Can Genjutsu be used like Shadow clones for training? Genjutsu especially Tsukyomi, gives the power to the caster to control over time space and reality of person.

Whatever done to the victim, even though didn't happen, is considered by the victim's body and mind as something that really happened.

Based on that, can someone put a person or himself in Genjutsu for 10seconds but make it such that he trained for 10months and get the actual effects of training 10 months similar to how Shadow clones are used?

If we follow the storyline, I would say this is not logically and also it is impossible to achieve it.

Here is the reason why it is impossible to perform it.

Perform Shadow Clone Jutsu and Tsukuyomi will cost a lot chakra and also have it's side effect.

Using Genjutsu especially Tsukuyomi, is really consume a lot chakra and also hurt your body as well. (Itachi is a great example. Plus not every Uchiha know how to use Tsukuyomi.)
Using Shadow Clones Jutsu also need to consume a lot chakra. Tobirama Senju also mention that if you over used this jutsu it will cost your life eventually. (Naruto can use his shadow clone because inside his body have Kurama (Nine Tail Beast).)
Let's say in a day, you only can use 5 "Mana".

Tsukuyomi cost 2 "Mana"
Shadow Clone cost 2 "Mana"

That's right, if you use both of these skill, you only have 1 "Mana" left (5 - 4 = 1)and that will cost your body exhausted or even you may collapsed. (*Another Kakashi? joke aside.)

Shadow Clone is kinda weak.

Let's say you successfully cast Tsukuyomi on your clone and go through your 10 months training. We know that Shadow Clone is very weak, even a little bit scratch could make your clone disappear. Who can guarantee that during those 10 months training your clone will not hurt?
Worst thing come, your shadow clone accidentally hurt himself during the training and it disappear. *Pop....You wasted your chakra and maybe laying on the bed after that.

Genjutsu wouldn't make your body gain muscle or increase stamina, it just affect your mind only.

Let's say you successfully cast Tsukuyomi on the shadow clone, your shadow clone successfully go through the whole 10 months training and the shadow clone seems like a bit muscular.

But in reality, the shadow clone only pass 10 sec. Even if you "close" your shadow clone jutsu, there is no evidence say that the muscle will instant transfer back to the real owner body. Even if you cast Tsukuyomi on to yourself, the result I would say still the same.

(I don't know how to describe when you wanna turn off your shadow clone jutsu so I use close.)

The only thing that transfer to the owner is the mind of the shadow clone. Maybe you will remember what your shadow clone did during those 10 month.

EXAMPLE: Remember back the day Naruto practice his Rasen-Shuriken and Sage Mode? Naruto use his shadow clone because he want to quickly memories how to control the flow of the chakra and by using his shadow clone, there is a possibility that one of the shadow clone successfully did it correctly and when it disappear and return to Naruto mind, Naruto will be like oh, "So this is the way that shadow clone did it huh."

So what I want to say that using Shadow Clone practice the physically workout won't make your body strong(or should say upgrade?). It only the mind that affect. (If I have this skill I can read more book. heheh)
You may say why some people collapse after they got hit by the Genjutsu. Isn't this affect your physical body as well? No.

As you can see:

  "A Genjutsu is created when a ninja controls the chakra flow of a target's cerebral nervous system, thereby affecting their five senses; this is frequently used to create false images and/or trick the body into believing its has experienced physical pain". (False, trick, believing its has experienced. It's like my mind thinking about eating 2 set of McDonald but in real life, I'm still hungry.)

Conclusion, even you successfully cast Tsukuyomi on to the Shadow Clone and the Shadow Clone also successfully pass the 10 months training and when you "close" the Shadow Clone, what you will gain is only you know what have he done the those 10 month.

Yes maybe you discover some insane movement but your current body is not capable to do those move yet because your body is not reach that level. You can imagine yourself like you have a time machine and went back 10 or 20 years and you found that you're still a little, short, small kid but your mind is like full of knowledge.

BUT,

If you say not follow the storyline, (For example Itachi didn't become the criminal and help Naruto in his training. Maybe it will help him grow more faster and stronger. But as I mention above, using Tsukuyomi is cost a lot chakra and hurt your body as well. So for Itachi this smart person, I would say that he will not using this method to train someone. *If the plot wanted then I have no words to say so. ) it MAYBE work. But technically this situation wouldn't happen.


What is this dance that characters in Nichijou do during the episode breaks? I always seen this kind of clip in every of Nichijou episode (but with different movement). You can see them doing that on this Scene

Is this just some random movement?

As far as I know, it's just an original dancing choreography designed to look endearing, cute and fun. Kids on the streets don't usually perform a dance while playing rock-paper-scissors (or jan-ken-pon).


Is there any meaning behind what student's name appears in the episode name and eye-catch? In the second season of Ansatsu Kyoshitsu, every episode's name appears with a "by XXXXXXXX", where XXXXXXXX is a student's name:

Then the same thing happens halfway through the episode, but instead of having the episode's name, it just says "Assassination Classroom Second Season", with a different student's name:

At first, I thought these might be significant to the story being told in that episode, and that the episode was in some way gonna be centred around that student. However, that does not seem to be the case (unless I'm seriously messing up the students' names).

Is there any significance behind what names appear in each episode, or are they just every student's names picked in random order and have no connection to the episode itself?

The names are picked in random order and have no connection to the episode. The name stands for the one who wrote on the board.


How does the Install Port appear when a girl becomes a Reyvateil? So 3rd Generation Reyvateils are originally born as humans but if their mother was a Reyvateil they may develop into one later in life.

From my understanding all Reyvateil have an install port surrounded by a tattoo and since Gathnode Crystals and Life Extending Agents are Physical Objects that get inserted into a Reyvateil with both being somewhat painful this would make it into a hole right?

But i can't imagine how this hole appears. does the skin just open up one day? does a Reyvateil have to go under some procedure to have it made (ie. when they get their first Life Extending Agent) or is it a gradual process?

From the data the Exa_Pico Wikia gathered form the agmes and the Toukoushpere (a segment where characters answered questions sent from users), it seems to be concluded that, after a server mistakenly recognizes a 3rd generation human as a Reyvateil, it begins a long process of correcting what it sees as a somehow ignored Reyvateil that ended up with irregular development, and starts using this human's memories ands senses to develop a soulspace.
The process of developing this soulspace takes about ten days, in which the human enters a comatose state. At the end of the process, the human will have awakened as a Reyvateil, with a Install Port appearing in their body.
So, the Insatll Port appears automatically, after a girl awakens as a Reyvateil.
Unfortunatley, it is not clear of the Install Port is a hole, but from the way it is depicted, the symbol may work as a kind of portal for specific materials (data crystals).


Why was Ed's arm strong but Al's body not? At the end of FMA: Brotherhood, when Ed got his arm back, it was muscular, and he used it to fight. When Al got his body back, however, it was weak and emaciated, as it had shown to be throughout the show on the other side of the gate? Was it ever explained why this might have happened?

Firstly, it's worth noting that the difference in their strength is perhaps not as drastic as it appears. Though Al's body has essentially wasted away, you can see that Ed's right arm is significantly weaker than his left arm as he did not have it during during the series (or for several years before), in which he had a lot of physical improvement.

However, as you mentioned, we can still notice that there is a difference. Ed's looks normal, though somewhat skinny, while Al's looks like complete skin and bone.

Unfortunately, I can only offer speculation as to why this is. Ed realizes that it's possible that he and Al were somehow interconnected within the gate, which allowed him to provide nourishment to Al's body through some kind of connection.

However, assuming this is true, it's easy to observe that Ed remains fully nourished and Al is significantly more starved. By this logic, if we assume that Ed's arm, too, is connected to his body in the "real world", he could be nourishing that at the same rate as his regular body, while Al's body would only have received partial nourishment. Unfortunately, this is never stated in the series, so it's just a guess.

So, while it's not a complete or necessarily canon answer, the best I can surmise is that while Ed's nutrients are feeding both his own body and Al's, he is receiving the lion's share of those nutrients, allowing his arm to degrade at a slower rate (or not at all).


What happens if Holo eats all the Wheat? At the start of the anime, Holo says to Lawrence that the only way she was able to leave the fields was though the wheat Lawrence had brought, and it was key to her being able to remain with him.

Later, because of how cumbersome the wheat is, Holo ends up with a small pouch around her neck which has the wheat stripped from the stems inside. When she eats this, she is able to assume her wolf form. In the anime, she doesn't do this often. However it's not a large pouch, so I assume there's not a lot in there and she's already transformed twice.

Now, I am assuming that if she just spilled it all, she'll just remain where the grain seeds have landed.

Although it hasn't been explained in the anime, has it been explained in the Light Novels what would happen if Holo ate it all?

Most of the info is in the Holo wikia page.

She was able to travel with Lawrence because she can "jump" between wheat, and she left the wheat that was in the village's fields and to the wheat that Lawrence bought, giving the reason that she longed for her snowy homeland and eventually contracts Lawrence to take her there.

  Holo is a wolf harvest deity that was bound to the town of Pasloe, ensuring a bountiful harvest for the residents. As the villagers became more self-reliant with time, however, Holo was neglected and, feeling unneeded, skipped town with the traveling merchant, named Lawrence, by 'jumping' from the villagers' wheat to Lawrence's wheat in his wagon. She longs to return to Yoitsu, her snowy homeland, and makes a contract with Lawrence to accompany her there.

Since Lawrence makes a living being a trader, he can't keep carrying wheat around so Holo keeps some in a pouch. But eating wheat isn't the only way she can transform:

  Holo has the power to transform into a massive wolf (bigger than an elephant) in this form she uses this to move at high speeds much faster than another known creature. She also uses her huge jaws in order to defend herself and Lawrence (as well as scare the crap out of her enemies).  To activate this form she must either consume wheat or human blood.

As far as "dwelling" in the wheat, it also says:

  Holo has lived for many centuries and is not visibly aged past 17 years old (at least in her human form). She credits her wisdom from the experiences her long life has given her. However she is not immortal, she explains that if the wheat she dwells in is destroyed, she would disappear.

So it's unlikely she'd eat all the wheat knowing she'd disappear if there was no more wheat to "dwell" in. I don't recall much explanation at all about the wheat aside from the initial bullet points, but I imagine it wouldn't be out of the question to occasionally replenish some of the wheat in her pouch through their travels.


Can Brook have another Devil Fruit? As per One Piece logic, a person cannot have 2 Devil Fruit powers.
The Yomi Yomi no Mi fruit revives the one who eats it. The powers of this fruit are a one-time use, and has been used up after Brook was revived. Can Brook now have another Devil Fruit?

Yomi Yomi no Mi's ability to revive its eater is just the tip of the iceberg. Brook thought it was the only purpose before the timeskip. However, after the timeskip, he reveals that he has now learnt the true power of his Devil Fruit.

The soul of a human who dies normally goes to the land of the dead, but his Devil's Fruit emits a powerful energy that allows his soul to remain in the living world. During the 2 years of training, he has also mastered its other abilities, such as:

Letting his soul leave and enter his body/skeleton at will
"Pouring his soul" into his music to show illusions to people
Summoning cold flames from the underworld
Surviving damage that would otherwise be fatal (he cannot be seriously injured unless his bones are hurt)

Long story short, Yomi Yomi no Mi is not a "one time use". Brook cannot have another Devil Fruit, unless Oda-sensei's hyper-creative imagination provides him a loophole.


Why do the giants in Shingeki no Kyojin start to look like the characters that got eaten? In Shingeki no Kyojin, Armin's grandfather dies when he is sent to recover Wall Maria. And in the episode when Eren gets eaten, the face and the look of the giant who eats him is exactly the same as Armin's grandfather.

Is this related in any way?

Because

   Titans are actually humans.

Read the manga for full explanation.


How much different are the live action and manga versions of "Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo"? I ususally read Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo manga from time to time.
Recently, I heard a Live Action version was aired and completed. But its manga is still ongoing.
So how much of the manga is covered by the live action version? And how closely does the live action version follow the manga version?

The Live Series cover the first arc of the manga (the "First Witch War" as it is called by a character in the second arc).

  WARNING: SPOILER HEAVY.

I won't bother into putting spoiler markings into the answer, or it will be just a wall of yellow strips.

Comparing the live action to the manga, we have the following differences, in no particular order:

The seventh witch (Rika Sayonji) is downplayed. Since the story will end just after the ritual, she is not developed, and strikes as mostly comic relief for her no-panties gag.
Kentaro Tsubaki is missing.
The old building is not mentioned. We never know where the sealed room is. Neither is the arson arc ever mentioned.
The ritual takes place in the sealed room, instead of the student council chapel.
Leona Myamura is Rika's "Friend". This means Haruma Yamazaki is demoted to a plain antagonist, his character development with Leona is ignored. Also, Leona had her memory wiped in the series, while in the manga she is shut-in as to not lose her memory (she eventually returns and is wiped for a short time).
Shinichi Tamaki is missing. The witch-stealing power is given to Yamazaki. He is replaced by Isobe in the series.
Mikoto Asuka still has her invisibility power, since She is hinted to be Yamazaki's lover to fill the void left by Leona
Ushio Igarashi remains Nene Odagiri's follower at the end of the series, instead of teaming with Asuka as he did in the second season.
The witches' wish is subverted in the series finale, into a gag. Rika wishes for panties, and then Yamada is forced to use the cancelling power to wipe the witches' powers. In the Manga, Yamada wishes to remove the power directly.


Is there any in-universe explanation as to why some CAD have to look like guns? I understand plenty the visual effect of Tatsuya and Crimson Prince shooting magic bullets unto each other and other magical shooting plethora of effects.

But it seems to me that all those spells could be cast without those gun-shaped CAD wihtout much fuss.

Is there any explanation to why there are gun-shaped CAD, from the point of view of an advantage to the magician, or is it just for visual dramatic effect?

As far as I know, this is mentioned only in the light novels, not the anime:

  The Specialized CADs are often shaped in the form of guns as they have the auxiliary aiming systems incorporated in the area corresponding to the barrel. Co-ordinate data is input at the moment the activation sequence initiates, in order to reduce the calculation load on the user. Psions aren't emitted from the muzzle.

(Taken from the wiki, which takes it from Volume 1 - http://mahouka-koukou-no-rettousei.wikia.com/wiki/Casting_Assistant_Device_(CAD)#Specialized_CAD)


What's the song that plays at 13:31 in Kanon episode 18? The song is a remake of Pure Snows, I think. I don't know for sure if it is that one but it is some remake that they did. I can't find it though.

The song are from 『Kanon・Airピアノアレンジアルバム 'Re-feel'』. You can see it at http://key.soundslabel.com/discography.html, CD KSLA-0010.

These disk have the piano only version of Pure Snows, who it's the song used on these episode. All the disk are piano versions from some know songs from Orito Shinji.

But, it isn't also the "real" song, because, the song on the anime are extracted from these one, but are a bit mixed parts. For example, at minute 15:00 of the episode, the songs "changed" to a piano version of Little Fragments song, from CD KSLA-0003, with name 『Kanon arrange best album 'recollections'』.


What are Trebol's powers? According to the wiki page on Trebol, he should be a Logia user, using the Sticky Fruit's powers. This was verified in chapters 741 and 760, when we could see Trebol completely unaffected after being cut into pieces by Usopp and Law. Now chapter 782 makes me really confused.

   In chapter 782, we could see how he was hit by Luffy, yet remained completely unharmed despite being hit with hardening Haki. Logia users should be hurt by attacks like these. Additionally, later in the chapter we can see Law cut his body open with his sword. This could be defended by the fact that Law could have imbued the sword with Haki, but the appearance of Trebol's shriveled up old body, makes me really think Trebol was Paramecia after all. Although a Paramecia should not have been able to live after having his body severed. Now what's the deal here?

I truly believe he is a Logia user, it just makes sense. I agree that he used his powers to make his mucus outer shell. I believe he activates his full Logia powers when he needs to, thereby making his coat an extension of his body. Then he refrains from using his powers to keep his real body separate from his coat so as not to be hurt by haki users. So opponents never really know what they are hitting.

I compare him to a jello mold with a piece of pineapple in the center. Hard to get to that pineapple by simple means lol.

I also agree that Law's sword was imbued with haki to hurt him. They were in Law's Room after all, so it is quite possible that he was able to gain control of his arm and attach haki.


What will happen to some specific anime if the studio who made those animes has gone bankrupt? Crunchyroll and Funimation, websites that provide legal streaming for anime series, had licensed some anime like The World God Only Knows, Hayate no Gotoku, Gansta, Deadman Wonderland, and Ergo Proxy. All of those anime were made by ManGlobe Studio.
Unfortunately, the production house that created these anime, ManGlobe, has gone bankrupt.
What will happen to the anime series that had been licensed on streaming site like Crunchyroll and Funimation in other regions? Will they be removed?
Or do they have to obey the agreement/contract which has been previously agreed upon by both sides?

TL;DR: the anime studio doesn't own the complete rights to the anime, so in most cases there will be no problem in the case the studio goes under.

Long version:

The owner of the rights to an anime in modern times is almost always a 制作委員会, which I usually translate as "production partnership".

This is a partnership that is set up in order to fund the anime, while splitting the risk with other sponsors. This includes companies like the publisher of the original work, the music company, figure companies, advertising companies, TV stations, etc. This may or may not include the anime production studio itself. Either way, in the case the studio ceases to exist, this would not affect any agreement with foreign publishers, as the rights are still being managed by the production partnership.

It should be noted that just because a company goes bankrupt doesn't necessarily mean it loses all capability to create anime (depending on the type of bankruptcy). There have been several cases like this, for example Tatsunoko Production. Mangrove, whose anime you have mentioned, has ceased to exist as of 2016, but there has been no removal of the anime (and Mangrove has never opted into the partnership, so they never had any rights to the anime itself anyway). It does seem that Mangrove's bankruptcy affected Gangsta's BD release, but I would assume that had more to do with the common practice for anime studios to brush up and fix TV anime for the disk releases.

There have been cases where studios go bankrupt and production partnerships enlisted a different studio to produce the sequel. Strike Witches and Saki are examples of this (in the case of Saki, Studio Gokumi is a studio founded by former Gonzo employees).

Sources (all in Japanese):

Structure of production partnerships

Naver
Wiki
Netolabo

Anime (includes production studio and production partnership participants)

Hayate no Gotoku
series
Saki
Strike Witches

Studios

Studio Gokumi
Mangrove
Gonzo

Bankruptcy-related (I can't find the official statements, if there were any made public)

Mangrove
article
List of anime studios that went bankrupt


What were Alluka's first three wishes from Killua (after reunion)? It is stated that Alluka made 3 wishes, but I counted 4 of them. Which of the ones I counted is discarded? What are the 3 wishes exactly?

1) "Die."

2) "Wake up."

3) "Play Shiritori with me."

4) "Pat my head."

But they count the wishes as 3 only.

Remember that when Alluka requests something, she can't force it to happen. Like when they Alluka was a kid, and wanted something, she couldn't force the other person to do it. They simply fulfilled her request, whenever they could (except when Alluka's parents forbade them from doing so).

Killua and Alluka definitely played shiritori together, and when Alluka said "wake up," this was a request he fulfilled, since he was "sleeping". Lastly, we definitely saw Killua pat her head.

It seems that the family observed that Killua did not grant Alluka her request of, "Die." He simply said, "Okay, sure," pretended to die, and made her laugh in the process. But he did not actually do anything to harm himself. This allowed them to think that exactly three requests had been performed.

Note: In reality, the reason that the requests work this way is explained in a very convoluted and expository manner in episode 146.

From what I can understand, there is a difference between when Alluka makes a request and when Something makes a request. The two are different, and "wishes" can only be fulfilled by actualizing requests from Something. However, the initial "wish" we see Killua make is not a "wish", it's a "command", so it doesn't count as a wish. Confused? Good, me too.

So in reality, since Killua was with Alluka, he was not in any danger of receiving requests. (I feel like this contradicts earlier flashbacks, but that's just a matter of Togashi's writing being, er... poor.)

However, since the original question is about why the Zoldyck family thought it was three requests, the above answer remains true. (Edited a small bit to reflect this.)


Where are Yoshida Shouyou's "Other" students currently? There is a class picture of Yoshida (Teacher), Gintama, Katsura, Takasugi, Sakamoto with "Other" students when they were a child.

How come the "Other" students from the class picture did not appear when they grew up as an adult? (If I am not mistaken)

They most likely gave up on being a samurai and accepted the alien government when the war was lost and their teacher died or they were caught executed by the government for taking part in the war.


What is the meaning behind dark works often taking place at midnight? A recurring story element that I've noticed is the accessibility of certain evil/dark devices at midnight.

A few examples:

In the third episode of Sailor Moon, girls listen to a midnight radio show that is hosted by the antagonists illegally. Girls that wrote into the show and are read on air receive a brooch which steals their energy.
In Persona, there is a midnight channel which broadcasts the shadow of the person that is currently missing.
In Jigoku Shoujo, there is a website that is only accessible at midnight, which will allow the user with a grudge to send someone to hell.

Why do all three of these anime use midnight as a time for evil? What is special about midnight that sets it apart from any other time?

This is an example of pathetic fallacy, more specifically an empathic environment. i.e. giving an environment a percieved emotion. It is a common literary technique.

Some other examples include:

Rainy scenes when a character dies / delves into depression.
A calm breeze after turmoil has subsided.
A big storm buffets the castle walls as the evil king rages
The sun appears from the clouds as the characters see a new path to follow after being downtrodden
It snows and the land is harsh when a man is exiled from the city.

In this case, midnight - is commonly associated with spookiness, feelings of unease and the supernatural.

It also conjures images of darkness, which is commonly associated with evil - where light is usually a good force.


What happened to Sanji in Zou? The current situation of Sanji has not been made clear so far in the manga. The following is a summary of the pointers.

Sanji is the only person in the SH crew who is wanted Alive and not Alive/Dead.
His bounty has increased only by a 100 million Berries (to 177m berries ) which suggested that he was involved in any earth shaking event at Zou.
Nami is seen crying when she says to Luffy, "I'm sorry about Sanji" and there is nothing added on to it.
Brook says, "I'm so sorry about what happened to Sanji san. I can't even face you right now".
Strangely Luffy and crew are not at all worried about Sanji and don't feel obliged to go to his aid.
In the last seen image of Sanji he is seen tacking cannon balls from some ship and before that he defeats the Kaido crew pirate Sheepshed.

Considering the above, I like to know some plausible theories on the current condition of Sanji.

Sanji was taken from Zou by Capone Bege as per Big Mum's instructions, and invited to his own wedding, a diplomatic marriage between Sanji, the third son of the Vinsmoke family and Purin, the 35th daughter of the Charlotte (Big Mum) family.


What section of the 2016 Berserk anime is covered by the 3rd movie, The Advent? I want to know what episodes of the anime that the movie covers. Take
movies 1 and 2 which cover episodes 1-20.

I've heard the third movie covers episodes 21-25 and X episodes of the 2016 anime. And so I want to know what those X episodes are.

I'm not asking for anything plot-wise, I just want to know how much of the 2016 anime it covers.

As far as I can remember, the new anime doesn't cover anything the movies covered and vice-versa (unless flashbacks and recap episodes). I think you're thinking of the original show and the movies overlapping.


What is Himeka Akishino's relation to Eita in Oreshura? It was stated that she was Eita's lover from his "past life". But how is she related to Eita? Was she a childhood friend or an old classmate of Eita from the preschool?

I've only watched the anime, but it's very clear that Himeka is delusional. She calls herself the "Burning Princess Saint Dragon Lady of Dawn"... and she came up with the story of Eita and her being lovers in a past life herself. It's obviously just a fabrication that she uses to support her advances on Eita.


What is the trope of a leader being overburdened with paperwork, and is it specific to anime? In many anime where a protagonist makes it to the top of an organization, they are often seen diligently sitting at a desk signing documents, and often times they will attempt to escape.  Sometimes this is only an episode or 2, other times it's a running trope throughout the series.  For example, Tessa from Full Metal Panic (MAL), Sion from Legend of Legendary Heroes (MAL), and Bezelbub from  Beelzebub-jou no Okinimesu mama. (MAL).

Is this a trope specific to anime, Japanese Culture, or something else?  I'm only familiar with it in anime, though I suspect it's a cultural thing from Japan.

Pen-Pushing President  seems to be the closest equivalent on TVTropes.

  Who didn't dream of one day becoming President of a country, executive of a big company, or leader of a big organisation? You can give orders, have a pretty life, and have the most important and spotlight-earning jobs! You can be a hero and a model!
  And now that you have won the election, here is a pen and a stamp: warm up your arm, 'cause from now on you will use them a lot. Apparently, the main activity of people in charge is to spend their days with a desk and giant piles of papers as only company. Of course it is Truth in Television to some extent (notably in law-related responsibilities), but naturally, in fiction it tends to be exaggerated to the point of torture. Expect some secretary to occasionally show up in the office with an additional pile, to the dismay of their boss. Usually Played for Laughs to show a less glamourous side of leadership. May be Played for Drama if the effect is to make the character wish they'd never sought or accepted the job in the first place.

The linked page has examples for basically every category so it is not anime specific and as the description says it is loosely based on real life.


What is the name of the song that plays at 12:40 in Noragami Aragoto episode 7? Really want to know the name of this accoustic guitar song. I've searched it at YouTube to no avail.

Thanks in advance!

Noragami Aragoto soundtrack "Noragami no Oto 2", disc 2, track #6 "Tasogare".

Here is a 20-second extract from the beginning of the piece: https://clyp.it/oz5kfpym.


What's the significance of the watermelon in Sora no Otoshimono? In Sora no Otoshimono, Ikaros carries around a watermelon like a pet and likes watermelons and pretty much anything else round.  At one point she even has a watermelon garden and attacks all the bugs that get near the melons.

What's the significance of the watermelon and why does she carry one around?

I believe there is no significance.

It is just a character trait that she really likes watermelons. Probably for their smooth and round shape.


Song from Tokyo Ghoul episode 10 What is the song that plays in Tokyo Ghoul episode 10 at 15:25 when Juuzou is on the screen? Thank you!

This song is Kriminalbeamte by Yamada Yutaka. It can be found on the Tokyo Ghoul Original Soundtrack. (Disc 1, Track 9) Funny enough (*to me, probably obvious to you) it's the same song you were looking for in this question. This one was much easier to hear than in Tokyo Ghoul Root A ep 2 @14:15.


Could the Sharingan have seen Nue's "possession chakra"? Boruto's Jogan instinctively came on and enabled him to sense the "chakra shadows" of whenever Nue leeched unto and possessed someone.

If Sarada had awakened her Sharingan earlier, would she have been able to see the chakra from Nue's possession? Or was it ever stated if only Boruto's Jogan could sense Nue?

There is a possibility that Sarada's Sharingan could have enabled her to see Nues "possession chakra". I've not yet read the manga but from what I understand, Nue possesses people by enhancing their negative emotions and leeching of their Chakra.

A Jogan user

  can perceive the flow of chakra, enabling Boruto to see the visible changes in one's chakra, and likewise, track a target through their chakra. The Jogan can clearly see the chakra pathway system and determine its weakest point. It can also see through invisible barriers that connect between dimensions.

With regards, to seeing or sensing those 'Chakra Shadows,' I think a user with a Sharingan can, to some extent, see the Chakra, because Sharingan users

  can see chakra, giving it colour in order to distinguish it by its composition and source. It can see chakra through some (but not all) obstructions and detect irregularities in a person's chakra flow.

Although, if you ask me, Boruto's Jogan seems to be more similar to Byakugan than to Sharingan, especially with regards to its ability to also see the chakra's pathway system and key points.


How does Dragon Ball Super's anime release before the manga? The anime is currently being released way faster than the manga according to my sources. In most cases of anime production (correct me if I'm wrong). But there is a mangaka (in this case toriyama-sensei) who creates content for the story called canon and releases that content via manga. Once a manga gets licensed and published by a major studio like Funimation or Bandai it becomes an anime, gets toys, games, t-shirts etc. But how is it that Dragon Ball Super is actually ahead of it's own manga?

The reason is that this time around, the anime series is the original work, while the manga is the adaptation.

This is of course in contrast with the original Dragon Ball series, which were written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama and published in Weekly Shōnen Jump, and only latter adapted into anime.

The precedence of the anime in the case of Dragon Ball Super has been widely reported, even though the first issue of the manga was published first (June 20, July 5 the first episode of the anime). Here are some sample sources (limited to 2 links for new user, I'll edit later)

Dragon Ball Super TV Anime Gets Manga Adaptation 2015-05-18
Dragon Ball Super getting companion manga 2015-05-19
DB Super getting ahead of manga? 2016-04

Also, the manga series is credited to Toyotarō, both story and art (see for example here), with Akira Toriyama credited variously with original concept/story, or as original creator. Wikipedia goes as far as to say "Written by Akira Toriyama / Illustrated by Toyotarō", but that seems to be an overstatement. The cover art of chapters 1 reads: "Manga by Toyotarō. Created by Toriyama Akira".

This means that it is unlikely that the manga has any particular input from Toriyama, other that the one that goes to the storyboard and the animation team.


Who is Monkey D Dragon's wife/Luffy's mother? In around chapter 592-596 of One Piece, Buggy the Clown mentioned that Silver Rayleigh is Luffy's uncle. This implies that Rayleigh's sister should be Dragon's wife.

Who is Monkey D Dragon's wife/Luffy's mother?

No mention has yet been made of Luffy's mother at all, the idea of her hasn't even been brought up. Very few characters have been mentioned to have mothers at all for some reason.

In Japanese as in many Asian countries, they use the idea of "Uncle" or "Big brother" differently to in English speaking countries. It just means an older person you respect, and doesn't imply a blood relation at all. By far most likely what happened is Buggy called Rayleigh "Uncle Rayleigh" as Rayleigh used to be his first mate when he was a cabin boy.

So in summary, there is nothing said about Luffy's mother, nor any hints given, and it's incredibly unlikely that Buggy was saying that Rayleigh is Luffy's uncle, which doesn't happen in the manga anyway.


How is Armament Haki obtained or learned? Armament Haki is being used by a number of users, namely Luffy, Sabo, Garp, Chinjao, etc.

So, has there been any explanation given about the process or training involved in obtaining this Haki ?

As an introduction I will quote the wiki page on Haki:

  Haki is a mysterious power that is found in every living being in the world. It is not that different from the normal senses. However, most people do not notice it or fail to awaken it. Broadly, there are two types of Haki common to everyone, given the proper training

As mentioned here, everybody has the ability to learn Haki, given the proper training. We have seen lots of examples of people who had obtained Haki through training, like the girls from the Kuja tribe, Luffy during his training with Rayleigh, Cobi during his training with Garp, etc. Almost every person we have seen, that uses Haki has gone through some kind of training from a Haki expert. The problem is that none of these training sessions have been shown as of writing.

Training is not the only way to obtain Haki though. As mentioned in the introduction, Haki is not different from your normal senses and that means that you can also obtain Haki subconsciously. We have seen a handful of cases, where people had obtained Haki on their own, without any training whatsoever. Examples of this are Ace and Luffy obtaining Conqueror's Haki, Cobi and Usopp obtaining Observation Haki or Sai obtaining Armament Haki. So it does not mean you have to take training per se to obtain Haki, but it is well advised to take training to fully control your power. Ace for example was shown to have Conqueror's Haki, but it did not look like he ever learned how to control it properly.


Did all the townsfolk know that Yuki is a wolf? In the movie Wolf Children, Yuki is one of the two wolf children who's very temperamental and kind of a tomboy. When they move out to the rural village Hana, the mother, makes her kids promise not to change into a wolf in front of other people. But shortly after there is a scene when there were guests from the village over and Yuki keeps changing between a little girl and a dog in front of the guests:

This happened right in front of the two guests but they didn't say anything. Did the townspeople already know that Yuki and Ami were wolves but didn't say anything to be nice?

   Souhei from school was able to figure it out. Saying that she smelled of an animal.

Probably no.

Nothing in the movie tells us that the people knew but decided to say nothing. If this was the case, I think there would be more details in the movie telling it.

Furthermore, if you imagine normal people, thinking that someone can transform into a wolf is not the first idea you will get. So even if you see a dog with some cloth just after seeing a little girl with similar clothes, you are not going to think "hey, the girl transformed into a dog/wolf !" or if you think/say it, it's only to make a joke, because you cannot imagine it to be true.

The goal of this scene is to give the spectator this feeling of "it was so close, the townsfolk nearly discovered the truth" which makes it a funny scene. Also, it explains that being the mother of such children is no easy, because there are probably many times when someone was nearly about to discover the truth.


Is someone who wrote his name in the Death Note allowed to make the eye deal? Bad example:

Bob Hyrule writes his own name in the death note:

  Bob Hyrule, peaceful heart attack. Dies peacefully from a heart attack in 20 days.

So let's say, he then decides to make the Shinigami eye deal. Can he make the Shinigami eye deal? If yes, will he die in 10 days, because he gave his remaining lifespan, or will he still live 20 days?

According to some of Kira's tests, if a person can't fulfill his/hers cause of death, he/she will die of a heart attack when the time comes.

If someone write his own name to die of a heart attack in 20 days and then make the shinigami eye deal. It will only have 10 days of lifespan. Therefore that person will die from a heart attack in 10 days because he can't be alive in 20 days.


What are the instances where a Weekly Shounen Jump serialized manga would not be released in a given week? What are the instances that there is no manga (like Naruto, Bleach and One Peace) release? Are there certain events that prevent them from releasing? Then what are these events (aside from taking a break)? Is there some sort of calendar of events for this?.

You have to understand that the manga industry is in fact an industry and normal industry situations happen.

The reasons behind a manga not coming out can be the same reasons some shop or company does not work at certain periods of time, but more specifically I've seen the following:

There is a public holiday for that period in the country of the publishing (e.g. Golden Week).
The author of the manga is taking a break after a two-chapter release. (Which basically means that the author already did this weeks job last week)
The author is on vacation.
The author is on an unpaid leave due to reasons of his concern.
The author is sick and cannot work due to that. (Pretty much calling in sick, in layman terms).

Any other reasons a normal person may not be able to work at a job all also apply here. If by chance there is a public holiday but a chapter still comes out, chances are the author prepared the chapter beforehand, and is enjoying the holiday like everyone else, although it appears that he was "working" that week.

EDIT:

As pointed out by Miharu in the comments below, there also might be a rare situation where a manga which is based on a currently airing anime has caught up to the anime and therefore might take a break to let the anime progress a little further. (Personally I haven't seen this phenomenon though.)


Who are the people that know how to use Kaio-Ken? Are Kakaroto (Goku) and Kaiō-sama (King Kai) the only people that know how to use the Kaio-Ken?

Did Kaiō-sama teach his technique for others beside Goku? For example, while training Krillin and the others.

King Kai himself was not able to use that technique, and he said that Goku was the first one who ever mastered that technique. However, King Kai tries to teach the technique to everyone who visits his planet.


Why does Sasuke have 6 dots on his Rinnegan When looking at Sasuke's Rinnegan, I noticed that he had 6 dots in it (the same kind you find on a Sharingan).

But Madara didn't have this. His just had a few circles but nothing else.

Is there a reason for this?

The dots you're mentioning is actually called Tomoe, like you said, it is usually formed on Sharingan. Rinnegan are usually characterized by light purple irides with a ripple-pattern that spreads over the eyeball, a few well-known wielders are Pain (not really though), Nagato and Madara.

Back to the question, recall that Sasuke received half of Hagoromo's (aka Sage of Six Paths) chakra, thus awakened the Rinnegan. The Rinnegan Sasuke has is quite unique, it has 6 tomoe split between its first two ripples, this doesn't mean nothing, it indicates the Rinnegan is fully charged. What's the difference between a typical Rinnegan and a fully charged Rinnegan you ask? Well, it's simple. Fully charged Rinnegan wielder like Sasuke gains abilities typical Rinnegan wielders don't have. About the abilities, I bet you knew it already.

Sasuke cannot use the Rinnegan full abilities if he overuses it. At this point, the tomoe will disappear, preventing him from using its full power. Sasuke will keep his left eye closed until it is fully recharged. Sasuke is still able to use the powers of his Mangekyo Sharingan with his Rinnegan, but cannot use or form the Mangekyo in his other eye when it is recharging. (See the image, the Mangekyo doesn't form on his right eye when he loses Rinnegan's charge, and it is formed again when the Rinnegan is fully charged. This is also stated on Narutopedia.)

Here you can see it happen in the manga.


What was the first manga magazine? What was the first manga magazine? And what manga are published in there? I'm curious about this, I'm only familiar with Shonen Jump and it published in Japan by Shueisha from 1970

I was wondering if there are any other manga magazines that have been published before Shonen Jump?

There are quite a few manga magazines that started before Shonen Jump. Going off of this list, the earliest published manga magazine was Monthly Manga Shounen (Gekkan Manga Shounen), which started in 1947.

There are manga magazine publishing companies that predate 1947, such as Shogakukan, which was founded in 1922; Kodansha, which was formally founded in 1938; and Kadokawa Shoten, which was founded in 1945. As far as I can tell, though, none of these companies published manga magazines before 1947.

Toward the Terra was one manga published in Monthly Manga Shounen.


Why is part of Tenjin's hat transparent? Everything else is solid except for the sliver that is hanging off the back. Why is this transparent?

The headgear is called a Kanmuri and that translucent part is just a thin layer of cloth/mesh attached to the headgear.

http://philippi-collection.blogspot.com/2011/02/headgear-of-japanese-shinto-priests.html


Why can't Natsu generate magic from eating Flame in the Edolas Arc? In the Edolas arc, earth land wizards can't use magic because it's limited. I understand all the reasons behind that ect.

But why can't Natsu generate his own magic from eating flames? It's shown him eating the flame of a torch before they enter the cave/mine tunnel, but he still can't generate magic. It didn't explain why that was!

If natsu was able to generate magic by eating fire then they also should've still had the magic that they had stored up before going to Edolas because later they explain that mages actually don't produce their own magic they have 2 "origins" that store magic that they collect from around them. I think that similar to a vacuum the atmosphere in Edolas sucked the magic they had stored out of their origins and any magic he got from eating the fire would be as well and since there is no magic around their origins can't collect magic. This is all speculation mind you none of this is in the manga or anime as far as i know as an explanation for the Edolas arc's magic use however if this is the reason then the pills would act as a way to hold magic i think. like a lacrima


Why do many characters tend to have crazy hair colors and styles? It's fairly common that anime characters tend to have "wilder" hair than most people we see in real life. This can be seen as far back as Neon Genesis Evangelion (though somewhat mild) from the 90s (though some older anime, like Akira, do not have this characteristic).

The "wilder" hairstyles tend to have interesting colors from throughout the rainbow (pink, blue, green, etc.) that are only seen in real life with dyes or highlights. They also tend to be spikier, another trait not seen in real life (probably because gelling one's hair that way every day is quite tedious).

Why do anime and manga characters tend to have this spiky, colorful hairstyle? What is the cultural origin of such a style? (And did the growing trend of Japanese teenagers spiking their hair in a similar style originate from this?)

Most likely it happens because it looks cool and unique. Here's what tvtropes say about anime hair:

  Usually, the most important characters of the story will have wild
  spikes or a cool-looking hairdo in order to stand out among the crowd.
  It may be one or more different colors that don't appear naturally in
  real humans (blue is a popular choice). Sometimes the hair appears
  semi-transparent, with the character's eyes visible through it,
  although this presumably represents hair fine enough that it isn't
  completely obscuring, rather than anything outré. Anime Hair is very
  common among protagonists of anime/manga for the Shonen (Demographic),
  although the trend seems to be headed to more plausible styles:
  compare Son Goku's hair to Ichigo's. If there's a White-Haired Pretty
  Boy in the cast, there's a good chance that white hair will also be
  Anime Hair.

Now, compare this Vash picture:

with this one:

and ask yourself, which hairstyle is more bad-ass?

Some of the characters need to stand out among the crowd, and weird hairstyle/hair-color is a very easy way to achieve that (weird clothes are popular too). Also, it's not uncommon for the hairstyle to somehow reflect the character's personality, e.g. spiky hair for characters that need to look wild/cool, adding ahoge for some more naive/funny characters, and so on.

Hair colors can also be somehow used in the plot, e.g. Ichigo being bullied because of his uncommon hair color. Sometimes, the color is also used to indicate some of the character's personality, here's an interesting link.

Finally, as @Tacroy mentioned in his comment, the same face may be used for different characters, and changing the hair is the easiest way to make them look different.


When and how did Claude take a part of Ciel's soul? In the anime of Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) season 2, Sebastian was at some point not able to consume Ciel's soul, because Claude had a part of it.

When did Claude manage to get it and how?

I'm not positive exactly what part you're talking about because it's been a while since I watched that part of the show, and your question is a bit vague.

Here's what happens:

Sebastian doesn't want to consume Ciel's soul as it is (as of the start of Kuroshitsuji II) because he doesn't remember taking his revenge, so his soul is incomplete. As such, Sebastian and Claude make a bargain to allow Ciel to take a second revenge, this time on Alois. Both think that, after the second revenge will happen, they will be able to get Ciel and consume his soul.

Claude then kills Alois and puts his soul in a ring.

Following that, from this:

  It is shown that [Claude] is keeping a close eye on Sebastian and Ciel as they embark in another assignment from the Queen when Sebastian becomes occupied in a fight with William T. Spears, Ciel is arrested by the police who believe he's Alois Trancy and is identified by Hannah as Alois. Ciel is then tortured, which Claude and Hannah override. While Ciel is in a weak state after heavy and severe treatment Claude begins hypnotizing him and then places Alois's ring on Ciel's finger causing Alois's memories to mix in with Ciel's memories; this causes Ciel to believe that Sebastian was the cause for the death of his parents and his "brother," Luka Macken. When Sebastian finally reaches Ciel, Ciel pushes him away and refers to Claude as his butler. Claude then whispers to Ciel to order Sebastian to leave his sight, which Ciel does willfully. Claude then takes the weak and tired Ciel back to the Trancy mansion where he is warmly welcomed.


Why was Shonen Jump called Shonen Jack in Bakuman Anime? Bakuman was able to get permission to use a number of titles such as One Piece, Naruto, Hunter x Hunter, etc. The creators of the manga also work for Jump. Many of the characters in Bakuman are based on real life mangakas, assistants and editors working in Bakuman.

The number of times it is used is mind boggling and seem odd to me. To be honest while companies pay for product placement, Jump had the perfect opportunity to add its own in an in-house manga/anime?

So, why did Bakuman use Jack instead of Jump, when they could have used it seemingly quite easily?

For example: Gintama has no problem using Jump in its anime.

In the manga translation I read, the magazine was called Shonen Jump, but was changed to Jack in the anime.

Because the anime was broadcasted on NHK.
NHK, being a public TV channel in Japan, doesn't allow commercial advertising.

Much like the BBC, NHK is funded by a "receiving fee" by every Japanese household, with no commercial advertising and the maintenance of a position of strict political impartiality.
(Emphasis mine)

Their official domestic program standard (Japanese) (or, "standard policy") states this:

Item 12 - Advertising

It's absolutely not allowed to broadcast in purpose of commercial advertising or self-advertisement marketing.
In the middle of the broadcast, when it's planned to include corporate name, personal name, occupation, firm name, or trade (brand) name, regardless if it's an essential component or unavoidable performance, they will be judged impartially and then given the decision on how to handle them.

The staffs, trying to avoid this case as best as they can, replaced some of the names with others:

Shueisha (publisher of Shonen Jump) → Yueisha
Jump (Shueisha's manga magazine brand) → Jack
SHOSETSU SUBARU (Shueisha's monthly light novel magazine) → SHOSETSU PLEIADES
Margaret (Shueisha's manga magazine) → Magnolia
Hashire! Daihatsu Tanto (Japanese-brand car) → Hirameki! Tanto-kun

Source: Japanese Wikipedia, Yahoo! Chiebukuro, ひなぴし - HatenaBlog
P.S. another mind-boggling thing is, One Piece and Naruto were left as is in Bakuman anime.


Why do Rebecca's breasts appear polished/shiny? I don't understand this image:

If you look at her headgear, you'll see that it's polished and has that clean shine. But what's up with her breasts? They appear to be shining or they look polished, just like her helmet. I don't watch One Piece. So I don't know if she has shiny breasts, or if she polishes them. Can someone please enlighten me?

This picture shows Rebecca fighting in the Corrida Colosseum in  Dressrosa at the Mera Mera no Mi Tournament.

I the One Piece Wiki abpout Rebecca it's said:

  She is a fair-skinned, slender, curvaceous and very well endowed young girl

So we can assume that Rebecca has a very smooth skin.
Since fighting is very sweat-inducing, we can say that her body is covered in sweat.

Sweat + smooth skin = shiny skin in the right viewing angle


What’s the song playing in the background during Todoroki’s flashback of his fight against Izuku in season 3 episode 1 of My Hero Academia? What’s the song playing in the background during Todoroki’s flashback of his fight against Izuku in season 3 episode 1 of My Hero Academia? Can’t seem to find the exact song. It’s around 14 minutes in episode 1 of season 3 right after Izuku says “It’s your quirk, not his”.

This is the one you're looking for
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aYjvc72T50&list=PLwhhprTdWbG494QOyVrMaSpYRa9NjKf4s&index=28


Are there any prequels to 5 Centimeters Per Second? I plan on watching 5 Centimeters Per Second and I would like to know if there are any prequels I should watch before I start with it.

No, there are no prequels. There are also no sequels.

Watch the anime (1 hour runtime; sometimes split into three segments, but they're meant to be watched together). Then, if you'd like, read the manga, which is more or less the same content-wise, but offers a slightly different ending, which

   some might find less soul-crushing.


How did Saber become more linked to lions than dragons? We know Saber's real identity is Arthur Pendragon ("Chief-Dragon") and that she is linked to dragons through Merlin's sorcery:

  King Arthur was made into the incarnation of a dragon by Merlin by infusing her with the blood of a dragon, and one is shown in Realta Nua as a representation of her Magic Circuits and is visible standing near her Magic Core.

However, it seems that Saber is linked more to lions than dragons:

  Though she once felt more linked to dragons, she came to enjoy lions after taking care of a lion cub for a month at some point in her life. She claims that it is not that she "likes" them, but rather the happiness she experienced as he became attached to her brought forth a bond with them. He was very energetic, often biting or scratching, but she wished to be able to stay with him until the end. She has had feelings for them since then, and even remembers the fond memories while holding a stuffed lion. Shirou seeing the memory of her rubbing her cheek against the lion comments on it being a time where she looks like a girl her age.

If I do an image search on Sankaku Channel with the tags saber lion, I get 129 results, which is much higher than the 31 results that I get if I search with the tags saber dragon. A glance through the images reveals that, in addition to the stuffed lion in the original Fate/stay night, there are also Saber Lion, the Unit Lion race car that appears in Carnival Phantasm, and a grown lion often found to also accompany Gilgamesh and Iskander.

It does not appear that Saber taking a liking to lions is central to the plot, so why the stronger association of Saber with lions than good old dragons? Was it ever revealed (e.g. in an interview) why Kinoko Nasu chose to portray Saber more as a Lioness than a Dragon Lady?

The Lion reference can be dated back to her childhood. it's not mentioned on her page but Sir Kay's section. Sir Kay is the son of Sir Ector who Merlin left Arturia in the care of, that makes him Arturia's step brother though she had thought of him as her real brother (despite knowing the truth).

  Once while attending to her while she was sick, she told him that she would like to have a dream of a lion running on a grass field. He fashioned a poorly carved wooden lion that looked like a combination between a dog and a cat, and left it by her bedside. When she thanked him and told him that she had a pleasant dream of a young lion, Kay was shocked as he intended to make a decrepit old lion that would have been unable to hurt a rat. He had been worried that the lion might pounce on her in her dreams.

so while she is linked to Dragons, Lions was apart of her upbringing as the brother she loved carved her a lion when she was sick which most likely became a very cherished possession of hers and it's probably a subconscious thing of Arturia's extending from this. not entirely sure as to why she wanted to dream about a lion in the first place

I'm not sure as to how much of an impact this trait of Arturia's is on the story. Saber Lion is a parody much like how Magical Amber and other Magical Girls in the Nasuverse is a parody of Magical Girls. as far as i know it's not stated if the original Arthurian Legend depicts lions in the context of a connection with Arthur (the Pendragon Coat of arms normally depicts, as one would expect, dragons. According to Wikipedia Sir Tristran's earliest attributed coat of arms had lions however Kay's Lion would predate this) or if any derived works do or even which legend Kinoko Nasu may have used as a basis for Arturia

If i was to fashion a guess it is probably to make a more unique Arthurian Legend. Mordred is practically Incest from the most bizarre method, Nero, Frankenstien and Great Holy Grail War Jack are all women and most of the Hassan-i-Sabbah are described as not having faces at all so quite possibly while they all have a base real life legend Kinoko Nasu alters them slightly to have a bit for freedom in developing their backgrounds and legends to suit his needs.


Is there a reason for the "Hair of Death" hair style? I've seen this joke float around various social media sites lately. Is there a particular reason for why characters with this hairstyle - particularly mother figures - seem to die so consistently?

For instance, is it an allusion or symbol that I don't understand?

Alternatively, are there any strong counter examples?

This meme seems to be a conflation of two very different things.

First, Hyakuya Akane from Owari no Seraph (the girl on the lower part of the image) does not share the low below-the-shoulder ponytail that the women in the top of the image share; she has a loose braid. Today I was handed this event flyer by a friend (a Japanese college student involved in subculture), which features a girl with a one-sided, front-of-the-shoulder loose braid and long bangs. I mentioned this SE question to her and she said the hairstyle has no association other than looking gentle and seemed incredulous that someone would come up with such an idea.

A loose braid, or two, or a single low ponytail on one side at the neck, or two low/loose pigtails, or are fairly common for contemporary pre-teen/teen girl character designs, since this is a current fashionable style among real-life Japanese pre-teens through college students. So Akane doesn't necessarily fall within a grouping of mother figures or people fated to die any more than the following characters do:

Second, mothers can be given the low ponytail because it is one of a number of soft, gentle hairstyles (contrast this to styles such as a short page-boy clipped cut, or a long past hip-length luxurious cut, or spiky hair). Not all mother characters, but many are portrayed with a nurturing, warm personality. However, plenty of kind mother characters in anime -- both those who die and those who don't -- sport other hairstyles. (Also, the hairstyles in the pictures in the meme are not that strongly similar to one another when you look at the styles of the bangs.)

Third, there are largely no moms in classic literature (a wealth of orphan stories: Heidi, Anna of Green Gables, Tom & Huck, David Copperfield and basically all of the Dickens' boys, little princess Sara, Mary of the secret garden, etc.) or in Disney animation either.  Dads trying to marry off their daughters, yes.  Cute, plump, bumbling dads, yes.  Absentee fathers, yes.  But in many cases, we have orphan protagonists with no parents around at all.  We can feel empathy for the characters whose loved one died and a death can be a strong motivation for characters to resolve to take a stand against evil, but more importantly for drama, for suspense, for excitement: without a mom to take care of them and worry about them and discipline them and tell them which things are too dangerous to do, orphans are freed up to go on adventures.  No questions asked!  No curfew!  If you have an eccentric, sweet little papa or dad who works long hours or lives separately from you, it's also easy to slip out of the house to go on adventures.  Where are the moms?  Well, evil stepmoms are okay, since the caring mom is already dead and safely out of the way for the story to move forward.  A common plot element in stories is that kids only get an adventure if mom is already dead.  So the unfortunate message we get is, motherhood is boring, and mothers make their kids' lives boring. Mothers who exist at the start of a story, irrespective of hairstyle, will often need to be killed off in order for the protagonist to achieve the freedom to do dangerous things that a responsible mom wouldn't stand for.


Is there any Japanese anime with a Korean OP or ED? I like Korean music and anime.

Is there any Japanese anime with a Korean OP or ED?

I know of anime OSTs created by Korean artists but not in Korean language. Korean singing in Japanese is eargasmic for me.
If you follow Korean music, you shall know about TVXQ creating three OSTs for One Piece

OP OP 11

OP ED 17

Also, BoA has created the Inuyasha OP. Her voice in Japanese is so beautiful, i love it!

Inuyasha Opening by BoA

Ao no exorcist OP was created by 2PM, i could get the kpop vibes from it when i first listened to it.

These are the only ones i know of, anime is pretty popular in Korea so i am sure there are more, feel free to do more research.


What's the name of the song that plays on Naruto episode 172 at 7:28? What's the name of the song that plays on Naruto episode 172 at 7:28?

Is this the scene where Isarabi attacks Naruto?

It's an unreleased track. There's an unofficial version here, titled "Predicament".


How does the earth-bender's ability works? On avatar the last air bender, how does the earth-bender work ?

For example if they use their bender to control earth/ground, like making a wall using their bender, does it make an empty room below the wall ?

Does it make the ground unstable or possibility of erosion ? In my mind, the earth/ground is like a puzzle that, or am I wrong ?

Here some demonstration:

Or when they trying to close the pit from the result of their earth bender ability, does it make more complicated ?

Relevant video on YouTube, watch at 1:20 - 2:05

With the exception of some aspects in fire bending. All bending abilities in avatar work under the premise of manipulating the {%insert element here} that already exists.

An example of this is in the water benders drawing moisture from the air, or better yet, the way blood bending was explained. It is said to be possible because a persons blood contains water (the bender cannot simply create water from nothing).

This is also why water benders like to carry around waterskins. In earth bending it is less obvious since there is earth everywhere, but there are a number of episodes where they are stranded somewhere away from their element and become somewhat handicapped.

Whether the ground becomes unstable after earth bending would be entirely up to the bender themselves, although I would say there is such a thing as "best bending practices" where they would learn to use the existing earth in a way that doesn't deteriorate the structure.

It does not have to create a mirrored empty space like the image of a puzzle you are imagining, but if the bender wanted to they certainly could! Instead they would perhaps use a smaller depth of the earth spread out across a larger space along the caves wall/floors to create their new earth wall.

This would result in the existing space in the cave expanding, its just unnoticeable because of how spread out it was. The point is that there are soooooo many earth bending styles shown that although we can confirm that they must use existing earth, we can not confirm how any potential bender would use it because everyone bends a little differently! The large wall would indeed require to be made out of existing earth, however as a nation-wide project I would say that it is fairly self explanatory that they would have collected earth from a place that would not make the entire ground unstable.

Edit for linkable reference:

The Prison Rig is a perfect example of this. The fire nation constructed this prison to hold earth benders and the reason it works is because it is made entirely out of metal and is miles away from any rock or earth so the earth benders have nothing to control. Thus, it is canon that earth benders must use the existing earth to control/manipulate. The way they escape this prison Book 1, Episode 6 also confirms this point. The entire reason the last fight I am showing in the picture below was dramatic is because the earth benders had just the small amount of stolen coal to use in their fight.

side note: avatar is no anime :P


Where can I buy the digital version of Gantz manga? Where can I buy the digital version of Gantz manga? I searched in Dark Horse Comics site but they don't have the digital version. Amazon also just has the Physical version. Does Gantz not have a digital version of the manga?

Short answer, NO, there's no digital version of the US release of the GANTZ manga.

Long answer, some authors and publishing companies in Japan back in the day were against publishing their works digitally (like Nishio Isshin, Kawahara Reki, Log Horizon's author whose name keeps evading me, Kadokawa back in the day), I don't know for sure if that was the case with Hiroya Oku or Shueisha (I believe Shueisha was against it but don't quote me on that), but the fact is the Japanese digital version wasn't released until February 18th, 2014

This is 6 months AFTER the last volume was physically released in Japan, which came out on August 19th, 2013.  All the volumes were released in bulk on bookwalker that very same day. The link here will take you to the full list of the GANTZ releases (site is in japanese). Nowadays, more and more older series are getting digital releases in Japan.

Which means that there was NO digital release of GANTZ in Japan back in 2007 when Dark Horse made the license deal. IF their original deal had contemplated the future possibility of digital releases in Japan, Dark Horse could legally sell the digital version, but there's been no such release so far so either they don't care or they can't release digitally without another deal.


Do websites have to pay for using anime posters on their websites? Does the websites like MyAnimeList, animePlanet, etc. pay for using anime posters to identify and review the anime? Does it come under fair use or something else?

If they have to pay, does anyone has any idea, how much they end up paying (approximately).

Assuming that with posters you mean the manga cover images and/or anime cover images. Then no, they do not have to pay for displaying these.

Often these images either fall under the Fair use of thumbnails on the internet

  Use thumbnail images (150 pixels). These small images are generally considered fair game for artwork and photography, so a book cover in this size should be legal under copyright law based on precedence set in court cases.

And in cases where they are bigger than 150 pixels, they often still fall within fair use policies for myanimelist and animeplanet .

  In its most general sense, a fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner.


Does "Those Who Hunt Elves" have a definitive ending? I know the manga has ended already, and several years after the 2 seasons of anime which didn't have a definitive ending.

   The second season ended with the attempt to send them back to Japan after all of the spell fragments were collected, but both failed and the fragments were scattered again.

Was there a definitive ending in the manga? Or more specifically:

   Did they get sent back to Japan or was the final attempt the last possible one? Or is it like the ending of the anime where they just have to continue to do it all over and over again?

Actually, there where two manga series:

Those Who Hunt Elves that was adapted almost entirely in the two anime seasons, and
Those Who Hunt Elves Returns, years after the ending, with new stories not directly continuing but mostly reusing the same characters for new adventures, but was very short.

Finally (for now) in 2013, the author continued with a new manga, also an "unconnected" continuation, with the same settings and characters but not exactly a sequel since the plots were already closed.

As for the plot that you mention, in the first manga, it was resolved somehow, but keeping the door open for those sequels.


How did Mineta Minoru get into UA? U.A. is the #1 ranked High School for heroics and is considered as the top Hero Academy in the world. As such it as a pretty low acceptance rate. With plenty of other students who may have aspired to be in UA, it is surprising that Mineta Minoru was able to get in to UA.

His quirk seems pretty useless in battle. Additionally he was just above Midoriya in Aizawa's Quick Apprehension Test at 19th rank in the class. He has been shown to be a coward and was pretty scared when the villains attacked.

How was he able to defeat enough machines to pass the UA high entrance exam?

Though Mineta has been shown to be dumb, pervert and a coward, he has very high Intelligence, Co-operation and Technique rating from the databook. Mineta Minoru - Quirks and Abilities

Further clearance was then provided by the author himself,

  I've received a number of letters asking how on earth he managed to pass the Entrance Exam. So I'll take this chance to explain it. First, as Izuku himself said, his quirk is quite strong. And remember that the rules of the Entrance Exam was to immobilize or render the villain-bots unable to function anymore, not necessarily destroy them. As such he could trap them against walls, or stick them to the ground, or even plug up their muzzles to earn points. Mineta Minor - Author Notes

Thus Mineta though typically using his quirk just for throwing the balls has the technique and intelligence to stop the villain bots and rack up the points pretty easily, hence gaining admission to UA!


Why does Super Sonico always wear headphones? Just as the title asks, why does Super Sonico always wear those headphones? Is there a reason behind it, or is this just the design Nitroplus came up with?

I believe this is an example of the Never Bareheaded trope in combination with the Nice Hat trope.

Never Bareheaded: A character always appears wearing a headdress of some kind, and never, ever takes it off. It doesn't have to be a hat, any kind of headgear is fine. Furthermore, it doesn't always have to be the same headgear, the point is that this character is never seen bare-headed. This gives him a certain mystique, since while it might just be that he wears the hat because he feels like it, the fact remains that we never learn what his hatless head looks like.
Nice Hat: To show that you mean business, it's important to have style. Enter: the nice hat. It may actually have utility — even conveying special powers — but more often than not it just looks cool, or even just sexy.

Considering that Super Sonic is pretty much a half-naked model for Nitroplus, the Nice Hat trope "sexy" part does most certainly fit this description.


Why aren't Japanese animation studios switching to digital art for production instead of pencil and paper? In the introduction paragraphs of Visiting Studio Colorido: Up-and-Coming Digital Animation Studio by Naoya Koji posted in October 2015,

[...]
Today, many of Japanese animation studios rely on “papers and pencils” to produce anime. Although some parts have been updated, this is the traditional Japanese style of the animation production which has been handed down for decades.
The world is now in the age of the internet and the digital tools. The animation studios innovate those new cultures, but Japanese studios remain in the world of “paper and pencil.” [...]

Even today, Japanese animation studios still use pencil and paper to produce animation.
Why can't they switch from that method and proceed to digital hand drawing for animation production since it is much less time-consuming? Why can't anime studios use graphic tablets (e.g. Wacom) to draw and animate instead of using pencils, papers, and eraser because it's maybe outdated and obsolete?

Here is an interesting article about how the anime production process works.

Here's an excerpt I found particularly interesting (and relevant!):

  [T]he crucial thing is that the frames are still initially drawn by hand, and no in-between animation is simulated by a computer. There are some animators who draw 2D animation directly onto computer, but in anime this is largely restricted to in solo animation productions rather than commercial anime. The industry prefers this because the animators are generally more comfortable and able with this method, and it allows easier checking and correction of frames under sometimes tight schedules.


Why are there so many "in Wonderland" episodes? Many series that I have seen have "x in Wonderland" episodes where they have retellings/variations of Alice in Wonderland with the characters from the show. Examples of this include Ouran High School Host Club (episode 13), Black Butler (season 2 OVA 1 and 4), Cardcaptor Sakura (episode 55), and Code Geass (OVA). What is the origin of this? Is there some sort of cultural basis for this?

I guess this is because of it's overall popularity. According here,

  Alices Adventures In Wonderland is a pretty well-known work: it can be
  associated with world-crossing fantasy, drug imagery, lolita fashion
  and other aspects of Victorian England, political satire, and who
  knows what else. No wonder it shows up a lot in anime, shock horror
  (it's a frequent target of Grimmification, usually with lots of
  blood), and emo teen novels. (You know the kind — usually involving
  vampires, eating disorders, or vampires with eating disorders.)


Difference between manga and light novel written by same author If both manga and light novel are written by the same author will there be any difference between them? I did a little digging in the internet for it, but all I got was the general difference between manga and light novel.

TBH, I am asking this question because it seems that English translation for the light novel "The Pervert Prince and the Stony Cat" aka "Henneko" written by Sou Sagara has been abandoned(I can't find better words than this). But the same author wrote the story of the manga version of the aforementioned LN and it's translation is finished and it also has ended publishing.

It's true that the aforementioned series is not really known to many people. Since I have an affinity to the ecchi genre, that's how I bumped upon this series.

A manga is a comic book or graphic novel - a story told in sequential art.
A light novel is a prose book with some illustrations. Called "light" because the content tends to be easy-reading and the size is small and portable.

I googled it myself and the first search result was this below:
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-manga-and-light-novels
And honestly you won't find a better answer to this. Question is pretty much the same as well. You just added the same author clause.

By looking at the timing of manga and light novel(almost the same) i can just say that, either he wasn't ready for someone to work on his creation or he wanted to expand his fanbase while he was onboard to earn money or fame or even just the simple logic "like providing fans his content as per his vision". He, decided to write both novel and manga.


What are the demons at the end of Madoka Magica? What are the demon-like entities shown at end of Madoka Magica, which Homura is now fighting instead of witches?

And what does Homura's explanation mean, regarding how these demons replaced witches?

During the conversation between Kyubey and Homura near the end of the final episode of the series, Homura mentions that although Madoka's wish prevented witches from being born, the curses from the human world still remained and continue to haunt humanity in the form of "magical beasts" (魔獣), which are demonic forces of unknown nature.

The new role of magical girls now is to defeat these demons, gather their curses in the forms of small cube fragments, and have Kyubey harvest them, in order to slow the effects of entropy on the universe.


Why are there so many books in Suruga Monkey? In Suruga Monkey Part 2 of Bakemonogatari, Kanbaru's room is literally full of red hardcover books. Why is this and what does it represent?

That's her massive collection of BL (boys' love) books (which she is also into, besides considering herself a lesbian), at least that's what they represent. As many other things in Monogatari's animation, it should be taken more symbolically than literally. Take for example Senjougahara's "arsenal" of stationery in episode 1 of Bakemonogatari, or even more obviously the constantly shifting, multiplying, growing, falling etc. pile of pencils in episode 6 of Nisemonogatari (you'll know when you get there :) ).


What is this anime about a gloomy girl with black hair liking a popular boy at her school? I watched an anime a while ago, but I can't seem to remember its title. Can someone help me?

The anime's main character is a black-haired, gloomy-looking girl
The anime is about the girl liking a popular boy at her school
Everyone, except for the popular boy and 2 other people, runs away when they see the girl

The answer probably is Kimi ni Todoke

  Kuronuma Sawako is completely misunderstood by her classmates. Her timid and sweet demeanor is often mistaken for malicious behavior. This is due to her resemblance to the ghost girl from "The Ring," which has led her peers to give her the nickname Sadako. Longing to make friends and live a normal life, she is naturally drawn to Kazehaya Shouta, the most popular guy in class, whose "100% refreshing" personality earns him great admiration from Sawako. So when Kazehaya starts talking to her, maybe there is hope for the friendships Sawako has always longed for. Maybe... there is even a little hope for some romance in her future.

The protagonist is Sawako "Sadako" Kuronuma

and the good-looking guy is Shouta Kazehaya

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Who is "Sala Powell" in HoTD? In the opening and several in-episode scenes, there is a MISSING poster for "Sala Powell". These posters are in so many places, I wondered if she is somebody important. Is she?

After a devoted search all around the interwebz, I have come to a sad conclusion that I could not find anything specific about Sala Powell at all.

What I did find during my searching is some potential connections that might help others search, and some speculation.

Potential connections

This might be a reference to Nate Powell (not very likely). As seen on the linked page, Nate used to be a cartoonist/writer, and also brought out a CD with W A I T called "All The Days Are Numbered So"; this could be a far-fetched connection.
This might be a reference to Chella Powell. After some research, I found out that "Sala" in some languages can be pronounced as "Chella". For Chella Powell, I found the following information quite interesting, but shamefully ended in a dead end.

  Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #196 by Antonio Chella: The challenge of creating a real-life computational equivalent of the human mind ...
  — source

This may be far-fetched as well.

Online speculation

After asking quite some HotD addicts about their opinions, and looking around online myself, I found:

Sala Powell might be the cause of the zombie apocalypse
Sala Powell probably has some sort of connection to the apocalypse
The writer doesent even know
This is a plot point to be revealed

Points 1 and 2 speak for themselves. She might have been a scientist on some sort of military project. In one of the first episodes, the self defense force of Japan flies over the school, seemingly ignoring all the people flying to a specific point, picking up Sala Powell? Does she have the answer to the apocalypse? Does she have a cure? These points just give more questions than real answers and can't be really proven 'til more of the manga is released.

The 3rd point: Daisuke Satō doesn't even know himself. Satō is a writer known to go on hiatus for a long time due to having no inspiration or just writing himself into a corner not knowing how to get out of it.

And my 4th point, which seems to be most likely for now, is that this is a plot point yet to be revealed. We don't really know much about the apocalypse: not how it started, not what caused it. This might be revealed at a later point in the story. So, until Daisuke Satō makes more manga chapters to harvest information from, I don't think we can have a definite answer.


Did Danzo use Shisui's eye? I've see this fight quite a few times but I never understood if Danzo used Shisui's eye?

When Sasuke pierces Karin & Danzo with his extended Chidori, did Danzo use his last Sharingan (Shisui's eye) or he didn't get a chance to use as Sasuke's attack was unexpected/surprised?

Danzo was using Shisui's eye. Check out the episode with the 5 Kage summit where he is influencing the other Kages to vote for him as the leader of the summit.

Danzo knew about the power of Shisui's sharingan, but was also aware about its awakening period, i.e Danzo could not always use Shisui's sharingan due to the immense power of the jutsu (Kotoamatsukami) that Danzo was using.

Also, that might be the reason he took karin as hostage.


Does the detail in a manga affect the mangaka's payment? The series like Vagabond, Vinland Saga, Ichigo Mashimaro, Made in Abyss, Planetes, I am Hero, Gantz, Inuyashiki, and Yotsubato  have such a surrealist and detailed background style. Did they get paid more than a regular one? Or the wages for every chapter they made are same with the other mangaka?

"These" mangaka have put a lot of effort for like adding detail to the background and such, the character, the environment, and so. I know other manga had some detail for their own style like Akame ga Kill, Toriko, One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh! (in this context, the monster illustration in all of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards).

Compare it with "other mangaka", I thought they should get paid more but, but did they?

I think a mangaka gets paid according to how popular his/her manga is, but new manga artist get paid +- $100 per page. They don't care if it's more detailed or not, they only care about how popular the manga is.

Read the manga Bakuman, it will answer all your questions on manga.


Why and how did South Park use music from Eureka seveN? I noticed this some 12 or so years ago when the episode first aired, but South Park uses a snippet of "Uncontrolled Self" from Eureka seveN during the train chase scene with Britney Spears, and then immediately pivots to another song once they enter the closet. I could only find a snippet in Español, and the music is barely audible in this dub (it's very loud in the English dub). Here's the clip:

https://youtu.be/EAzmw6umxUQ?list=PLpabzom3lBLGjJNU8CRxlrV7IbBnRPoYT&t=142

And here's the moment in Uncontrolled Self that they pulled from:

https://youtu.be/4lLAPgZN4tI?t=25

Using ViewSync, this becomes completely apparent:

https://viewsync.net/watch?v=EAzmw6umxUQ&t=142&v=4lLAPgZN4tI&t=25&mode=solo

Do both South Park and Eureka seveN pull inspiration from the same classical music? Is this song copyleft audio freely available? Or did South Park Studios just rip it to put it in the episode?

Most likely in the same way companies like Crunchyroll buy licenses to stream anime. TV shows, etc. can buy licenses to use music made by other people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_licensing


Why did Kaneki's hair turn back to its original colour? At the end of season 2, Kaneki's hair turns back to its original colour.

I know his hair turned to white because of the Marie Antoinette (MA) syndrome, but in all the research I've done, I've found nothing regarding a cure for the MA syndrome.

So, why did his hair change back? Can the MA syndrome be cured? And why did Kaneki get cured out of the blue for no reason at all?

My interpretation was that it was purely symbolic. I saw the white hair as a change in his personality, a sort of draining of his "color" or original personality. When his hair changes back, we see some of his old self coming back.
Keep in mind that writers don't necessarily make those sorts of decisions with medical backing. Pure symbolism is often a very large factor.


Do normal titans have humans in them as well? There are several humans which can transfer into titans at will. What about the normal titans? Hange said that titans do not weight as much as they should. Their only vulnerable area is where the real human body would be for shape-shifting Titans. They also look like humans, are there humans inside normal titans as well?

This was explained titans were humans at one point. The ones from the Ymir's village were turned into them against their will.  http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Titans

It was also hinted at by experiments with Eren that the more he uses shifting without resting the more he merges with the titan.

Ymir also wandered aimlessy as a titan without ability to shift or control her actions for a while, indicating most titans are in the same situation as her.


Did OreGairu anime adapt the Light Novel closely? I wanted to watch the anime but I was wondering if it adapted the Light novel closely. If not, then I plan to read the Light Novel before watching it.

So, this is a difficult question to answer because for the most part, the anime covered the important points. As far as I know, season 1 of the anime covered it sufficiently and left out trivial things. They did switched out studios for season 2, however. Season 1 was done by Brain Base and season 2 was done by Studio Feel.

With that said, there are a lot of things that the first episodes of S2 did not explain that are highly important. You can see a detail of it in this detailed Reddit post. In summary, it explains to non-LN readers why Yukinon is acting the way she is. LN readers would understand why and they can see the little things like facial expression and other things that might be overt. Non-LN anime watchers would have to be very attentive to capture the information otherwise.

This isn't a simple yes or no answer. If you don't have the time to read the LN then I recommend you watch the anime as it is, as far as I know, comprehensive. If you care about details or were confused by some of things going on, then either read the LN or read the analysis for the episodes.


Can kamui be used inside kamui timespace? So Obito and Kakashi had the ability to warp anything into Kamui time space with their mangekyo sharingan, in the final battle kakashi and Obito went into the Kamui timespace and fought each other.
Can kamui be used inside the time space, if so does the object go to real world or different dimension?

Inshort technically it is possible (see 3rd point for exact process)

As I mentioned in my comment not enough information is available as limited use of Kamui was seen only towards the end of the series however following conclusions can be drawn-

Using Kamui is the only way to travel to and from its dimension. This means that targets transferred there are trapped, forced to stay until Kamui's user lets them leave; Obito sometimes uses genjutsu on those he imprisons to keep them subdued.
Obito's two Mangekyō Sharingan spend years with different users – Obito himself and Kakashi Hatake – this makes Obito and Kakashi essentially immune to each other's Kamui:although one of them can use Kamui on the other, the other can just use Kamui on themselves to escape.This also means they can block or counter each other's attempts to use Kamui on others
Kamui ordinarily only connects its dimension with the Earth. If a user synchronises Kamui with another space–time ninjutsu, Kamui can travel to the other ninjutsu's target dimension.(Proof-Naruto chapter 683, pages 14-15)
Some technique's similar to Kamui are-

In the anime, the Hizashi Hyūga of Jiraiya Shinobi Handbook: The Tale of Naruto the Hero uses a technique similar to Kamui.

The space-time ninjutsu of Shin Uchiha, Nue, and Kinshiki Ōtsutsuki are similar in function to Kamui.

But if the user doesn't have the original ninjutsu to piggyback off of, travelling between dimensions becomes extremely difficult since Kamui doesn't naturally connect to them. Users can manually generate portals to these other dimensions with Kamui, but this requires a great deal of chakra, so much that users will likely need another person's assistance.
Proof-Naruto chapter 685, pages 3-8
Additionally, Obito in the Purgatory is able to use Kamui to temporarily return his soul to Earth to continue assisting Kakashi by granting him the use of his Sharingan for a short time.
Source-https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Kamui


What is the origin of this weird looking facial feature/mask? I have seen this in one or two animes (plural of anime?) where characters have long cylindrical protruding mouths. It is quite rare(?) as I had seen this in only a handful of anime shows (I don't know the names). The recent ones that I know is Haganezuka and Kozo Kanamori from Demon Slayer (the blacksmiths/sword makers who made swords for Tanjiro and Inosuke).

The other one that I remember is a fishmonger in Ninja Hattori (a show (is it an anime?) I used to watch in my childhood days) and it is always the fishmongers and shopkeepers. I don't remember any main characters or any characters noteworthy. First of all, that feature is not possible biologically/in real life. So, why is it adopted in anime and cartoon shows? What is it called (if it is a trope)? What is the origin of this feature? Are there any characters noteworthy having this weird facial feature/wears this mask?

I found this picture after a little bit more searching:

It said "O-face (octopus like face)". Searching for "octopus like face" yielded me no results. I do know about O-face which is ahegao (NSFW). But I don't think this applies here.

It is not the pout face or the side faced lips expression (I don't know the exact name either(?)). Below is Suneo from Doraemon.

The face on the first picture comes from Hyottoko, which according to wikipedia is:

a comical Japanese character, portrayed through the use of a mask. His mouth is puckered and skewed to one side. Some masks have different eye sizes between the left and right eyes. He is often wearing a scarf around his head (usually white with blue dots).

The reason for it to be commonly used extends beyond anime and manga, though, as it is a common stock character in other media — such as theater — too:

Hyottoko seems to have been a legendary character in Japan in the past, and is now a stock character.

The reason why its features are the way they are, albeit exaggerated, is explained by its name too:

The origin of the name comes from "fire" (火, hi) and "man" (男, otoko), because the character is blowing fire with a bamboo pipe, hence the shape of the mouth.

I don't think Suneo's expression is supposed to be an adaptation of the mask or what it tries to convey, though I don't have anything to back that up with.


What Happend To Pokkle After Neferpitou Stuck Those Antennas In His Head We all know that the chimera ants found pokkle hiding under human skulls and Neferpitou stuck antennas into Pokkles head, but what i'm wondering is what happend to pokkle after that. So here are the options I think that happend...

So did they feed him to the queen, and if they did, did he become a chimera ant or did he become a part of the king chimera ant (Meruem)?

or did they just let hime die in the cave?

In Chapter 198 of the manga, Neferpitou told one of his subordinates that he doesn't need Pokkle anymore and he should offer him to the Queen right away. Pokkle was then chopped up but him being fed to the Queen was never depicted in the manga. It was also never shown that he became a Chimera Ant.


What's a good entry point for The Idolm@ster? i know that The Idolm@ster started out as a raising sim/rhythm arcade game in Japan but there is also a bunch of Anime and Print Media of it.

Is there is a game/anime/manga which is in English in one form or another (either Dubbed or Subbed for anime or officially translated/localized or fan translated for everything else) which would be a good entry point into the series?

How about this youtube channele?
You can watch promotional videos and radio programs that you can watch for free; original, Million, Cinderella, Shiny and SideM are all treated.
Anime and specials are distributed depending on the time.
Since these are Youtube, most content has auto-generated subtitles;
somewhat inaccurate, but automatic machine translation is possible.
(If you choose English or ’英語’.)

Of course, these are legal content operated by copyright holders.


Is Goku still pure-hearted? This question could seem as an opinion based question, but let me try to explain why I think it is not. In Dragon Ball, Goku was supposed to be completely pure-hearted to be able to ride the Flying Nimbus, to the point he needed to have no bad intentions at all, otherwise he couldn't stand in the top of it, he had to be a sort of Super Saiyan Jesus. At some point in the Dragon Ball series, Vegeta emphasizes this by saying Goku never dared to kill someone (because of this).

But at some point after that, Goku indeed kills someone, that is kid Bu. With Piccolo before, someone could argue he didn't actually finished him because he immediately reincarnated or so, but this isn't the case of kid Buu. And now, in Dragon Ball Super, Goku is doing something different to what he always did. When someone threatened the Earth or the universe, no matter how strong he was, he at least tried to defeat him. But with the case of Zeno, he didn't even try. Someone could argue Zeno is so powerful that he knew he couldn't defeat him, but is Zeno that powerful? He isn't almighty because several Zenos were created by Trunks and Zamasu when messing with time, Zeno isn't unbelievably strong because he can't follow Dyspo's moves. At some point I thought this "destroying all universes" thing was a fake, but now the manga has shown that

   indeed Zeno destroys all universes permanently and the great priest doesn't care, he only acknowledges Zeno whims.

Why Goku didn't even try to defeat Zeno by training and merging with Vegeta or whatever, and he doesn't care much about all the universes which are being destroyed every time he defeats them? Is Goku still pure-hearted?

Well as far as at the end of DBZ, we can concluded that all of the saiyans including Vegeta are pure hearted. This is because one of the condition of the Super Saiyan God transformation was that 5 pure hearted Saiyans needed to come together and since the transformation worked, it can be concluded all of them are pure hearted post Z.

Secondly, The Omni king isn't powerful in terms of raw power. What makes him terrifying is his position and the ability to erase anything from existence. Even the angels and  the grand priest and of course the gods, the strongest beings of the universe bow down before him so what makes you think Vegito blue could stand up to him.

Goku on the other hand has no evil in him. The only reason for him wanting the tournament is his addiction to battle and at the same time his rather naive and careless nature could be considered at fault for the tournament of power.

However, it was implied that goku did actually do the other universes a favour(Although he didn't intend to) as Zeno was about to erase the rest of the universes with a lower mortal  ranking.


In Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha, what does the name on the blimp mean? In episode two of Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha, there was a scene where there was a blimp with a sign with a heart on it and some words "WE/MAX". What does WE/MAX mean?

Like Eric mentioned, "シンワハウス (Shinwa House)" is a real estate company in Iwate Prefecture and the subtitles is referring to "RE/MAX", which is famous for the iconic balloon. The localization decided to use "WE/MAX" since they can't use the trademarked name "RE/MAX" and using "Shinwa House" pretty much has no meaning in English speaking countries. The combination of the balloon and "WE/MAX" was a localization compromise.