3 own species and enable him/her to freely massacre other humans. In the anime, the child is shown to be around 10 years old, which matches the timeline of the story.

1 This is confirmed by Wikipedia, both English and Japanese version. In the summary of the chapter 5 of Japanese version: 12 years passed, Saki and Satoru are now 26 years old. (12年が過ぎ、早季と覚は26歳になっていた。)

2 There are many differences between the manga and anime. However, the key part of the story remains: Maria and Mamoru leaves the district, their child raised by the queerats later helps the queerats attacking the village.

3 The child is male in the novel and female in the anime. According to cite note on Wikipedia.


What is the name of this romantic, comedy manga? I read a Manga years ago that I really enjoyed but I cannot remember the name of it.

The story involved a guy, who is a student, slowly falling in love with the building manager, who moved in when he was about to leave. He ended up staying and tries to win her over but the other people in the building end up interfering. I remember they being really odd characters.

The manager is a widow. She had dark hair.

The genre was a romantic comedy.

The manga you're looking for is Maison Ikkoku.

The story takes place in Maison Ikkoku, a worn and aging boarding house where Godai Yuusaku, a 20 year old college applicant, lives. Though honest and good-natured, he is weak willed and often taken advantage of by the offbeat and mischievous tenants who live with him. As he is about to move out, he is stopped at the door by the young and beautiful Otonashi Kyouko, who announces she will be taking over as landlord. Godai immediately falls in love with her and decides to stay.
Later, Godai and the other tenants find out that despite her young age, she is a widow, as she married her high school teacher, but he died shortly after their marriage. Godai empathizes with her and endeavors to free her from her sadness.
He manages to work up enough courage to confess his love to her, and it begins to look like that a relationship between them might actually appear... until Kyouko meets the rich, handsome, and charming Mitaka Shun. Mitaka quickly declares his intention to court Kyouko and states that he is very patient and can wait until her heart is ready.


what happens if Amaterasu is cast on another Amaterasu? Can the inextinguishable flames of Amaterasu burn the Amaterasu cast by another user? Will they both cease to exist or burn forever?

To first answer this question; we must first look into "What can turn off Amaterasu"

Amaterasu lasts 7 days and 7 nights
Amaterasu can be turned off by the user's will
Amaterasu is turned off when the material projected onto it has been burned

With that being said, Amaterasu 2 will not "burn out" Amaterasu 1, they will simply burn for 7 days and 7 nights before they will both cease to exist.
Here you can read more about Amaterasu


Where can I find the Sunday Without God light novels in English? Just as the title asks, where can I find the Sunday Without God light novels?  The anime lacked some detail and plot that I feel it needed, but I can't find the English translations anywhere.  If there isn't an official one, could you give me a fan translated one or something along those lines?

There is no licensed English translation of the Sunday Without God light novels. There probably never will be, since the show and the light novels are at best moderately popular in Japan.

Site policy is to not link to fan translations, so I'm just going to wink in the general direction of Google. (But you're not going to find much - the fans don't appear to be interested enough to translate the novels either.)


What animals and confections are each of the characters? Almost all of the strange creature in Donyatsu all seem to be a hybrid of some confection and some animal.

(From left to right) Ronya, Donyatsu, Bagel

(From left to right) Kumacaroon, Bamucougar, Morudonyatsu, Sakuwabuta

(From left to right) Menchiwawa, Korokkenn

What combination of animals and confections are each of the characters listed?

All of them seems to be portmanteau which combines the name of some kind of food (reflected in the shape/features of their bodies) and the name or sound made by some animal (reflected in the shape/features of their heads).

ローニャ (ro-nya): ロールケーキ/Swiss roll + ニャ/にゃ (Onomatopoeia for cat)
どーにゃつ (do-nyatsu): ドーナツ/Donut + ニャ/にゃ (Onomatopoeia for cat)
The name is written in Hiragana. For comparison purpose, ドーナツ in Hiragana is どーなつ.
ベーガル (be-garu): ベーグル/Bagel + (Unknown)
クマカロン (kumacaron): クマ（熊）/Bear + マカロン/Macaron1
1 Not to be confused with Macaroon.
バームクーガー (ba-muku-ga-): バウムクーヘン/Baumkuchen + ピューマ（クーガー2）/Cougar
2 In the disambiguation page, クーガー is a different name for ピューマ; ピューマ (Puma) seems to be more commonly used in Japanese.
もるどーにゃつ (morudo-nyatsu): Mold/モルド3 + ドーナツ/Donut + ニャ/にゃ (Onomatopoeia for cat)
3 モルド is more of a transcription of the English word "Mold", rather than a loan word.
ちくわぶた (chikuwabuta): ちくわぶ（竹輪麩）4/Chikuwabu + ぶた（豚）/Pig
4 Not to be confused with ちくわ（竹輪）/Chikuwa. Quoting from Wikipedia page of Chikuwabu: "Chikuwabu is often confused with the fish-based chikuwa, as they are similar in shape and name and are both common ingredients in oden. However, unlike chikuwa, chikuwabu is rarely eaten on its own."
メンチワワ (menchiwawa): メンチカツ5/Menchi-katsu + チワワ/Chihuahua
5 I linked to Menchi-katsu (ground meat cutlet), since it resembles the illustration best. メンチ (menchi) is a phonetically modified version of the word "mince" in English.
コロッケン (korokken): コロッケ6/Korokke + ケン（犬）/Dog
6 Not to be confused with クロケット/Croquette, although コロッケ/Korokke is a dish originates from クロケット/Croquette.

Although not in the pictures in the question, there is also マチュマロ (machumaro), translated as marshmallow mouse, which made an appearance in chapter 3. However, the mice seem to be the only characters in the manga whose bodies don't resemble some kind of food.

マチュマロ (machumaro): マシュマロ/Marshmallow + チュウ (Onomatopoeia for mouse)

Source: http://donyatsu.jp/wp-content/themes/donyatsu/characters/img/characterimg12.gif

As the story progresses, more characters are introduced:

ウシフォン (ushifon): ウシ（牛）/Cow + シフォン/Chiffon cake

Source: http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/yg/introduction/donyatsu/img/character12.jpg
まっちゃん (macchan): まっちゃ（抹茶）/Matcha
According to the official website, it seems to be a Matcha Donut Cat.

Source: http://donyatsu.jp/wp-content/themes/donyatsu/characters/img/characterimg8.gif
マルモチーター (marumochi-ta-): まるもち（丸餅）/Marumochi (lit. Round Mochi) + チーター/Cheetah

Source: http://www.square-enix.co.jp/magazine/yg/introduction/donyatsu/img/character16.jpg

Marumochi is grilled before consumption, as seen in the picture below:

Source: http://www.ic-net.or.jp/home/ds-chizu/graphic/marumochimein2.jpg)
This explains the square pattern on its body.


Where does the Gantz anime branch off? I really liked the Gantz anime. It was crazy, a mind trip, and overall an enjoyable (if somewhat graphic) show. But I've been told the manga is better, and goes in a wildly different direction. What episodes in Gantz are based off the manga plot, and where does the plot truly start to branch?

Note, I'm not looking for minor differences, though bonus points for noting those. I'm really looking for when the major branching in plot occurs.

The manga and the anime diverge during the anime's last battle. The last battle in the anime never occurred in the manga. Gonzo needed a way to end the series and created a weird introspective fight yourself battle. The manga went on with more battles and more characters, ongoing for a long time, and I guess Gonzo didn't want the series to just suddenly stop.

I don't remember all of the minor differences, there were some during the battles, especially the one during the statues, but those still followed the manga more or less faithfully.


What are the bounties of the Yonko? We know that the Yonko are one of the three great powers of the One Piece World. Though they are the four emperors ruling the second half of grand line, they are still Pirates in the eyes of the world government with some bounties set for each of them.

So can somebody tell what the current bounties (as of Jan 2020) of the present/past yonkos are?

Bounties for the guys I'm looking for:

Edward Newgate, Whitebeard (now deceased)
"Red-Haired" Shanks
Charlotte Linlin, Big Mom
Kaido of the Beasts
Marshall D. Teach, Blackbeard (took over as the Yonko after WB's death)

Note: Like the Shichibukai, even the Yonkos might not have their bounties active (I do not know for sure), but certainly there must be a bounty on them which would determine their strengths, influence and importance (need a case arise when one of them is dethroned).

Bounties for Yonkos haven't been shown till now. And IMO, for someone as powerful as a Yonko, bounties doesn't matter much. Bounties are set so that some bounty hunter would be tempted to capture them. But yonkos being one of the most powerful forces in OP, no one would dare to capture a Yonko.

WhiteBeard- Not revealed.

Shanks- Not revealed.

Big Mam- Not revealed.

Kaido- Not revealed.

Blackbeard- Not given any bounty.