Is there some deeper meaning associated with all the religious symbolism in Evangelion? It just seems like they put all those symbolism for no reason, and it sounds and looks pretty stupid IMO. The series would have been a lot better without all the nonsense.

In a few interviews:
Hiroyuki Yamaga: May 1998 issue of "Evangelion":

On the reasons for use of Judeo-Christian symbology in Eva
YAMAGA: I don’t know exactly why. I suspect that Mr. Anno may have read some book on it, and there was some thoughts he wanted to express on it. I personally am glad that, rather than Christianity, he didn’t express some obscure Buddhist theme, because then it would have been linked more with Aum Shinri Kyo. [LAUGHS]

Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death":

Can you explain the symbolism of the cross in Evangelion?
Kazuya Tsurumaki: There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice.

and from an NHK special "Extra Curricular Lesson with Hideaki Anno", a student asks:

"Why is that robot-looking thing called an Evangelion"?
Anno: "It is a Christian word meaning Fukuin or Gospel and it's supposed to bring blessings. Actually, it's a Greek word. I used it because it sounds complicated"

So it seems the creators didn't mean for there to be any deeper religious meaning from all the religious symbolism. That doesn't mean that there isn't in-universe meaning to the show. For example, the name of the Angels correspond to their features (e.g. "Gaghiel" = "Fish", "Israfel" = "Music", "Sahaquiel" = "Sky", etc), and the symbols themselves aren't haphazardly placed. There could very well be an in-universe explanation for why the symbolism is there at all, possibly inherited from the Angels themselves or created by Seele.
Additionally, there could be meaning derived from the symbolism beyond what the creators originally intended.


Did the incident mentioned in "Kiba's Long Day" really occur in the anime? In the anime episode Kiba's Long Day (Season 4, Episode 184) there's a premise that a outsider had infiltrated the Village Hidden in the Leaves and used an infectious agent before committing suicide.  Naruto has heard about Kiba "and the others" having dealt with this previous incident (and seems petulant about missing out).  From the subtitles of the open:

  Naruto: What do you mean by monitoring Akimaru?

  Tsunade: You know about the incident where someone from outside
  infiltrated the village, right?

  Naruto: Yeah, I know about that. But I heard Kiba and the others
  resolved that incident without any trouble.

  Tsunade: That's right.

  Naruto: Damn! That Kiba! I want a mission where I totally kick an
  enemy's butt.

  Tsunade: To be exact, that's wrong.

  Naruto: What?

  Tsunade: Before Kiba and the others had the intruder in custody, he
  swallowed a pellet and killed himself.

Is this previous incident that Tsunade and Naruto refer to something that is portrayed earlier in the anime series?  We'd seen some episodes where outsiders disguised themselves and entered the Village (and infiltration is a theme of later episodes as well). But "taking a pellet" to suicide doesn't match with anything I remember in the series to that point.

No, this is not related to any previous episode and is basically a filler episode. The intruder who died by "taking a pellet" is no-one that has been shown before.

It doesn't match completely because it isn't supposed to. It isn't following any story line provided by the manga. That is why its called a "filler".


Does Alf work in the Infinite Library? Throughout Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS we see small appearances of Fate's Familiar Alf. The only time she seems to have an impact in the story is near the end, when she is with Yuuno in the Infinite Library helping him research Saints Cradle.

In one of the Flashbacks when Nanoha is saying how she would be happy if Vivio was happy, while being reminded that Vivio won't be happy anywhere else without her Mamas, Alf is shown playing with Vivio.

I am wondering if Alf actually has a job working in the Infinite Library to replace the last two Familiars who worked there or if she was only just helping Yuuno that time.

The two familiars that you mentioned, Aria Liese and Lotte Liese, were helping at the explicit request of Yuuno. They did not work in the Infinite Library at any given time, other than that moment. Due to Yuuno's extreme effectiveness at organizing documents in a pile of organized junk, he was invited to become the head librarian.

Arf was no working at TSAB during the StrikerS period, as mentioned in the sound stages. According to that, she primarily spends time at Earth babysitting. I do not know of a reference that links her to the Infinite Library, other than appearing once in StrikerS. She might have been there to visit for all we know, but it might be something part-time as well.


After what episode was each Sword Art Offline episode expected to be viewed? Looking at the extras menu of Sword Art Online Bluray Set 1, I was reminded that there is a Sword Art Offline segment. Disk 1 has Episodes 1-4 of Sword Art Online and Sword Art Offline 1 and 2.

I am wondering, after what episode of Sword Art Online was each Sword Art Offline episode expected to be viewed? (not just Set 1 but all of Sword Art Online 1, Ex and 2)

In Japan, there were 9 BDs released for season 1, each of which had one episode of Sword Art Offline on it. Likewise, there were 9 BDs for season 2, and one episode of "Offline" on each. (Obviously, Extra Edition goes with its corresponding "Offline" episode.)

It makes sense that you would watch a given "Offline" episode after watching all the "Online" episodes that came on the same disc. Here are the correspondences:

Season 1

╔════╦══════════╗
║ BD ║ Episodes ║
╠════╬══════════╣
║  1 ║  1 -  2  ║
║  2 ║  3 -  5  ║
║  3 ║  6 -  8  ║
║  4 ║  9 - 11  ║
║  5 ║ 12 - 14  ║
║  6 ║ 15 - 16  ║
║  7 ║ 17 - 19  ║
║  8 ║ 20 - 22  ║
║  9 ║ 23 - 25  ║
╚════╩══════════╝

Season 2

╔════╦══════════╗
║ BD ║ Episodes ║
╠════╬══════════╣
║  1 ║  1 -  3  ║
║  2 ║  4 -  6  ║
║  3 ║  7 -  9  ║
║  4 ║ 10 - 12  ║
║  5 ║ 13 - 14  ║ (and also the recap episode)
║  6 ║ 15 - 17  ║
║  7 ║ 18 - 20  ║
║  8 ║ 21 - 22  ║
║  9 ║ 23 - 24  ║
╚════╩══════════╝


What do Seiyuu do after they are no longer at the peak of their fame? Before they are famous, many seiyuu would work part-time whether it be at fast food restaurants or even physical works. For example the seiyuu Uchida Aya:

  During the early stages of her career she supported herself with part-time jobs such as being sales staff at departmental stores, production line quality inspector at factories, and sometimes even menial labor carrying cardboard boxes. The key criteria she had in choosing her jobs were that they had to be shift-based and versatile such that she could report to her entertainment office any time she needed to.2

Others also have career as eroge seiyuu (Nitta Emi, voiced a character in an eroge, Da Capo III), before they went famous and might continue even after they are famous, such as Itou Shizuka and Asakawa Yuu.

Like all entertainment job, a seiyuu job has its peak, and after that peak is over, the number of job offers one receive would reduce. I'm curious as to what does a seiyuu that is no longer at their peak of fame do for a living when they no longer have many anime to voice? Do they work on eroge? Or just normal games? Or they turn into salary-man/woman (office workers)? Please give some examples with your answer.

Edit 1:

If they retire at age of 40 or so (which is already stretching it as most female seiyuu would see the peak of their fame at their 25s, while the male ones would still be able to retain their fame longer), then they still have around 30 to 50 years of life ahead as a retired seiyuu. Certainly they would still need some jobs that earn them money to support their living, which is what this question is about. This is especially true since seiyuu don't get royalties from having their voice recorded, unlike singers. Mangaka gets their royalties from every copy of goods that is produced from the series they make.

krazer suggested that they are like athletes and other celebrities, they retire. Many athletes continue working after they retire from their professional career. Some famous footballer becomes a coach, for example, Zinedine Zidane, Antonio Conte, Diego Simeone, Pep Guardiola, and many more. But as for seiyuu, I never heard of a seiyuu that turned into a voice-acting coach.

senshin suggested that they do Hollywood dubs, while Aki Tanaka suggested that they do freelance voice-acting and voicing for mobile games. Problem with this is that as Aki has mentioned, it is not regular, while their living bills (accommodation, food, etc) still needs to be paid regularly. And with the seiyuu being no longer at the peak of his/her fame, freelancing might not be enough to earn them the money they need. Also I don't think the number of such job available is not much. I mean how many hollywood movies are being dubbed into Japanese anyway? I bet not much. Only the famous ones would see itself being shown in Japan. As I noticed from games such as Chain Chronicles, Kancolle and Panzer Waltz, one seiyuu voice several characters in such games.

Thus, I think the number of jobs available from dubbing Hollywood movies and mobile games won't be that much, and they still have to compete with seiyuu that is still at the peak of their fame, plus the rookie seiyuu as they are often also chosen to mitigate the production cost.

What I'm asking here is what most seiyuu do after they are no longer
  famous

Firstly, the assumption that other professions with an early retire age generally have a following job that most workers transition to is not entirely accurate. For your NFL example, according to this, only 19% of coaches were former players and when you consider the much faster player turnover rate and the fact that there is far more players than coaches, it is clear that most players do not become coaches.

In the respect of what seiyuu do after their peak, they are just like other professions of a similar nature. If someone needs money, they try to get the 'best' job they can with their skillset and connections. What someone's connections are, and what they view 'best' to mean is so subjective, and varies so much from person to person that it is impossible to point to a specific job as what most seiyuu do after fame. (and thats before bringing in the ever-changing job market)

The next job is still likely to be at least partly related to seiyuu work, since that is their skillset and they probably made some connections along their career that could offer them some other work. However, this is not necessarily true and because of the variation of job market and each person's circumstance, it seems meaningless to point to any specific examples of working ex-seiyuu's... Someone could probably make a very long list, but hopefully this should answer your question to satisfaction.


Is Reiko Sakakibara's aunt really her relative? Given that the Extra was

   Sakakibara's Aunt Reiko Mikami, who was also the assistant homeroom teacher,

and that

   everyone's memories and official records are altered.

Is Reiko really related to Sakakibara or was

   that a lie fabricated to account for her existence?

Reiko Mikami is the younger sister of Ritsuko Sakakibara (mother of Kouichi), so she really is his relative.

   She is the extra because she died once before, which pretty much proves she existed.

Another proof of her being Kouichi's aunt is

   Rei, the parrot she hates, was bought by her father after her death and was named after her.

You can also see her flashbacks from when she was a student in the manga.


What is the "Malicious Trap" in Watanagashi-hen? The manga to Watanagashi-hen (2nd question arc) ends with these words from the author (original in Japanese, translated):

About Watanagashi-hen
Malicious Trap
Watanagashi-hen, the second part following after Onikakushi-hen's scenario, focuses on explaining in greater detail about the events in Hinamizawa. Still following the once famous detective novels' style, Watanagashi-hen is the scenario that the original author himself likes the best in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.
Noted as even more malicious than Onikakushi-hen, Watanagashi-hen is actually the mildest scenario in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. Still, as it has been noted, there was a malicious trap by which once caught, the victim would be in great peril. Moreover, even the victim himself wouldn't notice that he had been caught in the trap.
Please confirm that in Watanagashi-hen's solution arc, Meakashi-hen.
...If by any chance did you know about being tricked into the trap... congratulations! You have enjoyed Watanagashi-hen to the fullest (LOL).
(Emphasis mine)

What is the malicious trap mentioned there?

As it has been mentioned by the author himself, the "Malicious Trap" is exposed in the solution arc, Meakashi-hen.

A Japanese reader also asked about this on Japanese Yahoo! Answers, with additional questions that might give you hints about it.

  Shion and Mion are messing up my mind... whether "Shion appearing as Mion" is a lie or not, it is very confusing. On the following cases, which girl:

  was working at Angel Mort in the opening,
  tortured Keiichi,
  was being jailed,
  stabbed Keiichi,
  fell from the balcony?

If your answer is

   1. Shion
 2. Shion
 3. Mion
 4. Shion
 5. Shion

then, "congratulations! You have enjoyed Watanagashi-hen to the fullest (LOL)."

Which then, it's clear that the malicious trap in this arc is that

   Shion and Mion were switching place.

Spoiler for more details regarding the answer to above question (or as explained in Meakashi-hen):

   1. The one who is working at Angel Mort is always Shion.
 2. The one who tortured Keiichi was Shion. Since Shion was impersonating Mion, it's hard to know if you only see Watanagashi-hen.
 3. The one who was being jailed was Mion. After that, Mion fell into the well and died because of Shion.
 4. The one who stabbed Keiichi was Shion. After she ran away from the underground ritual place through the well and went back to her mansion, her Hinamizawa Syndrome worsen and reached the end stage of level 5 (the worst stage) making her insane. She climbed down the balcony, went to Keiichi's house, then stabbed Keiichi when he went outside to meet her.
 5. The one who fell from the balcony was Shion. After she stabbed Keiichi, she went back to her mansion through the same balcony. While she was climbing up, her hands slipped and she fell down to her death.


How did Terrans gain information about the Mars knights' cataphracts? After the time skip of 18 months in season 1, the Terrans' knowledge of Martian cataphracts has suddenly increased, so much so that they are able to identify the name of the cataphract and its owner as well.

What led to this intel for terrans?

If you had watched episode 12 of the first season, then you should know that the battle at Saazbaum's Landing Castle ended with the Earth forces' victory. That would mean they obtained all the castle's facilities and all the information contained on that fortress. With Inaho being able to use the Aldnoah Drive, they could have reactivated the fortress and retrieved the information from it, or they just ripped out the hard disks and scanned them for data. However, judging from the fact that Inaho was using his Drive on Deucalion, they most likely just salvaged information instead of reactivating it.


When do "immortal" Devil Fruits respawn? There is a question regarding the respawn time of regular Devil Fruits (DF), but I am interested in the possibility of creating an immortal army using the same one-time DF, namely the Ope Ope no Mi and the Yomi Yomi no Mi.

The Ope Ope no Mi can perform the "Perennial Youth Operation" which kills the DF user and gives eternal youth (and so potentially eternal life) to the subject. The Yomi Yomi no Mi enables the soul of the user to return to his body after his death.

Does the Ope Ope no Mi respawn after the Perennial Youth Operation (the user's death) or after the death of the operated person? Does the Yomi Yomi no Mi respawn after the "First" death or after the soul leaves this world forever?

At least for the Ope Ope no Mi there is no body left to contain the fruit's powers and after Doflamingo wanted to become immortal by Rosinante eating the fruit and performing the operation, the powers can not be stored in the operated person's body.

Could one create an army of immortals using one of this DFs?

No, these fruits cannot create an immortal army, they are not designed with that in mind. Even after giving someone eternal youth, that is all he will get, he will just remain "young" forever. Anyone will still be able to kill the user in a fight, he may die to an accident etc. The same applies Yomi Yomi no Mi, you get another life but you are not immortal. Also, even if someone has the Yomi Yomi no mi, and his head gets cut there is no body to return, because he will die again immeditally.

Ope Ope no Mi respawns after the users death (the one who eat the fruit) because the person who gained eternal life has no "connection" with the fruit itself.


Why do people's names change in Tower of God? In Tower of God, people's names changed from one chapter to the next.
Example:

Jahad to Zahard
Lahel to Rachel

Why is that?

Name changes could be for a few different reasons. Most of the time, however, the English spelling differs because two different translators just decide to spell it differently.

In Korean, there is no Z sound. There is only a J sound, so words with the J sound like Jahad might be translated into Zahard depending on the translator's interpretation. As for the additional R in the name, that is really up for interpretation as well because English soft A sounds can be spelled like that. In this case, Zahard and Jahad will produce the same sound in Korean despite the English spelling differences. The spelling difference was only due to translator interpretations.

As for the Lahel to Rachel, this is a somewhat different case. Lahel is actually how the name sounds phonetically (pronounced lie-yell). Rachel is the English conversion of the name. It is like how the name Steven is Etienne in French. Lahel in Korean translates to Rachel in English.


What do the numbers written in the top left corner stand for? In The Seven Deadly Sins: The Resurrection of the Command, there is a number which randomly appears in the top left corner, like:

  6:48

  6:49

  6:54

(Image source)

What do the numbers written in the top left corner stand for?

It's the local time in Japan when the show is currently broadcasted. It has nothing to do with anime show.

A thread on MyAnimeList's forum has a quick discussion about this in English.

The official term is 時刻出し (jikoku dashi, time display). As mentioned before, this is not restricted to anime shows, but more to the TV channel and broadcast time. Usually, this occurs for shows in the:

morning: from the earliest show up to 10:00
afternoon: from 11:00 up to 14:00
evening: from 17:00 up to 19:00 (some as early as 13:00)
special occasions: New Year's countdown, on-going sports tournament, momentary announcement (news, earthquake, climate).

The reason for the morning, afternoon, and evening shows are most likely to remind the viewers, such as:

morning: going to work/school before getting late
afternoon: lunch preparation/lunchtime period
evening: dinner preparation

For this specific example of The Seven Deadly Sins: The Resurrection of the Command, the show was broadcasted on local Japanese TV channels (Japanese Wikipedia):

  MBC/TBS: January 6 ~, Saturday 6:30-7:00
  Animax: February 18 ~, Sunday 19:30-20:00

From the example screenshots of 6:48, 6:49, 6:54, it can be deduced that the scene was taken from MBS/TBS, the earliest broadcast for this series. After knowing the timeslot, it's also possible to estimate the relative timestamp for each scene: around 18, 19, and 24 minutes (next episode's preview) into the show.

References:

Yahoo! Chiebukuro (Japanese)
Yourpedia (Japanese)


How many number of anime sales in Japan is considered as profitable? I was really curious so I wanted to know: How much sales of anime in Japan is considered profitable? By sales I mean the DVD or something like that.
I heard that anime season or continuation is based on the sales in Japan so, any guess?

That depends and the answer will vary per anime because the cost of making one season of anime varies. However, from here,

  According to Masamune Sakaki, a CG creator in the anime industry, an average 13-episode anime season costs around 250 million yen (or $2 million).

If we take that as an example and say that each Blu-ray would cost at around 5000 yen, which is more or less the case if you look at some sites selling them, the anime would have to sell at around 50000 Blu-rays for break-even, and even more for profit and a budget for another season. This is only if they're trying to recover costs based on Blu-ray sales alone, but anime tend to have other merchandise you can buy aside from Blu-ray.


Why does Alluka only have the strength of a normal child? It has been stated clearly that Alluak Zoldyck has the same amount of power of a normal child, which in the Hunter x Hunter universe means that he/she is very weak.

However, all other children in the Zoldyck family have received training since a very early age as well as possessing a set of talents that unique to the family, such as resistance to poison, strength and resistance to pain, even before learning nen.

Until they found out about Alluka's wish granting ability, there was nothing to suggest he/she was different from the other siblings. Therefore, it could be assumed that he/she should have received the same training as his/her siblings before that.

So why does she only have the power of a normal child?

You are correct in that, until Alluka evidenced dangerous powers, there is no clear reason why Alluka would not have received any Zoldyck assassin training from a very young age.  However, a statement that Alluka has the physical strength of a normal child does not tell us whether or not Alluka received any special training prior to entering solitary confinement.

Killua's brother Milluki, who we do know has undergone the standard training, does not demonstrate having any special amount of physical strength (he easily tired of whipping Killua due to exertion in chapter 42 of volume 5). He also does not display any Nen abilities. It could well be that he only has the physical strength of an average overweight teenage boy his age and his assassin training was solely in areas other than physical prowess.

Killua's mother Kikyo, who has undergone the standard training, also does not show examples of physical strength. Physically, we only know that 1) she can run at high speeds and 2) she was able to hold Killua by the arm in order to try to keep him from leaving, but since she willingly decided to let him go, we do not know if she is necessarily physically stronger than him or not (i.e. if she had wanted to make him to stay, could she have kept him pinned there by physical force, or could he have wrested away on his own strength? [same chapter]).


Where in K-ON! does the second panel of this image of Azusa come from? I know that the image is of Azusa from K-ON, but I don't know where it is from exactly. I don't think it was in the original anime?

I'm referring to the second panel of this image [NSFW]

I don't think this was put in the original anime

lol of course not

It's fanart by an artist named くまもとこ / "kuma motoko" who used to be on pixiv but has since deleted his/her account. Some remnants of his/her art, not including the Azusa picture (but including a different picture from the same set), can be seen on Twitpic (NSFW).


Will Mirajane be able to handle the demon inside her? If the Tartaros people seal the demon inside Mira's body, will she be able to control it as she controls her other demons?

I don't know what you mean by sealing the demon, but recent chapters showed that

   Mirajane is able to control any demons or demonic things at Tartaros except of the Etherious. Including the demon they wanted to turn her into or the device they used to turn her into a demon.


Did Asta lose the Demon-Dweller Sword permanently? According to the Black Clover wikia,

    During his fight with Asta and Yuno, Licht reclaims the Demon-Dweller Sword[70] and displays greater control over the sword's magic absorption and release property.

Did Asta lose the Demon-Dweller Sword permanently?

No he didn't. Even though we don't see licht giving it back to him, Asta later in the show and manga uses it.


If the World Government knew that the Strawhats were on Thriller Bark, why didn't they inform the marines? The World Government was worried enough about Moria to sent Kuma to Thriller Bark, but not inform the marines? That's weird right? Unless they knew the kinds of things Moria was doing on the island - but there are enough marines out there who would look away from that sort of thing at get the job done despite that...

The World Government didn't want the world to know about Moria's defeat. Moving the marine would probably attract too much attention. While the marine could probably move in silence, the World Government wanted to keep Moria's defeat a secret as much as possible, and besides, they thought Kuma is already enough to eliminate the straw hats (which he almost did).


What happened to the art style in Fairy Tail? What happened to the art style in Fairy Tail after episode 175?

Old art style:

New art style:

After episode 175 the production studio changed from A-1 Pictures & Satelight to A-1 Pictures & Bridge.

Character designer change, before episode 175 character design was done by 'Aoi Yamamoto' after that by 'Shinji Takeuchi' and 'Toshihiko Sano'.

Art director change, before episode 175 character design was done by 'Junko Shimizu' after that by 'Shigeru Morimoto'.

If you are interested in the rest of the staff check out this page for everything before episode 175, and this page for everything after 175.

The new animation places emphasis on the special attacks, fast-paced scenes, overall story's color, clarity, and fluidity. Some people will like the change some don't. Here is a video that shows some differences with character design.


Why did the mage have multiple personalities? The mage girl seemed to have three personalities - one was collected/intellectual, one was rash/violent, and one was cutesy. When the rash/violent personality was the active one, even her eyes turned red. I didn't notice if the cutesy personality had different eyes, but you could definitely hear the distinction between all three of the voices.

Is there a plot-related explanation for this, or is it just part of her character?

Female Mage was an "artificial" hero created by a sect of the Holy Church, called the Magic Association. She as taken in a a young age and isolated from the world... trained and such by the Association as she was to be a substitute for the Hero, in case he was defeated (in which cae the Association would have much to gain in terms of political influence).

"Silver" 銀 (ぎん, Gin) is the childish, sleepy personality is the primary personality, she is the resulting "masterpiece" of all the so-called "training."

In the Gaiden/Side-story まどろみの女魔法使い (Madoromi no Onna Mahoutsukai, the Sleepy Female Mage) she briefly describes her other "sisters," as she calls them:

"White" 白 (しろ, Shiro) is the intelligent (and kind) one, one of the surviving failed works and "Indigo" 藍 (あお, Indigo) who is the rough (yet also kind) one, another one of the surviving failed works. She recalls that there is another "sister," but mentions that she has since disappeared (died).

The current Female Mage that is an ally of the Hero, is considered a disgrace to the Association and has been marked for termination. Perhaps by the Association's newest artificial hero plan masterpiece, the magic-absorbing "Red (赤)" battlemage.


If someone surgically replaced their eyes with Scarlet Eyes, would they get the same specialisation power like Kurapika? If someone was able to acquire one of the last 36-pairs of the Scarlet Eyes that was taken from the Kurta Clan and then surgically replace their own eyes with them, would they be able to have the same specialisation power under the same conditions that Kurapika must meet?

Your question essentially has a few parts:

Is the Specialist Nen ability tied to the eyes of the Kurta Clan or is it unique to Kurapika?

I don't think this is answered sufficiently.  Kurapika's Nen ability triggers when his eyes turn red but it is not clear if the Nen ability would be present for other Kurta clan members.  I don't believe it would.  Nevertheless, there are other enhanced abilities ascribed to this state since childhood that are tied to Kurta race.  While his eyes were scarlet, Kurapika could fight several grown men even as a young child.

Are normal Kurta scarlet eye abilities transferable via transplant?

I don't think so but this answer is not fully clear.  The scarlet eyes seem to be a visible "symptom" of a more complicated physical process.  Essentially, the Kurtas experience a dramatic increase in blood flow (among other things).  The increased blood flow through the eyes (whether realistic or not) causes the irises to turn red.  As the process is not caused by the eyes, there is no reason to think transferring the eyes would cause this process.  While I think a person who can get increased blood flow to the eyes might have those eyes turn red in the same way, that would not cause any other abilities.

Would eye/body part transplant transfer Nen abilities?

Nen can be stored in inanimate objects (as severed body parts would be) so the eyes would certainly contain Nen.  However, Nen is "owned" by its user even after their death.  I don't see that you would get the ownership of that Nen (much less the ability) just because you have their flesh.  The closest counterpoint to this is the Chimera Ants.  While consuming Nen users results in Ants with the potential for Nen abilities, I don't think they get the specific ability of their source.  It is personal to them. If I am mistaken please let me know, but all ant Nen abilities I can remember are unique to them.  As they have memories of their past selves, I can imagine they may intentionally work to get the same ability but that is not the same thing.

So in my eyes, all parts of this question point to "probably not but not definitively no".  Unless i was going blind I would not risk it but a rich blind man could do this.
This would be an awesome character specific arc for Kurapika.  Whether any of this is possible is all up to the mangaka.


Is there other characters that their techniques have a negative effect of using lifespan? In Enies Lobby Luffy used 2nd gear against Blueno and he knows that if he use that technique for a long time it can shorten his lifespan.

Is there other character and what is their techniques/abilities that they use that have a negative effect of shortening lifespan?

According to the One Piece Fandom wiki, the Ope Ope no Mi and the Chiyu Chiyu no Mi are the two Devil Fruits, "confirmed to shorten the user's lifespan if used in a particular way."

Interestingly enough, the exact phrasing on the Gomu Gomu no Mi devil fruit page says that Gear Second, "hacks away at Luffy's life force dramatically, increasing a chance of having a much shorter lifespan because he is starving his body." So it isn't guaranteed per se that using this technique will shorten the user's lifespan, simply that it increases the chance that the user will have a shortened lifespan.


Does "Domestic Girlfriend" manga continue after anime ending? I want to buy the Domestic Girlfriend manga. The problem is I don't want to buy it if both the anime and manga finished off on the same ending.

Does the manga continue after the show ended?

Yes, the series continues in the manga. Even better yet, the manga is still ongoing meaning there are still new chapters to come even.

As it stands there are 24 volumes, containing 251 chapters total.
Most of which are available for Kindle e-readers through Amazon


How did Unohana kill people if her zanpaktou was a healing type? Unohana's Minazuki, as revealed in her fight with Zaraki, is the type that heals. Then how did she go on the murderous rampages that eventually played a part in her earning the title of the first generation Kenpachi?

As per your question lemme tell you something more about Unohana's katana.

  Minazuki (肉雫唼, "Flesh-Drops' Gorge"): In sealed form, Minazuki is slightly longer than an ordinary katana, and resembles a nodachi. The tsuba has an oval shape, and the handle is red. Instead of tying it to her obi, Unohana carries her Zanpakutō over her shoulder by a rope strap, or lets Isane carry it for her.

  Her shikai form is more like the image enclosed above.It's release command is unknown. When released in Shikai form, Minazuki will start to morph, turning into a green, gas-like substance before taking the solid shape of a giant, green, one eyed manta ray-like creature with the ability to fly. Minazuki can be used for transportation, and will change back into the green gas substance before returning to its sword form when its duty has been fulfilled

Her Bankai special ability is still unknown.But these are the facts that I came through

  Bankai: Minazuki (皆尽, "All Things' End"): When released the blade of Unohana's Zanpakutō liquifies into a thick, dark red substance able to surround her vicinity. Once the majority of the liquid flows off the Zanpakutō, it reveals the remainder has solidified into a shortened katana, which then can be used for combat, strong and sturdy enough to clash against Kenpachi Zaraki's blade.

We were totally oblivious about her bankai until Kenpachi fight.But her bankai is far more gore than Kenpachi.

Sources:-Link


Did the original Bem have a manga that was based on? As far as I know, the 2019 BEM series is based in a late 60's anime of the same name. Did that anime have an original manga version? Or did the story start with the anime?

All Humanoid Monster Bem anime are original, but they also spawned manga adaptation.

The first Humanoid Monster Bem anime in 1968 got its manga adaptation and was serialized in Bokura monthly manga magazine until 1969, then reissued by Kodansha in 2012 and got its paperback edition in 2010.

The second anime in 2006 got its manga adaptation and was serialized in Weekly Young Jump and Mankaku, then got its tankobon version in 2007.

The third anime, BEM in 2019 got its manga adaptation and was serialized in Manga Park application.

The manga spin-off Humanoid Monster Bem RETURNS was the only original manga, which was serialized in Monthly Shonen Gangan since 1993 until 1995. The anime (and game) adaptation was planned in 1997 but got canceled, and thus leaving only the manga.

Source: Japanese Wikipedia


What happens to Obito after the 5 minutes of intangibility? Obito is intangible. This intangibility last for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, what happens? I am confused.
Or does  he needs  to keep phasing  through  objects  to remain  intangible?

Normally, Obito is not intangible. When he uses Kamui, he can teleport the parts of his body getting hit by attacks into the Kamui dimension, stopping himself from getting damaged. However, the limit of the justsu is five minutes and that is the maximum amount of time he can continually use the jutsu. After the five minutes are up, any further attempts to use Kamui fail, and he presumably requires some time to recharge his chakra before using it again. Your question was kinda confusing, so sorry if I didn't answer properly.


Why does the Keijo anime/manga title have eight "!" characters? I found it interesting that in the Keijo title are eight "!", written like "Keijo!!!!!!!!".

Did the author ever tell what's the reason behind its title besides "for making the title eye-catching"?

Exclamation points in anime/manga titles is somewhat of an ongoing trend, and because of the ludicrous themes in keijo!!!!!!!! they jumped on the trend in a similarly extreme way as a sort of publicity stunt/way to attract attention. Some more toned back shows may use it to denote seasons (like K-ON!!) but for shows like keijo!!!!!!!! they are instead used to show a self aware, extreme and ridiculous nature.


Do nen examiners also have to teach them Nen? Gon and Kurapika's examiner also taught them nen. Is every examiner also a
 teacher, or the hunters have to learn nen by themselves?

I belive you're refering to the "Secret Exam" when you talk about "examiners". I'm not sure this is entirely accurate.

There doesn't seem to be a very strict structure to the Secret Exam, at least compared to the Public Exam. As such, there doesn't really seem to be "examiners" as such. The hunters just seem to collectively keep tabs on the passing participants to see if they figure things out on their own. Some actually teach these people Nen, but none seem exactly obligated to do so.

So, in short, there propably isn't the sort of requirement you mention, because there aren't really any "examiners" at this point. All teachers we see seem to be giving their lessions more or less out of their free will, rather than any sort of obligation. Of coures, almost everybody capable of teaching Nen is already a hunter (with the some exceptions like the Phantom Troupe, who know Nen but aren't necessarily hunters), so they would be qualified to pass those they teach, when they seem ready. But remember that there are people who already know Nen, who pass the Secret Exam the moment they pass the Public Exam, without any sort of fanfare.

Basicly and simplified to the extreme, I'm proposing that in stead of any sort of examiners, just about any hunter can just contact the Hunter Association and say "Yeah, they know Nen now. They're real hunters alright." Of course, the exact details of the Secret Exam are rather vague, so the answer is rather speculative.

As a side note, I think it would be theoretically possible for someone to pass the Public Exam, learn Nen from a non-hunter and then pass the Secret Exam when other hunters learn about this. But there isn't really an example of such thing ever happening.


Why do people wearing a headband with two flashlights or candles when acting crazy or out of place? So sometimes in Anime and Manga when someone is acting crazy or out of character when on a rant they wear a headband with two flashlights or lit candles pointing up.

I am wondering what the reason for this is or if it symbolizes something.

It originates from Ushi no toki mairi

Picture taken from Wikipedia

Wikipedia Explanation

  Ushi no toki mairi refers to a prescribed method of laying a
  curse upon a target that is traditional to Japan, so-called because it
  is conducted during the hours of the Ox (between 1 and 3 AM). The
  practitioner—typically a scorned woman—while dressed in white
  and crowning herself with an iron ring set with three lit candles
  upright, hammers nails into a sacred tree of the Shinto shrine.
  In the modern-day common conception, the nails are driven through a
  straw effigy of the victim, impaled upon the tree behind it.
  The ritual must be repeated seven days running, after which the curse
  is believed to succeed, causing death to the target, but being
  witnessed in the act is thought to nullify the spell. The Kibune
  Shrine in Kyoto is famously associated with the ritual.

  The woman performing the curse is generally portrayed as dressed in white,
  with disheveled hair,wearing an iron "crown" that holds three
  burning candles, suspending (from her neck) a mirror upon her
  chest (which lies hidden) and wearing a pair of tall
  clogs (geta), She would then nail a straw doll representing her
  target to a sacred tree (神木 shimboku) at the Shinto shrine.

  The iron "crown" that she wears is actually a tripod (五徳 gotoku) (or
  trivet, a stand for setting cooking pots, etc., above a heat
  source) which she wears in inverted, slipping the iron ring over
  her head and sticking candles on its three legs.

In Anime and Manga, this kind of action tells the Audience of the current genre. Usually this action in Anime/Manga is a joke (for entertainment purposes) not to mention the character you showed us wants to curse someone (except the genre of the manga/anime is a thriller or horror).


Why was Al still alive after getting his body broken apart by Scar? There is something bothering me. Slicer and his brother died after being stabbed with a sword, but Alphonse Elric didn't die after getting his body broken apart by Scar. How did this happen?

Edward looked so confused learning Slicer was still alive after he chopped Slicer's head. I mean he knows that his brother's body has experienced much worse damage and gotten his head chopped too and still alive.

Slicer's blood runes were destroyed, which is what killed him.

Slicer had two souls in one armor, so he had two blood runes.  Ed didn't know that at first.  He only knew of one blood rune in the helmet, and thought that cutting off the head would stop the body.  But there was another blood rune in the body.

Al's blood rune is not in his helmet, so his head can be cut off without hurting him.

As long as the blood rune is intact, the soul survives. The rest of the armor can be severely damaged.


Why did the reanimated Nagato and Madara have Rinnegan? When Madara was near death he gave the Rinnegan to Nagato, and Nagato's eyes were stolen. You can say "DNA" but in that case Nagato wouldnt have it so why did the reanimated Nagato and Madara have Rinnegan?

Source

The Summoning: Impure World Reincarnationbinds the soul of a deceased person to a living vessel, restoring them as they were when they were alive in order to do their summoner's bidding.
A reincarnated individual will have all the abilities they had during their life, including kekkei genkai and kekkei tōta. They are physically restored as they were at the time of their death, including any physical handicaps they may have possessed, such as Nagato's damaged legs. Exceptions exist: illnesses they had will not be preserved, nor will any physical damage that contributed to their death. There is some inconsistency of whether or not foreign body matter will be restored as well: Hanzō retains the poison gland of the black salamander, but Madara Uchiha does not have access to Hashirama Senju's genetic material and thus Kabuto must artificially reproduce it for him.

So, Nagato had his eyes at time of death, so as at reincarnation.


Did Gohan evolve in the tournament of power? In the last episode of Dragon Ball Super, Vegeta tells Vermouth that he can't be sure Goku won't master Ultra Instinct as he has seen how the Saiyans have evolved in the tournament of power. In that moment, they show scenes of Vegeta's new transformation, Cabba turning into Super Saiyan 2, Kefla performing her final attack, and Gohan fighting Koicherator. Did Gohan's power evolve during the tournament of power?

Gohan did get a lot stronger during the short period before the tournament. He could barely turn SSJ during the exhibition matches, however, we see him turn Ultimate Gohan and get even more stronger compared to the Buu Saga and his current power level is very likely superior to even SSJG Goku.During the course of the tournament, Gohan didn't really have as much of a chance in getting a Zenkai boost unlike the other situations because he's never been in a life or death situation like the others. However, him managing to overpower Koicherator by himself, holding his own against Saonel and Pirina, also taking out Dyspo who was indeed a threat, indicates that he did have an evolution in power. Considering what he was from the Start of Super, in the Exhibition Matches and now in the Tournament of power.


Can you get rich off of the Death note? If you write instructions to take out a big loan, convert it into cash (or a nontraceable valuable), take out all your other cash and then drop it off a predetermined location and then die somewhere else by 'insert random cause here' could you become extremely rich off of dying criminals?  (Or anyone if you are without scruples.)

The answer is yes.

Based on the experiments Light did with criminals, as long as what is written in the death note is humanly possible it will happen. Like the criminals who wrote suicide notes and drew figures on the wall before they died. But if it is not possible they simply die of heart attacks, like the guy who was supposed to die in Paris but it was impossible for him to escape from prison and flee to Paris and then die there in the limited time that was written for him.

If you carefully plan the robbery and the timing and placing is not impossible for the victim to arrive at, it will happen.


What's the song in Castle in the Sky when the castle is destroyed? I would like to know the name of the music in the anime movie Castle in The Sky at 1 hour 55 minutes when the castle is destroyed.
I tried to Shazam it but didn’t work out
Does anyone know the name?

The song that is played at 1 hour 55 minutes is named The Destruction of Laputa (Rapyuta No Hokai). It has a duration of 2:00 and is performed by The Suginami Children's Choir (Suginami Jidō Gasshō-dan)¹.


Old mecha anime with white winged aliens I have vague memory of an old (maybe 70's or 80's, it is very old) mecha anime TV show or movie that involved winged aliens and one scene in particular where the main guy is with an alien girl in a field of flowers and when the wind blows the flowers change colors. There was some robot martial arts action, too.

I actually revisited this several years ago because I remember the scene with the flowers. The show is called Tosho Daimos, or "Star Birds" in the English localization.

  It is earth's most desperate hour. It is a time for heroes. And it is the ultimate battle for freedom in this rocket-fueled animated spectacular!

  The Starbirds have invaded planet Earth. It seems our only hope lies with Kelly- a daring young starfighter who pilots an indestructible cyborg robot. But wait! A growing force of Starbird rebels are fighting to overthrow the oppressive rule of their King Oban. And together with Kelly, they join forces to rid the galaxy of King Oban's treacherous rein so that the Starbirds and the people of Earth may one day be free.

I haven't seen the entirety of the TV series, which is 44 episodes, but I've seen an edited version of the TV series released as a movie on VHS that's dubbed in English. I'm not sure if this is the same thing as what Anime News Network lists as the "Tosho Daimos movie".

The scene with the flowers occurs in the movie around 30 minutes in:

The petals are pink on top and yellow underneath, as the kid pointed out.

"Kelly" and "Erica" in a field of flowers.


Who is this gorilla that carried Sengoku on its shoulder? I'm sorry to ask this, but I'm little curious about this picture, here Sengoku seem riding on a gorilla.

I don't know how far in anime, so I put the picture as spoiler.

Who is this gorilla, is this Sengoku's new pet? I only remember that he has a goat as a pet.

I don't think it's Kong -of course not-

It's the gorilla that was transformed to a toy.

From the chapter 743:


What if someone wishes to not become a magical girl in Madoka Magica? In Puella Magi Madoka Magica, if someone wishes something to Kyubey, they will become a magical girl (and in the end, a witch), but the wish can be anything like money, power, godlike powers. However, what would happen if they wish to not become a magical girl instead? (Perhaps only Madoka knows)

I was thinking if Kyubey would explode or refuse the wish, but what if he didn't refuse?

Kyubey gets these girls to sign a contract. This contract includes the provision that they become magical girls and fight witches (with the hidden eventuality that they will become witches themselves). Granting the wish is Kyubey's part of the contract. If someone does not agree to the contract in full, including the part about becoming a magical girl, why would Kyubey grant them a wish? In other words, not agreeing to become a magical girl in any way constitutes not agreeing to the terms, refusing the contract.

You must also remember that Kyubey intentionally offers the contract at specific moments when his target is most likely not to refuse. This is exemplified in Mami's case, explained in the Puella Magi Wiki:

  Mami made her wish after she was in a car accident with her parents. She was most likely very badly wounded, as her parents died on the scene, and Mami only survived due to making a wish with Kyubey, who appeared at just that moment, leaving Mami little time to consider her wish.

It's unlikely that Kuybey would approach someone at a time when they would either refuse to sign the contract, or who would in any other way not use the opportunity to wish for something important to them.


Why did Wraith disguise herself as a man? During season 2 (The Second Raid), Chidori is being monitored from afar by a man who we later learn is an intelligence operative by the codename of Wraith. After Sousuke is reassigned, Chidori gets the drop on Wraith and confronts him, but is later shot by Xia Yu Lan.

After Leonard turns up and kills Xia Yu Lan, we find out Wraith isn't dead but that the bullet to the head ripped apart a mask. We see what looks to be a female eye. After the conclusion of the Hong Kong incident, the Mithril intelligence agent who was working with the SRT is talking to a woman who wasn't around before. At the very end, when Sousuke returns to school, this same woman is watching Chidori and Sousuke from afar. Her comments lead us to believe she is Wraith.

Why did Wraith pose as a guy? Was there any benefit to her mission in making people believe she was the opposite gender?

No particular reason is ever given for why Wraith chooses any particular disguise throughout the anime series or novels. Her M.O. involves cycling through an entire range of different disguises, male or female. The overriding purpose is that she blends into whichever environment she is seeking to infiltrate. That, and to ensure her true identity is as concealed as possible: in that case, pretending to be a man is doubly useful, in that it makes her less likely to be identified as the notorious (female) Wraith.


Has the Twelve Demon Moons power levels been given by the author? I was watching a YouTube video and the Youtuber said the ranking of the 9 Pillars has been given by the author. Apparently it would be,

   9. Insect Pillar
 8. Serpent Pillar
 7. Mist Pillar
 6. Love Pillar
 5. Water Pillar
 4. Wind Pillar
 3. Flame Pillar
 2. Sound Pillar
 1. Stone Pillar

How about the Twelve Demon Moons? Has the Twelve Demon Moons power levels been given by the author?

Their rankings are denoted by their numbers. Upper Moon 1 through 6 are the strongest 6 after Muzan arranged in the order of their numbers, then lower 6 stand in a similar fashion.

Here's some info from the manga:

   Upper moon 1 was annoyed that Upper moon 3 Akaza did not abide to the hierarchy of Upper moons. He suggested that if this bothers him so much, he can apply for a Blood battle against Upper Moon 2 to swap places implying the hierarchy is based on battle strength

This is what we can assume given the latest chapters:

  There are some demons with the potential to be one of the moons. As we see that Upper moon 6 (Daki and Gyutaro) and Upper moon 4 (Hantengu) were replaced in a matter of days following their deaths.


Which episode shows Naruto competing in a race to a shrine on the top of a hill? I only remember that Naruto was competing in some kind of competition (it's not an eating contest). From the start line, they have to get to a shrine, where some kind of prize has been placed, on the very top of a hill.

I think it was from Naruto.

You're referring to Idate's Arc in Land of Tea Escort Mission from Episode 102-106.

As per Wikia: Source: http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Land_of_Tea_Escort_Mission

  The Land of Tea Escort Mission spans from episodes 102 to 106 of the Naruto anime. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura go to the Land of Tea to help Idate Morino win a race. This arc is preceded by the Search for Tsunade and is followed by the Sasuke Recovery Mission.

This arc is Anime only (i.e. Filler). While filler arcs are usually not upto par with the main storyline, this was a watchable arc as it showcased the Naruto/Sasuke dynamic really well while setting up the next and best arc of the series.


What is the significance of the X on people's faces from Shouya's perspective and why does Ueno get the X on and off? In Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice) my current interpretation of the X on someone's face is that the protagonist does not wish to acknowledge or socialize with this person. An extension of this could be perhaps that he does not wish to hear their "voice", if we were to stretch somewhat on the themes of the story.

Ueno is the only person I can think of when in the reconciliation phase gets the X on and off. I can understand it being a part of the protagonist's difficulty in attempting to reconcile with her and understand her motives (which interestingly play similarly to his own of attempting to reconcile Shoko with her classmates while she tries to reconcile him with his).

Wikipedia suggests it is his disgust for her.

I'm looking for any other interpretation preferably with evidence of when the X comes on and off. Is there a concrete pattern behind why and when the X is put on a person?

If I have time and can find the images I'll add a few with chapter references to better show examples of what I mean.

Spoiler Warning

.TL;DR
So the summary of this answer is:

The "X" mark can be symbolized as "Not My Friend" or "No interest to interact with them". When Ishida feels pissed off because of an act or the attitude of someone/something, the "X" mark would be put on their faces. And when would the "X" mark be taken down? When Ishida thinks like "I like him/her, such a nice person" about someone or something.

Because Ueno is so hypocritical, that make Ishida so pissed and happy at the same time. The X mark on Ueno's face was first marked in volume 3, and it came off in Volume 7 (the last volume), when Ishida tried to change himself. In volume 7, all the 'X' marks that everyone had in Ishida's perspective have already come off

The content from this point on contains spoilers. Read it at your own risk.
From what I could figure, the most accepted answer for this kind of question is one where you can find in the manga version.  Although I have not watched the anime in full, the anime version seems lacking in explanation. And of course I have finished the manga.
1. What is the significance of the X on people's faces from Ishida's perspective?
The X's first appeared in Volume 1, Chapter 5, page 2-6.
Here are some of the pages (read from right to left)
Page 2-3

Page 4-5

Page 6

He has an

 anxiety disorder being with other people.
 He feels pissed off because of his own negative thought about the others. Look at the yellow marker, he hates everything, even the friend of friends that he hated. The "X" mark can be symbolized as "Not My Friend" or "No interest to interact with them". So that's the reason why the entire class have "X" mark on their faces. For Nagatsuka why he got "X" mark from the first, there is something that Ishida hates about him. For the other people like Sahara that doesn't have "X" mark when they met on the train, because Ishida has no reason to hate Sahara for some reason (exclude his classmate nor neighborhood that he hate). He will put the "X" mark down when someone wants to acknowledge him more and he trusted it.

2. Why does Ueno get the X on and off?
It's explained in Volume 3, Chapter 18, Page 12-17 (read from right to left).
Page 12-13

Page 14-15

Page 16-17

Ishida said that he doesn't care about his ex-friend (aka all his  elementary school friends) in pages 12-13, but when he met Ueno for the first time since junior high school, he did care. At first, Ueno's face didn't have the "X" mark but in chapter 21, pages 9-10, Ueno did something terrible to Shouko, and that made Ishida really pissed of with Ueno's attitude. So that's why Ueno got the 'X' mark on pages 15-16.
Page 9-10

Page 15-16


After Orochimaru revives the 4 kage how does Minato know how to use Kurama chakra mode? For Naruto to be able to use Kurama's chakra he had to go through the whole chakra tug of war thing with the help of Killer Bee and Gyuki, but after Minato gets to the war he automatically is able to connect with Yang Kurama and transform. When did he learn to control Kurama's chakra?

It seems to be Kurama's Yin half within Minato noted that Naruto's actions and speech about his father was touching enough to move this half of it. This allowed the fourth to use Kurama's chakra. There was no need of tug war since Kurama willingly cooperated. It was not planing to take over anybody body or break free.

Re quote  from the link above from the first paragraph of Birth of the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki:

  Meanwhile, as their battle strategy unfolded, Kurama's Yin half within Minato noted that Naruto's actions and speech about his father was touching enough to move this half of it. Yin-Kurama also told Minato to disregard Obito's words as he was not responsible for any of those tragedies and that instead of leaving his son to do it, he should also act. Later, when Naruto and Minato bumped fists, Yin and Yang-Kurama came in contact with each other, with Yang-Kurama greeting its other half casually and asking it to share its chakra, which led Yin-Kurama to note that asking itself for chakra was an odd situation. Nonetheless, when the father-son duo prepared to deal with Obito, the two halves of Kurama also bumped fists as they prepared to initiate their strategy. As their chakra begin to meld, the two halves conversed about Minato and Naruto, leading Yin-Kurama to comment that Naruto must have had some upbringing to treat a tailed beast as a comrade.


Why does Mavis have wings in her hair? She looks cute and all, but why does she have wings sprouting from her roots. Are they supposed to help her with something?

I would have to vote for the hair accessory theory.  And, we know from the Fairy Tail Zero arc that she always wanted to meet a fairy. So, fairy wing headband, with the headband part hidden in the hair? For most of the Fairy Tail Zero arc, she is shown with her hair wings. But in episode 97, shortly after learning magic, she re-introduces herself as "Black Magic Mavis" .

After casting "Law" in episode 98 and 99, she is unconscious and in bed with her tattered clothes having been changed and no hair adornments.

After she regains consciousness, I don't believe we ever see her again without her hair wings as far as I can recall except in some flashbacks to her youth in the last episode of the Fairy Tail Zero arc, episode 100.


What episode of Naruto does the Rinnegan first appear in? The wiki says it appears in the episode 135 of the original series, but I can't see it anywhere. What episode does it appear in? Because I need to see it.

It is in fact in episode 135, as can be seen here: (Taken from the end of the episode, sorry about the bad quality)

You've to remember that in the earlier episodes, we did not actually see Pain, we just saw these images of the Akatsuki members. But the rinnegan was seen already back then.


Why did Aleister create the Science Side? Why did Aleister create the Science Side? Do we actually know?

From TVTropes:

   Reality Warper: He is capable of omnipresence and other tricks. Confirmed when it is revealed at the end of New Testament volume 11 that he possesses something called the Archetype Controller, which can basically create or destroy Jungian archetypes, which would be like the equivalent of controlling tropes, in a way. It is revealed that, using this power, he literally created the entire concept of a "Science side", and made Academy City and its espers part of the archetype of "mankind’s worship of science".

As of revelations from New Testament 19, yes we now know.

   Aleister's first daughter died after caching Typhoid fever. It wasn't anyone's fault, it was just a stroke of ill fortune. So, Aleister decided to destroy all misfortune - that is, destroy all magic and religion. That would remove all forms of coincidence from the world, and no one would ever be unfortunate again. (Though, as Touma points out, that would mean that no one would ever be lucky again either.)


How did Uchiha Obito summon Kurama? If Uchiha Madara was the only one who could summon Kurama, how did Obito do it? Also, Naruto was 16 while Kakashi looked about 30, so if Kakashi and Obito were the same age, and Obito summoned Kurama while Naruto was born, he would be younger than Naruto is now.

For starters, at the beginning of the series, Kakashi was 26, and Naruto was 12. Which makes him (and Obito) only 14 when the Kyuubi attacked.

Second, presumably Obito was able to summon Kurama because Kurama was under his control, and thus acts like a sort of contract between the two. The only other person who was known for summoning Kurama is Madara Uchiha, and Kurama hates his guts.


How did the Dragon King's Eye ended up inside Nanami? In the first season (The goddess goes to the Dragon King Palace) Nanami asks Isohime to remove the eye from her. But in the same episode, it is shown that the eye was consumed by Yukiji in the past.

So how did the eye go from Yukiji to Nanami?

Spoilers ahead...

   TL;DR: Nanami is a direct descendant of Yukiji. So the eye mystically passed from parent to child until it ended up inside Nanami.
 After a girl of Yukiji's lineage gets pregnant (and they can only have girls) The eye passes on to the child, leaving the mother's system. Since Yukiji's bloodline is very weak, this means the mother dies soon after childbirth, but the child becomes quite healthy due to the eye's properties.

There is a deeper backstory in the Manga, and I will quit here in order to spoil the least possible.


What anime features robot armor and reference to "Dell Power" Can anyone identify an anime from a single episode:

I saw this about 5 years ago at a convention, but it looks to have been produced in the 90's.

People wearing robotic armor compete in some kind of fight. It looks like it just takes place outdoors, not in an arena of any kind.

The robotic suits are brightly colored, this is not an overly serious anime.

There is an old scientist type guy who built the suits for at least the main character's team. There is a guy who fights first, and when he is knocked backward he lands on a girl's lunch (a girl he apparently likes).

He notices tears in her eyes and thinks "she really cares for me! she's crying because I was knocked down!", but then we get the real picture, and she is thinking "oh no, my poor lunch!". Throughout the episode she is sulking because of her broken lunch. She keeps saying things like "my lunch...snif" etc.

After the guy's fight an energetic girl is up next, presumably fighting the same person the guy was (he lost, I think). They do a cheer and say "We'll beat 'em with Dell Power!".

The whole time I thought the anime was called "Dell Power", but when I looked that up I found nothing at all.

I haven't watched the anime personally, however I came across this anime before and the synopsis fits your discription.
I believe the anime you are looking for is:
 Delpower X Bakuhatsu Miracle Genki!

Synopsis

  Manami is your typical schoolgirl, despite the odd machines her grandfather is always building. One day, though, an odd evil robot comes to attack Minami's school, and commits the ultimate offense of threatening her friends... and ruining her lunch. Now, she will stop at nothing to return order to the world in her grandpa's newest creation: the mecha Del Power X.

ANN also describes the loss of her bento:

  Hanegi Manami is a junior high school girl with unusual relatives, to say the least. Her grandfather's passion is building unusual things and has just had his latest concoction delivered to their doorstep. The mecha known as Del Power X. With a driver seat specially designed for Manami, its powers are rivaled by no other. Unfortunately, her grandfather's rival Von Getsueru and a plethora of other people are determined to prove that fact wrong, regardless of who is in the pilot`s seat, Manami must fight for love, pride, and above all else, the loss of her precious bento.

Both describe the "old man" as the grandfather who builds stuff, and also made the mecha in question and the girl being upset about her lost lunch. The obvious reference is, of course, "Delpower" probably because it is homophonic to "Dell power" which would be an understandable association.


What is the relationship between Odin, Seifer and the Kanji that appears? in Final Fantasy VIII, if you have the Odin GF (i don't know if this still happens if you don't have him, i always got him), when you go to fight Seifer at the end of Disk 3, Odin appears. generally when this happens he comes in with Zantetsuken and kills all the enemies, never works in a boss battle except in this scripted sequence where Seifer kills Odin.

When Odin appears and kills enemies there is 3 Kanji that appear, each one appearing by itself as the scene of the strike is replied but when Seifer kills Odin there is a forth Kanji while Gilgamesh (who also uses Zantetsuken replacing Odin) shows nothing

So i am wondering, what is the relationship between Odin, Seifer and the Kanji that appears when they attack?

The kanji that appears when Odin uses his special attack is 斬鉄剣 (Zantetsuken).

However, when Seifer kills Odin, it shows 斬鉄剣返し (Zantetsuken-gaeshi) which literally means "Zantetsuken Reversal". -(k/g)aeshi is a common suffix to mean "reversal/counter", especially in martial arts like Judo (e.g. Tsubame-gaeshi).


What is the triangle-shaped headband these characters wear? I don't know what to call them, but I've seen these triangle-shaped things sometimes in anime:

What does the triangle-shaped headband mean and what is it called?

This triangle-shaped headband is called a tenkan (天冠, lit. "heaven crown"). In some parts of Japan, it may also be called a zukin (頭巾, lit. "hood" and also used as a generic term), a hitai-eboshi (額烏帽子, lit. "forehead headpiece"), or a kami-kakushi (髪隠し, lit. "hair-hider")2.

Traditionally, the tenkan was one component of a traditional burial garment (shini-shouzoku / 死に装束). The garment also typically included a white kimono, these glove-things (tekkou / 手甲), and a particular style of boots called kyahan (脚絆) that I'm having trouble finding a good picture of.

There are a number of explanations of the purpose of the tenkan, including:

It must be worn to avoid offending Enma (a judge of the dead in Japanese Buddhist mythology; he's actually a derivative of the Hindu deity Yama)
It allows the dead to escape from hell
It functions as a signal that one was of high standing in life.

In anime today, I get the feeling that the tenkan basically serves as a signal to viewers that whoever is wearing it has something to do with death (or, more generally, with non-humanness, I guess).

Notes

This answer is mostly a translation of the following article: What's the triangular piece of cloth that ghosts wear on their heads? (Japanese)
This seems like it may be a pun on 神隠し, or "spiriting away" (as in the Ghibli film 千と千尋の神隠し, or "Spirited Away"). See also this question at Japanese.SE.


What is the song played during Sasuke's and Itachi's final battle? What is the Naruto Shippuden song played during Sasuke's and Itachi's final battle (episode 135 of Naruto Shippuden)? The song starts playing here.

Bingo. The name of this song is Hidan. You can check it out here.

Though it might sound a bit higher in pitch to the link you provided, the tune seems very pretty much alike, maybe it was modified because of, you know, to avoid copyright infringement.


What’s the song when Gaara knows that his mom loves him in episode 297? What is the background music themed in Naruto Shippuden at time 15:50 episode 297 when Gaara‘s father tell him that his mom loves him?

It's an unreleased Naruto Shippuden OST known as Kushina's Theme. (YouTube link)


What is the difference between No jutsu and Ninjutsu? Aren't Kage Bunshin No Jutsu or Kuchiyose no jutsu of ninjutsu type?

Also please state why Kabuto told Orochimaru that Naruto isn't blessed with a technique and he relies upon the Nine Tails? He said that during Jiraiya/Tsunade fight with Orochimaru in Search for Tsunade arc. I hope Rasengan is a ninjutsu.

First of all, jutsu (術) means "technique", "skill", "method", "trick" or "spell".

A ninjutsu (忍術, lit. "ninja techniques") is one of the three types of jutsu that exist in Naruto. This answer defines it as

  a term referring to almost any technique which allows the user to do something that they otherwise would be incapable of doing, including the usage of weapons.

As for "no jutsu" (の術): "no" (の) is a Japanese particle that, in this case, indicates possessive, and jutsu is explained above. That means that the expression "... no Jutsu" means "Technique of ..." or "... Technique".
In that way, Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (影分身の術) is translated to Shadow Clone Technique and Kuchiyose no Jutsu (口寄せの術) is translated to Summoning Technique.
And yes, these two are Ninjutsu.


Need Help Identifying 90s Ninja Anime I remember watching an anime in Japan in the 90s. It was ninja themed, where I believe the protagonist was a rather smaller ninja and one of his move was to make a "ball" using his palm and slamming it directly against an enemy. Anyone happen to know what the name of this anime is?

Hmmm maybe... Ninku?
The protagonist is "rather smaller ninja".
And in this pic he does "make a "ball" using his palm" and seems like he will throw it.


What does "LRIG" mean? We know that Tama is Ruko's "LRIG" card, but is it ever explained what an LRIG actually stands for or what it means?

I was looking at some translated card game rules also, and they never referred to these cards as anything other than LRIGs. Have I missed something early on, or have they neglected to explain the term?

Looks like my guess was right - "LRIG" is "girl" spelled backwards, not an acronym/initialism.

This was stated by KawaseP (a.k.a. Kouhei Kawase, one of the producers for selector infected WIXOSS) in an interview with Akiba-Souken (Ctrl+F for 作品要素).

  ──LRIGs are a distinctive part of the show, aren't they?

  The LRIG character designs were done by [Kyuta] Sakai, but it was Tomo Yamaguchi, who is in charge of the card game at Takara Tomy, who came up with the name "LRIG". We had a different name for them at first, but at one of the scriptwriting meetings, we decided that we wanted to go with something a bit more off-the-beaten-path, and so we decided on "GIRL" spelled backwards: "LRIG" (pronounced "loo-rig"). Up to that point, we had been making up all sorts of convoluted words, so when the simple word "LRIG" was proposed, everybody agreed.

Given the events of episode 8...

   I guess we can see why the producers decided that "LRIG" was a good choice. Girls turn into LRIGs when their wishes are "fulfilled", and LRIGs likewise turn into (human) girls when that happens. Simple and effective.


In Kimi no Na Wa., how long does the comet fragment take to reach Itomori Town? In Kimi no Na Wa, Mitsuha is able to save everyone in the town even as the comet fragments were falling. So I'd like to ask, just how long would the comet fragment take to fall, in a timeframe that still allows everyone to reach the High School before the comet strikes?

Personally I think the comet's fragment has gone through a full orbit around the Earth, because it is unlikely that it has diverted so much from the original comet trajectory (which is tangential to Earth) to fall almost perpendicularly, since the break was above Japan and the fragment also fell in Japan

So it is likely that more than an hour has passed between the break and the impact.

By the way, I'm not an aerospace engineer, maybe my reasoning does not make sense ^^


Which chapter of the manga does Season 2 of Dr Stone anime end in? Which chapter of the manga does Season 2 of Dr Stone anime end in?
since it only ended yesterday i coulden't find an answer anywhere

Dr. Stone season 2 ends at chapter 83 of the manga. so you should start reading from chapter 84 onwards


What are the deeper meanings in Berserk? I'm referencing the first season of Berserk in this question, not the new 2016 continuation (I haven't finished that yet, so please don't spoil it for me).

As I've been watching Berserk, I've noticed that I enjoy two aspects of the show. I love how gory and action-driven the show is (the fight scenes are awesome), but I also enjoy the deeper meanings that the show portrays with its character development and plot. For example, I like the general coming-of-age style of Guts' narrative, and I have noticed other religious motifs throughout the show.

However, I haven't been able to explicitly "nail down" the big themes. I was wondering if anyone could extract the most prevalent themes from the show and help explain them to me (similar to critical analysis in a college-level literacy class). What are the deeper meanings in Berserk? Does it have to do with religion? Friendship? Loss? Life purpose and direction? Is it commenting on history and war?

This is a very wide question and will draw much opionated answers. But it is interesting to note that Berserk is not just your run of mill manga. I'll try to keep my answer limited to the Golden Age Arc (Spoilers for Golden Age thus are inevitable) and try to reference an Interview I'd read from Miura - Berserk artist Kentaro Miura interview. Also note, The links provided may not be spoiler free, but are here as source and additional reading RELATED to the answer but not a answer to the question.

Inspirations: Berserk in itself has many concious and sub-conscious inspirations,

  I was a manga reader. There are things that I’ve consciously borrowed from, but there are also things that have sunk to the bottom of my consciousness and pop up out of nowhere later. They’ve become part of me. Violence Jack and Guin Saga are things I was obviously really into, and I do think that Guin Saga was the biggest source for this fantasy universe. That atmosphere it has just stuck with me and now I think of it as the standard to measure things against, so I suppose you’re right.

In that interview Miura mentions his high school life and themes of friendship and goals in life.

  I don’t know what relationships between boys these days are like, but back in the eighties, boys were really obsessed with stuff like how good their friends were at things, how highly they “ranked” in comparison to their friends, etc. For boys, friendship isn’t about consoling each other. Sometimes you even try to take the other guy down a peg or two. But to break away from those friends would feel like admitting defeat, and you do help each other when you find some sort of goal. That’s where the Band of the Hawk comes from.

Going from there, the major theme in Berserk is about your dreams. The complete Golden Age Arc is about the purpose of life, fulfilling your dream and price of achieving them.

Guts and Griffith are polar opposites of each other, but draw close enough for Griffith to make him privy to details he had never told anyone, his dreams. These dreams put a rift in Guts own idealogical framework leading him to leave the band. This reversal of roles from the start of series leads to Griffith's downfall. After his rescue, he decides the "price of achieving his dreams" and activates the King's Behelit.
What we see is

Quality of life: If you don’t pursue your dreams, then you live the mediocre life, being more susceptible to become affected by those that are ambitious, but it’s safer and less risky.  (Peasants, villagers, small-role characters)
Purpose in life : Guts realization that Grifith's dream doesn't give his life the purpose he wants drives the interlude of the first arc. He leaves the band to find his dream
However, it also points to what is really important in life. To complete your dream you shouldn't lose sight of whats truly important. Minor Spoilers.

   Guts dream is to kill Griffith, but in his anger he leaves Casca alone who is the one person above all he values. This is covered in the future arcs and the 2016 Anime. He also gains new comrades (kinda).

Griffith lost sigh of this and in the end lost himself. He later sacrificed everyone in order to achieve his dream. The ending shows that the dreams/desires can corrupt even the best of men.

There are other minor themes that come into play are

Berserk and Friedrich Nietzsche: This is something that is well documented. Miura's Berserk is very similar to Nietzsche's philosphy.
Struggler Skull Knight's name for Guts is very apt. It is a commentary on the Nietzsche philosphy above. How guts struggles and survives.
Religion. We see many religious symbolism and analogies in Berserk. https://www.reddit.com/r/Berserk/comments/1wvqit/thoughts_on_religious_analogies_in_berserk/
War and History: Berserk is a fantasy manga with Historical overtones (set in a medieval like period) But it does provide an insight into how wars were fought. A little of tactics, diplomacy, motivations of different individuals and the human nature itself.
Fate/Free will: Are we bound by fate or we have our own destiny in our hands. Are there forces dictating the flow of our lives?
Idea of Evil: Evil comes from inside or outside? Godhand, Behelits etc.


What exactly is the Susano'o technique? The Uchiha and any Sharingan user who awakens the double Mangekyou Sharingan have the ability to use the Susano'o technique, and each Sharingan user seems to have a unique Susano'o form.
But what exactly is the Susano'o? Is it a deity, a special form of invocation or just a materialized form of chakra? Has this been explained in the manga so far?

Susanoo is an ability granted to those who awaken the powers of both their Mangekyō Sharingan. It creates a gigantic, humanoid being that surrounds the user and fights on their behalf. As one of the strongest techniques granted to those that have acquired the Mangekyō Sharingan, it is the user's guardian deity, but at the same time, it consumes the user's life force and damages their body over time

The answer to your question is : Susanoo is a materialized form of user's chakra.

  According to Sasuke Uchiha, if a Sharingan user unlocks two Mangekyō
  Sharingan powers, one in each eye, known as the "Double Mangekyō"
  (ダブル万華鏡, Daburu Mangekyō), it gives access the third power, Susanoo.
  Nevertheless, for a Sharingan user to activate Susanoo, according to
  Obito Uchiha, is a rarity. Since it is formed through the
  materialisation of the user's chakra, its abilities, appearance and
  colour vary among individuals. While the user usually remains
  grounded within Susanoo, it is possible for them to freely move around
  within its body, as well as levitate inside of it. The user can allow
  others to enter Susanoo, or leave its body entirely. While Susanoo
  acts as a defence against external attacks, anything coming out of
  Susanoo will simply phase through it.

Source : Naruto wikia : Susanoo


When was Kite shown as a little girl? When Gon talked with Gin on episode 146, he told him that Kite turned into a little girl.

I can't recall that scene anywhere in the series, can anyone tell me when/how it happened and where it was shown?

Spoilers galore:

   Kite was killed and was fed to the ant queen. When the queen was killed, she had one last baby, a little girl. That little girl was known to be Kite because she rejected the name her caretakers gave her and referred to herself as Kite. This happened in Episode 92.

Please see this wikia entry for more information.


What is the song that plays when Clovis indirectly orders the Purebloods (Jermiah, Nu) to board their Knighmares in Episode 1? In ep 1, starting from  6:10 minute mark, when Clovis says "its all in the performance", a song that seem to be a duo of piano and violin plays and continues until beyond 7 minute mark while the Jeremiahs group board their Knightmares. I couldnt fidn it anywhere on youtube for some reason.

Edit/update: I found the song what is identical to the one I was looking for. It's titled Out of the Ordinary. The one below is somewhat similar to this track, though.
I found one that appears to be similar to the one I was looking for,  it's called Cold Nobility, I suppose it might even be supposed to be  the same song, despite some differences.


Why do some anime have episodes with spoiler titles? I've watched some mainstream anime such as Naruto and One Piece and annoyingly found some episodes for both to have spoiler titles. Seems to occur quite often when there's a big action scene. Such as when "Character X" is fighting and about to kill "Character Y", the title of the next episode is sometimes like:

  Character Y's Ultimate Attack!

My impression: Oh...I guess Character Y lives and wins.

Or

  Character Z rescues Character Y just in time!

My impression: Oh...I guess Character Z didn't die 5 episodes ago then.

This is why I always immediately look away when the title shows up.

What is the point of spoiler titles (apart from completely ruining the episode)?

Where you see spoilers, someone else sees clever marketing.

Typically, episode titles like "Y's Ultimate Attack! Z Goes Down!" are used in long-running shounen action shows. Long-running romance shows will also sometimes use episode titles like "Throbbing heart of Y! A Kiss with Z at Last?!" for the same reasons. But shorter-running shows will often have opaque titles like "Ultramarine" or "Intermezzo of Light and Shadow" or "Rhapsody in Flu" that touch only lightly on the story, if at all.

Long-running shows are long-running, naturally, and they have both a small core of dedicated viewers who will turn up for every episode on a weekly basis no matter what, and then a wide diaspora of casual fans who might catch an episode here or there and might skip a few in the middle. For casual fans like these, such episode titles are helpful for a few reasons:

A quick scan of recent episode titles can get you up to speed on what happened ("So, we had 'The Battle Kicks Off! Y vs. Z', then 'Z Overwhelmed?! Secret Attack!', then 'Z Strikes Back! Y On the Ropes!', and now I'm feeling good and ready to tune in for 'Y's Ultimate Attack! Z Goes Down!'")
Maybe I, a casual fan, already know that Y is going to beat Z in the end, because come on, Y is the determined scrappy hero who's not too smart but has a dream, and Z is the rich, snobby jerk who treats his bit beast like a slave, doesn't believe in the heart of the cards, and eats kittens. So I'm not interested in following the whole back and forth as Y appears to be winning, then Z comes back and seems to have the upper hand, then Y pulls out his ultimate attack that he learned from his dead master's final breath and wins the battle. But maybe I do want to see what Y's ultimate attack is, or I just want to see Z go down because that guy's a jerk and he's had it coming for the past 43 episodes.
Or, continuing that thread, maybe I, a casual fan, had started to lose interest in the show because it was dragging on forever, and had stopped watching it, but Z's defeat is going to lead us into a new arc where things get interesting again. (In real life, I got bored with the "five minutes till the Planet Namek explodes" battle in Dragon Ball Z and stopped watching the show, but became interested again when future Trunks and the Androids appeared.) Seeing that next week's episode is where Z finally goes down, I know next week or the week after are when I can start watching again.
Or maybe I, a casual fan, had been following this whole Y vs. Z battle, but I was thinking of skipping next week's episode to go to an onsen or eat some ramen or learn some ikebana or polish my katana or whatever else those Japanese people do when they're not watching anime. However, upon seeing that the title of next week's episode is "Y's Ultimate Attack! Z Goes Down!", I know that the fight is about to end and we're moving on to something else, so I might as well tune in next week and see how it all turns out.

The studios want to go after those casual fans because there are far more of them than there are hardcore fans, and the hardcore fans are in it no matter what anyway, so there's no reason to bother doing things to hook them in. But the casual fans are constantly teetering on the edge, in danger of falling off and being lost. So the studios have to show their cards a little, get those casual fans good and riled up for next week's episode so they'll keep on watching. If they can keep some of those casuals hooked, they might even transmute into hardcore fans after a while, and start buying wall scrolls and figures and tie-in manga and DVDs and dakimakura covers and all that, where the real money is.

I would argue, however, that these titles aren't really spoilers in the sense that they don't "spoil", i.e. ruin, your enjoyment of the episode in any real sense. (At least for most values of "you".) Long-running shounen action has very few tricks up its sleeve. Some characters fight, somebody wins, somebody loses. Typically it's the heroes who win, except in a few limited scenarios where some individual hero might lose. But the heroes always ultimately win, even if some of the individual fights are lost.

Basically, these shows have very simple plots. If you've seen enough of them, you can typically predict in any given scenario what's going to happen. But people who know what's going to happen, episode titles or no, can still enjoy these stories. I'm so, so, so over this genre, but I still picked up a few volumes of One Piece and enjoyed them. Was it the complex plot? No, I knew exactly what the ultimate outcome was going to be in every story. The realistic characters? No, the characters are simple archetypes. The uproarious humor? No, the humor is repetitive and childish. I enjoyed the unique art style, the inventive action scenes, the creative world. I enjoyed seeing Luffy engage in a weird battle where he has a giant ball of gold solidified around his hand, even though I already knew he would win it. I enjoyed the weirdness of seeing a reindeer take some kind of magic drug and transform into a super reindeer. The outcome of the fight was a foregone conclusion; it was obvious from how it was set up that Chopper would win the fight after taking the magic drug. But knowing this didn't ruin my enjoyment of it.

I already knew Luffy was going to win every battle where the stakes really mattered. I already knew he would end every story arc as the same idiot with a dream he'd always been. I already knew Sanji would hit on girls and Usopp would cower and Nami would yell. Those don't matter. To enjoy this genre is to enjoy the journey, not the final destination. What in other genres would be window dressing or added style is the entire point of the shounen action genre. It's the ultimate triumph of style over substance. A one-sentence episode title can only spoil the plot because the plot is so simple, but the plot is so simple because it's not the main attraction; the style, action, powers, and raw teenage emotions are. If you're finding that the episode title ruins your enjoyment of the episode, maybe this genre just isn't for you. Maybe you need something with a more complex plot to enjoy.


Name or link to the instrumental that plays at 11:47 - 14:58 in Tokyo Ghoul season 2 episode 11? Beautiful melody that starts of soft then raises in intensity and balances out. Perfect fit for the scenes

It is titled 'Licht und Schatten' by Yutaka Yamada (Disc 1, Track #25).


Anime where MC learns the abilities of his foes, in destroyed or war-torn city I'm looking for an anime I would love to draw or watch again and here are the details

Good graphics all around
Very, VERY few episodes, about 20-40
Includes superpowers (a girl shapeshifting , a guy learning everybody else's abilities , etc).
Protagonist is a guy that learns the abilities of his foes, there is one more guy with this power who is supposedly stronger but I think he loses in the end.
It's about a destroyed city or a war is going on and they are living in some kind of church.
The girl comes with the Protagonist in the start, she wears purple, very short top and skirt, it reveals her belly and she has big breasts, blue hair
A woman that doesn't talk is an enemy, and she uses aromas as a special ability, and also uses a board to write (so to speak she is talking like that).

I think that's it.

I guarantee you, you're thinking of "Needless".

Some details:

  Very, VERY few episodes , about 20-40 episodes

Needless has 24 episodes.

  Includes superpowers (a girl shapeshifting , a guy learning everybody else's abilities , etc).

From Wikipedia: "The Black Spot eventually becomes populated by outcasts, some of whom, as a result of the contamination, gain various powers called "fragments". Those in possession of such fragments come to be known as "Needless".

  Protagonist is a guy that learns the abilities of his foes, there is one more guy with this power who is supposedly stronger but I think he loses in the end.

From Wikipedia, the main character is "Adam Blade": "Adam Blade is a destroyer priest who lives in the church in Sector 533. He has a metal collar engraved with the characters '079.AB.' affixed to his neck. He has inhuman strength and endurance as well as accelerated healing, plus a skeletal structure attached with a special metal called Orichalcum. It was revealed that he is a clone of the strongest Needless, 'The Second Christ'. His only flaw is his attraction to cute, young girls. His fragment 'Zero' allows him to learn the attacks of his enemies, after being hit by it or seeing it, also being able to combine other abilities learned as well. His special move is 'Death Verdict', the final pronouncement when taking an enemy's life."

  Its about a destroyed city or a war is going on and they are living in some kind of church

From Wikipedia: "This anime is set in the year 2130 (the beginning date remains unclear), 50 years after World War III. The war has left a crater where Tokyo once stood, a place now filled with contaminated rubble."


Did chakra come from the Juubi? Did chakra really come from the Juubi?

I saw the flashbacks where Rikudo Sennin's mother took chakra from the Juubi and that the Juubi was a tree first. Is that correct?

Your assumption is close, but not 100% correct. Chakra did not come from the Juubi, but the Juubi came as a incarnation of the tree, also known as Shinju. The fruit which grew on the tree, known as the chakra fruit was first eaten by Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, making her the first chakra user, and the origins of chakra as used now a days.

Bit more details below, but also massive spoilers.

   After Kaguya Otsutsuki (Rikudo Sennin's mother) ate the fruit known as the chakra fruit that grew on the tree, she obtained almost god like powers. Which she then used to single handedly end all wars at the time. This makes her the first wielder of chakra.

   She slowly went insane. On the brink of insanity, she incarnated with Shinju to create the Juubi. After that, she went into a fit of anger after finding out that her 2 sons, Hagoromo and Hamura, inherited her powerful chakra and dojutsu respectively.


What is this manga about a demon or vampire linked to an acolyte? I read this manga a very long time ago....

And the story goes like this: There's a demon, or vampire or something (can't remember it well) who overpowers all.

He's the strongest, and up until the current state nobody can kill him, because he is somewhat an immortal, because of his healing powers...

He's also cruel. Then this girl came; an acolyte girl that was ordered cast a spell (or prayer) to him, and then to kill herself. She was ordered by the "highest rank priest" (somewhat similar from the position of the paladin in Ao no Exorcist). The spell was actually to connect her life to the demon, so whatever happen to the girl or to the demon will also happen to the other... I can't remember it so well, but I think the girl is scared to kill herself. She also wants to know why the priest ordered her to do such a thing (why did the priests want her to die?).

Well, it ends up that they tag along with each other from then.

That was all that I can remember. And that was just the 1st chapter... I remember that during the time I'm reading it online it was turned to be already licensed so I think the manga was dropped, but I still want to know the title of this one.

Does anyone know what this manga is? Thanks in advance. :)

and, NO. It's not zenki. It doesn't have an anime.

I just realized it or rather found it out when it updated yesterday. The title of the work is Kai Pilgrim.


Who are Mitsuki's parents ? Is it just Orochimaru? Is he his dad or mom? Does it have to do with Kabuto? Is Kabuto his dad since Orochimaru can switch bodies? Did Orochimaru turn to a girl and have Mitsuki?

Mitsuki was created as a synthetic human by Orochimaru. It has been revealed in Boruto: Naruto the Movie that, Mitsuki is Orochimaru's son.In the movie, Boruto questions Mitsuki about his parentage to which Mitsuki replies that he is the son of Orochimaru. Sarada is surprised by the same and asks whether Orochimaru happens to be his father or Mother while Boruto asks who Orochimaru is, and Mitsuki replies that it doesn't matter which leaves Boruto and Sarada confused.


How was Vegeta able to be revived by the Dragon Balls? (I couldn't find a question like this, if it's been asked before then please remove it.)
There are several known plot holes in the DBZ story, but one that interested me is that in the Buu saga (in DBK it's in ep127) it's said that when a human/alien that killed too many innocent people is dead, in hell they erase his body and his memories and recreate him. Piccolo said that in response to Vegeta's question of whether he could be meet Goku again, but it very clearly that he still won't be revived by the DragonBalls because of that.

The content of Vegeta and Piccolo conversation in DBK ep127 (translated from japanese):

Vegeta: Tell me just one thing first, in the Next World or whatever it
is, after I die, will I be able to see Kakarrot again?
Piccolo: At a time like this, it won't do any good to offer
consolation, so I won't mince words. That won't be possible.
Vegeta: (blinking in shock)
Piccolo: You'v killed to many innocent people. Once you die, your body
will become nonexictense, and your soul will be sent to a world
different from Goku's. There, your soul will be cleaned, and your
memories erased, and you will be turned into a new life form.

Now, in the original DBZ they created a plot hole by including a scene of Frieza, Cell and other villains watching the battle against Buu on earth when they were in Hell, but I'm not talking about that.
During the Frieza arc, Vegeta was clearly evil. Though he joined forces with Gohan, Krillin et al, he still killed a whole village, he's clearly evil, and yet, when Kaio asked Shenron to revive all the people killed by Frieza, Vegeta came back to life (in DBK it's ep51). If we go by the assumption that evil people are recreated in hell, then how was he revived?

Though for a fact that Vegeta asked at the end of Buu saga from Prolunga to bring back all those who died except for any evil people to unrule bringing back Babidi and Dabra, that's not contradict the above, since Piccolo specified specifically that Vegeta killed to many people so he won't have a body, unlike Babidi that was evil but didn't were just evil and didn't killed anyone (not by himself at least) and Dabra who Daio sent to heaven. it's clearly that there's definite different between killing a lot of people to be just evil - killing a lot of people contaminating the soul so it needs to be recreate (like Uub) while being only evil not.
Now, I know it's a fact that Toriyama didn't want to make the Buu Saga, and there could be plot holes and all, but is there still some explanation for that?

Note 1: This question came to me after watching Dragon Ball Kai. If in the original DBZ it's not a question, I would love to be enlightened.
Note 2: I'm reffering only to DBZ manga canon material, so evidences from DBS aren't related.

I'm not sure if I understand your question, but are you asking why he was revived because he was supposed to be erased? They explicitly mention in the series that Enma Daio Sama decided not to erase Vegeta's soul just in case he needed him for a battle. So what Vegeta said in the screencapture you posted didnt apply to him due to an Enma Daio Sama decision
Enma Daio Sama decides to keep Vegeta soul intact in case he was needed for a battle
(Sorry, I couldnt find an english version for this video, only a spanish one, but you can use the english subtitles feature of Youtube to add them)


What did Tom say about shipbuilders back at Water 7? I'm looking for a quote by Tom to Franky at Water 7 in One Piece.

I remember Tom saying this to Franky, when he said he regrets making the battleships, and then Tom hit him.

It was something like

  A shipbuilder should never be ashamed of his works

Maybe this?

On Chapter 356, when Spandam use Franky's ship to attack Shihousen:

there's a little bit difference on translate, as state on wikia:

  Tom's favorite phrase to say was "Do it with a Don!" ("with a Boom" in the Viz manga and "with Gusto" in the FUNimation dub)