Why did Annie accept Armin's request? In Attack on Titan season 1 episode 23, Armin requested for help from Annie, and she accepted it.

She knew from the beginning that it was a trap, that's why she put on the ring. She put on the ring after acceptance, which means she felt that "request" is suspicious & when she got caught, she used that ring to transform. She expected that something bad is going to happen. On the other hand, it's hard to believe that she accepted to be a "Good Person", it doesn't make sense.

Why did Annie accept Armin's request for help despite knowing it was a trap?

As revealed in Chapter 95,

  Annie, Bertolt and Reiner are Marleyan soldiers sent to infiltrate the Paradis island to locate and recover the Founding Titan.

Why, then, would Annie accept Armin's request?

  Remember, they need to complete their objective before returning to Marley. As someone in undercover, she needs to avoid raising suspicion.

In Chapter 31, Armin tells Annie that if she does not accept his request,

  that would make her a 'bad person' to Armin. Now, that might seem like a lame way to convince someone to help you. But, Armin is a tactician. And Annie probably realizes how intelligent Armin is. If you read that chapter, you'll notice the look that she gives her after he said that, which implies she knows there is a possibility she is being suspected. It makes sense that she would go despite the possibility of a trap because of her objective of securing the Founding Titan, which requires that her cover remains intact. Refusing would raise suspicion and her cover will be blown so she took the chance. If you'll also notice, when she found out they were going underground, she was surprised, which means she was not expecting that they'd go this far to know if Armin's suspicion was right or wrong. Furthermore, she also said that 'she did not imagine that Armin would corner her like this.'


What card game are they playing in S02E12? In the twelfth episode of the second season of Hibike Euphonium, some of the main characters are playing a card game before going to bed.

Apparently it has to do something with reaching classes, because Kumiko mentions not even getting out of middle class after Midori announced that "Revolution's over".

This game is called Capitalism and each player is assigned a social class ranging from president to 'scum'.
It's also sometimes called President which is a westernized verison of the japanese game "daifugō" (perhaps that is the actual game, but localized) where it ranges from the daifugō (Grand millionaire) to the Daihinmin (Extreme Needy).
There is a variant which allows "revolutions"

If a player leads out with four of a kind, the hierarchy of all the cards will be reversed.
For example, if 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,J,Q,K,A,2 is the typical order of power (from left to right), after four of a kind is played it would be the reverse of that: 2,A,K,Q,J,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3.
If another four of a kind is played, the order would switch back. Revolutions are typically utilized in the game to create better balance and avoid having the same player remain in first position indefinitely.

The object of the game of course is to be the highest ranking person :)


Where do I find the soundtracks and OSTs used in Megalo Box? So, Megalo Box is a currently airing anime and its music is one of the best I have ever heard in anime. Where do I find the music tracks that have been used in it

The OST hasn't been released, but it's set to be released on June 27, 2018 as "Megalo Box" Original Soundtrack, according to CDJapan.

The tracklisting:

  MEGALOBOX
  MEGALOBOX (Sorrow)
  MEGALOBOX (Acoustic)
  Beginning of the Fight
  Battlefield
  Deadlock
  The theme of Gansaku Nanbu
  The theme of Gansaku Nanbu (Sorrow)
  The theme of Gansaku Nanbu (Slow)
  A Day In The Life
  The theme of Sachio
  The theme of Sachio (Sorrow)
  The Slum City feat. COMA-CHI
  The Slum
  The Slum (Night)
  The theme of Bangaichi
  Get up
  The theme of Yukiko Shirato
  The theme of Yukiko Shirato (Slow)
  The theme of Yukiko Shirato (Fanfare)
  The theme of Fujimaki
  The theme of Aragaki
  The theme of Aragaki (Piano ver.)
  Heartwarming
  The theme of Mikio Shirato
  The theme of Mikio Shirato (Slow)
  Lost In Grief (Deep)
  Conflict
  Change The Situation 1
  Change The Situation 2
  The theme of Yuri
  The theme of Yuri (Slow)
  Darkness
  Confession
  Resolution
  Resolution (Slow)
  Drive
  Gearless Joe feat. COMA-CHI
  Megalonia News Network
  Enter The Arena
  The theme of Glen Burroughs
  The theme of Pepe Iglesias
  We are Bangaichi feat. Sachio
  The Beast feat. COMA-CHI
  The Beast (Instrumental)
  Celebration
  The Ending


Is Atomic Samurai speed in the same level of Flashy Flash? I found this comment in a forum

  Should'nt Atomic Samurai be sub relativistic since the databook puts
  his speed on the same level as Flashy flash?

Is this true? Is Atomic Samurai speed in the same level of Flashy Flash?

I can give at best a partial answer.  The part I can give are the databook pages concerning Atomic Samurai and Flashy Flash:

Their statblocks are nearly identical, and the one stat they have a max rating in is the same.  According to a post in a gamefaqs thread the stats listed in order are

(Tairyoku)Physical strength/Stamina
(Chiryoku)Intelligence
(Seigi-kan)Sense of Justice
(Jikyu-ryoku)Endurance
(Shunpatsu Ryoku)Instantaneous Force/Speed
(Ninki)Popularity
(Jiiseki)Success/actual Results
(hero-specific ability rating)

I've bolded the one stat they both have at maximum.

However, these are not objective stat blocks, they are stat blocks from the perspective of the Heroes Association (or possibly Genos, as there's a Saitama stat block later that's specifically from Genos's perspective).  King, for example, has max stats in every single category, which we know to not be objectively accurate.


What are the relations between the level of power and abilities and the promotion of Pawn? In chess, pawn can promote to any other chess piece except King and get all the corresponding abilities and power. Similarly, in High School DxD, when Pawn promotes, their power level increases and they get other abilities also. For example, when Issei got a direct hit from Yubelluna's attack, he was protected by the Queen Protection abilities.

Let's take Issei's promotion to Queen (Akeno) as an example.

Are the abilities and the increase in power level the same for all the Pawns regardless of the power and abilities of the actual Queen (Akeno), or do they depend on that of the Queen?

And if Issei is King of his pieces and promotes himself to Queen, gaining abilities and power from both King and Queen pieces, will he be more powerful than Akeno?

No, the ability doesn't depend on the Queen of the group. I forgot whether it was Rias herself, or Azazel-sensei that said that the stronger Issei is, the longer he can stay in promotion as the promotion takes its toll on his body. If the promotion depends on the power of the team's Queen, then there won't be any need for Issei to improve his physical strength.

In the light novel, it was explained that each piece has a value. Queen worth 9 pawn, Rook worth 5, Bishop and Knight 2. So, rather than the strength of the Queen, the promotion increases the strength according to those numbers, I think. Of course the improvement depends on which piece he's going to promote into.

For example, Knight is worth 2 Pawns, so the ability improvement is more or less 2x of his ability as Pawn. However, it is not distributed evenly. Most of it will be distributed to the Speed. Queen, being all-round piece, will get an even increment to all abilities.


Are Japanese-language anime scripts available on line? My Japanese language study group often complains about the original Japanese in anime being too difficult to understand on the grounds of it being spoken too fast or something.  I was wondering whether the original Japanese-language scripts for a given anime (say, Toradora) can be downloaded.  From this a vocabulary list could be prepared.
If I want to see the script for Kill Bill, it's here:
http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/k/kill-bill-script-transcript-uma.html
and The Outlaw Josie Wales is here:
https://www.scripts.com/script/the_outlaw_josey_wales_15436  (suboptimal, however)
Would anything like this exist for anime?  Nothing promising searching for とらドラ脚本

I found the following searching for "learn japanese from anime".
https://nihongoshark.com/anime/
This describes, well, a similar learning method, where one can do things with a subtitle file (if available).
From there I found a link to
https://kitsunekko.net/
which has a reasonable selection of material.
Lastly, there is always text ripping using
https://ytmp3.cc/en13/
then
https://convertspeech.com/processing.php
(Disclosure: nothing to do with either of these, just tried them once)
You only get three free conversions (which I suppose can be subverted with multiple computers or multiple IP adresses).  It gets some things wrong and the reading level is not that good, but it's infinitely better than nothing.


Why are only some music reference Stand names censored/translated differently? In multiple Seasons of JoJo's Bizzare Adventure, there are names of Stands that are msuic references and have their names censored/translated differently:

Joskue's Stand is Crazy Diamond (クレイジー・ダイヤモンド Kureijī Daiyamondo) but is translated as Shining Diamond. Crazy Diamond is a reference to Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".
Yoshikage Kira's Stand is Killer Queen (キラークイーン Kirā Kuīn) but is translated as Deadly Queen. Killer Queen is a reference to Queen's "Killer Queen".

On the other hand there are other music reference Stand names that are not changed when translated:

Keicho Nijimura's stand is Bad Company (バッド・カンパニー (極悪中隊) Baddo Kanpanī). Bad Company is an English band.
Rohan Kishibe's stand is Heaven's Door (ヘブンズ・ドアー（天国への扉） Hebunzu Doā). Heaven's Door is a reference to Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door".

Is this a Crunchy Roll only thing (I watched all of JoJo on Crunchyroll)? Or is this a general English translation thing? Why would they only censor some music references but not others?

There's a couple of possible reasons.
1- Avoiding copyright of the properties and associations with the artists for legal reasons.
2- The translator not being very good, translating the meanings literally and not understanding the references.
I'd say its the first reason though because the translators seem to be very good.


Where was Shinji Matou during Fate/Zero? In Fate/Zero, we see that the Matou don't really have a proper candidate to participate in the war. So Zouken adopted Sakura. Then Kariya comes up and participates. In exchange for winning the grail, Zouken will release Sakura from her fate as a mage (?).

Then Kariya loses. Therefore Zouken still needs Sakura, does he not? Zouken will continue training her to participate in the next war.

But, in Fate Stay/Night and UBW, this is the situation:

Sakura is a normal girl with no apparent knowledge of magic.
Shinji Matou is the master fighting for the Matou family.

Then, my question is:

Where was Shinji Matou during Fate/Zero? Why did Zouken need Sakura if he had Shinji?

Where was Shinji Matou during Fate/Zero?

Shinji was overseas at the time. He is only mentioned by his father Byakuya in the original Novel.

  He was briefly mentioned by Byakuya in the original Fate/Zero novel, his only child was sent overseas in the name of studying.

Source: Shinji Matou - Other Appearances

  Why did Zouken need Sakura if he had Shinji?

The original reason Zouken adopted Sakura was because Shinji was inferior as a magus due to their declining bloodline and wasn't fit to be an heir. Shinji stated in the Fate Route that this was because the Matou didn't properly adopt to the land, as they were foreigners to Japan, unlike the Tohsaka.

Furthermore, since having two heirs would weaken the inheritance (magic) that is to be passed down, and raising both as magi is always believed to cause conflict between the siblings down the track (as was the case with the Aozaki family), the Tohsaka's, like any other magus family, can only choose one heir.

Because the Tohsaka's and Matou's were ancient allies back from when the 3 families were tutored by Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, Tokiomi Tohsaka put Sakura up for adoption to the Matou.

  Like most magi, her father chose only one daughter to carry on his family's tradition as he believed raising an additional child would introduce competition. Zouken Matou, an ancient ally of the Tohsaka House, offered to adopt Sakura with the intention of training her as the successor of the Matou's magecraft as his own heir, Shinji, was incapable of sorcery.

Source: Sakura Matou - Background

The reason why Rin was chosen over Sakura was because Rin's Elemental Affinity was all five, while Sakura's was Imaginary Numbers. However, it was during her "training" which forcefully changed her Elemental Affinity to Water (Matou standard) that Zouken saw her potential as a Master.

As for Shinji Matou being a Master, he was a fake Master. From the beginning, Sakura was the Matou's Master. The book Shinji is shown to hold when he commanded Rider was the Book of the False Attendant, which was created from one of Sakura's Command Spells. Because the book cut Rider's Prana supply from Sakura but didn't change the source to Shinji, Rider needed other ways to gain Parana to stay manifested, thus the set up for Blood Fort Andromeda. Sakura made the book for Shinji to use, as she did not want to fight in the War because

She could hurt Shirou (at that time, she was not aware that he had become a Master)
She would hurt Rin (despite being told by Zouken to think of her former family as dead, she still recognized Rin as her sister)

Sakura was only forced to fight in the war in the Heaven's Feel Route when Shinji splashed something on Sakura during the Blood Fort's activation, causing the worms inside Sakura to go crazy. This forced her to fight in the war and put an end to it, lest she be consumed by the worms.


Boogiepop and Others Promotional Trailer references 2019's "Boogiepop and Others" TV series has a promotional trailer. However the trailer is kind of "fake", because many footage are not present in the actual TV show.

The main ones are:

On Opera stage
A man fighting a fire ability user
Boogiepop walking closer to another girl, and the background switches with each swing from Boogiepop

Are these referencing other unadapted stories in the series? If yes, which are those?

Those scenes are highly possibly original materials created exclusively for the trailer.
A comment by 'foq fiq' on the Japanese version of the trailer mentioned

放送決定のイベントでプロデューサーが最後に
「あくまで『このくらい本気で作りますよ』ってことを伝えるために作ったティザー用の映像なので本編には出てきません」って言ってた
見覚えのない合成人間は原作にも登場しないPVオリジナル

At the end of the event for the broadcast decision, the producer said
"After all, because some scenes created for the trailer were to convey that 'we are making it like this seriously', they do not appear on the main story".
The unrecognizable characters are trailer-original that do not exist on the source material.


Did King kill any monster in the webcomic out of fear? In One Punch Man manga #111 ,

A monster so tense for the fear of being killed by King, unintentionally destroyed his internal organs and died.

Did King kill any monster in the webcomic out of fear like he did in the manga?

Short version: no, such an event is unique to the manga.

Long version:  I'm going through the webcomic looking for all of his encounters with monsters...

Beginning of Chapter 42: King runs into Shitanobeel, a person who transformed into a lizard-like monster over his obsession with reptiles.  Shitanobeel quickly prostrates himself and surrenders.  According to the commentary of the surrounding people, the monster cries, goes into convulsions, and passes out. In Chapter 100 we learn he's still alive.  Briefly.
Shortly thereafter, he encounters Dushimof, the Machine God, and later the giant bird.  He talks his away out of the first one, but neither monster is too afraid to fight him, at least during the time we see them.  King's internal monologue specifically laments that Dushimof is too strong to be scared away by his reputation alone.
Shortly thereafter, King's internal monologue reveals that there have been 6 prior instances where some (high-power) monster appeared before him, he closed his eyes in fear or ran away, and by the time he looked again the monster was dead.  It is strongly implied in the next chapter that Saitama was responsible for all of them (in a few cases he is manifestly so, as we can recognize the monster or even see him defeating it).  These are the events that led King to be recognized as The Strongest Man On Earth; presumably he had no substantial reputation before then, and it's not clear if the monsters in question ever even noticed him.

We don't see King encounter any other monsters until much later, around chapter 73, though he has several cameo appearances as he plays games or eats hot pot with Saitama.  This is in stuff that hasn't been covered in the anime or manga yet.

   4. Starting in Chapter 73 he faces off against Psykos, Homeless Emperor, Evil Water, and Black Sperm at once.  All of them are very tentative about doing anything and, of course, interpret his every action as those of a supreme combat force.  Even when he runs away a few chapters later.  Psykos says that she knows very little about him, and that most monsters that encounter him simply faint. None of his opponents faint or die here.  But Psykos and Homeless Emperor get attacked by other Heroes, Evil Water does nothing because he senses no violence from King, and Black Sperm is left to face him alone (refusing to help the others because that'd leave him open to King's attack), before he also gets distracted.

King has not had any other encounters with monsters depicted in the webcomic.  So no deaths, but one went into convulsions and fainted, and there's an unreliable and unsourced rumor that many others have fainted as well.


What are the steps involved in producing an anime? I had a few ideas on how an animations are produced documentaries of western animation, but I was curious of how the process works in Japanese animation.

What are the typical order and steps undertaken by a studio or committee in producing an anime? Do any prominent studios do things differently?

There is a really excellent blog post on Washi's blog titled "Anime Production - Detailed Guide to How Anime is Made and the Talent Behind it!" that covers pretty much the entire process that includes references from Studios like I.G., AIC, and Sunrise.

Here's a flowchart from the link that describes the process:

So you have the pre-production and planning phase, which can happen either from an original author or a production company:

  This process depends on who’s pushing for an idea and who is backing it up, it can be animation studios themselves along with sponsors, but many anime are adaptations of manga or light novels, in which case, publishers front costs (including the costs of having it shown on TV stations). The production company (e.g Aniplex) gathers staff, sponsors, and looks at advertisement and merchandise. While many people describe studios as being cheap, only around half the budget is often given to the anime studio, with the rest going to broadcasters and other contributing companies. The broadcast costs are surprisingly high – according to blogger, ghostlightning – at about 50 million yen for a late-night timeslot across 5-7 stations for a 52 episode series. You can see why anime can be an expensive business. For example, Full Metal Alchemist, which had a 6pm Saturday slot had a total budget of 500 million yen (before additional costs).

This part of the processes then becomes mostly planning, designs, and putting together the staff. When it's time to create the first episode, then the prodcution phase starts:

  The first step is to write the episode scripts. Following the episodes synopsis/plans, the full scripts are written, by either one person for the whole series or by several different writers based on the outlines from the overall script supervisor (staff credit: series composition). The scripts are reviewed by the director, producers, and potentially the author of the original work before being finalised (after 3 or 4 drafts, often). The episode director, supervised by the overall director then takes this backbone of the episode and must plan out how it will actually look on screen. While the director has the final say and is involved at production meetings, the episode director has the most hands-on involvement in developing the episode. This stage is expressed as a storyboard (a visual script), and the storyboard marks the beginning of actual animation production.

Storyboarding:

  Often the storyboard is created by the director, this means an episode is truly the vision of that director. But usually, mainly in TV-anime, separate storyboarders are used to actually draw them. This is because storyboards usually take around 3 weeks to do for a normal length TV-anime episode. Art meetings and production meetings are held with the episode director, series director and other staff about the episode should look. Storyboards are drawn on A-4 paper (generally) and contain most of the vital building blocks of an anime – the cut numbers, actor movements, camera movements such as zooming or panning, the dialogue (taken from the screenplay) and the length of each shot (or cut) in terms of seconds and frames (which we’ll explain later). Because the number of drawings available for an episode is often fixed for the sake of budget management, the number of frames is also carefully considered in the storyboards. The storyboards are roughly-drawn and are really the core stage of deciding how an anime will play out. Cuts refer to a single shot of the camera and an average TV-anime episode will usually contain around 300 cuts. More cuts don’t necessarily imply a better quality episode, but it will generally mean more work for the director/storyboarder.

The post then covers the layout and the animation process, then finally, the composition and filming:

  It is commonplace for the frames to be completed on a computer. After they are drawn and checked, they are digitized. Once they are on the computer, they are painted with a specified color palette by painting staff (generally a low paid job). They use the shading lines drawn by the key animators to do the shading colours. This digital equivalent of the ‘ink & paint’ stage of production, which used to be done by hand, has allowed some more interesting visual styles to come through in the colouring, such as the use of gradient shading or even textures. These would have been too difficult to do back in the day. It has also saved considerable time and money in the process. These become the final “cels” that go into the animation.

  Once all the frames are coloured and finished, they can be processed as animation using a specialized software package. “RETAS! PRO” is used for approximately 90% of anime currently aired in Japan (for drawing sometimes too)! Before the use of digital ‘cels’ (digicels), drawings (printed onto cels) were actually filmed over backgrounds. Now, cuts are completed digitally, and the background art can be added on the computer. Initially, when digicel was first being picked up by studios (around about 2000), it had real problems matching the fineness of detail in hand-drawn and painted cels. But nowadays, anime studios have really perfected the digital cel, giving us anime with just as much detail and more vibrant colouring. The digicel age has now streamlined the production process such that repeated cels and clip/recap episodes are basically a thing of the past. Some still prefer the rougher look of pre-2000, but I’ve certainly moved on.

  ...

  After compositing is completed for all the cuts, they have to be to the timing required for broadcast, so that the episode doesn’t lag overtime. With the completion of the editing step, the episode moves out of production and into post-production. I won’t go into much detail on this, but it essentially encompasses adding sound (dubbing), both the music and the voice recordings, and final editing (cutting the episode with space for advertisements). Visual effects may also be added at this late stage too.


Why is there a soup ladle in the mortuary in Jojo Episode 38? When Dr. Monica Ulterro is conducting an autopsy on Diavolo, there seems to be a collection of soup ladles shown in the background of the mortuary. I'm not very well-versed in morticians and their tools, but it would certainly seem odd to have those 3 tools.

Here's a closer look at them.

Considering that these tools are not present in the equivalent manga panels I'm going to assume that they're not supposed to be there.

I'm going to say it's a minor animation error and nothing more.

Based on the screenshots you provided I think it's very possible that the background was CGI. The sharp shadows, lack of detail, and flat colors and lighting all seem to support this.
So it's very possible that they simply had a 3D asset that looked about right and used it.


Which manga chapter correspond to the end of episode 12 of season 2 of the anime? Can anyone tell me which chapter in the manga is the end of episode 12 from the second season of Seven Deadly Sins?

The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments episode 12 covers chapters 136, 137, 141, 142 and 143 (source: Wiki), so the end of episode 12 should be chapter 143.

In case you're asking because you want to continue reading the manga where the anime left off start from chapter 143, as part of it will be covered by episode 13, and read chapter 138 first for the same reason.

By the way you can find a chapter to episode comparison broken down by arcs here.


What are the different versions of Fruits Candy? The 3rd ED to Cardcaptor Sakura is "Fruits Candy". There seem to be multiple versions of the song, but MAL only lists the one sung by Megumi Kojima. However, I've heard at least one other version (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uNALWuWJao), and it wouldn't surprise me if there were more. Can anyone confirm what other versions of this song exist and who sings each of them?

According to wikia, there is another version of the song sung by Sakura Tange, Junko Iwao and Aya Hisakawa, the voices of Sakura Kinomoto, Tomoyo Daidouji and Cerberus, respectively. So there are two versions in total.


What's the name of the song in episode 18 of season 3 of My Hero Academia? In episode 18 of season 3 of My Hero Academia, the song starts at around 10:40. I feel like I've heard it before, but can't find it anywhere.

What's the song name?

"Cavalry battle" boku no hero academia season 2 :

https://youtu.be/IjBhS8MQSMs


Manga about WWII in Japan I bought two volumes of this manga about 10 years ago, but I don't remember much about it. These are some details that I remember:

I'm not sure but I think it's shounen.
I don't really like the art, so I can't really tell anything about it, but I know that the art is not really the biggest point of this manga. Or... I was just 10 y/o back then and the art is not like most shounen manga that year so I didn't really like it.
There's a scene where one boy (I believe he's the main character here) is fighting with his friends, and I think his friends are bullying him, and that boy bites the friend's finger off and eats it later. But he's eating his friend's finger not because he's psycho but because he's poor and wants to eat some meat. That's just how poor he is.
The boy has at least one little brother.
One chapter shows when an atomic bomb dropped in Nagasaki or Hiroshima, and almost everyone died there.
The atomic bomb is shown in the first or second volume of the manga so I think maybe it's a post-apocalypse manga.

The year is a little bit off but I think it's Hadashi no Gen

It's a manga series by Keiji Nakazawa. The series takes place in Hiroshima during the final months of World War II. The main character is a boy named Gen Nakaoka and his family live in poverty. It shows an atomic bomb attack in Hiroshima on first volume, where Gen's father and siblings perished in the fires, but Gen and his mother managed to escape.

  There's a scene where one boy (I believe he's the main character here) is fighting with his friends, and I think his friends are bullying him, and that boy bites the friend's finger off and eats it later

It's probably this, he ate the finger afterward.

As you can see, the art is not like most shounen manga around 2000. It's because this manga was serialized from 1973 to 1985. It was published at late '90s in my country so I guess there is a possibility that this is the manga you mentioned.


Do all Uchihas have fire nature chakra? I've read that when a certain chakra nature is hereditary for a specific clan, MOST of the members have an affinity for that chakra nature. However, it has been stated that the Uchihas are known for their fire nature chakra. Does this mean that a majority of the Uchihas had fire nature chakra, or that they all have it?

"Affinity can at times be genetic, or at least common to a particular family; most members of the Uchiha clan have an affinity towards the Fire nature." (http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Nature_Transformation#cite_ref-Element_1-0)

Yes, all Uchiha have their natural affinity towards Fire. It is like a default setting, to put it in simpler terms. In the article you provided, it also states that:

  In general, every person's chakra has an affinity towards one of the five basic nature transformations.

Being the descendants of Indra Ōtsutsuki it is logical to think that every Uchiha in the clan would hold a natural affinity towards the Fire element:

  [Indra] could use Yin Release, and, in the anime, was shown skilled in the usage of Fire and Lightning Release since his childhood.

Also, from the wiki article on the Uchiha Clan which might suggest that only true Uchiha have that affinity towards fire:

  They also have an especially potent chakra quality as well as a natural affinity for the fire nature transformation; Uchiha are not truly considered adults until they can successfully perform the Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.


What is the 'thing' that is located under the Fairy Tail basement? In Fairy Tail episode, when Master Makarov take Gildarts to appoint him as new Master, he show something to Gildarts, and I'm so interested in it. Anybody have information about that 'thing'?

Lumen Histoire is located in a secret underground room in Fairy Tail's original building. This secret is only known by Fairy Tail's Guild Master and is passed on to the new Master successively. Purehito showed it to Makarov when he became Master. Years later, Makarov showed it to Gildarts Clive when he told him that he wanted him to be next Master of Fairy Tail. According to Ivan Dreyar, Lumen Histoire is Fairy Tail's darkness, while according to Mavis Vermilion, it is Fairy Tail's light.

Wiki link


Why did nobody use Reaper Death Seal during the Fourth Great Ninja War? Why didn't the Reaper Death Seal appear during the Fourth Great Ninja War? If it was used on Madara or Obito, it would have ended the war easily, right?

Because there are only two known users of the Dead Demon Consuming Seal (also called as Sealing Jutsu: Reaper Death Seal): Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze, and the jutsu can be countered.

While something like this could probably be done:

Use Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation to resurrect Minato and Sarutobi
They, then, use Dead Demon Consuming Seal on Madara
If successful and if the user desires it, release Minato and Sarutobi using Dead Demon Consuming Seal: Release so they can break free from the Shinigami and can go the afterlife

This is on the assumption that:

Reincarnated ninjas are not subject to limitations.
Madara cannot counter the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.
Only certain people can be broken free from Dead Demon Consuming Seal: Release (assuming that the user would want to release Minato and Sarutobi again).

However, we know that:

There are also limitations to reincarnated people as seen here, and while it was not shown in the manga, it may or may not be possible that reincarnated ninja cannot use Dead Demon Consuming Seal. This begs the question: Can a ninja who already offered up his/her soul to the Shinigami offer it again? There is no precedent to something like this in the manga so I am not sure we would know this any time soon, although personally, I believe the answer to this is a 'no' since Kishimoto did not let us see the characters attempting this.
Dead Demon Consuming Seal can be countered, as seen during Orochimaru and Sarutobi's fight. It's quite impossible that Madara would also not be able to do the same. This, to me, is probably one of the biggest reason why we didn't get to see it. A villain who's easily defeated by this do not make up for a good plot since this would have resulted to a much shorter and anticlimactic ending.
Cutting open the stomach of the Shinigami releases any souls inside of it. This would mean that Minato, Sarutobi and Madara would have to be sealed forever inside the Shinigami. You might argue that they would probably agree to this plan but that would have resulted to a less happy ending to the Naruto we know.


In what episode did Karin meet Orochimaru? There is an episode in Naruto series when Orochimaru protected Karin against some guy.

Which episode is it?

It's from Naruto Shippuuden  Episode 431: To See That Smile, Just One More Time.

This one is from the run of Infinite Tsukuyomi fillers that aired during the Fourth Shinobi World War arc. Notably, unlike the previous episodes in this set of fillers (mainly just fairly lighthearted happenings inside the Infinite Tsukuyomi dream of various characters), Karin's episode here is basically a rather sombre flashback to her past.

(This was a sad episode. Poor Karin...)


Is Bentham really dead? I know that Bentham sacrificed himself to save Luffy so that he can escape from Impel Down.
He disguised as Magellan to open the gates for Luffy, but later the real Magellan came and it seems like the two fight each other (not in screen).

My friends believed that he's dead at that fight. But when I read this, it is stated that he's currently become the new queen of Newkama Land.

  Bentham, alias Mr. 2 Bon Kurei, is a former officer agent of Baroque
  Works and an okama (a Japanese slang term for a transvestite). While
  he was once an enemy of Luffy's as a part of the Baroque Works, the
  two became quick friends, leading Bon Kurei to sacrifice himself for
  Luffy both at Alabasta and later at Impel Down.
  He is currently the new Queen of Newkama Land.

So I want to know, is Bentham or Bon Kurei dead or alive after Impel Down arc? If he alive, have he shown in comics ar anime after Impel Down arc?

I've seen this chapter cover that shows Mr.2 Bon Kurei is alive and is the new Queen of Newkama Land, so most probably he/she survived after Luffy left him in Impel Down. And aside from this I haven't read or seen him in any chapters after the Impel Down arc.


Is there a different relation between Kaede and Sia? In the last episode of Shuffle, while the end theme song was rolling with credits, there was a scene where Kaede and Sia were together and then they crashed into something falling over each other and accidentally "kissed". Their expression was toooo "different" so? Do they have or grew a romantic relation?

Because this scene is anime-only, there isn't any reference from the VN to know any further. Maybe the anime production crew know about this, but the official information available does not tell anything more about this event.

So the answer probably is 'There isn't official information to support this, so probably they do not'


What is this anime where the girl wears a ribbon wrapping her hair like double helix and wears black dress? I saw the trailer of this anime on the Bleach DVD Volume 1, which was featured in the Extras > Trailers. Other anime trailers that were featured on the DVD were for Black Cat, One Piece, Death Note, Eureka 7, Dragon Ball Z remastered and that's all I remember.

For the unknown anime trailer:

The song sounded like j-techno with female singer. I could recalled an English part of the lyrics being "I need you, I just kiss you, in my life"
Opening sequence shows a nude (?) girl in her early/mid teens with long pale blue hair tiptoed on the water
The main character (?) is a boy in his early/mid teens with gold brown hair that is shaped like razors on the sides and wears red clothing

(Image of hair colour, maybe 1 or 2 shades darker)
The girl  wears a black dress and has a black/white ribbon wrapped around her hair, kind of like a double helix.

(Almost identical to the image of the girl in the trailer)
The main character and the girl seem to be romantically linked, as they are seen holding hands and the girl comforts the boy.
Other characters in the trailer are shown one by one with small girl figures popping up behind them. Maybe the little girls are spirits or guardians?

That's all I have for the description, I've tried so long to find out what this anime is and I couldn't find anything related to it except for the picture of the girl.

Google reverse image search says Elemental Gelade, and the girl is called Reverie Metherlence.

A brief description from Wikipedia:

  The fantasy adventure is a tale of a group of five who are on a journey to Edel Garden, the birthplace of mystical beings called Edel Raids who are described as "living weapons".


Who was Annie apologizing to in episode 13? After the great victory gained by humans against the Titans in episode 13, when the trainees were collecting dead bodies, Annie was apologizing to a dead soldier. Who was this? Was it Marco?

In wiki it is stated.

  Despite her seeming callousness, she has expressed a level of guilt
  and shock, most notably when apologizing to a certain corpse after the
  battle of Trost

Various sources say it was Mina which may be true because;

  Mina is shown sitting with Annie at the tables in the background of the
  first few episodes. That shows that they had some sort of friendship
  between them, as Annie is asocial and would have otherwise sat alone.

As counter argument: It is stated that Mina's head is bitten off but in the anime there is no such scene.

  After Eren's leg is bitten off suddenly by one of the Titans, she and
  the other two attempt to kill the Titan that injured him. However, a
  group of Titans arrive out of no where and one of them kills Nac,
  catching her off-guard as another Titan grabs her 3D Maneuver Gear's
  wire, Mina killed anime Mina is caught by a Titan.  knocking her over
  to the wall. When she realizes where she is, it is already too late
  for her to escape; she is grabbed by the Titan and her head is bitten
  off


Why do digimon names end in 'mon'? As above, is there a special reason why digimon names end in mon?

This thread says its for marketing but the guy also has the theory of:

  Digimon are digital lifeforms, and are made up of computer data, right? As we know, every kind of data file has an extension, or file format, for example a Microsoft Word document has ".doc" as its extension, a web page has ".html" and an image has ".jpeg", ".png", ".gif" etc, so perhaps the same thing applies for Digimon.

  by wildwing64

Digimon is like Pokemon where Pokemon is short for Pocket Monsters, that said Digimon is short for Digital Monsters
this is visiable in most logos for Digimon

Also in the first episode of the 4Kids dub of Digimon Adventure when the Digi-destined come back together after finding their Digimon Partners the Digimon says in unision (after Bukamon jumps off Joe's shoulder)

Bukamon: we are.....
All: Digimon! Digital Monsters


What would happen if a Shinigami with exceedingly long life-span dies for a human? It was said that when a Shinigami saves a human with his Death Note, that Shinigami dies, and his remaining life-span is transferred to the human he saved.

But imagine the following situation, a Shinigami has accumulated 500 years of lifespan by killing a lot of humans. That Shinigami then kills someone for a human, to save his life, and dies.

Does that mean the human would gain 500 years to his lifespan?

Essentially yes, they will become semi-immortal. They will have a long, long natural lives but they'll still be vulnerable to death.


Did Trunks turned Super Saiyan Rage in any chapter of the Dragon Ball Super manga? I readed some of the chapters of the Dragon Ball Super manga, not all of them. In the ones I've seen, Trunks never turned into Super Saiyan Rage. But now in chapter 23,

   Zamasu says to Goku that even Trunks could be stronger than him

Even if this is accurate or not, Trunks would have to be very strong to raise such doubt. This doesnt make sense if he only can transforms in Super Saiyan 2, because that transformation is 3 stages below Super Saiyan Blue (behind SSJ3, Super Saiyan God and Super Saiyan Blue), and in other hand Super Saiyan Rage is more or less in the level of Super Saiyan Blue, it can be in the same level, slightly weaker or stronger (personally I think it's a stronger transformation, but there is no official info on this yet) So my question is, did Trunks turned into Super Saiyan Rage in any chapter of the Dragon Ball Super manga?

No, the Super Saiyan Rage transformation hasn't been seen in the manga yet. In fact, I suspect the manga doesn't plan on introducing SSR at all. What's important to remember here is that the manga version of Trunks is MUCH stronger than in the anime. Specifically, when Trunks and Goku spar in the manga, ssj2 Trunks is apparently as strong as ssj3 Goku.

The relevant manga panel is page 35 of Chapter 15:


What is the little doll on top of Tomoko's phone? In WataMote, Tomoko's phone appears to have a little figure on the top of it. It looks like a doll, with a kitty-face smile and an orange coat and antenna. In the ED sequence, it appears again, in both orange and blue.

Is this doll a reference to another series or Japanese pop culture? What does it mean?

That guy is apparently from the Wii game Opoona where you play a character called "Opoona" that's short and has a number of facial expressions (and one of them has a ball over their head), though they don't always have such a sour look on their faces.

Some ascii art of Opoona with the Yaruo face that Krazer mentioned:


How old is Shisui compared to Itachi? Before watching the recent anime arc focusing on Itachi, I had assumed that he and Shisui were roughly the same age. But in episode 452, Shisui appears as a full-fledged ninja alongside the 6 or 7-year-old Itachi when the latter was still a first-year student.
Also reading into things further, Shisui awakened his Mangekyo after witnessing an unnamed friend's death in the Third Great Ninja War, so he must have been old enough to participate there.
Is there any further information that can help nail Shisui's age down?

I would like to point out; we have no idea how old Shisui was when he graduated from the Academy. At the time, the average age was nine (see Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara). We don't know whether or not Shisui graduated early. That plays a key deciding factor here, considering he met Itachi approximately two or three years after he graduated.

If he graduated at the average wartime age, this would make him somewhere around eighteen to twenty years old at the time of his death. Thus, making him six years older than Itachi, give or take. Perhaps he graduated at six, like Kakashi, or maybe seven. Possibly eight. We have no idea. We don't know how long Shisui fought in the war for either. What if it was a year? Or more?

However, gauging his visual age 18-20 makes the most sense. In addition, have you seen the difference in height between Shisui and Itachi when they first met? There's too big a difference for there to simply be a three-year age gap, in my opinion.

Also, you need to factor in Shisui's height and weight stats from the databook. At the time of his death, he had the height and weight of an average adult male. He couldn't have been less than eighteen. I like to believe he was nineteen; six years older than Itachi.


Who is this Aogiri member (a girl on redhood) in the anime adaptation? I want to ask who she really is. All I know is that she is member of Aogiri.

According to Tokyo Ghoul Wiki, her name is Eto. As a ghoul, she is known as the

  One-Eyed Owl,

and her human name is

  Sen Takatsuki.

She is also an executive member of the Aogiri Tree.


What do Karen and Tsukihi see Ononoki as? They told Araragi he would never grow up since he was still talking to a doll (Ononoki) at his age in Tsukimonogatari episode 4, 31 minutes in. It's always hard to tell how different people perceive the same phenomenon in Monogatari series, which is fun and puzzling.

What do Karen and Tsukihi see Ononoki as? Do they not perceive Ononoki as a human being?

If I recall, they won her at the Arcade, so they see her as a simple won prize doll.


What is the song playing in Naruto Shippuden episode 121 when Itachi and Kisame are walking together? In Naruto Shippuden episode 121, it starts playing at 0:40 or so when Itachi and Kisame are walking together.

The song you're referring to is Itachi's theme song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXLfg2ry_F4


What are the remaining phenomena Heartseed places on the club members? The anime & OVAs of Kokoro Connect only cover up to the light novel "Kokoro Connect - Michi Random"

But there are several other novels:

Kokoro Connect Clip Time
Kokoro Connect Nise Random
Kokoro Connect Yume Random
Kokoro Connect Step Time
Kokoro Connect Asu Random (volume 1)
Kokoro Connect Asu Random (volume 2)
Kokoro Connect Precious Time

The Wikipedia page mentions other phenomena, such as "Perspective Dreamland", but this seems to be roughly translated and I have no idea what it entails.

What phenomena were not covered by the anime, but feature in the Light Novels?

As an optional side question, Does the manga cover any more phenomena further than the anime?

The anime stops at Michi Random, so the ones that are left over are:
(mostly taken from The Kokoro Connect Wikia

The question obviously can't be answered without any spoilers, so just a small warning

Illusion Projection (Nise Random)

  Grants the user the ability to take on the appearance of anyone. The illusion is just that, a superficial projection rather than a biological change, and the image projected is only seen by the five original members of the StuCS and can only be used on them.

Forced Termination (Nise Random)

  Automatically activates in response to two or more people experiencing a paradox as a result of a phenomenon, for example, if two or more people observe the same Illusion Projection at the same time. The ensuing paradox will cause the observers to have their memories reset to before ever encountering Heartseed. Another trigger for this phenomenon is if there is a risk in deteriorating mental state or injury,

Dream Perception (Yume Random)

  Allows the club members to perceive the desires, thoughts, and hopes of others which can be summed up as a "dream". The members can only see the "dreams" of people outside of the StuCS and only of people associated with Yamaboshi High; This power activates randomly and somewhat relative to the physical distance between them

Record Deletion (Asu Random I)

  Automatically activates during the aftermath of a phenomenon that has ended. All people involved, including Heartseeds, will have all their memories regarding the phenomenon wiped clean. The Cultural Research Club is the only known group to resist this phenomenon, having managed to retain their memories for almost two years. Record Deletion typically kicks in a few weeks after a phenomenon has ended.

Isolation Dimension (Asu Random I)

  As its name implies, is an alternate dimension that isolates certain individuals from the normal world. Physically, the dimension looks no different from the norm, but the people in the dimension are completely cut off from those outside of it. In the Isolation Dimension, the Heartseeds can cause their phenomenons without worrying about any detrimental effects on the outside world. As described in Asu Random, it is similar to a laboratory for the Heartseeds to do experimentation

Several Unnamed Phenomenons (Asu Random II)

A Group of Girls From Inaba's Class: One member of the group is randomly made invisible to the other members. The victim cannot be detected by any of the other members' five senses. However, people outside of the group can still acknowledge the target.
Gym Group: While the phenomenon is in effect, one member suddenly perceives the other members as frightful, hostile enemies.
Ishikawa Daisuke, Watase Shingo, Setouchi Kaoru, Nakayama Mariko: This phenomenon forces each member's likes and dislikes to change in unpredictable ways. For example, Mariko suddenly liked Watase and became affectionate towards him despite being in a relationship with Ishikawa. The emotions that are forced onto them are so strong that it can change their behaviour and even make them do things they normally wouldn't do.
Jazz Band Club: At random times, this phenomenon will force a member to tell a lie even if they don't want to.
Student Council Executives: Fujishima and the rest of the council experienced a random change in "roles". For example, Fujishima is leader of the Executives, but, when the phenomenon is occurring, she might become the subordinate, following whatever someone else is saying and not voicing an opinion at all.

Parallel World (Asu Random II)

  Similar to the Isolation Dimension , all Phenomena have been erased from the StuCS's memories and everyone continued living as if those events never transpired. Things that happen during this phenomen and its results are remembered after it is over and remain.  This phenomenon is a "what if" scenario Heartseed wanted to see.

There's also a non-canon phenomenon - Future Predictions that featured in the PSP game:

  given the power to foresee a prediction of that will happen to a fellow member of the group. They will only see an image and must use the clues in the image to decipher the meaning of the prediction. When the phenomenon activates and which member the prediction is about is completely random. How far into the future the prediction is is also random.


Which was the first anime to feature a transformable robot? Even if Transformers count as anime (it was made by Americans and Japanese concept: Americans/Japanese, Americans producers, Japanese animation mainly so I guess it's debatable) there were shows with transformable robots before that (ie: Genesis Climber MOSPEADA).

Then, which was the first anime to feature transformable robots or at least one transformable robot?

As Makoto already mentions in the comments, depending on what you count as transformable the answers might differ a bit.

But with the current scope the first anime to feature transformable robots would be Mighty Atom (Astro Boy) in 1963, shortly followed by Tetsujin 28 in the same year.

However, the first Japanese comic to feature this came out in the year 1934  strip was called Tanku Tankuro, which also is the name of the main character.

There is a very interesting topic about it over at the superherohype forums Which has some more in depth insight on transforming robots in Japan.


Relationship of Yin-Yang in Five Chakra nature elements After reading this question about Chakra nature of Tailed Beasts. It came across my mind what is the relationship of the Yin-yang to the 5 Chakra nature elements? And how come you can classify a Chakra nature as Yin-Yang? Does it has something to do with the Chinese Zodiac or principles of Taoism?

For What is the relationship of the Yin-yang to the 5 Chakra nature elements?
Base from here:

Yin relates to one's spiritual energy and Yang relates to one's physical energy and it's necessary to utilise both of these in order to mould chakra for ninjutsu.
According to Yamato, the manipulation of Yin and Yang is the source of non-elemental techniques such as the Shadow Imitation Technique, Multi-Size Technique, medical ninjutsu, genjutsu, etc.

So in relation to 5 nature elements, I think it is the 6th type, having the techniques classified in this type as non-elemental techniques.
And about Does it has something to do with the Chinese Zodiac or principles of Taoism?
It is stated here that:

The concept of nature transformation parallels the real-life art, Onmyōdō (陰陽道; Literally meaning "The Way of Yin and Yang"), which is a mixture of natural sciences and occultism. It largely features Wu Xing and Yin and Yang.


Where in the Dragon Ball timeline is the Super series? At the end of the Dragon Ball series we can see Goku fly off with Uub towards his village to train. There had been years of peace so we see Goten and Trunks all grown to teenagers, yet in the Super series they are still young. So it seems that Uub does not exist yet and the Super series does not follow directly after the Dragon Ball series, the same way the GT series did. So where does it fit in? When does the Super series take place?

In the last episodes of Dragon Ball Z, the Tenkaichi Tournament takes place 10 years after Buu's defeat.

Pan is one of the tournament participants, at the age of 4.
Goten and Trunks are teenagers.

In Dragon Ball Super, Pan is still in Videl's womb.
Trunks and Goten are still kids.

You can say that Dragon Ball Super takes place before that tournament and after Buu's defeat.

Mind-blowing fact: Goku can already transform into SSG in that same tournament eheheh :D

EDIT: Here's the timeline from the Wikia:

  Dragon Ball Super
   Age 778
   Around August 18 Beerus awakens from a
  slumber and searches the Super Saiyan God.
   Bulma's birthday party is
  held on a cruise ship.

  Dragon Ball Z
  Age 781, May 7
  The 27th World Martial Arts Tournament takes place. Mr.
  Satan wins. Buu comes in second place.


Why was Darui sucked into the Benihisago? In episode 269 of Naruto, while fighting Kinkaku and Ginkaku, Daru got sucked into the Benihisago. I thought you could only be sucked in if you said your most said word or if you remained silent. Darui did neither, but was sucked in after he said "I'm the Boss' right arm. I'm no imitation!" Does this sound like his most said word, "dull," in Japanese?

Taken from the Naruto wiki, 'he inadvertently uttered the word when he admonished the brothers and stated, "Ore wa Bosu no migiude da. Ruijihin janē! (「オレはボスの右腕だ。類似品じゃねェ!」, I'm the Boss' right arm. I'm no imitation!)"'. "Daru" sounds like his most said word, "darui."
This is why he was sealed.


Why is anime so expensive to make? It's not like I thought that anime could be one thing that one group of people could easily decide one day to do, but costs are seriously way bigger that I could have ever imagined, as shown here for example, what's worse is that making a simple episode can even be more expensive than that, as shown here, it can even go up to 300,000 $ per episode.

It literally says.

  An anime episode can cost between US$100,000 and US$300,000 to produce.

That maximum is around 6 times bigger than what I thought an anime episode could cost at most (considering that what's animated is a top series, with top animators, top animation programs, top voice actors and so on).

All costs shown on first link are around 3 to 10 times bigger that I would have expected, so I'd like a general explanation, prefarably using the costs shown in first link as a base, of why it is so expensive to make.

Thanks.

As animated television goes, anime is actually made on the cheap. This article goes over the costs per episode of a few different US animated shows; every one of them is more expensive than the cited high-end cost of $300,000 per episode for anime.

The Simpsons seems to be top in costs; according to the article, it cost around $2 million per episode in 2007. A 2011 source indicates that voice acting costs per episode alone were around $300,000, and that was after the actors took a 30% pay cut, coming down from a high of around $440,000 per episode. That means The Simpsons was paying more per episode for voice acting alone than the entire budget of an average anime episode.

As for the rest, Nickelodeon apparently spends around $600k per episode on their animated shows; the sources come from comments made around the release of TMNT, but a post in a forum cites a Wall Street Journal article that I can't read because it's behind a paywall claiming that Spongebob too is around $600k per episode. I was shocked that Drawn Together got $700k per episode since it was widely regarded as terrible and was canceled. This Cineeuropa article claims that the average hour of US animation in 2007 cost €776k (about $800k today).

An Answerman column from 2015 also goes over this and offers some conjectures about why: US animators get paid more, thanks to unions and other market factors, and voice actors, like other television actors on US TV, tend to make more money as the show goes on longer, as we saw with The Simpsons. In another 2015 article, ANN reports on a study finding that animators in Japan make around $28,000 a year, which is a very modest salary in the US. This 2009 article goes into more details on staff salaries in anime. Another Answerman column touches on voice actor salaries in Japan and mentions that most voice actors make between $120 and $360 per episode, though the more famous ones can set their price.

So anime are not really that expensive to make, in terms of the usual cost of producing a professional level half-hour animated television show with top talent.


What is the Hiraishin no Jutsu's weakness? Itachi has mentioned in his fight with Kabuto that every jutsu has a weakness, I'm curious as to know what the teleportation jutsu's weaknesses are. Minato seemed to be able to spam the jutsu constantly with no perceivable side-effects.

A possible weakness could be that the user can only teleport to something that has been marked, but there has been no indication that there are any limits to the amount of jutsu formulas Minato could make and also when something has been marked it stays marked forever.

The only real perceived weakness is that it is a jutsu that takes a Hokage level shinobi to master, it does seem to have one hell of a learning curve.

Over-reliance and Predictability

If the opponent knows that Hiraishin no Jutsu allows the user to teleport to marked kunai and area, it would be "easily" countered.

Minato vs Raikage: if Raikage also knew that Minato left his mark on Bee, he (Raikage) could instantly move to Bee (at this point Raikage already spotted almost all of Minato's kunai) and Minato would probably moved to other kunai and Raikage would chase him again (I don't know what the final outcome would be, though)
Tobirama vs Madara: Madara immediately countered Tobirama the moment he used Hiraishingiri because Madara had seen that move before

Of course this can happen (Hiraishin being countered) only if the user of this jutsu rely on it too much and can't finish his/her opponent immediately.

Edit: oh and also if the opponent is fast physically or reactively

Edit 2: Madara sensed Tobirama with Sage Mode, then he's fast enough to dodge it.


Is Clare able to detect Yoma aura due to Teresa's flesh and blood being the base of her power, or because she honed this ability to a cutting edge? Teresa had the ability to detect Yoma aura, allowing her to accurately predict an opponents next action. Later in the series, Clare uses the same technique to battle the male awakened being. Is it because she became a claymore using Teresa's flesh and blood, or did she hone this particular technique to a cutting edge specifically for the purpose of battling Yoma?

It's a bit of both.

These are Clare's official data book stats for when the series starts (up until the battle in the north), from the perspective of the organization.  She has the lowest possible rank in nearly every stat, except a D in Willpower and a C+ in perception.  It contains the following two facts about her perception:

  A "+" indicates an extra level of proficiency above the average.

and

  Her perception is "+", which is probably because she became a solider by taking in the flesh and blood of the former #1, Teresa.

So as far as the Organization is concerned, at least, what skill she does have in Perception is attributed to Teresa.  Teresa was ranked as S in perception, with the special skill of Preemptive Sensing.

Clare, however, was deeply shaped by Teresa's death at the hands of the awakened Priscilla.  She became a Claymore for the singular purpose of revenge.  Starting in Chapter 25 Clare joins the Paburo hunt.  This turns out to pit them against a (male) awakened being, who makes short work of everyone but the team leader Miria.  The other members get a clue to Clare's sensing ability when she provides quick and accurate insights into the extent of Miria's ability.  When Miria is exhausted and overwhelmed, Clare gets back up.

The awakened being is completely unable to land a hit on her, and it's then that we learn that this is far more than the weakest warrior's inheritance.  This is a skill honed for that one, singular purpose.


Why was the American flag censored in Excel Saga? I have searched all over for an answer to this and there doesn't seem to be a satisfactory answer to me. One theory says that it's a light offensive joke aimed at Americans, a subtle way of calling us dicks because of how it's usually only offensive material that are censored on TV. Another theory says that it's actually to not offend Americans, since they couldn't render all the stars or that it might not be displayed appropriately. I'm not so sure I'm convinced with that since Excel Saga's main audience is not American, at least, I don't think it is.

Why was the American flag censored in episode 17 of Excel Saga? Have there been other instances where national flags are censored or is there some sort of regulation to censor flags that they must follow?

Relevant clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x39Jp-z61M&noredirect=1
At around 0:39

It was likely a joke. It's much the same as when people from Japan censor Mickey Mouse in ways you can obviously tell it's still Mickey Mouse, partially I'm sure as a joke on America's strict copyright laws (Japan allows doujinshi, which as far as I know never get attacked on copyright grounds).


Why was Gowther not able to see the demon in Dreyfus? In Seven Deadly Sins, when Gowther and Dreyfus fought, Gowther saw into the mind of Dreyfus and Dreyfus was already being controlled by one demon.

Why was Gowther not able to see the demon?

As the latest chapters (303 to 305) indicate, whenever a battle occurs in character's mindscape, what happens is entirely controlled by the most "willful" of the two fighters.

Gowther's Invasion magic lets him wander freely through most characters' subconscious, as long as they are weaker than himself. However, the demon within Dreyfus (Fraudrin) is vastly stronger on all counts than Gowther. According to the artifact Balor's Eye, Gowther's strength of will was quantified at 1300, whereas Fraudrin's was numbered at a whopping 3000.

The power discrepancy means that Fraudrin could bar Gowther from seeing his true form, or learning any information for that matters. He instantly overwhelmed him and forced Gowther out of Dreyfus' mindscape (whose strength of will was 1000). Keep in mind that any event occuring within is a character's mindscape is a literal battle of wills ; and that it is mostly abstract concepts and spirits shaped and drawn in understandable ways for narrative convenience.


Why did the Leaf Village invite the Village Hidden by Sound for the Chunin exams? I am currently watching Naruto Shippuden and just watched the episode where in the past,

   Orochimaru said to Kabuto that he is going to create the Village Hidden by Sound.

My question is, if the people from Konoha (Hidden Leaf Village) know that

   the Sound Village is Orochimaru's village,

then why did they invite ninjas from the Sound to compete in the Chunin exams? Was it not common knowledge that

   Sound Village was Orochimaru's village?

If this will be answered further in the Shippuden then I will watch it, but I don't see why it would be.

At the time of the chunin exams, Konoha was unaware the Sound Village was built by Orochimaru. While Kabuto was infiltrating the exams as a Konoha genin, he mentioned the village was quite young and little was known about it.

  Naruto Chapter 39

As for why the sound genin were in Konoha, the chunin exams became open to all villages as a result of the Third Shinobi War. Given how the Sound Village was unknown to be Orochimaru‘s cover and appeared to be an average - albeit young - village, nobody though twice about genins taking the exam.


Are Elric brothers good at electronics? There is at least one situation per Elric brother, when they have fixed radio device - e.g. Edward fixed transmitter sg. Fuery was working on, and Alphonse fixed broken radio in Reole (Liore?).

One of the principles of the alchemy is that if you want to create some thing, you should know how it works. Which leads me to conclusion, that both Elric brothers should have some education in terms of electronic devices, and radio technology.

Is there any additional information on this in anime/manga etc?

As you said, in order to create something with alchemy, a general understanding of how the object to be created works is required. This was discussed in the answer for this question. That means the Elric brothers must have some understanding of circuitry to fix a radio. They most likely came across it somewhere in their studies.


Why didn't Madara use Izanagi to counter Kaguya? I know, this would have been a different story, but when Black Zetsu impaled Madara, Madara could have used Izanagi because he still had the Sharingan, as I know he can switch.

First, Madara always believed himself to be completely invincible. When Black Zetsu stabbed him, he could not even realise that he was being betrayed; it was completely out of his expectation. And it only took a very short period of time for Zetsu to gain complete control of his body.

Second, a huge weakness of Izanagi is that, it has be activated first. It is not a reset jutsu. It only can manipulate everything that happens between its activation and Sharingan going blind


What exactly is the relationship between Araragi and Shinobu? Who is the master and who is the slave in this relationship?

Sometimes, Shinobu calls Araragi "master," and sometimes she calls him her "slave/servant."

There will be a lot of spoilers from both the anime series and the Kizumonogatari novel, so if you want to read this answer you have been warned.

   Shinobu, or also known as Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade was the one who made Araragi a vampire, during the events that took place before Bakemonogatari (Kizumonogatari, if you want to read the novel). Their relationship has always been weird, and it has been on the extremes from the very beginning. Araragi was willing to give up his life to save Kiss-Shot, and she (even if she doesn't like to admit it) was moved by his willingness to sacrifice himself to save her life. So instead of killing Araragi (drinking his blood to regain close to full power) she decided to risk by making him a vampire and letting herself to become basically powerless. She still had the regeneration ability, but nothing else, no laser beams, no hyper jumps, no strength. She became the little girl we know from Bakemonogatari, but she was still called Kiss-Shot and not yet Shinobu.

 Araragi risked his life again to serve Kiss-Shot and help her regain her full power. She said to him that on the next day, he would be able to turn back into an human, losing all his vampire power, which was exactly what he wanted. She told him that he was only the second minion she created in her 500 years lifetime, and that was why the exorcists (the people that Araragi fought to help Kiss-Shot regain her powers) were astonished by the fact that she created a minion.

 On the next day, Kiss-Shot faked an assault at Hanekawa, Araragi fought back to protect her, but he understood what Kiss-Shot was doing. The only way for him to turn back into human was to drink the blood of his former master (Kiss-Shot) to the last drop, which would result in killing her. That was what she wanted, a clean death which saved Araragi from the world of the supernatural. However, Araragi couldn't just kill her, he started drinking her blood, but not every single drop. Therefore, he lost the majority of his vampire power, and the same happened to Kiss-Shot, who became so powerless that she lost even her name. (She was renamed Shinobu some days later by Oshino Meme).

 So, up to this point, the master was Shinobu - Kiss-Shot, in theory at least. However, both of them were bound to each other and they needed each other to survive, and after becoming a quasi-vampire, their bond became even stronger. If either of them were to die, the other would turn back to their original self: Araragi would go back into a 100% human and Shinobu would return to being the legendary vampire. But she doesn't want that to happen. Although she went to Japan to die at first, now she doesn't want to be alone, and Araragi is actually her anchor to life, while Araragi also needs her powers and her knowledge to help his friends and family.

 So, when you ask who is the servant and who is the master, I would say that we cannot answer, since they both need each other, and they have always needed each other from their first meeting. Even if "theoretically", the former master was Shinobu (Kiss-Shot), and after the Kizumonogatari events it is Araragi, I guess it's not so easy to answer without an explanation.

Hope that helped.


How did Madara start the Infinite Tsukuyomi without the Divine Tree? What was the thing about the third eye and him sucking up the tree?  I thought he already had the Ten-Tails inside of him.

Madara doesn't need the Divine tree for activating Infinite Tsukuyomi.
The only requirements to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi are the ten tails chakra and the Rinnegan.
The divine tree is just a Jutsu that complements this.

For more information about the 2 Jutsus:

http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Infinite_Tsukuyomi

http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/God:_Nativity_of_a_World_of_Trees


What happened to Yuuki at the end of the manga? In chapter 93, Yuuki was shown with Kaname and 2 girls. Are these 2 girls Yuuki and Zero's kids?

What happened to Yuuki when she turned Kaname into a human? Is she dead like when her mother turned Yuuki into a human?

What happened to Zero here?

In chapter 93, Yuuki was shown with Kaname and 2 girls. Are these 2 girls Yuuki and Zero's kids?

The two girls, Ai and Ren are daughters of Yuuki & Kaname, and Yuuki & Zero respectively.

  What happened to Yuuki when she turned Kaname into a human? Is she dead like when her mother turned Yuuki into a human?

Actually Yuuki didn't die immediately. Kaname was awoken after 200 years where Yuuki and Zero are not alive. Vampire Knight Memories tells the story of when Kaname is asleep.


Is there any cannibalism in Mirai Nikki (Future Dairy)? I'm trying to suggest Mirai Nikki (Future Dairy) to a friend but they really don't like cannibalism but they're cool with the killing and all that.

So is there any cannibalism in Mirai Nikki?

Having read the manga and watched the anime, I can say with some certainty that there is no cannibalism in Mirai Nikki.

Your friend might have suspected such thing due to the fanbase surrounding Mirai Nikki, which often creates AMV's and tributes using the song "Cannibal" by Kesha.


Is Vivi a Celestial Dragon? According to the latest episode 653 of One Piece, Joker says to Trafalgar Law that the creators of world government were 20 families which are called Celestial Dragons. One of the 20 families was from Alabasta and its name is Nefertari Family. One person who comes to mind when we talk about Alabasta is Vivi, the princess of Alabasta, who belongs to Nefertari Family.

So is Vivi a Celestial Dragon?

Nope. Although her family belonged to the one of the 20 Kings who participated in Alliance during Void Century , They did not move to Mariejois.

  The World Nobles, also known as the Celestial Dragons, are direct descendants of the founding kings who moved to Mariejois. As such, these Nobles possess the authority to do as they please, simply due to their heritage.


How many of Naruto Shippuden episodes are dubbed? I would like to know how many episodes of Naruto Shippuden are dubbed because I've only seen about 388 in all my anime streaming websites?

According to Wikipedia, the number of dubbed episodes from Naruto Shippudden stands at 402 episodes. The last DVD was released on June 27, 2017, which covered episodes 389-402.

The next release of dubbed DVD is on 10th October 2017,  which will cover episodes 403-416.


Why are characters named Momonga named after flying squirrels? In both One Piece and in Overlord, there is a character named Momonga (in Overlord, Momonga was his earlier name, but he goes by Ainz Ooal Gown during the series).

「モモンガ」 (momonga) is the Japanese word for "flying squirrel" and is used for the type native to Japan, as well as for the northern flying squirrel and southern flying squirrel of North America, and for the Siberian dwarf flying squirrel (in contrast, the word 「ムササビ」 [musasabi] is used to refer to giant flying squirrels native to and outside of Japan), and the marsupial sugar glider is called 「フクロモモンガ」 (fukuro momonga).

These characters both are not particularly cute, are large in size, have small eye sockets, and do not feature a patagium (a.k.a. gliding membrane-like flap of skin or fabric stretched from their wrists to their ankles). In other words, they do not feature the best-known features of flying squirrels. Why were they named Momonga?  Is there anything about them that was intentionally derived from real-life flying squirrels?

In One Piece, the animal name is the most typical source of the character's name. You can read how the author decided the name 'Monkey' in the manga #20 Chapter 178's SBS.
The origin novel of Overlord is written on a free novel BBS Arcadia. You can read how the author decided the name 'Momonga' on the following 1st chapter (Japanese) (I'll translate just the conclusion):

※　名前でモモンガは無いですよね。
でも、普通にネットゲームをしている社会人の方なら、基本的にちょっとおちゃらけ入った名前の方が多いような気がするんですよね。私だけですかね？
口調とか、名前とか変更するときがそのうち来る予定です。
※ Momonga is a strange name.
But many working online gamers choose the strange name, I think. Just me?
I'm planning to change his tone and name.


Did Kirito lie about being the *best* beta tester? I watched SAO on Crunchyroll, where the subtitles for episode 2 have Kirito saying:

  I made it higher than anyone else during the beta test.  The reason I knew the bosses skills is because I fought monsters with katana skills on floors far above us.

At the time, I just accepted this as "Kirito is just that good," which was born out by his skills and abilities later on in the series.  After all, someone had to be the best.

However, this question claims he lied during that speech, and I've since checked the dubbed version, where he says

  During the beta, I made it to floors that were higher than any of the other testers.  That's a fact.  I knew about the boss 'cause I fought tons of monsters with way more sword skills on higher floors.

The implication of word choice and tone in the dub does sound like the kind of exaggerated bragging that gamers do when they're claiming preposterous things, but the subs don't convey that to me at all.

Is there any information showing whether he was actually lying?  Was he just a good beta tester (possibly in the lead group), or was he really significantly above everyone else?

You can think that's a lie, but not totally.

  I made it higher than anyone else during the beta test. The reason I knew the bosses skills is because I fought monsters with katana skills on floors far above us.

There are two possible interpretations of his claim:

Kirito made it to higher floors than anyone else.

This is incorrect, because you cannot go to higher floor without defeating the boss first. And, after you defeat it, everyone else can go to the next floor through the teleport door.
Kirito have more experience than others.

This is probably correct, because from Light Novel Volume 1 - Chapter 2:

   The two months of beta testing were like a dream. At school I thought endlessly of my skill set, equipment, and items. I ran all the way home as soon as school ended and dived till dawn. The beta test ended in the blink of an eye. On the day my character was reset, I felt a sense of loss as if half of my actual self had been cut away.

Because of this, you can assume that Kirito had spent a lot of time on the game,  maybe more than others. Maybe he compiled more floor map information than other players... maybe, he knew more mobs, but he couldn't know mobs or bosses from upper floors. All information which Kirito knew was also available for other beta players if they tried to view it (maybe, but unique quests were unlikely to be made public).

There's no info about boss defeat in beta, but there probably wasn't any boss defeated by Kirito only (but that's my opinion).


Who saved Hatchin from drowning in episode 7? Near the end of episode 7 ("The Monotone of Falling Rain") of Michiko to Hatchin, Hatchin almost drowns. Before she passes out, she sees a (female?) figure above the water.

At the same time, Michiko is shown to be sulking in the hotel. The next scene shows Hatchin back in the hotel, next to a drunk Michiko.

So, who saved Hatchin?

It is not clear whether this woman is someone whom the viewers have met. However, with the flow of the episode around this point, it is not unthinkable that this is someone whom we know; if it were not, I might expect this scene to be structured differently. (For instance, it might make more sense for Hatchin to hear someone yelling for help, along with the silhouette.)

If it is indeed someone we know, the most likely answer then is that this is Anastacia. There are only two women who appear in this episode: Michiko and Anastacia. Michiko's hair extends far beyond shoulder-length, and in this part of the episode, she is wearing trousers.

Meanwhile, Anastacia is wearing a skirt in this part of the episode, and her hair is a lot closer to shoulder-length.

Anastacia's appearance thus matches that of the silhouette a lot better: notice that there is no space between its legs, so the woman in question is probably wearing a skirt or a dress. The hair-length also matches that of the silhouette, which has something like a bob, somewhat. (It is less important that the hair-length of the silhouette and of the character match up entirely. Hatchin could well be seeing the silhouette of someone bent over, looking into the water. When someone bends over, a good portion of her hair may shift downwards, if her hair is both long enough to fall forward and short enough that it will not stay on her back. This would lead to a silhouette with shorter hair than that of the woman to which it corresponds.)


Is something preventing Mary from finding out who she really is? Mary knows that she lives in a weird painting world and that outside of this world, there is another one where she might find her "father."

However she is not aware of the fact that

   she is not a real person and a painting. Specifically Guertena's final work.

When she reads the art book, something messes with

   her entry

making it unreadable.

Similarly, that entry gets swapped with the one for "Marvelous Night," if Ib, Garry, and Mary read it when they are together.

   However when Garry reads the entry and find out that she is not human, the "Strained Ear" hears Garry read her entry, and the "Tattletale" then "tells" Mary the secret... However she momentarily goes crazy, but returns to her old self soon afterwards, without the knowledge of what she had just heard.

In one of the endings...

   "A Painting's Demise," where she leave Ib and Garry behind and just tries to leave the Fabricated World... something stops her.

Is there some unknown third pulling the strings? If so, who is it and why are they doing this?

It appears the Mary is in a state of constant denial. She wants to be a real person and refuses to accept the fact that she is a painting. We know that she wants to be real because of how her one wish is to leave the gallery and experience the fun things of the real world. That is why the words are considered unreadable, she really does not want to read them.

When she tries to leave the Fabricated World she is unable, because inside of her room she wrote a small journal.  Inside that journal in says that she cannot leave on her own. The only way for to leave his to take the place of another, which is why she is able to leave in the "Together Forever" ending. She took the place of Garry. Because she did not take the place of anyone she could not escape.

The person who "killed" her at the end of "A Paintings Demise" is probably her father or some other piece of art like "Mistake".

It might have been her father because of the last things she says. While Mary is pleadingly choking out for help she ends with the word Father. It is possible that she was asking for help from her her father Guertena, or it could be that she realized at the very end that Guertena was the one who was going to punish her. This is further supported by the messages that appear as the lights slowly dim. They talk about how Mary has been a bad girl and they sound like something a father says to a disobedient daughter. These were probably Guertena's way of scolding Mary because she disobeyed and tried to leave the gallery.


How did the Scouts know that Mike Zacharias died? In Attack on Titan season 3 part 2, Erwin asks Levi if he can see them. He is referring to the people who died, and Mike was in that picture.

However, when he died, he was surrounded by at least 3 or 4 titans. And since this was the Beast Titan's doing, he probably told them to eat all of him as to leave no evidence.

I don't think people went to look for him.

How did the Scouts know that he died?

Because Mike Zacharias sent Thomas to Erwin when he sensed the Titans approaching. To quote:

  Smelling the approaching Titans, Mike sends Thomas to inform Erwin, and begins to mobilize his squad to depart. Seeing Nanaba distraught by the possibility of Wall Rose being breached, Mike orders her to not give up hope, reminding her that humanity can only be defeated when the will to fight is lost.

After Erwin was informed and the fact that Mike Zacharias never made it back, I think it is safe to assume that he was presumed dead by his comrades, even if they weren't able to witness him being eaten. I say this because he was supposed to regroup with the ones who escaped but seeing as he never made it back, it would be natural to assume that he's dead.

Real world military has something called PKIA or Presumed Killed in Action.

  This term is used when personnel are lost in battle, initially listed MIA, but after not being found, are later presumed to have not survived.


Will Haise regain his memories and adopt to his true personality as Kaneki again? Will Haise become Kaneki again? By that, I mean if Haise will regain his memories and adopt his true personality as Kaneki?

I have a little bit knowledge of Haise's backstory (how Kaneki became amnesiac) but I haven't watched season 3 or read the manga (both Tokyo Ghoul and Tokyo Ghoul:re) yet.

Did this event occur in the anime or in the manga yet?

If I skimmed the manga and read the wiki properly, and if the writers and such follow it,

   I believe he will return soon, because he will continue to develop and adopt the title of One-Eyed King. After a bout with Arima and Eto. Then starts his own group called "Goat."


An old anime (1998-2007) about a guy living with a couple of girls under the same roof I'm looking for an old anime but can't find it.
I watched it as a kid, around the time Dragon Ball Z got popular in the West too.

It's about a guy (I believe with glasses), that starts living in a house with a couple of girls. Most of the stories revolve around crushes of one another, but there are no-sexual encounters, just a lot of mistakes in which he sees them naked accidentally and gets kicked around a lot. Actually he has a crush on the oldest one of the girls in the house.

A lot of the anime is revolving around the local university/school. He pretends to be in the university, but actually isn't, while I believe the oldest girl in the house is taking the entrance exams.

There is no fighting in the game, nor any sexual content.
I believe it existed in manga form too.

I can't remember more. Does anyone know which anime I'm talking about?

This sounds like Love Hina. Some relevant plot points that matches your description:

The main character wears glasses.
He lives with other girls in a hotel, trying to get into the University of Tokyo. He failed the entrance exams twice and still attempts to get into it.
One of the girls is taking entrance exams to the same university.
He does accidentally see other girls naked at times.
There are no explicit sexual encounter, at least, none that I know of.

I'm not sure about him having a crush on the oldest one. Let us know if this is the correct answer or not.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Hina


What happens to a Peerage when their King is killed? I was wondering what happens to devils if their king is killed? Do they become strays? And what if they have their own peerage? Does every one under that king including his pieces peerages become stray devils?

If the King dies the King dies, that's all. The servants go on with their lives. Koneko used to have another master but he died. She was alone for some time until she formed a pact with Rias. If she had had a higher status she may have had her own servants.

Konoko's sister Kuroka killed her master. Now, that's another story. She lost her ranking and became a stray cause it is a bad thing to do.
If you abandon your master without good reason the same happens (for example, you may leave and go solo if you have servants and good ranking. Rias actually mentions it to Issei even though she doesn't want that). The servant is still forced to fight for the master in rankings/times of need.

Volumes 5 and 6 are good for this topic.


Who is stronger, Kefla or Anilaza? So Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Freezer and 17 had to join to defeat Aniraza, but it took Goku ultra instinct to defeat Kefura. Who shows the series to be stronger, Kefla or Anilaza?

The answer to this is very simple. It's Kefla.This might seem a little hard to believe at first because of the final beam exchange where Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Freiza and 17 powered up and gave it their all. However, here's my argument for the same:Whether Goku is stronger than Vegeta and Freiza in his blue form or vice versa is very debatable but either way I think it's fair to state without any shadow of a doubt that, Goku SSJB + Kaioken * 10 is stronger than all the 5 fighters together.  We know the Kaioken multiplies Goku's power as we see Hit state that Goku's power has doubled, tripled, quadrupled, during the Universe 6 vs Universe 7 fight. Hence, Goku SSJB + Kaioken * 20 is without a doubt, way stronger than the 5 of them combined.During Goku vs Jiren, when Goku used Kaioken*20 and charged towards Jiren, he used his Eye attack which in my opinion is one of his strongest moves consider he only bothered to use it against a powered up Goku twice, against Hit after he was trapped in the Cage of time etc. This attack was strong enough to flick away SSJB+ Kaioken * 20 Goku like it was nothing. After Goku attained the Ultra Instinct and Charged towards Jiren, we see him being able to not just dodge, but also block and push back these attacks as we see Goku pushing Jiren back. If Goku was only dodging the attacks, he wouldn't have pushed Jiren back. When Goku used the UI against Kefla, we figure out that Goku had grown stronger and powered up even more. Whis also remarked that UI Goku's attacks in aren't that effective (This was in his powered-up state hence his attacks against Jiren would've very likely been even weaker).  Still, Kefla was strong enough to take hits from UI Goku, get back up and put up a fight. This shows Kefla in her SSJ2 state is way stronger than SSJB + Kaioken * 20 Goku and hence superior to Anilaza. Whis stated that SSJ Kefla's power was comparable to that of the Spirit Bomb used by Goku against Jiren. The spirit bomb is certainly very comparable and might even be stronger than the combined beam attack from the 5 remaining warriors. Let us say for argument sake that it is weaker than the combined beam attack. The power was compared to SSJ Kefla. SSJ2 Kefla is a lot stronger than SSJ Kefla as the SSJ2 is a 100 times multiplier while the SSJ is a 50 times multiplier. So it is very obvious Kefla's powers again surpass that of Anilaza. Even though Anilaza had the upper hand in the beam struggle until Android 17 broke the energy reactor, the Universe 7 fighters were holding their own and it wasn't completely domination.Kefla's potential and Saiyan abilities make her stronger than Anilaza. Goku stated that he senses no limit to her energy and Kefla certainly had a lot of potentials and if she hadn't had to fight a god-tiered fighter like UI Goku, she would've very likely had more time to draw more and more of her power and probably even attained the SSJ3 transformation. Also, Saiyan's attain Zenaki Boosts when pushed to their limits. The final attack unleashed by Kefla against UI Goku was indeed a lot stronger than a basic SSJ2 attack as Cabba remarked that her power is growing exponentially.


Who is in charge of the monster association, Gyoro Gyoro or Orochi? In the One Punch Man manga,

   Orochi is said to be the king of the monsters, but Gyoro Gyoro tells to (Phoenix I believe?) that he created Gyoro Gyoro.

Who is in charge of the monster association, Gyoro Gyoro or Orochi?

Orochi is the leader of the association. Gyoro Gyoro is just a close adviser. While he may have created him, that does not immediately mean he is more powerful or the immediate leader. Remember those two brothers in OPM, where the weak older brother created a really powerful and gigantic younger brother via his serum?


What name will Shinigami Eyes show above the head of a person who changed their name? So let's say, Bob Schösel changes his name to Derkie Duckface. Would a person with shinigami eyes see Duckface's original name, or the name that is currently used?

Why would Gods of Death be concerned about a human institution of name registry? Within the TV series and manga, people go by aliases and those are never good enough. And there's 2 good reasons for this:

If simply changing your name changes the name that Shinigami eyes would see above you, then the value of having Shinigami eyes within the context of the story is greatly reduced, as there's no point in trying to find someone's real name. If changing your name changed the name the eyes see, then the goal of finding someone's "real" name would be changed in the story to finding someone's "current" name. Clearly from the story, the goal was to find the "real" name.
If changing your name changed the name that the Shinigami eyes saw, then it would be a way to circumvent death from the writing of your previous name in a Death Note. To play it safe, you could change your name every 5 seconds. There's not a rule to address this in the "How to Use" rules, so it follows that there's no such loophole with changing your name.

Therefore, the name you were given at birth must be the only name that matters.


What happened to Aeka during the Nekoko and Mizuki stories? In the Aeka story, we see that Aeka is stuck in an incredibly bleak situation where she's being bullied at school by Kyouka Nanjou. She gets out of this situation by the end of her story with the protagonist's help, but it's rough going.

After the Aeka story, I became obsessed and raced through the Mizuki and Nekoko stories in three days, so maybe I missed the finer points. Was it ever mentioned what happened to Aeka in these stories? Was she still able to escape from her situation without Kouhei's help?

I had forgotten that I took notes as I was playing the game. I shoved them off in a corner of my Dropbox and forgot about them, but they contained the answer to this question.

In both the Mizuki and Nekoko stories, Aeka attempts to commit suicide by jumping off the roof. She survives, but is hospitalized. She leaves behind a note accusing her tormentor, Kyouka Nanjou, which seems to lead to Nanjou's expulsion.

In the Mizuki story, after Mizuki leaves school, Kouhei becomes the student council president. Because of what he saw happening to Aeka while they were classmates, he makes bullying his signature issue and tries to end the culture of silence where bystanders protect the bullies for fear of being targeted.

As far as I can tell from my notes, the Nekoko story says nothing further about Aeka's fate.

In the bad ending, where you don't complete anyone's story, the narration states that Aeka just disappeared all of a sudden from school. Interestingly, you can get this bad ending even after Aeka has already attempted suicide and jumped off the roof. So she attempted suicide, was hospitalized, and then just disappeared all of a sudden from school.


Why is Jiraiya’s headband different from that of other Leaf Shinobi? The Headbands Ninjas Wear Symbolize who they are Loyal to.
Then why Jiraiya, a leaf shinobi has different headband?

The symbol on Jiraiya's headband translate to

  "oil" (油, abura)

The reason why Jirayia wears this symbol on this headband rather than the leaf symbol is to show his affiliation with the toads on Mount Myōboku

  He often carried a large scroll on his back, and had a tattoo on his left palm, and he wore a horned forehead protector with the kanji for "oil" (油, abura), which denoted his affiliation with Mount Myōboku.


Why does Zankyou no Terror's OP end with a disclaimer? At the end of Zankyou no Terror's OP, a disclaimer is displayed. It reads:

  This show is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to real people or groups is coincidental."

The disclaimer is there because the series depicts terrorist acts and whatnot, but:

Is this disclaimer something the team decided to put in order to safeguard themselves?
Or are there specific regulations that make them put it there, given the nature of the show?

Also, I'd never seen this type of disclaimer in an anime series before. Are there any other series that also have them?

It's only a speculation, but my best guess is that Zankyou no Terror is handling with a real life scenario that just might happen to us in the real world (and that's little scary).

Unlike other animes that have super powers (like a Death Note, or an ability to launch a destructive energy projectile, etc.), in this anime, there are no supernatural abilities as far as it's shown to us.

So the author of the series wants to give us some sort of "warning" that what we see is not really based on events in real life, and the we shouldn't start copying the protagonist behavior (And if we do, the owners are not legally responsible for it).


Was Goku using his full power against Kale? In Dragon Ball Super episode 100,

   Goku attacked Kale Super Saiyan green "berserker" mode with a Kamehameha in Super Saiyan blue.

Was Goku using his full power when he did it?  If so, does this mean that...

   Super Saiyan green "berserker" is more powerful than Super Saiyan blue?

Goku states when he goes SSJB that he's going to use "a little more power" (when I return home tonight I'll get the timestamp).

My take from this comment is that he did not go all out.

The only times he has gone all out, he also uses Kaioken in his SSJB form. Until we see him do so, I'd suggest he's holding back on power.

Edit: He actually says "Let out more power" at 17:38 of Episode 100. This is still useful as "more" is less than "most" or "all".

As to your second question, I'd say that this LSSJ (as was the name for it with Broly, which this is an homage to) transformation, cannot yet to be claimed to be stronger than SSJB. Yes, Kale walked straight through a SSJB Kamehameha, but she was completely taken out by Jiren from Universe 11 - admittedly she wasn't prepared for that hit, but it didn't look like Jiren was trying either. Once we see how Goku fighting serious fares against Jiren fighting serious, we can get an idea of how LSSJ and SSJB stack up.


Is Higurashi Kai of horror genre? I watched the first 3 episodes of Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni Kai (yes, the second season) and there is no horror, nor is it tagged as "horror" on the site I'm watching it; opposed to the first season.

There are several reasons why this may be the case. Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni Kai is

  basically the answer arcs for the "previous season". They do contain and reference the previous season, as they are answers, they would inadvertently reference certain actions/scenes which could be construed as horror. They are, however, notably lighter as they come from the viewpoint of resolution.

As such, depending on your tastes, they might still be considered horrific, or classified as horror. My reference for classification is actually AniDB where they do classify it as horror. It is interesting to note that IMDB also classifies it as horror.