Who are the four heroes who can face Elder Centipede according to Gyoro Gyoro? In the One Punch Man manga Phoenix Man mentions that according to Gyoro Gyoro only 4 heroes can face Elder Centypede. I dont know if I'm missing a panel or something but he mentions only 2, Blast and King. Who are the other 2?

The four heroes that can defeat Elder Centipede according to Gyoro Gyoro:

The Tornado of Terror
Metal Knight
King
Blast

He said it in Chapter 84: Escalation.

Pages that he said it:


Soundtrack of K: Return of Kings - episode 1 at 19:16 What is the title for the song in K: Return of Kings episode 1 at 19:16, in the scene where Jungle throws a bomb and Homra and Scepter use a shield?

That would be the second song on the K - Return of Kings OST, which is likewise called "Return of Kings".


What happened between Kirito and Asuna in those 2 years? According to the 2nd episode, Kirito and Asuna met in the first month of SAO. Yet 2 years later, they meet again and it seems they are like complete strangers.

What happened to them in those 2 years? Do the light novels explain this?

During the two years, players teamed up to clear the floors.  However Kirito decided to solo the game (heavily influenced by Sachi's death ep. 3).  This made contact between other players uncommon.  Even though Kirito was a solo player, he participated in Boss Battles.

Before the boss battles he talked with other players for strategy. Asuna being one of the leaders, and Kirito being one of the strongest of players, would talk to each other or at least be in the same area.

It was referenced during the time of Gleam Eyes (Boss of the 74th Floor) when Klein found Kirito in a party with Asuna.


Is Avatar: the Last Airbender an anime? Valid points are stated in this video.

  In Western countries, anime is thought of as Eastern animation. In Eastern countries, all animation are thought of as anime.

So this question kind of leads to what is an anime? Does having a published manga a requirement to become an anime? Let's settle this once and for all, is Avatar: the Last Airbender an anime or not?

Anime basically translates to animation, so the Japanese don't really have a distinction. Claymation for example could qualify as 'anime' in the East.

From a Western perspective, 'anime' is a looser term, generally meaning animations from Japan, but sometimes it's applied to Western shows with the anime 'look', like RWBY or Avatar.

There's no strict guideline on what qualifies as anime and what doesn't, and arguments arise frequently online by people with different opinions on this.

It's safest to say Avatar is anime-styled.

In regards to the 'manga' of Avatar, it seems to be commonly referred to as a comic rather than a manga. But the format of this should have no bearing on the animated production.


In Overlord, could the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord be mind controlled considering it has a world item? I was under the impression that a world item protects it's user from other world items. Since the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord has a world item, does that means Downfall of Castle and Country wouldn't work on it? Therefore, the only way for the Slane Theocracy could mind control the Dragon Lord would be to steal the World Class Item first, is that correct?

Yes, they'd need to steal it first. That said, unless the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord has inmunity against mind ailments, he could be targeted by regular mind control spells.

He's still one of the creatures of the highest levels in the New World, probably around level 100, so you'd need a really high level caster in order to pull a high-tier mind control spell able to affect him.


What does the fist bump mean in Naruto? At first I thought Killer Bee only used it as a rap gesture.  Later on it was shown as a way to compare and equalize forces between two people. Even later, Naruto was shown doing it with Kurama, to fuse their chakra together.

Does the fist bump have any special meaning? I doubt it originated in Japanese culture or mythology, so where did it come from?

I think there isn't a single meaning, and sometimes it might be a simple brofist, showing respect to one another. But there's also to consider that Bee, in a way, uses fist bumps to read the other person's mind/heart/soul, to feel the other person; he does it with the Raikage.

But for example

   When Naruto exchanges fist bump with Kurama (The Nine-tailed fox beast):
 There happens that the two chakra meld/connect, as a sort of energy transfer. Perhaps it's also more than that, but that's basically to show that we don't simply have brofists in Naruto.

I think I found the chapter but it's not flat-out stated. When Bee first exchanges fist bumps with Naruto, he says he won't train him to control his beast: first because he "made a fool out of his rap", but also because when they exchange the fist bumps,

   Bee feels the Dark Naruto inside Naruto himself, through them. So unless Naruto solves this problem, he won't be able to proceed to the next stage, i.e. the training with Bee.

After the first meeting with Bee (when Naruto uses the Erotic Jutsu), Motoi does ask him whether they exchanged fist bumps. I think this is a hint to that, because when Naruto confirms,

   Motoi takes him and Yamato to the waterfalls. They ask whether that's the place but Motoi says that that's just the first step: Naruto needs to see the truth first, which is where the Dark Naruto is revealed.
 Naruto will help save Motoi from the Squid attack that happens then and Bee trusts Naruto can defeat the Dark one.

Hope that helps.


How does one become a Contractor? How are Contractors made in Darker than Black?  Do you have to be born with the powers?  Or do you have to make contact with a spirit and make a contract with it?

According to the wiki, the process to become a contractor was never revealed, only that there is a link between contractors and the appearance of the Gate.

  Shion Pavlichenko was born as contractor, and Suou became one after she absorbed Hei's powers, and, in the Darker than Black: Shikkoku No Hana manga, a character named Harvest has the ability to make people Contractors, but all other Contractors, such as Tanya, have become what they are via unknown means. In Kuro no Keiyakusha Gaiden it is revealed that Contractors are defects that emerge when humans are unable to become Dolls.

So it looks like there's any number of ways to become a contractor. Some are born with the powers, and it's also possible to obtain the power via someone like Harvest.


How did Welfin know about Komugi? In episode 134, when Meruem asks about Pouf's secret to Welfin, Welfin thinks so hard, harder than his brain is capable of. And the result is that he says "Komugi".

Why did Welfin know about Komugi? Did he meet her before?

Just recently re-saw the arc so it's pretty fresh.  He knew because Pouf had him call Pitou to tell her that Killua killed her.  It struck him as a weird request at the time, but when he was racking his brain for the right answer, he started connecting all the dots and realized she was the keyword in all of it.

He most likely figured out Komugi was the right name because he put the following things together:

The King is looking for something.
King wants to know what Pouf is hiding.
Pouf used Welkin to lie to another Royal guard.
Pouf lied about the enemy killing a person named Komugi who was in the enemies' possession
Royal guards are incapable of being un-loyal to the King.
Ikalgo/Palm believes they have something the King will definitely trade for.


Who writes the Dragon Ball Heroes anime? So, it's known Akira Toriyama doesnt write the Dragon Ball Heroes directly or indirectly (such as he did with Dragon Ball Super), so, if it isnt Akira Toriyama who makes it, who is or are the persons behind it? is it someone who worked in Dragon Ball movies or animes (Dragon Ball GT or whatever) before, or is/are they completely new writers?

According to Wikipedia, the writer for episodes 1-5 of Dragon Ball Heroes is Atsuhiro Tomioka. The writer for episode 6 is apparently still TBA. However, I can't find what source they're citing for this information.

He has previously been involved with Dragon Ball Super, having written the script for 22 episodes, according to Anime News Network.


What is the logic behind Madara's plan A for his revival? Uchiha Madara's plan A for his revival was to make Uzumaki Nagato use Rinnegan's revival jutsu (Gedo Rinnei Tensei no Jutsu). However, when Nagato used this jutsu to revive everyone in Konoha, he mentioned that he cannot revive everyone. He can only revive those that only recently killed as shown in the picture below.

Another version of the translation is more clear in that there is a time limit to how long someone can die before he is brought back to life using this jutsu.

Which means that if one died long time ago, it would be impossible to brought back using this jutsu. This also fits the fact that he didn't use the jutsu to revive Yahiko. Because he can't.

After he used it, everyone was revived to the state right before they died.

Madara died of old age. If Nagato revived him using that jutsu, wouldn't Madara be revived as the old Madara that's about to die? Is this a miss on Madara's part? What is the logic behind Madara's revival plan? Why do Madara think that his plan A is a perfect plan (or the better plan), as shown when he complained to Obito about being brought back to life using Edo Tensei?

The complete limits of the Rinnegan have never been shown. Nagato did not actually say he could only revive the recently dead, just that he was not too late to revive Konoha. The best guess is that it takes more chakra to revive someone who has been dead a long time, and Nagato was very low on chakra after his fight with the village and Naruto. He consumed all of his remaining chakra when he used Rinne Rebirth and died because of lack of chakra. The full limits of rebirth were never actually given and the jutsu was only used twice in very different circumstances. When the King of Hell was used to revive the Asura Path (mechanical) when it was in pieces, it was put back together.

Edit: Also note, Obito used the jutsu and had all 9 Tailed Beasts extracted from him in less than an hour, but still survived and was able to fight not long after that.

Also, I do not know how to link images, but if I did, I would post one that should be on the same chapter as the first ones you linked, a few pages earlier, which has Konan specifically talking to Nagato, saying something about using the Rinne Rebirth jutsu at his current chakra levels. The specific words are based on the translation, but they all heavily imply that he did not have enough chakra to both use Rinne Rebirth and live. We know chakra exhaustion will kill a Shinobi directly from Kakashi, who used Kamui and exhausted his charka. He still lived after that for at least a few panels to accept his coming death before he actually died. Nagato had just fought an entire village almost alone, then blew it up, and then fought the Nine Tails and barely lost. He for certain had used up a massive amount of chakra, and reviving tens of thousands of people probably costs a ton of chakra as well. He was still alive after the jutsu was done for a little bit before his death, same as Kakashi.


How did Ging know Gon wouldn't die? In the Election arc, Ging confidently tells Pariston Gon won't die. How would he know this? Sure he has trust in Gon's friends, but Gon's condition was like nothing ever seen before, even if he has good friends it doesn't mean they can help heal him. I'm not sure why Ging would be so confident in something so baseless.

Well it is intuition.
The more powerful/nen expert a person gets the more intuitive he gets. Experience also counts as one factor.
If you remember the time during GON returning to whale island after hunter exam with killua, he received greed island contents from mito which was given by ging.
Now here,

1. How did Ging know that Gon would attend Hunter exam ?
2. How did he know if Gon would qualify underground exam and learn nen ?
3. How would he know how the Zodiacs would react in President election(after netero's death).

This shows how experienced and intuitive he is. As said by Bisky that netero regards Ging as one of the 5 best nen users in the world.
Similarly, Ging knew Gon would not die.
This might be the explanation for your question!!


Where can I find a list of recipes (and their directions) that were used in Shokugeki no Soma? I'm reading Shokugeki no Soma and at some points, I thought it would be nice to cook some of these dishes. Unfortunately, I haven't found more than the mackerel burger recipe. I know that not all recipes are published, but I would like to know if there were also other ones that were published.

As Krazer said, the recipes can be found on the Japanese tankobon versions as extras. The English version, however, also have the same recipes. At the time of this writing, 6 volumes have been released in English and this Imgur album contains the English version of the recipes up to the 6th volume. It doesn't contain all of the recipes, as you guessed yourself, but it contains most of the meals that the main cast cooked.

You can also find partial recipes in the Shokugeki no Soma wiki by looking up the names of the food. They usually only contain the ingredients and not step-by-step instructions on how to prepare the food.


What was Natsume hiding in her closet in episode 11? In episode 11 of Tokyo Ravens, what was Natsume hiding in her closet?

It was never shown in the whole series, but we can make some intelligent guesses. Here are the list of things Natsume hides:

She is a girl. No one except Harutora knows she is a girl.
She is the controller behind Hokuto.
She is obsessively in love with Harutora.

So based on these things, it could be

Girl clothes, cosmetics, girly things, etc.
Clothes and kit that Hokuto uses.
A whole collection of things related to Harutora, maybe during his time with Hokuto. Pictures, memorabilia etc..


What is this shounen manga about a female monster hunter? There was a manga I read about 3 or 4 years ago and I'm having some trouble trying to find it again. It was a shounen manga, and the premise was that a girl was trying to either capture the most monsters, or become one of the best monster hunter in the world. She encounters someone on her travels who says that he's a monster trapped in human form, and he had bracelets and a neckband that enabled this. If I remember correctly, he was a sort of monkey-dragon hybrid, and that at the beginning he was able to morph one of his  arms into one much larger that was covered in scales and had claws at the ends.

The girl at the beginning was able to control his transformations, and the monsters characters goal was to regain his true form.

I can't remember much else besides that the boy had orange hair and was rude, that there was another character introduced that led to a dynamic similar to the main cast in Naruto, and that they had all three joined a monster hunting guild.

Any help appreciated!

From your description, I'm quite sure it is Buster Keel. Its serialization began in 2008 in Japan and completed with 12 volumes.

Here is the description from Baka-Updates:

  Keel, the hero of our story, is looking desperately for Siva the so called "best monster fighter" to retrieve something precious that he took away from him, on his search he joins a beginner monster fighter girl, along with her flying pig monster and goes for an adventure to find Siva who for some reason has been missing for two years.

The girl in the description, named Lavie, is a monster hunter. She has a Devil Pig named Mippy as a monster partner, and she can enhance the power of the monster partner by playing her guitar. This works by having the monster partner wear a contract ring, which allows her contract melody to work.

During the fight with King Lizard in chapter 1, Keel wears a contract ring and tell Lavie to play her music. The result is that Keel's arm is restored to that of his original form (Dragon Ape).

It is shown in the same chapter that the collar on Keel's neck maintains him in human form and it was unsealed by Lavie's magic during the battle. Keel's goal is to find Siva (the person who defeated him and turn him into human form) and change back to his original form of Dragon Ape.


Is Heaven's Lost Property season 3 canceled or on hold? In 2013, they announced there would be a 3rd season for Heaven's Lost Property. Not too long after, they also announced the production crew, and a bit after that an on-hold notice. After that, I haven't been able to find any information about it.

Is it still on hold? Has it been canceled? Or something different altogether?

The third season has indeed been cancelled; instead it was replaced with a movie that has just recently come out. This is described by this ANN news article.

Sora no Otoshimono Final: Eternal My Maser

Quick Plot Summary / Overview: The scene opens with the Zeus' destruction above Synapse, Tomoki calls for Nymph to return immediately; unfortunately Ikaros responds that Nymph isn't coming. Tomoki commands Ikaros to take him straight to Synapse as the Earth's surface deliberately vanishes. While flying towards Synapse, Ikaros tells Tomoki a story how long ago due to malfunction she was once ordered by a "boy" to attack Synapse out of desperation. Remarking a dying Sugata, Ikaros' body begins burning away because of a device installed within her whenever she approaches Synapse without permission. Having second thoughts, Tomoki orders Ikaros to go back but cannot since there is nowhere else to go to.

(Source: http://soranootoshimono.wikia.com/wiki/Heaven%27s_Lost_Property_Final:_Eternal_My_Master)


What is the effect of Piety commandement? I've been watching the seven deadly sins for some time now and in recent episodes (trying to avoid spoilers) there's a request for Zeldris to release people under de Piety commandement.

My question is, what are the effects of such commandement?

We've seen people turn to stone for not abiding to a commandement, etc...

As read on the wiki article on commandments

  Piety「敬神 Keishin」
  Anyone who shows their back to the wielder will become an obedient slave of the Demon King and by extension, his representative and youngest son, Zeldris.


What is the music playing in the background of the fight scene in episode 7? In Episode 7, around 11:30, what's the music playing in the background during the fight scene?

It's "run rabbit junk" by Yoko Kanno from the first OST.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXSgnsnu8ro


Why is L hiding his face? At the start of the series L hides behind a computer screen which draws criticism by members of the Japanese Police who were assigned to track down Kira.

while in the context of the Kira Investigation in how the Death Note works and L's correct reasoning that Kira needed a face and name, hiding his face initially is a good defense against the Death Note.

When she was saying about how she met L, Naomi Misora said she worked under L by taking orders from a computer screen. this sounds just like how L was working at the start of the Kira Investigation and since the BB Murder Cases (which L comments is where he remember Naomi from when told she was missing) had nothing to do with the Death Note this means he was hiding his face not as a defense against Kira.

So why was L hiding his face before taking on the Kira Investigation?

Presumably to both keep himself safe and give himself business.

L has presumably put away a lot of people.  Probably incredibly smart people, given that it required someone at L's level to catch them.  It's easy to see at least one of these people holding a grudge or having friends who would want revenge.  Keeping his name and face secret offers him protection.  Good luck trying to kill a garbled voice coming from a computer.

Also, remember other measures L used to keep safe.  Anyone wanting to contact L had to first go through Watari (who also used an alias).  This further cements the idea that L just wanted to stay safe.

Furthermore, by keeping his identity secret, it allowed him to move freely.  He could live a normal life, possibly fit in at a college (say to try and trap Kira, for instance).  If he was publicly known, this would have been impossible.

On top of all of this, he used other aliases for himself (also for safety and possibly for business reasons).  Remember Eraldo Coil, the number 2 detective in the world that the Yotsuba group hired to find out who L was?  That was L too.  It gave him a way to deflect someone looking into who L really was.  It also was a good way to generate business.  If you couldn't afford or get the interest of the almighty L, maybe the number 2 guy would be good enough?

I don't currently have access to the shows or wiki to be able to confirm some of this, but this is what I remember from having re-watched it somewhat recently.


What does "Fullmetal" mean? The title is obviously the State Alchemist name of Edward Elric, but what does the word "Fullmetal" mean? I watched both series with dub in my mother language, and in that, Ed was referred as "Steel Alchemist". (translated to English)

"Steel Alchemist" is in fact the literal translation of Edward Elric's title. The term "Fullmetal" is most likely a reference to Stanley Kubrick classic war-is-hell film Full Metal Jacket.

The "jacket" of a full metal jacketed bullet is usually made of steel. Sometimes you hear these bullets called steel jacketed in English, and in many other languages, a translation of this second name is much more common. In many countries outside the US, FMJ was retitled to reflect the most common local name for the bullets, in order to preserve that reference. I don't know if Japan did this: IMDB doesn't list the Japanese title for some reason.

But if Japan did retitle the movie, then the title "Steel Alchemist" may have been intended all along to reflect the title of the "Steel Jacketed" movie. Many translations of FMA actually do use a title that reflects the way FMJ was titled in the translation's own language, and so it's possible that "Fullmetal Alchemist" is just another application of that practice.


What differences are there between the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha anime and manga? I'm look into reading ViviD and Force, the two sequel manga to the StrikerS manga, and I am wondering: what differences are there between the three anime seasons and the three related manga that could affect the reading of ViviD and Force?

Nothing! The aforementioned manga provides minor additional background for fans. This includes:

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha MOVIE 1st THE COMICS
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS THE COMICS

The remaining manga continues with an unique story:

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Force

The former is a carefree spin-off focusing on Vivio (but fun!), while the latter continues Nanoha's story.


How can All Might live without his stomach? In the anime All Might tells in a fight half of his respiratory organs were destroyed and he lost his complete stomach. How can All  Might live without his stomach?

Living without a stomach isn't as impossible and absurd as it first sounds as removing the entire stomach is currently one of the more common treatments for stomach cancer too.

You can find a short explanation how part of the small intestine turns into something like a pouch to take over the role of the stomach in this video, while there are numerous articles written by doctors, patients and their relatives on the internet.

Just linking the first few hits Google dropped for me:

Life Without a Stomach

How to live without a stomach

Can You Live Without A Stomach?

 One man’s choice: Life without a stomach, or dying from stomach cancer?


Why did Shouko change her hair style? This is the first time Shouko change her hair style to ponytail. What's the reason ?

I find the answer in Volume 4, chapter 24 ( read from right to left or look at the page number )

Volume 4, chapter 24, page 6,7,8

Ishida realized that what Kawaii do to her appearance is clearly the same with Shouko at chapter 23. It's pretty obvious that Kawaii like Mashiba.

So The reason why Kawaii change her appearance is because she want to look attractive in front of Mashiba. It's same with Shouko case.

It's just my speculation but from the interpreter of the story at chapter 23 said that Shouko want to look attractive ( she want to looks different ) in front of Ishida, and after that he confession to Ishida but it didn't go so well. But Ishida still didn't know what shouko feel toward him.


If the "Truth" didn't exist, would that mean that feats such as Human Transmutation would work? In FMA Brotherhood, It is said that Truth watches over all alchemic exchanges in the world.

The entity at the Gate calling itself Truth:

My question is if Truth didn't exist would impossible feats such as Human Transmutation be possible? Would such a thing be possible?

Resurrections, a method of human transmutation, only has a problem with the soul. Since it is gone, you cannot call it back. Think of it like a chemical change, e.g. burning paper, you cannot restore it. The only real successful attempts of human transmutations are the homunculi though, but they still need souls too. To make up for the lack thereof, they run on Philosopher's Stones, which incidentally is made from trapped souls.

So Human Transmutation is possible. Just not all methods will achieve desired intent.

This is really simplified from memory of the show but should get the point across.

EDIT:
PS:
Alchemy is still used medicinally. You could argue that without Truth punishing people attempting to reclaim souls that at best they would just craft human shells or fresh corpses (as weird as that sounds). Remember, this is basically high-speed 3D printing.


Can Saitama breathe in space? I'm just wondering whether Saitama could live in space, just like Superman or Goku, without needing oxygen to breathe?

No, he can not breathe in space.

In the chapter 47 (35.2), Boros punches Saitama so hard that he is sent flying towards the moon. When he lands there, he does his best to hold his breath:


What's the song playing in episode 15 when Suguha is practicing Kendo? What is the name of the track playing in episode 15 during the part where Suguha is practicing kendo and Kirito interrupts her from behind?

"Is This Love? -Piano Only" as provided in the comments.


What is "Tokyo Ghoul:re"? There were events that happened in Tokyo Ghoul:re but didn't happen in the original show, like:

Is Tokyo Ghoul:re different from the original Tokyo Ghoul?

Tokyo Ghoul:re is the sequel manga to Tokyo Ghoul. The Tokyo Ghoul manga ended in September of 2014 and was adapted into the first 2 seasons of the anime, though the second season, Root A, greatly diverged from the manga with significant differences but still attempted to have the same major events as the manga.

You can read about possibilities of why they did so in this question (be wary of spoilers in all the links here): Why did Tokyo Ghoul √A completely deviate from the manga? and for more details on the differences, you can read my answer or this post on reddit asking about the same thing.

Both the anime and the manga ended with spoiler:

   the ambiguous death of Ken Kaneki at the hands of Kishou Arima (as in he is believed dead, but it's not fully confirmed, though in the manga it leaned significantly heavier on the dead side with multiple holes in his head)

Tokyo Ghoul:re picked up 2 years after the events that ended Tokyo Ghoul. It's about Hiase Sasaki, a ghoul investigator and leader of the Q's squad, currently low ranking investigators that underwent a very special surgery. It follows Hiase, his squad, and his superior/supervisor Akira Mado (daughter of the investigator that was Amon's superior and partner investigator in the beginning of the series), and shortly after all that begins expanding on stuff from the original manga, as well as filling in the 2-year gap.


Are Board of Education members immune to Death Feedback? As we know from anime (I'm not familiar neither with manga or novel), Board of Education is responsible for disposing ("expelling from school/academy") of problematic student, who may turn to Akkis or Karma Demons. They may use variety of methods to do so - Bakenezumi assassins, nekodamashi, poisoned medicine etc. I'm sure that when they are ordering nekodamashi to kill student, they do realize, that they will be actual cause of death of another person.

We can see from several occasions (temple monk after killing living library, Saki after her plan to kill Akki was success), that even small allusion, that you are killing another human, may lead to heavy consequences, if not death.

So, my question is - are Board of Education members immune to Death Feedback? Numerous people were killed after their order, but it seems, that it does not affect any of Board of Education members at all.

Somehow they've figured out that using additional objects or creatures to carry out the actual killing is a workaround which doesn't trigger the death feedback reaction. I suspect it was made clear at the time the death feedback was invented and introduced to people. There had to be some way to kill the deviants and possible mass murderers in case some genetic or other type of disorder prevented death feedback from preventing more deaths as intended.


What's it called when anime and manga chooses not to show nipples but make it as erotic as possible What's it called when anime and manga chooses not to show nipples but make it as erotic as possible? I recall in No Game No Life, they did this in their match-up against Jabril the Mugol.

Here's what I think:

I believe that would depend on the extent of eroticism being shown, although I think the word you're looking for is simply 'censored'. If they are

  Anime that contain a lot of sexual humor but no outright pornography

then they can be classified as an Ecchi anime that is censored. No Game, No Life is one of them.

This might be confusing as some ecchi anime like Araiya-san!: Ore to Aitsu ga Onnayu de!? are still classified as ecchi yet one who does not know its classification might say that it is hentai. If you watch it, you'll see what I mean. In which case, I think it would be less confusing to use borderline hentai for ecchi anime which is almost but not classified as hentai. 'Borderline hentai' anime which censors nipples include Kiss x Sis.

Both terms, ecchi and borderline hentai, may or may not censor nipples depending on the anime. As far as I know, there is no specific term for an ecchi or borderline hentai anime that is censored.


Is there any relation between the images in Ouran High School Host Club and Fullmetal Alchemist? There is a very similar image in both Ouran High School Host Club and Fullmetal Alchemist. Both the hair part and the eyes look essentially the same. Are there any known connections/has anybody official said anything about it?

Both shows were animated by the studio called BONES.

It is not uncommon for series animated by the same studio to contain jokes or references to other series. It can provide a great joke for those who have seen the referenced series (causing them to call out "I know what that's from!" just like you have), but for heavier references it might be a bit of an advertisement as well.

The image below is a scene from Lucky Star referencing The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Both series were animated by the same studio (Kyoto Animation).

And, below, Joshiraku (animated by JC Staff) shows off some 2D cosplayers cosplaying as characters from Zero no Tsukaima, Milky Holmes, Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel, A Certain Magical Index, A Certain Scientific Railgun, and Kill Me Baby. Guess who animated all of those? JC Staff. (Sorry, the only one I don't know is the old man. Please feel free to comment/edit if you know what he's from.)


Why do many manga artists prefer to use pen and paper over digital drawing? It seems that many renowned manga artists still prefer using traditional "hand drawn" methods rather than using technology to draw. Even people who use technology to finalise their art rely on  pen and paper to sketch their initial outlines. What are the limitations of drawing using digital methods?

There are two primary limitations to an artist switching from traditional to digital media:

Adjustment
Money

That's really all there is to it.

The two reasons go very much hand in hand; most artists will start with traditional media because quality digital media is expensive. There's no getting around it. A basic setup requires a computer with good graphics support, a software package that can be used for comics/manga production, and a graphics tablet (typically a higher end one like Wacom's Cintiq).

On the other hand, anyone can pick up some free scratch paper and a pencil or pen and start sketching. There's virtually no barrier to entry for learning traditional media. Once you start to get more serious about it, yes, traditional media can also get expensive (comic/manga art boards, multiple pens and brushes, various types of inks, screentones, alcohol markers for color pages, and so on), but you don't have to spend a dime to start.

There's a process of adjustment that takes time when switching from traditional media to working digitally. The two feel different, even if you're working with something like a Cintiq where you don't have to disassociate your hand position from what you're seeing. You're learning a new medium, and it always takes time to adjust to it. An active manga artist is working on a strict publication schedule, and isn't necessarily going to have time to go through that adjustment period; artists who are extremely popular will have greater demands on them, and those who are just starting out will have no ability to ask for schedule changes or additional assistants to work through the transition.

There are artists who do use digital media (Hiroya Oku, Asano Inio, Natsume Ono), and certainly there are some who would be interested in making the transition, but for many, it may well be simply a preference that keeps them from making the shift. They prefer the feel of a pen or brush on paper to a stylus on screen, and therefore have no motivation to sink either the time or cost into transitioning to digital. Working digitally has an additional limitation when it comes to assistants: either you are now a one-person show, or you have to sink money into a workstation with tablet for each assistant on your team. Particularly with popular artists who depend on their assistants to meet deadlines, there may be no choice but to stick with paper that can be passed around between the people working on the title.

There are no technical limitations. Multiple companies make Cintiq-like graphics tablets at various price points and functionality, allowing for a more "traditional" workflow for the artist. Multiple companies publish software that can be used to create manga pages, including screen tones and tools that emulate traditional media very effectively; any of these programs can export into any number of standard formats that can be read by the publishing company, which is undoubtedly using digital versions of all pages, regardless of how they're produced, to assemble their magazines. The only limitations are in the cost of transitioning, both fiscally in actual money spent, and the investment of time needed to adjust to the new media.

Sources: Manga Answerman - What Tools Does A Mangaka Use To Make Manga?, personal experience with various hardware and software


Where is Kurisu Makise really is? Suzuha was came from year 2036 and she said.

"Okabe-san and Kurisu-san was death at that time (year 2036)"

here at alpha-time

But then i realize that in beginning episode and some episode, Kurisu-san was died because Okabe-san was pretend or her father either stab her in alpha-time.

Both alpha and beta world line tell that Kurisu Makise died at same case.
So, how Suzuha-san said that Kurisu-san in year 2036 still alive? Did i missed something here?

Ok, there will be spoilers for Steins Gate 0 so be sure to watch that before reading this post or just read the overall part.

In Beta timeline Kurisu is dead. The Beta timeline is the timeline we start to watch. Okabe goes to the Alpha timeline where Kurisu still lives. The Alpha timeline is where Mayuri destined to die. This is also the timeline we see the most in OG Steins Gate. All the experiment on D-Mail, stuff like changing the gender of Ruka, done in this timeline and get reverted by Okabe in order to save Mayuri.

In the end, Okabe understands that there is no way to keep Mayuri alive in the Alpha timeline. He goes back to the Beta timeline in order to save Kurisu. He fails once and this is the start of Steins Gate 0. In S;G0 Okabe chooses to stay in this timeline and keep Mayuri save by sacrificing Kurisu so Kurisu is still dead in this timeline. We also saw a small segment in the middle of S;G0 where another version of Okabe chose Kurisu over Mayuri. That is the Alpha line.

So overall:

The alpha timeline is where Kurisu lives and Mayuri dies.
The beta timeline is where Kurisu dies and Mayuri lives.

Because of two distinct timelines, there are actually two different versions of Suzuha.


Where can I find the Boruto series in English dub? I want to watch Boruto, but all I can find is Boruto in Japanese voice.
Are there any sites that have Boruto in English dub?

Unfortunately, Boruto has stopped being produced in English-dub due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, however, English-dub episodes were still being produced while the pandemic hadn't spread as much.
Boruto has about 53 episodes in English, with the rest being in Japanese, and the sites that have Boruto in English are:

Hulu. Streams all 53 English Boruto episodes.
Amazon Prime.
Crunchyroll
Funimation.

This is about all I could find, but please note there are only 52-53 episodes in English, and was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, most sites do offer it in Japanese with subtitles.


How Would Someone Become the king of the pirate? Can someone become the king of the pirates only by finding the one piece.

Be the strongest. ( Late Roger was the strongest pirate in his era at peak, Late Whitebeard was the closest to Roger's strength )
Get to the end of the grand line aka Laugh tale. (Roger was the first person to conquer the grandline so he was given nickname "Pirate king".)

Also it is not a title it was just a nickname to separate him from pirates weaker than him.


Why was Ebisu killed by the Pacification Ring? During the incantation, the lines spoken by the Gods are:

We know that Ebisu did have a "pure heart". As the Wikia article on Ebisu states:

  He is also a truly kind God, as his desire to control and name Ayakashi and go to the underworld to retrieve the locution brush is because he believed if he did so he could relieve some of the strife and pain that Ayakashi cause and make the world a truly better place. This is shown when he is reincarnated and talks to Yato, saying when he realized he existed he took in the atmosphere and immediately fell in love with the world and wanted to bring the world and humans happiness, with Yato stating that was his true inner character and the type of person he has always been and will be. This is once again stated in chapter 39 by Kunimi, who states that the master wanted to control Ayakashi to improve the world as he grew to understand that money alone cannot make humans happy.

I doubt that the lines spoken during the incantation don't hold any meaning because they make perfect sense.

Is there any logical basis for his death being caused by the Pacification Ring?

I have two theories to why Ebisu was killed by the Pacification Ring.

First is that the Ring is just a energy cannon that is meant to exterminate the enemies of heaven. Therefore, it not only affects Ebisu but also those around him. Quoting from the wikia,

  Pacification Ring, a form of punishment to destroy enemies of Heaven.

Second, he was not 'pure of heart'. We can take the words the other gods said to mean 'pure' by their standards and not Ebisu nor our standards. Therefore, Ebisu, who has committed sins against heaven, is not 'pure' of heart, according to the other gods, who cast the ring. This god here said that what Ebisu did are taboos and we can infer that by the standard of the other gods, Ebisu is not 'pure' of heart anymore.

  As Sigfried666 also mentioned, in the manga, Ebisu is killed by Takemikazuchi's Kiun. Therefore, the ring is an anime only event and may not have any logical justification.


How does the Mangekyo Sharingan blind its wielder, and why are some wielders not blinded? A disadvantage of gaining the Mangekyo Sharingan is that it leads to blindness over time.

Source: Chapter 385, Mangashare/Binktopia scanlation
We have seen Madara, Itachi and Sasuke, all wielders of the Mangekyo Sharingan, use Susanoo. All three have gone blind or have worsened eyesight at some point*. Itachi and Sasuke have also been shown using Amaterasu which makes the eyes bleed afterwards.

Danzo Shimura, Obito Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake, also wielders of the Mangekyo Sharingan, on the other hand, have never used any of the above techniques and have never shown any sign of blindness*. Why didn't they go blind or have worsened eyesight?

What causes the blindness effect of the Mangekyo Sharingan? How does the Mangekyo Sharingan eventually blind its wielder?

*Please correct me (or suggest an edit) if I'm wrong.
Also, please feel free to suggest edits adding what chapters the events mentioned above happened, so question answerers can review it.

An original Mangekyo Sharingan puts a strain on the eye. The ocular muscles are placed under a constant strain due to the unique chakra the Mangekyo consumes. That strain causes the user to gradually go blind.

Another person's eye doesn't (for some reason) produce the same strain. So the user's vision is intact.

Let's review the list:

Itachi - Awakened his Mangekyo on his own, going blind.
Sasuke - Awakened his Mangekyo on his own, gone almost completely blind, then took Itachi's eyes, and got his vision back.
Madara - Same as Sasuke.
Kakashi - Remember that the eye didn't originally belong to him. His Mangekyo is more similar to an Eternal than a normal one.
Obito - Presumably, it's because Obito has a high concentration of Hashirama Senju's cells. These constantly heal the eye, preventing it from going blind.
Danzo - Same as Kakashi, the eye didn't belong to him. Although using Sishui's eye did put a huge stress on his chakra and body.


Why does Itoshiki-sensei always wear a kimono? Itoshiki-sensei is always seen wearing a kimono whereever he is, except in episode six when he is in his hometown, wearing a shirt, but after that he change his clothes to a kimono again.

The show uses a lot of traditional Japanese cultural imagery, including the characters' clothes. Wikipedia says the style is supposed to be taken from Showa period (most probably 1926~1989 years, less likely 1312~1317).

It's a comedy and satire show, so naturally, the main protagonist would wear something noticeable as a traditional kimono. But because characters are usually seen in modern environment, things like this keep us from forgetting the older-timey setting.


Dating simulator anime? Can someone help me identify the name of this anime with a dating simulator involved?

The plot goes like this:
A kid in highschool is into dating simulators on his PSP. Demon's from hell comes to collect demons from girls that have shut in their emotions and he is the only one to help the demon by making those girls fall in love with him.

Does anyone know the name of this anime?

Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai
Also known as The World God Only Knows

Synopsis

Keima is a dating sim champion. Cute girls are rendered powerless by his irresistible game playing techniques. Too bad things aren't that way in the real world. That is, until his tempting game playing causes a real live—and very bubbly-cute—demon hunter named Elsie to materialize! Now Elsie wants Keima to help her free hot girls from sneaky demons who secretly possess them.

Source: Sentai Filmworks


Why does the Death Note never run out of pages? It is kind of intriguing the Death Note never runs out of pages...

How to Use: XXXI
The number of pages of the Death Note will never run out.

Source
Since it's made of an unknown matter it's not really that difficult to believe, but we didn't really see the effects of this rule in the anime, which I guess could be more important than most of the rules (unless you show me some other point of view in the answers), by analyzing:
The thickness of the Note should increase:
By assuming that the number of pages will increase every time you use the Note pages to make it endless, we would clearly see that the Death Note will get thicker, since the number of pages is rising, and we would clearly see that the Note of Light would be too thick after his long years using it.
The already written pages remains:
We could also deduce that the pages that are already filled do not disappear since both L and Near did analyze the names written on the Notes and the names of the dead victims as another evidence of the conviction.
Now as a question:
We know that the user can rip some pages from the Note to use them later, now what would happen if the user rips all the pages from the last one filled to the end cover of the Note for using them later? :

Will it be judged as destroying the Note?
Will it be judged as ripping some pages?

If 1), the Note will be rendered useless.
If 2), would other pages appear in the Note? In case they appear, could the user keep ripping off pages and giving them to hundreds of people making Kira everywhere? Why didn't Yagami Light do such a thing as becoming the master of the page users and the only one knowing their names in case they disobey him, and as a result, creating an army for himself made of the Kira fans?

Check also: Why is there an entire Death Note if only one page is enough?

Since there are multiple questions, I will divide the answer also into multiple sections.

Why doesn't the thickness of the Death Note increase?

The rule quoted in the question seems to contradict a statement that Sidoh makes in one manga chapter. He says that to get his Death Note back, he has to wait until the current owner dies or till the all the pages are filled up. Since both the manga and the How to Read sections are canon, I would call this an author mistake. However, an interpretation is possible wherein both statements could be correct, without causing contradiction. Let us consider the three cases.

How to Read version of the rule is correct.
If the pages in the Death Note never run out, we can assume that new pages will grow somehow once all pages have been used up. The most plausible explanation for why the book doesn't become thick is that Light tore away and destroyed some or all old pages after the new pages grew.
L or Near only verified that the people whose names were then present in the Death Note had indeed been killed. They did not, and could not, verify that there were other people killed whose names are not in the Death Note.
Sidoh's statement in manga is correct.
In the manga pilot, the Death Note consisted of 60 pages with 38 lines per page. Once you ran out of space, you could ask your Shinigami for a new one.1 The pilot chapter is usually considered non-canon, but it is possible that the authors planned for the Death Note in the manga to behave similarly and simply forgot about it when they wrote the How to Read.
Both versions are correct.
We could interpret the statements as the following. When Sidoh said that the Death Note's pages are filled up, he was referring to the physical Death Note. The How to Read section refers to the logical or conceptual Death Note. The new notebook that the Shinigami gives could be seen as the "continuation" of the earlier book. Since there's no limit to the number of times you can ask the Shinigami for a new book, the pages never run out logically.

How is tearing the last page interpreted?

This is an easy one, since a torn page from the Death Note is still technically a part of the same Death Note. This can be seen from the following canon events, both of which Light puts to good use for his plan.

Someone touching the torn piece will see the Shinigami associated with that Death Note.
Someone who has lost memories of the Death Note, will remember them, after touching that torn piece.

This implies that until that last page is filled up, the book is still considered to be not filled up.

Could Light rip-off pages and distribute them to create a Kira army?

Technically, he could do it, but there are a number of reasons this would not be a good idea.

From the explanations in the first two sections, it follows that unless all pages are used up, Light won't be getting any more pages. (Until all pages are filled up, new pages won't grow, or the Shinigami won't give you a new book, depending on which version is correct.)
Distributing the Death Note pages increases Kira's chances of getting caught. Even if he chooses people with a "high sense of justice" as he wants, not many would be as smart or careful as him in covering their tracks. There's a good chance someone would spill the beans, over a glass of alcohol, for example. Moreover, if the pages fall into the hands of Police, they could serve as evidence, which would eventually be backtracked to him.
Even if Light has their names and faces, he cannot possibly keep track on their every activity, and killing them after they have committed a mistake would not help him much. In particular, note that:

   what eventually contributed to Light getting caught was Teru Mikami acting on his own, without waiting for Light's orders.

1 Death Note Manga Pilot, Chapter 0, page 26.


How can I tell if an anime figure is a fake? I've been warned lots of times to make sure figures aren't fake before buying them. Mostly conventions have strict policies about this with the allowed vendors - but occasionally I see people complaining about one stall selling fake merchandise.

I can usually tell with obvious fakes, but it seems to me that fakes are getting less and less distinctive.

Could someone provide some helpful information about making sure I can avoid fake figures, and stick with the official ones?

First,

Check if there is a fan website that catalogues the produced figures for the series you're interested in.
Check the catalogues at MyFigureCollection.net, make an account, and consult collectors there.
Browse the website of the Japanese manufacturer/s that produce the official figures and familiarize yourself with them (even if you don't read Japanese, you can navigate a bit with GoogleTranslate on and just by trial-and-error) and take note of 1) the market price, 2) details of the packaging, and 3) when the figure was released (if it is brand-spanking-new, the chance of bootlegs floating around already is low).
Even if you're standing at a convention booth with a figure package in your hand and wondering, pull out your smartphone/tablet/laptop and do a quick Google search for name-of-figure + manufacturer+name-on-box or model-series-name-on-box + the word "bootleg": do other collectors own this? Have other collectors warned against buying this?

Japanese companies are very unlikely to sell you a bootleg, so if you are concerned about shelling out your hard-earned cash on the real thing, you can have more peace-of-mind if you purchase from a Japanese store, its online website, or its Rakuten online shop. Even if you are buying a used figure from Mandarake, you will know the staff have already inspected and verified it as being, to the best of their knowledge, an authentic figure. Another option is to bid on Yahoo Japan Auctions, where most sellers are Japanese (some are real stores that also have an online auction presence, but many are individuals); since the Japanese generally have a strong ethic regarding honesty about their products, you can also have the piece of mind that virtually none of the sellers are trying to swindle you (I have purchased well over a hundred items from sellers there with no problems. If a seller has any concerns whatsoever about the condition of the product, they will explain this in the item description and/or advise to carefully inspect the uploaded photos; they lean towards cautioning potential bidders not to bid if you have any possible qualms about the item: in all such disclaimers cases for the dozens of items I have won, only 1 of them was actually in poor condition as the seller had mentioned. In all the thousands of auction listings I have perused, I have not come across any bootleg items. This is not to claim that none ever crop up, but there is not as much to worry about as when buying from eBay or at a convention outside of Japan). Most Japanese auction sellers do not personally ship to overseas customers, so if you do not have an address within Japan, you can use a proxy bidding service.

If you are in a situation where you're looking at the figure and you don't have a chance to investigate online before buying (or not):

The first thing to look for (as I assume we are talking about bootlegs that look pretty real, rather than ones where, on first glance, you can tell the quality is shoddy) is any non-Japanese text, such as Chinese, Korean, Thai, etc. While there are figures officially-licensed for production and sales outside of Japan, most bootlegs are also produced outside of Japan. If you see non-Japanese text, be wary.
Next, locate the logo of the series and a copyright (such as the copyright symbol © or the trademark letters "TM"). This might be printed directly on the box, might be embossed into the cardboard of the box, and/or there might be a gold-foil sticker.
Carefully check the font of the lettering. Some official Japanese figure boxes have English on them, but it follows a pattern, so that is a reason to familiarize yourself with what words/phrases/font the manufacturer uses for its printing. Seeing the name of the series or character typed in another font than the company usually uses should be a red flag.
Japanese companies are very meticulous about packaging, so if the box looks like 1) the art doesn't quite line up with the box edges, 2) the art is slightly blurry, and/or 3) the colors are too harsh, it probably is fake. In other words, a bootleg package might be created by taking a digital photograph or scan of the original box and printing a copy, so it might lose crispness in the reproduction process.
Something to be aware of is that Japanese high-quality models (garage kits) are usually sold unpainted (the body comes in pieces that must be assembled and is cream-colored or light gray [paints must be purchased separately]); generally, if you are looking at something that is painted or colored plastic, either 1) it was an unpainted model that someone painted and is selling their painted version (a model painted by someone else is not mint condition, yet it often has a high price tag to pay the artist for their time and skill in painting it for you. This is a valid option of something to buy, but pay attention to whether the paint colors used accurately match the colors from the real series; some artists use their creative license and change details in the paint job), 2) it is a plastic figure produced as such by the company (the plastic sort are usually cheaper in price than the top quality line of models. One type is the posable, jointed limb plastic models. Another type are lower-quality figures marketed toward kids with pricing that parents, rather than serious collectors, would be willing to buy), or 3) it is a bootleg.

As an example, here's a helpful review of a Sailor Saturn figure posted on MyFigureCollection.net and the corresponding article "Identifying SHFiguarts Sailor Moon Series Bootlegs" at the fansite Sailor Moon Collection.

An official figure box (the Toei animation gold sticker, the real logo ["Sailormoon World" is the official logo created for the 20th anniversary merchandise, not one of the original TV series official logos], the copyright info at the bottom edge, standard pattern to the lettering font):

What a garage kit figure looks like pre-painted (cream-colored pieces):

What a garage kit figure looks like after being painted by someone:


How does transplanting different sets of Sharingan eyes work? I know the details of those eyes, I know their combination gives birth to the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. When Madara was almost blind Izuna gave him his eyes, the same thing happened with Itachi and Sasuke.

In these two cases we've seen the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and here comes my question:

In the first case, Madara was "blind" and Izuna had the good eyes, the combination was the Eternal. In the second case, Itachi was "blind" and Sasuke had the full eyes, giving birth to the Eternal. So it's indifferent which eye it's transplanted in the host body? (It doesn't matter that the good eye gets a disadvantaged blind eye?)
As for the main question, how it is realized the "fusion" of 2 different eyes in one eye hole? I don't want to dig myself into the nerve/artery things. I'm interested more likely in the fact that how you mix 2 eyes into one and how the full eye and the blind eye, it's yet so much stronger??

After quite some searching I came to the sad conclusion there is barely any information available on how the 2 eyes get fused. Then again we can make some educated guesses thanks to some of the shown footage in the anime.

In episode 136 Itachi shows Sasuke how Madara got his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan (EMS). Showing the following picture

With this image we can deduce that the old eyes are not removed from the body, meaning there are 2 pairs of eyes in the body from that moment on. The most plausible reason to pass would be that the 2 eyes fuse in a similar way as to an artificial limb getting attached to a body. This would also explain the reason for blood ties as your body might reject people who are not directly blood linked.

This would also answer your first point, as the eyes fuse it does not matter whether the begin point was the blind eye or the still functioning eye as they will become one after all

How do the eyes exactly fuse? and how do they put 2 pairs of eyes in a body to begin with? Guess this is a sort of anime magic which is not really uncommon in Naruto to begin with (small sample (careful contains spoilers if not up to date with manga)


Why Orochimaru tries to steal other people's bodies instead of just reincarnating into his own offspring? I do not get it.

This guy has discovered how to be immortal by reincarnating in other people's bodies.

Why he nor anyone near him and even other people just knowing it do not suggest him to reincarnate into his own toddlers?

It would be totally legit in a world in which children are already been forced to work, kill and do war.

It would not be that bad: reproduction would be then considered as cloning and it would become normal in a few generations.

If even in real life we legitimately "kill" fetuses to get stem cells, why would then be a problem to clone people into newborns?

With widespread immortality ninja wars would make no sense and everyone would live peacefully.

Simply using bodies identical to his own would run counter to his obsession to learn every jutsu there is.

Consider two of his potential hosts that we saw in the series Kimmimaro and Sasuke.

Kimmimaro was the last of the Kaguya clan and the only person left with the ability to use bone techniques making him the only chance for Orochimaru to acquire them though Kimmimaro's terminal illness ultimately made him unsuitable.

Then we have Sasuke stemming from his desire to obtain Sharingan and their ability to copy jutsu on sight which would allow him to easily expand his repertoire.


How did Sloth lay rail underground? When the Elric brothers and General Armstrong go into the tunnel Sloth dug, and later when the search party is shown in the same tunnel, there are rails on the bottom. How can Sloth lay rails? There are no others with him, and he doesn't seem to have any materials. Or was Pride laying the rails underground as Sloth was digging?

As far as I can recall, we never actually see Sloth himself laying the rails. With this in mind, it could technically have been anyone, be they homunculi or humans working alongside them.

Pride seems like one of the more likely options, because we see very little of him for most of the series and he would be up to that kind of task. However, someone would have had to come with him to provide light, otherwise he would not be able to see what he was doing, as seen in the fight between him and Edward, where he devours Gluttony, gaining the ability to "see" with smells. I'm pretty sure that this fight takes place after the rails are shown so we can rule him out as an option, at least him working on it solo.

Wrath would have to be running the government so he couldn't do it. Lust, Gluttony, and Envy are seen too often to be able to do it efficiently, unless they cycled out working, but they had other orders. The first Greed wouldn't do anything to help out "the old man", and I'm pretty sure the second Greed came after the rails were shown, but even if that's not the case, then that's still not something he would do.

Following this line of logic, it seem that we are down to three options:

Sloth is getting the materials from someone/somewhere and laying the rails himself
Pride is working with someone and laying the rails
There is no homunculus involved and it is regular humans working under "Father's" orders.

Of the three, I think that the first is the most likely, but lacking any rock-solid proof, I can not say for certain which one it is.


How did Minato gain the Kyuubi Chakra mode? During the battle against the Kyuubi, Minato split the Kyuubi's chakra into two halves, sealed the Yin-half into himself and the Yang-half into the newborn Naruto. He then dies shortly afterwards due to use of the Shiki Fujin technique, and was sealed into the Shinigami's stomach along with the Yin-Kyuubi.

17 years later, he was released from the Shinigami's stomach, and he was seen using the Kyuubi Chakra mode right away. It took Naruto nearly 17 years to achieve the same Kyuubi Chakra mode after going through a lot of trouble, so how was Minato able to use it almost instantly?

This question has perplexed many readers, who consider it either a major plot hole, or an ass pull by the author. However, on further analysis, this seems to be fridge brilliance, since a canonical explanation can be inferred from Sarutobi's explanation to Orochimaru given way back during the Konoha Invasion arc (manga chapter 124).

With this jutsu, the one whose soul is sealed will suffer for all eternity in the belly of death, never gaining release. The one who is sealed and the one who performed the seal, their souls will mingle, hating each other and battling the other for all eternity.

Later in manga chapters 496 through 499, we saw that Naruto gained control of the Yang-Kyuubi chakra by defeating it in battle and the chakra tug-of-war.
After being sealed in the Shinigami's stomach, the Yin-Kyuubi continued fighting Minato, and Minato probably defeated it in the battle thus gaining the Kyuubi Chakra mode. Minato was already at Kage-level when he died, so it is entirely reasonable to assume that he defeated the Yin-Kyuubi.
Of course, Minato could not have foreseen that he would be released from the Shinigami's stomach in future, so he did not gain the Kyuubi Chakra mode because he wanted it for use in battle. He gained it simply because the Yin-Kyuubi picked up a fight and he had no other choice but to subdue it.


Do all published manga originate from one-shots? I heard that some popular manga (for example - Naruto, Nurarihyon no Mago, Beelzebub) are published as one-shots during their first try. I want to know if that applies to all manga or not? Would many manga be published as a one-shot first?

It doesn't apply to all manga. For instance there's manga that are adaptations of other works (anime, video games, light novels) which don't start off as one-shots and have, at the very least, a contractual run. Additionally, there are also manga that are used originally as promotional, as advertisement for a store or an upcoming anime.

The Evangelion manga is an odd-ball, where it was supposed to be an adaptation of the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series, and start a month or two before its TV run as a promotion for the anime, but the TV run was delayed and didn't actually air until a year's worth of manga chapters. Additionally, there's several recent spin-off manga loosely based on the series.

There's a bunch of Gundam manga that were adapted from anime that were never one-shots. Slayers has several manga series that were adapted from the anime and light novels. Cowboy Bebop, Blade of the Immortal, etc.


Is the Tenshinhan's Shin Kikoho technique, a triangle or square? When Tenshinhan prepares to launch the shin kikoho, he puts his hands in the form of a triangle.

However, the attack ends up in the form of a square according to the destroyed area.

Does anyone have a good explanation for this?

EDIT

Thanks for everyone, I've checked the manga chapters, and it seems that he puts his hands in a diamond shape, apparently, there was a mistake when making it into anime

Though he put his hand in the form of triangle, the hole is in square/rectangular form. The answer is quite scientific. A Reuleaux triangle can be rotated to create a square shape. This YouTube video and this site explain it in more detail.

Tenshinhan's hand shape is similar to the Reuleaux triangle. Due to its shape, while it rotates, its cutting edge cut the hole in a shape of square which is shown in the gif below.


Why did Arren kill his father? This was the biggest question I had for Gorou Miyazaki's debut animated film Tales from Earthsea. Was the motivation for Arren's murder of his father ever revealed in the anime or in the original Earthsea series by Ursula K. Le Guin? Or was it just a projection of the inner feelings the director had toward his father?

Gorou Miyazaki had denied that Arren's murder of his father was a reflection of his own feelings; rather, it was more or less the feeling of the young Japanese generation:

  On Earthsea, Goro denied that Arren’s oblique patricide reflected the director’s own feelings in an interview at the Venice Film Festival. “I do not have much relationship with my father; because of that, I have never felt like killing him. I decided to start with the son murdering the father because I understand that’s more or less the feeling of the young Japanese generation. When I worked in the Ghibli museum, most of the staff there were young people with common problems. I wondered about why that was and tried to come up with reasons, which are reflected in the film. I purposely didn’t explain why Arren stabbed his father because I wanted the audience to think about it, and reach a broader idea of why these problems exist.”

Source: "Tales from Earthsea and family feuds", UK Manga Entertainment Website

However, as Gorou purposely didn't explain the why, it proved to be a challenge for many viewers to figure that out for themselves. For what it's worth, Ursula K. Le Guin thought the murder was committed without much reason:

  The moral sense of the books becomes confused in the film. For example: Arren's murder of his father in the film is unmotivated, arbitrary: the explanation of it as committed by a dark shadow or alter-ego comes late, and is not convincing. Why is the boy split in two? We have no clue. The idea is taken from A Wizard of Earthsea, but in that book we know how Ged came to have a shadow following him, and we know why, and in the end, we know who that shadow is. The darkness within us can't be done away with by swinging a magic sword.

Source: "Ursula K. Le Guin: Gedo Senki, a First Response", ursulakleguin.com


Where can I buy anime cel sheets? I'm somewhat interested in buying cel sheets for some of my favourite shows, but it seems to be very hard to find somewhere that stocks them.

I have had the opportunity at a convention once, but I'm pretty sure they were counterfeit, so I decided against it. I unfortunately don't remember the retailer's name to look them up.

I have been looking for a while, but almost every website I come across has been shut down.

Looking on Cels.org, all the websites are down. The ones that aren't, have a live website, but with a closure notice:

Are there any companies (preferably based in the West) that sell cel sheets?

By "cel sheets" do you mean hand-painted animation cels? In Japanese, these are called seru-ga (セル画). When searching, "anime cel" will give you more search results than "cel sheets" (which is not a common phrase). The line drawing that corresponds to the seru-ga is called a douga. When purchasing, ascertain whether your purchase includes the douga and/or the background. Some do, some don't. If you get all three as a set, that is more valuable.
Instead of searching for online shops that sell only cels, search for online retailers that sell a variety of anime merchandise, especially used. Anime produced from the late 1990s to the present are computer-animated, so hardly any animation cels have been produced since then (which is why cel-only shops disappear: not enough stock available to flow in). Thus, you are generally looking for pre-owned cels that a previous collector has re-sold to a used goods shop.
There are licensed anime cels produced by the production company but which are not from the anime series itself, and which greatly vary in value (or lack thereof), such as these: hanken-seru (版権セル) a.k.a hansoku-seru (販促セル) which are cels hand-painted for promotional artwork such as posters and toys, sericel (セリセル), fukusei-ga (複製画) a.k.a. rirezu-seru（リレイズセル), and chroma-cel a.k.a. ripuro-seru-ga (リプロ・セル画).
Doujin cels (同人セル画) are fanart cels made by Japanese doujinshika (doujin artists) and look just as real as the original ones, so take note of the word 同人.

Some places to buy authentic anime cels are:

Mandarake (stores in the U.S. as well as in Japan, ships internationally)
Yahoo! Japan Auctions in Japan, but you can use a proxy service to bid and ship internationally, such as Celga (which has staff in the U.S. as well as in Japan and specializes in proxy bidding for cels)
Cel-Ga (U.K., ships internationally)
Entertainment Hobby Shop JUNGLE a.k.a. Anime Jungle (shop in U.S. as well as in Japan, international shipping <--- they sometimes show up at conventions; if you see Jungle's booth, rest assured that they're selling authentic pre-owned anime cels)
Asylum Anime
Animegame.com (which is now selling on eBay)
Takamura-Store (exporting from Japan)


What are Rimuru's power in the manga or web novel? I kinda remember someone saying that Rimuru can make a whole planet and life forms on it.  Can anyone check this and if true what chapter in the manga or web novel?

SlimeViscous Organism: As a Slime, Rimuru is a monster that doesn't need to breathe, sleep or eat, as he can survive only on the magicules in the atmosphere.

Intrinsic Skills: As a Slime, Rimuru has the species-specific Skills of Absorb, Dissolve, and Self-Regeneration. These are later fused into Unique Skill Predator to create Extra Skill Ultraspeed Regeneration.

Absorb and Dissolve: Slime-species intrinsic Skills that are inferior versions of Unique Skills Predator and Glutton.
Self-Regeneration: Allows the user to regenerate from injuries which include regenerating lost limbs. An inferior version of Extra
Skill Ultraspeed Regeneration.

Demon SlimeDemonic Viscous Spirit Body: As a Demon Slime all his bodily attributes are greatly enhanced. He can freely change between a material and a spiritual body.

Intrinsic skills: As a Demon Slime, Rimuru has the species-specific skills of Infinite Regeneration, Control Magic, Multilayer Barrier, Universal Detect, Universal Shapeshift, Demon Lord’s Haki, Enhanced Replication, Spatial Motion, Darkflame Lightning, and Universal Thread.

Infinite Regeneration: Enhanced version of Extra Skill Ultraspeed Regeneration. Works even quicker than its previous
version and can now even regenerate from having the Spiritual Body
shattered.
Control Magic: Same as its Extra Skill version, but further enhanced.
Multilayer Barrier: Same as its Extra Skill version, but further enhanced.
Universal Detect: Multi-purpose Sense-Skill that contains the effects of other Sense-Skills like Magic Sense, Sense Heat Source,
Sense Soundwave, and Keen Smell.
Universal Shapeshift: Same as its Extra Skill version, but further enhanced.
Demon Lord's Haki: A Skill that enhances a magic-based creature's Monster Aura. Needs to be at least on the level of a
Demon Lord Breed to acquire. This Skill is a composite of several
other Skills like Coercion and Magic Aura, among others. It causes
Fear and can even cause instant death to those who can't resist it.
Enhanced Replication Improved version of Replication. Capable of being used as an incarnation medium for True Dragons.
Spatial Motion: Same as its Extra Skill version, but further enhanced.
Darkflame Lightning: Enhanced version of combined Extra Skills Dark Flame and Dark Thunder.
Universal Thread: Enhanced version of Sticky-Steel Thread.

These are just physical aspects, there are far more powers than I can list, check out the wiki

source: https://tensura.fandom.com/wiki/Rimuru_Tempest/Abilities_and_Gears


What were the contents of the letter that Kirika didn't want Shirabe to read? In the second Symphogear G "Zesshoushinai" special episode, the last segment (starting at around 12:48) has Shirabe showing Kirika a letter that had been confiscated from them after they were taken into custody. Kirika immediately snatches it away, hides it behind her back, and starts yelling rather incoherently (and cutely).

What did the letter say? (My best guess is that it's probably something that Kirika wrote when she thought she was going to "die" as a result of being taken over by Finé, but I'd like to know if this is touched on anywhere else.)

Well, it turns out that the B-side of Kirika's character song album for Symphogear G is a song called 手紙 "Letter". It wasn't used in-show, at least not during G - it doesn't make much sense as a battle song, and Kirika didn't do any singing outside battle (ORBITAL BEAT cover in episode 5 notwithstanding).

The lyrics for the song include three segments that are enquoted (in 「」), and have part of the structure of a formal Japanese letter, beginning with the salutation haikei. I think that it is reasonable to construe these enquoted segments as being the contents of the letter that appeared in the special episode (zoid9000, Symphogear fan extraordinaire, agrees).

Alas, it is nightmarishly difficult to render those segments into English, for the reasons zoid9000 points out in his translation of the song (tl;dr it's really Kirika-esque). His translation is a bit stolid for a song sung in Kirika's voice, but I doubt that I could really do any better, so I'm just going to mirror the enquoted segments over here, which should give you a good feel for how it plays out:

  「dear everyone, um, what should I say?
  Thanks for giving me a place to hold on to with these hands that’ve gotten chilly. ☆^(o≧∀≦)o
  I pray that one day this whole world will be happy, then let’s laugh! 」

  「Daer god, um, hello it’s nice to meet you.
  If I am to disappear, I leave everyone in your hands.ヽ(>□<)ノ
  Please plant a big garden with flowurs that spell out the words “thank you”….」

  「Dear Everyone, something like this is…well,
  This is something I’m no good at, but if I can just pass it on
  Rainbows, the wind, time, the sun, all that encompassing warmth
  I really love it…I truly loved it very much (p〃Д〃q)
  I pray that one day this whole world will be happy, then let’s laugh! 」

zoid9000 explains his translation choices in another post, though I think that it's still going to be difficult for the non-Japanese-reader to fully understand everything that's going on here.

Anyway, it is not difficult to see why Kirika might have been embarrassed if Shirabe had read this.


Where is the joke that Ishida said came from? In Koe no Katachi, volume 1, chapter 2, page 37, first panel, Ishida said that.

  Because her ears don't have "H"

What does Ishida mean by that? While his teacher did laugh too. What's funny with that joke?

In Indonesian version, he said (I have translated it to English using Google translate)

  Because Her ears hadn't been written with the sutra

The Sutra in this context refers to Buddha or Hindu religion.

What's with the translation? Is the Licensed Indonesia translation not the true sentence? Which one is the correct sentence?

Here is the original page in Japanese:

Panel 1
耳【みみ】にお経【きょう】書き【かき】忘れ【わすれ】たんだよ！
(Her ears hadn't been written with the sutra!)
Panel 3
耳【みみ】なし芳一【ほういち】？
(Hoichi the Earless?)

As hinted in the 3rd panel, it's referring to the story of Hoichi the Earless. The relevant summary:

Realizing that Hoichi had been bewitched by ghosts, the priest vowed to save his friend from further trickery. He painted Hoichi's body with the kanji characters of the Heart Sutra for protection and instructed him to remain silent and motionless when he is called upon by his ghostly audience. That evening the samurai called for Hoichi as before, and was angered when he received no response. The ghostly samurai approached Hoichi but was unable to see anything but his ears. The sutra had rendered the rest of Hoichi's body invisible. Attempting to comply with his orders, the samurai ripped Hoichi's ears off as proof that they had been the only portion of the lute player that was available.
After the ghostly retainer had left, Hoichi was still too frightened to react, despite the blood gushing from the wounds on his head. When the priest returned, he realized in dismay that he had neglected to write the sutra on Hoichi's ears, which had left them vulnerable to the spirit. Despite his injury, Hoichi's ordeal had freed him from the spirit's power, and he went on to recover from his wounds and become a famous musician.
(Emphasis mine)

I could see that the Indonesian version tried to be faithful with the translation, but unless they also provided a hint about this story, then unfortunately the joke got lost in translation.


If mastered enough, could Haoshoku Haki destroy a large piece of land, maybe crack an island in half at most? (One Piece) I was curious because Shanks was cracking parts of Whitebeard's ship just from his presence, so couldn't that mean if mastered enough it could have more of a destructive power to physical objects instead of the mind when mastered enough?

We have no way to answer that because we have not been told by oda if that is possible and we have not seen anything on that level the closest we have seen is when shanks cracked a part of whitebeard ship.


Why does Mika go insane? What/who causes Lain's "older sister" Mika to go insane? What happened to her (physically and mentally)?

Layer 05 "Distortion" shows how Mika goes mad (spoiler from here).

At the beginning of the episode, she is apathetic but doesn't show any symptom of mental frailty. However, she is exposed to various traumatic events:

She witnessed a car accident on Shibuya caused by the traffic lights cracking, without any reaction while all around people are scared.
She has seen her sister both in person and on a big screen on Shibuya, but Lain doesn't confirm the fact.
She got a handkerchief containing a message:

  Hell is full of the dead. and the dead shall wander.

She use the handkerchief to clean a stain caused by a boy. Later, she reads this message on a coffee stain:

  Fulfill the prophecy.

The previous traumatic events (the coffee stain, the message) are now mixed with each other while she is hallucinating.

This is the turning point of Mika's insanity. Lain's father projection tells her how Prophecy is a way of Deus to interfere in the real world, and Mika seems to be a target of these actions, aimed to make her doubtful about her perceptions and, later, causing her dissociation. Lain can see a duplicate of her sister too in a form of a crystallized avatar at the end of the episode, and many other characters confirm the messages Mika was exposed to exist, so the first traumatic events are not hallucinations but a starter for her conditioning.

For reference, the abstract of episode 5 on Wikipedia is rough but clear:

   Lain's sister Mika is driven to the point of insanity due to the Knights repeatedly communicating the message for her to "Fulfill the Prophecy".


Does Ciel Phantomhive ever kill anyone? Whether it's direct (with his own hands) or indirect (orders Sebastian to do it), does Ciel ever kill anyone?

Ciel never killed someone using his own hands. However, he ordered Sebastian to kill people several times. There are also times where Sebastian killed people indirectly from Ciel's orders, like when Ciel ordered Sebastian to save him in the early episodes (episode 3 & 4 if I'm not mistaken) of the anime. Below are some of the occasions where Ciel directly ordered Sebastian to kill people.

In the Book of Circus, Ciel ordered Sebastian to burn down the mansion and killing the criminals and the innocent children inside.

When the Queen of England shows herself as a modified human and that her adjutant is actually the angel, Ciel ordered Sebastian to kill them.


Which types of eclipses are there? During Aphorism several different types of eclipses happen, which to the characters seems to be the most common thing in the world.

Thanks to that explanation of the types of eclipses seems to lack somewhat.

So which types of eclipses exist?

In chapter 73 there was a translator reminding readers that there was a page in chapter 44, speaking in detail about the different types of eclipses/blights. Reading this chapter again

Normal Types

Banquet for example. They are simple blights, which can be resolved by a single student. These blights are also canceled if it rains.

Fixed Types

Obon for example. They only occur on special days, such as Obon or the first day of school. These blights are also canceled if it rains.

Separation Types

Dragon for example. Separation type events occur only when the student body becomes divisible by 3. If a group fails to complete the given task, they perish. These blights are also canceled if it rains.

Special Types

Kingdom for example. Special types last several days, and get stronger each day. It won't stop till it's completed, or the student body is completely obliterated. This event won't be affected by rain.


When do Sanji's half of the crew board Big Mom's ship for the first time? In Chapter 795, we jump from Dressrosa to the aftermath of Sanji's side boarding Big Mom's ship.

What chapters did this happen? It's not specifically listed in the Manga Story Arcs in the arcs up to and including the Dressrosa Saga.

Edit: Revoked the correct answer because I have a new doubt. In Chapter 807, Usopp says that the last time he spoke with the Sanji half of the crew was when they evaded Big Mom's ship, meaning they had a chance to speak after evading Big Mom but before meeting on Zou. Thus, it couldn't have been skipped, because the whole crew, or at least Usopp, was there with them.

That segment was never shown and was used specifically to prequel what is coming.

Similar cases have occurred in the anime but are usually filled in with filler. The story follows Luffy so when other characters go off and do their own thing away from him the manga doesn't reflect it.

With respect to the Edit: During the Dressrosa arc Usopp was one of the strawhats who stayed behind. IIRC there was an episode that had a cameo of sanji speaking to Usopp before things got too crazyin Dressrosa. It was when the coliseum event was still going on. We didn't see how the evasion happened but we did see that the ship was approaching. It wasn't brought up again until the Zou arc.


What is the song that plays at the end of episode 260 when Zoro senses Ship Slasher T-Bone? What is the song that plays at the end of episode 260 of One Piece when Zoro senses Ship Slasher T-Bone? It plays towards the end of the episode.

You can listen here: OnePieceTrackList

The track is named "Suspicious Saga", track 35 from "The Cursed Holy Sword" album.


What is the complete form of Izanagi? In Chapter 510, while Tobi explains the Izanagi to Konan, he remarks about those who could use an "incomplete form" of Izanagi, referring to Danzo, and implying that he (or someone else) could use a "complete form" of Izanagi. What is this complete form of Izanagi?

It doesn't seem like Obito has much a future left, so let's get cracking.

Tobi uses Izanagi against Konan (Page 10)
Tobi's Izanagi lasted for 10 minutes (Page 3)

Tobi was definitely referring to himself using the complete form of Izanagi. Recall that Danzou had 10 eyes and each eye had a 1 minute duration of Izanagi. Tobi is able to use at least 10 minutes worth for an eye sacrifice.

We also know that with each eye Danzou used, his chakra dropped significantly according to Karin. His huge chakra loss is due to the fact that he is not an Uchiha. While this was not  specifically stated in chapters 510 or 479, we know that a non-Uchiha using Sharingan consumes a lot of chakra (ie Kakashi).

Now Tobi stated that Danzou didn't have full control over Hashirama's powers (Page 12), so this is why his Izanagi had a time restriction (of 1 minute). Tobi goes on to explain how Orochimaru realized this as well, thus implanting 10 eyes to lengthen the duration of Izanagi for Danzou.

The complete form of Izanagi requires full control over both the Uchiha DNA (Sharingan) and the Senju DNA (Hashirama cells). With this, one can use Izanagi without a timelimit per se, but rather a chakra limit. Tobi needs to use chakra to use Izanagi, so the duration of the doujutsu is directly proportional to the amount of chakra that he uses. Once Tobi runs out of chakra, he can no longer use Izanagi.


Why is there a war in "Fireball" and "Fireball Charming"? I know that there isn't any story in the series, but they do sometimes get into details about the setting (Merkur Era 48,650-48,794). Was there any reason given for the ongoing (very long) war with humanity that is constantly raging outside the manor? Or anything that can be gleaned from interviews with writer/director Wataru Arakawa?

There's some explanation in the Japanese Wikipedia, but the portion is unsourced, and we can't tell if this is backed by any official stuff. Quoted and translated below.

  On a planet which may or may not be Earth, where dolphins, monkeys, birds and other wildlife and natural environment has already vanished, humans have let robots run the government. However, the robots soon turned to aristocracy, to which humans resisted; and now, the war between the human military and robot aristocrats has been going on for 20000 years.


What Madoka Magica poster is this? Episode 4 of Gamers! has a scene where two characters go to an arcade.

Off to the right side of the scene is a poster that is unmistakably from Madoka Magica:

I consider myself something of a fan of Madoka Magica, but I don't think I've ever seen this poster. What, specifically, is this a poster for? One of the video games?

Given the characters are at an arcade and the assuming the shape in the bottom right is an arcade cabinet I believe the poster is trying to represent Madoka Magicard Battle, a card battling game based on the series and films.

I have not been able to find a poster, though the text and annotated images make it look more like a magazine or advert page than a movie poster.

The key art may also be images put together from individual shots as no key art has the group of five in that order.

My best guess that if this is based on an existing poster, it is for the Madoka Arcade card game and is an instructional poster designed to be displayed outside the arcade itself.


What anime movie is this? I watched a scifi anime movie and I forgot its name. All I remember is the story and characters. I think the female robot protagonist was on the cover of the movie and had blue or white scifi style clothing. I also think the movie was made in 2014, but I'm not sure.

Story: The movie starts in a hologram environment where the female protagonist is sunbathing. Gets hit on by a guy when suddenly the hologram room gets hacked and she traces this hack to earth. Later on it is revealed that the hacker is an AI trying to get people on his rocket out of Earth to colonize new planets. The AI leaves himself without anyone else in the end of the movie.

Main protagonist: Female data. Lives in a big structure above earth in space. Is allowed additional "memory" due to high enthusiasm and goals. Gets a mission to go down to earth. She hastened the body creation and took the body of herself at the age of 18 instead of her grown-up body. She falls to earth in a pod meeting her informant (male) luring mutated beast animals to her on purpose.

It's Rakuen Tsuihou: Expelled from Paradise, a 2014 movie. Genres: action, mecha, sci-fi.

Movie poster and the girl's "data":

Description from MyAnimeList:

  With Earth now left in ruins following the "Nano Hazard," most of
  humanity has abandoned the planet they once called home along with
  their physical bodies and rebuilt their digitalized minds into a
  society within the cyber universe of "DEVA."

  A.D. 2400, DEVA's central council detects an incident of unauthorized
  access into their mainframe. Someone on Earth was trying to hack into
  the system. The only information DEVA was able to retrieve was that
  the hacker referred to themselves as "Frontier Setter."

  To investigate the mysterious hacker's motives, the high officials of
  DEVA dispatch System Security Third Officer Angela Balzac to the
  Earth's surface. Equipped with a prosthetic "material body," Angela
  attempts to make contact with a local agent Dingo, but what awaited
  her instead was a swarm of Sandworms now infesting the Earth's
  surface. Angela intercepts the gruesome pests with her exoskeletal
  powered suit Arhan.

  Will Angela and Dingo be able to find Frontier Setter on this
  devastated planet?

  Their journey to explore the secrets of the world will begin now...!


How does Zoro speak with a sword in his mouth? When using Santoryu (Three Swords style), Zoro holds a sword in his mouth. How is he able to speak normally, without the sword falling?

The official explanation given by the author, Oda Eiichiro, in his SBS1 column, is that it is Zoro's heart speaking. This may not sound any more convincing than Artistic License, but One Piece regularly relies on such unusual logic, so it is not entirely out of place.

1 SBS (Shitsumon wo Boshū Suru, roughly meaning "I'm Taking Questions") is a Q&A column in which Eiichiro Oda answers questions sent in by his fans.


Does Goku possess super quick talking skill? I know that he can move very quickly (and even instantly). That's why when freeza says there are 5 minutes left till the planet explodes it didn't bother me that those 5 minutes took 11 episodes. Because of their high speed they can move super quickly and many episodes were needed to show everything.
What I don't undestand is how they were able to give an enormous amount of speeches in those 5 minutes.

In the Dragonball series, in one of the tournaments, Krillin was fighting Master Roshi. They had a clash, which happened in an instant. No one saw what happened, so they acted the scene out in explaining in detail what happened. It included several attacks, and even a game of rock paper scissors. I don't know if its was in the manga or not, but it is solid evidence showing their speed. Even way back then, when large boulders were a challenge to deal with, they were still fast enough to, in an instant, play a game of rock paper scissors and know who won and lost, in the middle of throwing several attacks.

Later on in the series, we see higher speed fighting. Spectators see numerous shock waves filling their vision, each several meters apart. The fighters are attacking/defending in one place, then distance themselves and clash again dozens of meters apart numerous times in a very short period of time. This kind of speed is a higher leveled version of the Rock paper scissors earlier.

With such things as evidence, we can say it is very possible that they can talk at high speed when necessary. Sometimes, they do talk as they are clashing, though we only ever see that from their perspective, so we cant say for sure if they slowed down or not to talk. So while they at least somewhat can talk at a higher speed thanks to their insane speed and ability to comprehend everything while going at such speeds, they generally don't, and we don't have any solid evidence if they truly can.

But, there are other factors at play here. First off, Anime, even in the middle of canon fights, can and usually do throw in filler. They extend the fights to make the show go on longer, filling in more minutes with less story. There are numerous examples where people are exhausted in the middle of a fight, and yet later in the same fight that is still going on, they magically recovered, because of such filler. Some of that Frieza fight in the anime was filler, or canon scenes extended to fill more time.

Secondly, due to their vast speed, their clashes can be significantly faster than portrayed. Some times, they even count the seconds, and yet each time the count goes down can not only be greater than a second between them, but that time gap can even vary. When we are viewing the fights from the perspective of Goku, we cant possibly tell how much it has been slowed down for us to comprehend.

A third thing, specific to this case, Frieza held back, which caused the 5 minutes in the first place

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

  In frustration, Frieza sends a Death Ball into the core of the planet, starting a chain reaction that would destroy Namek in five minutes (revealing immediately afterwards that he held back too much of his power for the Death Ball to be a complete success).

Its not unreasonable that his estimation was off by a few minutes due to his fear of being on the planet as it explodes, with an opponent he doesn't know he can win against. The wiki summary of the 5 minutes is also quite short, half the size of this answer, not a lot actually happened in those 5 minutes.


Which Episode of Bleach is this quote from? / Help me cite this quote I'm writing my dissertation and in the dedication I wanted to include this quote from the anime.

I wish I could have five lives!
Then I could have been born in five different towns,
and eaten five lifetime’s worth of food,
and had five different careers,
and... fallen in love with the same person, five times."
~ Inoue Orihime

However, in order to cite it correctly I believe I need to know the title of the episode and the date it aired. I can't seem to find this information anywhere, but I do know which book in the manga it comes from, Bleach manga; Chapter 237, pages 17-18. However I don't like that translation as much so I would prefer to cite the anime.

Bonus points will be awarded for providing the full citation as I'm a little shaky on that as well.

Edit: Thanks W. Are! You were spot on.
https://bleach.fandom.com/wiki/Goodbye...,_Kurosaki-kun

Assuming that it is indeed on Chapter 237, then the episode you are looking for is Episode 141 titled Goodbye..., Kurosaki! which originally aired on September 19, 2007 while the English version aired later on August 15, 2009.

For future reference, the Bleach wikia, and most of the anime wikia, usually includes the chapter and the corresponding episode based on it while the Wikipedia pages of anime usually includes the list of episodes together with their air dates.


Why didn't Kenshin use a bokutou? Himura Kenshin, the Battousai, used a sakabatou. He did this to prevent himself from killing people anymore. My question is, if that is his goal, then why didn't he settle with a bokutou (wooden sword) instead? A bokutou would definitely be duller than a sakabatou, which is made of steel.

There are several reasons he would go the awful length to get his Sakabato forged by a master swordmaker, with metal:

1) Weight: there are no material at the time that could have the same density as metal. For a swordsman, the weight of the blade is very important. For Kenshin, since all of his attacks are blunt attacks, it is vital.

2) Resilience: enemies can break wood and bamboo swords. The medieval jousters carried twenty plus jousting lances to tournaments, because they would break every time they delivered a solid blow, and most of the times when they missed or scraped.

3) The edge: the Sakabato does have an edge, on the back side of the blade. Himura uses it to cut everything from pottery to cannonballs. His only exception is people.

4) His self-image: even though his passive servant act, Kenshin is still a japanese swordsman. The fact he has a sheathed sword by his side still demands some respect from his opponents (and the most wary ones are the ones that did not fall for his timid demeanor). Also whatever shred of pride he have (arguably some) would demand he carried a real sword (even though several characters in that universe do not consider the sakabato a real sword).

His use of a Sakabato is foremost a physical expression of his vow (in the manga several times his Sakabato is inspected by officers or other swordsman, only to be met with disdain), and in a second moment for the convenience of not having to twist the blade everytime he wants to deliver a non-lethal blow. Several other anime has this scene in a swordfight where the winner delivers a otherwise fatal blow and follows up with "don't worry, I used the backside of the blade".


What is the song when Sakura sees Naruto's fox form in "Naruto Shippuden" episode 43? In episode 43 of Naruto Shippuden, there is a song that is not included (I think) in any of the OSTs. When Naruto

   is stabbed by Orochimaru's long sword and

crashes onto rocks, this song plays when Sakura sees Naruto's fox form.

Also, that song or a similar one can be heard in episode 166 when

   Hinata is stabbed by Pain

which makes Naruto rages

I think it can also be heard in episode 258 or 259 when

   Kisame got interrogated and they almost learned who the guy who calls himself "Uchiha Madara" is.

The track that plays in E43 around 03:08 is called "Tragic".

Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54U3fnY2uEI