Why does Edward Elric throw up after digging up his mother's corpse? In season 2 episode 7 of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, as Pinako and Edward went to the brothers' old house to dig up Edward's mother's corpse to see if it was actually her they transmuted, it starts to rain. In a particular scene, Ed throws up a yellow liquid which I guess was a nicer way to depict vomiting.

But why does he throw up?

As you point out in the question, they are digging up Ed's mother, which is traumatic in itself. Additionally, Ed is a child and they are doing this for a traumatic reason: to check whether the transmutation that took his arm and leg and his brother's body was actually of her. Vomiting is a result of the stress response which can come from things like anxiety and trauma. Hence Ed vomiting from digging up his mother.


Why did humans and birds turn into stone but other animals didn't? In the first episode of the anime, humans and birds are shown to have turned into stone. But dogs, fawns, etc. didn't.

Why did humans and birds turn into stone but other animals didn't?

It seems whatever happened was aimed at humans, just like how they show that once it was aimed at only birds, and not humans.

It is probably going to be revealed.


How do they decide if a tank is eliminated or not? In Sensha-dou, if the tank gets hit and is unable to continue the battle, it will raise a white flag. However, there are some cases when the tank got hit but still no flag raised. Here are some example:

When the Duck Team (volleyball club team) hit St. Gloriana's Matilda tank, they hit it twice on close range but no flag. But when the Hippo Team hit the same type of tank once, that tank got flag.
In OVA, when Ooarai Girls High School fought with Anzio High School, their Carro Veloce got hit several times, but still continued their battle. They just flipped their tank again.
There was several cases when the rack got hit and came loose, but there was no flag and they fixed it right away. (None of their opponents seem to attack their tanks)
Some other cases that I'm aware of probably because of their thick armor like Kuromorimine Girls High School's Mauss

Note: Most tanks only need one hit to raise a flag.

The calculation takes into effect the power of the actual gun of each tank. The Type 89 the volleyball team used has terrible gun that can't even penetrate the ass of a British Matilda. The StuG III Ausf G that the Hippo team uses a gun that has better penetration.

For the Carro Veloce, their reasoning is that the tankettes are only flipped because of their small size and the computer that does the calculating doesn't register it as a penetrating shot.

As for the Maus, it's the same reasoning as question number 1. The Maus has very thick armor and regular hits from Ooarai's tanks will never penetrate.


Why was Railgun chosen for the Sisters project and not Kakine Teitoku? Misaka Mikoto "Railgun" was chosen for the Sisters project who cloned her. But she's ranked #3 among the level 5 espers. Why wasnt rank #2 Kakine Teitoku chosen instead, or even rank #1 Accelerator, in the case the original objective of the project wasnt to turn Accelerator into a level 6?

if I remember correctly the electric powers allowed the clones to form "the misaka network", so they can learn from the previous battles and get stronger over time.

  ref: clip from To aru Kagaku no Railgun S


Why can't Might Guy get his legs back? After the Fourth Great Ninja War, both Naruto and Sasuke lost an arm and Might Guy lost his legs (after awakening 8 gates). Tsunade and the team then built arms for Sasuke/Naruto using Hashirama cells.

Why didn't they chop Guy's legs and put Hashirama legs as well? Is it because Hashirama cells are not compatible?

Tsunade could not fix Guy’s legs because his body and his nerves were destroyed from fighting with Madara. Guy's body was really damaged and way worse than Sasuke and Naruto's damage.

There is a certain point where if it's reached, then there is no going back from it, plus the Uzumaki clan has special healing powers, for example Karin.

But Sasuke on the other hand, didn't want to have his body healed, because it would feel like his sins are being forgiven with no consequences, especially after he did a lot of bad things to the Hidden Leaf Village.


How closely related do two Uchihas have to be in order for one to obtain the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan? When a user of the Mangekyō Sharingan wants the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, do they have to take the eyes of their sibling, or could they obtain the EMS by taking the Sharingan eyes of any Uchiha?

While researching, I found this:

  Their vision can be restored by receiving the transplanted Mangekyō of
  an Uchiha with strong blood ties — ideally a sibling — thus awakening
  so-called Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

So my question is: what is considered "strong blood ties"? Father, aunt, 2nd cousin twice removed?

Is there any other source that explains this in greater detail?

The answer to this question is that there is not enough evidence to answer this question correctly without any speculation.

Throughout the series, Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Sasuke are the only ones to obtain Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. Both obtained it by transplanting their brothers' eyes and both of their brothers have obtained Mangekyou Sharingan before the transplatation happened. Thus, we can't say for sure whether transplanting other close relatives eyes would work or not.

Genetically speaking, a child is genetically 50% of his mother and 50% of his father. Him and his sibling can be more similar in case of a identical twin. But most of the time, they would be genetically more distant. A child would most likely have a different sets of chromosome compared to his sibling. Because of this, the genetic similarity between siblings vary.

If we are to take Madara and Sasuke's case as the base for our hypothesis, then transplantation between a child and his parents should work. Transplanting from grandparents should also work since they are 25% genetically similar. Transplanting from Aunt or Uncle might work, depending on how similar they are to the recipient genetically. The further away they are genetically, the less chance for it to work. That is if we take that Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan requires Mangekyou Sharingan from a close relative.


Is Gaara able to control sand because of his mother or shukaku (the 1 tails) The one thing that has always confused me about "cool headed" Gaara is how he became able to control sand.  During the ninja war, Gaara's father (Rasa) Originally thought that Gaara had completely given in to the Shikaku (1 tail) mainly because of the vast amount of sand that Gaara was controlling.

This leads me to believe that Sand manipulation is a characteristic trait of only the 1 tailed beast. However, if that were the case then Gaara should have lost the ability to manipulate Sand immediately after the Shikaku was extracted, but that wasn't the case.

Gaara's sand has also been known to protect him from all forms of danger, even when Gaara himself can't see the attack. This happens a lot in the Naruto series but during that same fight, his father stated that the sand was the proof of his mothers love.

(I'm not sure if this one part is actually true but a friend of mine told me that the sand is Gaara's mothers will and that's why he carries it around cause the sand is special) If that were also the case then Why can Gaara control normal sand too.

Its kinda confusing and I can't pinpoint how Gaara is actually able to manipulate sand.

Sand manipulation is not something limited to the Shikaku. Throughout the series we have seen several sand controllers.

One of the most notable applications of sand manipulation would be Kankurō's manipulation. Where he masks his puppet as another person, in chapter 42.

However, the Shikaku does help. Just as how the nine tails allows naruto to tap into it's chakra, the shikaku allows something of a similar sort. Which effectively allows Gaara to manipulate more sand.

So to answer your questions

  Is Gaara able to control sand because of his mother or shukaku

No, as several others have also shown control of sand.

  friend of mine told me that the sand is Gaara's mothers will and that's why he carries it around cause the sand is special

This is correct. Upon dieing his mother imbued the sand which Gaara carries along in the gourd with her will. This sand will protect Gaara regardless of his will, a technique also known as sand shield


How does Nami never get hit by her own lightning Nami clearly has no way of aiming her lightning since all she really does is make a lightning cloud, so how does she never get hit especially since she's always holding a long metal stick.

This is largely opinion-based, but the answer is most likely control. Nami is an excellent navigator to begin with, she's used to her own attacks, and she's always careful to let lightning fall exactly where she needs and steer clear of it. After the timeskip, she was even shown to be able to aim where her lightning falls in a few attacks.

In contrast, on a more comical note, she almost did strike herself down with lightning by accident in the Enies Lobby arc due to her weapon being too powerful (And whacked Usopp/Sogeking over the head for it), but she quickly adapted to it.

As for the "metal stick" part, it was never adressed so only speculation can be used, but Usopp most likely designed it so as to not conduct lightning. Making a weapon that can create thunder but keeping it as standard metal would be heavily impractical and dangerous.


Is Broly Super Saiyan 4 a regular Super Saiyan 4 transformation or does it have something "Legendary" and different from the others Super Saiyan 4? Broly in Dragon Ball Heroes turns into Super Saiyan 4, but before that he has a "legendary super saiyan" transformation others saiyans don't have, and also he has a red aura instead of yellow, though this could mean he's in the limit breaker Super Saiyan 4 form .

Is Broly Super Saiyan 4 a regular Super Saiyan 4 transformation or does it have something "Legendary" and different from the others Super Saiyan 4?

From Dragon Ball Wiki - Legendary Super Sayan 4

Broly's Super Saiyan 4 form is largely similar to Goku's Super Saiyan
4 form, although the main difference is his having a significantly
built frame and blank eyes (similar to his Legendary Super Saiyan
state). It also has a yellow aura when in use, and is one of the few
Legendary variants to not have Broly possess emerald hair.

The Legendary Super Saiyan 4 form, like Legendary Super Saiyan 3 and
Legendary Great Ape, is only seen in video games. Broly is shown
attaining this form thanks to assistance from Black Smoke Shenron, who
uses his shadows to transform Broly into a Super Saiyan 4 in the JM7
trailer for Dragon Ball Heroes, and then proceeded to fight and nearly
kill Super Saiyan 4 Goku and Vegeta, and Super Saiyan 3 Beat but was
struggling against Super Saiyan 2 Note before Super Pikkon arrived.

Broly Super Saiyan 4 is different from other Super Saiyan 4 transformations as it was attained through the negative energy from the Cracked Dragon Balls and Black Smoke Shenron.

The red aura is present at Super Sayan 4 Full Power which is more
powerful than the Super Saiyan 4 form, seemingly a combination of the
former and Legendary Super Saiyan. Broly attained this form around the
Assault on the Hell Gate Saga and used it to defeat the Time Breaker
leaders.


In episode 55 of Dragon Ball Super, what does Goku's action to the King of All towards the end mean? In episode 55 of Dragon Ball Super, when Goku meets with the King of All towards the end, Goku lifted him up and down and he said, "No one else can do it."

Does this mean Goku was special or just that the King of All would usually just wipe them out of existence?

I think it's just due to the fact that everyone else fears the King of All because he can wipe out the universes that people are too afraid to approach him casually.

In this regard, Goku is the only one who can do it because Goku's personality makes him extremely bold and un-phased when dealing with beings which could wipe him or anyone else out of existence.


Why can't Naruto transform into the Nine Tails? Killer B is able to transform into the 8 tails at will and be in control as he befriended the 8 tails.

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Naruto has befriended the 9 tails too, but we never saw him transform into the Nine Tails like he did when he was fighting Pain and lost control of the Nine Tails (made of bones and muscles).

Now all we get to see him transform into is a kind of Susanoo like Nine Tails cloak.

Why doesn't he transform into the actual Nine Tails(made of flesh and bones like in picture below)?

I do not know for sure, but I think Kurama cannot appear in that statue because Naruto has half of his power. If we retrieve when Minato sealed the Kyuubi (on the early incident of the masked man, Obito), Minato sealed the Kyuubi twice: once in himself and another in Naruto.


In the final phase of the Hunter Exam, why does Killua act the way he does? I've just watched episode 20 of Hunter X Hunter, in which it is revealed that:

   During the final phase of the Hunter Exam, Killua kills Bodoro as soon as the fight between Bodoro and Leorio starts.

Why would Killua act in this way?

   He knows that both interfering in other fights and killing other applicants is against the rules.

So I don't understand why he did what he did.

There are a few factors in play, but the most prevalent reason is Illumi's control over Killua. It's possible you underestimate just how much of an influence Illumi exerts—shown both in this episode, and elaborated on in episode 94.

Suffice it to say, Illumi basically raised Killua to be a killer, and thus has had years and years of exposure to Killua to manipulate how he thinks and behaves. Through his aura and manipulative skills (and other methods, revealed in episode 94), he was essentially able to convince Killua that he was not worthy of love or friendship, and that all he was meant to  be was a perfectly honed killing machine.

Essentially, this reversal of psychology drove Killua into an unstable state, unearthing his urge to kill and forcing him to act upon it again. At that point, he had been driven to believe he was just a killer, had failed to protect Gon, and he'd never be a Hunter—why would he care what happened anymore?

(As a side note, it also ensured both that he wouldn't have to fight Leorio, and that Leorio would become a Hunter. So bonus points to Killua for that.)


Is there any explanation for the Rinnegan being on people? So, I came across this scene in the anime, and was confused about the Rinnegan.

That is Lord Tenji being wrapped up by the God Tree when he asks Kaguya about who she was.Episode 460

That is due to the effect of Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Once it is cast:

  All those who fall under its gaze are trapped in the genjutsu, with the Rinnegan's design appearing in their eyes to represent its influence.

Just like when you can see the Sharingan pattern in Kyuubi's eyes when it was under Obito's control during the attack on Konoha.

Source:

Infinite Tsukuyomi


Which of the OreImo endings followed the light novels? The anime adaptation for Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai had two endings, which branched off after episode 11 (the "good end" vs the "true end"). Of course, these couldn't both have happened in the light novels because they aren't consistent with each other. Which one of these follows the light novels closer, i.e. in the novels,

   does Kirino go to America or stay in Japan?

I suppose there's also the possibility that these are both anime-original content.

The "true end" of OreImo anime follows the novel (and quite closely at that). This short excerpt from Volume 5 Chapter 4 answers the question.

   But the mail I got from my little sister betrayed my expectations.

 Please throw away my entire collection that I’ve entrusted to you.

 That was the only sentence written.


Why doesn't Chen Guo find out who Ye Xiu is? Why doesn't Chen Guo, the net cafe owner, find out that Ye Xiu is the Battle God of Glory? Doesn't his friend Tan Rou who is playing with him also know it?

The net cafe owner, Chen Guo, does not find out that Ye Xiu is the god of glory because she just thinks that he is another slacker addicted to the game of glory. [Taken from The King's Avatar wikia]

He asks Chen Guo about the job flyer, requesting a night Network Manager, for the cafe. Since the job hours are so undesirable, she gives him the job, which includes food and shelter. The room he is given is a storage room filled with boxes, and only a meager bed in the corner.
When the countdown for the tenth server ends and the server opens, Ye Xiu opens up a guide. He tells Chen Guo that he is actually Ye Qiu, and Chen Guo jokingly retorts that she is Su Mucheng.

No, her friend, Tang Rou, is an absolute newbie to the game and finds about the games through her friend Chen Guo. And although she understands the absolute superiority of Ye Xiu, she doesn't know that he is the god of glory until later when he starts attracting the attention of guilds and in turn pro players.


What is the name of the OST playing at 18:40 in Shingeki no Kyojin Episode 16? In the original anime Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan), there was an OST playing at 18 minutes and 40 seconds into the sixteenth episode. This OST happened when 104th Cadet Corps were receiving their survey corps cape.

If you are talking about the season 1, I believe the artist is Hiroyuki Sawano.  That song is on OST 2, track 6, if I'm not mistaken. The name of the song is kind a complicated (進撃vn-pf20130524巨人) so I will just leave a link.


Can the two titan powers inside Eren be separated and given to two different people? So Eren

  Has the Attack titan and the Founding titan inside of him right?!

we can presume that if someone were to consume Eren

   they will gain the two titan powers together.

So can some one consume or gain just one of the titans? Like when the original titan(the original Ymir) divided her powers in to nine different powers and gave them to her descendants?

If a shifter dies not by getting eaten by a titan, their powers go to a random person. One can therefore presume that if Eren were to die, the two different titans would go to two different people.


Why are old anime women often depicted as young girls? Admittedly I don't watch enough anime to have full context, but in numerous situations I've seen what's depicted as a little girl is actually a woman 100+ years old. Is there a reason for this characterization? Is it a plot device, or is there cultural/historical reasons? There's a wiki article that talks about examples but not the history or reason for the trope: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ReallySevenHundredYearsOld/AnimeAndManga

Here's a relevant hilarious video conveying how age is often inconsistent with maturity or appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGxCMyLm6js

I suppose this depends on your definition of "often". It also heavily depends on the kind of show you're watching.

If you're watching a slice-of-life anime which has its characters closely rooted in the modern reality as opposed to anything supernatural, then older women are typically drawn closer to what our expectations would be.

If you're watching an anime which is rooted in more supernatural, fantasy or "other-world" (isekai), then you're going to run into this a lot more often.

For instance, it's reasonable to say that an older human woman would look closer to what we would expect, since we have a more familiar reference point.  In a fantasy setting, it's not unrealistic to suggest that an older [insert race/species here] woman would look to us as if they were a much younger human woman.


Did Boruto inherit Naruto's large Chakra reserves Everyone knows just how large Naruto's chakra reserves are.

 My question however is if Boruto inherited the large life force and massive chakra of the Uzumakis. So far, he's able to use 3 clones easily without any problems but then again, His father could do way more at his age.

Are there any indications so far in the anime, which could prove that Boruto might possibly have inherited the massive Chakra reserves of his father.

   I'm really interested in this because that is the only way a person can master sage Mode (If they have enough Chakra to withstand the force of Natural energy), and if Boruto did Inherit the massive Chakra load of his father then the possibility of him mastering sage mode will be pretty high i guess

Naruto himself doesn't have much more than the average amount of chakra.  The only reason he is seen as having more is because he's using Kurama's chakra for the entirety of the series.

Bourto by extension does not have a Tailed Beast inside of him, so he would not have nearly as much chakra as his father.


Why do Usagi and Chibi-Usa call Minako Mina-P? In the Kodansha translation of the manga, I noticed some of the characters, primarily Usagi and Chibi-Usa, I believe, call Minako Aino by the name Mina-P. It seems to be an abbreviation of her name, but I'm not sure where the P comes from, and I don't recall this name ever being explained. Is there an explanation?
For example, I see this name used twice in Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Short Stories Volume 1, once on page 69 by Chibi-Usa in the story "Chibi-Usa's Picture Diary" Chapter 3 Beware of Cavities:

Aaaargh! Papaaa, Usagiiiii!! I don't wanna die here!! Mina-P! Luna-P! Diana!!

and once by Usagi on page 135 in the story "Exam Battle Shorts" Chapter 3 Rei's and Minako's Girls School Battle?:

Hey, hey, Mina-P, there's a late-night show on that's real good. Let's watch it tonight!

"-P" is a suffix that a person can attach to the end of someone's name to indicate closeness, familiarity, and affection. These suffixes are all called "honorifics" in English but are called 「呼び方」 (yobikata) (or far less commonly, 「呼ばせ方」 [yobasekata]), which mean "how to call (someone/something)" in Japanese. "-P" is one of the examples like the far more common "-chan" that do not signify respect and honor (like the standard "-san" or the more formal "-sama"), so these affectionate suffix kinds of yobikata are called 「愛称」(aisho), which means "affectionate nickname." (In Japanese, these suffixes are not attached with a dash; the name runs right into the suffix like 「美奈P」[MinaP] or Makoto's「まこちゃん」[Makochan]. The dash when writing in romaji sets off a suffix from a name for non-native Japanese language learners to be able to identify where the name or abbreviated nickname ends and the suffix begins.)
Japanese people use yobikata almost all the time to everyone they know, from family members up to the highest elite person (a person trying to be cutesy can even attach one to his/her own name, which Minako does in certain moments). To avoid attaching a suffix to someone's name is to do 「呼び捨て」(yobisute), meaning to "throw out how-to-call-someone," and should only be done through consent by both parties and indicates a high level of closeness or conveys a lack of respect (for example, the times when Rei calls Usagi without a suffix, or when Usagi calls Chibi-usa without a suffix).
Characters usually use yobikata for each other, most of the cases are the common "-chan," (Usagi-chan, Ami-chan, Rei-chan, Mako-chan, Minako-chan, Mamo-chan, Chibi-usa-chan, etc.) and are sometimes used for the sailor senshi forms (V-chan, Venus-chan, etc.). "-P" is a rather uncommon suffix in Japanese culture; I have lived in Japan for years and never heard someone use it (though, admittedly, I don't spend time at Japanese high schools). In contrast, "-chan" is everywhere in society.
It should be noted that this "-P" suffix is a wholly different "-P" suffix than the "-P" suffix used to abbreviate the word 「プロデューサー」(purodyuusaa = producer) in arenas such as the vocaloid industry. In Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, the civilian disguise form of Sailor Iron Mouse, Nezu Chuuko, who works for Ginga Terebi (Galaxy TV), is called "Nezu-purodyuusaa," never called "Nezu-P."
As you note, the only two within the series to receive the "-P" suffix are Minako and Luna-P. One reason for each case overlap, but there are two points of difference.
When Sailor V(enus) first appears, she is a mysterious, unknown, admired enigma to Usagi and the other others. However, over time, they get to know Minako. While Usagi loves all of her friends deeply, she comes to feel a particularly special bond with Minako because she views Minako as more like herself than the others. (In the early manga and anime, in what ways Minako is more similar to Usagi than Makoto is to Usagi or than Rei is to Usagi is not so clear but, as the series goes along, they are portrayed as a kind of kindred combo. This kindred affinity is portrayed in the anime as well [for example, chasing after Haruka-san or lamenting failing a class], but in the anime the Usagi-and-Rei relationship is portrayed more centrally.) Because Usagi feels a more special bond with Minako, she calls her "Mina-P," a suffix she doesn't use for anyone else.
As this Sailor Moon blogger explains,

うさぎちゃんの「美奈P」の呼び方が一番好きです。
うさぎちゃんと美奈子ちゃんの仲良しっぷりが感じられて。
このお互いの名前の呼び方って人間関係や、本人の性格が出ているようで
大切なポイントだと私は思ってます。たまに変わったりするけども (ﾟAﾟ;)

Translated: "What I love the most is how Usagi calls Minako 'Mina-P.' You can feel how close of friends they are. What they call each other is an important point that shows human relationships and their personalities. Though they change it up once in a while. (ﾟAﾟ;)" [translation mine]
In contrast, the suffix serves three purposes for Luna-P, Chibi-usa's cat face ball device.
One reason is the same: to demonstrate that Chibi-usa considers this device her close friend.
Secondly, the "-P" suffix in Luna-P's name is onomatopoeia, (in Japanese, 「擬音語」[giongo]). 「ピ」(pi) or, usually in repetition, such as「ピピピピピ」(pipipipipi), is a Japanese sound effect that means "beep beep beep." This sound effect often appears in the manga, and Luna-P itself only ever communicates in beeps rather than words (excluding transmitting voice chat between Chibi-usa and Puu). Luna-P is a beeping device, so the sound of the pronounced "-P" suffix here additionally conveys the electronic nature of the item.
Thirdly, other characters adopt calling this device "Luna-P" even though they do not feel that personal affection toward it, most likely because to speak of it with yobisute would simply be to say the name "Luna" - the name of a different prominent character who is always referred to and addressed with yobisute - and thereby possibly confusing.


Where can I find a list of Yen Press shoujo ai/yuri titles? I've been building a list of the shoujo ai/yuri manga & light novels so that I can have an idea of where to get them and how much does they cost. On Seven Seas Entertainment's site, they have a yuri tag

While not shoujo ai/yuri, when I added K-On, I was reminded about Yen Press, but there's no tag system on their website. When I do a search for "yuri", I only get Eclair. Under sub-genres, they have "Gay & Lesbian", but looking up "lesbian" returns nothing (since I'm not looking for shounen ai/yaoi).

Where can I find a list of Yen Press shoujo ai/yuri titles? This way, I can search the title up on Yen press to find where I can buy it.

Note: If Eclair is actually the only shoujo ai/yuri title Yen Press has localized, then a resource is still useful in case searching for "yuri" on the site fails later on.

Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl
Eclair
Cocoon Entwined
Killing Me
Our Wonderful Day
Whenever Our Eyes Meet...
Yuri Life

I know there are some series where yuri isn't the main focus but it's there, like Scum's Wish and Murciélago. And some where it's subtext, like the K-ON series.


Why do the MISAKA Sisters narrate everything they say? The MISAKA sisters from Toaru Majutsu no Index have this habit of constantly narrating everything they say in the third person, including the way they say it and actions during their speech. Moreover, the Last Order does it twice for every sentence.

Why do they do that? (And why doesn't anyone seem to notice?)

The sisters were created with suppressed emotions, as these were completely useless for the experiment. The lack of understanding their emotions and the shared memory causes them to miss any self-identity, thus they refer to themselves in the third person.

I don't know why Last Order says Misaka twice, maybe it's just because of her own personality because she's only 10 years old.


How can Kakashi use Kamui and Chidori so much during the Ninja War At the beginning of Shippuden, Kakashi uses Mangekyo Sharingan: Kamui to teleport Deidara's bombs so it doesn't go off in their faces but Kakashi is then bedridden for a week because using Kamui takes a huge toll on him and sucks up all his chakra. Kakashi also said he could only use his Chidori five times a day at the very most.

After Madara and Obito start the Ninja War, all of a sudden Kakashi can spam Kamui and Chidori and literally nothing happens. I get that Kurama lent him chakra, but Kakashi was spamming stuff way before that aswell, and besides, Kurama didn't give him that much chakra.

So how can Kakashi use Kamui and Chidori so much during the Ninja War when before it was apparently so taxing to him?

He spams Kamui's and does get the side effects later.

In episode 418, right before Madara fights Gai. Kakashi mentions to Minato how bad his eyesight has become, and that he needs to get closer to use kamui (on one of the truthseeker orbs). During the fight with Pain we see this as well. When he uses his last kamui, blood flows from his eye due to overuse.

As for the 5 chidori's, that shouldn't be the problem with Kurama's chakra.


Is it possible that marines are also trying to find one piece? Gol D. Roger said that one piece treasure is there and anyone can claim it due to which it started the "Great Age of Pirates."
After that moment, every pirate set sail to find that treasure and that's how everyone began to explore so many things. During this adventure many fights began and many incidents happened.

Since Marine are the military sea forces and their duty is to maintain law and order. But then I was wondering that:

Are they also trying to find one piece so that they can stop this chaos of finding one piece.

Before I begin to answer please let me state that I only watch the anime, I do not read the manga which is far ahead of the anime.

So the short answer is yes it is a possibility, however the likelihood I believe is very doubtful.

Gol D. Roger started the infamous age of pirates by saying his treasure was up for the taking and ever since then the military has been falling all over themselves trying to round up those pirates; it got to be so bad that they had to recognize some of the stronger pirate groups as "Warlords" who they would not go after for the piracy crimes in exchange for the Warlord pirate group to take care of the lower class pirates running rampant. Admiral Fujitora is personally against the notion of allowing the stronger pirates such as Don Quixote being allowed to do whatever they please and he wants to bring an end to the entire Warlord system.

The show is centered around the Straw Hat Pirates who have taken the world by surprise time and time again for how rowdy and badass they are. They went from defeating a small marine base to taking on the warlords, they went from warlords to storming Enis Lobby and giving a middle finger to the world government, and is if that wasn't bad enough they then took on the Celestial dragons who are considered gods compared to everyone else and then Luffy went and broke into and out of Impel down which just pub stomped the Marines reputation for being able to control the order. The straw hat pirates have made the warlords, the world government, and the pirate emperors their enemies, it is quite literally them vs the entire world.

The government is so busy trying to regain their diminishing reputation that they cant afford to waste time looking for pirate treasure. Remember the war of the great? Remember Whitebeard's last words? Whitebeard reminded everyone that One Piece exists to spark the flame once again because the government refuses to accept One Piece even exists. Imagine the government turning up with One Piece after all of this, it would bring humiliation on them; they would much prefer One Piece never be found and people losing faith in its existence as to make people lose interest in being pirates because the second they get One Piece and word gets out it'll just cause an even bigger wave of pirates but this time they will all be hell bent on going after the Marines directly and before you know it we have another war of the great.

Again this is all speculation and I have just as much evidence to support my theories as does the next guy to reply who says that I'm entirely wrong. From the way the series is going I expect that the main focus will be taking down Kaido and Big mam but we cannot forget about Luffy's wrath for Blackbeard; either way we all know the marines aren't even in the picture, its the pirate emperors that own this series. All it took was Shanks saying stop for an entire war to end, that's how terrified everyone is to piss off an emperor, and Luffy has made it his goal to piss them off. At this point the marines are relics of a lost age.


Are the 3 idiots in the Recruitment arc the same ones in the beginning of the series? In the recruitment arc, there are 3 idiots that resemble closely the school bullies in the beginning of the series.

Wikipedia lists them as the 3 new idiots:

  New 3 Idiots (新３バカ?)

  Voiced by: Ryosuke Kanemoto (Kōda), Ryohei Arai (Saotome), Yusuke Handa (Hinoe)
  A Trio of C-Class agents who were seemingly made to believe that Arashiyama Unit has no real strength. They're frequently trying to show off, but get constantly beaten up. According to Replica, they seem like idiots. The credits give them the surnames: Kōda (甲田), Saotome (早乙女), and Hinoe (丙) in the anime.

and right below lists the old 3 idiotslink:

  3 Idiots (３バカ?)

  Voiced by: Mitsuo Iwata (No. 1), Kōta Nemoto (No. 2) and Hiroaki Miura (No. 3)
  A trio of bullies from Osamu and Yūma's classroom. They bully Osamu and Yūma at first, but start fearing them after they find out Osamu is a Border agent and after Yūma scares them away.

Their seyuu are different, but the characters seem the same ones.

Are they the same?

As ʞɹɐzǝɹ mentioned, they are not the same three idiots.

The first set of three idiots had no idea that Osamu was in border. On top of this they are not in border either. You can check this in episode 01 where they run from the neighbors rather than trying to fight using triggers (normal/training).
The second set of three idiots basically replace the first set since the first set is never mentioned again. The second set of three idiots become part of border as class C agents—trainees. You can tell by the white/orange uniforms.

While all six of them are idiots, they still play different roles. The first three being Osamu's bullies, the second three acting as superiors of Osamu.

You can check their personalities and appearances via episode 01 for the first set and episode 17 for the second set.


Are the Jupiter Sisters real? On the TWGOK wikia, it says that the Jupiter Sisters are named after Roman gods and goddesses. Are they really a group or something? Or did Wakaki-sensei just randomly select and choose a suitable character for them? Do their traits match those of the real gods/goddesses?

And also, is this picture based on a real place?

Mercury, Mars, Minerva, Diana, Apollo, and Vulcan are all Roman deities, yes. In particular, they are six of the twelve Consentes, the Roman counterparts of the twelve major Olympians of Greek myth. What's a little bit weird is that while there are six female Consentes, that set of six isn't the same as the set of six represented as the "Jupiter sisters" in TWGOK. Minerva and Diana are female in Roman legend, but the other four are male. (I suppose this is in keeping with the time-honored anime tradition of gender-bending.)

Some of the traits of the sisters described on the wiki page you linked are traits that were associated with the deities with which they share their name. For example, legendary Mars is the god of war, while TWGOK Mars is "adept at combat"; legendary Apollo cures illness in many legends, while TWGOK Apollo is "adept at healing spells"; etc.

The same wiki page you linked suggests that the picture you included in your question might be a reference to the caryatid statuary at the Erechtheion.


What book is Houtarou reading in episode 2 of Hyouka? In episode 2 of Hyouka, Houtarou is shown reading a book throughout the episode. What book is it?

Houtarou is reading On Decadence (堕落論 = Daraku-ron, sometimes also translated Discourse on Decadence), by Ango SAKAGUCHI.

(image source: this blog)

Sakaguchi was a novelist, essayist, and critic who lived from 1906-1955. He gained immense popularity in the immediate post-war period with his 1946 essay On Decadence, which criticized pre-war Japan as too heavily steeped in bushido culture, and argued that though post-war Japan was decadent, it was better than what came before.

On Decadence is not mentioned in the Kotenbu series of novels on which Hyouka is based.

In an amusing connection, the anime Un-Go (written アンゴ = ango in Japanese and hence pronounced identically to Sakaguchi's given name) was based on one of Sakaguchi's period novels - Meiji Kaika Ango Torimono-chou, loosely "Ango's Tales of Detectives from the Dawn of the Meiji Period".


What is the anime where a popular soft drink kills people who drink it X times? I've got this vague memory of an anime movie I saw once a very long time ago (around 1990?) and I'd like to find it—but I've no idea of any names that were mentioned.

A particular unique aspect of the plot was that there was some kind of new popular soft drink that was actually made as a part of an evil plan as people died or disappeared (turned to green sludge?) after drinking it X times. The setting was near-future, and I believe that the focus of the action was on some kind of sea warships, but I don't recall much more—that's why I want to find it! :)

You may be thinking of an old Miyazaki movie called Sora Tobu Yureisen. In the movie, there was a drink called "Boa Juice" which is manufactured by the evil corporation and was really some kind of poison that made people dissolve if you drank enough of it.

This blog post has a really detailed synopsis with lots of screenshots of the movie.


Is there a way to directly donate to support a comic / light novel / animation? In many times we are viewing a story without paying. It can be an animation broadcast on television. It can be comic or light novel that is only translated by volunteer online and one is forced to view the pirated version as this is the only way to view it. So there should be times we feel that want to have some ways to pay some money back to support the comic / light novel writer or the animation company.

Currently the most common way to do so is to buy some products, like Blu-Ray Disk, poster, figures, toys and video games etc. However, when the comic / novel / animation is so rare that you are forced to view a pirated version, it usually means it is also impossible to buy these products.  Even if it is possible, it feels odd to buy unnecessary stuff just to show my support. Sometimes it is just not environmentally friendly, and sometimes (think of Strike Witches) you really need to be brave enough to just possess the product itself.

Then I think of the donation page or the "Buy me a beer" button in many free software site (like this one). So I am thinking if there are similar things for ACGN (Anime, Comic, Games, light Novel)?

Simple answer is no. Anime are created through production committees. How they come about can vary. The best way to support a commercial work is to purchase the principal media (discs) behind them or the source material (novels, manga).

The crowd funding, Patreon-type model is not very well-known or accepted in Japan, but they do exist. The most notable recent one is Nekopara. However, these happen fairly infrequently, and typically only happen for smaller or self-published work instead of bigger IPs from established.


Why do some characters not have surnames? In Naruto, a number of characters don't have surnames, though many do. For example, Naruto is Uzumaki Naruto, while Gaara is just Gaara or Gaara of the Sand. Why is this?

There are a lot of speculations regarding this like on this Naruto forum.

They only need a first name for story purposes, the last name doesn't matter so often.
Either they don't belong to a known clan (or just don't have one) - making it unnecessary.
Maybe its just the way Kishimoto planned it to be or to keep us in the dark or they weren't necessary.
They don't have real names.
Kishimoto just can't came up with last names to use.

All of these are speculations and opinions so there is really no definite answer for this.

In general for anime, according to TVTropes,

  A major character is never referred to by their actual or full name,
  instead being addressed by a title, nickname, or Only One Name.
  Reasons for this vary, but it often serves the function of making a
  character seem more mysterious or eccentric.

  In older (pre-1900 in North America; pre-1970 in the UK) fiction, a
  narrator may refer to a character (especially an older or more
  socially prominent character) by his or her surname. This is because
  at that time first names were much less commonly used socially than
  they are now; a young character may not even know the first name of an
  older character he or she is not related to. It was also common in
  that time to blank out the names of real people to avoid lawsuits and
  the like.

  A common joke is to do The Un Reveal on the full name.

  This trope can be somewhat justified, however, due to Nominal
  Importance: It's difficult enough for the writers to come up with good
  names for the main protagonists; it would be incredibly painstaking to
  come up with equally good names for a cast of characters who exist
  solely as part of the setting and serve no further purpose to the
  narrative.

  Another common variation is for a series where a child is the main
  character to have parents only referred to as Mom and Dad.

  Sometimes, a main protagonist will have no name to add to their
  mystique.

The link also provides more examples of anime characters who don't have names/surnames.


Why do rocks start flying when high levels of chakra are being used? When people in Naruto begin using high levels of chakra--such as when Naruto's Kyuubi chakra comes out, rocks or other pieces of the terrain begin levitating, as shown in this picture:

Some of the rocks are circled to make them clear.

Why does this happen?

The nerd in me says:

Specifically, in the case Naruto, the anime goes out of their way to explain the chakras of the body.  They even go as far to explain the flow of energy through the chakras.  As such, as they draw energy into their chakras (both from inside and outside their body), debris (rocks in this particular case) also have that "draw" motion upwards.

Furthermore, since the movement of energy creates heat (evident in what happens later in the series when Naruto generates too much energy and he burns himself - trying not to spoil here), it stands to reason that the air around him would also heat up - so debris again would already with the added chakra pull + the hot air above it + color air below it, would help to lift it off the ground.  Similar to a hot air balloon (hot air balloons explained)

The adult in me says:

Dramatic visual effects.  There is no rationale behind it, just a common theme you see in animes.  But it's fun to make up reasons why!


How different are the anime and manga versions of Death Note? Although this question was closed, it was actually through it that I came to realize that the anime and manga versions of Death Note are different, having only seen the anime version.

Just how different are the two versions?
Does the anime simply omit some details, shortening the story?
Or do they take completely different directions at some point? (much like the FMA manga and its first anime series) If this is the case, at which point do they part?

There are some minor differences.

For example, when L loses his life in the Anime, he doesn't say anything. But in the Manga he says something like "I knew I was right".

But the main difference is the ending.

In the Anime

  Yagami Light, Near, Matsuda and all the squad are in a sort of warehouse. When Light tries to get the piece of paper of his Death Note from the watch, he gets shot by Matsuda in non-fatal points, both times. While the other guy kills himself, Light runs away, and ends up in another building of what looks like an industrial area. Ryuk is on top of a chimney and speaking to himself, he "reminds" Light about his first promise, i.e. that he would be the one to write Light's name on the Death Note. And that's what he does.

In the Manga

    Light is still in the warehouse and he sees Ryuk (Near sees him too since he has the Note as well) and he begs the Shinigami to write their names. Ryuk says "Ok Light, I'll write..." and while everybody tries to shoot him, he adds "...your name, Light." Light doens't want to believe it but when Ryuk shows the Note, his name is written there. Light sees his entire life and remembers the same sentence Ryuk told him when they met (i.e. that he would be the one to write Light's name on the Death Note). Ryuk adds "it would be hard to see you in prison and your life is over anyways" or something similar. After 40 seconds, Light dies in front of the two detective teams.


How come there are so many Dragon Slayers? In Fairy Tail, they say that Dragon Slayers are really rare, but it seems like there's more of them than most other kinds of magic. The closest amount of one kind of magic is maker magic; there are 5 people who are shown using it (Lyon, Gray, Ur, Ultear, and Rufus). It's kinda the same thing with Celestial Wizards, they say there aren't many of them but there are 4 in the show (Lucy, Angel, Yukino, and Hisui. There's also Karen who died 3 years ago and I think there's more in the anime during the Clock Arc, but I don't think that is in the manga).

I kind of get why the Celestial Wizards were likely to interact because they were needed for stuff, but if there aren't many Dragon Slayers, wouldn't it make more sense for them to run into more of any other kind of wizard than for 7 Dragon Slayers to just happen to find each other? Other than when they run into Leon, they never meet anyone with the same magic as anyone else in the guild except Celestial Wizards and Dragon Slayers.

There being so many Dragon Slayers despite it being a Lost Magic is an element central to Fairy Tail's plot. Dragon Slayer Magic is extremely rare since the only modern way to learn it is to embed Dragon Lacryma into the body as Laxus, Cobra and God Serena did. Natsu, Wendy, Gajeel, Rogue and Sting are completely different cases as they were taught by dragons themselves more than 400 years in the past and were later send through time to year 777 as part of The 400 Year Plan. Back in the past, Dragon Slaying magic was far more common.


When can chakra be seen? The answer to this question says that chakra can only be seen in certain cases, when the person is using powerful abilities. This lines up with reactions to people seeing Chidori and being surprised that it can be see. However, there are times when chakra can be seen when it is being built up instead of being used in a jutsu.

How does this happen, if chakra only shows up when someone is using a strong ability (such as Chidori)? Or is what Naruto using in the image somehow a different type of chakra?

I think you should see chakra similar to heat. If it is 20 degrees celsius you dont see heat.
Now if its 40 degrees celsius you can see the air vibrating/moving.
First of, people with visual prowesses can see chakra.

Although chakra is usually invisible, those with certain dōjutsu, like the Sharingan, Rinnegan or Byakugan, can see the colour of someone's chakra. Each person's chakra apparently has a different colour.

The second point comes closer to my heat theory

It is also interesting to note the fact that sufficiently immense amounts of chakra are visible to the naked eye.

Here comes the intersting part " When does chakra count as immense ?"
We know that in naruto there is a system simalar to our blood veins, the chakra pathway system. Allong these paths there are special points called Tenketsu.

Though ninja use chakra regularly, very few ninja possess any great control over their tenketsu. Even of jōnin, the vast majority are only capable of releasing a small amount of chakra through their hands or feet to increase the power of punches, jumps, or kicks

The Hyuga clan's main attack focus on closing those Tenketsu. The The Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms closes sixty-four tenketsu.

Though not explicitly stated, it is logical to say that the Hyūga clan (and Neji independently) calculated the exact tenketsu that would be required to shut down an opponent's combat ability.

With this information we can conclude that people whom can still function with 64 tenketsu shut are considerd above normal.

Neji Hyūga was shocked that Naruto Uzumaki was still able to stand after being hit with Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms as his body should have been in a virtually quadriplegic state.

We can also assume that the chakra a bijuu transmits to the user surpases the 64 tenketsu limiter, also the chakra from a bijuu is considerd more pure/powerfull then a normal chakra user

The tailed beasts (尾獣, bijū) are the nine titanic behemoths within the Naruto series. They are living forms of chakra, sometimes referred to as "Chakra Monsters" giving them immense reserves of especially strong chakra that far outmatches most shinobi. The tailed beasts' chakra is coloured red

There are still some mystery's regarding chakra. But as we slowly find out more in the manga/anime a beter answer might pop up.


What are the limits of Heaven's Door? In Part 4 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, we are introduced to Rohan Kishibe, who has the ability Heaven's Door. Heaven's Door turns people into books that detail their lives, which Rohan can read or write on to control those people.

We first see this with Koichi, who is directed to never attack Rohan when they first meet and who is made to forget what happened.
Later, when they are walking through an alley and Koichi turns back, despite warnings not to do so, Rohan saves him by using Heaven's  Door to write that Koichi will be flung past the boundary of the alley.
In the side story Thus spoke Rohan Kishibe, we also see Rohan use Heaven's Door on octopi to get them to save him and Tonio when the two are drowning.

What are the limits of this ability? I assumed that it was a question of what is physically or logically possible, rather like the limitations of Death Notes in Death Note.

However, I just saw the beginning of Part 5, where Koichi implies his fluency in Italian is to Rohan's use of Heaven's Door. This seems less plausible as something that could happen organically, when Koichi seems to have gone to Italy on short notice and when language acquisition takes a lot of time. While it could be interpreted as similar to memory manipulation, it's one thing for Rohan to take away existing memories, and another for him to add in something that never existed.

From what I know and have searched, Rohan himself is the only limit. Most enemy Stand users also have a counter to Heaven's Door: since it needs to touch what it affects, as long as they aren't touched, they're okay.


What is the name of the garment worn by robbers in anime? I have seen robbers wearing scarves that is tied to the nose and is carrying a huge bag on his back. This style is very common and is used to represent robbers as if it is a trope. If so, what is the name of the garment? Is it used for stealth purposes? I do not currently remember any scene but it sorts of looks like this:

That would be a tenugui (手拭い), a thin, often cotton towel used for wiping away sweat on hot days. Or drying hands after washing them. They are also used as a form of headgear or scarf on cold and hot days respectively. However as a headgear it's more often worn as a headband, as opposed to the image above.
In anime, this way of wearing a tenugui would fall under the trope of Stealth Clothing. Which points out that it originates from old Japanese romantic practices.

it is derived from ancient Japanese romantic practices. Young unmarried women were not to be too friendly with young men, and home visits at night were right out! So the young man would wear a handkerchief in the aforementioned manner

So yes, it traditionally has been used as a form of paper-thin disguise


Is there a season two of Diabolik Lovers? How many seasons are there in the Diabolik Lovers anime series? Some websites say that there's a season two, and some say that there's only one season.

As stated in the link that @nhahtdh provided above:

The official Twitter account for the anime of Rejet's Diabolik Lovers video games for women announced on Monday that a second season of the anime has been green-lit.

The mentioned Tweet is as follows (emphasis added):

【お知らせ】アニメ「DIABOLIK LOVERS」第２期の制作が決定！ 逆巻兄弟はもちろん、無神兄弟も登場！ 続報をお楽しみに☆
みなさま、応援よろしくお願い致します！！

The bolded text above roughly translates as:

[Announcement] The second season of the Diabolik Lovers anime has been set! The Sakamaki brothers, of course, and the Mukami brothers as well, will make an appearance.

No airing date nor other details have been announced as of April 14, 2015.


Why did Luffy ring the bell 16 times? I'm confused as to why Luffy rung the bell 16 times. A navy member said it's a declaration of war whereas a pirate said it's about the change of an era. Can someone please explain what exactly is the reason behind it??

The bell is called the Ox-Bell.

What does the ringing of the bell signify?

  The ringing of the bell signifies the end of one year and the beginning of another. It is rung eight times to give thanks for the old year, and another eight times to welcome the new year. If it is rung twice, it signifies some sort of disaster or distress.

How others interpreted 16 rings:

  Lieutenant Commander Brandnew of the Marines analyzed it as a declaration of war, and Killer of the Kid Pirates interpreted the meaning of it as the end of one era and the beginning of another.

The real reason behind it:

  Luffy's ringing of the bell was only a distraction, along with his other actions, so nobody in the world outside of the Straw Hat Pirates would notice the real message; in the picture of Luffy after ringing the Ox Bell, a mark is seen on his arm that reads 3D2Y with the 3D crossed out, representing the amount of time the crew would be separated.


How did Goten and Trunks become Super Saiyan so easily? Most Saiyan (Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, etc.) who evolved into Super Saiyan had trouble fulfilling one of the requirements to evolve: Their rage or other emotions had to be extreme.

However, there are two exceptions: Goten and Trunks (not the Trunks from the future). How did they achieve it? They hadn't seen or done anything that could drive them to such a level of rage/intense emotion to allow them to turn into Super Saiyan.

According to this Yahoo answer:

Because by the time they were born Goku and Vegeta had already been Super Saiyan and with the higher power level thus when trunks and goten where born their levels were also higher.
Think about it this way Vegeta (Fut Trunks timeline) was weaker at SSj Level so Future Trunks took longer to become ssj (i think he was 13) while Vegeta (regular DBz timeline) had trained harder by knowing the androids arrival 3 yrs prior to chibi trunks being born thus more powerful ssj1 vegeta. And Goten being born around some time near end of the Cell Games saga Goku had became already full power ssj.
Thus as children their power levels were already exponentially higher than the latter of gohan who was born back when goku was weaker in power level.

Basically Chi-Chi gave birth to a Demigod.


Where can I find a wig for Clannad? I've been wanting to cosplay as Nagisa Furukawa for a long time but I could never find a wig.

Good places to search are Japanese shops that sell new or used cosplay items (or shops that import official cosplay items from Japan to whatever country you live in); the websites of people who make and sell handmade cosplay items; Halloween costume websites; and sites with many sellers such as Cosplay.com's Marketplace, Yahoo Japan Auctions, Etsy, Amazon Marketplace sellers, and eBay.

Nagisa's hair is almost identical to that of Kinomoto Sakura of Cardcaptor Sakura, which is an extremely popular character, so if you search for Sakura wigs, you will find ones that can work.


What is the difference between Haki and Conquerors haki? I was watching One Piece and come up with some words like Haki and Conquerors Haki, but I failed to understand what is the difference between them, and if there are other kinds of Haki, what are they?

The Conqueror's Haki is a subcategory of Haki.

  Broadly speaking, there are two types of Haki available to everyone, given the proper training; however, there is a third type that only a certain group of "chosen ones" are said to possess.

Observation Haki

  Kenbunshoku Haki, also known as Mantra on Skypiea, is a form of Haki that allows the user to sense the presence of others, even if they are concealed from view or too far to see naturally.

Armament Haki

  Busoshoku Haki is a form of Haki that allows the user to use their spirit to create, in essence, an invisible armor around themselves. Notably, this form of Haki can be used to injure Logia Devil Fruit users.

Conqueror's Haki

  Haoshoku Haki is a rare form of Haki that cannot be attained through training. Only one in several million people have this ability. This type of Haki allows the user to exert their willpower over others.


Why does Yukio Okumura sacrifice Rin? Title says it all: why does Yukio sacrifice Rin? It was in the last couple episodes, when Yukio became the Paladin.

Because Okumura was told by his grandpa that if they destroy "the other world", he and his brother can turn back to human. And to open the gate, they need a lot of blood of the devil, so he sacrifice Rin. This is revealed in episode 22.


What characterizes an EVA pilot? As far as I'm concerned, all the students in Shinji's classroom were candidates to become EVA pilots. That's all I know, but I don't remember if this is ever addressed:

What makes an EVA pilot? I mean, what special quality makes someone more capable of piloting an EVA than others? So basically, all the students in Shinji's classroom had this special quality? What was it?

Since inline spoiler tags are not possible and I don't want 9,001 spoiler blocks, I'll preface this by saying:

This answer contains many spoilers for the Evangelion series. If you have not watched through at least episode 24, this will contain spoiler material for you.

As a note: Everyone in Shinji's class had lost their mothers (for potential soul salvaging for the Evas), and I believe most had relatives working at or connected with NERV. Each one was also obviously the same age, as a result of being born in the year of Second Impact 14 years prior.

In general, the candidates are chosen by the Marduk Institute, a committee which selects potential pilots for the Evangelion piloting program. They so happen to have listed Tōji Suzuhara at the top of their list, and so he ends up being the test pilot for Unit-03. According to an AU, Kensuke Aida is to be chosen after Tōji, but since there is an incident with Unit-04, this is never seen. There are extenuating circumstances for our main cast, though.

Rei Ayanami was chosen by Gendo because she is, in fact, one of many clones of Yui, Gendo's late wife. This was essentially an executive decision by Gendo so that he could use her for his Instrumentality plans.

Shinji Ikari was chosen, also by Gendo, for a different reason: Evangelion Unit-01 has the soul of Yui Ikari, Shinji's mother, in it, and Yui refuses to let anyone else pilot Unit-01.

Asuka Langley Sohryu was chosen because her mother, Kyoko, was in Germany with Asuka, performing the soul salvaging into Evangelion Unit-02. Obviously Asuka made a good match for a pilot.

And Kaworu, well... Kaworu is just the exception that proves the rule: He was sent by SEELE and is actually an Angel, so he doesn't follow convention. At all.

In the Rebuild continuity, this is slightly different. Rei's reason is the same; Asuka is just a very well trained pilot; Mari has powerful connections; Kaworu works for SEELE again; and Shinji's reason is unknown as of Rebuild 3.0.


What happened between the first 2 episodes of Attack on Titan season 1? How much time passed? We are given a flashback/dream sequence at the beginning of episode 2 of Attack on Titan, and there are a few references to the fact that time has passed, but it doesn't look like much time has passed.

What happened between the 1st and 2nd episode? How much time passed?

Please note that the timeskip does not occur between Episode 1 and 2, but within Episode 2.

The full story is revealed in Season 3 Episode 6 and Season 3 Episode 11. Here is a recap of what happened, starting from a scene in Season 1 Episode 1:

   Upon learning from Mikasa that Eren wants to join the Survey Corps,
 Grisha is more obliging of the idea than Carla, asking his son why he
 wants to leave the Walls. Upon hearing his son's answer, Grisha
 announces that he will be departing, telling a bewildered Carla that
 there is no point in trying to stop an inquisitive mind like Eren's.
 Before he leaves, he promises to show Eren what he has been hiding in
 their basement when he returns.

 Later, during Wall Maria's fall,
 Grisha travels to the Reiss Chapel in the night. Bursting in on the
 royal family, Grisha [...] begs Frieda Reiss to use her Founding Titan ability to save
 Shiganshina from the Titans that are breaking in, but she refuses. In
 desperation, Grisha activates his own Titan ability, easily beating
 Frieda in combat, and devouring her, before going on to slaughter the
 entire Reiss family with the exception [of] Rod Reiss, who escapes.

 Traveling to Trost District, Grisha locates Keith Shadis and enlists
 his help in searching for his family among the refugees. Upon finding
 Eren, the two men learn that Carla has been devoured, devastated by
 the news. Telling Eren that he must avenge his mother, Grisha takes
 his son into the woods. When Keith tries to stop him, arguing that
 Grisha should not put such a burden on the boy's shoulders as he might
 not be gifted like Grisha, Grisha simply explains that the fact that
 Eren is his son makes him qualified, and orders Keith not to get
 involved.

 In the forest, he
 entrusts Eren with the key to his Basement and injects him with Titan
 serum, explaining to Eren that their memories will teach him how to
 use the ability. Transforming into a Pure Titan, Eren devours Grisha
 and returns to his human state, having gained the Founding Titan […].

And now, leading to Season 1 Episode 2, this is what happens:

    Minutes pass when Keith unexpectedly hears thunder from the direction Grisha went with Eren, prompting him to venture into the forest to find them. He finds Eren lying unconscious with no sign of Grisha. He brings Eren back to the shelter to rest with Mikasa and Armin.

In Season 2 Episode 10, during

   a conversation between Bertolt and Ymir, it is revealed that titan shifters cannot remember whom they have eaten prior to their transformation. Furthermore, having been a pure titan herself, Ymir claims that every day was like waking up into a nightmare. That is why Eren thought his transformation was just a bad dream, when in fact, it was not.

On top of that, Season 3 Episode 12 gives us a little insight on

   the titan serum or titan injection itself. It is believed to be made up of titan spinal fluid. However, the exact chemical composition remains unknown.

So now we see that the timeskip encompasses

   exactly one night.


Why don't Nobuchika Ginoza and Tomomi Masaoka share the same last name? It's revealed in the last episode that:

   Nobuchika GINOZA is Tomomi MASAOKA's son.

But, I don't understand why they don't share the same last name. There must be a particular reason for this.

Most probably it's because otherwise his name would raise too much suspicion and intervene with his life. Many people in real life carry their mother's maiden name for similar reasons, so it's not surprising.


How could Mr.0 not recognize Sanji? When Sanji finds out Mr.3's hut in Little Garden, he answers a call by Mr.0, who mistakes him for Mr.3 himself.
We know that den den mushis look like whoever's speaking at the other side of the line, so Mr.0 (who should know who his subordinates are) should have recognized that it was not Mr.3
Is it maybe a special den den mushi that does not show the likeness of the individual, for the sake of not letting anyone know who Mr.0 is, or is there a different explanation?

You're thinking on the right track except for the fact that den-den mushis do not imitate those speaking. Den-den mushis do not "take the shape" of their owners. They are customized by the owners to show ownership. Trafalgar's den-den mushi looked like him, so did Doflamingo's. Thats why Mr. 0 could not recognize that it was Sanji on the other side of the line instead of Mr. 3. Also because of plot.
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Why Naruto's hand was not injured using rasenhurikan It was told earlier in naruto Shippuden that if Naruto uses rasenhurikan often it can lead to damaging chakra in his hand but towards the end he uses it often and his hands are not injured. Why?

It's explained here:

  Naruto is able to overcome these flaws by learning Senjutsu. By coating the Rasenshuriken in Senjutsu chakra, its shape is maintained after formation, meaning that he can use it as a projectile and, as a result, that he no longer needs to worry about damaging himself.

I'm not sure if this was explained in the anime since I only read the manga so if it's not, I suggest reading the manga starting at Chapter 400, which I believe is the start of Naruto's training for Senjutsu.


Why was everyone attempting to fool Ulla? This contains spoilers for Sunday Without God.

Ulla Euleus Hecmatika is the princess of Ortus, the capital of death.

She is the Idol of Murder, and whoever she sees, talks to, or touches, dies. Supposedly, she doesn't know this, as she's been fooled her whole life.

Kiriko, her instructor, was asked by some elders/superiors/whatever to fool Ulla.

What were they expecting to accomplish by lying to her?

Not from Kiriko's point of view, but rather from the elders/superiors who asked him to do it. Why do they want to fool Ulla? What were they attempting to avoid had she known the truth?

I suppose that she could get rebellious if she knows that she's murdering newcomers who want to join Ortus, but the concept of death has blended too well into the world's culture for over 15 years, so it is a daily, trivial thing and I can't imagine the elders considering it a bad idea to explain it to Ulla.

If the newcomers bring in new ideas about death, she might feel bad that she causes everyone to die. Like you said death has a very blended meaning. Since she is alive, she might get rebellious. I assume the elders wanted her to believe in what she was doing was 'okay' without having to deal with her wavering faith. Kiriko loved Ulla and spoiled her.
Also remember living people still stay in the inns, so if a person unwillingly dies or always avoid her, it might change Ulla's meaning of 'death' and she won't kill anyone anymore. Ulla also is still alive, and in ep.6 it mentions the children of immigrants are still alive until the age of 15 so she might find it sad she can't go outside without killing people. In the end, they accomplished making her have a different meaning to the word "death", and for it to work they needed everyone around her to act a certain way.


Who are the shadows that speak to Grand-Fisher? In the first season at episode 8, before Grand-Fisher leaves for the world of the living one of the rocks casts a large shadows before 4 other shadows shoot out and take form on rocks around Grand-Fisher, they apparently speak to him as he replies that he'll go and deal with Ichigo himself

I am wondering who these shadows are and if they are related to Aizen or are they a separate faction that don't support Aizen

EDIT: got some screenshots, there are 4 shadows but we only ever see 2 close up

It's never specified exactly who they are other than than the fact that they're hollows but based on the fact that they appeared to be more humanoid than most hollows it's safe to assume they were Vasto Lorde (strongest form of natural hollow). They also could be some of the Espada pre-arrancar since Harribel (#3) was revield to have been a Vasto Lorde it would make sense for other high level Espada to Vasto Lorde as well.


Did Yagami Light take a risk while handing over the Death Note to Rem? I didn't understand the scenario where Yagami Light relinquishes ownership of his Death Note for the first time.

He trusted Rem to give it to such a person who would have traits like that of Kyosuke Higuchi.

What if that plan had not worked? Didn't the entire plan hinge on Rem's choice of the person?

People are predictable. Especially if you know one's personality in advance, you can almost accurately predict what one might do with great power, such as the Death Note.

Light is far from stupid, he knew exactly what would happen. He knew he'd use the Death Note to achieve a higher status, and that his and L's team would come and investigate. All a part of clearing their own name.

Basically, Light knew exactly what he was doing. Very little was left to chance in his plan.


Why do Killua and Gon pretend not to know Hisoka in episode 50? In episode 50 of Hunter x Hunter (2011), Hisoka wants Gon and Killua to "Play dumb," and pretend not to know him.

Why? What's the purpose of Gon and Killua pretending not to know Hisoka?

If I remember correctly, Killua and Gon were kidnapped.

There are two things in play here.

The first is that they had rapport with Hisoka. This means that they could use him to their advantage later on, to break free, to take down a gang member, to get information from him, etc. If the gang was aware of this, they may intervene to stop this advantageous situation.

Second and more importantly, the gang members knowing that Hisoka knows them could be deadly for all three of them. The gang could interpret that as Hisoka being a traitor, or Killua and Gon being infiltrators. In either case, the gang would want to eliminate Hisoka, or Killua and Gon... or both.

So, due to their advantageous relationship and their potential threat to the gang's security, it was far more beneficial for all three of Hisoka, Killua, and Gon to pretend that they did not know one another.


In Shingeki No Kyojin, when does Eren lose 3 years of his memory? I was just reading asks on Attack On Titan and came upon this one What was Eren's vision about?

Where someone says in one of the answers that Eren lost three years of his memory due to his father experimenting on him? Can anyone tell me what volume of the manga this is from because I am all caught up and I don't remember this. I thought the timeline went like this (from the beginning of the manga/anime:

Dr.Jaeger says he's going into town to do some check ups
The wall is broken
The news reaches Dr.Jaeger (not sure how long this took)
He kills the real royal family
He goes after Eren (although I'm not sure how he found him??)
Injects Eren (like we saw in his flashbacks), Eren eats him and he dies.

I'm also not sure how old Eren was when he ate his Dad? I think maybe he was 12 or quite young.
So in all this I don't remember his Dad doing any experiments on him or if was mentioned/explained/hinted anywhere?

From the manga and from the anime I don't remember Eren losing 3 years of his memory. From your timeline I think your pretty accurate, except that I would switch 3 and 4 around, as I think that Eren's dad went deeper into the wall to kill the real royal family.[Chapter 1, page 44] He killed the royal family by turning into a titan. Therefore I think it was only after he turned back to a human that he headed back to his home when the news of wall Maria fallen reach Dr. Jaeger.[[Chapter 62, page 19-24]][1] He probably then starts looking for Eren in every camp (where the survivors of wall Maria stay) there is to find Eren. As the royal family is looking for him, he needs to disappear. To do so and still fulfill his goal he injects a drug into Eren who eats his dad and gains Titan powers alongside the "coordinate".[Chapter 3, page 21 ] [[Chapter 10, page 32-35]][2]

Edit:
The only part I don't quite get is when Eren says to his dad "You've been acting weird ever since mom died"[Chapter 3, page 21]. It's the only time where it looks like Eren has seen his dad after the fall of wall Maria and before he turned into a titan, so that might be an indicator of a 3 year void in Eren's memory, even though this would be just speculation.


Was there ever a reason for why becoming a super saiyan became easy for the trunks and goten? Related to this, but I would like to know specifically for (young, not future) trunks and goten, how they managed to become super saiyans at such a young age - the others all went through a stressful emotional event that pushed them over the edge, yet while these two were growing up, I can't imagine them going through anything similar - there was no villain at the time.

The mixture of races is the answer. Gohan also become very young, but had more difficulties to release its power.

In the anime it is said that Goten and Trunks had fighting each other for fun, it probably gave them the skills needed to become.


What is the name of this spirit manga? I remember reading a manga but I don't remember the name. There were two main characters a boy and girl, they are both protectors of a spirit ground which is located under the school that they go to. All of the monsters are attracted to the ground because they can evolve there, the boy and the girl have to go around and kill them by placing magical white cubes around the ghosts and other monsters and saying "Kai" which is the destruction spell. This is all I remember please help me find the name!

It's Kekkaishi

Synopsis

  By night, junior high student Yoshimori Sumimura is a "kekkaishi"--a demon-hunter who specializes in creating magical barriers around his prey. By day, Yoshimori's got some other demons to battle: an addiction to sweets and a seriously crotchety grandfather! Yoshimori's pretty 16-year-old neighbor and childhood friend, Tokine Yukimura, is also a kekkaishi, but their families are feuding over who is the true practitioner of the art.


Why did Tobirama create Edo Tensei? Finally, the manga of Naruto has been ended, and yet I wasn't able to figure out why Tobirama created Edo Tensei. From what I've known, Edo Tensei is technique was intended for the dead to be reincarnated into soldiers able to clear a battlefield with devastating and under any other circumstance suicidal attacks.

That is correct. Edo Tensei was designed to be used as a weapon. Edo Tensei has several uses:

Using your Enemies' allies against them has a deep impact on morale (Imagine having to fight to the death against your best friend/brother/father)
Regenerating soldiers can use suicidal moves repeatedly (Although it does seem like some techniques leave a permanent damage, even on an Edo Tensei'd body, like Itachi's Izanami).
Increasing your numbers is always a good thing.

Tobirama created this technique to battle in the wars between clans/villages during his time alive.


Was Hashirama in Sage Mode while he summoned the huge wooden buddha with few thousand hands? In Chapter 621 Hashirama summoned a Buddha statue. While doing that, he has some markings on his face similar to the ones Naruto has when in Sage Mode. Does Hashirama have some sort of Sage Mode?

Yes, it is Sage Mode, since Senpou means Sage Art. The technique is Senpou Mokuton: Shinsuusenju (Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands).


Inter-Clan Marriage? Although it's never a rule, it seems the standard throughout Naruto that Ninjas married within their own clan so as to preserve their Kekkei Genkai (Hyuuga) or just to preserve the blood lines (Uzumaki). (This can still be broken as is the case between Minato and Kushina.)

It seems though, that in the final chapter, all the Ninja of the 'Konoha 11' seem to marry outside of their clan, like Naruto and Hinata (Uzumaki and Hyuuga) or Shikamaru and Temari (Nara and Sand). I understand that this was more of a fan service chapter, but is there any in-universe explanation as to why none of the Ninja of Naruto's generation decided to marry in-clan?

It is true that shinobi clans married within their respective clan so that their Kekkei Genkai would remain in the family. But it was around the time when all the nations were at war with each other. Once Hashirama Senju decided to distribute all the tailed beasts among the hidden villages, the majority of attention (of bad people) shifted from obtaining bloodline limit techniques to obtaining/controlling tailed beasts.

Also, in case of interclan marriages, it was not sure that the offspring would awaken his/her Bloodline Limit. It was evident in the case of Tsunade's parents who were half Senju and half Uzumaki because very little is known about them, but it was certain that they were no shinobi.

The concept of not having interclan marriages was high when nations were at war and having a technique unique to only one family/clan meant that their country would have an advantage over the enemy. Like in the case of Kimimaro's Clan. But since it was evident that every offspring couldn't awaken their bloodline limit, interclan marriages were often held.

In the case of the Uchiha, there was never any protocol to marry within Uchiha. Because their Kekkai Genkai was not easy to awaken, even for those who were descendants of great Uchiha shinobi. Even if someone from outside their clan awakened the Sharingan, it would do a great deal of damage to one's body and eventually lead to death (as in Kakashi's case where he was paralyzed for an entire week after using his Mangeky Sharingan to save Gaara. Luckily by the end of Kaguya's Arc Obito helped him control his Sharingan but it drained out his stamina quickly).


What did Rachel end up concluding her wish she aimed from the tower to be? This is mainly referring to episode 13 of Kami no Tou. From what I remember, Rachel was debating on whether she wanted Bam to become a star, or if she wanted herself to become a star. I didn't understand or perhaps remember what she ended up choosing.
What did Rachel end up concluding her wish she aimed from the tower to be?

Her wish was to see the stars and be treated like a princess. We don't know much about her past. She might have had some problems in her past that led her to the path that she chose to follow. As Endorsi said once to Rachel that whatever she is seeking at the top of the tower is more important than Bam.


What is the story behind Nene Sakurada's rabbit coming to life in Crayon Shin Chan? I'm watching the Funimation dub of Shin Chan, and have come across the various episodes about "Happiness Bunny's Revenge", where Nene / Penny's rabbit doll comes alive whenever the moon is red.

The episodes always give me the creeps and seem really out of place for a children's TV show, as it often depicts the rabbit with glowing red eyes chasing after Nene / Penny or just being unpleasant towards the other characters.

I suspect these are nightmares she's having as a result of feeling bad about hitting the rabbit when she's angry, but some more info about the original Japanese story / stories would be fantastic.

Nene Sakurada and her mother received this mysterious bunny from a sweatshop by a little boy. The story says the bunny comes to life during the red moon night and seeks revenge for the pain and abuse the Sakuradas caused him, this mysterious character has red eyes and a creepy face. In one of the episodes, it had a conversation with Shiro, Shinchan's dog.


What is a biodroid in Ghost in the Shell? In the episode 24 of GITS SAC 2nd GIG it becomes apparent that the member of Section 9, usually referred to as Proto, is actually not a human, but a "biodroid" prototype. What exactly is it and how different it is from cyberized people and androids?

As the name suggests, a bioroid is an android, but built with human body parts-- except that they don't have a human brain.

The Major is a cyberized human, and an android is the least human of the three.


Did Vegeta and Bulma really get married in Dragon Ball? I know that Bulma keeps calling Vegeta her husband but till now I haven't seen any proof that both of them are married. Vegeta wouldn't usually make time for such things. Are they really married or are they in a relationship?

In the manga or anime, there is no actual mention of an official ceremony where they get married. Also, considering Vegeta's attitude, he would not have the patience to endure such an ceremony.

The first time Bulma mentions Vegeta as her husband is during the World Tournament Saga So, it is hinted that they married somewhere between the Cell Saga and World Tournament Saga.

From Dragon Ball Wiki

  After approximately a year since Future Trunks' warning about the Androids, Bulma breaks up with Yamcha and becomes romantically involved with Vegeta, ultimately leading to the conception of Trunks. However, even the birth of their son was not enough to bring the two together, as of that time Vegeta prioritized his rivalry with Goku before anything else, even his relationship with Bulma. Arguments were common between the two, with Bulma often calling Vegeta a "jerk" and Vegeta showing little to no care or emotion for either his son or his future wife; this was demonstrated during an incident in which Bulma's plane is destroyed and their lives are at risk. When Future Trunks saves the two and questions Vegeta as to why he did not try to save them, Vegeta responds that he has "more important things to worry about than that foolish woman and her blasted child." Bulma later humiliates Vegeta in front of everyone when she says that every time he sticks his "Ugly Mug" up to Trunks, it makes Trunks cry, much to Krillin and Gohan's amusement and Vegeta's anger.

It is stringly hinted that the conception of Trunks was due to an one night stand between the two

  Vegeta's and Bulma's indifference to each other during the Androids Saga strongly implies that the circumstances surrounding their child's conception was no more than a brief affair; Future Trunks states to Goku that in his timeline, even though Bulma fell in love with Vegeta, they did not stay together very long because their attraction was solely based on passion and loneliness. However, the seven years of peace that came after the conclusion of the Cell Games would suggest that the two settled their differences and began to have a much better relationship than previously, as they were already married by the time the Majin Buu conflict took place.


Why was Neji Hyuuga surprised to see Naruto's Kage Bunshin no Jutsu in the Chuunin Exams? In the final round of the Chuunin Exams, when the match between Neji and Naruto starts, Neji is surprised when Naruto uses Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. He had seen Naruto use the same technique in the match against Kiba in the preliminaries. So he should have known that they were solid clones that can fight unlike the clones created by the Bunshin no Jutsu.

Why was Neji surprised when he saw Naruto's shadow clones?
Was Neji unaware of the Kage Bunshin Jutsu, which is a very popular jutsu used by the shinobi?

I'm not sure if Neji was exactly surprised, or if it was more of a realisation of the how the technique worked and of its potential.
But anyway, my take is that this is something like a "minor plot hole". I say this because although, as you said, Naruto performed this jutsu in his fight against Kiba, no one seemed to give any attention to it. In that fight, Naruto's accomplishment (somewhat) was the fact the he mastered the Henge no Jutsu.

In the beginning of the fight, Kiba remembers watching Naruto at the academy trying to perform Henge no Jutsu and completely failing it. Then, during the fight, Naruto is able to transform into Akamaru, and that seems to be the main focus of the battle. This flashback and transformation are shown in chapter 75, called "Naruto's Growth". In this chapter, although everyone sees the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, only Shikamaru seems to notice that it is Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. He is the only one that makes a remark about the combination of this jutsu and the Henge no Jutsu. Plus, in this scene, Neji does not have his Byakugan activated, a relevant piece of information for the point I'm about to make.

Naruto's fight with Neji begins in chapter 100. In this chapter, Naruto begins by realising he cannot get near Neji to attack him, so he'll have to attack from a distance, and thus he creates some clones with Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. Here, this technique plays a central part in the actions about to occur, which is accentuated by the fact that shinobi in the audience (unlike what happened in Naruto's fight against Kiba) take notice of the fact that Naruto is able to use a Jounin level jutsu. Plus, here Neji has his Byakugan activated, which means he can see chakra flow and tenketsu and all that. Possibly, this was the first time he laid eyes upon such a technique with his Byakugan. I say this because, unlike what you say in your question, the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu is not such a popular technique, taking into account that it is a forbidden jutsu. It may be used often in the battlefield, but back then, Neji would probably never have seen it in action.

Neji's realisation that it is Kage Bunshin no Jutsu is used to make the reader understand (or to remind him, since I cannot recall if it was explained before) the difference between this jutsu and the Bunshin no Jutsu in terms of chakra flow and its physical properties. Also, strategically, the fact that Neji understands this is essential, which leads him to, after being surprised, state that "In the end, there's only one true body".


Series where girl will creep people out whenever she tries to smile I forget if this is an anime or a manga, but it has a girl who, whenever she tries to smile, creeps out everyone around her. However, she can smile when not told to, and this smile is quite nice.

In her class, there is a male and female top of class (decided by grades), and these people get to wear a silver (I think) clip on their uniform, and this clip enables them to get free food from the cafeteria. These people are the class representatives, and they help out with class duties.

However, there is another girl who is jealous of her. This girl had been the top of the class for years. At one point steals the other girl's bag. However she trips and falls onto the male MC. She also declares herself the other female MC's rival, although the female MC does not really notice this.

One final note is that for the first bit in the anime/manga, the female MC would try to smile at her rival, but because her smile is so messed up, the rival would interpret the smile as being condescending.

EDIT: Also, she is quite socially awkward, and she has to look up what it means when she is experiencing certain emotions...like the heart beating fast. She also sends random emojis as well.

Also, this is neither Kimi no Todoke nor Watamote.

Thanks!

According to the information you gave, i think the manga you looking for is a webcomic name ReLIFE

The female MC you talking about is Chizuru Hishiro, and here is her lovely smile


Has Ash ever cleared all 8 gyms without losing in any region? I know Ash has lost a lot of gym battles and also got free badges for being nice to his pokemon, or saving the day and other reasons.

Apart from that, has Ash ever managed to get all 8 gym badges with a single try?

Ash has never managed to defeat all 8 gym leaders in a single try. Ash loses against the following Gym Leaders, in every region.Kanto: Brock, Lt. Surge, Sabrina, and BlaineJohto: WhitneyHoenn: BrawlySinnoh: Roark & Fantina Unova: LenoraKalos: Viola & WolfricFew additional exceptions:In Kanto, against his battle with Erika, the match was interrupted by Team Rocket and Erika gave Ash the badge for saving Gloom. Erika had only lost Weepinbell and still had Gloom and Tangela left. Ash on the other hand, lost Bulbasaur and Charmander, hence, only had Pikachu left. So under the mentioned circumstances, Erika did have an upper hand.In Hoenn,
 Ash defeated Wattson easily on account of his Pikachu being overcharged because of a mechanical Raikou. Since Ash wanted the match to be fair and challenged him to a rematch, Wattson emerged Victorious and still allowed Ash to keep the badge.In Sinnoh, Gardenia did battle Ash (before introducing herself as a gym leader) and beat him, so it wasn't really an official battle,Again in Sinnoh, Ash's battle against Maylene ended in a draw and she still gave him the match. However, since it wasn't a loss, I think this point can be disregarded.However, if you also consider, the Island Challenge, Battle Frontier and The Orange League, Ash has not lost against a single Gym leader in the Orange League. Although I personally consider the Orange League to be different from a Traditional Pokemon League (On account of the different challenges and fewer gyms), it's totally up to you to decide whether this factor would answer your primary question as a Yes or No.


What's the basis for the gender of Black Hanekawa as reported on the wikia? The wikia for the Monogatari states that Black Hanekawa is

  Male (Physically Female)

After seeing a blogger describe their experience of seeing this and concluding that Hanekawa is nonbinary (a conclusion which to be honest I was a bit suspicious of for reasons I'm not going into, since they're off-topic), I ended up with several questions:

Where is such a description of Black Hanekawa stated? Or is there no explicit in-text reference for this? Can this idea at least be drawn from other details in the "text"?
If such a conclusion about Black Hanekawa actually exists, why is the gender of Black Hanekawa what it is?

The most likely answer to me is that Black Hanekawa is based off of Hanekawa so the apparition will have female traits, but since the "sawari neko" itself has a gender, we have this discrepancy. But I'm not sure how true this is - it's possible that it was mentioned somewhere that the "sawari neko" is male (perhaps in Oshino's descriptions of it), but I don't remember this with complete certainty.

Hope answers from the light novels are okay. I remember the anime following the LN very closely on this point, so it shouldn't affect the outcome.
Black Hanekawa's biological sex is female. Its body is the body of Hanekawa Tsubasa, who is most surely female. (If anyone has any doubt on this point—look at what Koyomi's always fixating on.)
Oshino does some speculating in Neko Black, but the most definite information comes from the later parts of Nekomonogatari White. The issue of its gender identity is far murkier, as it tells us itself in Nekomonogatari White, Chapter 61, just after it reads Tsubasa's letter on the origins of Kako, in which she calls Black Hanekawa her little sister:

Besides, I was male when when I was run over, so it's weird to call me a little sister—and in the first place, even though my base was the Hindering Cat, seeing as I was created by raw material cut off from Mistress, my gender isn't just vague, it's undeniably a grey area between being a sister and being a brother nyah.
What's the point of asking an abnormality about its gender, anyway?

Here, Black Hanekawa calls into question the idea that kaii even have genders or that the concept is meaningful for them. (After all, they don't seem to use sexual reproduction.) Even Shinobu, who is obviously female, seems to be pretty much the same as male vampires except for outward appearance; her sex is a holdover from her time as a human, when it did matter. (See Kizumonogatari on Shinobu once being human.)
Given the context of the above quote, it seems like Black Hanekawa was trying to mock Tsubasa for getting things wrong (against her usual inclination). Just before that remark, it says

That said, it looks like Mistress has still got a few misunderstandings nyah—though I suppose, seeing as she was conjecturing with a lack of data to base her decisions on, these mistakes couldn't have been avoided nyah.
Plus, both the style and content of the letter [that Tsubasa wrote to explain the situation to Black Hanekawa] are all over the place by Mistress's standards—it definitely wasn't something written while she was calm nyah.
It isn't a situation to be hoping for full marks anyway, so getting an 80 for an A-grade is good enough nyah.

So the above quote is in the spirit of continuing to call out Tsubasa on her minor mistakes—she calls Black Hanekawa her little sister, and it responds by nitpicking her for assuming it was female. That suggests this isn't a serious statement about Black Hanekawa's gender identity.
In Nekomongatari White, Chapter 60, Tsubasa speculates that Black Hanekawa existed inside her long before she ever encountered the Sawari Neko. In Neko Black, Oshino hypothesized something similar—that the Sawari Neko's consciousness is completely gone from the equation and it's really just its powers being directed by Tsubasa Hanekawa's unconscious will that comprise Black Hanekawa. If true, that makes the Sawari Neko's gender even more irrelevant. But none of this necessarily makes Black Hanekawa's gender identity female—it could be a suppressed masculine part of Tsubasa that expressed itself in the fusion of Sawari Neko and Hanekawa that created Black Hanekawa.
Kako, the Inflaming Tiger,

 is also a spinoff of Tsubasa, yet is always treated as male, except when Tsubasa calls it her "little sister".

But there's no evidence I can remember in the books or anime to say that Black Hanekawa actually identifies as male. It's murky, for lots of reasons, and I think it was presumptuous of the wikia to post that line as it did. Furthermore, it seems pretty far out there to assume that this means Tsubasa herself has a nonbinary gender identity, whatever the situation with Black Hanekawa is. Tsubasa is in love with a male, Koyomi. The imagery in the anime during Tsubasa Cat Part 5 even suggests she wants to have a sexual relationship with him. Tsubasa seems uncomfortable with Hitagi's grabbiness earlier in Neko White when they shower together. Nothing she ever says or does suggests that Tsubasa Hanekawa doesn't identify as female. The most we could say on that score is that there's a vague possibility she may have had something like a split personality inside her that identifies as male—and that's almost pure speculation.
Sorry to burst anyone's bubble, but the evidence does not support the idea that Tsubasa Hanekawa is not biologically and psychologically female. And the evidence for Black Hanekawa is very ambiguous, and muddied by the irrelevance of gender for non-human kaii.


Naruto's surname confusion Naruto's father's name is Minato Namikaze, and mother is Kushina Uzumaki.
So, why is Naruto's surname Uzumaki? Shoudn't it be Namikaze?

In Naruto "Ch.440: A Conversation with the 4th" it is stated that the third Hokage wanted as little information about the Kyuubi out in public as possible and that's why nobody, not even Naruto should know that Minato was his father. Thus he was given the name Uzumaki instead of Namikaze.

Page 5: "If anyone knew you were my son, you'd have been in constant danger"


Who is Saber extending her hand to in the ED of Carnival Phantasm? In the ED, we see each character (that appears in the show) is connected by (the proximity of) a hand.

Right as the ED of Carnival Phantasm ends, we see Saber extending her hand to someone, but we never see who that person is.

Was the identity of this hand ever revealed? If so, who is it?

That arm could be the arm of Kiritsugu Emiya. In the picture the characters are connected to thier masters. The masters of Saber would be Shirou Emiya and Kiritsugu Emiya.

It could also be the arm of Irisviel van Einzbern, who wasn't the real master of Saber but some sort of stand-in, while Kiritsugu was doing his dirty work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate/Zero#Characters


Time period between the use of dragon balls during Namek Saga Remember when Vegeta came to the Earth for the first time. At that time the dragon balls were used to bring Goku back to life. During the battle Piccolo died and later Bulma and the rest go the planet Namek to use their dragon balls. Later when Piccolo was revived using Namekian dragon balls and they became useless due to the death of Guru, the dragon balls of Earth were used to revive the Namekians.

So, how much time in the Earth days (or months) passed between the revival of Goku and the revival of Namekians?

According to the Dragon Ball's timeline's wikia page:

November 2nd, Age 762: Goku is revived on November 2nd, Age 762 by the Earth Dragon Balls
Age 762, December 24: Every one killed by Frieza on planet Namek is revived by the Earth Dragon Balls

So (much) less than one year has passed between these two uses of Dragon Balls. I don't know if there is a canon explanation for this, but maybe the death and resurrection of Piccolo and Kami reset the Dragon Balls. This is the only explanation I could think off.