Who is the new girl in Kirino's group? In the last episode of Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai, there's one new member in Kirino's group: Otaku Girls Unite, and she seems to be somewhat important.

I know that this anime is already ending just like the light novel, and there won't be any further episodes. But I've been wondering, who is this new girl? Maybe they show it in the light novel?

The new girl is never shown in the novel, manga or anime. The new character is not important either, it just goes to show that Saori found another person to join their group and things are going well in the otaku circle. Also, they never said that it was a girl, they just said a new member is joining.
To your opinion of Ayase joining, it could be but it would be very unlikely because

Even though Ayase did say that she will allow Kirino to keep playing eroge, but to my memory, she did say that one day she will save Kirino from eroges and that she'll never play something as lewd as that.
If Ayase was joing the otaku circle, you would think that Kirino would know about it since they are really good friends.
Kuroneko's relationship isn't very good with Ayase.

Those are just my opinions though and I can't comment them.


What is this anime where a poor girl forced is to wash an ugly guest that's very muddy? I remember a scene from an anime which I can't identify. (I don't remember whether it was a film or a series.) It was in the style of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. I watched it about 3-10 years ago but it could be much older.

What I remember: A poor girl works in a public bath and is forced to wash a special guest who the other girls working there don't want to wash. The guest is coated in mud. The girl gets help (maybe animals?) / a special soap. She uses the soap on the customer and the mud vanishes. As a thank-you she gets a reward. I think I could see gold coins in this scene.

I already went through the list of anime I remember watching but it was none of them. As this scene regularly comes to my mind, it annoys me not to know where it's from.

This is presumably the scene from Spirited Away where Sen has to clean the river spirit. (here's a crappy camrip on Youtube)


Which chapters of the anime show Sakura learning/using the Byakugou no jutsu? I remember that when Tsunade's was teaching Sakura the technique that will allow her to break the three medic ninja rules she told her something like she would have to amass a great amount of chakra for three years.

It was shown as some sort of pool being filled and when this pool is filled she would be able to use the byakugou no jutsu (This was the name I found, i'm not sure if there is other).

Any hint would be much appreciated. Sorry for my English.

In Naruto Shippuuden, episode 408, The cursed puppet(noroi no ningyou) is the episode from 2 minute to 5 minute time period, where Tsunade teaches Sakura about byakugou no jutsu.

As commented by Wondercricket, episode 408 is a filler.


Is Kayaba's Admin Account a part of The Seed Nexus? At the end of the second Arc of the first season, Kirito was able to access Kayaba's Administrator Account and gained control of ALO's systems. Afterwards, Kayaba appeared and gave Kirito The Seed, a free kernel of the Cardinal System for the creation of new games and allowing players to pass stats between games. This ended up creating The Seed Nexus.

Now I am wondering, since ALO and the Recreated SAO are a part of The Seed Nexus, can Kayaba's Administrator Account go between games? Also

No, it won't. The reason Kayaba's admin account works in ALO is that ALO uses the database of SAO. ALO is actually SAO with improvements here and there, changing the textures, adding flight system, etc. That's why Asuna is there. That's why when Kirito logged into ALO, he retrieved his stats and items, though, due to the change in game resources, his items are mostly broken.

So, it is reasonable to say that a game created from the Seed would not have Kayaba's admin account, since it doesn't have the same database. There is a chance that Kayaba would hard code his account into the Seed's program, but I don't think it is likely since hard-coding is a bad practice.

StackOverflow: What is your attitude towards hard coding?


What is the song in Tokyo Ghoul with the discordant piano? If anyone knows, I would be so grateful. I've been looking for this one song in Tokyo Ghoul Root A that I just cannot find. It has very discordant piano music in the very beginning.

It plays in Root A episode 5, when Kaneki is Centipede and is fighting Shirohara and Amon.

It's called Die Verwandlung. Which is the 3th soundtrack on the Tokyo Ghoul EXTRA CD Vol.2 1st Mini Soundtrack


Why didn't the Titans wipe out humanity yet? It seems like the Titans have a really huge advantage like the colossal, armored, female Titan. They could probably charge at Wall Sina instantly, take it down and wipe out humanity. The female Titan spared Armin's life a few times, when she could take him out in seconds.

So it seems the Titans are capable of killing all the humans completely but they don't. Why is that so?

This has no answer yet, and probably will not for a while. The author has stated the publication will run for at least another three years from the date of the linked article (September 2014).

Below is what has been revealed so far:

   The reason seems to be that the Coordinate, which has the power to control Titans, is "lost".  Mindless titans can't be controlled without it.

   It could be said that Colossal Titan only emerged recently to take down the wall since a Titan of that size and power has never been available before.

   Titans are actually used to enslave/control the population (since the royal family seemed to have had the Coordinate power for several generations). They never attempted to use it against the "enemy" before Eren took control of it, which is odd. Bertolt, Reiner, Annie could actually be working for the king, since the royal family "lost" the Coordinate to Eren's father.


What's the song thay plays in episode 13 when Eren takes a big rock to the hole in wall? There's a song in Attack on Titan season 1 episode 13 at about 13:00 when Eren takes a big rock to the hole in the wall.

What's the name of the song, and where can I legally buy or listen to this song?

The song title is "Call Your Name" (track #15) with vocals by mpi & CASG.

You can buy the Audio CD at Amazon and it has the full OST of Attack on Titan.


Anime with a wolf/man demon as main character A friend of mine is looking for an anime with a wolf/man or dog/man as main character. He described him as a demon with a red cloak and a big sword. He has long white hair and protects a female girl with black hair. The story takes place in old days from Japan, but I think the girl came from modern times.

I know which anime he means, but I can't remember its name. I hope some of you can help me.

Is it possible that you're searching for InuYasha?


Why didn't survey corps climb on top of the walls to avoid boulders of beast titan season 3 part 2 When beast titan was throwing boulders at the survey corps, he could only destroy the building outside of the wall.  Why didn't scouts use their odm gear, climb the walls, and get on the other side of the wall to avoid beast titan's boulders?

Because doing so would merely have doomed them to die more slowly.
By retreating over the wall the Survey Corps would have been abandoning their horses to die leaving them with no way to leave the area safely.
On foot they would have no chance at all to reach the Beast Titan without being crushed by the boulders nor would they have any hope of returning to Wall Rose in a single night meaning that even if they could somehow evade the Beast Titan they would be at the mercy of any normal Titan roaming the area.
Their options if they'd taken shelter would have been starve to death or make an even more suicidal charge while all the Beast Titan would need to do to win would be sit back and wait.


How does Mustang fight in the end of Fullmetal Alchemist with injured hands? Somewhat trivial, but here goes: in Fullmetal Alchemist, we see Mustang's hands get pinned down by Bradley's swords when Wrath and Pride are trying to force him to do human transmutation and open the gate. Given this, how does he manage to participate in the fight against Father later (probably in chapter 107 or a slightly earlier chapter) given that his "attack" requires use of his hands (and that he doesn't seem to start using circleless transmutation until he has to fend off a counterattack)?

This is just a scenario of the shounen genre doing whatever it feels like. Biologically, he would have taken serious damage to bones, nerves, muscles, etc. when his hands were stabbed through. But in anime, particularly in the shounen genre, characters can often overcome this type of thing with relative ease.

Take, for example, a scene from Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) wherein one of the characters literally has a plank stabbed through a lung, and still manages to somehow sit up—dragging the plank through their body—while spurting blood everywhere.

In Mustang's case, there is no evidence that he was healed in any fashion (such as by May Chang), nor that he is impervious to hand pain in any way. He is simply able to do this because the mangaka decided it was necessary to the story. That's the power of shounen!


Who do the other names on the list of idols in episode 2 refer to? In episode 2, the producer has a list of idols/groups scheduled for events, and pens the Hacka Dolls into one of the slots to fill space.

I suspect that all of these are references to other idols or idol-like entities. Going down the list:

まつだひじりこ "Matsuda Hijiriko" → Matsuda Seiko (kanji pun on 聖)
"u's" → μ's
"Sit Down Girls!" → Wake Up, Girls!
美少女ハリウッド "Bishoujo Hollywood" → Shounen Hollywood
でんじは組,etc "Denji wa Kumi, etc" → ???
ミス・カラフール "Miss Colorful" → Miss Monochrome
スーパーソニ男 "Super Soni-o" → Super Sonico
(Hacka Doll)
珂那ちゃん "Kana-chan" → the fleet's idol, Naka-chan
ワン子クラブ "Wanko Club" → ???
長森明菜 "Nagamori Akina" → ???
ゆりかおる "YuriKaoru" → YuiKaori
Square → ???

I haven't managed to figure out the referents of the four ones I've bolded above. Who all are being referred to here?

Here are some likely culprits:

でんじは組 →
でんぱ組.inc, Denpagumi.inc
ワン子クラブ →
おニャン子クラブ, Onyanko Club
長森明栞 →
佐保明梨, Saho Akari
(Unsure), maybe
長森佳容, Nagamori Yoshiro,
too
長森明菜 → 中森明菜, Akina Nakamori (singer) Credit to @Passed
Square → Circle (Unsure)


Is the Dragon Ball Super manga "more faithful" to Akira Toriyama ideas than the anime? After hearing some dragon ball youtubers I remember one of them told that Akira Toriyama gives a bullet list of ideas he wants the anime and the manga artist Toyotaro to follow and then they have some freedom to develop the story, this is why we see differences in techniques, events, the order the characters are eliminated in the tournament of power, and by whom etc. But then, another youtuber, a spanish speaking one with 1,3 million followers said that aside of giving the primary ideas of the story, Akira gives some sort of supervision in the manga. Is this so? Is the Dragon Ball Super manga "more faithful" to Akira Toriyama ideas than the anime?

This is incorrect. Toriyama has a lot of control with regard to the anime. An article here indicates, how 2 Dragon Ball Super executives reveal at an anime convention, as to how much control they have over Toriyama.  The staff often build upon his ideas. You can always read his original drafts for every arc and see that the majority of the story is built on his ideas and that staff often work around his main plot and add characters. Here is Toriyama's original draft of the "Tournament of Power arc" Some interesting points:If you look at the preview of the Tournament of Power exhibition match, the character in the hood was initially supposed to be Jiren and not Toppo. However, Toriyama mentioned Jiren's backstory and said he was a character who didn't speak and then originated Toppo's character.When the Dragon Ball Super staff considered Broly's popularity and presented Kale's idea to Toriyama, he added Caulifla.Even the Ultra Instinct transformation was completely decided by Toriyama and he came up with the Perfected Ultra Instinct idea. So the idea of Ultra Instinct Omen Goku might very well have been Toei's to probably create hype for the special and keep the audience interested.With regard to the manga, Toyataro is ultimately forced to follow the main plot line of Toriyama's original draft. However, at the same time, Toyotaro definitely has the freedom to incorporate his own ideas and deviate from the script.In a discussion between Toyotaro and Toriyama with regard to the "Future Trunks arc", it was outright stated that the differences we see in the manga and anime; one good example of the same is Vegeta using Super Saiyan God, are Toyotaros ideas. Toriyama  himself encourages Toyataro to incorporate his own ideas into the main plot.Akira Toriyama indeed supervises the manga. However, his supervision is mainly with regard to the main plot line and certain differences we see in the manga are mainly Toyotaro's ideas which Toriyama accepts (Like the Super Saiyan God Vegeta).


Is it ever explained why Maya is rejected by the Ocean Agency? In the anime: "Daphne in the Brilliant Blue," is it ever explained why Maya is rejected by the Ocean Agency?

I never found out, but in the 1st episode (I may have missed something) Maya seemed like the best possible candidate. So why the rejection?

Yes, it is explained and the reason is understandable. Ensure you have finished the series:

  She was rescued by the Ocean Agency once she surfaced in a life pod, approximately 100 years after the Elpida catastrophe. She was resurrected, and unsuccessfully treated by the Ocean Agency psychologists. Her memories were altered with that of a different life, which was done to enable her to function and live her life. Her brother, whom was the only other survivor, surfaced ~60 years earlier and posed as her grandfather, and was not allowed to tell her the truth due to the involved risks and agreements he made to ensure her safety. She was rejected because she was a survivor of the city of Elpida, and the entire catastrophe was covered up, therefore making her a risk to the agency and government.


manga identification help Last year I read a manga of which I remember quite some bits. It was an interesting one but I don't remember it's name or characters name please help me find it.. here's what i remember-

the main character is a teen boy in class probably high school
thinking about his life and his best friend/classmate greets him
everyday.

the main character develops self awareness & realizes a repetition in
everyone's life or everyone is maybe programmed. when he tries to question his classmates they get hostile towards him but maybe go normal after sometime like nothing happened. and his best friend too gains self awareness they realize they can't recall their past or when they spent time together etc.

their group gets a bit bigger and they find out there is a wall
around the city they even get attacked by a robot which main
character defeats..

I also recall scenes like them making a hole in the wall to pass
through and main character telling others that they never went out to
buy food or anything but still find their necessary items everyday so
something must be in charge of them.

also when they get out they walk a lot and find another city.
hope this much info is enough.. thank you in advance please if you know the name of this manga do tell.. :)

The manga your looking for is Classmate, Kamimura Yuuka wa Kou Itta

  Shirasaki is incredibly bored by his unchanging daily school life and he ends up falling in with his weird classmate Kamimura Yuuka, who rants about changing the world to his uninterested classmates. However, when she reveals the truth about the nature of their world to him, everything will quickly become stranger than he would ever have expected!


In what order should I watch the Death Note movies? I recently watched the Death Note anime and I found there are two movies. Is there an order I should watch them in?

There are actually 3 movies, and all 3 were released in chronological order.

Death Note

This is the first movie in which Light finds the Death Note. However, it ends before Light and Misa meet, and deviates slightly from the manga.

Death Note: The Last Name

This is when Misa and Light end up meeting and...

   L finds out Light is Kira by writing his own name in the Death Note, making him immune to Rem killing him. Thus, his death scene in front of Light was an act.

L: Change The World

This one is a spin-off set just before the end of the second movie...

   where we see L die in the last scene. The movie takes place during the time L had left before his life was to end because of him writing his name in the Death Note. This movie is also where we first see the live adaptation of Near when L takes a boy he meets to Wammy's House and names him Near.

As for the Anime Movies Death Note Relight: Visions of a God and Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors, these are in chronological order as

   the second movie is when Near and Mello appear; they only appear when L dies.

However, while they are feature-length, these are more of an abridged version of the anime, much like the first 2 Puella Magi Madoka Magica movies (though the difference is that while the 2 Madoka movies cover 12 x ~25 minute episodes, the 2 Death Note anime movies covers 37 x ~25 minute episodes).

But unlike the live-action movies, the anime movies can be considered a continuation from the anime as Ryuk is actually telling another Shinigami about his experience in the Human World when he was with Light,

   and there is a fan theory that says that the Shinigami is Light. However, the rules of the Death Note invalidate this theory.


Which are the five manga series that are based off the Toaru Majutsu no Index franchise? According to Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator

  Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator (とある科学の一方通行アクセラレータ Toaru Kagaku no Ippō Tsūkō?, lit., A Certain Scientific Accelerator) is the fifth manga series that is based off the Toaru Majutsu no Index franchise

Which are them? Aside of Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator and Toaru Kagaku no Railgun?

The list of manga series page on the Toaru wikia may be helpful. Going strictly by chronological order by date of first publication, the manga order would be:

Railgun (Feb 2007)
Index (Apr 2007)
Endymion (Feb 2013)
Index-san (Sep 2013)
Accelerator (Dec 2013)
Heavy (Feb 2015)
Idol-sama (Oct 2015)
Astral Buddy (Apr 2017)
Virtual-On (Dec 2017)

All the Toaru manga series can be divided into several different categories:

Main series: These contain canon storylines. I bolded the main series titles in the list above. The Index manga is an adaptation of the original light novels. Railgun, Accelerator, and Astral Buddy are original storylines written by Kamachi Kazuma.
4-koma series: Fun silly spinoff manga, similar to what Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth is for Naruto or what Haruhi-chan is for Haruhi Suzumiya. This includes Toaru Majutsu no Index-san and Toaru Idol no Accelerator-sama.
Special stories: One-off stories. Usually short, usually for an anniversary event or something like that. Endymion is canon, but I'm not sure about the others.
Anthology manga: Sort of like a doujinshi collection, except it's official. Content is non-canon. Lots of different mangaka come together and contribute a one-shot to the anthology. (This happens with lots of other series, too).


What is the name of the last song in the staff credits at the end of episode 25? Well, I know it's called Great Escape and it's the ending song of the 2nd cour of Shingeki no Kyojin. However, the one played at the end of episode 25 was an edited version.

Where can I find this edited version of the song?

Found it! It's track #10 on cinema staff's latest album, Drums,Bass,2(to)Guitars (released 2 Apr 2014). I haven't listened to it myself (the sample is too short to be able to tell the difference between the regular version and the ep25 version), but according to the product description, this is what you're looking for:

  「great escape」はTVアニメ「進撃の巨人」の最終回のみで使用された特別バージョンで収録。

  This album includes the special version of "great escape" that was used only in the last episode of the TV anime "Shingeki no Kyojin".


Do Pokemon age and die? There are old people in Pokemon but I have never seen any old Pokemon. Do Pokemon age and die? Also, if they get hurt too much, will they die of wounds? Have there been any deaths so far?

Pokemon could die in multiple ways, some of which are
  listed here:

  By Over Exertion: In the Movie, Celebi: Voice of the Forest, it is shown that a celebi goes out of control, wreaking havoc in the forest. It exerts itself so much that when it calms down it simply disintegrates and dies.
  By Sacrificing Themselves: It is seen in the movie, Pokemon Heroes, that a Latios sacrifices itself to protect the city of Alto Mare. How exactly does he die is unknown.
  By Getting Eaten: The pokedex entry for Wurmple states that it has to defend against Starly to prevent being eaten. We can assume that the same applies for Caterpie and other worms.
  Some Special Condition: Like Charmander, who will die if the flame on his tail goes out. This is also valid for its evolutions.
  Aging: Pokemon who do not die from the above causes can be assumed to die from aging. This assumption is validated by the existence of pokemon graveyards with the people visiting it remarking on the long companionship provided by pokemon.

  Some anomalies which are unexplained:

  Existence of Legendary Pokemon: It is probable that legendary pokemon live forever. Pokemon like Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza are referred to as "super ancient pokemon" implying that they live forever. Same may be the case with other legendaries.
  Ghost Pokemon: Deaths of pokemon do not explain ghost-type pokemon. It is possible that they are born as ghosts. Pokemon after dying may become spirits, like the Marowak killed by team rocket.

  In essence, the aspect of pokemon death may have been avoided in the franchise because it was designed primarily for children.

REFERENCE: How do Pokemon die? on Quora


Why does Goku still train with King Kai? I don't get it. King Kai said he was no match against Nappa and Vegeta, but in Dragon Ball Super Goku is very eager to train with him despite King Kai having nothing else for him to learn.

In King's Kai planet, he can train under 10 times gravity, plus King Kai can magically add weights of several tons to him like he did when he was training with him after being killed by Cell.

King Kai can also make big weight rings appear and many stuff like that


Song in episode 13 when Sakuta and Mai were on a late-night date In episode 13 of Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, when Sakuta and Mai were on a late-night date towards the end of the episode, piano music is played. Here is the YouTube link.

What is that song?

It should be 青春ブタ野郎 (Seishun Buta Yarou). The BGM in the scene is rather faint but the piano melody line matches up. This is the first track on the OST release and clearly takes its name from the title of the series itself.


Is Kefla stronger than Vegito? It was said that Kefla was strong enough to kill Ultra Instinct Goku when they fought. Also, a lot of power scalers in the Dragon Ball Community are saying Kefla is even stronger than Super Saiyan Blue Vegito from the Future Trunks arc. How is that possible?

Well for starters, let us examine the factors that influence the strength of a Potara fusion.The first obvious factor would be the characters who fuse/ take part in the fusion. It would logically make sense for a fusion between stronger characters to be > than a fusion between weaker characters. For example, a fusion between Goten and Trunks was Effortlessly pummeled by a Base Vegeta on account of his superior strength. A potara fusion also stacks additional multipliers. In the Buu saga when the fusion was first introduced, Goku contemplates fusing with Hercule who is substantially weaker than him. This proves that there is still some benefit from the fusion. More information regarding character Gokule can be seen hereFinally, in Episode 114 in DBS, Shin states that a fusion between Android 17 and 18 would be ideal as they are Compatible. So one can assume maybe the compatibility between the charaters result in a superior fusionWith regard to whether Kefla is stronger than VegitoThe Vegito from the Buu Saga is obviously weaker than Kefla. Caulifla and Kale are substantially more powerful than the Goku and Vegeta from the Buu Saga. Hence, it would logically make sense for Kefla to be stronger.Based on the above logic, it would obviously make sense for Vegito from the Goku Black arc to be several time stronger than Kefla. SSJ2 Caulifla at the very least is comparable to SSJ2 Goku/Vegeta. Kale on the other hand at the very least, is comparable to SSJG Goku. Even if you consider Kale to be equivalent to SSJB Goku or Vegeta/ it still wouldn't make a difference as Caulifla is clearly no where close to Super Saiyan Blue.The next main factor is based on compatibility. The compatibility between Goku + Vegeta and Kale + Caulifla is more or less identical as in both cases, they belong to the same race and also belong to the same gender and there really isn't any reason to indicate Kefla is a much more compatible fusion in comparison to Vegito Also, I don't believe Kefla was ever strong enough to "Kill" UI Goku. This misconception stems from comments made by Krillin and Roshi. I believe these comments were made simply based off concern and that Roshi and Krillin clearly have no idea with regard to Goku's level of power. During Goku's second fight with Jiren, the latter uses a punch which Goku describes as the strongest attack he's ever seen and the power of which scares goku out of his SSJB form. Goku then proceeds to tank several of these punches one after the other in his base form. For future reference, I think it would be much safer to take Whis's statements at face value and possibly even the statements made by some of the Gods of Destruction as the level of power being utilized by Goku is far beyond something which Roshi & Krillin can comprehend.


What anime is this nosebleed gif from? What anime is this gif from? Google reverse search turn nothing up.
Thanks in advance.

Based on various image search techniques such as Google & Bing and searching through numberous websites it seems you may be looking for Tsukimi Kurashita from (Princess Jellyfish).

  Tsukimi is an otaku girl who lives in Tokyo and wants to be an illustrator. Influenced by her late mother, she has a love for all kinds of jellyfish and is quite knowledgeable about them. She is the only resident of Amamizukan who knows Kuranosuke's true gender. Like the other Amars, she has a fear of stylish people and will usually petrify in their presence.

She appears in episode 4 when she visits the aquarium.


Are Kurenai's eyes some sort of Doujutsu? Since the start of the series, after the Sharingan and Byakugan had been revealed, Kurenai's eyes seem kind of different from normal eyes and more like the Doujutsu.

During the attack of the Nine-Tailed Fox on Konoha, her father appeared for the first time in the story. He too possessed similar patterns in his eyes.

So is it some kind of Doujutsu, do her eyes have special abilities similar to the Sharingan or Byakugan, etc.?

Actually they are not ke-ke-genkai. In this wiki at the latter part said that:

  Although her eyes are very distinct, they are not a dōjutsu.

Dōjutsu (瞳術; English TV "Visual Jutsu"; Literally meaning "Eye Techniques") are genetic ninja abilities that utilise the eyes, granting the wielder ocular abilities. Being a by-product of specific kekkei genkai, dōjutsu are not classified as one of the major jutsu types.


MMO RPG anime are great! Is this a new trend, or are there older anime in this genre? I got hooked on the lost-in-the-MMO genre with SAO (Sword Art Online), but I didn't even know it was a genre until a few weeks ago.  I caught up on Log Horizon, and now I'm watching Overlord.  Obviously, MMOs are a relatively new phenomenon, but approximately how old is this genre of anime?

I am curious because I'm about to go looking for more titles and I'd like to know how far back to search and/or when to stop looking.

The earliest show I can think of where a character is trapped inside a video game is .Hack//Sign, which aired in 2002.

However, this isn't purely an anime feature - I read many books with similar situations, some dating before 2002. Example 2002, Example 1998

Presumably this genre is a type of mutation of the 'Trapped in the TV' trope.

It's an easy way to legitimize a fantasy world for an author, so it's become a common staple in teen/young fiction.

Whilst not exactly the same, there are earlier media like The 1980's Dungeons & Dragons cartoon that have characters magically transported to a fantasy world. Or even books like Type Writer in the Sky (1940s) in which characters are transported to a foreign land through the pages of a novel. It's simply modernization of this trope.

So, to answer your question - 2000s and onwards is a good starting point, but you might find similar shows with a slightly different approach earlier than that if you want.


Was Natsu trying to imitate someone? Fairy Tail and Yankee-kun to Megane-chan have a cross over titled Fairy Megane, and there's one scene when Natsu wore a glasses from Adachi.

Was he trying to imitate someone? If he did, who was that?

the bit where Natsu says are you here to get burned wearing the glasses is just imitating a yakuza or a gangster because he is wearing the sunglasses and the glasses symbolizes yakuza or gangsters in a way. if you search up yazuka or gangster in google images, you will find that out of the ones that wear sunglasses, they mostly wear glasses that is the same or similar (big lenses) to the glasses Natsu is wearing in the image.
for example

or here, an anime one

EDIT:
because the other manga was flunk punk rumble, the whole fairy tail guild (in that manga were being punks and acting tough. and yakuza was one of the typical tough guys in that sense.
please excuse my poor English but yeah, hope this helps.


Is it possbile for a ninja to have larger chakra supply by training? In Naruto we know that many Ninjas have different chakra supply. So by that every ninja varies from each other by the amount of chakra supply they have.

So my question is that, Is it possible for someone to have larger chakra supply by doing training, I mean by having intense training is it possible that any ninja can increase their chakra supply or it comes naturally by birth with fixed amount?

Yes, the chakra supply for each individual can grow through training. But will be limited by genetics.

Let's take a look at what chakra is.

  Chakra is created when two other forms of energy, known collectively as one's "stamina", are molded together. ~ Naruto-wiki

With the first form being Physical energy (身体エネルギー, shintai enerugī) and the second one being Spiritual energy (精神エネルギー, seishin enerugī)

By training ones Physical body and Mental strength, the chakra pool can be increased.

Genetics however does play a mayor role. As some people, such as Naruto for example, just have a very large pool from the get go. And even with a lot of training, somebody like Ino would never be able to reach the same chakra pool size.

This limit is best observed with Rock Lee, as his genetics limited his growth on Spiritual energy, he tries to overcome it through Physical energy.

It is also possible to indirectly improve one's chakra pool, through Chakra control. It does not directly expand the chakra pool itself, but allows for a user to do more with the same amount of chakra.


Who is the biological mother of Gon? It is not Mito obviously.

When Gon is listening to the tape that Ging leave him, Gon stop the taped when Ging ask if Gon want's to know about his mother. I've waited so far but until the last episode of the anime it is not yet revealed.

If Gon just listen to the tape, then the mistery should already solved. Is there any answer that can be found in the Manga? I'm prepared for spoilers.

If Leorio was mad about how Ging acted when he knows the condition of Gon, I'm sure Leorio will be more mad if he knows that there's a mother to Gon.

If she is ever alive, then who is she.

Unfortunately, this question cannot be answered right now.

When Gon was younger, Mito told him that both of his parents were dead. However, it is later found out that it was a lie, because his father Ging was obviously alive and well.

Before the Greed Island Arc, Gon got a tape from Ging. At the end of the tape, when Ging was going to tell him about his mother, instead of listening to it to the end, Gon just stopped the tape and stated that Mito was his mother.

There is a lot of speculation as to whom his mother could be, but until Togashi supplies the answer, we will never know.


The meaning of the episode names in "The Promised Neverland" The episodes in The Promised Neverland (Yakusoku no Neverland) thus far have been:

121045
131045
181045
291045
301045
311045

At first, I didn't give them much thought as they appear to be a number similar to what is tattooed on the children's necks, so I assumed that is what they were, possibly signifying that an episode is about a certain character. However, the number does not appear to match any of the characters. On closer inspection, the current numbers are the same except for the first two numbers that change.

At a quick glance, they appear to be dates... is that what they are? The day on which the episode occurs

   which would imply the story probably takes place in October of the year 2045?

What is the significance of the numbers used for episode names?

Yes, the episode titles are dates. For example the first episode's title is 121045, which means 12th October, and it corresponds to the date that Conny leaves to "get adopted". You can see the date on a calendar in the first episode:

Similarly, the second episode is titled 131045, which is the day after Conny leaves, and so on...


Why was 4th Hokage chosen when the 3rd was still alive and capable? A few examples:

4th Hokage: He was nominated and chosen when 3rd Hokage was still alive and was capable of fighting (courtesy: 9-tails attack on Konoha)

5th Hokage: after the Third Hokage deceased.

4th Raikage: After the Third Raikage deceased.

I thought the next Kage would only be chosen after the previous Kage's death. But that wasn't the case for 4th Hokage! Was he strong enough to be believed to take over Third? Was it because the Third believed he was too old ?

Btw, the Third continued to be Hokage after 4th was deceased!

I have never come across an info that notified the 4th Hokage's nomination..

In the wiki stands the following:

  After serving as Hokage for many years, Hiruzen started looking for a successor to the title. While he hoped to be able to give the position to Orochimaru, he saw that he only was interested for the power it offered. Though he turned to Jiraiya, Hiruzen instead named Jiraiya's student Minato Namikaze as his successor.

I found no information about why he wanted to retire, but it seems that he just wanted to retire. Additionally shortly before he died, he spoke about retirement too.

Note that the Second Hokage chose the third before he died according to this article:

  He chose to sacrifice himself after he selected his prized student Hiruzen for the position of Third Hokage. Homura and Koharu would later become Hiruzen's advisers. After giving the title of Hokage to Hiruzen, Tobirama went off to fight the enemies where he died a noble death


Is there a 2nd season for Angel Beats? I've watched the epilogue of Angel Beats, and it seems Otonashi and Kanade have been reincarnated to meet each other on the street in the real world. In an alternative epilogue, Otonashi is shown to have stayed behind in the afterlife to help people pass on.

Is there a second season?

No, there will be no second season. There is no more story than the one which was released.

List of all the episodes and one OVA here


What makes Little Witch Academia a Netflix original series? Every episode of Little Witch Academia begins with a card that says "A Netflix original series". I don't remember any such card on the two OVAs, and as far as I know the creative work was all done by the same people as the OVAs, Studio Trigger and its staff.

What exactly did Netflix do on the series to make it a "Netflix original"?

It just means that Netflix is the first-run exclusive broadcaster of the content in the regions where Netflix describes it as a "Netflix original". In its List of original programs distributed by Netflix Wikipedia lists Little Witch Academia in the "Acquisition" section as an "Exclusive international television distribution". It gives the following description of these types of shows:

  These television shows, even though Netflix lists them as Netflix originals, are shows that have been aired in different countries, and Netflix has bought exclusive distribution rights to stream them in other various countries. They may be available on Netflix in their home territory and other markets where Netflix does not have the first run license, without the Netflix Original label, some time after their first-run airing on their original broadcaster.

So in the US, for example, Little Witch Academia is a Netflix original, while in Japan it would just be another old TV show in its catalogue. It can happen the other way too, where a show originally broadcast in the US by different broadcaster becomes a Netflix original when shown by Netflix outside of the US.


Why are Shinigami and their Zanpakuto so different? Through all of the episodes containing Muramasa when the Shinigami's Zanpakuto materialize, some of them are very different from each other. Mainly Hisagi and his Zanpakuto Kazeshini. Even after he is released from Muramasa's spell, Kazeshini tries to kill Hisagi and says that he only wants to kill people. But according to the Bleach intro the Zanpakuto are born with the abilities based on
their Shinigami.

So why are they so often different?

I guess my comment seemed answery & I used to have such fond memories of Bleach so here goes. Disclaimer: if you're willing to accept lazy filler writing as the answer, do not read anything below this statement because I don't have classes tomorrow so I thought I'd write & reminisce.

Reasons why the personification of Zanpakuto do not directly reflect their shinigami

Literary sense would dictate the following:

Character Overlap is unpopular & otherwise bad. You don't want to give every character of focus a clone. It's just bad writing to introduce partners as complete doppelgangers. It's different when that clone-character is referential to someone else (everyone in Naruto who was like Naruto) or substituting (also in Naruto, when Sai was a new Sasuke). Those are typically OK (but should not abused, Naruto).
Lack of material is the biggest reason for every problem Bleach has ever faced -- this is fact. Otherwise, it'd still be a beloved powerhouse than a retiring flagship of entertainment. With identical plots, new characters or focusing on B characters seem like an OK idea to seem fresh.
Filler arcs demaaaand disposable conflict, that is, sometimes you get ones knowing they're just buying time so they don't even attempt to seem exciting and other times you get game-changers and you cry knowing the cute girl who isn't useless will die or leave. In this case, everything would wrap up with a smirk by the sunset for "even though we had our differences, we'll move forward". Keep in mind, delivering this can be cheesy so it often gets rushed.
Thought-provoking topics or questions like yours is a subplot waiting to boil but all too often it's just left to fizzle without details. Which leads me to my next speculated point,

Self-reflection/acceptance implies dealing with the parts of yourself that you know you need and how to achieve them. Like, Ichigo's inner world reacts to the good (hometown, maybe more) and bad (raining on all of that, drowning in it) in his life. But his frustrations with himself turned into a seasoned old guy and animal instinct-man who create a demand that Ichigo needs to be stronger to overcome the odds. Rukia, the cute tomboy/soldier focused a lot on being militant, but has inner fascination with beauty only seen in her inspiration from Shiba Miyako (Kaien's wife), Byakuya's art & strength, and it can be argued that this is represented in her zanpakuto's embodiment. Also Sode no Shirayuki in this arc is bothered that Rukia's primary personality makes her just a military tool. Even though Muramasa's powers promotes the feelings of being oppressed to persuade the spirits to fight their Shinigami, the underlying ideas are still there in most of them -- or just secretly made up reasons to move plot because filler rarely has decent direction.

It's just a lot of open-ended conjecture that has good intentions of making fans expand on the characters they enjoy, hence those two examples up top and this following final piece.

[Speculation]

Kazeshini's personality is one that Hisagi detests not solely because of how he is but instead who he is -- the extension of his very soul. He doesn't emphasize with Kazeshini which makes it a part of himself he cannot identify. Kazeshini reflects this confusion which is why they agree to disagree. Alternatively, if they meet halfway, neither would be stifled by fear (to kill) or frustration (that seems weak). Achieving Bankai is probably about releasing insecurities & inhibitions to become whole or enlightened -- you know, growing with your sword instead of against/away from it -- or that was the original idea.

[/Speculation]


What's the proper viewing order of Hidamari Sketch series? There are lots of series out there called "Hidamari Sketch" -something and I'm not sure in which order to watch them. Can you help me out with that?

You might as well watch them in production/publishing order:

Hidamari Sketch
Hidamari Sketch (special)
Hidamari Sketch × 365 (TV)
Hidamari Sketch × 365 (special)
Hidamari Sketch × Hoshimittsu (TV)
Hidamari Sketch × Hoshimittsu (special)
Hidamari Sketch × SP (special)
Hidamari Sketch × Honeycomb (TV) (sequel)
Hidamari Sketch: Sae/Hiro Sotsugyō-hen (OAV)

(listing from ANN's page.  Everything except the last OAV is on Hulu - the specials are part of the previous main season)

The problem is that episodes aren't completely in chronological order.  There're two groups:

Hidamari Sketch + Hidamari Sketch × 365 (Yuno & Miyako year 1)
× Hoshimittsu + × SP + × Honeycomb + Sae/Hiro Sotsugyō-hen (Yuno & Miyako year 2)

Episodes in the first groups are less ordered.  Episodes in the second group are more in order, but also have some episodes that chronologically take place during the first group.


What are the major factions and players on the Magic and the Science side? There are various factions that exist on both the Magic and Science side, but what are the most prominent ones and who are their most well-known members?

Here is a generalized list of the people and faction in both the anime and manga continuity (including a bit from the light novels).

Magic Side

Roman Catholic Church

Matthai Reese, Pope
Biagio Busoni, Bishop
Ridovia Lorenzetti, Mardi Gras

# God's Right Seat

Fiamma of the Right
Acqua of the Back/William Orwell, Flere210 (Saint)
Vento of the Front
Terra of the Left

Russian Orthodox Church

Nikolai Tolstoy, Archbishop

# Annihilatus

Vasilisa, Head of Annihilatus
Sasha Kreutzev

Anglican Church

Laura Stewart, Archbishop
Orsola Aquinas

# The Church of Necessary Evil (Necessarius)

Kaori Kanzaki, Salvare000 (Saint)
Stiyl Magnus, Fortis931
Index Librorum Prohibitorum, Dedicatus545
Tsuchimikado Motoharu, Fallere825
Sherry Cromwell, Intimus115

# (Roman Catholic, London Branch) Agnese Forces

Agnese Sanctis, Leader
Angelene
Lucia

# Amakusa-Style Remix of Church

Kaori Kanzaki, Pontiff/Priestess
Tatemiya Saiji, Substitute Supreme Pontiff
Itsuwa
Uragami

Knights of England

"Knight Leader", Leader

British Royal Family

Elizard, Queen of England
Riméa, Princess of England (Oldest)
Carissa, Princess of England (Second-Oldest)
Villian, Princess of England (Youngest)
Silvia, Head Maid of the Royal Family (Saint)

Mercenarys

Oriana Thomson, Basis104

Science Side

Board of Directors

Aleister Crowley, General Superintendent
Kaizumi Tsugutoshi, Chairman
Oyafune Monaka, Chairwoman
Shiokishi, Chairman
Thomas Platinaburg, Chairman
Kumokawa Seria, Advisor

Hound Dog

Kihara Amata, Commander

Misaka Network

Misaka Imouto, Subject No. 10032
Last Order, Subject No. 20001

A Certain Magical High School

Kamijou Touma, Imagine Breaker (Level 0)
Himegami Aisa, Deep Blood (Gemstone)
Tsuchimikado Motoharu, Auto-Rebirth (Level 0)
Aogami Pierce
Tsukuyomi Komoe, Chemistry Teacher
Oyafune Suama, Math Teacher
Yomikawa Aiho, P.E. Teacher

Tokiwadai Middle School

Misaka Mikoto, Electromaster (Level 5 Esper, No. 3)
Shirai Kuroko, Teleporter (Level 4)
Shokuhou Misaki, The Queen of Tokiwadai, Mental Out (Level 5 Esper, No. 5)
Kongou Mitsuko, Aero Hand (Level 4)
Wannai Kinuho, Hydro Hand (Level 3)
Awatsuki Maaya, Float Dial (Level 3)

Sakugawa Middle School

Uiharu Kazari, Thermal Hand (Level 1)
Saten Ruiko, Aero Hand (Level 0)

SCHOOL

Kakine Teitoku, Dark Matter (Level 5 Esper, No. 2) (Awakened)
"Girl in the Dress", Measure Heart (Level ?)
"Boy with Goggles"

GROUP

Accelerator, Vector Change (Level 5 Esper, No. 1) (Awakened)
Tsuchimikado Motoharu
Musujime Awaki, Move Point (Level 4)
Etzali

ITEM

Mugino Shizuri, Meltdowner (Level 5 Esper, No. 4)
Takitsubo Rikou, AIM Stalker (Level 4)
Kinuhata Saiai, Offense Armor (Level 4)
Hamazura Shiage, Grunt, Chaffeur, and Informant

MEMBER

"Professor", Leader
Baba Yoshio
Xochitl
Saraku, Kill Point (Level ?)

BLOCK

Saku Tatsuhiko, Leader
Teshio Megumi

Judgement

Konori Mii, 177th Branch Office Chief, Clairvoyance (Level 3)
Shirai Kuroko
Uiharu Kazari

Skill Out

Hattori Hanzou, Leader (Temporary)

# Big Spider

Kurozuma Wataru, Founder, Former Leader
Hebitani Tsuguo, Second Leader

Anti-Skill

Yomikawa Aiho, Lieutenant, Branch 73
Tessou Tsuzuri
Saigou Ryouta

Kihara Family

Kihara Gensei
Therestina Kihara Lifeline, (Former) Captain of MAR
Kihara Amata, Leader of Hound Dog

Imaginary Number District

Kazakiri Hyouka, Counter Stop

Unaffiliated

Sogiita Gunha, Attack Crash (Level 5 Esper, No. 7) (Gemstone)

Other Side

Gabriel, Archangel
Aiwass, DRAGON


Are there other clans than the Hyuga with the Byakugan naruto shippuden episode 389 (dubbed) at 2:45 a maid reveals that

  "The Hyuga is a distinguished clan -pause within the leaf we are the only ones who posses the Byakugan"

Does this mean that there are clans who posses the Byakugan other than the Hyuga outside of the leaf village?

The Byakugan actually originated from the Ōtsutsuki Clan. As revealed in Chapter 671 and as stated in the wiki, the Byakugan

  originated from the Ōtsutsuki Clan and was later inherited by their distant descendants, the Hyūga Clan.

Outside the leaf village, I can only recall Ao as the known possessor of the Byakugan but it should be noted that this was stolen and not inherited, like that of the Hyūga Clan.


Which episodes do the Overlord movies cover? If I’m correct the Overlord movies are just to recap certain parts of the actual series. Which episodes do the movies cover?

Both movies together cover basically all 13 episodes of the first season.
Although certain scenes are skipped I don't think that there is a single episode completely missing in the movies.
If I remember correctly episode 10 is the one which is missing the most and is only shown in form of a flashback.


What manga is this page used to advertise for scanlators from? What is the name of the manga below, the text has been changed by a translator team to help find new translators.

Happy Cafe

  Romance and happiness blossoms at the Happy Cafe! Uru takes her mother's remarriage as an opportunity to work part time at the Happy Cafe. There, she befriends Ichirou and Shindou, two of the most unsociable guys she's ever met! To make matters worse, it turns out that Uru is not exactly meant for the waitressing world, as she's a huge klutz. But as this hilarious shoujo tale unfolds, true happiness,and even true love, lurks just around the corner. source

this particular image you have posted is from the 11th volume of this manga.
for more informations about his manga see here or here


Is there any specific reason why female voice actors act for male roles in anime? I've always been wondering: why do female voice actors act for male characters in anime?

For example: Mayumi Tanaka for Luffy, Takeuchi Junko for Naruto, even Goku's voice actor (Nozawa Masako), etc.

When there are such good male voice actors (for example the ones for Zoro, Sanji, etc.), why do the main leads get female actors?

Is there any specific reason or is it just the way it is?

Your question is somehow related to this question.

  Sometimes, an animated character is better suited for being voiced by
  a voice actor of the opposite sex. Maybe a higher voice is needed for
  a male, or a lower voice for a female.

  A common variant for this is for young boys, usually 12 and under, to
  be voiced by an adult woman. This is because real little boys' voices
  deepen when they go through puberty. Not to mention that it's easier
  to find experienced actresses than experienced prepubescent male
  actors. The producers don't have to deal with child labor laws that
  limit the amount of time a child can spend in a studio, either. Women
  are often able to maintain the role longer, as well, since their
  voices don't change like a growing boy's.

  There are exceptions, of course — sometimes an adult man or an actual
  child will voice a little boy. In films, this is the rule rather than
  the exception, as voice recording for a film generally takes much less
  time than for a TV series.

  And on a related note, sometimes, for comedy purposes, a deep-voiced
  woman will be played by a man. (source)

  Also, female seiyuu voice acting as a male character is much more
  common than male seiyuu voice acting as a female character probably
  because it is easier for women to lower their voice's pitch than a man
  to make his voice's pitch higher like that of a woman.

As to why female dubbers mostly get the main role, aside from the fact that female voices' are more flexible in acting than those of males', popularity also is a major factor. There are many female dubbers that are also in their singing career so it kinda boost up both the anime and the dubber's popularity by having that person get a main role. But I think the flexibility of females' voices are the main reason.


How many light novel volumes are covered in the "Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai!" anime? The anime ends with

   the rights to the Takanashi residence being transferred to Yuuta, and them moving back into the house.

The light novels are still ongoing.

How many volumes did the anime cover? If I were to pick up the light novels from where the anime ended, from what volume should I begin reading?

According to Japanese Wikipedia,

Using volume 1 and volume 7 (the episode where Yuuta's doing daily life with the three sisters at an apartment in Hachioji) from the original work (light novel) as the base for the anime's original story, original characters were also added. Also, there are some different settings between the anime and the light novel, like

 the Takanashi couple died instead of missing.

(Emphasis mine)

Since volume 7 is a collection of short stories and the anime's story is considered original, I can't really suggest continuing from volume 2, but instead just start from volume 1.

Regarding the 2 OVAs, I think both of them are original stories. Both OVAs were included as a bonus for the limited edition of volume 13 and 18 (the last volume), but Wikipedia doesn't mention if they adapted from them instead.


Why did Miche choose to run away when there were Titans remaining? In episode 1 of Attack on Titan 2,

   Miche managed to use himself as bait and killed most of the titans. What is the point of running away knowing that Titans can sprint and could possibly catch up with his horse? And the presence of the abnormal monkey-like Titan would make the situation more dangerous and unpredictable if I was him and I wanted to run away.

 Edit: As he is the second-most skilled after Levi, he should have just killed all the Titans in his presence except the abnormal one without hesitation. Then even if the abnormal Titan had thrown the horse towards him he would not need to suffer a painful death.

Sometimes the anime leaves out some of the finer details, which doesn't appear to make a difference in the long run, but ultimately leads to a lack of understanding about what has taken place and why.

Episode 2 of Season 2 of Attack on Titan directly corresponds to chapter 35 of the manga. Spoilers below.

   First, his primary objective was to notify others of the breach at Wall Rose and evacuate settlements. This outweighed any immediate danger presented in the situation and it represents WHY he chose to leave the area with titans still present. Now as for how he thought he could navigate the situation safely, Miche/Mike was known for his skills and prowess in battle, as mentioned in chapter 35 of Attack on Titan (manga). He truly thought himself to be capable of outmaneuvering, or outright defeating, the titans he had not yet dispatched. And, lastly, remember that horses at that time were specifically bred for speed and temperament for the sole purpose of successfully outrunning titans.


What are the anime censorship laws in Japan? I know that there are censorship laws in Japan (which is why you end up with things like tentacles instead of genitalia). What are the laws, and are they the same as the laws for live-action television programming?

The law that most people cite as the reason for Japanese censorship is Article 175 of the Criminal Code of Japan (passed in 1907). Interestingly, Article 21 of the Japanese constitution prohibits censorship, so legally Article 175 isn't actually censorship, though it's pretty hard to argue this in practical terms. The translation of Article 175 of the Criminal Code given in this article (via
 the Internet Archive Wayback Machine) (potentially NSFW for obvious reasons) is the following:

  Any person who distributes, sells or publicly displays an obscene writing, picture or other materials shall be punished with penal servitude for not more than two years or be fined not more than two million and a half yen or minor fine. The same shall apply to any person who possesses the same with the intention of selling it.

This law doesn't specify any differences between anime and other materials, so strictly speaking anime is treated no differently at least according to the letter of the law. The big question is "what defines 'obscene'", which the law doesn't answer. For this reason, the law is rather vague, and the definition of what exactly is "obscene" is impossible to give. At the very least, it seems to only include the material itself, and not the sorts of acts that are depicted, so things like bestiality or incest aren't covered by this law.

Nowadays the law is usually interpreted as banning depiction of adult genitals and (often) pubic hair unless they are obscured. However, this is not strictly the legal interpretation of "obscene", which is vague and in some sense up to the police enforcing the law and the judges ruling on the case. Rather, this is a self-censorship guideline that almost every producer in the industry follows. Most producers of both animated and regular pornography partner with one of a few independent quasi-legal organizations which inspect these videos to check that the material is not "obscene". The most famous one of these was the Nihon Ethics of Video Association, which was itself the subject of an obscenity trial in 2008 because the mosaics they were using were too revealing. There is no legal requirement to have pornographic works inspected, but it reduces the risk of accidentally violating this law. In the case of anime, it's more common to sidestep these restrictions by drawing the scenes differently or using things like tentacles rather than genitalia, but there are some hentai anime which do use these sorts of inspections.

Despite all of that, the laws are very rarely enforced. A fairly recent conviction was in 2004 for hentai manga Misshitsu. Before that there was a period for over 20 years with no convictions under this law. Since 2004 there have been a few other cases, most notably the one mentioned above. Partly this is because self-censorship has been very effective at removing things that would potentially violate this law, and partly it's because it remains unclear exactly what is supposed to be banned.

There are some other laws which are sometimes framed as "censorship" laws, such as the infamous Tokyo manga ban (which, as of 2012, had not banned anything at all). Strictly speaking these are not censorship laws. Rather, they put legally enforced age restrictions on certain types of content. The restrictions themselves are pretty severe and can result in a chilling effect whereby publishers will deliberately avoid titles that could be affected. This is especially true for magazines, as a single title being banned could lead to the whole magazine being relegated to 18+ corners of stores and consequently losing a significant number of sales. These are usually done at the prefecture level or more local levels and so don't impact national policy, but the Tokyo one is significant since Tokyo is a very large market for anime and manga.

The only other laws that are sometimes discussed in the context of censorship in Japan are child pornography laws. These ban distribution and creation of child pornography. They don't currently apply to simulated or artistic depictions of children, so anime is excluded. However, there have been recent efforts by the LDP to strengthen the existing laws, which could then apply to materials such as anime and manga. In their current form the proposed law is pretty broad (applying to any depictions of underage characters which could be sexually arousing, whether or not they contain nudity). This is being lobbied against by a number of publishers and producers, mostly represented by mangaka Akamatsu Ken. We really don't know at this point what will be the fate of this proposal, though there will probably be more information in coming months.


What's the BGM in K-ON? In the anime series K-ON! there is a BGM used quite frequently but I can't find it anywhere. It appears a lot throughout the anime but not in the movie. Here are some examples:

Season 1

episode 8: 8:17 ~ 8:48
episode 9: 10:47 ~ 11:16

Season 2

episode 1: 14:20 ~ 15:55
episode 2: 13:55 ~ 14:57

These are selected at random and the time might vary a bit depending where you watch it. The hyperlink: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1ew48VGOQPZRzN4Zl8zUmVjYWs/view leads to google drive which has the BGM. The file is an abstract from season 2, episode 1. Please help me find this song.

I think the BGM you're looking for is titled Pinch Daisuki, it's on album
K-ON! Original Soundtrack, track #33

youtube link K-ON! - Pinch Daisuki [EXTENDED]


Why did Amane Suzuha have to plead to Okabe for saving Makise Kurisu instead of her doing it by herself? In Steins;Gate, Amane Suzuha pleaded to Okabe so bad to go back to the past and save Makise Kurisu.

Why didn't she go back to the past to save Makise Kurisu? Why did Okabe have to be the one to save Kurisu?

There's no real answer to this other than speculation. It all actually can be done by Suzuha herself. But it was just that Okabe planned it all and he knows his past self can do it. Still there's the hard fact that it's only Okabe, Kurisu and her father who meet each other in that building. Suzuha meeting them might change a lot more than ideal. The past Okabe's perspective must not be changed after all. And Okabe has Reading Steiner, which makes him the observer of the world line and its changes.

Going to Steins;Gate 0:

   What originally happened in the future of the Beta world line is that Suzuha had no idea about how to avoid WW3. So what she only knew in the future is that it all starts with Kurisu dying in 2010. So originally, Suzuha had no choice but to rely on Okabe, since she has no idea about 2010. This is reflected on episode 23b. And this is probably part of Okabe's plan, the most important part of which is keeping the past intact, and is in harmony with what I said in the other paragraph.


Does Mob appear in One Punch Man? I was reading One Punch Man chapter #100 and in the cover there is a guy who looks like Mob from Mob Psycho 100. Is it him?

Just wanted to let you know that that is not the cover for the 100th chapter but rather for Chapter 65 titled Sisters.

Regardless, those are indeed characters from Mob Psycho 100. Starting from the left, we have Dimple hovering above some people then Mob and Tome (president of Telepathy club).

As a side note, from what I could translate from the description above Mob and Tome, the TV アニメ ... モブ サイコ 100 ...東京 MX... means TV Anime ... Mob Psycho 100 ... Tokyo MX. This chapter might have been released before the start of broadcast of the Mob Psycho 100 anime and the cameos of characters, together with the description, was probably meant as an announcement to the new anime that was to be broadcasted on Tokyo MX.

This does not mean however that Mob appears in OPM or is set in the OPM universe. That is only a cover photo, not an actual scene in the manga story.


How do the cards work? I've seen these cards in several series now including Arcana Famaglia, and more recently in Nobunaga the Fool, where Da Vince shows Jeanne du Arc a set of cards after which she draws one. And Da Vince makes some sort of prophesy.

So what is the thing they do with the cards called. And how exactly does it work ?

You're probably talking about Tarot cards.

Tarot cards are occult magic cards used for telling fortunes and predicting someone's future and upcoming events in life. Mystics and magicians use them as part of their image. It's not exclusive to anime, you can see them in real life, western cartoons, movies and tv series. They're kind of like Magic orbs/crystals and Ouija boards.


How many transformations does Chopper have after time skip? At first, Chopper said that he can transform into 7 different forms using his Rumble Ball:

Brain Point
Heavy Point
Jump Point
Guard Point
Horn Point
Walk Point
Arm Point

By the time, he also has Monster Point by eating three Rumble Balls at once.

After time skip, he can also transform into his Kung Fu Point. I've so far seen Guard, Brain, Walk, Heavy, Horn, and Monster Point after time skip,
but I think I haven't or have yet to see Chopper transform into his other forms.

Is Chopper have shown to transform into his Arm Point or Jump Point after the time skip?
And is the Kung Fu Point his only new transformation?

As of now, the transformations you mentioned are the only ones that have been shown in the Manga/Anime and any information about him having a new transformation has not yet been revealed, or even hinted at (although it's quite likely).

As per One Piece wiki

  It seems that Kung Fu Point combines the power of Arm Point and the acrobatic skill of Jumping Point though to a lesser degree than each individual point. In this form Chopper has been shown to possess enough strength to easily break down giant steel doors.

This may explain why we haven't seen Arm Point or Jump Point after the timeskip.

We haven't seen new transformations of Chopper (except for Kung Fu Point) after the timeskip, but we can note his improvement as:

  Chopper is now able to produce a new "Horn Point" with larger "Stag Beetle" like antlers which are useful for digging in the ground at high speeds, along with a new and improved "Guard Point" which is now able to grow big and strong enough to protect the Thousand Sunny from one of the Kraken's tentacle's. In addition, he is able to utilize those forms without consuming a Rumble Ball; instead, eating a Rumble Ball now allows him to enter his most powerful form, Monster Point, and fight in it for three minutes.

  After the timeskip, Chopper has gained the ability to keep control of
  himself and communicate coherently while in his monster form though
  his voice is significantly deeper.


What is the difference between the new version and the old one? I want to watch Berserk, but there is 2 version of it. What is the difference between them? Is the new one continue of the old one or is it re-animation of the same story?

Where shall I start? It seems like a very powerful anime

According to this wiki article:

The old series begins with the Black Swordsman arc, continuing through
the Golden Age arc
The new series commences with the "Conviction" story arc, starting
around chapter 115 of the manga, and introduces Puck, Isidro, Farnese
and Serpico as characters.

So the new series picks up where the old series left off, the difference between the two is that the first series is anime drawn and the new series is primarily cgi.


Does Luffy touch his enemies in Gear Second? Though it was apparently obvious in some cases, Luffy's fight with Magellan made me a bit skeptical.

At the initial punch (Jet Pistol) Luffy touched the venomous body of Magellan, causing him extreme pain.
In a later scene of the same fight, he used Jet Pistol to overcome his Hydra, but no sign of touching was shown.

In fact, in numerous cases, the way G2 works is ambiguous - some scenes imply that the pure speed even without touch creates an air pressure "sphere" that nevertheless causes huge injury when hits the target. Examples were seen in case of Blueno and much later, Doflamingo.

On the other hand, when he defeated Lucci, it was clearly shown that he actually punches him, and in several other cases it's often visible.

Which one is right? Or is itt possible that Luffy combines both?

Short Answer: Yes he is. He is just so fast that the hand is back where he started before the opponent feels the impact. Thus creating multiple impacts in some moves like Jet Gatling, almost instantaneously.

Long Answer:

What exactly is Gear Second?
Gear Second is somewhat similar to what in real life we call "Blood Doping". Luffy achieves this by leveraging the fact that is complete body and not just the skin is made of rubber. Thus his blood Vessels and Heart can sustain tremendous blood pressure that no normal human could survive. Using his Hands/feet as pumps, Luffy increases his blood flow in the whole body or just parts (Post-Timeskip)

  Essentially Luffy increases the blood flow by forcing more blood through his blood vessels thus increase his fighting ability. This mode's enhancements to Luffy's physiology giving him the ability to use a new, stronger set of techniques which are generally the same as his old ones, but are so fast that even a skilled assassin would have a hard time actually seeing them

Source: Gear Second: Overview and techniques

Also note,

  Most of the techniques in this mode are named the same as the regular attacks with "Jet" added after the "Gomu Gomu no" prefix

These are just much much faster and thus have the incredibly high damage due to the impulsive nature of the impact. (Defined in physics as: A large force applied for a very short duration)

Also note the description of some of the moves.

Gomu Gomu no Jet Pistol:  Luffy delivers a Gomu Gomu no Pistol so fast that the fist's movement is invisible, and it truly seems like he shoots his opponent[..]
Gomu Gomu no Jet Gatling: [..]Luffy stands still, bends forward and moves his arms upwards at speeds which they can no longer be seen, leaving only jet streams in their place[..] The hits land so fast that, after a volley, they seemingly connect simultaneously. The circles of air bursts from the punches surrounding Luffy, resemble the many barrels of an actual Gatling gun.

From these descriptions and analyzing Luffy's powers we can assume he has to touch the opponent for the desired effect. The attack you are thinking of is shown to be achieved by Bartholomew Kuma, who can use hi DF power to repel air using his palms.


How did Kirito find out Zekken's secret? What did Kirito whisper during his fight with Zekken before which he was  defeated? In episode 20, Asuna asked Zekken (Yuuki) about this and she replied that Kirito had "figured out [her] secret".

What was the secret?

In episode 19, Asuna reports that Leafa thought that Kirito had had an exchange with Zekken during their fight. Kirito then tells Asuna about what happened:

Kirito: Um, something was bothering me.
Asuna: What?
Kirito: I asked, "You're totally living in this world, aren't you?" Zekken answered with a wordless smile and a charge skill at incredibly speed. That speed was beyond the limits.
Asuna: "Totally living in this world"? Do you mean they're a really heavy user?
Kirito: No. I wasn't referring to a single VRMMO. I felt like Zekken was a product of the full-dive environment itself.
Asuna: What does that mean?
Kirito: I don't want to give you any preconceived notions. I want you to feel the rest for yourself.

(Text from Crunchyroll subtitles.) Thus, that she is "totally living in this world" must be the "secret" that Yuuki is referring to; we do not hear of Kirito having any major interactions with Yuuki at any point prior to their duel. Furthermore, Kirito's intuition is correct. Spoilers for the rest of the arc:

 In episode 22, Kirito states his guess that Yuuki is a Medicuboid user and directs Asuna to the only hospital in Japan using the device.
 We then learn that Yuuki is an AIDS patient. She has been using the Medicuboid machine experimentally to alleviate the suffering caused by her health problems. Beyond providing pain relief and alleviating sensory impairments, the Medicuboid can also immerse the user in a virtual reality environment, such as that of the video games being played in the SAO universe.


Why are a lot of characters in anime and manga named after their mothers and not their fathers? I've noticed this a lot in many manga I've read. The character (usually the protagonist) is named after their mother's family name and not their father's. Some examples I have found of this are as follows:

In Special A, Kei Takashima is named of his mother's family not his father's. Unless the parents were cousins, it seems the dad changed his name to Takashima, too.
In Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki is named after his mother Kushina Uzumaki. I know that this may be a plot device to hide who Naruto's father is at the beginning, but still why name after the mother? Why wasn't he named Namikaze?
In Shokugeki no Soma, Saiba Jouichiro changes his name to his wife's: Yukihira. Why doesn't he keep his name? It's possible that he wants to stay out of the public eye, but is it common for the man to take his wife's name?
Another example from the same manga as above, Azami Nakamura. He changed his name to Nakiri after marrying into Erina's mother's family. It could have been for prestige, but isn't it normally the wife who changes the name and not the husband? And Erina is named from her mother's family too.

Sorry for all the examples, but I really would like it if someone could help me understand. I know it could be because of a plot device, but it has confused me for a while.

Expanding my comment into an answer.

In Japan, it’s uncommon, but not unheard of, for a man to take his wife’s name after marriage. It can happen for any reason, but a common reason is when a man marries into a family with no sons and his wife’s family wants to keep their name going.

In modern Japan, married couples are required to pick one partner’s family name for both of them. From a Time article:

  In contrast, Japan requires that married couples take one of the spouses’ family names, which, unsurprisingly, means that 96% of married Japanese women assume their husband’s last name.

Any children of the marriage are given that last name as well, so if the couple chooses to use the wife’s name, the children will have their mother’s family name.

In anime, of course, this is used as a plot device, and the exact reason depends on the show. For instance, in Evangelion, Gendou takes Yui’s last name, Ikari, to try and distance himself from some of the unsavory things he did in the past. So Shinji gets his mother’s name, which might have various meanings, given all the Freudian subtext in the show.


Why All for One didnt keep a regeneration quirk for himself? According to Super Regeneration - Boku No Hero Academia Wikia

  This Quirk has the ability to regenerate any sort of injuries on the
  user's body, such as missing limbs, at incredible speeds.

  All For One once stole and tried to use this Quirk to heal himself
  from the heavy damage All Might caused to him, but because his body
  had already cicatrized those injuries, the Quirk had no effect and was
  considered useless.

So, because he couldnt heal the injuries he already cicatrized, he considered this quirk was useless. That doesnt seem to have any sense. Why he didnt keep the quirk to heal new injuries in new battles? That would seem to be a very useful quirk, even if fighting All Might again.

When All for One first appears in the manga in chapter 59, he talks about, how he wished to have gotten the regeneration quirk sooner (it probably took a long time to get that quirk, since it is so rare), because his wounds had already healed at the time, when he finally got his hands on it. So for those injuries, which had been caused by All Might, the quirk was useless.

But it doesn't say anywhere in the manga, that he doesn't still have it. So, it is very likely, that he still has it and uses it for new injuries.


Does a person lose his power after passing on One For All? I was wondering if a person who has One For All will lose his One For All once he passes it on to someone else. All Might just gave one hair to Izuku so he might not have lost his power. But if someone completely passed on One For All would they lose their One For All?

Yes.

   Im not sure how much of the Anime/Manga you have watched or read but its very clear that All Might is losing/has lost his power after giving it to Izuku Midoriya.

 In the climatic battle against All for One in Season 3 its shown that the embers of One for All that All Might had left died out and he used the last of his power to defeat him.


What happens if a Devil Fruit is destroyed? We know that if a Devil Fruit user dies, their fruit reappears (see In One Piece, does a Devil Fruit reappear after the user dies?). However, this doesn't answer the question of what happens when the fruit gets destroyed without being eaten. I don't know if that's even possible, but I imagine so with sufficient effort.

If a devil fruit is destroyed, would the fruit reincarnate in a nearby fruit (the same as when the user dies), or would it be destroyed for good?

I don't think you can separate destroyed and being eaten, eating a devil fruit in One Piece pretty much destroys it. So destruction by power, physical force and or being eaten could be considered as being the same.

That being said, I would think the same thing would happen in any instance of it being 'destroyed', it will 'respawn' and take on the form of it's closest 'relative'.


How did Caster find Saber? In Fate/Zero, it seems Caster was able to find Saber far too easily. I can understand how he found her during her and Lancer's fight, as Lancer had "sent an invitation" to all servants and Masters. Rider even noted that the other servants were sneaking around watching the fight.

Before the attack on the Einzbern Castle, he intercepted Saber and Irisviel while they were driving (he was waiting ahead of them on the road), and he was able to quickly locate the Einzbern castle despite the fact that the Einzbern's wouldn't make their base of operations so easy to find, since I remember that in Fate/stay night, Ilya or Rin noted that the forest around the castle messes with people's senses and makes it hard for them to escape from it while being hunted down by Beserker.

I can understand how Medea was able to track everyone in Fate/stay night as she set up her workshop on the leyline nexus at Ryuudou Temple and was manipulating all of Fuyuki's leylines from that point (not to mention her abilities make her seem like a god to modern magi, so Einzbern would be child's play). I also assume Rin's knowledge of the castle came from the fact that by Fate/stay night, she was the second owner of Fuyuki, and as such, she would be aware of the Einzbern and Matou's locations, along with every other Magus workshops legally operating in Fuyuki.

However, in Fate/Zero, Caster had neither of these things, and both him and his Master didn't operate like proper participants in the Holy Grail War. So how did he keep finding Saber?

There is probably no canon answer, but we can speculate.

  and both him and his Master didn't operate like proper participants in the Holy Grail War

This is actually one of the reasons why he could track Saber. Normal servant would focus on all other masters equally. Caster on the other hand single-mindedly focused on Saber. He could invest all of his time and energy looking for her and following her. This is probably why Rider was able to enter his workshop without being noticed.

As for Einzbern's bounded field. I think it was designed against humans and low-level mages. For something like Caster, it would be child's play to break it or to ignore it. And even if it did pose problem for him, he just needed to see Saber entering the area. He doesn't need to know where exactly she is in the area. That's probably why he lured her out and not approached her directly.


Which parts of Dragon Ball GT do not follow the original Dragon Ball story? I watched Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z growing up. I read the mangas. I am familiar with the stories. I've read in wikis and articles that the GT story doesn't originate from or follow the original Dragon Ball story.

I didn't watch GT but recently I watched the final episode. There, Goku, at the end, makes the rounds and visits many characters from his childhood, before disappearing into the dragon.

Just from that episode, everything seemed like it was a continuation of the previous series and based off the original stories.

So how does it not follow the original Dragon Ball series? What is different? Are there aspects that contradict the original work?

Dragon Ball GT actually is a direct sequel to Dragon Ball Z; it takes place several years after Dragon Ball Z ends. It was not based on a manga by Akira Toriyama. It was an original story created by the anime studio. As far as I know (I never finished watching it), it was completely compatible with the story of Dragon Ball Z.

Recently, Toriyama worked with Toei on the movies Battle of the Gods and Resurrection F, which as far as I know take place between the end of Dragon Ball Z's final battle with Kid Buu and its ending where Goku goes off to train Uub. These movies, like all the movies, are considered non-canon by fans, but Toriyama later adapted these movie stories into a new manga, Dragon Ball Super.

Since (a) GT was awful, and (b) Dragon Ball Super takes place after Dragon Ball Z but before GT and somewhat contradicts GT (e.g. Mai, Shu, and Emperor Pilaf are elderly in the first episode of Dragon Ball GT, while they're children in Dragon Ball Super after a bad wish on the Dragon Balls; also, there are characters like Beerus and Whis that I believe are nowhere to be found in GT, and new powers that are never seen or mentioned in GT, like the Super Saiyan God Form), most fans treat GT as non-canon. GT does actually follow the original Dragon Ball Z storyline, but it isn't compatible with Dragon Ball Super, and Dragon Ball Super is considered more authoritative since it was written by Toriyama himself.


Who is the snitch in Tantei Gakuen Q? In the anime Detective Academy Q/Tantei Gakuen Q, at one point we learn that there is a snitch in DDS spying for Pluto/Meiosei.

At first we are led to believe that it is Hongou Sensei, but  later Hongou is loyal to DDS when they go to the cruise ship so he probably wasn't the spy.

Katagiri Sensei had been briefly kidnapped and impersonated in the events leading up to the finale, but IIRC she is not being impersonated for very long, ruling her impersonator out as the snitch.

Ryu hates Pluto so can't be the snitch. Unless Pluto had bugged him (there is no confirmation of this in the anime)

So who was the snitch/spy? I'm talking about the period between when Hongou Sensei came in to before Dan was kidnapped.

The so-called mole is the subject of much debate between the manga and anime canons...

In the manga,

   The secretary, Shino Katagiri... or rather the Pluto/Meiousei agent masquerading as her. The real Shino had was kidnapped before Dan Morihiko. Luckily they find and rescue her. It's assume that she was kidnapped later on.

Additionally:

   Ryu was originally sent by Pluto/Meiousei as a spy/envoy (due to his status as the their of the organization) inside DDS, particularly to keep an eye on Dan Morihiko, but he later defects from Pluto/Meiousei.

In the anime,

   Sir Anubis is the one that initiated the kidnapping of Dan Morihiko. He apparently hat Ryu under surveillance, after tries to leave Pluto/Meiousei, tries to use Dan-sensei as a bargaining chip to get Ryu to return.


Why is Rin's butler Emiya Shirou in UBW true ending? In the UBW true ending it is stated (in the anime) that Shirou is Rin's butler.
I assume they took it from Fate Hollow Ataraxia (the butler part). Why is that? Does Rin enjoy making Shirou be and feel beneath her or something?

New informtion due to the discussions that have taken place

I'm really sorry for the misunderstanding and not explainig well my question.
E..tto... I was asking something similar to what Lord was talking about. I used the word butler on purpose and I mentioned Fate Hollow Ataraxia on purpose as well. In fate hollow it is confirmed that Shirou works for Lluvia as a part-time job [to be able to eat without resorting to Rin I take it]. However, in the anime they changed it, Lluvia's words make it clear he's now Rin's butler, not Lluvia's. My questions remain being "Why is that?" and "Does Rin enjoy making Shirou be and feel beneath her or something?"

There are 2 possibilities. Either they made a mistake or they changed it. They've made quite a few changes and Nasu said those changes are canon (an alternative universe) so it could very well be a better adaptation of their situation in London in which both Rin and Shirou spend a lot of time together.

If that's the case I'd say there are 2 reasons.

Because she's crazy possesive and selfish. I lost count of how many times she said "You're mine" in the VN, even outside her route.
This is IMO 90% of the reason. Because of Shirou's personality and circumstances. From the very beginning in the VN Shirou is doing part-time jobs to be able to pay for his daily expenses. It is stated he could stop doing them but he doesn't want to be a freeloader.
What happens in London is that he feels compelled to pay for the food, travel expenses... and he no longer has the part-time job income as he's not in Japan doing them. It would only be natural for him to look for work in London.

My guess is that in the anime Rin pretty much forced him to take the job. That way everyone wins: Rin gets to spend a lot of time with Shirou (otherwise he'd be all day working outside the magic lessons), he takes her to places to spend time together, he does things like cooking and Rin would paying for everything while they're together in London.
I'm pretty sure Shirou would have accepted even if he wasn't paid, so I wouldn't say Rin is taking advantage of him.

Edit: I've been looking for it for 15 minutes and finally found it. Just so that you know the jobs he's doing in Japan are not a breeze, this is one of them:

  A simple loading job from five to eight o'clock. Even though it's only three hours, there's six hours worth of work to do. They make you run around without a minute's rest.

Moreover, Fuji-nee is constantly telling him not to arrive too late at night because of work. The only reason you don't see him working in the VN is because he gives up those part-time jobs because of the war (it makes sense...) but in reality his time is 99% school, part-time jobs and chores he does for free.


Are Archer's twin blades a bootstrap paradox? According to this, Archer's weapon is based from a real weapon.

In the Holy Grail War, Shiro Emiya saw the servant Archer use those weapons. Then he traced them and used them himself. In the future, he will become the servant Archer and will be using those blades as his weapons.

Isn't it an example of bootstrap paradox? Where did he get the idea to use those weapons in the first place? Did the VN explain this?

The Archer-EMIYA summoned by Rin is different from Shirou coming from a different timeline where the results of the Holy Grail war were different; the visual novel notes 3 key differences between them:

Archer believed that he could Kill Shirou, thus erasing him from ever becoming a Counter Guardian. If Archer and Shirou were the same he would have known well that he would lose.
Shirou learns Unlimited Blade Works from Archer during the war (in the Unlimited Blade Works route it's helped by a contract with Rin, while in Heaven's Feel it's helped by Archer's own arm). Archer, however, took ten years of training to set the foundations for Unlimited Blade Works and another ten years to reach to the point of being able to use it.
The Shadow caused an undisclosed amount of destruction during the 5th War Archer was involved in. When he first saw it in Heaven's Feel, he put aside his grudge against Shirou and focused on destroying the Shadow as his duty as a Counter Guardian and also in a belief that he could prevent the same destruction again. It's unknown if Archer knew if the Shadow was Sakura or if his twisted life and Counter Guardian ideals (kill one to save many) made him no longer care if destroying The Shadow would result in Sakura's death.

Now, as for Kanshou and Bakuya, they do exist before Archer and Shirou, and their legend remained. However, what they look like was practically lost with the only known description being that Kanshou had a black tortoise shell pattern and Bakuya had a white wave pattern. Their actual shape was derived by Archer himself based on an assumption that they were cast swords common to the time period.

Now, the Projections Archer and Shirou use are inferior to the actual items. With weapons, they need to emulate the experience of that weapon's legends and its history. Shirou just copying "two swords that he admired from a guy he disliked" would make the swords weak, so given time he would probably research the swords and come to the same assumptions as what Archer did, and Archer would have researched the swords as a means to build up his arsenal in Unlimited Blade Works.

Since the true description on their appearance is somewhat lost, Kanshou and Bakuya would be the perfect test weapons on the concept of creating "existing weapons with a new form". This way, even though emulating the experience for the weapons would still make them weaker, being able to improve on them by changing their form and fixing their inherent weaknesses may help them become just as powerful as the originals. I can back this up as I've read somewhere that Archer has modified the design of Kanshou and Bakuya to suit his style so they are more customized.


Confused about Obito's ability So Obito can transfer any of his body parts that are in contact with the enemy to the time-space of the Kamui and make it look like he cannot be touched.

But then in some of the fight scenes, for instance I remember when he was fighting Guy and Naruto, he was about to touch Naruto but guy kicked him from behind so he didn't solidify and let himself pass through Naruto and let Guy's kick pass through him. Well at that time, why did he even need to transport his hand too? Couldn't he just transport the part of his body that was about to be kicked by Guy and then touch Naruto?

Why did he transport his fingers using the Kamui too? It was completely unnecessary and he could have taken down Naruto if he didn't do that..

Obito/ Tobi's kamui is his mangekyo sharingan ability unlocked presumably when he saw Rin die. It is a space-time ninjutsu that allows him to transfer objects into his own pocket dimension, including parts of his own body. While Obito is transfering anything between regular space-time and his own space-time his object not being transfered is vunerable


How do I figure out the contents of doujinshi? I have been to Japan and saw all these doujinshi manga which all look really interesting just by their cover. But how do Japanese people actually figure out the content of these books? There is no plot written anywhere, and you generally cannot open them.

For example, I have been reading 孤独のグルメ (Kodoku no Gurume) and I saw doujinshi based on it. Should I think "the manga was good so let's try this version"? Or is there somewhere to look at to find out the content?

Does it work only by word-of-mouth or are there any resources on the internet we can check to have more information on the different authors and their doujinshi?

It might be a simple matter of H-service, so what matters the most is the art. Something like storyline is trivial in most of the H-works in Japan as I would say. That's why, the business focuses only on gaining money.


Why can't Naruto go into Bijuu mode like the other Jinchuuriki? Instead, he forms a transparent cloak in the size of the Bijuu, but doesn't get a full form like other Jinchuuriki. Even when fighting Pain , he went up to the 8th tail and got Kurama's real body in a sort of skinned form.

There have been a lot of incomplete answers. Let us try to combine what all we know. This will be spoiler heavy for those who haven't finished the Manga/Anime

TL;DR. When he first used Nine Tales Chakra he COULDN'T go into Bijuu mode. He could once Kurama agreed to work together.

Naruto is the jinchūriki of Kurama's Yang half. Due to his Uzumaki lineage and being Kurama's jinchūriki his entire life, Naruto's chakra has more effectively mixed with the fox's, allowing him to perform several chakra-taxing techniques without feeling fatigued.
While accessing Kurama's chakra, typically through sheer rage, enhanced Naruto's fighting abilities, the fox's negative influence made Naruto more aggressive and in less control of his actions. This caused him to uncontrollably access Version 1(Tails 1-3 for Naruto) and Version 2 (Tails 4-8 for Naruto) for forms, and needed Kurama's power to be suppressed through various methods to regain control

  Version 1 – or what Jiraiya calls Naruto's "demon fox cloak" (妖狐の衣, yōko no koromo) – forms a dense shroud of chakra around the jinchūriki. The shroud, a translucent red with bubbles of chakra (reminiscent of boiling liquid) forming all along it, provides a degree of physical protection, but can also harm the user if used to a certain extent. The physical changes experienced in the initial transformation become more pronounced in Version 1 forms.

  Version 2 (バージョン2, Bājon Tsū), as described by Sabu, is the tailed beast's chakra being converted into a humanoid shape, granting the jinchūriki an edge in battle without completely releasing the beast itself. Using the jinchūriki's body as a sort of endoskeleton, a dark red, nearly black layer of chakra envelops them. The physical manifestations of the corresponding beast that are vaguely present in Version 1 states become far clearer in Version 2, in a way fully reproducing the beast in miniature: muscle mass increases and beast-specific attributes such as shells and ears become clearly defined.

Realising he could not avoid using Kurama's power, Naruto sought to learn how to control it with help from Killer B, the jinchūriki of Gyūki, and unexpectedly, his own mother, Kushina. Upon succeeding and taking most of Kurama's chakra, Naruto attains Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, which greatly increases his speed, strength, and defences. Because he didn't yet have Kurama's cooperation, however, Naruto needed to exercise extreme caution while using the form, as it could cost him his life. He can't do the Bijuu Transformation at this point

After earning Kurama's cooperation, Naruto can enter the Tailed Beast Mode, but the mode, though accurate in size, is unique as he does not as closely resemble the beast as the other jinchūriki do their own. For all intents and purposes, Kurama Mode is a completed version of Nine-Tails Chakra Mode: Tailed Beast Mode without the full transformation, meaning that Naruto is able to use Tailed Beast Balls

With the power given to him by Hagoromo, Naruto gained access to the Six Paths Sage Mode (六道仙人モード, Rikudō Sennin Mōdo). In this mode, his eyes become yellow and his pupils take on a cross-like shape — without manifesting the orange pigmentation around his eyes present in Sage Mode. Naruto can also don a new chakra cloak similar to Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, which he can access instantly and maintain much longer than Sage Mode. Naruto's Six Paths Sage Mode cloak changes several times throughout his later years

We see Naruto's Bijuu ability multiple times throughout Boruto movie. He protect the village by stopping the Bijuu Dama kind of attack. Later he and Sasuke combine Kurama mode with Susanoo.

Now to answer the completely DIFFERENT and Duplicate question. From Reading the comments.
- Why do Kurama and Gyuki appear as chakra while other bijuu don't?
- Another theory is that Naruto's special seal devised by the 4th Hokage causes this. He used the Uzumaki techniques to create the seal. This is why he also appears in a similar Bijuu form as Naruto. Thus, this is a host specific form and NOT Jinchuriki specific. And yeah, Naruto is special.
Reddit for this discussion. Contains Jiraiya's And B's comments on special nature of Naruto's seal

Sources: Naruto Uzumaki Jinchuriki Forms 9-tails Chakra Mode


Why does Kirito end up in the forest when he first enters Alfheim? In the Sword Art Online anime, we see Kirito enter Alfheim Online first in episode 16. Although he is supposed to enter the Spriggan base when he first arrives, he instead encounters something like a glitch and ends up in a forest. Is there any explanation in the anime or light novels for why this happened? I don't recall it being mentioned in any of the later anime episodes.

Note: from a plot point of view it's somewhat necessary that this happens since it gives him a way to meet Leafa, but this still doesn't really explain why this happens purely within the context of the SAO continuity.

In case it isn't clear from my wording and the inclusion of the first image, I am asking why Kirito ends up in the forest after some sort of glitch appears while he is travelling to the Spriggan base (where he was supposed to go initially). The accepted answer here gives the best explanation for why that's the case.

From Sword Art Online Volume 3 - Fairy Dance, Chapter 2 (emphasis mine):

  "[...]. Yggdrasil...she seems to be there. That place, you know
  it?"

  "Ah, this I know. Eh, eh, it's generally to the northeast, but quite a
  ways from here. If I were to convert it into real distance, it would be
  about fifty kilometers away."

  "Wow, that really is a long distance. That’s what, five times the
  diameter of Aincrad. Actually, why was I brought to this forest anyway?"

  Yui lowered her head for a moment at my question.

  "I think that your positional data was either damaged or confused with a nearby player, resulting in you ending up here. That’s just a guess, though."

In the screenshot, the pyramid like structure is the signature building of the Spriggan hometown. The blocky void above it is the glitch that "teleports" Kirito to the forest.

Yui raised two possibilities for the glitch:

Kirito's positional data was damaged

Since Kirito and Asuna was teleported to the sky outside Aincrad in SAO moments before the game shut down, and Kirito's character data from SAO was loaded in ALO, chances are that the positional data was also loaded, which sent him on a free fall nosediving trip into the forest 50 kilometers away from Yggdrasil.

While this matches the fact that ALO's map is much bigger than SAO (as seen in the above quote), it was quite a miracle that Kirito dropped right at the forest where Leafa was. As the map in ALO is much bigger, he might as well had ended up elsewhere in ALO.
Kirito's positional data was confused with a nearby player

Since Kirito and Suguha were accessing the game from the same IP address (which is quite common for IPv4 in real world), Kirito's positional data got glitched up and he was dropped in the forest where Suguha (Leafa) was, instead of the hometown of the Spriggan. The fact that he fell from the sky matches the fact that Leafa was having a mid-air fight.

I admit this is a bit stretching, but this is the closest I could relate a real life concept with the theory above to explain the proximity of Kirito and Leafa's position in the game and the timing when the glitch happened.

(Either way, I take it as an excuse for the story instead of general knowledge).


If the Rose Bomb is so powerful and poisonous, why didn't the hunter association airdrop a dozen on the palace when fighting against the ants? In Hunter x Hunter, why didn't the hunter association airdrop a dozen of Rose Bomb on the palace and called it a day when fighting against the ants?
The could have used the teleportation guy to drop a couple dozen of those roses and boom, they're all dead. And even if they're not, there's poison to finish them off. That would've been so much easier than fighting them.
Also, it's not farfetched to assume that the hunter association has a special distress signal to contact Ging. Call Ging. He snaps his fingers and bam, all the ants drop dead.

Netero wanted to settle the matter as a Hunter first, but implanted the bomb within himself as a contingency plan. He went in personally and fought Meruem. He lured Meruem away and fought him solo in the desert, when it was clear that he could not win, he killed himself, triggering the bomb a safe distance away from any casualties.

Also, HxH is a shounen series and they had to settle it the shounen way, with a 1v1 fight.