Can conquerors Haki give someone brain damage? I always wondered does conquerors Haki have any long term effects like brain damage?

If you are knocked out by the Conqueror Haki you are no longer susceptible to other non-physical influences from a biological point of view. You can only be receptive once you are conscious.

Unfortunately, the anime / manga does not support my thesis, as in both the Conqueror Haki was not used several times in a row.

It can not be said at this point that Luffy's battles in which he competes against strong opponents and the impact of the release of the Conqueror Haki made a similar comparison with the deliberate use and switch off by the Conqueror Haki are comparable.

Conclusion: I do not think that this could cause damage.

Anyway, in the anime sometimes you see people slowly getting up but moving very slowly from the effect of the Conqueror Haki. I would say that if the character is strong enough you could at least speak of a "long-term effect" if the disabled people take a long time to get fit again. Maybe it would be possible to deprive people of their full physical abilities for days.


What is the meaning of "Forever Fornever" at the end of the anime series? The message "Forever Fornever" appeared at the end of the Yu Yu Hakusho anime series.

What does this mean and/or what is this related to?

There is no definite answer for this question stated by the artist himself Yoshihiro Togashi There for we are left to interpreted it as we like. And there for there are allot of theory's of what this means. One of the most popular being the one stated by Kakashi

  "Forever will not occur," or in other words, "nothing lasts forever." I believe that Yu Yu Hakusho was by far one of the greatest anime/manga ever written, and the artist knew that everyone watching the last few minutes of the final show never wanted it to end. But, since everything good thing must come to an end, the artist made it clear and simple. I believe this is the only anime to end with a phrase for viewers to think about, rather then simply saying "the end."

Another very popular theory is him showing discontinuation of the series. So no more different time lines, other endings. Or any such things.

But just like stated in the begin there is no definite answer given by the author himself.


A manga about two girls being summoned to another world and mistaken identity I have read the first chapter of this manga in 2014. There was only 1 chapter of the manga when I read.

The main heroine considered herself an average girl, and she had a female friend whom she considered a very beautiful girl and the perfect heroine. However, when the MC met her, she saw that her friend was being sucked into a portal.

When they woke up, it seemed that the summoner was supposed to summon the Goddess of Creation (I think). In the confusion, the beautiful girl was mistaken as the Goddess (since the MC was average), but the MC found out that she herself was actually the Goddess. So the MC's plan was just to support her friend to play as the Goddess, while the MC herself made miracle behind her back...

I'm quite sure it is +α no Tachi Ichi
Your description of the manga is extremely similar to the synopsis from mangaupdates:

Satoki Houma is an imaginative girl who enjoys shoujo manga. She has long comes to terms with the fact she will never be the type of girl that is the heroine of a manga — purely because she isn’t pretty, and she has decided she prefers to watch events unfold rather that get involved in any case. However, in the perfect shoujo manga twist, one day she gets dragged to an alternate world where the people have summoned a Holy Maiden to save them…!
Except so did her classmate, Haruka Toudou, who fits the exact model of a Shoujo Protagonist. Naturally, Satoki is overlooked for Haruka… except it’s not Haruka who has the powers of the Holy Maiden they wished for. What will Satoki do!?

By the way, I easily found the manga by going through the list of series tagged with Transported to Another World on mangaupdates.


Is Ditto a Failed Mew Clone? This theory got some attention on the internet a few years back, but I haven't found a definitive source on it.

Both Ditto and Mew are genderless pokemon, with similar color schemes for both their normal and shiny sprites (images from Serebii.net):

The ditto normal sprites are somewhat more purple than the Mew sprites, but earlier generation Ditto sprites were a bit pinker, and the shiny sprites are almost exactly the same color.

In addition, both Ditto and Mew weigh 8.8 lbs (4 kg). They both learn Transform naturally at level 0. There are a bunch of places where Ditto can be caught in the original generation I games, but in Yellow the only two places are the Pokemon mansion (where Mewtwo was cloned from Mew) and Cerulean Cave (where Mewtwo lives). Mewtwo is also called the only "successful" clone of Mew, so there's reason to believe that there were failed attempts, which could be Ditto.

Of course, everything above is just fan speculation, but it's gotten a fair bit of attention and I'd imagine someone from the Pokemon Company has commented on it. What's the official word on this theory?

According to an GameInformer interview with the art director and the producer (Junichi Masuda) from Gamefreak:

There is a rumor that in the original Pokémon games, versions Red and Blue, that the Pokémon Ditto was a failed attempt at cloning a Mew. I was wondering if you could speak to this, to whether or not it’s true.
Masuda: That’s the first time I have ever hear that rumor actually.
Is that your only answer?
Masuda: In terms of how Pokémon are designed, they are each their own unique living being. The unique thing about Ditto is that it’s a Pokémon that can change forms, but each Pokémon we create with its own unique element, so we just make sure that they are all individual life forms of their own.

Though it seems that his response denies this theory (or rather skirts around it), but since he was probably not directly involved in the development of the game, it's still possible that Ditto was originally meant to be a failed Mew, but scraped somewhere during in the development cycle.


What is the meaning behind Renji's Tattoos? In episode 32 when Renji is going through the story of how he and Rukia met and became Soul Reapers we notice that when he was a kid and when they first entered the Soul Reaper Academy his forehead was clear.

When Renji runs to tell Rukia that he passed his Second Exam only to see Rukia meeting with Byakuya Kuchiki (where she was offered to be adopted by him) we can see that Renji now has a pair lines on his forehead, but it is still less than what we see in the present day.

So i am wondering what is the meaning behind these tattoos?

The tattoos are actually not related to the growth of Renji. They are mainly aesthetics, possibly done to make him look cool.

He probably descended from some family that has tattoos like his. Hoipe this answers your question.


What does the B in King Torture's soldiers' forehead stand for? In episode 8, some of King Torture's monsters appeared. They were always accompanied by some soldiers with a B on their forehead:

What does this B stand for?

In episode 9, we get a better look at the soldiers:

Here, besides the B on their forehead, we can see a T on their belts.
Also, earlier that episode (around minute 2), the Branding Piranha calls out the soldiers by yelling "Come on, Torture Boys!":

So, the B most likely stands for Boy(s), as in Torture Boy(s).


How can reincarnated souls be summoned using Edo Tensei? Quoting wikipedia,

  Reincarnation is the philosophical or religious concept that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body or form after each biological death. It is also called rebirth or transmigration, and is a part of the Saṃsāra doctrine of cyclic existence.

Then, since Ashura has reincarnated into Naruto, and Indra into Sasuke, how can Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama (their previous reincarnation) be summoned using Edo Tensei?

As I've mentioned in the comments, there seems to be several fallacies in the base assumptions taken in the question. However, to answer the questions just based on the information in the Narutoverse, we've to see what exactly do Resurrection and Reincarnation means.

The translation of the Resurrection and Reincarnation techniques is quite similar in usage.

  The Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation binds the soul of a deceased person to a living vessel, restoring them as they were when they were alive in order to do their summoner's bidding. Naruto Pedia: Edo Tensei

Edo Tensei is a summoning technique that summons a "soul" residing in the pure land. Thus the so called "Resurrection" is a reincarnation of a soul binded to the impure land through its DNA marker and a sacrifice.

  Reincarnation is a process through which the chakra and will of a deceased individual are reborn in a new living vessel, referred to as a "reincarnate". Narutopedia:Reincarnation

Hence though the souls, i.e. the actual individuals would go to the pure land in the Narutoverse, their Chakras and Will would be "inherited"  by individuals in the next generation. These individuals would hence be their "reincarnate". In a single generation their can only be one Reincarante of an individual.

It is important to note, through the Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation technique, both "reincarnation" and "resurrection" can be found; the sacrificed body is reincarnated into the body of the summoned shinobi, while the reincarnated shinobi is resurrected from the dead.

Tl;Dr In the Narutoverse, both techniques are independent of each other. Through Edo Tensei souls residing in the pure land can be summoned, irrespective of the fact that their reincarnate exists in the current world.


Has Riiya or Shiine ever performed a Magical Boy Transformation? So far, I have only seen Chacha's Magical Girl Transformation, but I haven't seen the counterpart of that for boys from either Riiya (リーヤ) or Shiine (しいね).

From what I remember, Riiya and Shiine did transform into magical animals/items to help Chacha fight against the villains. I have forgotten the storyline in every episode, so I wonder if it's ever shown in the anime that Riiya and/or Shiine transformed into a magical human form like the Magical Princess?

You could base it on this.

If I remember correctly, they don't have any HUMAN MAGICAL TRANSFORMATION, unlike Chacha.

Riiya transforms into a strong wolf that is sometimes mistaken as a DOG. He doesn't have any human magical transformation.

And for Shine, a fellow wizard apprentice who is adept at casting spells and barriers, as well as transformations, his power is better than Chacha's. But I don't remember him being transformed into someone like Chacha's magical human form, the Magical Princess.


Why is King Kai still dead? Near the end of the Cell Saga, Cell inflates its body in preparation to destroy the earth, but Goku thwarted its plans by teleporting it to King Kai's planet. As a result, King Kai and Goku were both killed by Cell's explosion. After Cell was finally defeated, however, they used the Dragon Balls to revive everyone killed by Cell. Goku wouldn't be revived since he was already brought back once, but shouldn't King Kai, Gregory, and Bubbles have been revived? Cell was the direct cause of their deaths.

The exact wish (at least in the english dub) was

  Please revive all those on Earth who were killed by Cell.

That doesn't include the others who died on King Kai's planet.


What were the first anime based on manga and light novels? I know that original animes weren't based on light novels or mangas (see: this). However, I think there are some early shows that are based on mangas (Astro Boy for example, I think). What was the first anime based on a manga? Also, what was the first anime based on a light novel?

While not the most scientific method, one could generate a list of anime entries over at Anime News Network, sort it by order and see what is the earliest entry in their database that fits the criterion we're looking for. Here would be an example of such a list.

Obviously the service's database is most likely incomplete, but regardless, it is still an authoritative source for anime information, and given the size, and time range of the database, it can be trusted as a good estimation.

First anime based off of manga:

Astro Boy, 1963

First anime based off light novels:

Legend of the Galactic Heroes (OAV) 1988
Slayers (1995)


What is this OST in the 1st season of My Hero Academia? In the the episode 10 of the 1st season of My Hero Academia, the music starts around 15:00 (more precisely at 14:53). It is also available in episode 9 of season 3 at 15:47.

What is this song?

The name of this OST is Mind of Evil. This OST is by Yuki HAYASHI and can be found in the track 27 (YouTube link) of My Hero Academia Original Soundtrack.


What is the price of Crunchyroll membership as of 2019? I'm not sure if people have heard yet but Crunchyroll is raising their prices in 2019.

When will this take effect, and if so how much will the subscription be per month after they raise the prices?

To continue growing our simulcast and catalog offering, the price of the One-Month Premium membership will increase to $7.99 USD for new users on May 1, 2019.
However, as an existing Premium member, we're pleased to report that your current subscription rate is locked in at $6.95 USD for three months. After August 1, 2019, your following billing cycle will be charged at $7.99 USD.

The text above is directly from an email sent to current premium members, but the information can be found on a large number of sites, including Variety.


Is MyAnimeList still good ranking site for anime? I am the type person who see anime based on ranked in MyAnimeList but now i am getting confused.

Example :

Darling in the FranXX The anime aired in Jan 13, 2018 to Jul 7, 2018 and the anime really got hyped especially with this character. First episode aired I watched it until ep 5, when I dropped it. The story, the development character and I question, why this anime so cliche but get high ranking in that time?

And before that Darling in the FranXX aired this anime show Imouto sae Ireba Ii. Aired in Oct 8, 2017 to Dec 24, 2017. Even this anime had the title meaning A Sister's All You Need but it doesn't really do with Siscon at all. Story about writer and their life and they have this special character too and guess what? This anime got really low ranked at the time.

My question is, does MyAnimeList really do a good job? Or should you just watch what you like?

This is based on my opinion and my experience with MAL

Ranking

Mentioning for the sake of context: One of the main function of MAL is a platform for anime viewers to come together to share their knowledge, reviews, opinions, recommendations etc., and also to keep track of a list of animes that they've watched. The site doesn't do anything by itself, as the rankings are community-driven. Thus, lets say for an anime, 4 people ranked it 10, and 1 ranked it 1, it would come to an average of 8.2 (In mathematical context, this should be a subjective answer as this average doesn't really makes much sense, it should be something like an outlier, thus, for this case, using median would be more accurate to say that most people think this anime is a masterpiece).

Anime scoring & individuals taste:
Now, as @кяαzєя♦ mentioned, everyone has their own taste in anime. Thus, there will naturally be some people giving high scores to certain anime, while others giving it average to low scores. However, this still doesn't really answer the question very clearly. If you notice, why are some of the worst animes out there still greater than a score of 5? (The middle point between 1 (worst) and 10 (best))

Different definition of "average" ranked anime:
As an example, personally, I'm one of the MAL'ers that will give the LOWEST ranking to (IMO) WORST anime a 5. The only reason is because (Once again, IMO) I personally feel that to me, despite the mathematical context, 7 is the "average" ranking, 5 is the "worst" ranking, and "10" is the best ranking. The main reason is because when I watch something, and I think "Meh, it's alright", giving it a 5 makes me feel very uncomfortable, like it still has so much more ways to go (6 -> 7 -> 8 -> 9 -> 10). Thus, I re-scaled my own ranking for this, and adjusted it accordingly to my preference.

Anime names and its inconsistency to its content/plot

Honestly, I think the example you gave is actually intended by the original author/producer (I have not done research in this. However, just taking a look in the reviews of that anime, I interpreted it as it is a titled made to be misleading intentionally).

Thus, at least for the example you provided, it shouldn't be MAL's fault.

Conclusion

IMO, MAL does a good job at what it is, a platform for anime viewers to interact and manage their list. However, if you're going to take recommendations, I still think MAL is a good source, because as a community, most (but not all) the recommendations are still pretty good. However, knowing that everyone has different taste in anime, every recommendation/review should be taken with a grain of salt.

(Though, of course, you should just watch what you like. MAL just helps you by providing the potential titles you may like)


Children naming system in Naruto universe Naruto's naming system always confuses me. Naruto is named Uzumaki, after his mother. But Boruto is named Uzumaki, after his father.
So whose surname is taken while naming a child in Narutoverse? Are there some governing factors?

First, lets start off with the facts.

Naruto was only named Uzumaki because if he was named Namikaze, that would've put him in great danger.
Upon marriage, the wife will usually take the husbands name, for instance, Hinata Uzumaki.
On a few rare cases, Sai for example, they will take the wife's name since at no point were they given a last name in the series, like Sai Yamanaka.

As for the naming system, they typically get the fathers name. But as I have mentioned, Naruto being named Namikaze would have put him in great danger as Minato had many enemies who sought his life.

Hiruzen(the third Hokage) Decided to put Naruto's Surname as Uzumaki because the Uzumaki was a clan which has Split after the village was destroyed,which meant that Most of the Uzumakis were refugees, which meant that it would be harder to confirm that Naruto was Minato's child. (emphasis mine)

Well, that's quite all there is to it. It wasn't wanted for anybody to know Naruto was Minato's son. This was to protect Naruto. And as I have previously mentioned, the wife will usually take the fathers name and undoubtedly get the last name of the father, such as Himawari and Boruto Uzumaki.
Although it usually depends on the situation at hand, Naruto/Boruto characters will usually get their fathers name, with a few rare cases, as explained above.

Source
Further reading: Uzumaki Clan


What is this Detective Conan OVA title? I just remember the last section bit where Conan & Sonoko(?) forced to make emergency  landing on some harbor(?). I think the real Pilot & Co-Pilot got poisoned by accident because they are kissing the victim hand without their gloves.

This is not an OVA, but rather a movie. The title is:

  Magician of the Silver Sky

It is the 8th movie and one that features Kaitou Kid. The last part goes like this:

   While flying the plane, it's struck by lightning. They activate the back up generator. They see that the auto-pilot is broken down so they have to cancel the landing. They manage to pull up but lose one engine in the process and damage the runway. The next thing they notice is that there isn't much fuel left. This is because when everyone was in the cockpit, Ban accidentally hit the fuel gauge button which made the fuel (in separate engines) go into one big tank.

 Conan finds a place to land (Sakamori Dock). Kid (in disguise of Shinjo) says he can't do it because he injured his hand and that Ran should take his place. Kid opens the emergency hatch and tells them good luck. Kaitou Kid then jumps from the plane. Nakamori chasing the real Shinjo, notice the real kid flying, and so they chase after him.

 Conan tells Sonoko to take his place and that he has to go to the washroom, also to put on the headsets in case contact is made with the airport again. Conan uses his voice-changing bow tie and tells Ran using Shinichi's voice. Ran tells him to stop acting so cool and that the fate of these passengers is within her hands. She then tells him that she loves him which makes him go silent. She tells him that she see's a ribbon of red lights. Heading towards the dock. Conan sees it and realizes why Kid jumped off. He was going to attract the lights of the police to create a runway so they can see.

 Ran successfully lands the plane. Ran thinks that the person who jumped was Kaitou Kid's accomplice and she was talking to Kaitou Kid. She is relieved to know her secret wasn't let out.

Last part summary quoted from the page itself


Does the Goblin slayer anime series cover the whole manga/novels story? I've just watched the Goblin Slayer anime series and it was pretty fun, I wonder, does it end there? Does the Goblin slayer anime series cover the whole manga/novels story or the story continues?

From the wiki:

Episodes 1 to 4: Manga Chapters 1-9 and Light Novel Volume 1
Episode 5: Manga Chapters 10 and 17, Light Novel Volumes 1, 2 and 4; and Goblin Slayer Brand New Day Chapter 1
Episodes 6 to 9: Manga Chapters 17 to 29 and Light Novel Volume 2
Episodes 10 to 12: Manga Chapters 10 to 15 and Light Novel Volume 1

The Goblin Slayer novel currently has 9 volumes, with 5 translated by Yen Press. The manga has 6 volumes with 4 translated by Yen Press. In addition, Goblin Slayer: Side Story Year One and Goblin Slayer: Brand New Day are not yet completely covered by the anime. With this, I think it's safe to say that it does not end with the anime and that the story is still ongoing.

Additional Sources:

Goblin Slayer (Novel, Manga, Brand New Day, Year One)


Is the 2013 Rozen Maiden "Zurückspulen" anime part of the same original storyline? The main focus of the 2013 Rozen Maiden anime is on a Jun who didn't wind the key, in an alternate universe from the one who wound the key. In several points in the show, these two universes cross paths and are linked via N-field.

My question is, is the universe in this TV series where Jun wound the key the same world/story/canon in which the original Rozen Maiden took place (or even "Träumend")? Or is this just part of a completely different storyline/canon in which there was a Jun that wound the key and the events in that universe were similar but unrelated to any of the previous series?

From my understanding it's based off the Manga which is canon and it combines the first Manga which focuses on Jun having wound and the second manga in which Jun didn't wind and grew up but is contacted by his younger "wound" self to help stop Kirakishou.

The original anime isn't canon since it has Barasuishou who was created by Enju, Rozen's apprentice as a means to prove his superiority as a doll maker over Rozen by having Barasuishou beat the other Maidens and becoming the strongest doll rather than becoming Alice. At the end, the Rozen Maidens defeated by Barasuishou are taken to Kirakishou by Laplace's Demon, Suigintou comes back to life but keeps the Rozen Mysticas she won while Hina Ichigo remains inside Shinku and Shinku is told by Rozen that there is a way to bring her back and another way to become Alice without the Alice Game.

This is different to the manga as Kirakishou devours Hina Ichigo from the inside to assume her physical form and there is no Barasuishou.


How long does the producing of long run anime take? I know that this is already asked before in
How long does producing a cour take?

But I assume that it's only related to the seasonal anime that appear once per season (except when it already has a sequel).

Does the production of the long run anime series like One piece, Bleach, HunterxHunter, Naruto, Toriko, and Detective Conan take the same amount of time?

I think this question is different from the question I mentioned before. As it only covers cours.

I believe the actual production is similar except multiple processes work simultaneously in a never ending kind of way. The following image illustrates my point in a super simplistic manner. The workflow is enhanced/compressed as needed typically.
Click for full size Image Source: https://twitter.com/Winny_BayDay/status/750061410210553856

Hence all the steps are the same. but instead the writing team has to adapt to source material pacing and accordingly adjust. The enhanced workload in a long running anime may be the reason that we witness subpar animation unlike movies or short cour anime. As shown in the anime Shirabako (Production Schedule) each episode can take months to be ready!

I would like to add that the hectic schedule, messy pacing and need for breaks has what transformed traditional long running anime series to being released over multiple seasons like JoJo and Boku no Hero . (Why is it so rare to see new long running anime series these days?)

Will try to find a relevant example schedule, but didn't turn up much on the first search. Cheers!


Why did the Deucalion lift off from underwater in the start of Season 2 in Aldnoah Zero? If I'm not mistaken, the Deucalion was stuck to the side of Saazbaum's landing castle right? How come on the Season 2 Episode 1 scene where Yuki rescued Inaho, they were underwater?

I figured out the answer myself. It's because it was a jump cut. The moment Inaho touched the Aldnoah drive, it had a jump cut to the present time where the Deucalion was underwater because they are docked at the beach where we saw Inko and the rest of the girls in bikinis prior. So it was just a jump cut that wasn't very clearly executed.


Why were the Chidori and Rasengan ever regarded as powerful jutsu? The hard part about using the Chidori or Rasengan is making contact. If you make contact, the battle (should) be over.

I don't see how having a Chidori or Rasengan is that much better than just using a kunai. Sure, a Chidori does more damage; but still, if you stab somebody with a kunai, the battle (should) be over.

The point of Rasengan and Chidori is not just to make contact, but POWERFUL contact.

A kunai can never penetrate Gaara's shield or any other strong defences, but Rasengan and Chidori can. Oodama Rasengan and Rasenshiriken are on even greater levels because their damages are astronomical.

In the fight with Kakuzu, before Naruto came, it was incredibly hard for the others to stall out Kakuzu, let alone finish him. But with Rasenshuriken, the destructibility penetrated and annihilated his charkra system in cellular level. I don't think you can do that with a kunai.

The power of the Rasengan and Chidori is not limited to just "making contact". Charkra nature manipulation and shape manipulation comes into great meaning at this point: Sasuke can turn his Chidori into mini needles, arrows, sword (with adjustable length), and stream. Naruto can fuse his Sage charkra style into the Rasenshuriken to make it a flying disk of destruction. This can't be accomplished with a simple kunai.


Why does censorship level differ between manga and anime? I have noticed that anime adapted from a manga heavily tone down the level of violence and "fanservice" (sometimes skipping them entirely). Why is the censorship level different between manga and anime? I assume they are bound by the same censorship laws, or is this not true?

There's a Manga Censorship panel at Comic con that talks a bit about habits in Manga, of note:

  Fujimoto also pointed out the particular demographic stratification of manga into shonen, shojo, seinen and josei (boys, girls, men and women) genres, resulting in a product range that spans all ages. Each of the various manga magazines published in Japan is targeted to one of these specific demographics, resulting in about a 50-50 split between manga aimed at those under 18 and manga aimed at adults.

Additionally, where money made from manga is primarily sales as opposed to something like an anime TV series where there's both a considerable investment from the studio, sponsors, and in most cases licensing for products (like figures, T-shirts, etc.), the panel also noted that:

  Kanemitsu opened by saying that, despite the most idealistic wishes of progressive thinkers, Japanese publishers may not necessarily be fighting at full force against censorship. Other disconnects also exist between the definitions of obscenity and child pornography in Japan versus the United States, and also how the different cultures conduct business.

In anime, sponsorship and how much a TV studio has to play in anime productions is a much greater influence than the stores that sell manga has over mangaka and editors. Cowboy Bebop was originally taken off the air mid-way when it first aired because TV Tokyo said it was too violent. There were purportedly studio and sponsorship pressure on GAINAX during the original run of Evangelion.

Then you have late-night and satellite TV anime series which show nudity and violence, or OVAs which, as long as properly labeled, can be borderline pornography. The former has lax studio pressure and the sponsors already know their demographic. The later is not much different from how manga is sold and distributed, at a store where titles that would normally be censored are labeled appropriately or are in their own sections.

As quoted above, because of the way manga is distributed, there's a 50/50 split between manga produced for under 18 and those for adults. So you have a lot more content that's risque or violent in manga because of the split. A few decades ago when most of the distribution of anime were straight to video, a lot more shows contained nudity and violence, even ones that weren't necessarily aimed at adults. But because of the distribution method, the animation studios themselves had a lot more control over what they could write and animate. Around the mid-to-late 90's, TV studios started airing more and more shows, and they had their own guidelines on what they would and wouldn't air so even the incidental nudity and blood were taken completely out if animation studios wanted to produce a TV show that aired on a national station during the day. Note that when a show that aired on TV, that needed to be censored so the stations would air them, makes it onto physical media like DVD's and Bluray's, those white/black washes, glares, steam, etc. are all removed and are uncensored.


Is Gojou-sensei blind? So far, all of the time's we've seen Gojo-sensei, his eye's have been covered by some patch/bandage/blindfold. Is it cause he is blind and hence wants to conceal some terrible injury he probably got from a battle? And if so how come he can still fight perfectly.
If not why does he prefer to cover his eyes, even while in battle. Also, how can he still move around perfectly with the blindfold, it most definitely is not completely transparent.

Satoru Gojo is always seen wearing his signature black blindfold and otherwise a pair of dark eyeglasses not because he is blind but because it is a part of who he is; it is distinctive and has become one of his signature character traits.

The writers wished to symbolize the importance of his eyes, which often see more than they see less. In addition, this also serves as a barrier and a way in which Gojo manages to keep himself distanced from others while teaching.

Proof he does see is provide during chapter 0-1 the Cursed Child Arc when he confronts Getou, we see his glasses practically fall off of him in this scene because it’s impossible for him to remain blind. Therefore, his eyeglasses serve as means of defence for retaining his emotions and enable him to find balance with himself.


What does being a saint mean? In Toaru Majutsu no Index, there are currently about 20 saints

   as of before the Acqua of the Back-Arc.

So far I've read until the arc named in the spoiler and I'm wondering, how you become a saint and what makes a saint?

   Kanzaki mentions that she was born with that ability, so it's most likely that it's a trait that one has all his life. But it seemed to me, that Acqua of the Back wasn't a saint back when he worked for England; Is this wrong or did he become a saint when he became a part of Gods right Seat?
 It also seems, that a life of a saint doesn't depend on being a saint, because Acqua comes back later.

Are saints just extremely powerful? Or do they have another special trait?

As the power of Saints is based on the Idol Theory (humans are replicas of God so they can reproduce a fraction of his power - Saints are just humans who are "better replicas" in this sense), it seems to be something innate and defined at birth. Brunhild's backstory in the Kanzaki SS also confirms the Saint status is something one is born with.

  It's actually a core plot point in her story since she suffered heavy discrimination for it.


What's the name of the song at 9:53 of episode 471 in Naruto: Shppuden? I can't find the name of the song anywhere, and it's really bugging me. I need it as relaxation music. The song is at 9:53 of this episode.

I think the song you're looking for is this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkbQ71K3n1M. I'm not sure what song your referring to because there is like 3 songs in this episode.


Is Lightspeed Flash faster than light? I'm wondering if Lightspeed Flash has the power to travel at the speed of light, or is faster than it, or is it just some kind of hero name?

Flashy Flash hasn't shown any of his abilities or powers in the manga or at the tv show. But in the webcomic series of ONE (the original manga), which it has a lot more chapters, we know some of his abilities and his powers.

SPOILERS

So according to the webcomic:

   One of his moves, was to fly to the enemy within milliseconds and attack him from any distance. Flashy Fist (閃光挙, Senkōken): In only a matter of milliseconds, Flash traverses the distance between himself and the opponent and unleashes a barrage of punches.

So you have to wait until to the point where the manga, will show more about this character.


When does Hina learn that her parents died? The parents of the Takanashi siblings die in a plane crash. Sora and Miu are told about this immediately, but as far as I remember in the anime, Hina was never told this. When she asks when her parents are coming back in one of the earlier episodes, the other characters don't explain this to her directly, and she doesn't understand the meaning of the funeral that they go to.

Is it ever properly explained to her why her parents aren't coming back (perhaps in one of the later light novels)?

At episode 12, since her performance at the Daycare approached, Hina began asking again when her parents will be coming, prompting the others to reveal the truth.


What is the symbol on Kakashi's ninja dogs' backs? Every one of Kakashi's ninja dogs has a symbol on its back that looks like a face:

What is this symbol and what is its meaning?

It's a pretty interesting explanation... In this wiki for Ninken (Ninja dogs):

  They all have a face-shaped design on their backs called Henohenomoheji (へのへのもへじ) — which is the sound made when all the characters in the face are put together. Appropriately enough, children use this design as the face for their scarecrows, which is "kakashi" in Japanese.

Basically, if you consider the picture you included:

The eyebrows are the Hiragana へ (he);
The eyes are the Hiragana の (no);
The nose is the Hiragana も (mo);
The mouth is another へ (he);
The head shape (kind of distorted) is the Hiragana じ (ji).

So, へのへのもへじ (henohenomoheji). The first "heno" is repeated because you have a pair of eyes and eyebrows.


Can Death Note misfire if a person changes their name and appearance to that of another person? Suppose that there is Mr. A, who received a plastic surgery to have the same face as Mr. B and changed his name to Mr. B. He uses this name for years and everyone knows him as Mr. B now. I then get to know his current face and name and write that in the Death Note. Who will die?

My personal guess would be that nobody would die. It was established at this question that despite changing names, the Death God would still see the original name. Therefore Mr. B would still show A as his real name. So if you would write down Mr. B, while thinking of Mr. A, the names would not match.

Now about having the exact same face. One could argue that Mr. B would die, because you did write down his name and did think of his face, but despite having undergone plastic surgery, your face will never be 100% exactly the same. Even with identical twins, they will have differences. That's why I believe that nothing will happen, since the Death Note probably knows you are not thinking of Mr. B, but of Mr. A, due to their faces being slightly different.


How is a guild mark removed? After failing to win, Yukino faces the anger of Sabertooth's Guild Master, Jiemma. Displeased by the failure of Team Sabertooth on the second day, Jiemma throws grapes at Yukino's head and forces her to strip, telling her to erase her guild mark,

How exactly does a person remove a guild mark? Is there a special magic for this?

We really don't know how the guild mark is removed, but Yukino do it with her own magic.
Sabertooth's Guild Master order her to remove it by her own magic and she do it.

We know that guild marks are given by stamping someone with the rubber seal like thingy. When Lucy entered the guild, Mira used this device on Lucy to give her the mark.

   In the battle Lucy vs. Flare, Flare tried to burn the guild mark. {So I think any magic can remove it}.
 Future Lucy didn't had a guild mark. {Maybe because the guild was destroyed and the guild mark also vanished or someone removed it from her}

This answer is only based on the anime :)


How much does the spider-girl show up in MonMusu? I watched the first episode of Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou. It was a thrilling experience. However, it came to my attention that one of the monster girls is, in fact, a spider-girl. My tolerance for invertebrates - and in particular, for those with too many legs - is very low. So I stopped watching MonMusu.

In order to help me evaluate whether I will be able to tolerate watching the rest of the show, I would like to know how much the spider-girl appears in the show. Answer this however you would like; some parameters that would interest me are:

When does she first appear? (i.e. are the first n episodes safe to watch?)
Is the show structured so that each girl gets her own block of episodes (like an "omnibus")? If so, which episodes are the spider-girl's episodes? (so I can avoid them)
If not, is the show structured in any other way that makes it easy to avoid the parts in which she appears? (e.g. multiple clearly delineated segments per episode?)
Roughly what fraction of the show following her first appearance has her appearing on-screen?

As mentioned in Torisuda's comment, Rachnera first appears in episode 6, but this is only right at the very end of the episode for a very short amount of time. It would be safe to say that the first 6 are spider free, the last one included so long as you turn it off right after Miia shows what she's made for dinner.
While the episodes aren't centred on one girl at each time, they all have an 'introductory episode' in which they each feature more heavily. In the case of Rachnera, this is the latter half of episode 7.
As for your other questions, I'll stick below what times she appears. The timings are taken from Crunchyroll.

Episode 6
21:18 - 21:23, 21:32 - 21:35 and 21:40 - 21:50 for a total of 18 seconds screentime. This episode should be safe to watch due to her lack of presence. The only information that you're missing out on by skipping the last few minutes is that

 The man with the camera is selling Rachnera's spider webs as thread for an easy way of making money.

Episode 7
12:53 - 12:54, 13:18 - 13:25, 13:29-13:31, in which

 the MON special forces team raid the house of the director. Rachnera escapes during this time.

plus 14:41 - 15:54, 15:58 - 16:24, 16:29 - 17:31, 17:38 - 18:20, 18:34 - 19:58, 20:23 - 20:33, 20:36 - 21:00, 21:04 - 21:09 and 21:13 - 22:10 for a combined total of 363 seconds of screentime.
During this time,

 Rachnera first torments Kimihito a little, before explaining how she didn't get along with her host family, and ended up moving in with the director from episode 6. Smith and co. surround the building the two are in, but the situation is resolved with Rachnera moving in with Kimihito and the others.

Episode 8
1:52 - 1:55, 1:57 - 2:04, 2:08 - 2:45, 3:32 - 3:35, 4:00 - 4:19, 4:32 - 5:10, 5:25 - 5:30, 8:11 - 8:40, 8:45 - 8:52, 8:54 - 9:08, 9:24 - 9:47, 9:55 - 10:17, 10:23 - 10:27, 10:33 - 10:35 and 10:45 - 11:21 in which Rachnera

 torments Kimihito, getting Cerea jealous in the process. At the end of this half, she saves Cerea and Kimihito from some thugs by tying them up.

plus 11:26 - 11:32, 12:34 - 12:46, 13:00 - 13:07, 13:30 - 14:01, 14:24 - 14:28, 15:27 - 15:34, 18:22 - 18:29, 18:38 - 18:50, 20:38 - 20:40, 20:45 - 20:47, 20:59 - 21:08 and 21:17 - 21:30 for a total of 361 seconds of screentime. In the latter half, Rachnera has no major impact on the story.

Episode 9
9:16 - 9:29, 9:32 - 10:35, 10:50 - 10:57 and 11:12 - 11:15 for a total of 86 seconds of screentime.
In which

 Rachnera and Miia climb up the side of the building the Smith and Kimihito are in, only to discover that the date is a ruse to attempt to lure out the sender of a threatening letter.

There's a nice Metal Gear Solid reference as Rachnera appears for the first time in this episode, if you can stomach a bit of spider-ness.

Episode 10
14:00 - 14:08, 14:15 - 14:21, 14:37 - 14:39, 19:02 - 19:25, 19:29 - 19:40, 19:54 - 20:09, 21:26 - 21:46, for a total of 85 seconds screentime. Rachnera has no major impact on this episode.

Episode 11
13:52 - 14:06, 14:29 - 14:35, 18:28 - 18:41, 19:35 - 19:41, 20:35 - 20:46, 21:02 - 21:06, 21:22 - 21:30, 21:31 - 21:36,  for a total of 67 seconds screentime. Rachnera again has no major impact on the story here. The only thing you might miss is

 the explanation of the Dullahan being the writer of the second letter, and that Kimihito is "on the verge of death".

Episode 12
0:09 - 0:13, 0:30 - 0:36, 0:43 - 0:49, 06:24 - 06:28, 06:31 - 06:49, 06:54 - 06:57, 07:03 - 07:10, 07:28 - 07:35, 07:38 - 07:43, 08:01 - 08:07, 08:32 - 08:35, 08:43 - 08:48, 09:00 - 09:03 and 10:36 - 10:42
In which Rachnera

 First ties up Lala the Dullahan to allow Kimihito to escape, before changing her outlook on the situation, siding with her to 'put Kimihito out of his misery without making him suffer more than he has to'. Naturally, the situation is resolved peacefully with no real harm coming to Kimihito, and the Dullahan being placed under his care.

Additionally, (notes on the Dullahan specifically)

 It's revealed that Lala doesn't really see Kimihito as one marked by death, but is instead intrigued by his ability to live through the countless near death situations from the previous episodes. The first half ends ominously, with Lala stating that while Kimihito may be safe for now, Dullahans are still omens of death.

plus 12:04 - 12:12, 12:23 - 12:32, 15:01 - 15:16 and 20:24 - 20:27 for a total of 118 seconds of screentime. In the second half of this episode, Rachnera has no major impact on the story.


Why Von Schicksal ordered to kill Lindow? In the last episode of the 2015 anime series, a man tells that Lindow was killed as he ordered. Why Von Schicksal ordered to kill Lindow?

Because lindu had been spying on von and infiltrated the 'aigis project' (probably misspelled that) and saw what Von was really doing.


What, if anything, was the early 90s anime creativity crisis? I fairly often hear or read about how the anime industry had stagnated during the early 90s. It's mostly brought up in the context of Neon Genesis Evangelion being the first influential anime in several years back then as mentioned on this answer:

Eventhough they never directly admit it, I'm sure there's some amount of influence that Evangelion had on Rahxephon, intended or not, simply because Evangelion was an incredibly influential show, at a time when it seemed anime in general was stagnating. So everything that came after that, for better or worse, could have had some influence from Evangelion.
(Emphasis mine)

Is this true? If so, what exactly was this crisis and why did it happen?

I don't know where you heard about a creativity crisis but in the early 90's there was indeed a huge crisis which weakened the anime industry for a few years, along with a lot of other industries: an economic crisis.

In the world, we more-or-less refer to this crisis as the "Early 90's recession". In a few words, it was a massive and worldwide economic crisis which started after the market crash called the "Black Monday" (Monday, October 19, 1987 to be exact).

In Japan, they specifically call this period the "Lost Decade" (sounds like an anime event, right?). I don't think economics courses interest you here so I'll just show you how hard Japanese growth crashed.

So, to summarize, Japan had huge economic troubles during that time, so it's normal that both anime quality and quantity were seriously harmed.
As this article explains, even if the number of television anime gradually recovered, because of these economic issues the whole anime industry has never recovered the greatness of the 80s.

  A slump in advertising revenue, a lower birthrate and the popularity of others forms of entertainment like video games and cell phones have led to sluggish prime time ratings and a decline in the number of anime since the peak in 2006.

I add that the death of Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy) during this period could have contributed to that "creativity crisis" you were talking about.

  To go further :
  - Osamu Tezuka
  - Black Monday
  - Lost Decade
  - Japan's GDP
  - The struggle of the anime industry


Who died in One Piece? I have been hearing a lot of people say that "Nobody dies in One Piece", yet we have seen many people die like Ace, many of the antagonists' parents, etc. So it made me curious to all the people that ever died in One Piece. The answer should not include unnamed characters and focus on introduced characters that were confirmed to have died.

Here is a total list of the deceased to this point in One Piece:

NOTE THERE ARE SPOILERS CONTAINED BELOW READ AT OWN RISK

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

          Joy Boy

K

                   Koshin

L

M

                     Mr. 7

N

O

P

R

S

T

V

   Vander Decken

W

Y

Z


Who is the evil saiyan in the Dragon Ball Heroes Anime? At the end of the Dragon Ball Heroes anime episode 1, an evil saiyan with a straitjacket appears. Who is he and which dimension does he come from?

The evil Saiyan is Kanba and he only makes a short appearance in Episode 1 where Fu refers to him as  the Evil Saiyan. In the games, Kanba is summoned with the help of the Dragon Balls which are used by Fu. They haven't revealed much such as where he exactly is from and the reason for obtaining that power. The only information we have as of now is that he possesses an unbelievable strength even superior to SSJB Goku and SSJB Vegeta. The two of them had to Potara fuse and turn Vegito Blue to fight with him. In the games, Vegito blue had to stack Kaioken on top of his blue form to fight with Kanba.


When will season 3 of Heaven's Lost Property come out? I've been wondering if season 3 for heaven's lost property would come out or if it was already out. Could direct me to the place where I could find it? If it isn't out yet, would you happen to know if it will come out and when exactly might it come out? I am a U.S. Citizen but I am currently not in the mainland. I'm at Hawaii and hopefully me telling you that might help...

The official announcement for the second film stated:

『「第３期シリーズ」として発表しておりましたが、この度シリーズ作品ではなく...2014年に劇場公開することが大決定しました！！』
"Although we had previously said there would be a third series [season], this time instead of a series...in 2014 it's been decided that there will be a theatrical release!"

A third season of the TV anime had been previously promised in the March 2012 issue of 「月刊少年エース」 (Gekkan Shounen Ace) magazine, but the film announcement corrects that to state that there will not be any further TV anime. The second film is a replacement for season three.


How does Natsuki Subaru manage to stay mentally sane? After watching his friends die over and over again, how does Natsuki Subaru stay mentally sane?

For example: watching his friend die once may already have dire consequences on him. It may emotionally break him down. But repeating it over and over is insane! His perspective on friends could change and he may distance himself due to going through the death of his friends. But how does he remain so positive and mentally sane?

Note: This contains spoilers toward recent episodes.

The simple answer: He doesn't.

The more in depth one:
He keeps up the farce of not being 'insane' by convincing himself that what he is doing is for a good cause, to "save Emilia". It's stated multiple times throughout the series by Subaru himself, that everything he is doing is for "her sake".
This gives him the motivation to keep his sanity to a certain point, though even he slips up at times, for example, when he wakes up in the bed before Ram and Rem, he appears sporadic and flustered, showing signs of being 'not sane.'

As we have seen in recent episodes (14 through 17), he has broken down his sane demeanor and become... as I'd like to put it: A Sniveling Madman. This is especially the case when he has to watch Rem mutilated before him (episode 15), as well as the moment in which he is infuriated at Otto (episode 16/early 17).


What is a modular delayed action virus? In Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series, the modular delayed action virus is mentioned quite often. Is there any explanation for what it actually is or does?

A modular delayed action virus is nothing particular. It's a virus, that is uploaded and takes action later, with a modular design, which means, that it's kind of generic, so it can be modified easily.

The term is used quite often, because different characters use such viruses very often - So there's nothing someone could say about "what it does".


Why didn't Rem die after killing Kaneboshi? In the Death Note anime, Rem kills Ginzo Kaneboshi in episode 21 to help Misa convince Higuchi that she is the second Kira. But why didn't Rem die after this? If she died after killing Watari/L, but why not after killing Kaneboshi?

That is because a Shinigami can die only if they try to extend or prolong the life of a human. In this case, Misa was not in any danger, and killing Ginzo would in no way extend Misa's life directly.

This excerpt from Wikipedia explains that Shinigami can die only by saving a human life (emphasis mine):

  Like humans, Shinigami also can die, of sorts by extending the life of a human they care about (by saving them from certain death): the
  purpose of a Shinigami is to end life, not give it, and hence saving a human is contrary to their nature. Shinigami who die in this manner are reduced to dust. Their Death Note is left behind. The other way that a Shinigami can die is that they stop writing names in their Death Note- since Shinigami take human lifespans for their own when they write a name in their Death Note, if they stop they will eventually die when their lifespan runs out.

Hope this helps :D


Live action version based purely on manga There are a lot of live actions that are based from anime. To name a few: Paradise Kiss, Kimi ni Todoke and Lovely Complex. Has there ever been a live action film that was purely based on manga, meaning without the manga becoming an anime? Or is it not possible to base a live action film purely on manga (since a manga that has its anime version defines its popularity)?

There are plenty of cases of this. Yankee-kun to Megane-chan (for some strange reason it was localized as Flunk Punk Rumble in English) is one such example of a manga which never had an anime. Jin is another example which actually had both Japanese and Korean live action versions, and again no anime version. Neither of those are technically films, but there are plenty of film cases as well, including Nana to Kaoru (no Wikipedia article) and Liar Game - The Final Stage. I know of at least 5 other cases of this (and I'm no drama expert), but I'll spare you the list because it's not terribly relevant.

There's really no reason that this should be an uncommon thing. Both dramas and anime are expensive to produce, but that isn't really a reason to produce an anime first. Very successful manga often have both drama and anime adaptations (for instance, GTO). The only reason why you see fewer dramas based on manga than anime is because the physical constraints for a live-action series are fairly limiting compared to anime. When there aren't any such issues it's pretty common for manga to be adapted only as a drama and not as an anime.

If you head on over to some site which indexes J-dramas and K-dramas, you'll find plenty more examples. One such site is mydramalist.info. Another one is mydramalist.com.

If you're only interested in J-dramas, then Wikipedia has a category for dramas adapted  from manga. Many of those don't have anime adaptations (easily a majority). For films, it seems that more of them also have anime series, but it's still roughly an even split. This list on Wikipedia is the corresponding list for films, though it does include anime films as well so you'll want to only count the "live-action" ones.


Can Brook marry a real woman and have real kids (human kids)? He can almost do everything: eat, drink, poop (Luffy asked him when they first met), etc. Brook even says by drinking milk, his broken bones heal faster. So it seems food has effect in his body.

So I was just wondering that after a certain age, all the straw hats will retire and have a family. Will Brook also be able to do so? Can Brook marry a real woman and have real kids (human kids)?

Yes

I could not find any verified references as to which of the two possibilities listed below is correct, but based off the fact that he is non-existent parts can interact with the things around him [relevant AAM question] I am leaning towards the first.

1.
Brook just acts like most people when reproducing and via the Yomi Yomi no Mi fruits powers, somehow it all just works. The sound waves in his chest bounce off something, his urine is aimed by something so it seems probable that if he just went through the motions, (whether or not his wife could feel anything) then his non-existent organs would also operate normally.

2.
This is to cover all bases, and explain why it would be possible, although admittedly not practical if he was unable to become aroused or physically respond down there. Because Brook has other liquids, it is fair to say that he does have sperm and we know that if nothing is happening, eventually Brook would have a wet dream. I would like to refer to this article about frog underpants that was placed on the frog in a very early experiment to learn about the basics of reproduction where they placed specially made underpants on the male frog, placed him with a female, waited for them to mate and then collected the frogs sperm and analysed it. Well in theory, brook could wear a similar apparatus to collect and preserve his own sperm, which could later be used by his wife to produce a child.

Plus there is always adoption


Why can Sonic become a Super Saiyan like Goku? I watched an animation about Sonic, and that hedgehog became a Super Saiyan using diamond shaped stuff.

What actually is that? How can Sonic become like that?

I think you're refering to what's commonly known as Super Sonic.

Sonic has had the ability to turn into Super Sonic using Chaos Emerald since the 2nd game. Various media have handeled this transformation in various ways (see the Wikia-page linked above), but in general he's seen as a yellow or golden version of himself. He usually gain enhanced speed and an ability to fly and/or to survive in outer space. At least in the games, this is often at expense of Rings.

The transformation is not directly linked to Super Saiyans, but it's widely believed that the game drew heavy inspiration from Dragon Ball in this regard. (No official confirmation, tough.)


If the Edo-Tensei had unlimited chakra could they use rinne rebirth to revieve themselves? If the edo tensei had unlimited chakra, couldn't they use the rinne rebirth on themselves without risks?

Simply put, the Rinne Rebirth Jutsu uses the user's life force to breathe life into another body. The user of this Jutsu inevitably dies after the completion.

An Edo Tensei reincarnation is just soul and chakra bound to a body. The soul is bound until the contract ends and the chakra is limitless.

(Thanks to @Henjin for pointing it out):
Since the Edo Tensei reincarnation does not have life force within them, they wouldn't be able to perform the jutsu.

But, considering the possibility that they have unlimited chakra and the life force requirement is overlooked, this situation would become a paradox. The user has to first deplete his life force and die, to bring himself back from the dead, all while being a reincarnation. This would mean the user wouldn't be able to complete the Rinne Rebirth jutsu, because of the limitless chakra and contract.

(note: this question sides on the "opinion based" area. But I've tried answering with the facts from the series)


How exactly is the Eye of the Moon Plan supposed to work? First, I am wondering how exactly does this plan work in the Narutoverse?

When everyone is under the genjutsu, does that mean no one is actually living their own life? Or do people live their lives and the usage of the genjutsu just eliminates pain, suffering, and war?

Will the people starve to death under this technique? And if not, are they able to reproduce? And if they can do the above two, will this technique eventually cease when Madara/Obito die?

I'm just wondering if life can still continue under this technique? If so, does the technique ever stop?

Now on a more (deeper) philosophical level, how is this plan any different from Pain's total destruction plan? Both goals of the two plans are the same. They both want to end pain, suffering, and war.

Pain wanted to cause destruction to achieve his goal. Obito / Madara wants to put the whole world under a genjutsu to achieve their goal, and they are willing to cause total destruction in the process. Is there any real difference in outcomes?

The way I see it, pain is inevitable in human life. So then why bother with the Eye of the Moon plan if you can just kill the entire planet. I'm going to assume that if they have what it takes to execute this plan, they also have what it takes to just blow up the planet / eliminate all living beings.

This then leads me to believe that Madara and Obito just have psychological problems. Is this the reason why they are proceeding with this crazy plan?

Note: This answer is based on events seen up to Chapter 651, and contains unmarked spoilers.

Since the answer is long, I will divide it into several sections, first explaining the mechanism of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, then the background and philosophy, and finally answer the specific questions.

Mechanism of the Infinite Tsukuyomi

Use Itachi's Tsukuyomi as a reference to understand the Infinite Tsukuyomi. The illusion lasts for 72 hours as per the flow of time perceived in the illusory world, but for only a moment in the real world. Powered by the Juubi/Shinju's chakra, Infinite Tsukuyomi is a superpowered version of it, in three ways:

It draws everyone's minds into the illusion.
Its illusory space is designed in great detail, as desired by the caster.
In particular, people who do not exist in the real world can be created there.
It lasts forever as per flow of time perceived in that world.
The illusion appears to last for only a moment in the real world, but since it is endless, real world time doesn't appear to advance. Moreover, since everyone's minds have been drawn into the illusion, nobody is around to perceive the flow of time. This may also be a subtle cultural reference, since Infinite Tsukuyomi uses the moon to cast the illusion, and Tsukuyomi, the Moon God is associated with the flow of time.

To understand the Moon's Eye Plan philosophy, a background of the Naruto story is useful.

Background of the Naruto story

Kishimoto originally wanted to make Naruto a seinen manga, but was advised to make it shonen, so that it could be published in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. In my opinion, it still retains its seinen core in the plot, while using shonen elements in the narrative.

Amidst the action and comedy, it has explored various elements of human nature or philosophy, and conflicts between them. The characters in the story are also used to represent such elements. A narrative primarily focused on the philosophy would lose audience interest, so it is useful to have characters represent them. For example, Naruto represents how positive thinking and hard work can overcome adversities, while Sasuke represents how revenge makes a person blind letting others use him, and so on.

Objective of achieving a peaceful world

An overarching philosophical question asked several times is, "How to achieve a peaceful world, devoid of hatred and suffering?" Various characters have attempted to answer it in their own way.

Hashirama: Distribute powers evenly between villages, so that they won't fight over it.
Jiraiya: Some day, people will truly understand each other, and hatred  will cease. I don't know how it will happen, but I believe in my student to figure it out.
Nagato: Create a powerful weapon which people will fear and stop fighting. This peace is temporary, since people eventually forget the weapon's power, so they need to be reminded again.
Naruto: I will end the cycle of revenge and justice, which will lead to peace somehow.
Madara: Create a perfect world free of winners and losers, which will end hatred and suffering.

Motivation for the Moon's Eye Plan

Madara lost all his brothers in the war. He lost the Hokage title to Hashirama. His own clan rejected him when he wanted to protect them (according to him). He also lost to Hashirama at the Valley of the End. He then read the world history at the Uchiha shrine, which described how Kaguya Ootsutsuki ended all existing conflicts by eating the Shinju's forbidden fruit, but it only led to more conflicts. He realised that a world which creates winners also creates losers, such a world would always be at conflict, and any effort to end the conflict would cause more conflict. He was convinced that there is no hope to achieve peace in the real world, and hence, decided to achieve it in an illusory world.

Obito initially rejected Madara's plan, but seeing how the ninja system led to Rin's death made him lose hope in the real world, and convinced him to accept Madara's plan of creating an illusory peaceful world, where Rin doesn't have to die.

Answers to the specific questions

  When everyone is under the genjutsu, does that mean no one is actually
  living their own life? Or do people live their lives and the usage of
  the genjutsu just eliminates pain, suffering, and war?

  Will the people starve to death under this technique? And if not, are
  they able to reproduce? And if they can do the above two, will this
  technique eventually cease when Madara/Obito die?

  I'm just wondering if life can still continue under this technique? If
  so, does the technique ever stop?

As explained above, the illusion lasts forever as per time perceived in the illusory world. The real world becomes irrelevant once the illusion starts.

  Now on a more (deeper) philosophical level, how is this plan any
  different from Pain's total destruction plan?

Pain's plan was to achieve peace in the real world through the fear of a powerful weapon, although the peace is temporary. Madara's Moon's Eye Plan gives people no choice, they are forced into the peaceful world permanently. In my opinion, the Moon's Eye Plan represents the philosophy that peace is a state of mind, while the body is unimportant, since it draws people's minds into peace (albeit an illusory one), while their bodies left in the real world become irrelevant.

As a side note, Pain's plan seems influenced by the atom bomb in our world, though the author hasn't stated it explicitly.

  Why bother with the Eye of the Moon plan if you can just kill the entire planet.

The difference between the two could be a long philosophical discussion unto itself, so I will cut it short using an analogy. To end a lung tumour patient's suffering, you could do:

Remove the tumour (Naruto's solution)
A lung transplant (Moon's Eye Plan)
Kill the patient (this question's suggestion)

Analogies are often misleading, but the key point is that the Moon's Eye Plan wants to create a peaceful world, which everyone can experience, which destroying the world cannot achieve.

  This then leads me to believe that Madara and Obito just have psychological problems. Is this the reason why they are proceeding with this crazy plan?

There is nothing inherently crazy about wanting to escape the pains of reality in one's dreams, since this is quite common human nature. The following Calvin and Hobbes strip is one popular instance. Bill Watterson's cat, Sprite, died in real life around that time, and he realised that he could be always be with his cat in his dreams.

Concluding that Madara or Obito have psychological problems is a stretch, or subjective at best. In our world, it is quite common for one person to experience a problem, and then try to solve it for everyone. Madara or Obito could easily solve only their problem using Izanagi, Rinne Tensei, or limiting the Tsukuyomi illusion only to themselves.

Lastly, the war also represents the conflict between Madara/Obito's philosophy and Naruto's philosophy, and we know that Naruto would eventually win in some way. This could be Kishimoto's way of giving us another moral, that trying to solve real world's problems through an illusion is futile, and they should be solved in the real world.


Why did EVA Unit 01 only accept Shinji as its pilot? In the anime, after Shinji leaves NERV, Gendo transfers Rei to EVA Unit 01, with the dummy plug as the backup system. However, EVA Unit 01 rejects these two outright, refusing the connection altogether. But when Zeruel attacks Dogma HQ, EVA Unit 01 comes back online and engages the Angel, with Shinji as its pilot.

My question is this, why did EVA Unit 01 reject the other two's connection but allow Shinji to connect on the first try?

EVA Unit 01 contains the soul of Yui Ikari, who disappeared during a contact experiment: in ep. 20, after Shinji achieves a high synchronisation rate and is absorbed into LCL in the EVA Unit, he comes into contact with his mother, and Gendo also makes a statement during one of these refusals that indicates a connection with Yui. Thus Unit 01's refusal to work with anyone or anything other than Shinji is linked to Yui's mother-child relationship with Shinji (a relationship she has with neither Rei nor an empty dummy plug) and Yui's own preferences.


Juubi and Rikudou's brother? From the current chapters of Naruto, it is revealed, that Rikudou Sennin has a brother who also sealed the juubi in himself. That means there are two juubis in the world. If Madara has/had control of one of them, where could the other be hidden? His presence in the world for now is speculation. But as the Rabbit Goddess had Byakugan, this could mean that this brother may have been the Hyuuga's ancestor, which would mean Senju, Uchiha, and Hyuuga are indeed related, but Hyuuga and Uchiha could never be able to use the other's doujutsu, because of difference in ancestor.

So in essence, I'm asking, where could the second Juubi presumably be, is it not possible that the brother is the Hyuuga ancestor? For now this is all speculation, but I have a feeling that Kishimoto will end this series with a few plot holes, so I want to see other users' ideas on these questions.

I don't think there are two Juubis, because in the final clash between Ten-Tails and Kaguya's sons, Hagoromo and Hamura, they managed to defeat the beast and sealed it within Hagoromo. However, knowing that his death would unleash the Ten-Tails back into the world where it would continue its rampage and reclaim the chakra that humanity now possesses, Hagoromo separated the monster's chakra from its body and used his Creation of All Things ability to create the nine ,tailed beasts. Hagoromo then used Chibaku Tensei to seal the Ten-Tails' husk, i.e the moon.


Why didn't Hanekawa want to go home during Mayoi Snail? During the Mayoi Snail arc in Bakemonogatari we eventually learn that Senjōgahara couldn't see Hachikuji while Araragi could, because only those who didn't want to return home would be able to see her.

But while Araragi was waiting for Senjōgahara to get back from seeing Oshino, Hanekawa turns up and is able to see Hachikuji. Later in Tsubasa Cat we learn that the stress which caused Black Hanekawa to appear was from Hanekawa's repressed feeling for Araragi and not from family problems which caused Black Hanekawa's original appearance.

So I am wondering, was there a particular reason why Hanekawa didn't want to go home or were things getting worse between her and her parents?

In the middle of the last episode of the "Mayoi Snail" arc, we are told that Araragi is being led astray by Hachikuji after he didn't want to go home, because he was:

  feeling awkward because it's Mother's Day, fought with [his] sister, and didn't want to go home

Moreover, past 14 minutes into the episode:

  The condition for encountering a lost cow is to have a desire not to go home. But everyone feels that way at some point. After all, everyone has family problems.

So it doesn't have to be a particularly strong lack of desire to go home -- it doesn't have to be something "big" enough to lead to another appearance of Black Hanekawa.

Having thus obtained an explanation for why he saw Hachikuji from Senjougahara, Araragi thinks of Hanekawa, and concludes to himself that Hanekawa was able to see Hachikuji because of her family problems:

  And so did [Hanekawa]. Carrying the weight of bad blood and strain within her family . . .

So it simply looks like while Hanekawa's stress with her parents dissipated somewhat after the first Black Hanekawa possession, the underlying problems were never resolved. For instance, in the beginning of "Tsubasa Tiger", which is in the second season of the series and which is after Bakemonogatari

   we learn that Hanekawa (still) doesn't have a room of her own in her house, and sleeps on the floor

So, at the very least, it looks like Araragi thinks that Hanekawa's ability to see Hachikuji is entirely to be expected, and not a cause for concern about new developments. It's possible that Hanekawa is keeping her friend in the dark about things -- if I'm not mistaken, in the "Suruga Monkey" arc, we see her lying to Araragi about where she is. But even if something new has come up between her and her parents, it probably isn't anything out of the ordinary, at least in that we never see any more detail go into this in the anime and in that it never turns into a massive crisis on its own.


Why are all magicians female? In Brynhildr in the Darkness, all of the magicians seem to be female - but there doesn't seem to be a reason for this (in the manga at least).

If we look at Okamoto Lynn's other work, Elfen Lied, he explains that male Diclonius are possible, but lack the vectors that the females have due to inbreeding. This explains why they are not that commonly seen in the series. I haven't been able to find a similar reason for Brynhildr though.

Reference for Elfen Lied

Is there any similar reasoning for why all the magicians are female in Brynhildr?

The magicians are all female to give the main character a harem of course.

It's not explained as to why all the magicians are only female. This could be due to compatibility issues with the alien monsters, or it could simply be personal preference on the kidnappers part, we don't know.


Who are these two girl figures? I am trying to identify these girls for a friend. Any lead would be most appreciated.

As @Alchemist already pointed out the first figurine is Erika Sendou from the anime series Fortune Arterial.

The second figurine is a swimsuit version of the character Al Azif from the anime/game Kishin Houkou Demonbane.


Why are there censored/retracted art when there is no problem In some episode shorts they retract some parts, while i can understand if they infringe on other ip they retract part of the title for a Dragon Quest Game however the anime is a collaborative work with Square Enix so it doesn't make sense as to why they would retract it

also, in the short where Motoharu is killing bugs they're blurred out but in the extra episode their not

so why are some stuff censored/retracted when there really isn't any reason for it

I think the Dragon Quest thing was just a joke, supposed to look like any other anime using a protected name or trademark the anime is not licensed to use (even if it wouldn't cause problems, like in this case).

And the bugs were blurred out to let the viewers imagine for themselves how scary or disgusting they are, only giving the basic shape, color and such. This is a commonly used scare tactic in horror games and movies (though not necessarily pixellation, but some other blurring technique).

(converted from comment with 3 points, since no other answers have been posted)


What is the meaning behind Tsukihi's pose 17 minutes into in episode 1 of Tsukimonogatari? When Tsukihi is taking a bath together with Koyomi, she played with the foam and struck a pose while saying [都条例]【とじょうれい】 (or so I think, based on the translation). Koyomi said it was scary and splashed some water on Tsukihi to wash all the soap away.

Below is the image of the relevant scene (NSFW):

What is the meaning of Tsukihi's pose here? And why did Koyomi freak out like that?

Yeah, what Tsukihi said was 都条例 tojourei, which is the short name of the "Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance Regarding the Healthy Development of Youths" (also called "Bill 156"). This ordinance underwent a major revision in 2010 that substantially expanded its scope. In particular, it required publishers located in Tokyo Metropolis to self-regulate and prevent the publication of "manga, anime, and other images (except for real-life photography)" that "unjustifiably glorify or exaggerate" certain sexual or pseudo sexual acts.

This bill was obviously targeted at the anime/manga/etc. industry (given the exemption for real-life photography). And, of course, the industry (which is largely based in Tokyo) was not a fan of this - this ordinance has been a hot-button topic for some time now. I'm pretty sure that the whole ending of the Kenzen Robo Daimidaler anime was a reaction to it.

In practice, the law has not been very strongly enforced. As of mid-2012, no works had been actually deemed "harmful", though I believe a small number (single digits) were deemed "harmful" in 2013. But anyway:

  What is the meaning of Tsukihi's pose here?

Glorifying a pseudo-sexual act, I guess. The pose isn't a reference to anything in particular; the only previous examples of it I was able to find were a few things on pixiv (one, two; NSFW) doing drawings based on the description in the light novel (chapter 004; keep in mind that the light novel was written in Sept 2012, nearly two years after the revised ordinance was passed). More generally, this is a pretty prototypical example of the kind of thing that could have been subject to scrutiny or outright banned had the "non-existent youths" provision of the bill gone through.

  And why did Koyomi freak out like that?

Well, here is his internal monologue immediately after Tsukihi does her pose:

  Don't poke fun at it!

  Panicking, I dumped the washbowl on her. The soap was washed away. I think that made it worse, at least as far as the Metropolitan Ordinance is concerned. But still, I was of the opinion that covering up bits and pieces was far less wholesome.

  Nudity is healthful and artistic.

I don't really know what to extract from that. Perhaps he was breaking the fourth wall and was worried that the government's censors would shut them down?


What is the song playing near the end of S2E24 of My Hero Academia? Near the end of season 2 episode 24 of My Hero Academia, there's a song playing at the point where All Might pin Bakugo with his foot and holds Deku by the wrist as he is struggling to get out. Bakugo gets a moment including a flashback where he realizes how All Might is the highest wall in the world and the greatest hero.
What is this song?

Check this link out. It has the complete OST of season 2. You might find what you are looking for here: https://soundcloud.com/crowface-368639517/sets/my-hero-academia-season-2-complete-ost


Which song plays in episode 56 at 11:32 There's a song at around 11:32 that I really want to know but can't find.

I've looked at the sound track and can't find it.
I've looked nearly everywhere but to no source!

I'm pretty sure this sound track does not actually have a name. You can find it by googling ~ BLEACH OST - Shiro Sagisu - BL_86.  I think BL_86 was the official title of this sound track.

Youtube video with soundtrack

Edit: Upon further diggin. BL_86 is the offical title of this soundtrack. It appears in Bleach 5th Anniversary Box CD 1.


What would happen if a master won the Holy Grail War but didn't have any wish? In Fate series, what would happen if a master won the Holy Grail War but did not have any wish for the Holy Grail and did not destroy it? What would happen then?

Quite simply the Servant will demand their wish to be granted

  Although too powerful to be controlled by humans, they are bound by three Command Spells, representing the Masters' "right to rule" over them, with obedience towards the Command Spells being the "absolute condition required for materialization." Due to the prospect of having a wish granted by the Holy Grail, it also serves as an incentive to cooperate with the Master

Source: Servant > Nature (4th Paragraph)

Servants are summoned from the Throne of Heroes with the promise of their own wish being granted and as Rin explains in the Visual Novel to Shirou, it is only the Servants who can use the Holy Grail as such Masters who want their own wish granted need to have 1 Command Spell remaining to force the Servant to grant their wish over the Servants.

Some Servant's wish is granted by being summoned such as Diarmuid Ua Duibhne who wanted to serve a lord again while with some Masters the Wish from the Grail is not their goal such as Waver who wanted to win as proof that his was as good of a Magus as they of the bloodline families while Tohsaka Tokiomi wanted to use the Grail as a means to reach The Root, not to wish for a way there. one can also suspect that the Einzberns wanted the same since that's where they would reclaim the 5th Magic.

however post 3rd Fuyuki War even if a Master or Servant had no wish from the Grail, it would default to Angra Mainyu's as his was already in the process of being granted. wishes made after that point was more Angra Mainyu using the Grail's power to grant the wish itself (ie. how the process of Kiritsugu's wish was described to him in Fate/Zero)

In the event of no Wish by anyone i would suspect the energy would be saved up and anew Holy Grail War would start sooner. this is sorta like what happened between the 4th and 5th wars yet some of that energy was spilled out in the form of the Black Mud but there was still enough to cut the wait time to the next war to less than a decade.

however the chances of no one having a wish is very very very low. Diarmuid was probably a rare case for not having a wish for after the war so there will very likely always be a Servant who would want their wish granted while Masters are actually chosen by the Grail. while the choosing process is not clear we could think that they all have to desire the Grail's use. Shirou being chosen could be explained by his ideal to be a hero


What exactly is a "Light Novel"? I am only familiar with this term when I know about the anime.

Is this term only used in Japan?

Sometimes I read light novels on the internet but I never see the book myself. How is a light novel different from a regular novel? Except for light novels being... light, are there any other differences?

And usually I see the cover done in a manga-style drawing:

Are light novels used exclusively for anime or manga adaptations?
Are there any light novels that do not use manga-style drawings?

I tried to search "Light novel cover" and the result is as expected:

What is a light novel?

A light novel is a style of Japanese novel targeting teenagers and young adults. These novels contain mostly illustrations in anime or manga style. They are usually published in bunkobon size (A6 – 105 x 148mm). Light novels are not very long. The length is comparable to a novella in US publishing terms.

Light novels are very popular in Japan as you can see in Japanese bookstores.

Where does the term come from and what does it mean?

The word “light novel” is actually not an English word. It is a wasei-eigo (literally translated “Japanese-made English”) which is a Japanese term formed from words in the English language.

The term is everywhere used where you read such novels. In Japan you will use the word raito noberu (sometimes also ranobe or rainobe as an abbreviation) which is the Japanese term of light novel.

In the western culture light novels are normally called Japanese Novella.

What is the difference between a novel and a light novel?

In short: Light Novels are usually shorter and they also contain few illustrations. In addition they are easier to read. This is particular because the text contains much simpler and easier to read modern kanji.

The illustrations are mostly at the beginning of capitals or when a new characters respectively a new place is described. On the picture below you see an example on how a light novel is build up. Left an image from the scene and to the right the text to read.

In typical light novels you will find mostly black and white illustrations. But today you also find many novels that include colored illustrations.

Why is a light novel styled like an anime or manga?

The reason because light novels are styled like anime or manga is because of their history and they are actually from Japan.

  Light novels are an evolution of pulp magazines. To please their
  audience, in the 1970s, most of the Japanese pulp magazines, which had
  already changed from the classic style to the popular anime style
  covers, began to put illustrations in the beginning of each story and
  included articles about popular movies, anime and video games.

  The narrative evolved to please the new generations and became fully
  illustrated with the popular style. The popular serials are printed in
  novels.

  In recent years, light novels' stories have been popular choices for
  adaptation into manga, anime, and live-action films, though in the
  case of the former two, usually only the first two novels are adapted.

Information from wikipedia, englishlightnovels, animanga.wikia, tvtropes.

Pictures from englishlightnovels, afrobonzai.unblog.


What are these three references from episode 9? In episode 9, there are these three references I didn't get:

The first one is around minute 5, when Tomoko goes to see Yuu-chan at her uncle's café. She sees the names of two cakes ("Tarte Chiboust au Caramel" and "Bijou des Rois"), and then says this:

The second is around minute 15, when Tomoko is cleaning her stuff up. She wonders why her brother is trying to be better than her at everything, then says the following:

She then says "I'm gonna make him cry for this."
The third one is around minute 17, when Tomoko is cleaning her stuff up and finds the cicada shells. She remembers why they were there, says "A memory best left forgotten", and then:

What do these three different situations refer to?

Fujiya (不二家) and Ginza Cozy Corner (銀座コージーコーナー), Japanese pastry/cake shop franchises
Kenshiro, from Fist of the North Star, for the Big Dipper
Shoko-tan, for her cicada-based fashion


Did the Shinsekai Yori anime cover all of the material in the light novel? Did the Shinsekai Yori anime cover all of the material in the light novel?

Is there more content past episode 25, and would there be more content to continue the series?

There's no content "past episode 25", per se - the novel1 ends just where the anime does, with Saki putting Squealer out of his misery, and finishing with a mention of the sign in the academy that reads 「想像力こそが、すべてを変える」 ("Imagination can change everything"). As such, there isn't any content on which one could base a sequel.

However, it isn't quite the case that the anime covered all the material in the novel - clocking in at around 950 pages of dense prose2, the novel contained many bits and pieces that didn't make it into the anime.

Some of this is probably because of restrictions on the kinds of content that can be shown on TV - e.g. somewhere around what would be episode 8, Saki witnesses Satoru and Shun having sex, and this is described in the novel in great detail (though not in a salacious way).

Most omissions, though, were probably just because of constraints on the amount of time available to the anime - Shinsekai Yori is an incredibly detail-rich story, and translating all that detail to the screen would require far more than just 25 episodes of anime. Remember how we got nearly a full episode of infodump from the false minoshiro in episode 4? That's the cut-down-for-TV version of that scene. In the novel, the false minoshiro speaks for around twice as long.

1 Do note that Shinsekai Yori is an actual novel, not a light novel.

2 In the one-volume edition, anyway.


Why is the new series called 2014? So I noticed that the new season of fairy-tail came out as Fairy Tail (2014), and wondered why they decided to name it like this.

I know a similar name has been used for the remake of hunter-x-hunter and I have been told they named it (2011) here as it is a remake in higher quality. But I dont see any quality changes, and neither is it a remake of the original Fairy Tail. But rather a continuation on the story told.

So why was the new Fairy Tail Season called Fairy Tail (2014) ?

Since it is conventional for English-language anime-listing sites (e.g. MAL) to treat a break in airing as marking the end of one series and the start of another, you need some way to differentiate between the series that ended before the break and the one that started after.

In the case of something like Naruto, the second part had a different title ("Shippuuden"), which makes the task of naming the new season easy (i.e. just call it what it is). Since Fairy Tail was called "Fairy Tail" both before and after the break in airing, you need some way to distinguish between the two series on the anime-listing sites. Using the year in which the series started airing is as good a way as any.

I should emphasize that this is purely an artefact of the way that sites like MAL name series. As far as the people producing Fairy Tail are concerned, the episodes that started airing this month are part of the same series as the episodes that aired from 2009-2013. If, for example, you consult the timetable for TV Tokyo, which airs Fairy Tail, you will see that this week's episode is listed as:

  ＦＡＩＲＹ ＴＡＩＬ ～フェアリーテイル～「妖精軍師」

This is the same title that was used for the show before the break in airing (the last bit is the episode title "Yousei Gunshi", something like "Fairy Tactician").


What is Lupin III's nationality? Apparently, in Lupin III: Green Vs. Red, Zenigata is seen with a file that states Lupin's place of birth as unknown. However, according to this page, this particular work is not considered canon.

Lupin often refers to himself as French, Zenigata often says he's Japanese and on one occasion Lupin himself stated he's half-French, half-Japanese.
We know both his grandfather and father were French, but we know nothing about his mother (at least I think not).

Is there any source that states where he was born, what his mother's nationality is, or anything else that might suggest his nationality?

Most of the sources stated that Lupin III is half-French, half-Japanese - sources: 1, 2, 3, 4. There are also sources that state that his nationality is unknown - sources: 1, 2. But according to this:

  Lupin is half-French, half-Japanese, though Monkey Punch, Lupin's creator himself said (in materials to promote the first Lupin movie) that he considered Lupin to be of no nationality – a citizen of the world.


Is it possible for a magical knight to increase his amount of mana in Black Clover? In Black Clover, some magic knights run out of mana quickly after a few spells and others can use a lot of spells because "they have a lot of mana". How does this people to have a lot of mana? Can they train to increase it? Is the mana you are born with the only mana you'll ever have?

To summarize the question, Is it possible for a magical knight to increase his amount of mana in Black Clover?

It isn't possible for a magic knight to increase the amount of mana they have. Though a few very skilled magic knights can use a skill called mana zone which lets them use more mana than they have by taking mana from the environment. Their mana doesn't increase as they grow but the number of spells they have and the complexity and power of the spells does increase. They can also control their mana better which leads to greater power as shown by Yuno and his Spirit Dive.


What's the name of the song from My Hero Academia season 3 episode 9? It's the song that plays around 3:50 of s3 e9. I know it's been played on the show before. Another episode it was in was season 3 episode 1 when Todoroki was reminiscing at the pool. I believe I heard it before that as well. It is pretty soft and has a woman in the background.

Referencing against Episode 1 of Season 3 around 15:55, I believe it's included in the soundtrack for Boku no Hero Academia 2, Disc 2, Track 5: Kimi wo Koete (君を超えて).


Raye Penber's fiancée's part opens up a loophole in DeathNote Raye Penber's fiancée who had come to give the tip about Kira (she deduced most of the Kira's tactics even before L!), and Light Yagami's encounter was missed by the receptionist/L at the police head quarters.

Both were seen discussing about telling her theory to Light's father in front of the two receptionist before she became missing. Most police head quarters have CCTV cameras attached, so it should have been used by the police to get a clue about her before she went missing the day she visited the police. If she was alive after that day, she would have tried to visit the police head quarters again.

As per receptionists/ CCTV cameras she was last seen with Light and Light offering her to give the tip, so he can on behalf of her tell it to his father, even offering his phone. At least the initial investigation should have started with interrogating Light about her. How was this scenario missed by L and his Team? Is this not a goof?

To L and the investigators, Naomi Misora is only missing

  Light writes down Naomi's name, resulting in her death by suicide. Her body is never found due to the specifications made by Light in the Death Note.

Source: Naomi Misora - Plot (Last Paragraph)

Given that Light specified that she would commit suicide and when L sees Naomi's photo they still don't know that Kira can kill besides a heart attack, there's no way to connect Naomi's disappearance to Kira.

If L was to take a leap of faith and pull out the CCTV footage showing Light with Naomi, what can they do then? Light had a legitimate reason for being at Police Headquarters (in fact it was by pure chance that Light ran into her there, it wasn't planned like with Raye) and if they questioned him, Light could just as easily said he noticed that she seemed depressed and tried to help her which would backup the suicide if they discovered her body.


What happened to the Ring of Andvari? I just finished watching all four seasons of Zero no Tsukaima, I don't know if I missed something, but I couldn't find an answer to this question.

After the battle at Lagdorian Lake (at episode 9, season 1), Saito promised to give back the Ring of Andvari to the Holy Water Spirit in exchange for "the tear of a water elemental", that was needed to create an antidote.

This ring was with Sheffield at first place, but after she loses it, who take possession of it? Was it ever returned to the Water spirit?

The anime covers the encounter with the water spirit in episode nine of season one.
While asking the spirit about getting the ingredient (a part of her body), Montmorency informs Saito that the spirit is immortal, and so has a different perception of time. After later learning that she is seeking the ring of Andvari, Saito immediately promises to find and return the ring.
Guiche mocks him, saying a spirit won't trust some non-mage commoner it's never met. The spirit immediately agrees, saying that Gandalfr has kept his promises before, so he can be trusted. She hands over the ingredient in the same action.
At this stage they do not know what "Gandalfr" really is, but the mission is accomplished. When Montmorency questions him why he would so casually agree to it, saying how he'll find it one day, he points out that since the spirit is immortal it won't really mind if it takes years for him to complete the quest.
The ring remains unreturned in the novels. You can expect it to remain that way forevermore:

We regret to report that Zero no Tsukaima's creator has passed away from his long battle with cancer. May he find rest in Halkeginia.
Noboru Yamaguchi R.I.P
11/2/72-4/4/13


Is Gekko Moriah human? Obviously, Gekko Moriah is pretty funky looking.  I understand that his horns and wings are articles of clothing but his size, neck, and leek-like appearance are strange.  In a forum discussing fan theories concerning the nature of "minkmen" someone wrote that Oda confirmed Moriah to be a human (as opposed to fishman or snakeneck) and therefore "anything is possible".  I've been unable to find his source.

I am not asking if Moriah is a snakeneck or minkmen as I believe they have not yet been shown/identified by official sources.  What I am asking is: are there any official sources that identify whether Moriah is human?

This is all we know about him being a human :-

  Moriah is a gargantuan person with very distinct devil-like features.
  Standing at 22' 7'' in height, he is the tallest among the
  Shichibukai. His animal theme is that of a gecko based off his name,
  general appearance and the collar of his shirt bearing a resemblance
  to a lizard's frilled neck. His overall design resembles a giant leek

Wiki Source


Is an uncensored release of "Dakara, Boku wa H! ga Dekinai" released yet Due to the extreme amount of unclothed female chests in Dakara, Boku wa H! ga Dekinai, those black stripes almost killed the fun of watching the series.

I would rather have the godiva hair (they did it in some shots), or the lens flare/mist of the first episodes, or even the barbie doll treatment, but those black strips were too much in the last episodes.

I am aware that probably the DVD are uncensored, if that is the case, I just want to confirm it.

All six BD/DVD volumes of Dakara, Boku wa H ga Dekinai have been released in Japan, and Volume 6 was released on February 20th, 2013. The BD version is uncensored as far as it is allowed for a non R18+ work.

Here are a few comparison screenshots from Kira Reviews. TV version on the left, uncensored BD version on the right. Both images are from volume 1 (episode 1 and 2).


How much time does the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime cover? I was always confused with something in the original (2003) Fullmetal Alchemist anime.

When Elric brothers have helped the Hughes' when Alicia was born, that happened around the same time when Edward have become a State Alchemist. If I know well, he was 12 in that time. It was in episode 6.

Most of the following episodes (Barry incident, the Chimaera, etc.) seems to cover a relatively short time. However, later it was mentioned that Ed is 14-15 years old. And also, I'm absolutely sure that it was true at the time when Hughes was murdered.

Which is the exact timeline order of the event in the episodes? First episode is obviously an introducing one, and second is the beginning of everything, and then?

Also, how is it possible that Edward looks totally the same in Episode 6 (where he was 12) and in Episode 50, for example (where he was 15)?

Please note: Much of this information does not apply to Brotherhood.

The order of episodes goes something like this:

Episode 1 flashback

Transmutation of Trisha

Episode 28 flashbacks

Initial alchemy training under Izumi
Pre-automail for Edward

Episodes 3 through 9

Barry the Chopper
Shou Tucker and Nina
Etc.

Episodes 1, 2, and 10 through 51 (not counting flashbacks)

Main story

The Conqueror of Shamballa

I have missed a few brief flashbacks here, but this is the general idea. You can use Edward's age, somewhat, as a marker of time passing. He is ~11 in the flashbacks of their mother, 12 during his State Alchemist qualification, and turns 15 prior to the main story (the incident in Lior, etc.). He is 18 during The Conqueror of Shamballa. (This is shown by 14-year-old Al reverting to being 10 years old, then aging to 13 when Eckhart starts breaking into Amestris. Since he is one year younger, and would be 17, Ed is about 18.)

Here is a handy chart for a full comprehensive view of the series (click to enlarge, or click here for the spreadsheet). Note that Edward does have a birthday in the main timeline, when he turns 16.

(Orange = pre-anime; yellow = flashbacks; green = anime series; blue = post-anime)

To address your point about Ed's appearance: Edward doesn't actually look the same at 12 as he does at 15. At 12, his eyes are slightly larger and his face is a bit rounder, save for his chin, giving him an overall slightly younger and more innocent look. It's not generally noticeable in the more zoomed-out shots, but it's there. (Also remember that, to perpetuate the "shorty"/"chibi" jokes, he couldn't grow much, so all the changes are facially.)

(Left: 12-year-old Ed, episode 4, 6:45; Right: 15-year-old Ed, episode 10, 13:50)