Guy becomes immortal after kissing a girl I am looking for the name of a certain anime I saw when I was younger. It was about a guy who was fleeing into the mountains for some reason. In these mountains he found a woman. After kissing her he found out that he became immortal and lived for thousands of years. I also remember that the moment they kissed he would feel inhuman pain for 3 consecutive days.

Edit:
I can't properly remember the art style or the music used. I am sure it was a series around 12 episodes. I watched it subbed and don't believe there was any dubbed version (I don't really watch those so didn't pay attention to that). I believe it was a Madhouse production but I can't tell that for sure. The moment I started watching it had just about ended and I believe the end was a bit of a vampire-like story or at least hinted at a vampire-like plot.

I remembered a bit more about the plot: it was set in medieval times between 1200 and 1400, I think. But halfway through the plot, he loses consciousness and stays so for 1000 years and ends up in a post-apocalyptic Japan where he starts to search for his beloved (the one who kissed and made him immortal). Also it was not 2007 when I watched it but the end of 2008. I read the manga in 2007.

This sounds somewhat similar to Kurozuka.

  The series begins in 12th century Japan and centers on Kuro, a character based loosely on the legendary Japanese swordsman Minamoto no Yoshitsune. Kuro and his servant, Benkei, meet a beautiful and mysterious woman named Kuromitsu while on the run from Kuro's elder brother, who seeks his life. Kuromitsu and Kuro fall in love, but he soon discovers that she harbors a terrible secret: she is a vampiric immortal. Following an attack by his pursuers, Kuro is badly injured and must imbibe Kuromitsu's blood to save his own life. Kuro is then betrayed and attacked by Benkei, who has been subverted by a shadowy organization called the Red Army, and Kuro's head is severed, which interferes with his transformation into a fully immortal being.
  Kuro loses consciousness and wakes up centuries later in a post-apocalyptic, dystopian Japan. The surviving citizens have fallen under constant oppression by the Red Army, and Kuro is quickly found and recruited by an underground revolutionary movement called Haniwa. The remaining episodes follow Kuro's fight with the Red Army and its host of elite warriors, who have been enhanced by samples of Kuromitsu's blood, and his quest to find his inexplicably lost love.

The anime is also by Madhouse from 2008.


Why weren't the Titans visible when the Armored Titan broke through Wall Maria? How come in the first episode when the Armored Titan breaks through Wall Maria, there aren't any Titans visible

   given that the wall is made of Titans?

When Eren battles the Female Titan later on

   the Titans in the wall are easily visible.

Was this due to the story having not developed to this point or is there another explanation?

It was noted later that the gate is the weakness of the walls. Why?

   Because there is no Hardened Titan inside, unlike the rest of the walls.

Which is why Colossal Titan targeted it in the first place. Because of this, when Armored Titan charges in, no Titan was shown inside the wall.


Why did Hajime Nagumo entered a second Labyrinth? Hajime Nagumo wish was to escape the labyrinth he was in and then go home. Why then did he enter a second Labyrinth with Yue after that?

After they were summoned, the Pope Ishtar told them that regular people can't perform interdimensional magic, that the God Ehit was the one who summoned them, and only he could bring them back to their world.

When they find Oscar Orcus' remains in his hideout at the end of the first labyrinth and are bestowed with Creation Magic (an Age of Gods Magic), they are told that the other labyrinths also contain other Age of Gods Magics, so Hajime deduces that his best chance at finding a way back home is collecting the Age of Gods Magic sealed in the labyrinths in the off-chance that one of them has some sort of inter-dimensional application.


Why do anime (in general) have so much time in between seasons? Many shows in America (I am using the US as example because I live here) have TV shows announced almost right away. There aren't usually gaps of more than a year in between seasons.

However, for anime, there are usually several years gaps in between seasons. For example, Attack on Titan has a couple of years in between seasons, and the Fate series had several years in between all of them.

Is this because they aren't very popular, or is it due to a different reason?

There are sooo many anime series (and manga for that matter), that broadcasting companies don't know which will be hits and which won't be at the time of establishing a contract with a studio.

The fact is, when a studio gets the green light to do a series, it is typically one season; that is, with the exception of some of the Jump comics that have long-running series (e.g. Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, and so on).

So when the studio gets the green light to start production, the number of episodes is already decided. For some, this is enough to do a full story arc and have a clean ending. Others end more openly or on a cliffhanger. This can drive the audience to pick up the manga to see how the story continues, or to the hopes of the studio, the popularity will be high enough that the audience will request or demand a second season. This is evident in the recent Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) boom.

This is also true for Japanese dramas. Typically, they are all one season. And if there is a second season, it comes much later because the studio and the TV broadcasting company weren't originally planning to make a second or third season from the get-go. This means you also have to account for production time between the seasons too.

Hope that helps. (My only reference is that I lived in Japan for over 5 years and saw this happening a lot and heard about it in the news.)


How did Japonism, if at all, affect manga/anime? While researching my own question How important was the invention of blue towards anime?, I landed relatively quickly on Hokusai, which was one of the key instigators of Japonisme.

  Japonisme, is the study of Japanese art and artistic talent. Japonisme affected fine arts, sculpture, architecture, performing arts and decorative arts throughout Western culture

Although Japonisme mainly influenced the European art, it also had an effect on the Japanese art scene.

So did Japonisme also lead to, or influence the creation of manga/anime as we know it nowadays?

Short answer is no. Beyond making the world aware of the early, pre-war concept of manga, there is little to nothing to do with modern post-war manga. The influences are just a footnote in history in terms of European art movements.

Post-war manga we know as manga today is starkly different from  the prototypical  manga of the type, such a the compiled work of Hokusa Manga.


Does Sebastian have feelings for Ciel? The title is a bit misleading, because I am not talking about love.

I have watched the two seasons (and haven't read the manga).
In the second season, Sebastian hints that he "feels" degraded since he has to be a butler just to get Ciel's delicious soul. But since I've read the second season isn't canon. I doubted it.

I was wondering if this is actually true or if he has feelings towards Ciel. As in he is loyal towards Ciel and would never betray him. Some kind of friendship or something like that if you know what I mean.

Sebastian is never "pissed off" by orders from Ciel or anything and always smiles. Something I wouldn't expect from a devil.

It is intentionally vague, so this question is more asking for opinion

You can decide if you think they are friends or if you think he is proud to have cultivated a tasty contract


Are the final fantasy mangas spinoffs or retellings? I have played several of the Final Fantasy games and know that many of them have manga counterparts.

Having finished the games, I wouldn't overly want to read a retelling of the story I spent hours grinding through. However, If they are spin off stories I would be interested in reading them as I enjoy the interesting characters and fantasy world.

Do the manga series retell the games' stories or do they have alternate content in them?

There are indeed allot of manga/novel/manwha adaptions of Final fantasy games,anime and movies and there are indeed some with alternate content to the already known storys or even totaly new storys. As found on final fantasy released media wiki

  Many Final Fantasy games have been adapted as novels and manga series. With the advent of the Internet, web novels and digital publishing have also become common. These stories act as companion pieces, offering an interpretation of the game's events or expanding the plot of the games by depicting additional scenarios.

Based on stuff

Final Fantasy II Mumu no Meikyu, Is the
Novelization of Final Fantasy II written by Kenji Terada
Yūkyū no Kaze Densetsu Final Fantasy III, Manga adaptation of Final Fantasy III by Yū Kinutani (art) and Kenji Terada (story)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Novelization of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within by John Vornhol
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles ~Hatenaki Sora no Mukō ni~, Manga adaptation of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles by Ryunosuke Ichikawa (three volumes)
Final Fantasy IV, Two-volume novelization of Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy IV: The After, Novelization of Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Adventure Log, Official Final Fantasy XI webcomic
Final Fantasy XII, Manga adaptation of Final Fantasy XII by Gin Amou
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Ring of Fates 4 Komaansoroji Komikku, Manga adaptation of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (2 volumes)
Final Fantasy XIII Episode Zero: Promise, Series of web novels written by Jun Eishima and first published on the official Japanese Final Fantasy XIII website, depicting the thirteen days leading up to the events of the game

Unique content

Sō no Kizuna, A side story to Final Fantasy: Unlimited
Final Fantasy: Unlimited After, A series of web novels published on the official Japanese Final Fantasy: Unlimited website, which continue the story of the anime
On the Way to a Smile, Collection of two novellas, "Case of Denzel" and "Case of Tifa", set in Final Fantasy VII's continuity, written by Kazushige Nojima and published in the book Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Prologue
Final Fantasy XI ~The Out of Orders~, Manhwa set in the Final Fantasy XI continuity, by Kim Byung Jin (art) and Kim Sungjae (story)
Final Fantasy XI, Series of novels set in the Final Fantasy XI continuity, written by Miyabi Hasegawa


Does the Magical Star Kanon 100% spinoff fit canonically within the main series? Kanon is featured in a manga and OVA anime spinoff titled Magical Star Kanon 100% in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine where she becomes a magical girl.

Is this series considered canon or another continuity (like Neigma?! Neo)?

If it is canon, where does it fit in the timeline of The World God Only Knows?

It's just a spinoff because Kanon is extremely popular in Japan. You can't call it canon (or should I say, kanon), because it is not based off the material from the manga. However, Wakaki has drawn a few bonus chapters based off Magical Star Kanon, but does not hold the premise for the OVA's story.


What happens if a person drinks the juice made from two Devil Fruits? Suppose a person takes two Devil Fruits and extracts the juice from them, and then mixes the juices and then drinks. What will happen?

According to the Devil Fruit wikipedia page:

  Only one bite is needed for the user to gain the power of a Devil Fruit, after which the Devil Fruit becomes a simple, useless, disgusting fruit. Swallowing the fruit whole, as Buggy did, has the same effect,[8] Peeling off the skin and eating it piece by piece, such as Kaku and Kalifa did, also works. After ingesting the fruit, the powers within affect the eater's lineage factor.

So basically the method the fruit is eaten does not matter, whether it be eating it piece by piece, as a whole or as a juice. It is the first bite or sip that is important, because after that the fruit becomes useless. So what this means is that in OP's question the person would basically have eaten two fruits.

  One rumor, as recounted by Jabra, is that Devil Fruits house actual devils that will fight when placed in proximity of one another. The resulting battle would destroy the users' bodies. Nevertheless, Blueno contradicted this claim, stating that Grand Line scientists have noted that the phenomenon of one's body destroying itself only occurs when one consumes two Devil Fruits.[18]

So according to Grand Line scientists, a person that would eat or drink two Devil Fruits would die.


Did Saitama's serious punch physically touch this character? In the finale of season 1, did Saitama's serious punch physically touch Lord Boros or was it just the after-effect of the punch that hit Boros?

Nope, it was simply the shockwave that hit him.

Boros hits Saitama with his Trump card from far away and Saitama does the same with his own trump card from far. So, it's just the shockwave from Saitama's punch.


What's the range of a witch's barrier? Throughout the anime, after entering a witch's barrier, the Magical Girls are seen traveling a long way inside a maze-like struture before reaching the witch's lair. The lairs of the witches are generally spacious. Take the witch in episode 3 for example, when Homura was chased around by the witch-turned-worm, the worm was shown to be quite small inside the lair, which suggests that the lair inside the barrier is very wide.

So what's the range of a witch's barrier? And do the witches have total control over their own barriers?

A witch's "Labyrinth" is technically a separated space which the witch hides in, as such, it doesn't so much have a range. We see this numerous times - no matter how far they travel inside a witch's Labyrinth, the Puella Magi more often than not reappear where they entered.

In the case of the first witch whom Mami faced together with Madoka and Sayaka, in which Mami saved an office woman from falling, the three entered the Labyrinth when they were on a bridge. After the witch was defeated, they reappeared on the same bridge.
Charlotte's Labyrinth appeared outside the hospital where Kyousuke Kamijou was in. Sayaka and Kyubee traveled a fair way into it to reach where Charlotte was asleep and kept a watch on her progress. Mami and Madoka also did a lot of traveling to get to Charlotte's lair. Despite all that, all of them sans Mami returned to the same spot that Sayaka and Kyubee had entered.
Homura's Labyrinth was inside her Soul Gem and contained in an isolation field which we see isn't all that big despite it being the size of an entire city (though it did have a limit which would then loop back into the city). We can confirm this when the Puella Magi broke open the roof and there were 2 Incubators looking down.

The case of Walpurgis Night, however, is different. In the timeline before the anime, which Kyubee commented that Kriemhild Gretchen would finish destroying the world soon, Madoka is seen inside a Labyrinth where Homura was fighting Walpurgis Night. However, at the end of the series/second movie, the fight took place in the city without the materialization of a Labyrinth, we can make 2 hypotheses from this:

Walpurgis Night's Labyrinth is that of the storm cell that weather agencies picked up and warned people about.
Walpurgis Night gets more powerful with each jump Homura does due to it being a possible cause for Madoka's Fate. In its final fight, its Labyrinth probably wasn't needed since next to nothing could stop it. However, its power doesn't grow nearly as fast as Madoka's, which is why after enough jumps, Madoka could kill it with one shot.

As for how much control a witch has over the elements in the Labyrinth, they don't have much apart from the formation of elements that they use for their attacks (e.g. Sayaka's wheels). The Labyrinth is more of a reflection of the Magical Girl's mental landscape before she became a witch. We also know that a Labyrinth forms before the witch is fully born, which is also the case of Charlotte whose Labyrinth had formed but was still sleeping as a Grief Seed even when Mami and Madoka entered (we see Sayaka and Kyubee keeping a watch on it).

Sources: Observations, Madoka Magica Trivia


What does Tenri whisper to Diana? In episode 12, season 3 of the anime The World God Only Knows, there's a scene at around 5:14 where Tenri speaks to Diana and tells her something surprising. Diana responds by exclaiming why Tenri didn't say anything before.

The next time we see Diana she has wings.

I'm guessing Tenri told Diana something that would promote their relationship with Keima, because she grew wings, but since Diana has been with Tenri ever since she was a little girl, I'm not sure what Tenri could've told Diana that would be so surprising.

Posting as answer because can't use spoilers in comments, still just a speculation...

With the recent development in the manga, it seems it might be something along the lines of:

  Keima is the one that chose me to be your host

Also, remember Diana grew her wings once before (although they didn't notice), in manga Chapter 139 (can't remember which episode), after Keima apologizes to her in his library.


Why doesn't Moeka believe the D-mail Okabe sent from her phone? In the anime, under the pretext of sending a D-mail that asks her to change her phone, Moeka sends herself the location of the IBN 5100 (the shrine). Her past self then steals the IBN from the shrine. Okabe tries to undo this, by sending a message along the lines of "Shrine is a trap. Don't go there" from her phone. However, it is stated that she didn't believe that message, and stole the IBN from the shrine. Okabe then concludes that in order for her to believe the message, it must come from FB.

My question is, why would Moeka believe the first message, but not the second (sent by Okabe)? Both the messages were sent from the same phone, so why believe one but not the other?

Moeka was incredibly desperate and she didn't really have a lot of leads for the IBN5100. It would have been highly possible she checked it regardless. I believe Okabe says the same thing.


What is being shown in this Bleach panel? In chapter 350 of Bleach, this set of panels appears:

But I don't understand what is being shown here. Is it Ichigo's newly made hole?

Rotate the image around and it's a bit clearer how things must be oriented.  Note that left-right has been reversed in this rotation, but it preserves the chronological order of the strips and puts them in the correct vertical orientation.

The ground must be the white bit we start with to explain the position of Orihime's knee/hand and how the tears (possibly blood) are falling and impacting the initial white surface.  Ichigo would be on his side on the ground, or on his back or chest with his head turned to the side.  The second strip shows one of her spirits and the initial activation of Soten Kisshun.  In the third and fourth strips Soten Kisshun is fully deployed.  Since we can't see the corner/spirit anymore, Ichigo has probably tilted his head to see what's going on.  Possibly the second panel is very early in the activation, in which case the spirit may still be in transit.  But given the curvature in the third strip and how the maximum is obtained to the right (in the mirrored directions), it seems more likely that Ichigo has tried to move/tilt his head.  In the third strip you can see Orihime's knee as she kneels by Ichigo to try to heal/protect him.  Possibly it is her hand, as the blood/tears in the fourth strip seem more plausible to me if she is leaning forward on her hand a bit and her head is just off-screen while most of her body is behind it.

The next page makes it clear that, yes, Ichigo is on his chest with his head to his side.

The page after that makes Orihime's position a little less clear: yes, she's on her knees (not leaning forward on her hands) and crying, but the orientation of things makes it seem like Ichigo is (well) behind her, such that it's hard to explain how Ichigo sees her apparently being close and also behind Soten Kisshun's effect.  She even turns her head to look behind her when Ichigo gets up in Hollow form.  Possibly this is just an issue with perspective that Kubo and the artists overlooked.


What is the name of this manga with a girl pretending to be a mermaid? So a couple years ago I was read this manga, then I finished, because it was an incomplete series, but then I lost it.

Basically, what I remember is that there was this girl who wanted to join the army after she finished school to help support her mother, and she meets this very weird girl who thinks she is a mermaid and constantly drinks water out of a huge bottle. The girl has weird marks and bruises on her skin, but she brushes is off as "mermaid burns" or something else.

Then, a celebrity comes to the town, who was super famous and the army girl liked him a little bit. Some stuff happens, and then in the end, it turns out that the celebrity was the "mermaid girls" father and he was abusing her. The series finished after that.

Please help, it was a very sad manga!

The manga you are looking for is:
Satou Kashi no Dangan wa Uchinukenai
(Sugar Candy Bullets Can’t Pierce Anything).

The following summaries are included on the website:

  When a strange new girl by the name of Umino Mokuzu transfers in from
  Tokyo and declares that she is a "Mermaid", she quickly becomes the
  center of attention. Noticing that Nagisa is the only classmate that
  seems to have no interest in her, Umino quickly decides that they
  should become "precious friends". Despite Nagisa's objections, Umino
  begins to follow her wherever she goes.

and

  Umino's rockstar father is shown to be aloof towards her at best and
  emotionally abusive at worst, once leaving her behind in a grocery
  store parking lot simply because a defective shopping cart made him
  angry and that's only the tip of the iceberg.


Are the technologies in Serial Experiments Lain based on real world technologies? There's quite a few different types of technology (and computers) referenced in the world of Serial Experiments Lain, while some of them are easily matched, some of them aren't. In addition, some of the technologies weren't available at time of production (for example: speech recognition).

Familiar technologies:

The Wired

The Wired is similar to The Internet and runs on IPv4.

Tachibana Industries

Based on their naming schemes and designs, they're most likely a reference to Apple Inc.

Alice's Navi:

Alice's Navi looks like the bubble iMac G3:

Lain's original Navi

Lain's original Navi is based off the 20th Anniversary Macintosh:

C Language

The Navi systems run C:

Common Lisp Language:

The Navi systems also run Common Lisp (A dialect of Lisp):

MIPS-ASM

During one of the scenes where Lain is on her Navi, Assembly code identified to be MIPS-ASM flashes across the screen.

Copland OS:

The OS that the Navis run, Copland OS is based on a failed Apple project from two years prior.

PHANTOMa

PHANTOMa is similar to dungeon games like Might and Magic and Dungeon Master.

HandiNAVI

The HandiNAVI is similar to the Apple Newton line.

Protocol Seven

Protocol Seven is Internet Protocol version 7 (drafted in 1993) an RFC that was never implemented in favour of Internet Protocol version 6, whose RFC was drafted in December 1998, after the series had finished.

Unfamiliar:

Psyche chip

In Layer 02, Lain gets a chip that lets her interact with the Wired without standard input devices. This is similar to the concept of Virtual Reality, yet is beyond today's technology.

Unavailable at time of production:

CU Mail

In Layer 11, Alice is in a videocall with Juri. This is similar to today's videocalling services like Skype and Google Hangouts.

Navi's speech recognition:

Lain is seen controlling her Navi via speech recognition. This is similar to today's Cortana and Siri.


Why could the dragon not bring back Goku after he fought Frieza? After Goku fought Frieza and the planet blew up, everybody on earth thought Goku was dead. So they used the dragon balls to wish to bring Goku back to life, but the dragon then told them that Goku was still alive. They then asked the dragon to teleport Goku back to Earth. The dragon then said no, because Goku did not want to.

So why would the dragon listen to Goku, who was not making the wish?

Porunga is not able to relocate someone against their will as stated in the Porunga Wikia. Its his limitation. As Shenron has his own limitation like granting only one wish, not able to resurrect the same person more then one time. Porunga has his own limitation of not relocating someone without his own will.


Why did Sakuta's wound start bleeding again? In the last episode, when Kaede got her memories back, Sakuta went out screaming and crying, and his wound started bleeding again. What was the reason of that bleeding?

I haven't read the light novel, so I can only offer speculation based on the anime. From what I can see, Sakuta's chest wounds seem to appear whenever he's faced with a really shitty situation that he can do nothing about.

It was mentioned in the anime that his wounds first showed up when Kaede was getting bullied and had bruises suddenly appear on her body. And the instance that you quote is similar, Kaede reverts to her original self, probably permanently, and there is nothing Sakuta can do about it. He thinks it's all his fault and hates himself for letting it happen.

So my best guess is that the wounds are his version of Puberty Syndrome, and are representative of his self-loathing.


Why do Asagi's eyes change color? Normally, Asagi seems to have reddish-orange eyes, but under certain circumstances they change to a bright red color. This happens, for instance, when she is hacking into the Nalakuvera. The change is a bit subtle and I'm not even sure if it's intended or if it's just a combination of different lighting and inconsistent animation, but it is at least noticeable. Here's a comparison shot with the two most extreme examples I could find:

Is this change actually occurring or is it an animation error? If it is real, what is the meaning behind her eyes changing color?

There is nothing wrong there. Her eyes are red, and because of the sun, they look reddish-orange. Here is a link that will tell you everything about her:  http://strike-the-blood.wikia.com/wiki/Asagi_Aiba

On that site, it says her eyes are red.


How did Alluka Zoldyck obtain her powers? Due to some recent news about the Hunter x Hunter manga being continued, I decided to re-watch the anime and some question popped into my head. I haven't finished it yet, but I don't remember any explanation of the origin of Alluka's power the first time I watched it.

I've watched some videos but they don't really explain my question. I also couldn't find an answer here.

Was the origin of Alluka's power ever explained in the anime or perhaps in the manga?

It has been confirmed that Nanika came from the Dark Continent and evidence suggests that Nanika is Ai, the desire of co-dependence.

As to how Nanika started possessing Alluka, we don't know for sure but seeing how Zigg Zoldyck went to the Dark Continent, it is possible he brought it back to the outside world.


What was the purpose of turning Eldians into titans in the anime season 2? What was the purpose of action at the beginning of anime season 2 of Attack on Titan? Zeke turned some Eldians behind Wall Rose into Titans. But analyzing that, I cannot find a logical explanation of why he did that.
Drawbacks:

He risked losing Reiner/Berthold powers if they would be eaten by titans,
He wouldn't confirm that way if Eren's titan is the one they are looking for,
He leaked important information to Recon Squad that Titans are transformed people (Hange figured it out)

I have not read the manga, but I do not mind manga spoilers. Is it ever explained in the manga?

Well, I'm still reading the manga, but moreover, I can say that there are some reasons behind all this. If I'm wrong, feel free to correct me as I'm still reading the manga.
If you have only viewed the anime:

You can see how the scouts wasted their time by identifying if there is any breach in the wall. They were all confused about the appearance of the Titans from nowhere and they were under the false impression that people have evacuated safely from the village without any harm.

If you don't mind spoilers, these are the reasons he might have done so, as per manga:
I'll explain the drawbacks you mentioned above:

He risked losing Reiner/Berthold powers if they would be eaten by titans

Since the titans were made from the spinal fluid from Zeke, they will always listen to the beast titan/Zeke. So they will not eat Reiner and Bertholdt unless Zeke says so. And why would he do that, because all three are there for the only one reason to get back the founding titan.

He wouldn't confirm that way if Eren's titan is the one they are looking for

The main goal to invade the Paradis Island was to get back the founding titan (Eren is the current holder), so basically they were kidnapping Eren, even if you feel Zeke's action doesn't comply with the goal, he might have done that to misguide the scouts.

He leaked important information to Recon Squad that Titans are transformed people (Hange figured it out)

He wanted them to know what is actually happening outside the walls (Especially about the war). As the Fritz king bloodline falsely spread the rumours that there is no humanity outside the walls. So basically he wanted to let them know, that you've been told wrong about everything. Later in the manga Zeke, reveals his true colours and agrees to help Paradis Island to defeat Marley so that New Eldia can be built.

The last sentence from above might not be correct, because Hanje suspects that Zeke is brainwashing Eren and have different plans, acting as a double agent, because Eren turned against Military. Later he also turns Levi's subordinates into Titans (As they drank wine with Zeke's spinal fluid which was imported from Marley), so his goal was to kill Levi in this, as he thinks Levi will not fight his comrades (after converting them to Titan), which he later realises that he was wrong after getting captured by Levi again.


Can a mangekyou sharingan user awake Eternel Mangekyou, by only transplanting a pair of Normal Sharingans, or does it need a pair of MS? I know they can restore their eyesight by transplanting any kind of Sharingan, but can they also activate EMS from only normal sharingans? (not MS)

No, they cannot. It is in the manga and in the wikia.

  ...usage of the Mangekyō Sharingan's abilities can cause a great strain on the user...it can cause considerable damage to their being, leaving the body in agonising pain and causing deterioration to their vision until eventually over-usage leaves them blind. Their vision can be restored by transplanting the Mangekyō Sharingan of an Uchiha with strong blood ties — ideally a sibling — thus awakening the so-called Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan

As far as I know, there have been no cases where Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan awakened simply by transplanting 'normal' Sharingan eyes unto a Mangekyo Sharingan user.


What actually determines abilities of "shifter"? I'm really confused by how abilities of shifters are determined in Shingeki no Kyojin. It is described really inconsistently.

For example (major spoilers):

   It is still not clear what abilities Female Titan and Attacking Titan posses. Female Titan shows ability to control other titans to some extent, also ability to crystalize host, but those abilities are shared with some other titans. Attacking Titan obtains ability to create armored plates, but it seems to be caused by serum used by Eren. Beast titan has ability to control other titans, but it was implied that that's only due to Zeke's royal blood. Also, according to arc with Eren capture, it seems properties of titan can be determined by serum used. Yet, properties of Colossus Titan and Armored Titan seem to be inherited by shifter.

So, as we can see, there are examples of abilities determined by serum, shifter power and shifter host, yet there is no real consistency. E.g. there are shifters, who have abilities only from host or serum.

Is this somehow explained anywhere?

There are a lot of information in the Nine Titans article and the corresponding individual articles for each of the nine titans on the Attack on Titan Wikia. From my understanding the abilities are determined by which of the nine titans is inherited by the person.


What is the plot in "Yukiochimura ni Oujosama!"? I have watched Kaichou wa Maid-sama! anime and read the manga.

There's a one-shot Yukiochimura ni Ojousama! where Misaki and Takumi have children. When I read it, I think it is about some kind of detective and investigation. However, I don't even understand the story.

Have someone read the story, please kindly explain it to me.

Yukiochimura ni Oujosama! is basically a crossover epilogue from 2 of Hiro Fujiwara-sensei's work that is Kaichou wa Maid-sama! and Yuki wa Jigoku ni Ochiru no Ka (Does Yuki Go to Hell).

If you try to read the plot or summary from the Wikia, there's a 100% chance that you'll be still confused. Why? Well, you might want to read the other manga if you want to know the whole story and get the emotional investment that Hiro-sensei put there. You're basically spoiling yourself for Yuki wa Jigoku ni Ochiru no Ka manga if you read the crossover first.

However, if you still want the explanation about the whole story of this special edition, you'll need a quick back story for the other manga:

   The dude, the black-haired high-schooler one that speaks English also the newly transferred triplet's classmate you saw, he's Takaya. The 5 other people that you saw later in the chapter is his friends and the blond waitress is his girl. Long story short, the dude sacrificed himself for the sake of his village (the Mutsuji Village) and friends. He died 16 years ago. That dude was reborn again as an infant straight after his sacrifice. His memories are still intact and decide he's old enough to be with them again back at the village. That's the whole premise.

Meanwhile, we have Usui and Misaki's kids: Usui Sara and Usui Rui.

The story starts as the family of four went for a trip to Kyoto. Usui and Misaki albeit reluctant, let those chibis on their own while they're on a date with sort of a deal that Rui is constantly communicating with his parents.

Sara is restless. The girl hates mundane things, is a huge mystery geek and wished for something exciting happens instead (supposedly, Kyoto is a Japanese mystery shack in her eyes).

Then they stumble into 'Enma-kun's Lodge', a shop where the mascot of Mutsuji village resides in the city. There, they met the triplets. They see the triplets struggling with foreign visitors due to their lack of English speaking ability, and Sara lits up thinking she can do something interesting by helping them. Her moment, however, was stolen by Takaya. Yes, the Takaya (the formerly dead-dude Takaya).

Sara senses something is off with Takaya's vibe. Takaya decides to help the triplets with their 'Trip to Enma-kun's Hometown, a Day-trip to Mutsuji village' travel guide job. That's when Sara said "I finally find something interesting" and thus forcing Rui to embark on her mystery journey as both Holmes and Kindaichi towards the mysterious Mutsuji village.

After watching Takaya's interaction with the triplets' twin younger sisters, Sara confirms aloud to her brother that she does find Takaya's aura suspicious and sensing there are incidents in Mutsuji village, while her brother complained about her character inconsistencies.

Upon arriving, you'll find places that's an Easter egg for the other manga, as Sara sense Takaya's wistful aura while they're sightseeing. the group arrived at a cave (those Japanese creepy caves), and Sara's mystery senses went overboard, Takaya then said "I wonder... It's possible, isn't it? For there to be a corpse or two." (is both teasing Sara and subtly hinting manga trivia)

Takaya then ask about the roads which the triplets explain about villagers believes that there is a god living in the cave that protects Mutsuji. The triplets then wish them to have a break and stop by Mutsuji's famous local cafe, while Sara on the other hand, shamelessly address that Takaya has some sort of revenge plot, and try to interrogate him. Takaya bluntly said he has no means to play along with her plot and states that he's here simply to meet his girlfriend.

Sara is deflated and utterly discouraged by the revelation that her 'mystery journey' was in fact a mere romance or fantasy story. The triplets then after securing seats in the cafe by phone, proceed the group to the infamous cafe Mutsuji.


Why does Tobi have a Sharingan with Kamui ability after having used Izanagi? As per my understanding, Izanagi permanently blinds the Sharingan's vision once used. Tobi (Obito) donated one eye to Kakashi, and used Izanagi with the other eye to escape from Konan's paper bombs. This means he should only have a Rinnegan now, but why does he still have a Sharingan with Kamui ability?

Note: I do not read manga.

Tobi assisted Itachi in the Uchiha clan massacre, and collected several Sharingan eyes of the dead Uchiha clan members. He must have implanted one of these Sharingan eyes in his left eye socket.

During the battle with Konan, he has two Sharingan eyes. He did not use his original right eye for the Izanagi, but the left eye, which can be seen "losing its light" (closing) as he is talking to Konan. See images below (taken from Chapter 510).


Why was the Sharingan's genjutsu ability not used much in the 4th Ninja War? Until the 4th ninja war, a Mangekyou Sharingan user had been showcased as a formidable enemy, with Genjutsu being one of their many powerful techniques. Itachi was adept with Tsukuyomi. Sasuke suppressed the Nine Tails' power with his Sharingan when Naruto faced him in Orochimaru's hideout.

It would be fair to consider that both Tobi and Madara are equally adept, if not better, with the Genjutsu abilities of the Mangekyou Sharingan. However, in the 4th Ninja War, they do not use Genjutsu much.

It could be argued that a Sharingan user may be able to cancel out Sharingan's Genjutsu, but Genjutsu could still be effective against a non-Sharingan user, such as Naruto or Bee.

Tobi could easily put them under Genjutsu and take over their tailed beasts, but he has not done it. He did not use it on Guy either when they fought.

Is there a reason why the Sharigan users did not use Genjutsu in the 4th Ninja War?

Using genjutsu on an enemy is futile, if they have allies nearby, who can infuse chakra to take them out of it. Genjutsu would not work on Bee, since his bijuu Gyuki would easily bring him out of it, as he did when Bee was momentarily trapped in Sasuke's genjutsu.

If Tobi were to use it on Naruto, Bee would easily bring him out of it. Moreover, during the Kazekage Rescue arc, Naruto already demonstrated that he knows how to cancel genjutsu (although it didn't work). Now he was much stronger, having learned Sage Mode and Bijuu Mode. In short, the chances of a Genjutsu on Naruto succeeding are very small.

Moreover, Tobi now had a Rinnegan, which he considered much more powerful, and wanted to try it out in battle, which he did with the so-called "Jinchuriki of Six Paths" technique.

As for Madara, his reincarnation did not go according to his plan. He wasn't meant to capture the tailed beasts, but even if he did, he did not have the Gedo Mazo to seal them in.

Further, ever since he had been reincarnated, Madara has spent more time showing off his powers, and complaining that the current generation of ninja is so weak compared to Hashirama and him than actually fighting. Casting a Genjutsu on "weak" ninja is probably not as satisfying for his pride as dropping meteors, using Mokuton techniques, Susanoo, and the like. :)


How is Madoka not a god anymore at the end of Rebellion? Sorry if I sound stupid, I was just confused with everything happening... How is Madoka not a god at the end of the movie?

Madoka is still a God, albeit maybe broken (i'll explain).

What Homura did was separate Maodka into 2, the God Madoka who is the Law of Cycles and the Human Madoka who existed before attaining her divinity which Homura separated from the Law of Cycles.

these however are both still the one Madoka as near the end (before Homura gives back Madoka's Ribbon) Madoka begins to remember that she was apart of something greater and her eyes change to the same colour as that of her god self. we see that Homura tries to stop Madoka in remembering because if Madoka remembers she'll return to being a God, removed from the world with no one knowing she ever existed.

Why is Madoka broken? Sayaka hints on this when Homura first created the new universe asking if Homura was planning on destroying the universe, this would indicate that the Law of Cycles is broken in some way. we're not sure in what way but given that the Law of Cycles purifies Puella Magi before becoming Witches we can assume that Witches can be born again, the threat on the Universe probably being how Madoka's own witch was capable of doing this so another witch can aswell.

Also if Madoka being able to exist wasn't such a great deal then why is Homura worried about Madoka regaining her memories as the Law of Cycles? this would indicate that in Homura's Universe the Law of Cycles still exists and needs the human Madoka back.

However we don't know the full extent of what Homura's Universe is like. all we know is that Homura had greater control (being able to seal Nagisa's and Sayaka's memories/witch powers), Witches can possible be born, Wraiths still exist and the Incubators are being forced to manage the curses of Earth. we don't know for certain what Sayaka meant by the universe being destroyed or why Madoka can not exists as a human with the memories of having been a god.


Have the Marines ever paid out a bounty over 1 millon Berry? With Luffy's recent bounty increase to

   1,500,000,000 Berry

I'm starting to wonder if the Marines (or the World Government) actually have the money to back this up. I'm 99% sure they would get a lot of problems if e.g. someone turns in Big Mom's complete crew.

So I'm asking: Is there evidence that the marines/government actually paid a bounty of 1 million berry or more for turning in a (possible dead) criminal?

I'm aware that there are bounties that have been paid, e.g. to Zoro. But that was small fry. I'm asking about big fish.

The Marines have a huge funding. This is because they belong to the World Government. Their source of income draws in from taxes from the nations in the Grand Line, and also from the World Nobles. I'm sure the Celestial Dragons throw out huge sums of money to ensure their safety and to pamper their tantrums. This gives a better view point of how the money flows.

Now when the bounties are higher, it doesn't just show  how troublesome of a threat they are to the World Government, but it also shows how notorious they are among other pirates.

Big fish are often taken out by big shots. If a pirate kills a pirate, surely they won't go running about asking for the bounty to be rewarded to them. Because then they'll be caught by the Marines. And with powerhouses like the Admirals, extreme threats are taken care of efficiently. In such a scenario, the bounty money needn't be awarded.

There has been no canonical statement in the series which shows that a bounty of over 1 million Beri was rewarded.

Bonus content from Wikia:

  Bounties are issued with a "Dead or Alive" disclaimer, meaning the reward will be paid so long as the threat gets eliminated, but Baroque Works agents state that bounties are usually only paid in full if the criminal is captured alive; up to 30% of the bounty money may be lost by bringing in someone dead, since no public execution can be held.


When can I start reading "Soul Eater Not!"? Soul Eater Not! is a spinoff manga from the main series Soul Eater. It also has an anime adaption.

I've read a couple of volumes of Soul Eater, but when would be the earliest (plot-wise) that I should pick up this sub-series as I'm told many of the characters and plot points are shared?

You don't need any significant knowledge of the plot of Soul Eater to begin reading Soul Eater Not!. It is set in the same world, but Soul Eater Not! takes place chronologically before the beginning of the Soul Eater manga and mostly focuses on characters who are not important for the main plot. If you're familiar with the setting of Soul Eater (which should not require more than a few chapters of the original) then you should be able to read it. In fact, you could probably read it without any knowledge of the original, as the major concepts are all reintroduced, but I think it will be more enjoyable for those who at least know the main characters and setting of the original.

Of course, many of the characters from Soul Eater also show up in Not!. There may be foreshadowing of future events or outright spoilers connected to these characters, but I don't remember anything major getting spoiled, and most of the references are to things which occur fairly early in the manga. If you want to catch all of the references, it would be good to read up to chapter 44 (last chapter in volume 11), and possibly a bit farther, but strictly speaking that isn't necessary.


Is twelve moon upper demon moon 1 in a whole completely different level than the rest of the upper demon moons? Currently in the manga twelve moon upper demon moon 1 is ,

   Fighting 3 demon slayers hashiras at the same time, including the most powerful hashira , plus another demon slayer (4 demon slayers total)

and before,

   Zenitsu (not officialy a hashira yet, though likely in hashira level) fought upper moon 6 and defeated him alone

Is twelve moon upper demon moon 1 in a whole completely different level than the rest of the upper demon moons, or is there any other upper moon which comes close to his level?

Upper Moon 1 Kokushibo is definitely strong in his Moon Breath Techniques but can't seems to use any Blood Demon Techniques. I have to say, Upper Moon 2 Doma is quite near his level since his summons can already deal with Hashira level Demon Slayers. Doma's weakness is his glutonny and his overconfidence since he always lets his enemy injure him.


How is Vash able to transform his arm into a weapon? In Trigun, Vash the Stampede is able to transform his arm into a big weapon with which he makes a hole in the moon. Is that transformation ever explained? Did he acquire this power after the spaceship crashed or did he have it since the beginning?

I don't know whether you have read the manga, so the following may be somewhat of a spoiler, because it reveals Vash's true identity.

Vash is

  a Plant. Plants are inter-dimensional beings that are tapped as a source of power and energy for the planet Gunsmoke. They are beings that can generate energy and even food and water based on environmental conditions. Plants were invented by humans, and are usually kept alive in light bulb shaped containers and used as a power source. Vash and Knives are independent Plants, meaning they can survive independently (other plants depend on being kept in a special environment in their containers) and even use their powers of their own conscious will. (1)

The ability to transform his arm is called Angel Arm, and it is a

   natural ability of all Plants. It may take various forms, but is most known for it's usage by Knives and Vash in a form of a cannon. However, in order to activate the ability, they need a catalyst (such as the pistols in the anime).


Why do many anime OPs and EDs have onscreen lyrics? I have noticed that much, but by no means all, of the anime that I've seen has had lyrics onscreen during either its OPs, EDs, or both. Why is this so?

I know karaoke is fairly popular in Japan, so do people actually sing along while they wait for their shows to start? Perhaps it is done to promote the songs licensed for the openings/endings?

Some examples of what I'm talking about include:

Shirokuma Cafe

Pokémon

Dragonball Kai

Doraemon

Note: Emphasis mine in all of these images.

As a bonus if you could include some information on these side issues, that'd be great:

Is this exclusive to anime, or does it appear in other forms of Japanese media (e.g. music videos? OPs of live action dramas? etc.)
Why are they almost never included in licensed English versions?
What was the first anime to include them?

Perhaps this is a slightly broad question, but I assume there must be some general consensus on the matter. Does anyone have an explanation for this phenomenon? :)

I think this is only common among shows aimed at children. All of the examples you gave were shows which are, at least partly, aimed at children. Having karaoke for the song helps the younger viewers sing along, and also has some educational benefits in terms of learning more advanced characters. If you watch anime targeted at older viewers, they rarely have karaoke.

It's also notable that those anime aimed at younger children are using only very common kanji that even children would probably know, and is giving furigana. Those aimed at older children tend to have more complex kanji and sometimes omit the furigana as well. This isn't apparent from just the exam


What happens to gods with no regalias? What happens to gods without a regalia? I am writing a blog and want to know for details. I know Yato mentions it but i can't remember!

I don't think this as been addressed in the anime, but I imagine gods have to fight off things to stay alive and uncorrupted. Remember that purple painful skin after a god touches a monster? Well, that needs to be avoided.

Without a weapon (regalia), if fast enough, a god can just run away or dodge attacks to avoid any danger. Yato was pretty strong on his own and his opponents were surprised by his personal abilities on multiple occasions.

But it is a god's duty to protect the human world (Near Shore) from the creatures of Far Shore, and only running away makes them pretty useless for this cause. Bad creatures will be left to trouble people and other gods, which might result in bad reputation, and furthermore additional hostility from gods and humans. People's prayers would not be answered (at least those involving bad creatures) and remember that "supergod commitee" which got pretty pissed off at one point and tried to destroy a fellow god for doing what they thought was wrong without investigating too much. Wouldn't wanna risk that.


Why is it that many yokai wear masks? While not all yokai wear masks, many do, such as the 3 yokai serving as Natori Shuuichi's shiki. Many of the other yokai that meet Natsume also wear masks.

In the story where Natsume was taken by some yokai to be presented to their boss, after he broke out of his confinement, he wore a mask to disguise himself. He also wore a mask for the same purpose when he joined the festival to take a magical kimono that enables the wearer yokai to be seen by humans. Thus it can be concluded that when a human wears a mask, it is to prevent yokai from learning that they are human.

Yet, why do yokai wear masks? What is the mythological background behind yokai wearing masks?

I don't think that has anything to do with actual mythology. It's simply a stylistic choice by Yuki Midorikaw more than anything else to depict youkai in that manner. In ancient times, masks were used to portray creatures and characters during plays and rituals.

It seems that that carried over into manga and anime to represent youkai when in human form, much like the common depiction of a ghost wearing a triangle-shaped bandage on the head.


Why Killua didn't use Knov abilities? After watching episode 143 I wondered.
Assuming Knov also wishes to Gon full recovery, If Killua would contact Knov from the start he could use his abilities to teleport himself to Alluka and take her directly to Gon, or at least plan with him in advance to meet him on the road to the hospital and by that he will no longer needed to struggle escaping Illumi.

During all that arc, Killua is under the surveillance of his family and he is forbidden to show the abilities of Alluka or even talk about her or let people see her (e.g. a butler of the family interrupted a phone call where Killua could talk about Alluka, nobody except persons related to her family saw Alluka when she went in the hospital). If Killua disobeys them, Alluka and also himself will be forced to return at their family mansion.

Like you said in a comment, he could still have tried to cure Gon that way and return home with Alluka then but there are some points for which he can't let that happen :

1) There was still a risk that his family caught him before he cured Gon, so if he failed he couldn't help him anymore.
2) Alluka is the only member of his family that Killua really likes and she sees her brother as a good person so he doesn't want to disappoint her.
3) If Alluka was caught by Illumi, he would use the power of his sister for himself without caring about her. And Killua couldn't allow that to happen.


What is causing Kirito's eyes to change colour? In Sword Art Online, there are a number of times Kirito's eye colour changes. Originally in SAO and ALO, his eyes were kinda a grey colour:

When Kirito is killed by Heathcliff though, his eyes go golden when he comes back to life:

Now, I could just assume the eye colour change was a sign of him surpassing the system with his will (as acknowledged by Kayaba).

However, in episode 22 of season 1, when his HP is going down after being impaled by a Guardian's sword, as he is struggling to reach the door inside the World Tree, before he dies, his eye colour has changed. It also changes again during the Raid Battle in the World Tree when he produces that attack which allows him to breach the wall of Guardians. In these two instances, I don't see how his will is surpassing.

Considering also that his Avatar Data at this time was the SAO Data which was made to look like him, what is causing Kirito's eyes to change colour?

From what I have gathered, I couldn't find any information of why his eye color changed, but from what I can see, the most likely reason is as you said, his will was strong enough to surpass the system. The reason probably is of course Asuna.

From the three cases that you have mentioned in your question, Asuna was involved in all of them:

When he was killed, Asuna was killed right before he was, he got too angry and surpassed the system.
The second case where he battled but failed is because Asuna is so close, he is so desperate to see her again and he surpassed the system (maybe even with some help from Yui).
It was also the same with the third case, except this time with more help, he was able to defeat the guardians and reach the World Tree.


what is this green thing? Maybe it's my fault for not watching from the first season, but I'm wondering, what exactly is this? it already appear in the very first episode in Hidamari Sketch × ☆☆☆ (Hidamari Sketch x Hoshi Mittsu), was he ever introduced in the anime?

It is Ume sensei dressed as a Pokemon (metapod). Ume sensei is voiced by Ume Aoki, the manga artist.


Did they ever show in the manga or anime the reattaching of Naruto's arm? I realized as I was finishing up the anime that they never showed the actual reattaching of Naruto's arm unless I missed it somehow. Or did they skip all that?

They inferred the part where they grew him a new arm. Naruto states that he got a new arm, from the 1st hokage's cells But no they do not show it in the anime. I also do not believe they showed it in the manga. He was in the hospital, then an episode or two later he is showed talking with Sasuke, where Sasuke deigns not to get a new arm.


What is the music being played when Tatara learns to dance from Kiyoharu? In episode 2 of Ballroom e Youkoso, when Tatara learns to dance from Kiyoharu, what song is playing? I'm referring to the backward-Jazz-piano music that starts at 1:17 in this YouTube clip.

The only songs I can find from this anime are things like OST/OP/ED, not those transitioning instrumentals used whenever someone dances.

I don't know the answer to your question but you can't find it because Yuuki Ayashi, the composer of the background music, hasn't released an OST yet.

I was searching for background music too... ^^ Not that particular one, but several pieces of music in the score of this anime.

Guess we have to wait a little more before finding it.


Who originally created the Knightmare Frames? Knightmare Frames are humanoid war machines developed by the Holy Britannian Empire and unveiled during the invasion of Japan.

Is there any known scientist behind their creation, like how Nina created FLEIJA?

The earliest known developers of knightmare frames were the Ashford Foundation wih their development of the third generation Ganymede and the Io series. However, both of those models were cancelled at the prototype stage because the Ashford Foundation closed down. The cost to develop the nightmares were too high and Milly's grandfather was too much of a fan of old fashioned extravagant parties. After that he used his party connections to move to Area 11 and to become principal of what is now known as the Ashford Academy.

They talk about all this in the second picture drama, stage 3.25.

Aside from Milly's grandfather the only other known developers are Lloyd, Cecile, and Rakshata.


Origin of the name "Haganai" Light novels are somewhat infamous for titles that are often ridiculous and/or ridiculously long, I'm looking at you WorldEnd: 終末なにしてますか？　忙しいですか？　救ってもらっていいですか？

Hepburn: Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii Desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii Desu ka?

Translated as: What Do You Do at the End of the World? Are You Busy? Will You Save Us?

A lot of these series have an informal contraction which is used to refer to it without reading out the entire title e.g. the above is usually contracted to "SukaSuka". The contraction is taken from bits and pieces of the Japanese title, so, Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii Desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii Desu ka? -> SukaSuka.

There are plenty of titles which have this approach, such as Konosuba:
この素晴らしい世界に祝福を!

Hepburn: Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o!

Translated as: A blessing to this wonderful world!

The contraction is derived as: Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku o! -> Konosuba

Some titles have a more offbeat approach such as Aobuta, 青春ブタ野郎はバニーガール先輩の夢を見ない

Hepburn: Seishun Buta Yarō wa Banīgāru Senpai no Yume o Minai

Translated as: Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

Its contraction derives incompletely from: Seishun Buta Yarō wa Banīgāru Senpai no Yume o Minai -> buta.
I understand this to be because 青春 has no equivalent in English but is often translated as "springtime of youth", the first kanji 青 is read sei as part of 青春 (seishun) but on its own can be read ao (as in the colour blue) which gives us Aobuta.

My question is about the origin of the contraction for Haganai, 僕は友達が少ない

Hepburn: Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai

Translated as: I Have Few Friends

The part I can derive is: Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai -> ganai. The hepburn lacks the ha kana and I don't think any of the kanji have an alternate reading as ha. Has it ever been stated how the name Haganai was derived?

Haganai is actually taken from the hiragana only of the title:

僕は友達が少ない

Ha is pronounced as 'wa' when used as a particle, but the actual phonogram is 'ha' everywhere else.


How 'wild Digimon' in the Digital World fuse or DNA digivolve? Digimon with human partner can easily fuse/DNA digivolve using digivice, like Omegamon in Digimon Adventure Movie.

My question is how 'wild Digimon' fuse/DNA Digivolve? Let's use Royal Knight's Omegamon as an example. How did he came to be?

Digivolution is essentially a lot quicker when it forms a bond with a human. Like you said,  with a Digivice, a Human could share his or her energy and go about facilitating the same.In the case of wild Digimon, you could consider Digimon to more or less be computer data. Hence, they could constantly download additional data from the environment which would help them become stronger. If Digimon were to get deleted, they would essentialy break into many pieces of data which can be loaded by other Digimon. This potentially would trigger a Digivolution.


How/When did Liz learn about Kirito's Duel Wield? Near the end of Episode 9 after Kirito killed The Gleam Eyes, he's complaining about how he can't go back to his place because everyone is hounding him about his Dual Wield Skill, Liz then shows up saying

  It was our little secret until you blabbed about it

Implying that she knew about his Dual Wield before hand, however when Kirito got Liz to commission his second sword she never asked what it was for. Considering that Kirito was hiding his Dual Wield and it didn't come out until the boss battle how did Liz find out?

In the novel, after Lisbeth made the sword (and before Asuna barged in), she did ask him what he needed it for:

"Speaking of which— In the beginning, you did say, a sword equal to this one, didn't you. That white one certainly is a good sword, but I don't think there's much difference with that monster dropped one. Why would you need two swords resembling each other?"
"Aah..."
Kirito turned about, staring at me with an expression that showed that he was hesitating over something.
"Well, I can't explain everything. If you won't ask any further than that, I can tell you."
....

And then he showed his skill to Lisbeth. The anime skips this entirely.


How does Haruki know what her ability is? In Sagrada Reset, one of the main characters possesses the ability to reset the world to a point in the last three days she has 'saved' at, which includes resetting her own memories.

Until she meets Kei, nothing changes after the reset as she is unable to know it ever happened. Yet she does understand how her power works despite never being able to witness it and she has been using it unsuccessfully for years.

At first, I thought everyone with an ability would just know what their ability is due to the setting, but in later episodes we hear of an incident where someone was injured using their ability for the first time, not knowing what it was, which suggests this is not the case.

So how did Haruki know what her power was before meeting Kei?

It's because the time travel girl explains to her. That is the only explanation I could think of, but yeah, the time travel girl we meet at the first episode tells her about her ability.


Why does Shichika's sister sit off to the side behind a column? In episode 1, between 10 - 15 minutes in to the episode, Shichika, his sister, and Togame are talking in the house.  At some point, the sister moves off to the side and behind a column or curtain.

Why does she do this?

I thought she might be making tea or something, but you never see her do anything.  It also looks like she is facing away from her guest.

This is just my speculation from seeing your screenshots, as I don't remember the scene. But it feels to me that it is meant to symbolize that Nanami is not part of the discussion. Sitting far and facing away means she is not supposed to talk and anything she says can be ignored by those actually engaged in the dicussion.

This is understandable because it is Shichika who is head of the family. And moreso that Nanami is a woman. Because this is a culture where women were often not meant to have power and make decissions.


How did Obito slip through the rubble? In the battle where Kakashi gets his Sharingan from Obito, we last see him being trapped under the rubble where one part of his body is squashed completely,

  but during the flashback sequences shown in the manga chapter with Madara and Obito, we see Madara explaining to Obito he slipped through the rubble.

I thought it was an attribute of his Mangekyo Sharingan which makes him perform the teleportation into Kamui's dimension, which he hadn't activated at that point of time. He is shown to activate that in the later chapters, after the death of Rin.

My question is then How did he slip through the rubble?

Well my friend to be honest, Mashashi messed up a little at the end of Naruto series, no offense but as a long term Naruto fan I feel that. This is one case he won't be able to fix.

The other case is remember 16 years ago before Naruto was born when Obito tried to capture the nine tails at that point, Kakashi seem to be a little kid  but 4th Hokage fight with a full grown Obito at that point.

Anyway my possible solution to your answer is that someone rescued him and helped him regaining some of his chakra and use Doton jutsu. Unbalance rubber may have been fallen short after Kakashi and the others left.


How did Light knew that L will cause Misa's death? In Light's plan on killing L, he plans on killing Misa by shortening her lifespan and then force Rem to save Misa by killing the L.

Misa could have died by other causes not just by being captured by L, so how can he be sure that L will cause Misa's death?

He couldn't, as mentioned a number of times, Lights's ultimate plot to use Rem to kill L was a huge gamble, however things were more of less siding with him

L said to Light (with Rem present) that the Kira's will be executed
Misa was not present in the room when L said to Light that the Kira's would be executed, this means Rem could not see if Misa's life span had changed as a result of L's decision to see the Kira's executed or confirm if Light's actions caused the change (Rem had pointed out to Light before the switching of the Death Notes (i think when Misa first goes to Light's place) that Misa's lifespan was monitored )
L had explained to Light the physical evidence he had found indicating Misa as the 2nd Kira before her imprisonment, this would be enough for Misa to be imprisoned once again and now that L knew how Kira kills he would be able to find the Death Note much faster (Misa now had her original Death Note but now owned by Ryuk, because Rem would've explained its use to Misa the rules wouldn't have been written, before learning of the Death Note Light did plan on explaining that the Death Note was a log for the Kira Case which would then explain the people's names and times)

All Rem could do at the time was assume that L would cause Misa's death and because L had also noted that Misa was just about to be arrested Rem had no time to investergate


Why does Eiken have his camera? In the first part of the manga Cage of Eden, when Sengoku, Oomori, and Mariya went to the plane crash site, they saw the video camera that was being used by Eiken. They saw what happened on days they are not at the site abd they found it left inside the plane but Eiken is not in there. In first part of that arc, it is also implied that Eiken left the camera on the plane and made Rion the one to use the camera (she's the one who captured the scene about stabbing the pilot.)

So when everyone was gone, Sengoku found Eiken's camera inside the plane, where he also found Rion.

Meaning to say, Eiken should not be carrying his camera when they went to other places.

But when they went to the Top of the Mountain, there is a short slide that shows Eiken using his camera zooming wide distance in order to see the antenna tower,

So how is that so?? If Eiken left his camera inside the plane, how does he hold it when their group was on the top of the mountain?

To clarify things, Eikens group arrived first in the antenna tower before Sengoku's group.

Is this a mistake of the author?

They didn't mention anything like this in manga but lets just assume that he has more than one camera. At the first time Sengoku found Eiken's camera inside the plane, it was white.

First camera

And the second camera, when Sengoku met Eiken, it was black.

Second camera

So I think the one that Eiken left on the plane is the first camera, later on he only use the second camera for the rest of manga.

They also mentioned it on wiki

  Considering his first camera was blown up during the plane which he left behind, it is suggested he has more than one camera, as well as numerous batteries on hand.


How does Yukihira Soma get into Totsuki Culinary Academy? On season 1 episode 2, it is quite clear that Nakiri Erina rejects Somas application and says nobody passed the transfer exam.

I'm aware of the single shot which shows the director hanging in the background, but he didn't taste the food nor is it clear that he issued the invitation to Soma.

So how does Soma get invited to Totsuki?

Chapter 4 of the manga, when Nakiri is toeing off against Souma after the welcoming ceremonies and we see the headmaster watching them, we get the following flashback page:


Who does Sasuke think Tobi is? In the English dub of the episode The Risks of the Reanimation Jutsu, I noticed Sasuke refers to Tobi as Tobi. But Sasuke shouldn't know at this point that he isn't Madara, as far as I know, so it seems odd. And it occurred to me that I can't exactly remember whether Tobi introduced himself as Madara to Sasuke (I think he did, but I'm not sure). Additionally, Sasuke doesn't seem to react much when Kabuto mentions the real Madara. So what does Sasuke know at this point? Who does he think Tobi is?

During the Shippuden Itachi vs Sasuke fight, Sasuke figured out that during the Uchiha Annihilation, even Itachi couldn't defeat the entire LPF himself. He knows someone helped him, and Itachi revealed it was Madara, the fake one atleast. Sasuke also knows Obito/Tobi has a Sharingan, but has no way of conforming that Tobi was the one who helped Itachi, due to his mask. And when Itachi mentioned Madara, Sasuke wanted to kill him, as if he didn't know he died ages ago. I'm pretty sure after Itachi used genjutsu to show Madara, Sasuke knew he was dead. So Sasuke could've speculated that Tobi was some random dude who had Sharingan,or a random guy who happens to go by Madara, an Uchiha that Itachi couldn't kill, or, using his keen intellect, he could assume that Tobi is the one who helped Itachi with the Uchiha Annihilation. Tobi also tells people "Call me Tobi or Madara, whatever you like." So maybe they had Sasuke choose a random one of the two names.


How are things purchased in AoT? In Attack on Titans, how exactly was everything paid for? Not once in AoT so far did I ever see any exchanging of currency. For example the Markets:

How do businesses make money then? Is there a type of currency in AoT that they officially use?

For example do they just give away meat for free?

Are Potatoes, Vegetables and cutlery such as plates, bowls and cups free or have I just missed something?

Note: I think food is free for the survey corps or the people that are training to enlist in the army and be able to leave outside of the walls but what about everyone else? Is it free or is it paid for? If it is then whats the currency? Coins, notes (obviously probably not :P) or is there some sort of system where they trade for example their bit of farm land for a lot of cured meat or fish or vegetables for example.

So my question is how exactly are things purchased in AoT?

There's definitely a monetary system in place (note I'm on mobile so I can't link any sources yet).

In episode 1, after the incident where Moses's arm is handed to his mother, there is a person saying "its like our taxes go to fatten them up". This clearly indicates some form of tax system.

In episode 6, the titans yet again breach another wall. There's a scene where merchants are blocking the passageway trying to get their goods through. This shows an obvious ownership of goods.

In the same episode, we see Mikasa and her mom targeted by slave traders. The slave traders planned to sell them to some rich folk, demonstrating value and a need for some form of money.

In episode 23, we can clearly see corrupt military police selling goods for what is obviously currency.

Over all we see several trends that point to the use of currency within Attack on Titan.


Is Beerus able to use Ultra Instinct? When Goku first activated Ultra Instinct Beerus looked pretty worried. Is this because he has yet to unlock Ultra Instinct?

Whis described that is even for gods difficult to attain it. Beerus is a god of destruction. Meaning that it is difficult to attain even for gods indirectly indicates that not all gods have Ultra Instinct unlocked yet. If this is true, is Beerus one of them then?

In the manga,

   he is shown to use Ultra Instinct when all the Gods of Destruction were coerced into fighting each other. Everyone ganged up on Beerus because they didn't like him for various reasons, and he was able to successfully fend them all off for a short period of time. It should be noted that he is not at Whis' level, and still training his Ultra Instinct.


Is this a parody of a real manga series in Sakurasou? I saw this cover in episode 16 of Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo.

Is this a parody of some actual manga?

It's an actual manga called Hanaori Soushi, by Choujin.

  Having lost their parents at a young age, Chiharu and her brother find strength in each other. The past behind, the two live their lives in peace. However, the appearance of a new transfer student named Hisaya will put an end to these tranquil days. What does he want, and why does it involve Chiharu?


Where does the idea of "Episode 0" originate from? In the anime I've been watching lately, I see a lot of episode 0s popping up, which usually are published after the final episode and usually are not very comprehensible unless you have watched the series itself.

Where did this originate from and why do they do this?

Sample show:

Based on a google search for site:myanimelist.net "episode 0", we find the following episodes:

Candy Boy Episode 0 (a pilot, airing 6 months before Candy Boy)
Nichijou Episode 0 (a pilot, airing a month before Nichijou)
Haganai Episode 0 (a pilot, airing a few weeks before Haganai)
One Piece: Strong World Episode 0 (a prequel to One Piece: Strong World)
Koroshiya 1: Episode 0 (not sure about this one - Japanese Wikipedia says that it's about Ichi's past, so I guess it's a prequel?)
Hakuouki Hekketsuroku Episode 0 (a recap of the first season, and hence a sort of "prequel" to the second season, which aired a week later)
Ichigo Mashimaro Episode 0 (not sure about this one; it may be worth noting that it's called "Prologue" rather than "Episode 0" in Japanese)
UN-GO Episode 0 - Inga-ron (a prequel to UN-GO)
Also, Kyousougiga Episode 0 is a recap of the Kyousougiga ONAs, which are sort of pilot-y with respect to the Kyousougiga cour-length anime

There's a lot of prequels and pilots1 here. Prequel episodes typically occur chronologically before "episode 1" in terms of show timeline, while pilot episodes typically occur chronologically before "episode 1" in terms of the real world, and so it makes sense for either a pilot or a prequel to be numbered "episode 0".

1 By "pilot", I mean any short piece that airs before a longer anime, whether or not it's a pilot in the US television sense, so this label includes teasers, animation test runs, etc.


What is the music that plays in episode 46 of Shippuden What is the music that plays in episode 46 of Shippuden?

Found it.
Sai theme Naruto Shippuden - Sai theme song


What are the differences between the manga and the anime adaptation of Erased and where does the anime diverge? As stated in the title, I want to know what the major differences between the manga and the anime adaptation are. From what I've read online, the anime adaptation diverged from the manga. So where does this diversion occur? Does it start from a particular chapter of the manga or has it been taking its own course gradually from the very beginning?

⚠ The answer below contains spoilers.

The manga skipped a chapter which took place before the first Revival in the anime. This chapter concentrates on the bond between Airi and Satoru, when he saves someone's (I won't spoil) life with her help.
When Satoru and his mother meet Airi in the parking lot, in the anime, he uses Revival only once to spot the difference. In the manga, he uses it 3-4 times.
In the scene where his mother is killed, he doesn't meet with the culprit in the hallway. In the manga, he catches a glimpse of him in the garden and pursues him, during which he is seen by the landlady.
The manga narrates the background story of Yashiro, which the anime skipped. The scene in the anime where Satoru decides whether or not to push Hinazuki's mother is altered. In the manga, he has a homemade taser with him.
In the manga, in 2003, when the photographers take pictures of him and Kumi (the leukemia girl), they are stopped by Airi instead of Yashiro, and Satoru recognizes her. Then he falls in coma again for another 2 years (the numeric details may have a 1 year error).
After he can walk, he goes in town and he sees Airi from afar. However, he decides to not talk to her in order to keep her away from the killer.
The end of the anime is dramatically changed. In the manga, the story follows a  bit of a longer period of time after he can walk. He has a strong big brother relationship with Kumi. The ending takes place in a holiday camp for patients who undergo recover such as Satoru and Kumi. There, the death match takes place between Satoru and Yashiro and is more complex as compared to the anime. Sawada and Kenya having a bigger role as well.
In the manga, Hinazuki indicates to Satoru that Misato is alone instead of the glasses boy.
When he was little (younger than the 4th grade), Satoru had a female friend two years older than him, whom he used to play with. When she said that he is her second best male friend (or something of the sort), he goes with a stick to the group where the first "male" was, to remove him from her life, doing nothing in the end. A few days later she goes to a building attracted by something. She comes out with her hands full of pictures for kids when she is called by Satoru. It was another kidnap attempt by Yashiro, stopped unknowingly by Satoru.
The reasons for which his mother stopped being a TV anchor are hinted in the manga. The reason is the fact that the TV station director wanted to have an intimate relationship with her (most likely). She refused, resulting in cuts on her palms (probably obtained when she refused him).
The job of Hiromi Sugita is changed. In the manga, he is a physicist while in the anime, he is a doctor.
The identity of the culprit is more hinted in the manga with more small panels concentrated on his reactions on Satoru's and his friends' actions and dialogues in the school grounds (about saving the victims).
In the last showdown scene, Yashiro intends to kill Satoru and himself on a bridge set on fire. Satoru escapes and Kenya and Sawada save Yashiro's life, an event present only in the manga.
In the anime, it is skipped that Yuuki went to continental Asia and married a woman from there (her and their son having black skin are visible for a few seconds in the last episode of the anime and in the manga as well).
In those 15 years, in the manga, Yashiro kidnapped and killed around 15-30 other children, leaving some clues for Kenya and Sawada which led to him. He is charged for those murders in the manga. On the other hand, in the anime these crimes are not mentioned and he is only charged with attempted murder  of Satoru.

There may be other changes which I didn't notice or forgot. The changes were less visible in the first half of the anime and were more prominent in the second half of the show, due to the anime having a short amount of screen time left to portray all of the manga content.


What's the meaning and motivation of Izaya's behavior in Episode 2: "Highly Unpredictable"? Durarara!! Episode 2 tells us about a girl named Kamichika. Near the end of the episode, after...

   ...Celty brings her to the roof to meet Izaya, he lets Kamichika to the roof edge. He tells her that a lot of people have jumped there, trying to persuade her that she's not a special case. After that he leaves, and Kimichika, after some hesitation, decides to jump. However, Celty saves her.

Izaya's motivations here are a little confusing. Even if we forget that he has...

   ...ordered the kidnapping and rescue of a girl just for the fun of it,

he is being somewhat inconsistent by telling her about all the people who jumped from the roof. At first, it seems like he's helping Kimichika by showing her that her case is neither special nor too bad, and it is not worth jumping. It even seems to work at first, when the girl hesitates. However, when Izaya leaves,

   she still decides to jump off the roof!

When Izaya sees Celty helping her, he doesn't act surprised at all, much as if he were expecting this scenario. However, he could neither be sure that

   Kimichika would jump nor that Celty would save her (I think he didn't even know that Celty hadn't left).

So does this portray him as a person who knew that Celty would save her, and because of that the girl would once again understand that life's worth living?

Because otherwise he's portrayed as a man who encourages another person to commit suicide just for the fun of observing it!

I think you're over-thinking this.

Izaya, for lack of a better word, is a troll. Period.

  One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or
  message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and
  argument.
  (taken from Urban Dictionary)

But for real-life personal interaction instead of on the internet.

In fact, he is an amazing troll - as evidenced by his ability to read people's minds and predict their actions. Which in turn gives him a great ability to "toy" with people how ever he pleases.

For pretty much the entire show his actions are always to provoke responses in other people without regard to their well-being (or rather to intentionally hurt them in specific ways).

  he is being somewhat inconsistent when telling her about all the people who jumped from the roof. At first, it seems that his actions are directed toward helping Kimichika by showing her that her case is neither special nor too bad, and it is not worth to jump.

Since he admits to trying with people to see their responses, this type of inconsistency could very well be intentional to provoke a reaction from Kamichika.

  When Izaya sees Celty helping the girl, he doesn't act surprised at
  all, much as if he was expecting this scenario.

That's most likely because he knows Celty pretty well and it's common for her stick around and save people.

  Kimichika will jump nor that Celty will save her (I think he didn't
  even know that Celty didn't leave)

As a troll, it probably doesn't matter to him. But it's very possible that he knew Celty will save her and he wanted to see Kimichika's reaction after thinking she would die only to be saved.


Which anime has the most number of filler episodes and the longest filler arc? Many animes have filler episodes and arcs. So this question has two parts:

Which anime has the most number of filler episodes?
What is the length of the longest filler arc?

Percentage wise bleach has the most fillers, since it has a total of:

366 episodes

160 filler episodes

which means 43.4% of the anime are fillers.
naruto and naruto-shippuuden combined have

640 episodes
238 filler (1st season 89, 2nd season 149)

which means 37.2% of the anime are fillers.
one-piece has

682 episodes
97 filler episodes

which means only 14.2% of the anime are fillers.
But if you were to look at the sheer number of filler episodes, naruto has more fillers with 214 filler episodes.
And I believe the longest filler arc would be in rurouni-kenshin where the last 35 episodes were fillers.
Source: Own experience, Google, Filler Guide (webarchive)
EDIT

"why in your estimation, none of the longer-running series beat out Bleach and Naruto under the definition of "filler" that others already provided above" - seijitsu

Taking a few of your given long running samples such as sazae-san and nintama-rantarou makes the question quite simple to answer.
In the case of Nintama Rantarou non to barely non fillers have been aired. This does not mean it did not have fillers, because they certainly had. They were extras which as far as I know where only available on dvd. Furthermore they did not have a plot/story to follow, which makes the only deviation the moment the story would not be based on the manga, which in almost all episodes is the case. Also with the episode length given in this series 3 episodes would be the equivalent of 1 episode in naruto and the likes, which in this way easily out does this particular one.
In the case of Sazae-san, Sazae-san actually Did not have ANY filler episodes. Long running does not mean it needs fillers, there are several which never got a filler, even though they had a particularly long run time. Here follow a few

GE 999
Hoka Hoka Kazoku
gundam First
Sazae san
Kochi kame
Lupin III
the Super Robot Saga shows [ Maziger z Getta Robo and Grendizer]
Ninja Hitori kun


Which episodes of Konjiki no Gash Bell are essential? The anime series of Konjiki no Gash Bell has 150 episodes. I watched up to episode 26. As far as I saw, in most of the episodes, the main plot does not advance. Watching all those 150 episodes will be very time-consuming if that's going to be the case for the rest of the series.

Please give me a list of the essential episodes so that I could skip over the non-essential ones.

According to this page, there are 121 canon episodes.

Filler episodes for Zatch Bell/Gash bell:

31-35
89-100
139-150

Once you reach the end of episode 138, read volume 22, chapter 212 to continue the story properly.
139-150 have parts in them that are canon, but they are not completely canon, they are mostly filler and the manga is better.


What's this anime with kids jumping off a roof and then hovering over the ground? All I can remember is that there was a girl riding a scooter/bicycle and she witnesses kids jumping off a roof to see who can get closer to the ground and just before they hit the ground they stop and hover. I can't remember anything else; it was about 8-10 years ago.

That sounds like the "Beyond" segment of the anthology The Animatrix.

"Beyond" is written and directed by Kōji Morimoto. It follows a teenage girl, Yoko (Hedy Burress), looking for her cat Yuki. While asking around the neighborhood, indicatively somewhere in Japan, she meets some younger boys. One of them tells her Yuki is inside a "haunted house" and invites her to see it.
The children have stumbled across an amalgamation of anomalies within an old, dilapidated building. They have learned to exploit this glitch in the Matrix for their own enjoyment, through several areas which seem to defy real-world physics: glass bottles reassemble after being shattered, rain falls from a sunny sky, broken lightbulbs flicker briefly (during which they seem intact), a door which opens into an endless dark void, shadows which do not align with their physical origins, and a dove's feather that rotates rapidly in place in mid-air. There is a large open space in the middle of the run-down building where they take turns jumping off a high point and falling towards the ground, yet somehow stopping inches before impact. This proves amusing and they do not seem to be bothered by the inherent strangeness of the place.

Here it is on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBJe53IA9DE


Could the Founding Titan free Annie from her hardened cocoon? Currently, Annie is in a cocoon of the same material that the walls are made of (although a transparent form of it I guess).

Since the Founding Titan could command Titans to harden, could he also command Titan's like Annie, to "soften"?

This is explained in chapter 124 of the manga, when

   Eren ―having the founding titan powers― lets out a huge roar, which was a command for all hardened titans to break their cocoon and thus Annie breaks out of her cocoon as well.

Another way for the cocoon to break was with the help of

   the Jaw Titan, as it has enough jaw power to smash open the cocoon, just like when Eren defeats the War Hammer Titan this way.


How can Mjolnir Hammer joins the Far Eastern Magic Nap Society of Summer? By the time the club was established, Mjolnir Hammer, Dekomori Sanae, was a junior high student. How can she join the club? Was it because her junior high and the senior high that Tyrant Eye, Takanashi Rikka, attends is an escalator school? Is it common for student of an escalator school to attend club of the higher school in Japan?

If we don't count Dekomori as an official member of the club, then the club would have only 4 members (Dark Flame Master, Tyrant Eye, Mori Summer, Tsuyuri Kumin) which is one less than the minimum for a club.

Note: I'm not sure that the school is an escalator school. The uniform is similar and I think Yuuta once said to Dekomori, "Oh, you attend our junior high, huh?" which suggest that the school is an escalator school, but I'm not sure if I remember it correctly.

Based on Wikipedia,
The school is escalator school in anime version only.
Dekomori is anime only character that problem is not exist LN version..

Club system in escalator school is depends on the school.

Some schools have totally separate clubs.
Some schools have shared one club between junior high and high.
Some other school have joint club for cultural club and separate club for sports related club.

I'll try to add some reference about clubs in escalator school. (sorry links are in Japanese.)

From answer of this question(Does escalator school have shared club?), most school share the club between junior high and high. (The answer said they also have shared "seitokai" Student council)
Son of this blog author "graduated" baseball club in junior high, and joined high school club next day. so in this case clubs are separated.
This article said one of good thing of escalator school is share the club.


Could Naruto's shadow clones transport jutsu? In Naruto's battle against Pain,

   Naruto transports his sage mode chakra through shadow clones that he got back in frog town.

Would this also mean that if Naruto makes his clone cast a jutsu, then dispell it, the jutsu would also return to the owner?

The chakra is equally divided between all the shadow clones, so when one dies or disappears, the original will get the chakra they had left back (with all their memories). It's another thing with jutsus, when he generates a Rasengan, for instance, it is used, it is there. When the shadow clone then disappears, the jutsu is released and it will disappear to.


What are the translation of these two tanzaku in Date A Live II OVA? In this scene in the OVA episode of Date A Live Season 2, the main setting is what appears to be a Tanabata Festival.

In this first picture, Kotori was writing a wish on her tanzaku but as Tohka questioned her about it, she then entered tsundere mode. Before she managed to erase her original wish and replace it with a plain "I hope Shidou becomes useful.", the video shows her original wish for a few milliseconds, but there are no subtitles for it. (I'm sorry if the first character was already scratched out, but it was already very difficult to capture this image).

We also see Kurumi wrote her own wish in a tanzaku, but it isn't shown until much later in the episode. The second picture shows her wish as Shidou tied it to the topmost of a bamboo tree, again without subs.

What did these two girls write in their wishes?

Initially, Kotori wrote in her tanzaku

  士道と結婚．．．

I don't know what lies beyond the cut off part, but it can be inferred that she wants to get married (結婚) with Shidou.

As for Kurumi's tanzaku, it reads

  士道さんとまたいつか会えますように

which translates to

  I hope to meet Shidou-san again some day.

If you are wondering, the last 3 characters on the bottom left corner is her name [時崎]{ときさき}　狂{くるみ} (Tokisaki Kurumi).


Who is this black haired girl with a massive sword and gun I found this anime picture:

 Source

And I'm wondering from which anime it is.
Unfortunately I can't give any more information since I don't know what it's about or anything.
I only have the picture.

PS: I used the google search picture as suggested when adding the tags. But all I came across was people using this as profile picture and only 1.5 page of search results in google. Search results

I hope some of you know from which anime this is.

Thanks in advance!

This is Black Rock Shooter (anime & character both have the name). It originally was a drawing from Ryohei Fuke on Pivix. This later spawned an OVA and subsequent anime series in 2012 and also a PSP game

Original Design

Black★Rock Shooter (ブラック★ロックシューター Burakku Rokku Shūtā?) [...] revolves around its eponymous character, a mysterious black haired girl with a blazing blue eye.
The original illustration inspired a song of the same name by Supercell, which gained popularity on the Nico Nico Douga website. A 50-minute original video animation based on the franchise was produced by Yutaka Yamamoto's studio Ordet, written by Nagaru Tanigawa and Shinobu Yoshioka, and directed by Shinobu Yoshioka. A "Pilot Edition" was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in September 2009, before the full version was released on DVDs bundled with select magazines from July 24, 2010, subtitled in seven languages, followed by a retail release on December 17, 2010. An eight-episode television anime series, produced by Ordet and Sanzigen, aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block between February 2 and March 22, 2012. The franchise has also spawned several manga series and a video game for the PlayStation Portable titled Black Rock Shooter: The Game, each set in their own universe.

Wikipedia
If you want to watch/play you don't have to worry about the order too much as the stories are separate


About Face and the demons of Tartaros So one of the goals of Tartaros was

   that they would activate Face, which would then wipe out magic all together from the world. Or at least from the continent, which would be quite helpful for them as they don't use magic, but rather curses.

However, it is clearly stated that the strongest members of Tartaros

   are all demons created by the dark mage Zeref himself. Even if they don't use magic, they are just Zeref's living magic.

Doesn't that make them vulnerable to Face? Wouldn't it kill them?

Actually even if the demons are created by Zeref's magic, they will not die as they are not magic objects but actual living beings. He created these living beings using his Living Magic (Seikatsu Mahou), thus breathing life into them which means they no longer need his magic to continue living. Thus, when all magic will disappear, they will continue to live and their curses won't be affected.


Is Eren Jaeger considered a Rogue Titan or an Attack Titan? I know that Grisha was the Attack Titan before Eren ate him so that makes Eren the Attack Titan now... right?

I'm just not sure what to call his titan form. I know in the beginning they named him the Rogue Titan, but does it change now that we know he ate the Attack Titan? Most of the fandom calls him the Rogue Titan but I know a few that call Eren's titan form the Attack Titan. So is it just majority rules or whichever one you feel like calling him?

I think of Eren being called the Attack Titan is more of a title than what you should call his form... or is that the same thing?

According to Chapter 88, pages 46-47,

  we find out that the proper name for the titan form Eren is in possession of is the Attack Titan.

However,

  we do know that Eren's father, Grisha Yeager, consumed the Founding Titan thus combining two titan forms into one. Once Grisha reached the 13-year limit, he forced his son to consume him so that his titan-shifting abilities would pass on to his son. That being said, even though Eren is technically in possession of both the Founding Titan and Attack Titan forms, he is still referred to as the Attack Titan.

When he was referred to as the Rogue Titan,

  it was not a form they were referring to but rather an alignment. Eren's titan, unlike the other titan-shifters, was aligned with the Eldians on Paradis Island and not with the titan-shifters waging war against them. Think of the temporary name as a way that the Eldians initially distinguished the Attack Titan from the other titan-shifters. Once the Eldians learned the actual name of Eren's titan form, they stopped using Rogue Titan as a descriptor and used Attack Titan instead.

Again, just to be clear, Eren's titan form is called the

  Attack Titan.

And Rogue Titan,

  was used only as a means to describe Eren's titan when the Eldians did not know the actual name of Eren's titan form.


What happened to Naruto's grandparents? Was Kushina the last of the Uzumaki clan and if not why did none of her family take Naruto on as an orphan? Who was the Namikaze's and why have we never heard of another one?

Were both Kushina and Minato orphans themselves? What is the story behind Naruto's extended family?

The Uzumaki clan and it's village was destroyed some time after Kushina came to Konoha. Survivors went into hiding and and spread throughout the world.
It is unlikely that direct relatives of Kushina survived.
Regarding Minatos parents we just don't know anything about them.
But considering that the third shinobi world war took place at that time where even children barely out of the academy were send to fight it might be a reasonable assumption that his parents died in it.

Sources:
Minato
Kushina
Uzumaki clan
3rd Shinobi World War


What happened to Dana and the 15th Armored Battalion? The start of Robotech: The Next Generation explains what happened when the Invid invaded. The Army of the Southern Cross was apparently wiped out, but was Dana Sterling and the 15th Armored Battalion also wiped out?

Dana appears in the comics Robotech: Love and War and Robotech: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles so it would seem that she survived the destruction of the 15th Armored Battalion and may have continued the war against the Invid in some capacity, but after that her fate in unknown.


Why do most dragon slayers in Fairy Tail have their emblems on their shoulder? I wanted to know why their emblems are on their shoulder. I realized it days ago. If any of you have any answers or theories, please tell me. I would appreciate it a lot.

@Jerry is right, the placement of the guild's symbol is wherever the mage wants it. If you remember in Volume 1 Chapter 2, Mirajane was asking Lucy if she was sure she wants the symbol placed on her hand, implying that mages have a choice as to where they can put it.

As to how some dragon slayers have their guild's symbol in their shoulders, that is mostly coincidental and if there was any special meaning to it, it was not focused upon nor explained throughout the series, at least in the manga, if I recall correctly.