How does Gohan inherit his "Mystic" power while others do not? Goten and Trunks in the current Z timeline are very powerful, but even the Fused SSJ3 Gotenks can't be compared to Mystic Gohan. He was more powerful than even SSJ3 Goku.

Even though Gohan didn't train for around 10 years between the Cell and Buu saga, he was able to surpass all Z characters except Vegtito and BuuTenks in power.

So, why is Gohan more powerful then other half-saiyan children?

In this question, the most upvoted (not necessarily correct) answer says that since Goku/Vegeta were more powerful when Trunks/Goten were conceived they were more powerful. Hence why Future Trunks was weaker. But, this doesn't explain why Gohan was the strongest of the lot when Goku was at his weakest in Z when Gohan is born. And, this directly contradicts the answer given above.

This question  may be related, but I believe that Gohan has a hidden power which was released by the Elder Kai answers the question. However, I can't find any source or the reason for the hidden depths to Gohan's power. So, that question may build on the premise of this question.

How does Gohan inherit his "Mystic" power when none of the other half-children such as Future Trunks, Trunks and Goten have it?

Some context before answering the question.

  Gohan vs. Future Gohan (F-Gohan)

F-Gohan was never shown to be nearly as strong as Gohan SSJ2 vs cell, even though he was much older. This seems logical to me as Gohan trained for three years by Goku and Piccolo and then again for a bit less than a year in the hyperbolic chamber by Goku again, who was much stronger than him. F-Gohan never trained before the cyborgs arrived and probably spent his time studying as his mother always wanted him to. Then, after the death of most of the Z-fighters, Gohan trained by himself for years. This I think is the key point: when training with someone much stronger, one's power increases a lot more rapidly.

  Gohan vs Future Trunks

Same reason as stated above. In Dragon Ball super, we see F-Trunks's power increase exponentially and close to reaching SSG, probably just by fighting along side Goku and Vegeta.

  Gohan vs. Trunks and Goten

Trunks and Goten reached SSJ very young. Who's to say they wouldn't become stronger than Mystic Gohan much younger if they followed similar training? They both reached their current level with barely any training, so I'd expect them to become the strongest Z-fighters if they actually trained everyday with their fathers. However, one thing to take into consideration is that they had a nearly-perfect childhood, on the contrary of Gohan. Even when going up against Buu, they had a hard time taking him seriously, maybe never truly grasping the seriousness of the situation.

Answer:

I think there are three major deciding factors for the power of a hybrid human/sayian:

How strong the father is when he conceives the child.
How much pain he has gone through up to a certain point. This may have more effect the younger one experiences that pain
Training, and the power level of whoever you train with.

The potential you've mentioned in the comments is just in my opinion a combination of the above three points. Trunks and Goten lead in point 1 but are truly behind Gohan and F-Trunks in points 2 and 3. Compared to Gohan, F-Gohan certainly leads in point 2 but lacks even more in point 3.

The Great Elder on Namek says he's never seen such dormant potential before but he never encountered a Sayian before, let alone a hybrid human/sayian.

Also, Gohan's power-up against Raditz is not random at all. He sees his father getting beaten up, gets very mad which fuels his power. Raditz then mentioned human/saiyan hybrid may be more affected from rage than regular sayians.


An anime where the main character lives with a bunch of "outcasts" and has to take care of a girl without any social skills I was watching it by the Japanese name and lost it.

The main character goes to a college that is divided between the art section and all the others. He lives on a house where the "outcasts" stay. I remember he was put there because he refused to leave some kittens he found on the street, but he couldn't stay on the main dorm if he kept them.

He lives with one guy that is that harem main character type who gets all the girls he wants all the time, one girl that is always teasing the main character although she's actually into this other guy that I mentioned. There's also a guy who never leaves his room and only communicates with the others by an avatar called Maid.

And there's also this female teacher whose niece (if I'm not mistaken, it's her relative of some sort) comes to this art college and stays on the house with them. She's slow as hell and doesn't really have any social skills (but it's not that she can't relate to other people). For example, when she wants to eat something from a store, she just gets it and eats it without paying for it because she just doesn't realize she can't do that). However, at the same time, she's a world famous painter and now she's trying to become a mangaka. Her name is Sora, and she resembles Sora from No Game No Life but older with the body closer to a woman than a little girl like this other Sora. And the main character is the one who takes care of her.

The main character also has this friend whose parents don't give her the proper support to pursue her dream of studying art, so she has to live by her own means. She works so hard and doesn't accept help from others so she passes out more than once. She eventually end up living in the house with them so that she could stop spending money on rent.

I guess that's all I remember. If I wasn't clear about something or if you want to ask some questions to help me remember, feel free to do it. Thanks in advance.

This sounds just like Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo (The Pet Girl of Sakurasou).

Some points that matches your description:

They all attend Suimei University of the Arts, which is divided into 2 divisions: Arts Division and Regular Division.
They all live in Sakurasou, where they do not fit in any other dorms because they are unique.
The main character, Sorata, had to take care of Shiina as the latter is incapable of doing anything by herself. She is a world renowned painter and is working to be a mangaka.
Nanami later moves to Sakurasou because she couldn't afford her rent. Her dream is to be a seiyuu, but her family opposes her decision and doesn't provide any support, so she had to word part-time for expenses.
There is an avatar called Maid-chan, an A.I developed by the hikikomori Ryuunosuke.

There are of course some things that doesn't match your description, but it might have been a mistake.


Why not a single Shinigami was surprised by fact, that Ichigo has Zanpacto? As we know from chapter 529 of Bleach, every Shinigami receives his Zanpacto as Asauchi, and Asaushi adapts to soul of his wielder. Which means, that transformation to Shinigami, and obtaining Zanpacto by Shinigami are not really related, and that newcomer Shinigami should not have Zanpacto just because he became Shinigami.

Still, when Ichigo receives his Shinigami powers from Rukia, he has Zanpacto instantly. Later we know, that

   It was not really Zanpacto, but manifestation of Ichigo Quincy powers

But initially nobody knows that.

So, why not a single Shinigami, who knows, that Ichigo became Shinigami in extraordinal conditions (and thus, never received Asaushi), never asks, where did Ichigo got his Zanpacto, while it is clear, that he didn't received it from Ōetsu Nimaiya?

Ichigo may seem like a one off outlier, but in fact, there was another character, mentioned by Nimaiya himself, who was not a Gotei member but had a zanpaktou, Zaraki. Kenpachi Zaraki took an Asuchi off of a dead shinigami, who he may or may not have killed first. This gave him a zankakuto that he used to great success against the Kenpachi of that time. This shows Asuchi are transferable to some degree.

Second and also the important, when Ichigo first got his powers, he got them from Rukia. Rukia was an above average Shinigami who already had shikai. When she gave him his powers, she did not find it strange he had a Zanpakuto, she rather found that its massive size was strange. She, someone who had to get an Asuchi to have a Zanpakuto, was not focused on Ichigo's possession of one, Which hints that she gave him hers.

So, Ichigo most likely got his Asuchi from Rukia, But that leaves a few plot holes in place. When did she get it back, or did she ever. If she never got it back, why did Nimaiya say he did not have one, and why did Rukia clearly have one during the Arancar arc?

This all boils down to being a Plot hole. Asuchi were not fully fleshed out in the beginning of the series, so they were mostly left vague. But that is not the question here, The question is why they were not surprised he had one. The best answer for that is unfortunately only Theory, the theory that they thought he still had Rukia's Asuchi, or perhaps obtained one from someone else somehow. As noted with Zaraki, it is entirely possible for non Gotei 13 members to obtain Asuchi, though it is rare. In any case, it did not matter to them. If they thought about it, they would have probably thought he stole/borrowed it from Rukia, or maybe though some unknown means obtained a second one.

So, Basically, when he showed up, he had a Zanpakuto, how he got it was irrelevant to them. Though very rare, there was other methods to getting an Asuchi besides becoming a Gotei 13 Shinigami. From a Plot persepctive, Its a hole. One can only Theorize how everything played out. My personal theory on this is that Byakuya broke it, and since he lost Rukias powers at that time, it never healed and was discarded. Rukia then likely got a new one from the Gotei 13.


Did Yato cut Hiyori's ties to the Far-Shore in episode 6 of Aragoto? Tenjin agreed to send Yato and Yukine up to Takamagahara to confront Bishamon for taking Hiyori hostage on the condition that afterwards Yato would sever ties with Hiyori.

In Episode 6, when he returns, Tenjin brings it up and he wields Sekki to cut ties with her but she keeps refusing. However, it never shows him actually severing ties with her. Regardless of that, I don't think Tenjin would allow him to break his agreement. Later on in the episode, Tenjin and Tomone see Yato chasing after Hiyori and Tomone says, "It seems they haven't severed their ties at all."

Now, I'm sure that they said when a God severs ties with someone from the Near Shore they lose all memories of that person. It seems like Yato is frantically trying to get her to know him again, and she seems a little more distant than before. So, it definitely seems possible that he did sever his ties to her but then relentlessly harassed her to get her to know him again as sort of a loophole to his agreement with Tenjin. However, if that was the case, I don't understand why she would have remembered Yato was the one who helped her classmate when her classmate approached her later.

So were her ties severed or not? If they were, how could she remember these details from the past about Yato?

I found the perfect answer to this question on Reddit:

It's supposed to look ambiguous, but if he had, Hiyori probably wouldn't have even seen him in the first place, let alone remember who he is. Plus, she runs away from him in her spirit form and even has a conversation with him afterwards when she looks for him to tell him to back off. Tenjin also confirms that he didn't go through with it.
I think that part is better played in the manga - we really had to wait for the answer, since they changed some of the order of what happens in the anime and the reason Hiyori gets annoyed with Yato as well. If you'd like to see how it goes in the manga: Ch.22 P.31 - P.33, then Ch.22 P.38 - P.42, and finally Ch.23 P.43 - Ch.24 P.7.

I haven't read the manga myself but based on the anime, I can say that Tenjin allowed Yato to break his promise since it was Hiyori's own wish to remain with him.
The last and foremost evidence of her ties not being cut to the far shore is the fact that she can still turn into her spirit form (with the tail).
In conclusion: If he had indeed cut the ties, she would have returned to being a normal human who:

Would have been unable to convert to her spirit form
Would have lost all her memories of Yato
Would not have been able to see Yato

None of the above happened, so luckily, Tenjin let the promise slide.


Why aren't people leaving Hellsalem's Lot? Hellsalem's Lot seems to be a dangerous place, considering how much destruction is shown. It looks like hundreds of people die every month, so why are they staying there? I guess it's possible to leave the city, considering Leos family was there and left.

It's just like in real life. At first, the danger to be something new, creates fear and survival measures are sought. But, with the passage of time, it becomes normal. Within the same manga / anime they express that Leo now see everything in a natural way because he have already got used to the daily life of the city.


Music when Izuku is summarizing the fight My Hero Academia, Season 3 Episode 7, [11:00] -> [11:40]

Does someone know what's the music playing in the background when Izuku is talking about the fight ?

That music is from My Hero Academia Soundtrack disk 2 and it is called People Always Reaching for the Top (Tsuneni toppu o nerau mono 常にトップを狙う者)

I could only find it inside a playlist so, here you have the song and all the OST.

PS: Go to 0:48 and you will hear what is in the anime


Was Kobato's origin ever mentioned? Kobato has a mission to fill a mysterious bottle with people's healed hearts. However, it wasn't explained in the anime as to why she has this mission or her origin. Wikipedia doesn't seem to know anything about it as well so I'm curious if CLAMP ever mentioned her story before she came collecting jar of hearts and why she had that wish to go to a certain place. Or was her story featured in any of the CLAMP's multiverse or in the manga?

Ooops.. Sorry my bad. I was too lazy to read the whole page when it already contained the answer.. :P

  At the conclusion of the anime, it is revealed that Kobato died in the
  distant past. She exists in a liminal state where she neither dead nor
  alive. In the end, when she finally fulfills her task to fill the
  flask, she is reborn without any memories of her past life until she
  meets Fujimoto again few years later. In the manga, it is revealed
  that Kobato had died due to the war caused by Ioryogi and the gods.
  The angel that Ioryogi had fallen in love with felt pity for the girl
  who died before her time was up and transferred her soul into Kobato,
  being able to since they both have the same soul but belong to
  different worlds. The time limit Kobato has is the time before the
  angel disappears.


What do the symbols in the OP refer to? In the opening theme song of The World God Only Knows, a couple of symbols fly around the screen.

This one seems to matches the loose soul detector that Elsie wears on her head

However, i don't understand the references in the other icons:

What do these symbols mean?

The icon with a jar is the Weiss capturing device.

I don't know what the bear like icon refers to

The cat icon references the design of Kanon's stun gun as it appears in the anime. (The stun gun has normal appearance in the manga). The icon matches the stun gun on Kanon's right hand in the image below.

According to KamiNomi Wiki:

  The original shape of the stun guns were replaced by kitten-style appearance in the anime as a safety image.

The hexagon icon is the Maijima emblem, which is shown most clearly in chapter 169. For the purpose of comparison:

The last 4 icons are Hellian alphabet. Referring to below chart from this forum posting by EyZi:

The characters are G, O, N, K, in order from left to right, top to bottom.


How much of the manga plot does the anime of Aku no Hana cover? I just started watching The Flowers of Evil, and I just noticed that the anime was produced before the end of the manga. If that's the case, it seems reasonable to conclude that some manga plot points might have been omitted from the anime.

Given this, how much of the manga plot is covered in the anime? (Approximately which portions of the manga have been covered there, and does the plot diverge anywhere?)

The anime being only 13 episodes long covers up to chapter 20 (page 101 in volume 4, with chapter 20 being the second chapter in this volume). In the second part of the 13th episode we see a preview of the next season and the moments shown are mainly from the 5th and 6th volume.
{Source: I own all of the translated volumes and have watched the anime}
Aku no Hana (The Flowers of Evil) original manga by Shuzo Oshimi was recently concluded at 11 volumes.

As for the second part of your question, the anime staff have taken quite a few liberties in the direction of the anime. Major plot points are of course included in the anime adaptation. The main plot is the same, but as with many anime adaptations some scenes were cut off, others were a little changed. What is more, some reactions from the characters are different in some scenes, which gives the viewer a slightly different image of the character. I can't give you specific differences though (which as I said don't alter the plot, so no worries there), without possibly spoiling the story for you, as you didn't mention how many episodes of the anime you have watched.

Also, a special episode at the end of volume three isn't included in the anime adaptation and I doubt it will be, except perhaps as an OVA, as it is a small story about Nakamura and another guy back in middle school.

One major difference, irrelevant to the plot, is the artwork, which is absolutely different, and as a result the "feel" of the characters and the atmosphere that both versions give to the audience/reader are different.

Knowing that this shouldn't be part of my answer, I would however strongly recommend reading the great manga that Aku no Hana is.


Is the old man from episode 2 the same person we see later? In episode 2, an old man who is present when Oubu first ascends to the surface with Azuma as its heart mentions that he saw Oubu when it razed Ueno 24 years prior.

Later, in episode 24, Azuma runs into a "stinking drunk" in the park:

Are these the same people?

I'm inclined to say that these are the same person. In episodes 2 and 24, Nishimura Taisuke is credited as "homeless man". Assuming conservation of detail, it probably makes sense for the guy in episode 24 to be the same person as the guy in episode 2.


Why do some page contain a rough sketch? First of all, I have to say I read this on some scanlated site. But there are quite a few page that look unfinished.

Here are some of the rough page I found. Top pictures, From Historie 80 and 94. Bottom Pictures, Historie 82, 96, and 97. (Click to enlarge pictures)

Noticed that the building on first panel are finished but on second panel it was just a rough shadow drawing. If they want a shadow building they can do it better.

At first all panel are finished but later, probably after chapter 80, they begin having unfinished drawing. Hitoshi Iwaaki other manga series Parasyte doesn't have this kind of drawing style.

Sometimes the reason is difficult to be known unless there are interviews/official statements from the author. It might be due to author's health condition (very often), private matters, etc, but in the end, it's almost always due to the deadline of manga magazine. If they can't make it on time, then they either have to postpone until next edition, or send what they currently have.

There are steps that mangaka have to do to get a chapter done (see also What are the steps involved in making a professional manga?): storyboard, sketching, inking, finishing. While storyboard might take the longest time (according to that post), without it, there's nothing to be published. After that, they have to do sketching and inking, which also might take time depends on their skill (anecdotally, while watching live streams of mangaka, this usually takes the longest time). The finishing is usually not that critical and can be done quickly and easily.

Other examples of unfinished chapter being published:

Bastard!!: serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump. On chapter 51, the last 2 pages only consist of text inside panels due the deadline.

Cherry Gale Kin: serialized in Monthly Comic Comp On January 1991 edition, which is the last chapter, page 13 only consists of underline sketch, and there's no final tankoubon that included that chapter.

Left: Tankoubon vol. 1, page 5. Right: Monthly Comic Comp. ed. 1991-1, page 13
Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning: serialized in Monthly Shonen GanGan. On November 2005 edition, which is the last chapter, some of the panels were only drawn in pencil sketch. However, they were fixed in the tankoubon version.

Reference: Unfinished chapter published in manga magazine (in Japanese)


How did Flamingo get the Mera Mera no mi? The only place we've seen them together is during the war. Long before Ace died, Flamingo disapeared (after talking to Moria).

So, how did he get the Mera Mera no mi? Is it a real one or just an artificial one made with Smile?

Doflamingo was there for the death of Ace, as were all the warlords. The situation with Moria happened afterwards.

From what we've seen with Smiley and the axolotl fruit, it seems that when a Devil Fruit eater dies, it takes over another fruit, somewhere in the world, and with Smiley that fruit happened to be very nearby. So it is possible that Doflamingo had an apple in his pocket which became the Mera Mera no Mi after Ace's death.

But there are many possibilities, the current owner of the Mera Mera is Sabo, which he gained possession of by defeating Diamanté and the others. He was definitely nowhere near Ace, it is also easily possible that Doflamingo did the same as Sabo did and just took it from whomever found it.


Common characters in One Piece and Pirates of Caribbean Blackbeard exist in both the worlds, one piece as well as the Pirates of Caribbean movie.

Are there any other characters who exist in both the worlds? Or is there any other character shown in Pirates of Caribbean which is similar to the one shown in One Piece?

The legend of Davy Jones is featured in PoC, while his name is referenced on Davy Back Fight in OP.

The concept of a Pirate King appears in both stories (Elisabeth Swan and Gol D Roger).

Amongst the mythical creatures that exist in both worlds (mermaids, walking skeleton, etc) I think the Kraken deserves special mention.


Where do the movies fit within there series timeline? I have all three seasons of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha and the two movies. I am wondering where the movies occur chronologically within in the series. So I can watch them in the proper order.

The first two Nanoha movies are retellings of the first and second seasons of the anime respectively. That is to say that "Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1st" covers the same story as the original "Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha" and "Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 2nd A's" covers the same part of the story as "Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's". The not-yet-aired third movie is supposedly going to be an original story which will be set between A's and StrikerS on the timeline.

There are some minor differences between the anime and the movies. Technically, the movies form their own continuity. However, these differences are all minor as far as I remember. With that in mind, there are many possible orders to watch the series, and so long as you respect the internal chronology any viewing order seems reasonable. If you want to watch all the anime in chronological order by release date (which is what I'd personally recommend), it would be:

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1st
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 2nd A's


Would Historia Reiss become as big as Rod Reiss if she had turned into a titan? The humans become Titans through the use of an injected medicine, and the Titan form they take is due to the type of medicine injected. Therefore, it can be deduced Bertolt Hoover got an injection that gave him the gigantic form.
Case evidence is Rod Reiss, who became a Titan that is even bigger than Bertolt after he licked the spilled injection that he was trying to give to Historia.

Source
If so, does that mean Historia Reiss would have become a titan of the same size (or maybe even bigger since she would have been injected with the whole serum unlike Rod Reiss that only licked a bit) as her father?
That would kill Eren and Rod seeing as everyone died when Ross transformed except the ones protected by the hardening ability and Kenny who managed to get out but died short after from injuries as seen in the recent episode.
She wouldn't even be able to eat Eren that way and take his titan shifting power and the coordinate since he would be vaporized by all the heat and burried under the wreckage. So she would stay as a mindless titan.
I don't think Rod would want to die by it too so either he didn't knew it would be that big since the other times the ceremony happened the titan was smaller, or she simply wouldn't become that big (for some unexplainable reason or something that I'm not aware of).
In the same topic, from the manga spoilers that I have seen:

 If the mindless titans are in fact Marleyans traitors injected with the titan serum, shouldn't there exist some (during all these years) that would also become extremely bigger than the usual ones and become a threat to the walls?

My best guess is that this was missed out by the story writters, or that it would be explained in the future, or because the plot demanded it, or rule of cool. But I could be wrong.
This source, this one and this Reddit page might be important to the question.

The serum, which Rod Reiss wanted to inject Historia with, is definitely a powerful one. Seems like it contained powers like burning things around you (on your command) and turning yourself into a giant Titan form.

  Does that mean Historia Reiss would have become a titan of the same
  size (or maybe even bigger since she would have been injected with the
  whole serum unlike Rod Reiss that only licked a bit) as her father?

I don't think so. The Rod Reiss titan was abnormal. He wasn't even able to walk properly and was dragging himself on the ground. Rod Reiss licked only a little bit of the serum. If he had injected the whole serum, he would be just like a normal (dumb) but a powerful Titan. We have seen from the beginning that the correct way to turn someone into a Titan is to inject them with the whole serum (Eren's case, Rod Reiss family's case). Rod Reiss also wanted to inject the serum to Historia, but Historia wasted the serum so Rod Reiss had no option but to lick it from the ground.

So if the serum was properly inject to Historia, she wouldn't have become such a huge abnormal Titan. She would've been a normal, a powerful Titan and would've chosen to eat Eren (he was the easy target)

The reddit link you provided also agrees that

  Wrongful injection of titan fluid is my theory. He licked it, didn't inject it with a needle.

Let's also take the proof from the anime. When Levi confronted Kenny on the verge of death and asked why he hasn't injected himself with the serum considering the burns and the blood loss, Kenny replies

  Yeah, I wonder. If I don't inject it right, I might end up like he did (Rod Reiss), all messed up...

So to summarize all of this, Historia might have had the giant Titan form but not as abnormal as Rod Reiss, she would be a controlled Titan. She would've definitely eaten Eren and taken his powers!


Manga about a city of murder between people with superpowers Saw this manga one year ago, but I think it's not new, because when I starting reading it had already 70ish chapters, more or a bit less

Let's state what I remember:

In the beginning there's some chapters on a ship that is transporting the people (with superpowers) to another city, where they will fight (I don't remember if there's a prize to the winner or how the winner is chosen, by killing or such things)
One of them demonstrated his power, disassemble (or alike), and did that to a clock that he had with him (or someone gave it to him); His power did something similar to this
There's a girl that can pass through wall, but to do so, she needs to get naked
And then, there's one guy I believe is the protagonist, his power is something like the protagonist from Charlotte (receive the powers of the person he possessed), but he doesn't need to possess the others, just touch them; If I'm not mistaken, some of the people on the ship are afraid of him
There's a guy who can store almost anything in his pocket or his hair, because he stores things in another dimension
There's some type of organization that wear an Owl head, or it's actually their head
I remember another chapter where people get stuck in the walls of a building, action made by one of the "evil people with superpower" (I don't remember if it was a bad or a good character)

I'm not sure if the next things I'll state is about the manga I was talking above, I could be mixing with another manga

There's a doctor in this city, though much hate him, the people (with superpowers) need him, because he's the only one who give them treatment to the wounds of the battles
That doctor has a zombie assistant, a child

Area D - Inou Ryouiki?

  One of them demonstrated his power, disassemble (or alike), and did that to a clock that he had with him (or someone gave it to him)

Satoru Ida

  Watchmaker (Dismantling, 時計師, Tokei Shi) is the name of Satoru's Altered ability. With it, Satoru is able to disassemble or unmake any object that comes into physical contact with his hands. His ability is indiscriminate; it does not matter the object's size, complexity of composition, or whether it is living or non-living - if Satoru touches it, it can be dismantled. After accidentally dismantling his mother, due to lack of control, and killing her, Satoru keeps his hands wrapped in bandages in order to minimize any possible, similar situation. At present, Satoru still has difficulty effectively controlling his ability.

  There's a girl that can pass through wall, but to do so, she needs to get naked

Rio Ibuki

  Shadow Play (シャドープレイ, Shadō Purei) Rio can project herself in a two dimensional realm and travel across the surface of any object (walls and human skin, for example) just like a shadow, hence the name. It seems she cannot extend her powers to objects as she is seen naked when she uses it. Also, when she travels off of human skin, enough force is applied to knock someone to the ground.

  There's a guy who can store almost anything in his pocket or his hair, because he stores things in another dimension

Kaito Yuuki

  Kaito's altered ability is known as Deserted House (廃屋) . It allows him to store objects of his choosing within another dimensional space. However, in order to store said objects, Kaito must come into physical contact with the object he'd like to store. In addition, he can only store as many objects as equal to the mass of his body. Objects stored by Kaito's ability maintain the same condition as they were when they came into contact with Kaito's body, i.e., an arrow exhibiting the same momentum and/or velocity as when it was released and shot or a canned beverage that was initially stored in a freezer at cold temperatures.

  There's some type of organization that wear an Owl head, or it's actually their head

My reference : http://aread.wikia.com/


Is Violet Evergarden a robot, a cyborg or a human? So far, two episodes are out, and the following observations about Violet Evergarden are made:

She wants to learn what "I love you" means, a common trope among AI and other robotic characters.
She used to have human arms, but lost them during the Four-Year War.
In episode 2 when she was having dinner, we only saw her cut the fish awkwardly, but not eat or drink even once.
She's used to work long hours and her choice of word for eating and sleeping, "recharge", is not intended for humans.

So what is she, exactly?

She is human. This can be further proven by the fact that:

She can bleed. As seen during the flashbacks of the war from several episodes, namely one and two. If it was oil, it would've been black; which it wasn't.
She has emotions. She was worried about Major Gilbert and was curious about the meaning of the phrase, 'I love you' and how it made her feel.

She only looks like a robot because of her mechanical arms. She lost her human arms during the war. She is only awkward, because she never understood how to interact with other individuals in a normal society. She only knows how to act like a soldier.


Which transformation gives more power, Super Saiyan Rage or Super Saiyan Blue Evolution? In Dragon Ball Super there is a power scale for most of the super saiyans transformations, but some of them it's unclear where they fit. For example, this is the case of Super Saiyan Rage which is clear it's stronger than Super Saiyan 2 for example, and apparently stronger than Super Saiyan Blue considering how Trunks performed against Fused Zamasu versus how Goku and Vegeta in Super Saiyan Blue did, but from there on it doesnt seem to be data which states where it fits. Is there any info in any of all the Dragon Ball sources to know this?
Which transformation gives more power, Super Saiyan Rage or Super Saiyan Blue Evolution?

That's a tough one, but as you can see in the Dragon Ball Super Card Game, Future Trunks in Super Sayan Rage mode has more power than Goku or Vegeta in Super Sayan Blue Evolution mode: http://www.dbs-cardgame.com/asia/cardlist/?search=true&category=428002&color=Blue
Also while fighting against Fused Zamasu, this state is shown to be able to power up even further, through the energy of humans across the Earth, gaining a massive boost in power. This power was able to destroy Fused Zamasu's body with ease.


Why could the Tendo control the weather? Does anyone know why the Tendo Path of Pain apparently had control over the weather at some point? After he detects Jiraiya the power isn't ever mentioned again. The two shinobi Jiraiya captures talk about the weather as if "Lord Pain" prevents it, but in the translation I read, Pain says "Someone has circumvented my rain," as if he causes it. Regardless of whether Pain controls the rain, is there a plausible explanation for how this could be?

This is caused by one of the techniques pain Nagato uses the Rain tiger at will technique. This technique infused with chakra causes the user to sense outsiders chakra

  when guarding Amegakure Nagato was able to use the Rain Tiger at Will Technique to make it rain. This rain was infused with his chakra and as such, served as a large-scale sensory technique for him in his village.

The description of this technique would be

  A perception ninjutsu, allowing one to freely manipulate rain infused with the user's own chakra. The rain falls from rain clouds, formed with Pain's own chakra. During this technique, the falling raindrops are closely linked to Pain's senses. When the rain is obstructed by a chakra belonging to someone not of the village, the existence of the intruder can be detected. The rain will keep on falling until Pain uses the seal to cancel it. Pain made it rain every Sunday in Amegakure, or whenever he had to leave the village.


Why wasn't this titan involved in any military operation until at least the 3rd Season of the anime? Warning: Major spoilers below.

In the operation to retake the Founding Titan, the Female Titan, the Jaw Titan, the Armored Titan and the Colossus Titan were sent for it.

In the last episodes of the Season 3 of the anime, we see the Armored Titan, the Colossus Titan, the Beast Titan and the Cart Titan fighting Erwin, Eren, Levi, Mikasa, etc.

Why was the

  War Hammer Titan

not involved in any military operation until at least the 3rd Season of the anime, if he also is in the power of the people of Marley?

Warning: Major spoilers below.

It was explained in Chapter 95.

   Zeke told them that as both honorary Marleyans and aristocrats, the Tybur family followed a policy of non-interference in both politics and war.

Why were they involved in the military operations now, of all times?

Zeke further explained that

  given the recent fears of the future of Eldia and Marley, they finally agreed to take action. So, the current situation (failure of Marley to recover the Coordinate and lose the Colossal) caused the Tybur family to agree to take action after years of not doing so. They now see Eldia as a threat not just to Marley but also to the world.

In later chapters,

   they will use the Tybur family to rally the nations and show to them that they should unite against the growing threat (Eldia). They somewhat succeeded, at the cost of the Warhammer Titan falling into Eldia's hands.


Is the god who gave powers to Psychos the same god who gave powers to Homeless emperor? In the One Punch Man manga it's mentioned that Psychos increased her powers by receiving those from a god. Is this god who gave powers to Psychos the same god who gave powers to Homeless Emperor?

Unknown within the webcomic or manga.  Psykos has never mentioned any such being/encounter in the webcomic.  She has said to Saitama and Fubuki that she knows of some terrifying truth about the future, which set her on the Monster Association path, but she has not been seen or heard since then in any form. And the manga hasn't revealed Homeless Emperor's connection beyond what the webcomic has provided (which isn't much).
There are some substantive differences in the portrayals in the two mediums.  The being Psykos sees in the manga is basically just some some sort of spherical meat lump, which she describes as having endless swirls on its surface and resembles Jupiter, whereas Homeless Emperor's vision in the webcomic is of a (colossal) humanoid.  He originally appears to Homeless Emperor as little more than a scribble of lines in human form. It's not until his demise that he sees his "god" in a more fleshy appearance.  This second incarnation shares the same textural appearance as Psykos's, so it at least seems reasonable to suppose they are intended to be the same entity, or at least related ones.  For what it's worth, the wiki considers them the same being.


What reference is this scene involving riding a bicycle to watch the sunrise making? In Watamote episode 2, Tomoko meets Hatsushiba from Class 1-17 and starts imagining a scene where they are riding a bicycle to watch the sunrise.

What is this scene a reference to?

It's a reference to Ghibli Studio's Whisper of the Heart.
The BGM sounds like Country Roads which also happens to be the theme song of the film.


Is "Talk no Jutsu" actually a thing? (Preface: I have not read or watched Naruto.)

In the context of a discussion of some other anime, there was a reference to a thing called the "Talk no Jutsu" in Naruto. Upon looking this thing up, I came across this wikia page, which describes the nature of this technique. This looks like a joke on its face (I mean, we make jokes about Touma doing this sort of thing in Index all the time), but the page was written with nothing to suggest that it was a joke, so I'm a bit confused. I checked out a couple other discussions on the internet and am still having difficulty figuring out whether or not they're joking.

So - is "Talk no Jutsu" actually a technique of Naruto's?

It's a joke, a glance at the home page of the Konoha Libraries site you provided says:

  Remember, there's plenty of serious information banks on Naruto already. We will never be as big as any one of them so just have fun with your articles. Go nuts. Reference people from the forum or threads you love. Just remember to keep it in good spirits.

Talk no Jutsu refers to the ability of Naruto (and many main characters from many anime series) to talk the antagonists out of their evil ways, and "show them the light".


What does the scene where Shino holds a baby above her head refer to? There's this scene in Seitokai Yakuindomo (8:55 in this YouTube video) where Shino holds a baby above her head with lightning in the background and exclaims 'This is my son!'.

I've seen this reference elsewhere but I'm not sure which show its referencing.

What does this scene refer to?

its the lion king or for a real stretching it could be referring to the scene in ROOTS where Toby is proclaiming his son to his dead wife.


What does the ending of Death Note (manga) mean? The last few pages of the end of the final book in the Death Note series shows a huge amount of people in hoods walking in a line across the mountains and one offering a candle to Kira their "saviour".

At first when I saw this I was quite confused about who these people were, I thought that perhaps they were the land of the dead and that these were all the people he saved? Then someone pointed out to me that the moon and the stars were probably there for a reason and wouldn't be in the land of the dead, which supposedly didn't even exist anyway given the conversation Ryuk had with Light just before he died.

So is this then meant to be some sort of a religion which has formed which holds Kira as their saviour?

Yes. It is indeed meant to invoke that.

Throughout the series we see Light fall more and more into a trap where he kills to protect himself, instead of just "punishing" criminals. His ultimate aim was to usher in a new era where crime was non existent and himself to be the saviour (read God) for the people still living.

Though he died, in the end he did affect multitude of people with his reign as that of Kira and eventually a cult (religion is too strong a word at this point) of his worshippers formed who worship him and probably undertake a spiritual journey for their saviour.

This is what the wiki describes as the scene you described,

  In a place with high mountains, thousands of hooded people of all ages walking by candlelight. The group parts and a hooded woman dressed in white walks to the edge of a mountain and clasps her hands in prayer. She says, "Kira, our saviour." Source - Wiki

This is typical for a spiritual group. Think Teerth Yatras for Hindus or Hajj for Muslims. I am expecting this to be inspiration for the scene.

On a side note, unnamed Kira worshiper was drawn with her face shown because Obata "personally wanted to draw something pretty in the final chapter"


Name of the song that plays in Boruto Episode 100 after opening theme? I was watching Boruto episode 100 today and really want to know the music name that plays around 3:00 to 4:25.
Thanks.

I have found the song myself by researching a bit on Youtube. It is called "Growth of a Child" OST Boruto. Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4vR4Z2YNT8


What happens with the Pokémon of a trainer after the trainer dies? What happens with the Pokémon of a trainer after the trainer dies? Will they go back to the wild or will they also die?

The Pokémon captured by the trainer belongs to the trainer; when he dies, he has the choice of releasing them or keeping them in their Poké Balls. They will definitely not die with the trainer.

If some other people such as family members releases the Pokémon, it will go back to the wild and become a very strong wild Pokémon. If they don't however, there are many cases such as the Pokémon being passed down to the next generation (if they are qualified). It is similar in our world where if the parents die, some of their belongings goes to the next generation. Someone gives them to a professor somewhere, or the Pokémon just stays in the ball which will have two more cases:

it will eventually break out and escape or stay in the Poké Ball until someone finds it.
Or as Hakase pointed out, the Pokémon can stay in the Poké Balls for a very long time where no one knows what will happen to it. From the cases shown in the link by Hakase, the Pokémon seem to be fine after a few years without food and water.

My sources of info are the link posted by Hakase and the Pokémon anime.


Why did Midori become Seiji's right hand? In Midori Days, Seiji woke up one morning to find his right hand to be Midori. Why is this so? Is it some kind of a curse? Was it explained in the manga or anime why?

I'm not sure if it's explained in the manga but it's sort of like a Pygmalion type of story. Seiji can't get a girlfriend because he's got a reputation as a tough guy and most girls are afraid of him, eventhough he's sort of got a noble quality about it all. So he wishes that he had a girlfriend and it just so happened that a Midori from another school likes him. So like Aphrodite did in the Pygmalion myth, his wish is granted through some divine/magical/freak-of-nature event where Midori's consciousness and likeness was transfered to Seiji's right hand.

There's extra meaning here because, being someone who (according to himself) will never find a girlfriend, the only "girlfriend" he'll have is "his right hand", a euphemism turned to reality.

  “Three years high school, and the rest of my life for that matter are gonna end with no girlfriend but my right hand! I can’t take it anymore!”

Additionally, he has a reputation for having a "Demon right hand" through his fighting prowess, and in probably the greatest possible contrast, his "Demon right hand" is turned into Midori (美鳥 beautiful bird). This essentially takes away his ability to punch with his right hand and forces him to change as a person.


Who is this shadow from the second Valvrave ED? The second ending theme of Valvrave the Liberator ends with this screenshot. The girl on the left is mysterious, but we have at least some idea of who she is given that she seems to be related to the control system for Valvrave I. However, the shadowy figure behind her doesn't match her body, so it's likely a different character.

Who (or what) is that shadow?

This character is revealed at the end of episode 12.

   Cain entered the cockpit of the Valvrave Two (which didn't start up until this episode) with an orb that he referred to as Prue.

 The helix in the orb reacted, and at the same time, the display in the cockpit of Valvrave Two showed an image of a man, which matches the shadow in the question.

 The girl in Valvrave One refers to him as Onii-chan.


Pokemon: dialogue spoken by Ursula. Can you tell me the dialogue spoken by Ursula? I saw an episode of Pokemon. In this episode, the two Pokemon girls Dawn and Ursula were talking to each other. They both are rival of each other, Ursula taunts Dawn in that episode; they both have taken part in a Pokemon contest. Since I am not a native speaker I could not understand what they actually spoke. The conversation was much like this -:

Ursula: Maye! Maye! But you know it isn't sweet as little Dawn.

Dawn: Ursula.

Ursula: I have a less than pleasure of seeing your performance yesterday; as usual share dumb luck of yours gone passed. However, I do hope you make it to the final round that way when I beat you, you will make me all that much better.

_______________________________________

I don't make sure if these were the actual lines spoken by Ursula.

Can you tell me what Ursula actually said to Dawn? The link of the episode is given below and the dialogue took place between 4:34 to 4:50 seconds.
Link: https://youtu.be/k_ruXTg9Jfw?t=4m33s

  The dialogue took place at 4:34 to 4:50 seconds in that video.

Ursula: My, my, what do you know, if it isn’t sweet little Dawn

Dawn: Ursula

Ursula: I have the less than great pleasure of seeing your performance yesterday

(meaning: I didn’t enjoy your performance very much yesterday)

Ursula: as usual, sheer dumb luck appears to have gotten you pass performance stage, and I hate to burst your bubble but you’re hardly capable of winning this.

(your luck have saved you again, I hate to disturb you from your daydream but you don’t have the skills to win)

Dawn: What did you Say?

Ursula: however, I do hope you make it to the final round, that way when I beat you, you’ll make me look all that much better, agreed?

(but I do hope you make it to the finals, you’ll make me look so much better with your defeat, don’t you agree?)

Dawn: no, I do not!

Ash: Dawn is going to win.

4:34 to 5:04

in the brackets are hopefully what would be easier to understand, if you need anything else, leave a comment, hope this helps


Which Trinity Universe Characters belong with each developer? In Trinity Universe a number of characters from games developed by Gust and Nippoin Ichi Software (NIS) are featured in it. some are obvious but i am wondering which characters belong to which developers and which may be original characters.

Bellow is a List of characters:

Demon God (Dog) King Kanata
Fox Spirit Tsubaki
Suzaku
Dark Hero Lucius
Valkarie Rizelea
Mizuki
Violet
Pamala
Macaroon
Miyu
Recit
Pirate Queen Etna
Prinny (and in cutscenes, the Prinny Squad)
Flonne (Fallen Angel)

NOTE: i have tagged atelier and disgaea because i am assuming the characters would originate from these series

I haven't played the game, but according to its English-language Wikipedia page:

Demon God Kanata
Valkyrie Rizelea
Fox Spirit Tsubaki
The Dark Hero Lucius
Treasure Hunter Recit
Managraphic Artist Miyu
Mizuki
Suzaku
Macaroon
Shuten
Ashura

are all original characters.

Flonne
Etna
Prinny

are all Nippon Ichi characters from Disgaea: Hour of Darkness. (I can personally vouch for this one, since I've played Disgaea.)

Pamela Ibis
Violet Platane

are Gust characters from Atelier Viorate: Alchemist of Gramnad 2.


What exactly is Trunks' new transformation? Some people say it is a False Super Saiyan God, other people say it is a Super Saiyan God 2, while another group of people say it is something different. Is there any official info on what it is exactly?

No as of today 11/4/2016 there is no name or real explanation as to what it is or how it works. I suspect it will be revealed towards the end of the current arc.


Why isn't Raku Ichijou's mother's face ever revealed in the manga? Why isn't Raku Ichijou's mother's face ever revealed in the manga?

I mean, the manga ended, and she was the last character introduced in the series. What was the need to hide her face then?

Maybe because she wasn't integral to the story in any manner.

For instance we only see Midoriya's mother in My Hero Academia there is no mention of his father except in some throwaway scenes.

It may be due to the fact that drawing Manga is a tedious job and author might want to keep his work as easy as possible and it's much simpler by minimising the characters introduced.


Why doesn't Gai use ninjutsu or genjutsu more often? According to the wiki, Gai is able to use ninjutsu and genjutsu, so why doesn't he use it?

I'd say because they aren't his strengths - clearly Taijutsu is so why should he use something that he isn't great at?

It could also be that he has used them in the past and it, unfortunately, got him into some difficulty so he had to fall back on the tried and tested techniques of his Taijutsu :)


Where should I start watching in the Naruto series? I'm not new to the Naruto franchise. I'm also up to date with what's currently going on (Madara vs Naruto & Sasuke). But I want to know the details of how everything happened. From which episode should I start watching? I want to at least start after the whole Pain storyline and around where the Fourth Ninja War starts. Anyone got an idea on where I should start?

Taking a look at the Naruto arcs wiki articles I found Fourth shinobi world war: confrontation to be the arc you are looking for.

As this is the point where the 4th ninja war starts.

  It spans through volumes 55 to 59, or more specifically, covers chapters 516 to 559 of the manga and episodes 261 to 270, and also picks from 272 to 289 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime and later picks up from episodes 296 to 310, and 312 to 321. The six episodes of the Power arc, along with two others, were shown in the interim. This arc is preceded by the Fourth Shinobi World War: Countdown and followed by the Fourth Shinobi World War: Climax.

So you can either start at chapter 516 or if you prefer the anime, start at episode 296 of Shippuuden to skip the pain arc, and jump straight into the war.

I would however advice you to just watch it all. If you do not wish to watch 17325 minutes of non-stop anime. You can also take a look at the What can I skip guide


Was the Dressrosa Arc inspired by the Alabasta Arc? I saw this post 2-3 days ago. Here Oda sensei explained why he drew that!
But apart from that I think there may be a deeper reason why he did that.
I think Oda sensei hinted that the story of Dressrosa Arc is inspired by Alabasta Arc.
We know he does that a lot. But if that is true then he is insane. Writing a story inspired by his own story... is on a different level, I think. In the end we see that these two stories has different viewpoint, nature and ambition of Crocodile and Doflamingo are different and a lot of things are also different (although the two arcs share a lot of similarities).
Is it true that Oda wrote a story inspired by his own story?

Well.. it is not stated anywhere by Oda himself (as far as i could search), but there is an ongoing rumor that the arcs in the New world are counterparts of their respective arcs in the beginning of the grand line.

So, we have Dressrosa as the first big arc since the straw hats entered the New World as a counterpart to Alabasta and Punk Hazard as the New World's counterpart of Drum.

Despite the similarities, there is still no confirmation by any official source that Dressrosa was based on Alabasta.

Annex: List of similarities between Alabasta and Dressrosa


Do Mob and Saitama live in the same universe? In a former question it was pointed Mob appears in a cover photo of a One Punch Man manga. Does Mob appear in One Punch Man? . But also apparently Tatsumaki appears in a Mob Psycho manga (I've seen the anime but I havent read the manga), in an apparent scene of the manga itself, not a cover Tatsumaki in Mob Psycho 100

Do Mob, Tatsumaki and Saitama live in the same universe/planet kinda like Goku and Arale from Dragon Ball / Dr Slump ?

The answer is NO.

Saitama's world and Mob's world is totally different. We can see that the art style of the anime and the main character is almost alike that's because they were written by the same creator, ONE.

Mob appear in One Punch Man world.

(Image credit to @Pablo.)

Saitama appear in Mob Season 2 Opening. (Watch the cellphone, it's Saitama outfit.)

So why does these 2 not related story will appear on each other scene, I guess it was just a purely an advertisement purpose.


Have characters' voice actors in Fate/ always been the same? I've been wondering, between Fate/Zero, Fate/Stay Night Realta Nua, Fate/Stay Night (anime), Unlimited Blade Works (movie), Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra CCC and Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA (and to an extent Carnival Phantasm), have the same Japanese voice actors been employed for returning characters (e.g. Saber-Arturia, Gilgamesh, Rin, Ilya, EMIYA)?

Also, if they have remained the same, is there any confirmation that Fate/Hollow Ataraxia on the PS Vita will follow the same trend?

This will only be a partial answer addressing some of the major characters, because there's too many characters in the Fate universe for me to be bothered tracking all of them down. Broadly, though, with the exception of male characters like Shirou and Kiritsugu who are played by women when children and by men when adults, I know of only one case in which different VAs have played the same character in different entries in the Fate-universe.

This one case is that of Sapphire in Prisma Illya. The unfortunate passing of Matsuki Miyu after the airing of 2wei Herz led to her being replaced by Kakazu Yumi in 3rei.

Re: Fate/stay night - the casts of the 2006 anime, the UBW movie, Realta Nua, and the 2014 anime are all the same, at least for the major characters, so I haven't specifically made a note of that in the list below.

Saber (Arturia)

voiced by Kawasumi Ayako in Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night, Prisma Illya, Carnival Phantasm
does not appear in Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra CCC, Carnival Phantasm

Gilgamesh

voiced by Tomokazu Seki in Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night, Fate/Extra CCC
in Prisma Illya, his child form is voiced by Endo Aya, but the guttural yelling of his black form in the last few episodes of 2wei Herz are also by Tomokazu Seki
does not appear in Fate/Extra

Rin

voiced by Kana Ueda in Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night, Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra CCC, Prisma Illya, Carnival Phantasm

Illya

voiced by Kadowaki Mai in Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night, Prisma Illya, Carnival Phantasm
does not appear in Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra CCC

Archer (EMIYA)

voiced by Suwabe Junichi in Fate/stay night, Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra CCC, Carnival Phantasm
does not appear in Fate/Zero, Prisma Illya

This Crunchyroll article lists some of the voice actors for the Vita port of F/HA; all the ones that are listed are the same people that played those characters in earlier Fate entries. The Japanese Wikipedia article for F/HA also lists some more VAs for F/HA, citing Type-Moon ACE Vol. 9; all of these match up correctly too.

Besides, I don't think it would be in Type-Moon's best interest to change VAs for any of the major characters - imagine what a fit fans would throw if their waifu/husbando got a new VA!

You didn't ask about Tsukihime, but do note that the voice actors for Tsukihime in the 2003 anime all differ from their voice actors in Carnival Phantasm. If the Tsukihime remake ever happens, I suspect that they'll stick with the Carnival Phantasm VAs rather than the 2003 anime VAs.


What is the name of the anime with the little rude monkey with the golden diadem I have been searching for forever to find the name of a anime series/ movie that I saw more than 20 years ago. Here goes nothing!

The series/ movie is about a little boy monkey (kind of like the monchichi monkeys) with brown fur. He is very rude and I remember that nobody likes him except for a little female monkey with white fur. Then there is this old wise monkey that puts a golden diadem on the head of the rude little monkey to teach him a lesson in humbleness and kindness. He is also put in some kind of (tree)cage. The female monkey keeps visiting him and keeps bringing him food, even when it starts to snow. He tells her to stay away, even though he kind of likes her, because he doesn't want her to go through all this trouble for him. At the end of the series/movie the little monkey is now more humble and nice to everybody and the golden diadem is removed from his head.

The picture above is how I picture the old wise monkey, but this picture could be from another series/movie.

I also remember that there was another character. He was more human, like a tiny childlike demon-boy with a horn on his head. At one point he was riding a horse, but not on the back of the horse, but upside down on the belly of the horse. At the end of the series/movie, this character also became more "good". I don't remember if there were human characters involved in the series/movie.

Ok this sounds like a weird kind of shroomtrip, but this is all I can remember. I really hope that someone recognizes some of this stuff and can give me more information about it! Thanks a million in advance!

The character resembles Sun Wukong from Journey to the West story. I know there are several Chinese cartoons about it. This is only a speculation because not all of them fit with what you wrote.

1. The picture in question

That character resembles Sun Wukong from an old Chinese cartoon I watched in the early 80's. See the similarity in his face, hat and yellow cloth (not the red robe) in the first picture. See also the golden diadem in the second picture. The diadem is given by Goddess Guanyin so Sanzang can punish Wukong whenever Wukong disobeys him. There are 3 OVAs that I know, but the story is quite different from what you wrote.

The first OVA is Havoc in Heaven (大闹天宫) which was released in 1961. It tells the origin of Sun Wukong and his rebellion against the Jade Emperor of Heaven. It ends when Sun Wukong destroy the Jade Emperor's palace and the Jade Emperor flees from the palace.

The second OVA is Ginseng Fruit (人参果) which was released in 1981. Wukong stole some fruit and angered the tree owner.

2. The horse scene

The last OVA is Monkey King Subdued the Evil (金猴降妖) which was released in 1985, there's a scene where a demoness disguised as a kid tries to kidnap Wukong's master. The kid's hair style looks like horns. The kid and Wukong's master ride a horse and Wukong grabs the horse from below. See the pictures below. You can also watched the scene in Youtube. Skip into 24:45.

3. The female monkey and old monkey

This is from the TV series which was released in 1998 by CCTV. It consists of 52 episodes. Wukong saves a female monkey after he's born from the holy rock in episode 1.

The elder monkey tells a legend that whoever can complete the challenge will become the monkey king. Wukong completes the challenge and become the monkey king.

4. The snow scene

After completing the challenge, Wukong wants to become a disciple of Master Puti. Master Puti didn't welcome him at first. So Wukong sit at the door for days. Even when it's raining and snowing, he still sits at the door. Finally Master Puti is moved by his dedication and teaches him 2 sacred arts, the Somersault Cloud and 72 Transformations. This scene is still in episode 1.

5. Trapped

After causing havoc in heaven, he was punished by the Buddha. He was imprisoned under a mountain and sealed by a paper talisman. Later Sanzang released him and made him his disciple.

6. Mismatch/contradiction

a. The diadem is not given by the old monkey. I suspect there is another story after Sun Wukong finished his journey and was granted Buddhahood. In your picture, he wears a Buddhist robe, does wear his golden diadem, sits in lotus position on a Padmasana (lotus throne) are what made me think of this. But this is just a speculation.

b. The female monkey is not a love interest.

c. He's imprisoned under a mountain, not a cage nor a tree. The is no one who visits and gives him food.

d. The child demon with horn story doesn't match.


Why did Kaneki's hair change color? At the start of the series, Kaneki's hair is dark brown, except in the OP, where it we see an image of him with white hair. In episode 11, we see a final scene of Kaneki, his hair having turned white. This turns out to be a preview of things to come, his hair being brown at the start of episode 12.

However, during episode 12, we see a scene, theoretically taking place in Kaneki's mind, or as a hallucination, wherein his hair fades from brown to white.

After this scene, however, this color change seems to manifest in the real world, too. (Kaneki's clothes also seem to invert colors.)

What caused Kaneki's hair (and/or clothes) to change color in the actual real world during this episode?

You should read the manga. His hair turned white because of the stress of being tortured 2 or 3 times everyday for 10+ days.

The anime is wrong. Why? Because Kaneki's hair didn't change in a moment, in the manga they show us his hair gradually turning white while he also  loses his mind.

They don't explain why the hair turns white or the nails black (also they are not black black, they're more like super dark blood colored), but we can assume that the hair it's because of the Marie Antoinette syndrome, and the nails are because of the constant regeneration. Like I said before the nails are like dark blood colored, they're not pure black, it's like when you hit a finger really hard, and the nail falls off in a time? Well before that, it gets really dark blood colored, Kaneki's are like that.

I know you posted this a time ago but maybe if you can read it, or other people that has the same doubt will understand.


Who is Lord of Hades? This guy:

He's wearing same uniform with other student. His first appearance is when He knocked Akira down with a rock. He saw Kouhei Arita stabbed Masaru Tsuchiya (Pilot) in the chest. But his identity was never revealed, there are also several interesting theories about him. Who is this guy?

This is a question where we will mostly likely never get a proper answer on.

  the publishers no longer liked cage of eden so the author was forced
  to rush everything. Therefore leaving a bunch a plot holes and having
  to come up with a conclusion as fast as possible. source

  It probably has a rushed ending because the manga may have lost the
  required ranking to keep being published, which means they more than
  likely only gave for a few more releases to wrap the series up. source

Due to not making enough sales the manga has had a rushed ending forcing the writer to close it up as soon as posible. There for leaving indeed a bunch of plot holes and unused potentionals such as hades.


Who or what is "El Ragna"? The song that both Sala and Ange mysteriously know is called "Towagatari", which means something like "Eternal Story". The version that Ange sings is subtitled "Hikari no Uta" = "Song of Light"; the version that Sala sings is subtitled "Kaze no Uta" = "Song of Wind".

The duet version that they sing in the final episode is 1.) glorious; and 2.) subtitled "El Ragna".

Who or what is "El Ragna"? The Cross Ange wikia claims that it means "The Goddess", but I'm not sure on what basis they make that claim ("El Ragna" doesn't mean anything in Japanese, at least). I don't recall the show telling us what "El Ragna" means; is there perhaps some side material that does tell us what's up?

Well, if you think about the lyrics, God(dess) would make sense.

The God(dess) that flies on the wind, making promises with destiny
The God(dess) that goes on the wind, with roaring wings

Also the wiki says the Ragna-mails are described as a mechanized angel. From that perspective, the angels draw their power from the God(dess), as the Convergence Space-time Cannons can only be activated when the song is sung.

Here they refer to it as "the god".

If I had to guess, I'd say that information came from the CD.

On another note, Crunchyroll or whoever really needs to hire better translators. If it was "the wind flies" then it would "kazega yuku" not "kazeni yuku".


Does removing Potara earrings of a fused character nullifies the fusion? Just give you some info about the Potara earrings.

  Potara Fusion is similar to the Fusion Dance technique, however unlike the Fusion Dance, the Potara Fusion is permanent.
  To use the Potara fusion, the two fusees each take one of the two earrings and put them on opposing ears. The two will automatically merge as soon as the earrings are put on.

After the fusion is done, the fused character has 2 earrings on each side of their ears, neither in the Anime nor the Manga has shown that fused character remove the Potara earrings. This makes me wonder what happens when fused character like Vegito remove one or two of the earrings, will they be separated? Or still permanently fused forever?

No, removing the earrings does NOT nullify the fusion.

Source - http://universaldragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Potara_Earrings

Quote from the wiki -

  The earrings have the ability to fuse two people into a single entity, substantially enhancing the abilities of both individuals. The resulting fusion lasts forever, even if the fused being removes the earrings. However, there is one instance where the Potara Fusion will be nullified and restore the fused being back to their original forms, which is when they are sucked into an environment that would not support it (as seen with Vegito being absorbed inside Buu).

Edit: I've found a quote of Elder Kaioshin, stating that the Potara earrings are meant to be eternal-lasting.

  Context: Elder Kaioshin gives the Potara to Goku Elder Kaioshin: “Here! Put
  this Potara on your left ear! [ ] Put the other one on Gohan’s ear.
  Just by doing that, you two will be able to merge together! Like with
  Fusion.” Goku: “Huh! Re-really!?” Elder Kaioshin: “Of course. And
  what’s more, the effect is greater than with Fusion! This has been the
  trump card treasure of the Kaioshins since long ago.”

source - Chapter: 501 (DBZ 307), P6.2-6

  Context: Goku asks how long Potara-based fusion lasts
  Elder Kaioshin: "The Potara don't have such a weakness. It's eternal! You'll never return to normal again!"

source - Chapter: 501 (DBZ 307), P11.6

Edit 2 -
As jphager2 has mentioned in the comments below, after using the Potara Earrings, they can then be removed & re-used to fuse 2 new people, we've never been given information about the possibility of 2 fusions being able to fuse, and the only information I can find on it is speculation.


Who are all members of Namikaze clan and is Namikaze clan a descendant of Senju clan? I know Minato (the fourth Hokage) is of the Namikaze clan, but I have never heard of anyone other than him belonging to the same clan. What is the Namikaze clan's history? Is it part of the Senju clan?

Namikaze isn't a descendant of Senju. I think it would have been mentioned in the past if it was, just like how it was stated Uzumaki is related to Senju. The past references has been brought up so many times with Kushina having Senju DNA, and therefore Naruto has it too.

As for all the members, we only know of Minato. No other Namikaze member was revealed in the manga. I haven't watched all the fillers, but there might have been another Namikaze person in there.


Is this purported video showing the ending real or fake? I am confused. Could someone please take a look at this video purportedly showing the English and Japanese versions of the Code Geass Ending and tell if it is real or fake?

This is fake. Unless someone can point me to the dvd/blu-ray version this can be found on. Definitely not original airing.  Further more the art seems a little off to be Lelouch, (chin is a little sharp).  Chances are this is spliced in from another anime.

P.S. - Not biased response, as I personally think he lived due to the Lelouch of the Rebellion movie they are working on as well as the popular code immortality factor.


What is the name of the OST? On this Video, part 1;28, there's a trumpet start to play and I already find quite a while still can't find what song is that. Anyone know that song?

It's Uru - Freesia. The part you want starts at around 1:20

Edit: The orchestra version used in the video


Why did the older Tetsujin brother become shorter in the anime? I was reading about the characters of Arakawa Under the Bridge, hoping to learn some of their background stories. From there, I found out that the older Tetsujin brother grew younger later in the series.

I took a look to verify and found out that this was true, indeed.

In episode 2,

In episode 13,

Did this ever occur in the manga? Is there any explanation to this? Could this be some sort of hint about the show or perhaps just an animation flaw?

From my experience with Arakawa Under the Bridge (and it's been quite a bit of time), the two brothers (along with a number of other characters at Rec's welcoming party) don't get a proper introduction until later on in the first or second seasons.

I would say it was Shaft making an animation mistake, since the two of them weren't characters they were focusing on yet, so they could draw them without as much attention to detail/quality.

Perhaps it was something with the manga though; whether the author hadn't made a final decision on their appearances until later on, she just drew them like that for the time being. Shaft, for whatever reason, could've replicated this. (Part of me finds that unlikely because they would've received the characters' heights and such from the manga publishers by the time they started the anime, but part of me think it may be possible because it's Shaft lol.)

I could look through the manga and see what I could find, but right now, I'd say it was Shaft just making a mistake.


When do animes get subsequent seasons? I was wondering if a studio is told that it has X amount of seasons to tell its full story, or if there's some other situation where their time is extended based on ratings and similar statistics.

I would imagine that the first way wouldn't be great, as if the show doesn't do very well, the producers don't get much money.

But on the other hand, the second situation would mean studios would have to hold back plotlines and etc. until they have more confirmed time.

Perhaps it's neither of these two cases. Does anyone know how seasons are allocated to anime?

In this particular case, anime is not different from any TV-series (if you want an example, take caprica, which was canceled mid-season due to low ratings). Let's start with some simple points:

The production of anime episodes costs money.
To get your work aired on TV, you need even more money.

Actually, you could check this question which approximately shows how much does it cost. It's a lot of money.

So, obviously, when you make an anime, you want your incomes to be larger than your expenses. How can you achieve that? Commercials. And, of course, the more popular is your show, the more people will see it. The more people will see it, the more people will see the commercials. So, basically, the more popular your show is, the more money you make from ads.

The second way is to sell different merchandise like t-shirts, figurines, and stuff. Once again, the more popular the anime is, the more people will want to buy this.

The above explains how things go if everything is fine. Sometimes everything is not fine. If your show is not popular enough, and the incomes do not cover the expenses, you bear losses. So, if you ended up loosing money after making the first season of an anime that was supposed to have 2 seasons, will you risk making the second one? I doubt that.

Now, as for the point on how the story is divided into seasons, it may also matter. For example, if a manga is very popular, then you might expect the anime based on it being popular as well, and plan X seasons in advance. On the other hand, if you are not sure, you may plan the first season only (with enough episodes for the story to reach some point where it can be stoped), and see how things go.

It also depends on the genre and the plot itself. For example, if each episode tells a small story which is not-so-strongly connected with the previous and the subsequent episodes, you may end a season at any time. But if episodes are closely connected story-wise, you may only stop when the plot comes to some kind of a logical conclusion (note, that doesn't mean "the plot ends", it just means that there is a point in the plot when you can end one season, and start another one without breaking the story and without losing viewer's interest, e.g. Code Geass).


List of mangas by readership and reception Are there any known lists of monthly/annual readership (e.g. top charts) of different mangas in Japan or the US? Perhaps by category and age groups (audience)?

What are some good English sources for looking up statistics of manga readership and reviews?

In Japan, I don't know of any chart which tracks readership, and statistics for that seem hard to gather. The next best thing is sales numbers, which represent how many volumes were bought, but volumes purchased do not necessarily directly correspond to readership. Comic sales numbers are reported on a weekly basis by Oricon, which is the go-to source for Japanese entertainment media rankings. These are reposted across the internet, including by Anime News Network in English (link to current most recent list). As one would expect, the weekly rankings tend to vary a lot depending on what has been recently released, so they also compile half-year sales statistics (English via ANN) which are probably more useful for determining what's currently popular.

Overseas, even sales statistics aren't going to do a very good job indicating what's popular because of the levels of manga piracy. They are still available for the US via NY Times, but they miss a significant number of viewers who are reading pirated manga (e.g. scanalations) and also don't report absolute numbers, only relative positions. Various indexing sites like ANN or MAL do have data for "most popular" manga based on their listings, which likely includes those who are obtaining it illegally, but these are all-time rankings. Current rankings are probably difficult to compile with the data they have.


What was Kurisu going to say to Okabe in the first episode? I finished the anime and I still wonder what Kurisu said to Okabe in the first episode.

She pulls Okabe out of the conferance and says "Back there, you were going to tell me something, weren't you?" and Okabe responds "Back there?". Kurisu says "About fifteen minutes ago" and Okabe says "I don't have the slightest idea".

I guess it has (spoiler for the end of the anime)

   something to do with time travel and world line travel in episode 23 and 24 but unfortunately I didn't watch those episodes that carefully.

However, what did Okabe intend to say to Kurisu, and where, and when?

Around 9 minutes into episode 24 (try watching from 08:30), Okabe from the future (episode 24 Okabe) bumped into Kurisu on the stairs in the radio hall building. He was going to say he would save her, but got interrupted by an announcement over the PA system and ran off.

In episode 1, Kurisu dragged Okabe (episode 1 Okabe) from the lecture, asking what he was going to tell her "about 15 minutes ago". He didn't know as he was episode 1 Okabe and the one she met was episode 24 Okabe.

If you don't understand how that works... Well, that's time travel for you.


Why is Nezuko stronger than regular demons? In manga #83 it is mentioned that

   Nezuko's regeneration speed matches that of an upper moon, and later it's mentioned that it surpasses the regeneration speed of one of the upper moons

Also, Nezuko has shown to be stronger than an average demon before, when she kicked those strong demon balls for example. Why is Nezuko stronger than regular demons, considering she neither has martial art skills, nor consume humans to get stronger?

It was referenced by several demons (starting with three-horned demon with clones), that she seems to be strong due to amount and quality of demon blood she was injected with to be turned into a demon. Other possible reasons were not specified so far.


Why do anime and manga use the same faces? Many shows use the same face template throughout.  Why do they use this?

This is a matter of artistic style and a branding strategy.

As a prime example: Studio Ghibli films are arguably the highest-quality anime produced. They painstakingly aim for realism in the movements of characters and objects and the backgrounds are lush and extremely detailed.

The balance of light and shadow accurately matches real life, and every cell is intentionally still hand-painted in the studio to preserve the high quality (Roger Ebert's interview with Miyazaki Hayao reports, "Miyazaki, who is suspicious of computers, personally draws thousands of frames by hand. 'We take [handmade] cell animation and digitize it in order to enrich the visual look, but everything starts with the human hand drawing. And the color standard is dictated by the background. We don't make up a color on the computer'").

Not only do the Japanese think so, but Studio Ghibli's work has been internationally acclaimed for its impeccable quality. Without any interest in a computer-generated template, Studio Ghibli uses the same face character designs over and over.

There are four main points:

Studio Ghibli doesn't do this because they are lazy, cutting corners in the production process, or not creative enough. Similar and even nearly-identical faces are not a result of mangaka and animators feeling limited by their mediums, as if a wider variation in facial design would be too hard for them to pull off, or not worth bothering with. Studio Ghibli has never been interested in trading a drop in quality in exchange for a time-saving measure. Though many anime studios now animate by computer, the tradition of crafting and amply using a trademark facial design for multiple characters predates the technological possibility of mixing-and-matching hairstyles onto a basic "doll" head, and did not arise in the art form in order to make that the standard once animation software could be invented.
The character designer is a prominent position in an anime's staff roster, as some character designers, such as Tadano Kazuko and Nobuteru Yuuki, draw such recognizable faces that the designer can be billed as a feature of the series. Character design is all done in pre-production (before the animators start painting cells), so increased/decreased variation in the character design does not create a large impact on the production schedule once animating begins, unless the character's costume is extremely detailed. Once the designs are established, the character designer draws official settei (設定, meaning "materials") sheets which show the character from various angles and includes notes for the animators about details not to overlook. These usually utilize very clean lines, though some character designers distribute sketchy ones. The settei are photocopied and each animator receives one copy for reference while animating, so that the character designer's intent is realized even across a large number of animator staff.

Each mangaka or character designer has a style that he/she personally likes. It may get honed over the course of the beginning of her career, but once he/she captures his/her Ideal, the artist becomes a pro at making it consistent. Unless it is a rare manga or anime in which that character designer does not intend to draw attractive-looking characters, it stands to reason that the design perceived as most attractive will be used time and again. This may mean the same face for nearly all female protagonists, the same face for nearly all male love interests, and the same face for amicable, friendly men. As an example, Takeuchi Naoko can be counted on for consistency.

Only one of these blue-haired girls is Sailor Mercury:

Chiba Mamoru (Tuxedo Kamen) and his dead ringers from other series:

Tenou Haruka (Sailor Uranus) and dopplegangers:

Branding (also known as Visual Identity, Brand Management, or Corporate Design), is very important in successful marketing. Mangaka and character designers who provide immediately recognizable faces grant fans the ability to know in an instant that this is a title they are interested in, and whenever they hear an announcement that the same creator is starting a new series, they can know exactly what to expect. Studio Ghibli has crafted simple character designs that strike a chord, make the protagonist easily likable, and garner sentimentality from the viewers. This strategy ensures repeat consumers more than if they changed up the character design from film to film. A good example of strong branding that evolved from the time of her debut is Yazawa Ai:

early work →

middle period →

distinct branding →

Although many mangaka and anime character designers do this type of branding very well, it should be noted that this is not specific to manga and anime, but can be seen in other mediums in other countries.

For example, even while Disney intentionally adds hints of traditional cultural art styles into its films (eye shapes for Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Megara), facial design for Disney protagonists is, for the most part, easily recognizable as being Disney, regardless of the ethnicity of the characters.

Disney women of color:


Why does a stranger lend Akira pants? During the first episode, we see Akira running down the street without pants. Then he asks a bystander, and the guy just lends his pants to Akira. Is this related to some cultural reference, or is it never explained and is a strange plot element even to Westerners?

It's never explained but I imagine that Akira transferred him some large amount of money from his phone. The man is clearly elated at whatever Akira offered him.


Who has the biggest breasts in the Naruto series? Right now, I think it is Tsunade, but is there anyone else who has bigger breasts than Tsunade?

It seems in Leaf village, Hinata is 2nd. From Road to Naruto, Chapter 1, page 11:

Only Tsunade's measurements were revealed in the series (courtesy of Jiraiya). And I don't think the databooks include details like bust measurements. So the comparisons would be based on the appearance solely. Visual comparison isn't a good way of getting the right answer.

But if you're looking for another character who has noticeably big oppai, there's Samui of Kumogakure:


How is it known Zarbuto is a Tsufurujin? The Dragon Ball Wikia mentions Zarbuto is a Tsufurujin just like the creators of Baby in Dragon Ball GT or Dr Raichi from the OVA "Plan to eradicate all saiyans"

http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Zarbuto

How is this known?

Well it was mentioned in the character descriptions and apart from that, there isn't any exact reason why. We also see the Yardrat in Universe 2 and we know for a fact that Yardrats exist on Universe 7 and there is no exact explanation as to why there are Yardrats on Universe 2. Maybe, they brought back another race which was previously mentioned while adding the Yardrat character to Universe 2? We know that Universe 6 is the parallel universe of Universe 7 and technically, all races found in Universe 7 should have a counterpart in Universe 6. Yet, we see the Yardrat and the Tsufurujin from Universe 2. I guess the best explanation which I believe would be that while creating new characters for the tournament of power, a couple of previously mentioned races were brought back such as the Yardrat and the Tsufurujin while designing characters for Universe 2. I don't really think we are going to get any more of an explanation with regard to the same because it's been already established that Ribrianne is the main important character in the Universe left on the stadium, and the yadrat was already given a decent amount of spotlight.


Which sign language is being used in the Gangsta anime? In the anime, Nicolas cannot speak properly due to his disability. He has to use sign language in order to communicate with others. Is the sign-language used in the anime authentic? Which sign language is used if it is?

The sign language used in the anime is the Japanese Sign Language. For example:

Means "thank you (ありがとう) in JSL. The ITEC website, which teaches JSL to English speakers, details how to make this sign:

  The left hand is held palm-down in front of the chest, fingers
  pointing to the right with the open right hand's blade edge touching
  the back of the left hand, fingers pointing toward the interlocutor.
  The left hand's position is held, while the right hand is lifted to
  chin height.

One thing to keep in mind is that the setting implies that the characters are all speaking English or some kind of European language. The language used in the newspaper and currency for example, is English. The sign language used in the anime is authentic, but it may not be consistent with the setting of the anime itself.


What is the name of this really funny anime? Video here. (4:37 long)

Does anyone know what anime it is? Also additionally (from the same video) does anyone know if this is an actual Boy's Love Manga? Does anyone know the English translation of the title in the picture? Is it even a real life manga that I can read?

It's from Oniichan no koto nanka zenzen suki janain dakara ne or (I don't like you at all, Big Brother!), a 12 episode anime from January, 2011, that was adapted by a manga by Kouichi Kusano.

The main character is Shusuke Takanashi:

The plot (from the wikipedia page):

  Nao Takanashi loves her brother Shūsuke despite the incest taboo. Nao thinks that Shūsuke is her blood relative, but in fact she is an adopted daughter, whose parents already died. After Nao learns the fact, she wants to normally fall in love with Shūsuke because siblings by adoption can marry under the family law in Japan. However, she finds herself competing with Shūsuke's childhood friend, Iroha Tsuchiura, and his class president and yaoi lover, Mayuka Kondō.

Mayuka Kondō is the "Kondou" that he's referring to in that video. From the wiki page:

  Shūsuke's classmate and class president, with a strong interest in Boy's Love magazines. When Shūsuke tears up one of her magazines by accident, she makes him her 'pet'. She forces him to purchase and review explicit BL magazines which she interprets as having a shared interest. Despite Shūsuke's belief that she may ask him to do something more perverted at some point, she treats him more as a boyfriend - making him bentos and coming to wake him up in time for school. Over time her feelings for Shūsuke increase because of his apparent acceptance of her BL magazines. She becomes attracted to Shūsuke's pink and sensitive nipples due to the fact she has never seen a naked man before, though despite him being her pet, she doesn't use this to her advantage. Although she confesses that she has feelings of wanting to dominate Shūsuke, he loses memory of the incident after being hit by a truck.

More info:

My Anime List
Anime News Network

I can't make out what's on the cover of the manga, the video is really noisy.


Light's Search History Death Note Why didn't L ever look at Light Yagami's Search history? Or why didn't the show ever address the fact that Light was looking up these criminals minutes before they died? That would trigger at least some sort of data traffic algorithm either set up by L or the Japanese government. So it seems to me that if any of these characters are as intelligent as the show makes them out to be they would've thought to look at his search history.

Don't tell me he probable cleared it or used an incognito tab because

Even if he cleared it his IP is registered on all of the Wikipedia and news sites for the criminals he researched and
They didn't state he used an incognito tab in the show so you can't assume that is the case.
ALSO Incognito doesn't even stop you from being tracked completely.

I swear this entire show is resolved by looking at his computers footprint. Also Given L literally lives on a laptop in the beginning of his character development, you'd think he'd know enough about computers and web traffic to realize how easy it would be to find "Kira".

Primarily opinionated question the way its phrased. However Light did rational this in several moments when he planned to hide his notebook.

He followed a line of thought that even if someone found the notebook, he could easily say he was researching the deaths for his planning to follow his father in law enforcement. Same can be said for his Internet or browser history.

Even if you can pinpoint Light searching for criminals before their deaths, it doesn't conclusively prove that he is indeed Kira and not some over enthusiastic student that just wants to research criminals. Remember Light doesn't immediately kills criminals but spreads them out randomly and kills on average similar number of people. While he may be researching more of them.

The show is all about the main detectives L, M and N somehow intuitively guessing that Light is Kira but conclusively proving he is indeed Kira is what makes the story interesting!

Finally, as I've said before multiple times. When you watch a fictional story you've to accept that the author might've tried his best to stop plot holes, but at the end of the day they will exist. The death note and shinigami don't exist. Overthinking things and creating plotholes will reduce the enjoyment of the genre. You've to assume some things that the author does and listen to the story he/she wants to tell

Cheers~


Who invented the Rasengan: Jiraiya or Minato? Was it Minato who invented the Rasengan, or was it Jiraya? All I know is that Jiraiya taught Naruto the Rasengan. Who is the original creator?

The Rasengan is an A-rank technique created by the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, by observing the Tailed Beast Ball. Minato spent three years developing the Rasengan.

Jiraiya taught Naruto how to create and use Rasengan.


The Chuunibyou crew wants to do what to "this world", exactly? In Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! the crew always yell

  *anishment this world

during their "transformations".

What are they saying? Banishment or Vanishment?

There are several sources over the western web (just google it - I just did), and there is nothing conclusive, so if you can point to some canon or other eastern sources, appreciated.

It's probably "vanishment", though I think the evidence is a bit too sparse to be 100% sure.

The season 2 ED does explicitly say "Van!shment Th!s World" in Latin script (which is also the title of the ED song) :

For reasons that are not entirely clear to me, people on the Japanese internet mostly appear to think that the word in question (バニッシュメント banisshumento) is from English "vanishment" rather than "banishment" (see e.g. one, two, three). Perhaps this points to greater awareness of English "vanishment" than "banishment" among speakers of Japanese? If this is in fact the case, it suggests that Rikka's catchphrase would have been intended to use the word "vanishment". Then again, perhaps the ambiguity was intended?

Though, to muddy the waters a bit, the B-side on the season 2 OP album is titled "PunIshment this worLd-VOICE-Episode.Φ".

While we're at it, apparently Japanese sometimes transliterates "varnish" as バニッシュ banisshu, so I suppose it's not entirely impossible that Rikka is actually saying "varnishment this world". Crazier still, the most recent Kuroko no Basuke opening (S3 OP3) displays the phrase "Burnishing Drive" for a move that everyone would think was called "Vanishing Drive" (バニシングドライブ banishingu doraibu). With Japan, all things are possible.

(Incidentally: I've only read snippets of the light novel, but as far as I'm aware, this particular catch phrase is anime-original, so that's a no-go for getting clarification.)

For the benefit of the reader who may be confused about why this is confusing, Japanese did not historically have a "v" sound, so borrowings of words from English that do have a "v" typically had the "v" replaced with a "b". This causes a bit of confusion in this case, since "banishment" could be from English "banishment" or from English "vanishment" with the "v" changed to a "b".


How is the height, weight and age of characters determined? While reading a wiki article about an anime character I found that they have mentioned every details of a character, including the details of his weight, height, age and even the date of birth.

How can you say that the anime character was born on a particular date and currently has a particular weight. What determines all these details. Are these details provided by the creator of the character?

They are provided by the creators, often together with artworks of the characters. Fans like them, so these infos can be used to advertise for the anime.

Here is an example (from Free!):


When does one become a Super Saiyan? As per this Wiki page :

  The Super Saiyan transformation comes in response to a need, not a desire.

So does it mean that even if a Saiyan might reach the energy level that a super Saiyan might have, he'll still not get converted to a super Saiyan unless there is a need? Energy level doesn't determine the ability to become a Super Saiyan, but a need to become one does?

On the other hand, as per the discussion on this page, it seems energy level is indeed an important factor.

It's confusing.

It really is confusing, and there is conflict as to what is really happens. I think our best guide is the story itself. For this answer I will be using the anime as a guide. Lastly, please note that this discussion pertains only to Super Saiyan itself, and not Ascended Saiyan, or SS3/4.

Now, Goku himself says, when training Gohan, that it does indeed come from a need, and if needed you can create that need. Though, I'll have to check with the original Japanese, because perhaps this wasn't the best word to use in translation? Considering that he also notes that the pain of loss as an important factor, this leads me to believe that perhaps it is more of an emotional thrust than a direct need per se.

Either way, in my humble opinion you need a mixture of the two (need and power-level.) If I'm not mistaken, no one is shown doing it without both factors.

Examples:

Goku

Spent much time training in 100x gravity, which undoubtedly boosted his power-level way up.
He was pushed over the edge by an emotional trust. (The ruthless death of his friend.)

Vegeta

Out of pride he spends his time in training trying to become a Super Saiyan, just like Goku, including some time in 450x gravity.
Out of anger, jealousy, and pride he is pushed over the edge.

Gohan

Spent much time training with his father in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
He is pushed over the edge by the distraught he feels at the idea of failing his friends.

Now, this is only valid in the act of becoming a Super Saiyan. Later on, once a Saiyan has learned how to control it better, the emotional thrust is lessened (if not removed altogether.) In addition, when higher forms of Super Saiyan are considered, the emotional barrier is lessened even more so, and the emphasis is placed more on power-level, and perhaps skills.

As for other Super Saiyans whose original transformations are not explicitly shown, I leave that up to pure speculation. At least we have three good cases to base our claims on; perhaps the rest just belongs in the imagination.


Does Makoto Shinkai concentrates on a "distant love" theme for his works? Some of Makoto Shinkai's known masterpieces are Voices of a Distant Star, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, 5 Centimeters per Second, and his latest creation, Garden of Words. I noticed that the plots mostly involves a distant love because of several reasons like literal distance/space, dreams, situations, and other aspects of life. I was just wondering if Makoto Shinkai prefer this kind of theme on his creation and concentrates on a "distant love" theme. Was there any official statements from him that explains the similarity of themes on his works? Or he just relates well to that theme because of personal experience?

Yes I think he do. According to interview with ANN, He would like to emphasize on losing someone and may be the influence of Miyazaki's work

Question: Your previous films have had simple themes and complex emotions; what
would you say is the overarching theme of Hoshi o Ou Kodomo?
MS: It's very difficult to put the theme into one word— if it wasn't I
wouldn't have made a two-hour movie! But if you want me to just say
it, I guess that would be how to overcome a sense of deep loss, the
loss of another person.