How does Killy's weapon in Blame! universe work? The Blame Wikia, explained GBE (Gravitational Beam Emitter) as:

  The Gravitational Beam Emitter is a powerful gun used by Killy, other special Safeguards, and Silicon Creatures. It has immense destructive capacity, able to blow through multiple walls with a single blow, causing perfectly round holes within them, followed by explosions. The weapon emits so much force, that with a single shot it would stagger it's users backwards due to the incredible gravity of the weapon. It can blow everything it touches into bits.

Is there any scientific explanation about this weapons? Like, how can we use the weapon, etc.

This kind of weapon also appeared in Knights of Sidonia by the same author. KoS's Wikia page has slightly more information regarding Gravitational Beam Emitter a.k.a. Graviton Radiation Emitter:

   The Graviton Radiation Emitter (sometimes called the Gravitational Beam Emitter) is a futuristic technology conceived by Ochiai, and first used by the chimera Kanata.

   The first Graviton Radiation Emitter was grown into the chimera Kanata, installed as his right eye. Grown using Gauna placenta, it is strongly hinted that the structure of the emitter was grown from the second Placental Hoshijiro, and then installed into Kanata.

   After the Mizuki's shakedown cruise, construction of the second and third Graviton Radiation Emitters was completed. Made entirely from mechanical parts, they no longer relied on placenta for their construction.

But the two series are, to my knowledge, not related; Tsutomu Nihei probably just recycled the same conceptual weapon.

Since this weapon is so blue-sky theoretical, there's no way there's gonna be a scientific explanation about its workings for the coming centuries or even millennia. There is a related discussion on Physics.SE which you can peruse at your leisure.


Why are reading fairy tales so lewd? In Chapter 2, when Eto is wondering what she could do for Iono-sama (seeing how everyone has unique skills that served her and she didn't have anything), Iono-sama suggests reading fairy tales to her at night, which prompts Arge to call Iono-sama a Horny Queen.

Now at first I would have thought it was the suggestion of Eto being with Iono-sama at night which the explicit nature of the suggestion, but Eto asks Arge if "fairy tales" has that sort of meaning.

Later when Eto and Aida are talking, Aida mentions reading fairy tales to Iono-sama and Eto gets all flustered and says she looked it up suggesting that it's not the fact that it's at night but that Eto would be reading fairy tales which makes it lewd.

After reading the liner notes of Maria Watches Over Us some time ago, I know that some humor in Japanese language comes from puns on how words look very similar but have vastly different meanings only because of one character of the placing of a space.

So I am wondering, why is fairy tales so lewd? Is this some sorta of Japanese language pun?

The original dialog use お伽話 (otogibanashi), commonly translated as "fairy-tale".

The Japanese-English online dictionary, Jisho only states 1 meaning which is the most common usage:

  fairy-tale; nursery-tale

However, when referring to the Japanese-Japanese online dictionary, Kotobank, it states 2 meanings:

  A story (legend, folklore, etc.) for children to listen to. "Momotaro", "Kachi-kachi Yama"-type. Alternatively, as a trope, a fantastical story that ignores realism.
  A story which takes place while doing otogi.

In fact, when Aida told Eto about "doing otogibanashi at night", Eto was surprised, realizing it's about togi. (The translation is wrong, Eto didn't shout otogibanashi, only togi)

Now, what is (o)togi? Otogi is basically o (honorific prefix) + togi. Jisho states:

  Otogi: attending (upon); keeping another company
  Togi: nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer

While Kotobank states:

Otogi

  Accompanying other to kill time during the night. Alternatively, the person who does that.
  Attending someone's bedroom. Alternatively, the person who does that. Concubine; mistress.
  [...]
  [...]

Togi

  Become a chat partner, humoring and entertaining them. Alternatively, the person who does that. Otogi.
  Attending someone's bedroom. Alternatively, the person who does that.
  [...]
  [...]

So, yes, it means Iono-sama invites Eto to accompany her at night, possibly also in her bedroom as a concubine, which is Iono-sama's objective from the beginning. Considering the nature of Iono-sama, it's not really surprising if it has something to do with lewd things...


Why is the mikan so popular in anime and manga? In a lot of anime and manga we see recurring elements of the mikan in one form or another (most notably on a box).

Is there a reason these oranges (in one form or another) recur so often in anime and/or manga (and some games as well)?
Where did it originate from?

This is pretty interesting - the blog post contains a bunch of foreign (non-Japanese) reactions to the phenomenon of mikan boxes in anime (translated into Japanese), and the comments section below contains a bunch of presumably Japanese people reacting to the foreign reactions.

It looks like nobody in Japan is really entirely sure why mikan boxes are so prevalent in anime. However, the following conjectures were made:

Mikans are the prototypical example of a household product that is purchased in boxes. Since boxes of mikans are frequently available in homes, they are repurposed for things like storage, moving, etc. Thus, people see mikan boxes often. This makes them a good choice for depiction in anime. (comment #30)

As an extension of this, one commenter (#73) writes that the only boxed product he has in his house is a box of mikans.

During the Showa period, the mikan box was emblematic of poverty (and in particular, poverty among manga artists in general). Many failed manga artists would live in a tiny apartment and use a mikan box as a desk. Their prevalence in anime is a consequence of the impact they had on artists from that period (or perhaps a sort of self-referential joke by the people in the anime/manga industry). (comments #33, #36, #50, lots of others)
Mikan boxes are tough and sturdy (as they have to be to prevent the fruit from being smushed in transport), and are easy to come across. They are also available for free at some grocery stores. (comments #43, #47)
Why mikan as opposed to apple? You can eat a whole box of mikans, but probably not a whole box of apples. (comment #53)
During election-time, politicians stand on mikan boxes and beer cases and give speeches. (comment #68) [I don't see the connection this commenter is drawing.]

It looks like the most common explanations were 1.) they are one of the few everyday things you buy in boxes; and 2.) as a result of this, many struggling artists, some of whom made it big, spent quite some time drawing using a mikan box as a desk.


Does using god ki in base form makes you stronger than turning into super saiyan? In the non canon Dragon Ball heroes game, there is a transformation called "Saiyan Beyond god" which is when you use god ki in base form (white/transparent ki) . This transformation is stronger than a SSJ, SSJ2, SSJ3, etc. Now the Dragon Ball heroes game is non canon, but this seems to fit with the idea from Dragon Ball Super / Resurrection of F, Goku in base form is able to fight 4th form Freezer, when Gohan super saiyan is defeated easily by Freezer 1st form. And later Goku mentions he can become a super saiyan god super saiyan because he is able to handle god ki and later transform into super saiyan. Does this mean he was using god ki when fighting Freezer 4th form, and that this base-looking form is stronger than turning into a regular super saiyan?

It was stated during the fight between Beerus and Goku that Goku had absorbed god ki into his base form which had indeed made him significantly stronger. Gohan, on the other hand, hadn't trained and his base form at the time was nowhere close to even teen Gohan who fought Cell. So his SSJ multiplier to his base form would've been very low. Freiza's first form was most likely stronger than Namek saga SSJ Goku. However, Goku has gotten substantially stronger since than and he was completely dominating the fight against final form Freiza who had gotten a lot stronger.

The Golden Freiza multiplier is a lot higher than the Super Saiyan Blue multiplier. This is why Golden Freiza was a lot stronger than Super Saiyan Blue Goku despite Goku's base form being a lot stronger than Freiza.


Where does the shroom on the head come from? If been re-watching some Gintama episodes and noticed the parasitic mushrooms in some episode. Which started to grow on their head and slowly take them over.
I also came across the pokemon Paras to which something pretty similar happens:

While Paras' symbiotic relationship with the mushrooms on its back isn't exactly normal, it is beneficial for both; Paras feeds the mushrooms with its body, and the fungus provides additional means of defense. Exactly how much control the mushrooms can exert over the Pokemon isn't clear, but odd goes to disturbing when Paras evolves into Parasect.
It's hard to say exactly what change takes place at Level 24, but for some reason, the mushrooms take their chance and merge into a single organism, taking over the Paras in the process. With heightened aggression and a pair of zombified milky eyes, anything cute or endearing about Paras is replaced by a demonic drone known as Parasect.

So now my question: where does the parasitic mushroom come from? Is this made up in anime, or like allot of other anime components based on some kind of folk lore?

The parasitic mushroom comes from real life. Cordyceps

From http://i.guim.co.uk/static/w-620/h--/q-95/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/5/3/1336047375506/Zombie-ant-infected-with--001.jpg

This fungus infects insect and uses them to breed. This is where Game Freak got its inspiration for Parasect.


Was the abrupt cut to the eyecatch in the Funimation version of episode 2 of Kuusen Madoushi a production error? The Funimation simulcast of episode 2 of Kuusen Madoushi featured a very abrupt transition at the half-way point - Kanata was in the middle of a sentence (確かに、俺… / tashika ni, ore...) when he was cut off by the eyecatch. His being cut off was not humorous, so it doesn't seem like it was intentional.

Was this a production error? If so, whose fault was it - Funimation or someone further upstream?

Okay, yeah, the schmucks at Funimation messed this one up. The versions of this episode that aired on TOKYO MX and SUN both don't have the abrupt cut - there's about 20 seconds of content missing. Here's a webm of the missing content, taken from the MX raws: http://webmshare.com/play/7D8wK.

Basically, Kanata tells them that he's too strong for them. Misora asks what they're going to be doing for training today. Kanata replies that they'll be playing tag, to which they all respond in shock.

Given that this didn't happen in the versions of the show that aired in Japan, I blame this on Funimation.


What are the Pain's theme song lyrics? When Pain appears in Naruto Shippuden, there is always a good background music named Girei that is played.

I wanted to know the lyrics, so I looked it up on the net and found a few results that state that the lyrics are in English. Here are the results I found:

Version 1:

  As we forgive for love
  but we can not pull through
  if we can not forgive
  we all tribute to love

Version 2:

  As we forgive for love
  but we can not pull through
  if we can not forgive
  for our tribute true love

And Version 3 (the phonetic one):

  meh-shea-fu-ni coo-ma
  mah-ni-kay-nah-bow-coo
  ee-ee-kay-nah for-gee
  kor-ah-tay-boo troo- la or bah or ma

But I'm still convinced that the song is definitely Japanese.

Can anyone who is/knows Japanese confirm this?

Long shot, guys, but don't you think that if it's a chant it can be in Chinese?
For example like this:

没师傅你哭吗    Méi shīfù nǐ kū ma
那你可那波苦    Nà nǐ kě nàbō kǔ

First two lines can be then read as such:

Master didn't cry for you
You can wave of that pain

Then I'd go with Japanese/English line:

いけない FORGIVE    Ikenai FORGIVE

And that one means simply:

Don't forgive

The only thing I can't possibly get is the last line... It sounds Latin-ish, but it can't be as there are no words fitting phonetically to these syllables...
It sounds between Japanese and some ancient European language...

What do you think, guys?


Is Sera's Brother Shukichi Haneda? I've just read the newest Detective Conan comic online. There's a case when Yumi calls Shukichi and Sera call her brother at the same time. When Yumi talks to Shukichi, Shukichi holds their conversation because someone else is calling at the same time. Sera calls her brother but Sera's Brother also stops their conversation because he is in an important call with someone. So, does that mean Sera's Brother is Shukichi Haneda?

At this time unless and until canon says otherwise, it is reasonable to assume that Sera's brother is Shikichi Haneda.  However, Gosho Aoyama certainly knows how to mislead his readers, so it's definitely not a sure thing as far as I'm concerned.  See also Shukichi Haneda


How did Nagato have his eyes before Madara’s death during the 2nd Shinobi war? In Naruto Shippuden, Nagato had his Rinnegan during the 2nd Shinobi war. However, it is said Madara implanted his Rinnegan in Nagato right before his death, but Madara’s death was during or after the 3rd Shinobi war.

So how did Nagato have his eyes before Madara’s death during the 2nd Shinobi war? I’m confused with the timeline of when he actually got the Rinnegan.

Madara implanted the Rinnegan onto Nagato when he was very young. And this was done without Nagato's knowledge. Then the Second Shinobi War started, after a while.

After implanting the eyes, Madara waited for years to find a person who could be used as a tool. This "tool" was supposed to guide Nagato to properly use the Rinnegan at the right time, bringing Madara back alive, at his prime state.

So in order to find a suitable "tool", Madara connected himself with the Gedo Statue and siphoned it's life essence. He would die the moment he disconnected, as he was far past his natural death.

Madara then died after finding Obito, training him and handing over his name.


Has there been any power level figure given in Dragon Ball Super? Power levels was a popular idea introduced in Dragon Ball Z. However, after the Freezer saga, I believe there wasnt any power level mentioned in the series or the manga. In the Buu Saga there was a measure of level of energy by Babidi, but it wasnt the same. How about in Dragon Ball Super?

Has there been any power level figure given in Dragon Ball Super?

No, there is no power level figure in Dragon Ball Super. The device which was used to measure power level can measure upto a certain limit after which it get destroyed. Also power level increases as the fight keeps on.


How much is known about the Skypiea alternative path? It was told by Gan Fall most people (still few) came to White Sea through an alternate way to the Knock-Up Stream. How much is known about this method?

As per One Piece Wikia

The only way that has been shown so far is the unorthodox and
dangerous way in which the sailors have to take a Knock Up Stream.
Another way, mentioned by Gan Fall is the High West, as well as a
couple of unnamed islands. However, these routes are apparently very
treacherous, as Gan Fall states that, "If you had brought 100 people,
it would be a gamble as to how many would survive". The section
first appeared in Chapter 237 and Episode 153.

It's highly possible that Bellamy made use of the High West Route given that everyone in his crew except him died, but nothing except what's stated above is known about the other routes to reach the White Sea.


Why do bad/evil characters sometimes have no eyes? Why is it that evil characters are sometimes drawn without eyes? One example is Saki Arima in Your Lie in April. I have seen others from time to time. Any thoughts?

Have you ever heard the phrase "The eyes are the windows to the soul"?

One of the first big names in manga and anime, Osamu Tezuka, developed an art style in many of his works where the eyes of characters were abnormally large, because it was easier to make them expressive to show emotions - as discussed in this answer and this Quora article.

So, what happens when you reverse that? If you make a character's eyes small, then it becomes harder to discern their emotions, and harder to make an emotional connection with them (and before someone brings up, say, Brock from Pokemon, note that while his eyes are permanently squinty they're also pretty big). By taking a character's eyes away completely, you are completely severing that emotional connection, and to some extent, you are giving the impression that they are emotionless - which is often what is being expressed, since the eyeless face is used on characters that are either acting in a sociopathic manner (lots of school bully-type characters are depicted this way), or who are otherwise emotionally distant or disconnected, like Arima Saki in Your Lie.


When did people start putting anime characters on vehicles? I occasionally see forum posts of people in Japan showing off their anime-styled cars and I saw some whilst in Japan also. I believe there's also groups of these people who have meetups and such.

It's not just cars either, I've seen some boats and a few helicopters decorated too.

Obviously, these weren't around in the early days of anime - but when did they start appearing on the streets?

These type of otaku-owned car are called Itasha 痛車?, literally "painful car" (painfully embarrassing / painful for the wallet) and started with decoration of cars in the 80s when Japan experienced a lot of growth and many wealthy people started importing many luxury cars. This decoration only really consisted of plushies, stickers and non-permanent features.
According to Wikipedia, fully-fledged Itasha only really started being seen in the 21st century - when internet culture gave the anime industry a large growth sprurt - in advertising, greater fan communities and distribution.
Expert from Itasha article, Otaku USA Magazine, 2009

Most often, stickers are put on the hood and doors of the car and then airbrushed. People who think, "It's kind of embarrassing, but I really want to ride in an itasha! ... But I'd have to hide it from my family and at my job. [..] can quickly take the design off by attaching and detaching magnetic stickers.
Although printing cutting sheets of personal favorite characters and putting them on the car is a popular method, people who are really devoted will commission a specialist to airbrush their designs.

This article mentions a few owners with itasha cars from 2002.
Notable Dates:

In 2007, the first Autosalone (itasha convention) was held.
June 2008, Aoshima Bunka Kyozai launched "ITASHA" as one of the first offically licensed Itasha.

It's not a purely-japanese phenomenon either, there are itasha to be seen in Malaysia , Taiwan and the Philippines too. It hasn't become overly popular in the West just yet however.


Who was King Bradley supposed to be? In Fullmetal Alchemist (2003 anime series) Fuhrer Bradley/King Bradley is a homunculus and is head of the military in Central. They say the Homunculi are created when an alchemist attempts human transmutation, which always fails and from those failures, a homunculus is created and is born to look like whoever they were suppose to be bought back as.

  e.g. Alphonse and Ed tried to resurrect Trisha, their mother, and end up failing. Years later they run into her but she is known as Miss Douglas.

I can't remember how I know that Homunculi are suppose to look like what they were supposed to be resurrected as but what was King Bradley supposed to be?

I'll take my shot at an answer. In the 2003 continuity, homunculi are created when alchemists attempt human transmutation, as you stated earlier. This more or less explains the origins of:

Wrath, who was created by Izumi
Sloth, who, as you stated, was created by the Elric brothers
Envy, who was Hohenheim's son
Lust, who was created by Scar's brother

Given this "rule" and the examples in the anime, it's at the very least implied that the resulting homunculus from a human transmutation will resemble, at least to a degree, the original intended result of the transmutation.

I don't recall the series explaining the origins of Gluttony, Greed, or Pride, though according to the fan-made Fullmetal Alchemist Wiki, they were all created by Dante. In the case of Gluttony, this seems to have been done for the purpose of creating philosopher's stones, at least according to the FMA Wiki (which may or may not be a reliable source). In the case of Pride, it would make sense to a degree for the homunculus to have been created as a means to control the government for Dante's purposes, but it seems that neither the purpose of creating Pride nor his origins are ever explicitly stated in the 2003 series.


Is it normal to 'erase' a seiyu? Today I stumbled upon the Kotaku post regarding Ai Takabe's arrest in regards to drugs.

Besides her being erased from the credits, Bandai also announced that it’s no longer streaming Kill Me Baby as well as the 2009 anime Sweet Blue Flowers and the 2011 anime Wandering Son. Which are both animes Takabe had a voice in.

Has something like this happened before? Or is it considered normal to erase peoples existences from created products in Japan like has happened here, when a member of it's team commits a crime?

Kotaku says in its post here:

Increasingly, Japanese authorities have been cracking down on drugs and celebrities. Instead of letting these famous individuals off, like police seem to do in the U.S., the Japanese police and the country's media appear to make examples of them, stringing them out to dry. This might be a good thing! It also might be a bit much.

As Justin Sevakis puts it in his post here:

In Asia, it is expected that "talent" (singers/actors/show hosts/etc.) should be role models for society at large. When one gets in major criminal trouble (usually for drugs), what happens next is part of a very well-worn ritual.
Step 1: It's almost unheard of for the talent in question to fight the charge. Things will proceed as if they are completely guilty. If they're famous enough, there may be a press conference, in which they will apologize for letting down all of their fans, and cry a lot.
Step 2: The talent's management agency, record label(s), and any and all companies contracting that person to do work or appearances will immediately drop them from their rosters. Stores will remove their music, merchandise, and other media bearing their name from their shelves. Their listings will be removed from websites. I've never heard of whole anime series being pulled due to a voice actor getting in trouble, but it's fairly rare that a voice actor in prominent roles gets in trouble like this.
Step 3: Time passes, usually at least a year. The discs and merchandise that were pulled earlier quietly get put back on store shelves (and, presumably, streaming services). The talent works through the legal system, and once their debt to society is paid (any jail time, house arrest, or probation ends), the artist is free to try and restart their career, or go work at a convenience store. The artist is not re-instated at their old agencies, but is free to try again somewhere else and make a new start.

There are a few more such cases that have taken place in Japan such as the case with actor Shunta Nakamura, Manabu Oshio and others but the ones related to anime industry are as follows:
1. Noriko Sakai

Noriko Sakai, 44, was found guilty of possessing and using amphetamines in August 2009 and was sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years. But unlike stars in much of the rest of the world, Sakai's conviction was marked as effectively the end of a career that made her popular across much of Asia.
Her record label, Victor Entertainment, had cancelled her contract and withdrawn all her albums from sale, while Toyota Motor had scrapped a lucrative advertising deal. However, in 2012 she returned to the entertainment business, and began performing in a stage play. She's since released new albums, and both it and a few of her older releases are back up on iTunes.

2. Ryo Aska

Ryo Aska of Chage and Aska was arrested for drug posession in early 2014, which caused Walt Disney Japan to remove the music video for the song "On Your Mark." Walt Disney Japan also removed the video from Studio Ghibli collection of short films that was previously released on DVD. In a way, Disney erased the short film from Studio Ghibli's back catalogue. It's as if it never existed. All Chage and Aska websites and social media accounts have either been frozen since then, or taken down, and are not active as of this writing.


Does hisoka die in the 2011 anime or in the manga before I finished hxh I heard that hisoka died, but when I finished the anime he didn't die so i'm a little confused about it. I'm asking this question on here because google won't give me the answer.

He did die but he came back to life.
The specifics to this ability are not yet elaborated but in Chapter 357, it was shown that Nen can be 'programmed' or 'used' even after death.
After his fight with Chrollo, he was declared dead. Suddenly, Machi notices Hisoka's aura coming back. It was then revealed that Hisoka 'begged' his Nen Gum (this is what he called his Nen, or at least in the VIZ translations) to bring him back to life after his death, which it did.


Are some translated anime needlessly subbed twice? Scenario:

A streaming site has streaming rights to an anime and then a different company picks up the title for DVD/Bluray viewing.

Question:

Does the second company have to re-subtitle the show even though that work has been done already by the streaming company?

Because I assume the subtitles belong to the company who made them - Do companies sell them on maybe?

Some of it may depend on the region/country which the original translation was created and where the second company's region is. In the U.S., translations are derivative works, which are copyrighted separately themselves but cannot be produced without the consent of the original work's copyright holder.

And because the reason for doing the translation and distribution (be it streaming or physical media) is to localize for a region's consumers, there's usually no reason to need a new translation but it ultimately depends on the original copyright holder. Sometimes, simulcast streams have translations that were done under a heavier time constraint, even if the scripts are shared to the translators before the original airing of episodes. There's less supervision in some of these cases and the original copyright holder (e.g. the Japanese Studio) may not have the same control they'll have if they work directly with an editor or a script director for the licensor (e.g. the streaming company or distributor). At the same time, the original license holder may ask that another translation be used instead of the licensor creating their own new translation, though I'm not sure how often that ends up happening.

I don't have any numbers or citations to give you an idea of how many streamed translations end up being re-used by other distributors, but they would either pay a licensing fee to the translation's copyright holder (be it the streaming company or a translation service), or they could just buy it. The original copyright holder, though, would most definitely have some say about this when the license to distribute is hashed out. If the original copyright holder is OK with reusing another translation, then that's probably what usually ends up happening. Otherwise, the studio may demand a new translation with more direct input.

Note that translations, even on physical media getting reused isn't uncommon, especially with distributors for different regions but the same language (U.K., U.S., Australia, etc). Also note that some studios get new translations made for the same property on newer releases (e.g. ADV's Neon Genesis Evangelion's perfect collection vs platinum collection).


What are OVAs and how are they different from Specials? I often see that a lot of Anime series have a few extra episodes. Some are explicitly labeled as Specials, others labeled as OVAs. I get Specials, but I don't quite understand the term OVAs.

I googled, and found this: What is the difference between an OVA and an OAV?, but all I understood from it is that:

  OVA/OAV stands for Original Video Animation

Now that doesn't explain much, does it? So my question is, how is it different from other extra episodes (Specials)? Are they the same thing and the producers use the terms interchangeably or something else?

Broadly, the two terms could be interchanged, although there are a few points of (almost) difference:

OVAs are generally released for home video (be that VHS, DVD, or whatever), whereas it's possible for a Special to be released as a television broadcast that is just separate from the rest of the show.
OVAs are often shorter than a normal episode of the show, while Specials are often as long or longer, although this definitely doesn't always hold.
Some OVAs are not associated with a show, so they aren't a "special episode" of anything. For example, the series Video Girl Ai was only ever released as a 6 episode straight-to-video OVA.


What order should I watch Nurarihyon no Mago in? What order should I watch "Nurarihton no Mago" and "Nurarihyon no Mago - Sennen Makyou" in? Because I'm pretty sure the events from episode 1 of the latter of the 2 take place before the events in the former of the 2. So is that the correct order I should watch them in?

In general, watching the anime in release order is the default recommendation, as also for this case:

Nurarihyon no Mago
Nurarihyon no Mago: Sennen Makyou

However, Japanese Wikipedia notes the differences in the anime adaptation from the original manga:

Session 1:

Episode 1 starts with the night-form of Rikuo confronting Gyuki on Mount Nejireme, then it continues to chapter 2 of the original manga.
[...]

Session 2:

Episode 1 broadcasts chapter 1 of the original manga.
[...]

So, chronologically (or "more faithful manga order"):

Season 2 Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1-24
Season 2 Episode 2-24


How can Naruto characters teleport/disappear? In the manga/anime, it appears as if teleportation is very rare. The few we know that gets a little bit explained are, for example, Minato (4th Hokage) and Obito (Tobi).

Despite of this, a lot of characters (mainly in the anime) "disappear" with a flashy exit when they wish. Orochimaru does this a couple of times, including others. Often with a phrase such as "I don't have time to play around with you any more" and then poof, gone!

Is there some explanation to this? Do they use a clone and then run off while the clone says goodbye to the opponent? If that is the case, when do they create the clone?

From what I understand, there are only actually a few ways to teleport. Those include Tobirama/Minato's Flying Thunder God technique, reverse summoning, and Obito's space/time Sharingan based technique.

Most of the time, when shinobi just poof, that means it was either a clone or they travel at a high speed such that one can not detect their movements. If it was a clone, then it was always a clone to begin and the person did not just substitute himself for a clone.


Can Urashiki steal Kekkai Genkais? Urashiki Otsutsuki posseses an unusual signature skill, which enables him to form his chakra  into a fishing rod and hook "looking thingy" to extract chakra from people and store it in his gourd.

Is this ability also capable of extracting Bloodline Kekkai Genkais?

Kekkai Genkais cannot be replicated or learned just by stealing a user's chakra or attempting to copy the technique. Even though Urashiki can steal chakra in order to access certain  user's abilities, this does not apply to Kekkai Genkai. As defined by the Wikia, a Kekkai Genkai is

  an anomaly of the DNA that allows the wielder to use unique techniques.

Urashiki's ability seems to be similar to the Sharingan in the sense that it can copy other techniques but a requirement needed to perform abilities unique to Kekkai Genkai is that there must be anomalies in your DNA related to the Kekkai Genkai you are trying to copy. What I think would happen if he tries to copy other Kekkai Genkai (for example, Ice Release) is that he would probably have access to the theory behind performing the technique he is trying to copy but since there are no DNA anomalies in him that enables him to mix both Wind and Water, he would be unable to perform said technique that is unique to Ice Release users.

Throughout the Naruto manga, examples of ways to access or transfer Kekkai Genkai is by transplanting body parts, like in the case of Dojutsu or Madara transplanting Hashirama's DNA to access Wood Release, or indirectly through Orochimaru's Edo Tensei. This means that you need to have access to the DNA that allows someone to manipulate chakra like no one else can. Despite this, success rate of acquiring Kekkai Genkai abilities is still low, like in the case of Yamato. It is the DNA that enables someone to be use Kekkai Genkai and not through practice or training to become one (I remember this was discussed when Naruto was training with Kakashi and Yamato).

The closest thing to accessing Kekkai Genkai via chakra is with the Rinha Clan's Kekkai Genkai, which steals chakra and enables them to create perfect copies of someone which can use

  any weapons, techniques, and bloodline techniques that the original shinobi have. But this clan has only ever appeared in-game and not in the manga, anime or movies.


Where might I buy/stream "Cyber City Oedo 808"? Cyber City Oedo 808 happens to be a favourite of mine and I was wondering where I might be able to buy such titles, or what online services might host them for streaming?

The last time I tried was some shifty guy (or girl) selling what looked like a real DVD published but turned out to be terrible copied DVDs on Amazon a long time ago.

Haven't seen that in ages! Because it's a little older you'll probably have a hard time finding a place to buy or stream it these days. In the US it is indeed distributed by US Manga Corps. However, their parent, Central Park Media, filed for bankruptcy in 2009. Some of their licenses were sold off to other distributors, but this one has expired and has not been picked up again so far as I can find.

I don't think I have my DVD any more to give you a product number but an eBay search might net you someone looking to offload their copy. Of course, be careful where you buy from as with anything on eBay. The usual places I would go to buy (Right Stuf, CDJapan) did not have it.


Does the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga where Moro appears take place after or before the Dragon Ball Super Broly movie? So a new arc of the Dragon Ball Super manga started called the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga , and a new villain appears called Moro. In both this manga arc and in Dragon Ball Super Broly, Goku lost the hability of turning into Ultra Instinct (actually, he never mastered the transformation at will) so it's difficult to know if it happens after or before the Broly movie. Does the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga where Moro appears take place after or before the Dragon Ball Super Broly movie?

It is set after DBS Broly. There is a short summary of the same at the end of, Manga Chapter 42, where there is an image of Super Saiyan Broly fighting Mastered Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Vegeta. Since this arc was released before the movie, it obviously doesn't go into details to avoid spoilers.I have included a colored picture of the same below.


How does the summoning of the Ten Tails work? If Demonic Statue of the Outer Path requires only a part of the chakra of the Nine-tails and the Eight tails, why did they have to kill the other Jinchuuriki to obtain the tailed beast just to complete the Juubi?

Why not obtain only parts of the chakra of each tailed beasts?

Because the Juubi will not be revive in its full form and make the juubi weaker for every tailed beasts that has been extracted only by parts.


Does using Izanagi require the Mangekyo Sharingan? Does using Izanagi require the Mangekyo Sharingan? I'm asking this question because on other questions, people are saying that the Izanagi and Izanami does not require the Mangekyo Sharingan, but rather, Senju and Uchiha DNA, plus a Sharingan. However, it is seen that many people used Izanagi without Senju and Uchiha DNA, as well as no Mangekyo Sharingan, but,

Black Zetsu's statement contradicts that entire argument.
So does using Izanagi really require a Mangekyo Sharingan? Or was this just a mistake?

NO, just like what you said, they only need a Senju DNA and a Uchiha DNA, plus a Sharingan which means genetic traits of the Sage of the Six Paths. The Uchiha, descended from the Sage, are able to perform Izanagi with their Sharingan.
You could check HERE about Izanagi.
For Madara case, his Sharingan already upgraded to another level. So he have to use his MS(Mangekyo Sharingan) for the activation. But still, MS is from Sharingan. I see no error here.
However, could you list out who used Izanagi without about these condition?

However, it is seen that many people used Izanagi without Senju and Uchiha DNA, as well as no Mangekyo Sharingan


What happens when a Marine or Pirate goes after a bounty In One Piece notorious pirates have a bounty on their heads with Luffy getting his after defeating Arlong.

It seems obvious to me that the Marines would be the ones who do the payouts since they are the one who produce the wanted posters, but what happens when a Marine like Smoker goes after a pirate? Do they get the bounty or some other reward?

And what about other pirates such with the case when Buggy and Alvida were about to kill Luffy in Roguetown, would the Marines pay out the bounty to them if they came to claim it (considering that by killing or bringing in another pirate is doing the Marine's job for them)

We haven't yet seen the details of a bounty being collected, but it seems incredibly unlikely that the marines would pay a pirate the bounty for defeating or capturing another pirate, as all pirates are by definition wanted criminals who are to be arrested on recognition, as in the world of One Piece, merely flying a black flag and declaring yourself a pirate is a crime. This seems backed up by when Blackbeard captured Jewellery Bonney and tried to exchange her with the world government, they responded by sending a warship with an angry Akainu on board.

It also seems unlikely that they would give the bounties to marines who are carrying out their duties, and would have different rewards in place, but it is perfectly possible that marines can and do earn bounty rewards.

The main groups that seem eligible to receive bounties seem to be:

Bounty Hunters
Mercenaries
Armies and soldiers who report to a single nation instead of the world government
Assassins
Warlords

Obviously for the average concerned citizen in One Piece, capturing or defeating someone with a large bounty is impossible, as bounties tend to be at least somewhat correlated with strength. A notable exception is a young Nico Robin, who had a large bounty long before she had any significant combat strength, so was always on the run and fearing being turned in.

Anyone not considered a criminal who has the luck/power to capture or kill a bounty holder while not working for the world government seems to be guaranteed the bounty, so almost anyone except for marines, revolutionaries, pirates and other criminals.


What happens if there is no relic in a summoning? In Unlimited Blade Works, we eventually learn that Archer was summoned as Rin had a relic associated with him (i.e. the pendant Shiro keeps). In the recent anime adaptation, there is also some statement to the effect of "a relic is required to summon a servant".

Similar sentiment is expressed in the Fate route of the visual novel. On the last day, Saber tells Shiro that he must have been able to summon her as a result of having had Excalibur's sheath embedded in him (similar to how it was embedded in Irisviel in Fate/Zero):

  To summon a heroic spirit, one needs a symbol connected with that spirit.

This seems in line with the other summonings we see, such as Waver's use of a cloak to summon Iskandar and the trouble the Einsberns take to retrieve the sheath so that Kiritsugu summons a good servant. Finally, some remark Lord El Melloi makes about having to find a relic last minute suggests that a relic is always required.

Is this ("a relic is always required for a successful summoning") correct? If so, did Rin have anything she knew to be a relic when she summoned Archer? (I feel like she didn't, but if a relic is required, I would have assumed that she'd be aware of this, as a reasonably competent magus.)

A catalyst is not required, but most Magi prepare for one because they have been preparing to partake in the Holy Grail War for years.

  Most Masters will prepare a catalyst with which to summon their desired Heroic Spirit, but it is not absolutely necessary. Without a specific artifact, the Grail will, rather than base it on their power, chose a Servant based upon similarities to the summoner's own nature.

Source: Servant - Summoning

This coincides with Gilles de Rais' summoning in the 4th Holy Grail War:

  His Master was Ryuunosuke Uryuu, a serial killer who unwittingly performed a successful summoning ritual using the blood of a murdered family. Ryuunosuke lacked a cataylst so the Grail chose a servant with the closest personality to Ryuunosuke. He first introduces himself to his Master as Bluebeard.

Source: Caster (Fate/Zero) - Role

You can see a list of all the the heroes who are known to have been summoned with a catalyst in the Catalyst section of the Servant page, and you'll notice that not only Gilles is missing.

You'll also notice that the mirror used to summon Medusa was a weak catalyst, so Sakura's similar personality helped summoning Medusa:

  Mirror dug up from a temple in Eritrea, an item with ties to an old Earth goddess of Greece. It is noted to have been a weak catalyst to Medusa, so Sakura Matou's similar personality plays a role in the summoning.


What is the lightning coming out from Boruto's eye at the end of 13th episode of Boruto? Is this some power used by him unknowingly?

It is Dojutsu, the ability to detect things such as chakra which is generally unseen by a normal eye. At the age of 8, which is the age he is at currently within the anime, he is able to use it subconsciously, i.e. unknowingly but at the right moments. But if you watch the first episode where we see a teenage Boruto we see that Boruto is now able to use the Dojutsu, i.e. his eye on his own will.

The origins of this power are still unknown, and I can only speculate that this is somehow related to the seal that Momoshiki presents on Boruto's palm after Boruto defeats him.


Why is the American version of the manga split into three parts? I'm trying to read the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga at the moment and I realized, that it was seemingly split into three (?) parts:

Yu-Gi-Oh!
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist
Yu-Gi-Oh! ???

What is the third part of the manga? Why was it split up in such a fashion? I can imagine that they wanted to separate out all the "Duel Cards" parts, because that's what the kids were most likely interested in, but still? Why leave out the last 100 (or so) chapters?

If you are referring to Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World then according to Wikipedia

  Viz released the first volume of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga up to the end of the Monster World arc under its original title. Starting from the last chapter of the seventh Japanese volume, the Duelist Kingdom, Dungeon Dice Monsters, and Battle City arcs are released under the title Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, while the Memory World arc was released as Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World.

Source: Yu-Gi-Oh! - Manga (Second Paragraph)

What this means is that the Viz Media release using the original name Yu-Gi-Oh! finishes at Millenium Enemy 10: The Last Die Roll which is Chapter 59 of Volume 7 of the Manga in Japan (according to the chapter list on Wikipedia). Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist starts from the next chapter and continues to the end of Volume 31 and Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World is the final Arc which starts at Volume 32 and finishes the at the end

As for why? it seems to be a decision by Viz Media. while i don't know for sure i would suspect that it was because in the beginning there was several games portrayed in the manga with Magic & Wizards only appearing a couple of times in the first seven volumes. at the start of the Duelist Kingdom Arc Magic & Wizards returned and became the main game that the series focused on (with the exception of Dungeon Dice Monsters). the Memory World Arc however focused on a Table Top RPG (the precursor to Magic & Wizards)

So the first Viz Media release Yu-Gi-Oh! featured multiple games. after that Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist focused mainly on Magic & Wizards while Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World focused on a entire different game

Viz Media however has also been re-releasing the series as a 3-in-1 edition as the currently listed volumes of it (as of 23/08/2017) have covers from Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist and Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World


Is there a canon explanation as to why Naruto still likes Sakura? What characteristic of Sakura makes Naruto like her? She was very useless in the original Naruto, and she is in love with Sasuke. Not to mention, she did not have anything traumatic in her childhood, unlike Hinata, who actually liked Naruto from the beginning.

Also Naruto nearly unleashed the nine tails for Hinata, but still said Sakura was sort of his girlfriend.

Did I miss something here? What did Sakura do to get Naruto to like her? I am only looking for canon answers.

I don't think there can be a canon answer to this because it is not something shown/talked about in either the manga or anime. However, when you were young what did your crushes do to get you to have a crush  on them? I know in my case, almost nothing. They just had to be attractive. My guess that is true for Naruto as well.


What is Shanks' sword made of? At Marineford, Shanks stopped Akainu with his sword. That much we all saw, but what I noticed was that he did not use Haki on the sword and yet it did  not melt.

This has been bugging me. How is this  possible, if Akainu's Lava can burn even fire but not melt the sword which is not even infused with Haki.

The black coloring induced by Haki was only introduced after the timeskip. Before that, when Haki is used, it is not visible with two exceptions: Garp's punch at Enies Lobby and Whitebeard's fist at Marineford.

For example, in chapter 512, Rayleigh faces Kizaru in a sword duel. Rayleigh is using a simple sword while the admiral is wielding an energy sword made of pure light. In this fight, for Rayleigh's sword to be effective against Kizaru, he is obviously using Haki, even if the Haki is not visible at all. This is confirmed by the fact that Rayleigh's sword swing injures Kizaru, a logia user.

Therefore, Shanks' sword is not "made" of anything special (i.e. seastone), he was simply embedding it with Haki. He may be wielding one of the world's great swords but this has yet to be confirmed.


Has an anime ever come out before the manga was published? I got into a debate with a friend about whether or not it's possible for an anime to come out before its manga.

He claimed that there were several instances where the anime actually preceded the manga. Is this the case?

P.S.: I know that there are several anime without a manga. I also know that there are manga created from games. That's not what I'm asking. I'm asking whether or not there is a series where the anime came before the manga.

Yes, there are exceptions to the "rule" that an anime must be inspired by a manga. There are indeed some anime that do not have a manga corresponding, and other such things.

But yes, there are also anime series which inspired one or more manga.

The following list are some of the (arbitrarily selected as recognizable) names from a more complete list featured on the TVTropes article "Anime First":

Code Geass
Cowboy Bebop
Digimon Xros Wars
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (as the article says, a weird example; the manga was created for the purpose of guiding the anime film)
Wolf's Rain


How is Akai Ito the sister game to Aoishiro? According to VNDB (for both Aoishiro and Akai Ito) and the Manga Updates page for Aoishiro - Kaeishou, Akai Ito is the sister game to Aoishiro.

From what I can tell, they are both Shoujo Ai/Yuri titles, both done by Success and both seem to focus on Oni. However I can't see how those elements would make Aoishiro and Akai Ito sister games.

So I am wondering, is there some sort of connection between the 2?

I imagine the most significant of your mentioned connections is that they are created by the same developer - Success.

Having similar themes and a similar art style is definitely enough to warrant the title of sister games.

As a Western example, Bastion and Transistor are also sister games - They share no common story, but are similar in artistic style, development company, musician and artist.

The term sister in sister-game is broad and stems from sister cities & sister companies. The latter of which shares no more than the same parent company. Sister cities are broad, officially approved, long-term partnerships between two communities - but they do not have to be culturally alike or share many traits.

The requirements for shows to have an implicit connection is low, and can be justified by being in the same broad universe, parallel universe, etc. It's mainly a production choice.


Does the Toradora Anime end at the same point as the Manga/Light Novel? I finished watching the anime however it seems unresolved

   While Taiga does visit the school after the credits allowing Ryuji to say he loves her they are still in separate schools

So I am wondering, does the anime end at the same point as the Manga/Light Novel? If not which of the Manga or the Light Novel does the story progress the furtherest (so I know which to get to continue and finish the story)

The light novel ended a little differently than the anime. The main light novel ends at Ryuuji beginning his third year of high school and meeting Taiga along his way to school, while the anime ends at their high school graduation, and then meeting Taiga in one of the classroom. In the light novel, she moved to a different, but nearby apartment block and her mother cancelled her drop out application from school. The manga has not been finished yet, so we don't know the ending of it per-se. I wouldn't call it the furthest in terms of plot, as it doesn't really cover their third-year high school life or beyond.

However, there is the Toradora visual novel that does cover what happens after their high school graduation. The Taiga ending reveals her to be with Ryuuji and pregnant.

Taiga's VN ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odOpaby7Fpk


Who generally owns the rights for a manga or anime? Who generally owns the intellectual property (IP) rights to manga characters and stories?

In the USA, comic books are generally produced by a team -- writer, artist, inker, colorist, letterer, editor, and maybe even plotter. Sometimes one or more of these folks can sometimes even get replaced mid-issue. The characters are typically part of a shared universe involving multiple, interacting characters. It makes sense that Marvel and DC, the largest publishers would own the IP.

It also makes sense that some of the artistic folks would want full ownership and control over their work, and independent publishers were formed allowing this. The leading publishers partially adapted to this desire, and sometimes grant limited exclusivity to the creator of a character. Ownership was still with the publisher, but only the creator could make decisions concerning their character, so long as they remained with the publisher.

From what I understand, manga is vastly different. One person handles writing, art, and lettering.  There is no colorist, and the publisher's editor generally suggests things, not mandates them. Characters from different manga seldom interact. With the one-person focus, it would make sense to me that the mangaka would hold IP rights. Is this generally the case?

Anime is broader, involving many folks for one series. Are they simply licensed to tell the mangaka's (or some other person's) story? (Maybe this is similar to how Fox is licensed to make X-Men movies, even though the X-Men themselves belong to Marvel.) I know some anime is a new work not based on a manga or light novel. In those cases, the studio is the creator, and it is likely they own the IP as well.

summary (final paragraph):
  Like the five previous examples, the mangaka (or writer) shares the copyright. Since this occurred in six of the five works I looked up, I'll assume it to be the "general rule" my question asked for.  If someone knows different, please let us know!

Manga

Duh! -- It just occurred to me my Crunchyroll subscription includes access to manga.  So I went there to look for the copyright notices.  At first I didn't find any.  My expectation was each chapter would have one, so I was scanning thru the volumes of Sweetness and Lightning and couldn't find such a thing. Not at chapter start or end, or even volume start or end.  I tried a couple other manga, and I could not find notices for them either.  Finally a tree appeared out of the forest --- near the bottom right of the stupid start page for each series.  (Anyone can see these without a subscription.  Non-subscribers won't be able to view any actual pages, though.)

There appears to be no standard template, so I chose three at random, listed by order of complexity.  Since the info does not appear to come from the manga issues themselves, what you see is my transcription of Crunchyroll's translation. The original Japanese may include different and/or standardized notices.

ReLIFE

Publisher: Comico
First Published:
Author: Yayoiso
Artist: Yayoiso
Copyright: © Yayoiso / comico
Translator: Andrew Cunningham
Editor: Emily Sorensen
Letterer: Cheryl Alvarez

Both the author and publisher share copyright.  I'm guessing the letterers are for the English version, and the author did the original Japanese lettering.

Sweetness & Lightning

Publisher: Kodansha
First Published:
Author: Gido Amagakure
Artist:
Copyright: Based on the manga "Amaama to Inazuma" by Gido Amagakure
  originally serialized in the monthly good! Afternoon magazine published by KODANSHA LTD.
  Sweetness and Lightning copyright © Gido Amagakure／KODANSHA LTD.
  English translation copyright © Gido Amagakure／KODANSHA LTD.
  All rights reserved.

Once again, a shared copyright between author and publisher.  They also take ownership of the English translation. Whether it was a staff person at Kodansha or Gido is fluent in English, I do not know.

Fairy Tail

Publisher: Kodansha
First Published: 2005
Author: Hiro Mashima
Artist: Hiro Mashima
Copyright: Based on the manga "FAIRY TAIL" by Hiro Mashima
  originally serialized in the weekly Shonen Magazine published by KODANSHA LTD.
  FAIRY TAIL copyright © Hiro Mashima／KODANSHA LTD.
  English translation copyright © Hiro Mashima／KODANSHA LTD.
  All rights reserved.
Translator: William Flanagan
Editor: Erin Subramanian
Letterer: AndWorld Design

These three may indicate a shared copyright is the norm. Same publisher as S&L, but now the translator is given credit by name.

Anime

I tried to check for copyright on several anime series. The few I looked at did not bother translating the opening or closing credits, so if copyright info was there, I could not read it.  I also checked their English dub of Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club, but the dub did not translate the credits either.  Funimation's site appears to be in transition right now, and I cannot access anything there.  If no one else adds animation info, I'll update this later with any anime info I find.

/edit add 5 hours later

Funimation is back up with its site revamp operational.  They have also started airing 2003's Wolf's Rain, and I remembered noticing that dubs of older series tend to translate the credits.  Sure enough, it does.  It's notice is a one-liner, and reads:

© BONES • KEIKO NOBUMOTO/BV Licensed by Funimation® Productions, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

The copyright is once again shared, this time between the studio and writer.  However, Wolf's Rain appears to be a special case, in that the manga and anime were being released simultaneous, with Kodansha publishing the manga. It would be interesting to know if the manga copyright lists Kodansha in place of Bones, in addition to it, or not at all.

(... searched and found the manga copyright online). The manga copyright does not even include Kodansha. The notice is listed at the end of the last volume (11) and reads:

© 2004 TOSHITSUGU IIDA and BONES • KEIKO NOBUMOTO/BV

So the manga copyright added the illustrator's name, even listing him first.  In context, now, it appears Keiko was probably an employee or contractee of Bones.  I don't know what the "/BV" after his name means.  I'm guessing Bones hired Iida to be the manga illustrator, and part of the deal was that he be given co-owner status of it.

The page containing the copyright gives lots of credits, mostly for the anime staff. Viz Media was the English license holder at the time, and their presence is prominent on the page as well.  Another thing I notice is that the Japanese copyrights don't seem to concern themselves with listing a year or year range. But this page was clearly for an English-speaking audience, and the copyright here is more like I expect to see -- "© 2004".  (Watching the first few minutes of the anime, it was instantly clear that Viz chose an excellent voice actor cast! The first four episodes are currently up.)

Since Wolf's Rain is a special case as a product of an anime studio first and manga second (well, co-released), I looked up another old series on Funimation, Mushi-Shi. I also verified that the manga came first. It ran from 1999-2008, and the original 26 episodes of the anime were broadcast in 2005 and 2006. The copyright reads:

   ©Yuki Urushibara / KODANSHA - MUSHI-SHI Partnership.
Licensed by Kodansha through Funimation® Productions, Ltd.
                   All Rights Reserved.

I find this case interesting in that Artland, the anime studio, was not called out specifically.  It is likely part of the entity called "Mushi-Shi Partnership".

Like the five previous examples, the mangaka (or writer) shares the copyright. Since this occurred in six of the five works I looked up, I'll assume it to be the "general rule" my question asked for.  If someone knows different, please let us know!


Why don't anime shows finish the manga? On almost every anime I've watched, they stop producing the anime even though there is more story in the manga, and then to get the rest of the story you have to read the manga.

For example, I've watched Maid-Sama, Fruits Basket, Ouran High School Host Club, Magi and none of them finish off what they started. The only show I've seen that has tried to animate the whole manga so far is Fairy Tail.

Why don't producers just animate the entire manga, or why do they start animating the manga and never finish? Why don't they finish the anime based on the manga?

As some of the comments have pointed out, anime is expensive to make and is often just advertising for the manga and merchandise. Another important aspect is that at the start of a season, the producers have to decide how much of the material they're going to adapt. They may be limited by whether the manga has already finished or not, or whether it has a good existing stopping point that they can use for a season finale.

Given a standard 13-episode season, it makes sense to try to pace the story out so that it covers a decent amount of ground before hitting some kind of climax in the finale (compare that to the evergreen series that can have 30 consecutive filler episodes before randomly having a massive battle scene and then continuing the story like nothing happened). So if there is enough source material, the producers may have a bit of a choice at the start - they can either try to cover the length of the material by skipping to the good bits, making for a solid show with a convincing ending but where things aren't too fleshed out. Or, they can take the first 1/2 or 1/3 of the manga, follow the story more closely, work in some of the more interesting small details, but finish on a weaker note.

So, I guess your question is, why go with the second option most of the time? And the answer is that by doing so, they keep the possibility of a second season open. The hope is always that they will get to keep going and finish the story. After all, twice the seasons means twice the profits, twice the audience who can then go and buy merch, and twice the amount of material that can be turned into merch (well it doesn't mean any of that but it sounds nice in theory). Except, as it so happens, for whatever reason these shows don't rate so well and hence they get dropped and the producers move on to the next shiny new thing.


Why does Mamoru Oshii include a basset hound in his movies? The title really says it all. The basset hound is almost always there in Oshii's signature long musical interludes (Ghost in the Shell I & II, Patlabor II ... etc). Does the basset hound have a special meaning to Oshii?

In a "Japanorama" interview with Jonathan Ross he mentions that he thinks that he's a reincarnated basset hound. He's got an affinity for that particular breed of dog so he uses it a lot in his movies.


What happened to Molly's mother? In Spell of the Unknown we are told that Molly's mother disappeared some time before the film. At the end of the film, Spencer appears with a woman who has a similar sort of hat to what Molly's mother has in the photograph.

After seeing them, we see Molly mouth something (sorta looks like Mama) and rush into the woman's arms. Given how much Molly loves her mother he can probably assume this is her actual mother and not some woman who would become Molly's step-mother.
But then what happened to Molly's mother that would cause her to disappear before the film, and then all of a sudden be found at the end?

Although never explained in the film, the guidebooks released with the Japanese version of the film reveal that she was hospitalised before the events of the film as per Bulbapedia.


In the Overlord LN, how did Shelltear get mind controlled? And by whom? I read the Overlord LN, but I don't understand how Shelltear got-mind controlled. And who mind-controlled her?

It happens in volume 3, chapter 2, part 4.

Her name was Lady Kaire, but she was injured before she could completely take control of Shalltear and left her in the regular enemy NPC state (I don't do anything until something attacks me mode). As for what she used, in Yggdrasil it would have been a world-level item, but I'm sure they're going to have their own name for it in this new world. PS: World-level items basically make hacks look like child's play, so it was most likely a really long incantation.

Citation: All of this information is available in the last episode of Overlord, on Funimation, a legal site, with reliable translations. Episode 13, the episode in question, is available for everyone to watch, although you will need an account to prove you're 17 or older.  At 19:03, Lady Kaire and what she did is explained by a kneeling knight.  The fact that it is a world level item is said earlier on in the anime by Ains.


How did All for One become blind? Is it ever mentioned how All for One become blind? Was he born blind or he got blind fighting All Might or in any other situation?

Because of the fight between All Might and All for One where All Might takes his big wound that causes him not being able to use his quirk at any time or lets say in a time limit, All for One also took serious wounds. Most visible one being his face. Yes because of this he is blind however thanks to an infrared vision quirk he can "see".


What's the song that plays in season 4 episode 14 of Boku no Hero Academia at 10:10? In season 4 episode 14 of Boku no Hero Academia at 10:10, there's a song playing on the scene where the league of villains tries to get their hands on overhaul while he's being transported to a hospital.
What is the title of this song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-LfFUJpbnA
Vanguard Action Squad All-out Attack OST


What's the meaning of ending credit of Great Pretender that have cat on it? In the Great Pretender anime, there is something that bothering me. What's the meaning of the ending credit scene that represent a bunch of cat? I mean the anime is about fraud and swindling, but why they put cat instead of other than  in the ending credit scene? Does it have a meaning at all with the Great Pretender plot story (fraud and swindling) like symbolism or something like that?

This is primarily a homage to Freddy Mercury, most notably the one song with the same name as the title of the series.

Freddy Mercury also owned many cats and had a very close relationship with them on top of being influences for his works. It's a very fitting tribute.


Where is the next chapter in this manga? I have read all the way up to chapter 8 in the manga series called "Absorb: Ability", but I cannot find the 9th chapter anywhere on the internet. Does anyone know where I can read this manga? It does not have to be in English.

You're probably going to have a pretty hard time getting a hold of this legally. As far as I know, there's no legal digital distribution of the manga, so you'll need a print copy. While you may be able to find pirated copies online, we won't help you do so here as per our site policy.

Absorb; Ability was never especially popular in Japan. There are 2 volumes, each with 6 chapters, so you'd only need the second volume. The series ended in 2008, and the volumes have long been out of print. There's no licensed English release (confirmed by Baka Updates), and given the length and popularity licensed releases in other languages are also very unlikely. So you'll have to get your hands on the out-of-print originals, which means looking to the pre-owned market. This is unfortunately not easy, especially if you don't live in Japan.

There are a couple online Japanese stores carrying it right now. Amazon.co.jp has it, and there are some available used copies for very cheap. It's also on Suruga-ya. Both of these stores will only ship domestically in Japan though. You can use a proxy or forwarding service you're familiar with to get around that if you're willing to pay somewhat more.

Unfortunately I couldn't find anywhere that would ship internationally without a proxy or forwarding service, so if you aren't going that route your best bet is to check ebay regularly and hope it appears, which is honestly not very likely. Relatively obscure series like this tend to require jumping through some hoops to get your hands on.


What do the sheep dolls represent in Mayo Chiki? Are these sheep dolls mascots, or do they represent something in the series? From the look of it, the blood (?) drooling from their mouths is like Sakamachi Kinjirou's nose bleed.

It's a mascot for the series. Subaru is a butler, and in Japanese, "butler" (shitsuji) and "sheep" (hitsuji) sound the same, making it a play on words. The reason it is bleeding is itself a pun because a sheep bleats.


Is it common for seiyū's to also be singers? While listening to the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Openings I noticed that the first 4 Opening songs (Original Series - StrikerS) were all sung by Nana Mizuki, the seiyū of Fate Testarossa. Looking at her Wikipedia Page I've also noticed that she's also been the seiyū for Hinata Hyuga in the Naruto Movies.

Now the other groups I know of who did Openings/Endings are FLOW, ALI PROJECT, ORANGE RANGE, Kalafina and ClariS, but I do not know if any singer of these groups were also a seiyū for any series (particularly ones their music was in) but I am wondering if it is common for a seiyū to also be a singer?

If so, is it also expected that if a singer sung the Opening/Ending Theme (or Insert Songs) they will also score a character role in the series?

For the first question, the answer is yes. This is especially true with female seiyuu. As you noted, Nana Mizuki is also a singer other than a seiyuu. You can check her discography here. She even went to a duet with T.M. Revolution. Other female seiyuu's that is worth noted:

Itou Kanae (Meat - Haganai)

Albums including Kokoro Keshiki and Miageta Keshiki
Hayami Saori (Shiraishi Urara - Yamada-kun to 7-nin Majo)

Released her first single August 2015
Kitamura Eri (Honoka Sisters - Sidonia no Kishi)

Has lot of singles and album.
Toyosaki Aki (Kanzaki Uiharu - Railgun)

Discography here
Tomatsu Haruka (Yuuki Asuna - SAO)

Discography here
Uchida Maaya (Takanashi Rikka - Chuunibyou)

Discography here
Nitta Emi (Kousaka Honoka - Love Live)

Discography here
PILE (Nishikino Maki - Love Live)

Was already a singer even before debut voicing as Maki.
Uchida Aya (Kotori - Love Live)

Example single is Spicaterrible
Nanjo Yoshino (Ayase Eri - Love Live, fripSide's Nidaime-sama

She was chosen to as fripSide's main vocalist after the first quit the group and go solo. First vocalist was nao who voiced 5pb in Hyperdimension Neptunia. She also released a mini-album and singles in ballad style which is different that her usual trance fripSide singing style.
Hirano Aya

She even own her own band with whom she got caught in a sex scandal.
Hanazawa Kana

Discography here
Sato Satomi

Discography here
Horie Yui

As pointed by Steven, Horie Yui also owned her own singles and albums.

It is more rare for male seiyuus to also be a singer although they do sing as the characters they voiced. Some that I remember are:

Tetsuya Kakihara (Natsu Dragneel - Fairy Tail)

Other than singing as Natsu, also released his own singles.
Ono Daisuke (Sebastian Michaelis - Kuroshitsuji)

Discography here.
Kenichi Suzumura (Zack Fair - Final Fantasy VII)

Discography here.
Morita Masakazu (Kurosaki Ichigo - Bleach)

His songs are mostly Bleach songs, that is he sang as Kurosaki Ichigo. As far as I know, Morita doesn't own his own singles/albums.
Hayami Shou (Aizen Sousuke - Bleach)

Other than singing as Aizen, also released some singles and albums.

For the second question, no. In fact, usually it is not. Only some anime have the singer of OP or ED also fills a role in the anime. Like Kitamura Eri (Honoka Sisters) sings Sidonia no Kishi's ED. But most of the time they don't. This is because a lot of anime still have bands and people who's primary job is singer perform the OP and ED. The anime Black Bullet's OP was performed by fripSide, but Nanjo-sama didn't have any role in the anime, nor Satoshi (fripSide's composer and part of the duo and he is also not a seiyuu).

As an extra, Hyde of L'Arc~en~Ciel and VAMPS also voiced an anime once as himself. But his main profession is a singer and not a seiyuu.


Does Kale have 2 or 3 transformations already? The Dragon Ball Wikia (which isnt an official Dragon Ball Source) claims Kale have 3 transformations,

1 Berserker Super Saiyan

2 Super Saiyan Perfect Energy Control (this name isnt even mentioned in the series)

3 True Legendary Super Saiyan

Now the supposed transformations 2 and 3 look very similar, personally I cant really tell if they are different transformations. The Dragon Ball Wikia claims they are slightly different in color at least (green vs yellowish brownish green) This difference could even be simply a different animator. My question therefore is, does Kale have 2 or 3 transformations already? Can you tell differences between the supposed transformations 2 and 3?

Kale has 2 transformations.
The first would be Super Saiyan Green: This is a variation of the regular SSJ transformation where there is a tinge of Green in Kale's hair. In terms of power, it pretty much is identical to the SSJ transformation because in the earlier stage of the battle, SSJ2 Caulfifla did appear to be stronger and Kale was also intimidated by the SSJ3 transformation.
The second transformation would be The Legendary Super Saiyan transformation: The reason I'm not mentioning the Berserker state is because, it is an uncontrolled version of the fully mastered Legendary Super Saiayan. The Bereseker state only resulted in a tremendous power increase but Kale was not able to control it and once she did it evolved into this transformation. This transformation is significantly stronger than an SSJ2 regular transformation. This is because we see her going toe to toe with SSJG Goku and SSJ2 Caulifla on ther hand was completely outclassed by SSJG Goku.
Note: The names aren't officially confirmed apart from Super Saiyan Berserker which seemed to be an uncontrolled state of LSSJ. Since Broly isn't Cannon, we can not conclude with certainty. However, the 2 kinds of transformations and the information mentioned above with regard to the power and kind of transformation and the number of transformations Kale has is indeed accurate.


What is the woman saying in Itachi's theme song? When listening to Itachi's theme song, I heard that there is a woman voice in it, however I can't understand what it is saying. What is the woman saying in Itachi's theme song?

From Google, I found that Itachi's theme song is titled Senya (千夜, lit. Thousand Nights) and is part of Naruto Shippuuden Original Soundtrack 2. This song has no lyric. The woman voice there is part of the instrument. If you listen to it carefully, the woman only voice the vocal "a".

According to learntoplaymusic.com

  the human voice can be thought of as the ultimate melodic instrument, because it is capable of instant expression with no instrument required to translate thoughts and feelings into sound.

The voice is there to give more feelings to the music about Itachi's pain, which just instruments won't be able to deliver.


Is L-Elf clairvoyant? In the show Valvrave the Liberator, there's a secret agent of the Dorssian military named "L-elf Karlstein", who seemed to belong to a group of other "gifted" members of the Dorssian military. L-Elf seems to be able to see certain sequences of events in the future and be able to predict them (for example, to Haruto) in an almost Nostradamian way, yet during combat, he can clearly strategize a winning plan and even calculate the number of total loses correctly.

Is L-Elf clairvoyant with some sort of super-human powers? Or is he just really, really, smart?

L-Elf is not clairvoyant, he is just highly intelligent. He takes what he knows about the people around him as well as what he knows about the enemy so that he can predict the movements of what will or what can happen. If there is someone he does not know or understand his calculations are seen as false predictions. I believe it was episodes 3 and 4 of the first season that proved that he was not clairvoyant. If you watch the series over again with that in mind, you will see that everything he says is based on what he plans, with some variations.

At the end of the first season of the series Cain clearly states that "L-Elf, I trained you well. That is how I can predict your movements now."


What are the feathers on Rei's neck? As of episode 7, we know the following:

Rei is somehow connected to the Alones that are attacking the city.
The (unnamed) black bird is able to inflict extreme pain on Rei through those feathers.
Every time Rei fires an arrow at an Alone, she consumes one feather.

Is there anything else that has been revealed? Do these feathers symbolize anything?

As of Episode 7, it's been revealed that it indicates how many Empowering Arrows she can fire and that she only has twelve of these arrows available.


How many times did Satchii say "Boku Satchii!" throughout the series? The virtual robots that cleans up outdated space and illegal objects called Satchii, arrive in a similar manner: before they start shooting erasing beams at animate objects like people and virtual pets, they announce "Boku Satchii!" or "I'm Satchii!" (slightly distorted Japanese transliteration of the English word search). How many times, throughout the 26 episodes of anime series, do these robots announce their arrival?

After extracting all subtitle files and looking for the name "Satchii", it looks like there are a total of 120 mentions of their name, and 20 times it's themselves announcing their arrival:

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What exactly is the Honnouji Academy? I've been watching Kill La Kill.

So Honnouji Academy is an academy alright. Students go there.

But, why are entire families and neighbourhoods living in it? Is everyone in there a prisoner? What happens when a student is expelled?

First things first, some background. In Japan, some high schools have dormitories for students who would otherwise live far away. The living areas of Honnouji Academy is an extension of that, a hyperbolic version of that if you will. Keep in mind that everything in Kill-la-Kill is an exaggeration of real life and a parody of older anime.

Now, there's a reason for all this in the anime itself however, as revealed in later episodes. As to the students being prisoners, some spoilers:

   All the students there are originally going to be "cattle" for the life fibers. Life fibers require humans to operate without being connected to the original life fiber itself. We have to remember that Satsuki planned to rebel against her mother by training the academy's students to resist life fibers. She does this by making them wear one-star uniforms. As they get more resistant, more willpower to resist the life-fibers, they get promoted to two-stars and so on. Those who have no potential will not be permitted to wear the uniforms and it is likely that Satsuki would want to spare them from being involved in the her upcoming rebellion.

As for expulsion, expelled student are expelled normally in that, they are removed from the academy along with their family. Of course there are some exceptions. It's probable that the traitor in the first episode was killed so that Satsuki's plans would remain a secret as he stole an important piece of technology, but the traitor in episode 4 was spared because she would pose no threat as she has not stolen any of the uniform technology.

In other words, yes they are all pigs in human clothing, but not exactly, and when a student is expelled them and their family are kicked out unless they are a danger to Satsuki's plans.


What is the significance of the lottery box in Yuru Yuri Nachuyachumi! OVA? And why are some of the words crossed out? In Yuru Yuri Nachuyachumi!, in the scene where the girls draw lots from the lottery box, the lottery box is shown with some characters crossed out:

Searching for めだちた leads me to the dictionary entry for 【目{め}立{だ}ちたがり屋{や}】, which means "attention seeker". However, it feels a bit out of whack here.

What is the significance of this box? And why are the words crossed out?

I believe this is the same box that was used earlier in the series for drawing lots. It's a running joke that Kyouko kept on pulling out the box, crossing out what she originally wrote on it, and writing something new.

The first time, in Episode 1 of Series I, everyone put in things that Akari could do to try and stand out more as a main character, which is probably what "めだちた girl" refers to. The manga translation that I read translates the word as "star wannabe girl". Yui thinks that it sounds pretty horrible when she sees it, so it seems like that out of whack feeling was intentional; it was supposed to be Kyouko--intentionally, since she's always messing with Akari, or possibly unintentionally--using a term with the negative connotation that Akari was trying to draw attention to herself.

Another time, which seems to have only happened in the manga, Kyouko filled the box with conversational topics like "Club activities" and "I'm hungry" and penalties like "Say 'Shazam!' at the end of your sentences" and "Talk erotically". (Akari had to say "Shazam!", while Chinatsu had to talk erotically.) There were other instances across the manga and anime where Kyouko pulled out the box and wrote something new on it; being Kyouko, it wouldn't be too surprising if everything she wrote was some kind of pun on the original
"めだちた girl".


What is the relation between the female protagonists of these two manga series? Tv Tropes states that Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru1 is a spiritual successor to Natsu no Arashi!

Both female protagonists have the same surname "Arashiyama": Hotori Arashiyama ((嵐山 歩鳥) and Sayoko Arashiyama (嵐山 小夜子).

The series are written by different authors.

Is it just a coincidence or is there some relation or shoutout between the two?

1 A copy of the page on archive.org, snapshot on 2015-01-02. Ctrl+F in your browser for "Spiritual Successor".

There's no apparent relation between the Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru and Natsu no Arashi manga series—they were published in different magazines and have different authors (Natsu no Arashi is by Jin Kobayashi, the author of School Rumble). From what I can tell, the stories are completely different too. (I've only seen one episode of Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru, and never anything of Natsu no Arashi.) But the anime versions of both shows are produced by Shaft and directed by Akiyuki Shinbou, as their Wikipedia pages point out. That's probably what the TVTropes page was referring to.

I'm not really sure how that makes Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru a spiritual successor to Natsu no Arashi—look at Shinbou's filmography and you could claim that, say, The Soul Taker was the spiritual successor to Twilight of the Dark Master, or Denpa Onna was the spiritual successor to Arakawa Under the Bridge, on the basis that Shinbou directed one and then later directed the other. On the other hand, the otherwise unrelated Pani Poni Dash and Negima?! do share a lot of stylistic similarities, so perhaps it's something like that.


Do people in Japan really shower all the time after a rainstorm, or is that just an anime thing? I just watched the latest Net-juu no Susume and there's the stereotypical caught-in-the-rain scene, and then usually accompanying shower scene.  Since this anime makes a point to be more similar to the real world than others, it made me wonder if this sort of thing actually happens in Japan.  I recognized the trope from anime, but in researching this question, it seems that it's also common in other mediums.

Is the rain that cold over there?  Do people usually take showers at other people's houses after a downpour takes them by surprise?

Regardless of whether the rain was cold or not, taking a shower after a downpour has a health related reason. The rain is not a very clean source of water with the factories and other pollutants in the air. Taking shower was meant to wash away the dirts.

As to offering shower to non-household members, it is a show of hospitality. As Dimitri MX and you said in the comment, it would differ from one people to another. Some would offer shower, while others might offer just some towel.

As a comparison, in Indonesia (another Asian country), we were taught to have shower, or at least wash our head after we got wet by rainwater. The believe was that if you let it be, you will get headache after some time.


Which devil fruit is this, and what happend to it? During the punk hazard arc we can see one of the apples in the sleigh transform into a devil fruit just before smiley turns every thing in to a deadly gaseous goo.
What happened to this devil fruit afterwards, and which devil fruit is it to begin with. Is it ever shown?

I can only answer this question partially because of the information we currently have on One Piece.

The name of the Devil Fruit is: Sara Sara no Mi, Model: Axolotl.
If you wanna look up the name, it can be found in chapter 673, page 12.

As for what happened to the Devil Fruit, I have no clue since neither the manga nor the anime have shown/hinted at it being transported afterwards. So it might as well still be on Punk Hazard.


What is the connection between the Cowboy Bebop anime and the movie? According to Wikipedia, the movie is a midquel that takes place between episodes 22 and 23 of the anime.

Having seen both the movie and the anime, I don't recall any connection that made it essential for it to be viewed in this order. I don't recall anything that had happened in the anime to be vital for the movie, and I don't remember anything that happened in the movie to be vital for episodes 23 onwards.

Am I missing something? Or does it fit between episodes 22 and 23 simply because the authors thought about it like that (maybe the authors thought about the timeline like that, although it may be irrelevant?)?

Nothing that happens in the movie is essential to what happens in episodes 23 and 24. In fact, the movie came out over 2 years after the series was finished, so there wasn't really room to add more plot before the ending. Since the ending of Cowboy Bebop is deliberately ambiguous, there was no room for a movie after the events of episode 23 began, so putting it before episode 23 was necessary and the simplest choice is between 22 and 23.

I would argue that the placement of the movie in the chronology isn't all that important, though. Cowboy Bebop is pretty episodic for most of its run, and the stories could be reordered without seriously affecting the feel of the show. Chronological order is mostly irrelevant for the series as a whole (with a few notable exceptions). Likewise, the placement of the movie doesn't make a big difference. There are a number of places it could be placed in the chronology consistently, but putting it before episode 23 was the simplest. In fact, a few people I know watched the movie after episode 24, which obviously doesn't work chronologically, but they didn't think they missed anything by viewing it in that order.


What are these rank represent in the Gate OP scene? So recently I just hook up this anime called Gate or Jieitai Kanochi nite and in the opening scene is very "fire" but I found that there's something kinda attracted me. It's the army rank. What are these rank called?

Those are ranks of the JSDF's Ground Self-Defense Force. These are the ranks of the member's of Itami's Third Recon Team, briefly shown in the first OP.

From Wikepedia:

陸士長 (Rikushichō) Leading Private
3等陸曹 (Santō rikusō) Sergeant
2等陸曹 (Nitō rikusō) Sergeant First Class
(left to right) 陸曹長 (Rikusōchō) Sergeant Major and 1等陸曹 (Ittō rikusō) Master Sergeant
2等陸尉 (Nitō rikui) First Lieutenant


What is the name of the song playing at 10:25? The anime is "Zetsuen no Tempest", in the last episode (#24).

I recall hearing the song even in Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler).

The piece playing at 10:25 in episode 24 is track #9 "Kusaribe" from the second volume of the OST. 10:25 in the episode corresponds to roughly 0:21 in the track. Here is an excerpt (0:18–0:28): https://clyp.it/kouhf2vp.

I have not seen Kuroshitsuji, but I find it vanishingly unlikely that you would have heard this particular piece in it. (All the more so given that Kuroshitsuji's music was apparently composed by Iwasaki Taku, and this piece is stylistically very unlike most of his work.)


OST in Naruto Shippuden What is the ost playing at 1:54-3:53 in episode 456 of Naruto Shippuden?
The same song can also be heard in episode 368 at 1:31-2:33.

This sounds like an unreleased track. It doesn't show up in any of the soundtrack albums listed on the Wikia.

There are some unofficial imperfect versions floating around on YouTube.


How do companies decide what anime to dub? How do companies decide what anime to dub? Just curious how dubbing companies decide which anime they should dub. Do they decide base on popularity or some other factor?

They choose based off the potential to make money.  If the topic is relevant enough for an overseas audience they will dub it, otherwise they'll either choose to use subtitles or do nothing.

Usually that is why dubbed anime is anime that is already relatively well known/popular, as if it is popular, it can be franchised.


The pun worked in English, but what was it in Japanese? The series Kamigami no Asobi is a reverse harem involving a mortal girl, Yui Kusanagi, who is tasked with teaching six of the ancient gods about the meaning of love.  Episode 4 focuses on Hades.  He is shown to have a dry wit and a tendency towards intellectual puns.  However he avoids contact with people and gods because he is cursed and believes he will bring misfortune to those near him.

At the end, Yui and the other gods show him that they really like him and will chance misfortune to be around him.  In explaining his happiness to her, he says (in English subtext, time mark 21:04 to get full context):

I cannot wallow in misfortune.
Kusanagi,
"Yui" were right about everything.

The pun works great in English. It got me curious if there was a pun in Japanese as well.  Is "Yui" similar to a Japanese word for "you"? If not, how did it work?

What Hades pronounced is「お前のゆいとおりだ」, which is a pun on 「お前のゆうとおりだ」 ("exactly as you say", "you're correct").

To break down:

お前 omae: "you"
の no: (subject marker)
ゆう yū: a colloquial pronunciation of the verb 言う (いう), "to say"
とおり tōri: "as", "like", "the way"
だ da: (copula, "is")

ゆとり is not relevant.

So in the Japanese version, it's the pun on Yui (the name of the heroine) and yū ("to say"). The translator did a good job, taking advantage of the fact that English "you" and Japanese "言う/yū" have similar sounds.

Note that this sounds like a typical cheesy "oyaji gag" to the ear of Japanese, usually completely unsuitable for a romantic situation like this. I don't know about the male character, but is this his way of speaking? :)


Why were they surprised they couldn't send e-mails when the network was closed off in the first place? In episode 2, Yamane Yukihiro explains that the network on the island is completely isolated, a protected network.

If that is the case, why are they surprised when they cannot send e-mails or communicate with the outside world when the system goes down later in episode 3?

A network doesn't have to be public. Network is just a bunch of computers that are able to share their content between each other.

So they weren't able to communicate within their network nor with the outside world.

They probably could communicate to the outside world before through a proxy server that is within their control only.

Image and further explanation on wikipedia


How come Mokarin's mom is so good with guns? In multiple episodes of Sabagebu!, Mokarin's mom handles her gun exceptionally well and she's sort of badass too (Episode 7).

But how come? Was she part of her own Survival Club? Or, has she had some professional experience with guns? Was this ever revealed in the anime or manga?

Note: spoiler is acceptable.

Momoka's skill is possibly hereditary. Kazue Sonokawa (her mother) possibly has a natural affinity with weapons just as Momoka does. She's possibly seen a bit of action when she was younger too and has the lessons of experience as an advantage.

Another contributing factor is that Kazue is an adult. Adults in Japan are allowed weild more powerful weapons than juveniles' airsoft guns. Adolescents can only use guns which are limited to a kinetic energy of 0.135 Joules. However, adults can use guns with 1 Joule - which could be why her bullets seemingly shot through the floor and also gave her an advantage over Momoka

Reference.

(It was probably just the mangaka's decision though)


Will a person die when their name is written in the situation of death? The answer by Imprfectluck at this question made me wonder what would happen to people whose name was written down in the details of another persons death. For example: John Doe dies after his date with Jane Doe. The foremost basic rule of the Death Note states that The human whose name is written in this note shall die. So will Jane Doe die?

We additionally have rule LIV that states that if you write the cause and details of death on a different page, you need to be thinking of the original victim and would not be able to think both of John and Jane at the same time. This would indicate that you have to choose what will happen. Either you think of John and the details happen, either you think of Jane and she dies. Does a similar rule exist when writing on the same page? Or is writing someone's name in the details of another's death just an exception to that first rule?

  In order to make the Death Note take effect, the victim's name must be written on the same page, but the cause of death and situation around the death can be described in other pages of Death Note. This will work as long as the person that writes in the Death Note keeps the specific victims name in mind when writing the cause and situation of death.

It seems this was actually confirmed by L in chapter 45. The Yotsuba company had made tests of their own, and deduced rules from this. One of the things they deduced was that

  If other names are specified, the action becomes void and they all have heart attacks.

Therefore a person written in the situation of death would completely void the action and kill all written names with a heart attack. Obviously the most fundamental rules need to be fulfilled (eg: Think of that person's face, nicknames would not work, ...), but it seems that the complete action would actually be voided if more names were written down in the situation of death.


When does specialization in training begin? In Naruto, during the training at the Academy in Konoha before a person becomes a genin, the work shown seems to be basic and focusing on nonspecializing skills like throwing a kunai. When they become genin, however, people seem to already know specialized skills such as Kiba or Shikamaru's abilities. When does training for this occur?

On their cases, each clan specializes their own techniques, and teaches those to their young. The training for those actually occurs after they are genin (usually). There are, of course, some exceptions. Such as Sasuke learning the Fireball technique when he was very young.

Naruto didn't learn any specialized technique before the Rasengan (sure, he had the shadow clones he learned from a forbidden scroll, but that's hardly specialized).

Basically, it happens after they graduate from the academy, sometimes slightly before.


Which Kennedy oration is Onsa adapting in episode 1? In episode 1 of Bakuon!!, around 20 minutes in, Onsa indicates that she is going to borrow from John F. Kennedy, and says what Crunchyroll translates as the following:

  In exporting motorcycles throughout the world, our nation of Japan has brought liberty and justice to all. And yet, could you say to your heart, "Freedom, except for Suzuki riders," that we are all equal before the Lord except for Suzuki?

Which Kennedy oration is she taking that from? Also, here is a picture of anime JFK.

My best guess is that Onsa is rather loosely adapting the following paragraph of Kennedy's 1963 Civil Rights Address:

  We preach freedom around the world, and we mean it, and we cherish our freedom here at home; but are we to say to the world, and, much more importantly, for each other, that this is a land of the free except for the Negroes; that we have no second-class citizens except Negroes; that we have no class or caste system, no ghettos, no master race, except with respect to Negroes?

The "except for..." language used by Onsa roughly matches that used in Kennedy's oration, but that's about as far as it goes. If you have a look at the Japanese version of the address (which, miraculously, exists), you'll find that the sentence structure is not even parallel to Kennedy's. There are also no references to religion in Kennedy's speech, so I'm not really sure what it's doing in Onsa's.

Googling for fragments of Onsa's speech that one would expect to be lifted unaltered from their source (e.g. 「自らの魂のもとに自由」) gets you nothing but Bakuon!! results.

In summary, I'd like to quote one of America's greatest presidents:

  "Methinks some intern was crunched for time and ended up passing off random inspirational-sounding quotes as excerpts from Kennedy's speeches."
  ―Abraham Lincoln


Do people in soul society remember their life in the "living" world? So we've seen that souls (ghost) in the living world retain their memories, even if they've turned into a hollow. However, do those memories get purged when they are sent to soul society?

The reason I ask is because I'm wondering what would happen when Ichigo died? Conjecture - he gets integrated right into a squad, new squad made with him as captain, etc, etc... Since he's basically qualified as a shinigami through trial by fire anyway.

Yes, they do. In Episode 4, we see a soul of a boy trapped in a parakeet. Later in the series, when Ichigo, Chad, Uryuu and Inoue enter Soul Society, they meet with him again (in human form), and he remembers them.

It is unclear whether or not they lose their memory after long spans of time spent on Soul Society.