Übel Blatt Manga: What was the purposes of naming the 4 lances of betrayal? Potential Spoilers

What was the purpose of the seven heroes to name the 4 people as betrayers of their quest, even though

   They were the real heroes and completed it. I understand why they were killed. Why not just let the king know that they too died after completing the quest? Why was their name dragged through mud. We see a lot of negative consequences of this, for example Kfeer's family ostracized and his territory thrown in Civil War.

Why demean the memory of their friends instead of honoring their memories?

Every hero is praised and loved by people. But it's hard to have many heroes. Don't you think, that if there were 9 heroes, 4 dead of them would actually get even more attention and praise, than rest 5 survivors, since dead ones would be considered as martyrs?

I suppose, 5 betrayers named killed heroes as lances of betrayal, to get as much fame and praise as possible

I'm updating my answer after rereading several tomes.

In 5th tome, 6th chapter, when Glenn confesses to Ms. Gleaa, that 4 lances were not traitors at all, she asks him same question, as you did here. What Glenn answers:

  We were young... Too blind and too consumed with ourselves to consider other options...


(Possible Spoilers) In Hortensia Saga, why can't the princess just return to the castle? In Hortensia Saga, I understand that the castle was attacked, but they said in the anime that her brother was on the throne and that she was missing.
So if her brother is on the throne, can't that uncle Maurice call some guards or knights and escort her to the palace? There are no enemies at the palace, so why hide her for four years?

From what transpired of the last episode (episode 3). The church seems to have been taking control of the power by basically controlling her brother. At the moment, the standing of the church is no super clear and we don't really know if they are involved in any of this.
From the characters point of view:

When the king was alive and the country was strong, he got killed
Since her brother took throne and followed the church nothing has happened to him.

It wouldn't be wrong to imagine that by going back and taking the throne, she could either: do what the church says and stay alive or follow her father footsteps and probably get killed too.
I think it's a pretty smart move to wait few years and see the direction the country is taking before making any public claim to the throne. Also being close to somebody who can raise a small army and control lands opens up a lot of options.
Judging by her past decisions, all this thinking has probably been done by the old man. I am convinced that, if she was given the opportunity, she would rush to the castle to ensure the well-being of her brother.


Need help on finding the most depressing anime I've ever seen Some years ago I found this really great depressing anime and I cannot recall it's name. It was built as a series of stories, with each being independent from the rest. Not like arcs but actual independent stories. And one of those stories has ever since stayed with me as the the most depressing thing that I've ever saw.

It was a true story of a young Japanese novelist who won the newcomer award in Japan (or something along those lines). It basically talked about his life's ups and downs and ended in his suicide.

In general the theme there was very dark and well suicidal, but I loved it for that. If I remember correctly it was set in the post WW2 era Japan.

One other thing I remember that the last story in the series was set in medieval Japan, was quite colourful and seemed really out of place from the rest of the stories. It was possibly even a fantasy story.

If I remember correctly it had only 3 stories and was 12ep max possible less.

Although the last one was simply weird in that line up, the previous two where quite heavy dramas exploring how a person can fall into suicide.

I vaguely remember something like this happening in one of them:
The main character (young male early 20s or late teens) went to this bar where he met another depressed women. They hooked up and I think they became a couple. They then proceeded to commit double suicide, by throwing themselves of the cliffs.

When they got there they ate a lot of sleeping pills so they would drown in the sea and they jumped off the cliff.

The woman did just that, but when the main character (do not remember the name sorry) was about to jump he first started to puke from all the booze they drank that night and puked out the sleeping pills.

At the time he did not think much of it and followed the women and jumped off the cliffs. How ever because he failed to ingest the sleeping pills he did not drown and later was saved from the sea or washed up on the shore. Anyway later he had some serious regrets on puking and not managing to kill himself.

Later on there was this scene where I think it was the same character, but possibly it was the other story, where the main male character was living with his wife. Again only after going through some serious issues. And was living in this big (relatively speaking) house and supporting the couple by creating manga based on his life full of profanities I think we nowadays would say it was seinen hentai... if that makes any sense.

Anyway the character had gone through some series of hardships and though that he finally found if not a peaceful life than a livable life. I remember one scene were his friend (or was it an acquaintance) came by to see how he was doing and when he saw how he was making money was quite shocked by it.

One day when he came home his publisher was there "doing" his wife. When he confronted him, the publisher told him that the manga that he was doing was not actually selling and this is why he got the cheques, because his publisher got to have sex his wife. Now his publisher proceeded to explain to the poor guy how he must have known all that and he should not be so shocked.

One of the more memorable scene is were the wife told the guy "How could you have done this to me" implyng that he basically pimped her to his publisher. This of course lunged the main character into a suicidal fit where he tried to kill himself.

Hopefully it ring some bells to someone, every time I hear that Clannad is a sad anime I think "not really" and think back on this one. But I simply do not remember the name, so I can't give them an example of a truly sad and depressing anime.

There's a good chance you're looking for Aoi Bungaku (lit. "Blue Literature"). It's a collection of 6 classic Japanese novels adapted as an anime by Madhouse in 2009. As the name suggests, the stories are mostly quite depressing, though there is some variation between them.

Most of the events you mentioned occur in No Longer Human, the first novel adapted (episodes 1-4), by Dazai Osamu, who later committed suicide. It's about a man named Oba Yozo, who is incapable of interacting normally with other people and always puts on a facade. Over the course of the novel (and the anime), he lives several lives, moving from one position (and woman) to another fairly quickly, and is never content with his life. Just this story was recompiled into a movie release, though I guess from your description you probably saw the TV version.


Manga Spoilers: Why didn't this character transform when injured? In episode 29 (episode 4 in season 2) of Attack on Titan, why didn't

   Reiner transform into his titan mode when he is injured from the bite of the small titan in that castle?

As I understand, titan shifters are able to transform by injuring themselves or by others. Can someone explain or did I miss some details?

Because he didn't want to.

Titan shifting must have three things to align, to transform completely and successfully.

They must be injured enough to draw blood. (Self harm works) Examples - Anne's Ring or Eren biting his Thumb
They must want to transform. A random injury doesn't always trigger a transformation. This would also be counter intuitive from a plot point of view. At some level a need for transformation must be there. (Example: Eren not wanting to die in the Titan's stomach inadvertently triggered his first transformation)
A Clear purpose and Goal for the transformation. Eren's first transformation was triggered by his goal to kill all the titans. Meanwhile he failed to transform initially because he didn't want to fight Annie.

Only when these all combine is a Shifter able to transform.

Sources: Anime. I've kept all examples to the first Season of Anime. There are a lot more Manga sources as well.


Why does Stiyl Magnus have a bar code-like tatoo behind his eye? Stiyl Magnus has a bar code-like tatoo behind his eye. Why does he have it? Does it have a special meaning related to magicians?

As mentioned on this fandom-

  Stiyl promised that he will always protect Index whatever it takes, though it is unknown at which point in time he made this promise. Stiyl also received his trademark barcode tattoo, ear piercing and rings after Index had her memories erased.

Apart from this I don't think any special significance is ever mentioned as it would have surely been reported on the fandom and other sites.


Why was lord Muu's fissioned clone not affected by the Earth Release: Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique? During the 4th shinobi war, during Onoki vs Muu fight. Onoki makes Muu's body so heavy that he can't even lift his hands using the Earth Release: Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique.

After this Lord Muu using his Fission jutsu to become as two people with halved power.

My doubt is why is the fissioned clone not affected by the Earth Release: Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique? The single person becomes two when the fission Jutsu is used and also their power is equally shared. Then is equal part must hold true for the Damage taken also right?

Mū splitted first (using the Fission Technique) before Ōnoki made him (his fission clone) heavier.

This was the order:

Naruto attacked Mū using Planetary Rasengan
Mū splitted his body while being hit by Naruto's Planetary Rasengan
Somehow no one noticed this
Ōnoki came to his fission clone and made him heavier


What season should I watch Naruto till, 5 or 9? I just started watching Naruto on Netflix and it shows there are 9 seasons, but people say that there are only 5 though.
Should I only watch season 1-5 then go on to Naruto Shippuden?

The confusion is possibly caused by non-standardized use of season numbering.
The Naruto anime consists of 220 episodes.
In Japan, the anime is divided into 5 seasons:

Season 1: 57 episodes
Season 2: 43 episodes
Season 3: 41 episodes
Season 4: 42 episodes
Season 5: 37 episodes

On the other hand, Netflix seems dividing each season into 26 episodes, resulting in a total of 9 seasons. This is the same as the series numbering used by UK's DVD Box, Naruto Unleashed.
So, all-in-all, both are possibly referring to the whole 220 episodes.

Though, perhaps coincidentally, Netflix's Season 5 ends on episode 130. As per Can I start watching Naruto Shippuden after Naruto Ep 135 and not miss anything? (Story wise), almost all episodes after episode 135 are considered fillers, so it might be okay to skip Season 6-9 and continue to Naruto Shippuden.


Why are many anime characters blond? There are a lot of blond-haired characters in anime, especially the old ones, like super saiyans, naruto, gundam series, fma, etc.

It depends on the culture, status of life (family) and the flow of the story. For example, the anime series of "Ikoku Meiro No Croisee" is used to have most character's blonde hair because the main story is that people lived in Paris.

Some of the authors preferred to reflect it in the reality.


Couldn't Misa have told Kira L's life span? In the manga Death Note, when Misa meets L for the first time, she has the shinigami eyes, so she must be seeing L's lifespan at the moment. L dies a few volumes later, so couldn't Misa have alerted Kira that L was about to die, and it wasn't worth much trouble?

Is this a flaw in the manga?

It might also be the case that since L was killed by a shinigami itself, the lifespan Misa saw with her shinigami eyes didn't account for that death.

Which of these possibilities is correct?

L was killed by a Death Note (Rem's). When someone is killed by a Shinigami's Death Note, the remaining life span is added to the Shinigami's life. This means the life span seen using the Shinigami eyes doesn't account for deaths caused by the Death Note (since that difference is added to their life). The important part of what the Shinigami eyes does for Misa is that she can see L's real name.


Can an Ackerman become a Titan Shifter? After reading the Manga until the current issue, it kind of feels like to me that it's building to Mikasa is going to become the Female Titan, or that Mikasa is going to inherit the Attack Titan from Eren due to the curse of Ymir.

This raised yet another question about the AoT series, can an Ackerman become a Titan shifter, seeing that this clan is one of the "special clans" that cannot be affected by Titan powers in any way, form or shape?

I would think that they can, given that the Ackerman clan was a "result of Titan Science" before or after the walls were built, explaining their enhanced abilities and skills, but still leaves the burning question, can an Ackerman become a Titan should it be inherited from elsewhere?

UPDATE

As of Chapter 112. It is revealed by Eren that the Ackerman Clan can control Titan abilties when in close proximity with a Titan Shifter, or if that Ackerman member has a relatively close bond to said Titan Shifter (e.g. Mikasa and Eren). I feel that this information is relevant to this question, and thus has been added.

Most probably not.

As you've mentioned by yourself, it was said that most Ackermans are immune to effects of titan powers, such as memory manipulation.

It is still not clear, what exactly was done with Ackermans, but apparently their bloodline is so modified, that they can't be considered as Eldians anymore. In one of the recent chapters (I'm not sure, 108 or 109), it was mentioned, that Survey Corps are not even sure if Mikasa can become titan at all, but it wasn't explicitly menioned, is that due to her being Ackerman or due to asian blood mix.


What is the soundtrack playing in One Piece when god Usopp is held up by the giant? I've been searching since I first heard it before the time-skip.
I believe it was also played before the news coo delivers the paper
to chopper in bird island.
I quit searching and now heard it again in the last chapter. So I'd like to know what soundtrack is being played.

The theme is Fuyu ni Saku, Kiseki no Sakura. It is played when the giant picked up god Usopp.


How can I easily find all languages a show has been dubbed into? I usually only watch anime with the original Japanese voice actors, since I've had bad experiences with dubs in the past. However, I'm sometimes interested in watching a show dubbed in something that isn't Japanese, and moreover, I want to know if there are any alternatives to English dubs.

Is there any site that will let me see all languages a show has been dubbed into efficiently?

MyAnimeList gives the voice actors in various languages for characters. However, this information is often incomplete. For instance, I just looked at the page for Nagisa Misumi of Pretty Cure and noticed that no Cantonese voice actress is listed, even though a Cantonese dub exists.
A Wikipedia article in some language foo for a show will sometimes list any voice actors for the dub in foo in addition to the Japanese voice actors. Information about dubs in other languages is generally lacking. This would mean that I would have to check (and be able to read) each Wikipedia page in each potentially interesting language. Moreover, I would have to carefully check shows one at a time, which is not convenient.
Similarly, wikis for a series sometimes contain information about dubs (e.g. a Sailor Moon wiki I found). As a general rule however, this is not the case. For instance, a Cantonese dub for Revolutionary Girl Utena exists, but there is no mention of it in a fan-made wiki.

In the case of Cantonese (or even Mandarin), I can usually "guess" that older, more prominent shows will have a dub. However, I find it difficult to do the same for other languages that I might be interested in (e.g. German), and at any rate, it'd be nice to not have to rely on my guesswork.

Translating web pages automatically with Google Translate°

This would mean that I would have to check (and be able to read) each […] page in each potentially interesting language.

Google Translate goes a long way in helping that.  Although unfortunately its translations of Asian languages can still be tricky to understand.
If you use the Google Chrome browser, it should automatically offer to translate foreign pages (but does not consistently do so for me).
If you want to test that, here's the Cantonese Wikipedia page for Pretty Cure:
https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_Precure!
If you use another browser, e.g. Mozilla Firefox, or Chrome doesn't offer the translation by itself:
Put this before the URL to translate:                               https://translate.google.com/translate?&u=
Example: https://translate.google.com/translate?&u=https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_Precure!

° Sorry this is not an answer to the question, but I find it so important, that I wanted it to be more visible.  (And then I ended up writing more than would fit into a comment.)  If the community objects, I will move this to a comment.
In relation to the question, the translation enables you to apply the useful approach, suggested by the asker, of consulting the anime's page on the Wikipedia(s) of your desired dub language(s).  (Or opening foreign Google results.)


Why could Tetsuo's hand reproduce many flesh, muscles and veins using his ESP? In the last minute of the Akira movie, we could see that Tetsuo's hand had several injuries, until some laser beam from outer space shot on him, cutting his arm off.

In short, he made an artificial arm using metal and building scrap. Everything looked fine until his ability got out of control. The veins and nerves spread into many material things, and suddenly he could produce flesh, muscles and veins from his cut-off hand using his ESP ability.

How could he produce such things? I thought ESP is an ability to move and destroy things that exist using mind control, not to produce a new skin and flesh.

In the manga, it is explained that the power that gives Tetsuo his psychokinetic abilities is trying to break free, as his body is no longer enough to contain it. To compensate for this, his body is trying to absorb material from all around him. As for why he could produce additional matter, the power trying to break free might be partially converting energy into additional mass during his breakdown, allowing him to generate additional flesh.


In MHA: Two Heroes what song plays at 1:19:20? It plays right when All Might's Texas Smash is blocked, and when the final battle against Wolfram begins. It ends at 1:20:50 when Todoroki freezes Wolfram's attack. It's definitely not in the OST, I've searched everywhere.

I think its this song:
ミオヤマザキの『ノイズ』（English ver.)
ミオヤマザキの『NOISE』 (English ver.)
It was hard to tell the difference because of the fighting noises in the back as well.


Why is naruto's Jinchuriki transformation so different? Why is Naruto's Jinchuriki transformation so different from the true form of Kuarama??

In the first image, Kurama is in its true form and in the second one naruto is in biju transformed mode. Why is it so different?
I mean all the lines and stuff drawn on it and it even looks different that the transformations undergone by other Jinchuriki's!!
Is there an explanation for that?

If you go through the Tailed Beast Mode section of the Jinchūriki Forms, you can see that (emphasis mine)

  Naruto has not been able to fully recreate Kurama's form. At first, this was because the fox would not cooperate with him, causing all attempts to turn into it to result in a miniature, comical version of the beast that could not be maintained for very long. Since then he has been able to earn Kurama's cooperation, but the Tailed Beast Mode he enters, though accurate in size, is unique as he does not as closely resemble the beast as the other jinchūriki do their own.

Further looking into the Tailed Beast Mode section in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, you can see that (emphasis mine)

  All jinchūriki can enter Tailed Beast Mode, which grants them all the strength and abilities of their corresponding tailed beast. However, where other jinchūriki become full-scale replicas of their tailed beast, Naruto and Minato enter a form very visually similar to the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode. For Naruto, the shroud parts down the middle and opens up into a full-length cloak (haori), revealing a black undergarment with three magatama on each side of his high collar. His seal's numerous swirl-patterns, which were located all over his body, open out into complete, dark circles. His eyes become red and slitted and his whisker-markings become much thicker, as they do in his early transformations.

This is what you're seeing when Naruto transforms for the first time along with Kurama, when fighting against Tobi.


How can Naruto breathe on the moon? In The Last: Naruto the Movie, Naruto's fight with Toneri is set on the moon.

But how can he breathe on the moon? Is that because of some technique, or something else?

In short
According to wiki:

The exterior of the Moon is barren, covered with craters and canyons.
It has a weak gravity, but is still able to maintain a breathable
atmosphere
.

Since it has breathable atmosphere, so that's why Naruto didn't used any technique or something else. Which conclude that the Moon from shinobi world is far more different than the real moon which we know.
For more information regarding this you can see this link.


Why do airing shows have times listed beyond a 24-hour clock? I know of the time notation for some anime—between 22:00-27:00. I know that this indicates that the show airs at a particular time, and likely targets a particular audience.

Why would this notation be used, and be preferred over a more traditional 24-hour format?

This is a hypothesis: The time goes beyond 24 hours in order to make it easier for the viewers to identify which day of the week they should stay up late to watch the show. For example, "Hayate no Gotoku! Cuties is aired on Monday 25:35" informs the viewers that they need to stay up late on Monday.

If we write in standard 24 hours format Tuesday 01:35, it may cause some confusions:

Is the show aired at 01:35 in the afternoon, or some hours past midnight?
Some people only take note of the day of the week, but not the time: "Since it is on Tuesdays, there is no reason to stay up late on Monday".

In Japan, both 24-hour format and 12-hour format are used in everyday life activity. Therefore, a time without any indication of the period of the day such as Tuesday 01:35 might be confusing. The confusion may also be partly attributed to the cultural perception about the hours of darkness.

Quoting the Wikipedia article1 (emphasis mine):

1 The Wikipedia article lacks citation, though.

  Times past midnight can also be counted past the 24 hour mark, usually when the associated activity spans across midnight. For example, bars or clubs may advertise as being open until "26時" (2am). This is partly to avoid any ambiguity (2am versus 2pm), partly because 8the closing time is considered part of the previous business day, and perhaps also due to cultural perceptions that the hours of darkness are counted as part of the previous day, rather than dividing the night between one day and the next.

There is another notation that is commonly used, where the day of the week is the day that the viewer has to stay up late, and the time is clamped to 24 hours with some text to clarify the time. Using the same example as above, in this notation, it will be Monday, late night at 1:35.

For the purpose of reference, I do a sampling from the anime of Spring 2013 season (late night shows only):

Beyond 24 hours:

Ore Imo Season 2: チバテレビ4月6日より 毎週土曜 24:30～ 予定
DATE A LIVE: TOKYO MX 4月5日より 毎週金曜日 25:30～26:00
Hataraku Maou-sama: サンテレビにて　毎週木曜日 26:00～
Ginga Kikoutai Majestic Prince: テレ玉 4月4日より、毎週木曜 25:05～
Kakumeiki Valvrave: 4月11日より　毎週 （木） 25:35　放送開始
To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S: TOKYO MX 毎週金曜日 24:30～
Shingeki no Kyoujin: ＭＢＳ 4月6日より 毎週土曜 25時58分～
Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Bride (it uses both syntax): AT-X リピート放送 (火) 28:30～29:00
Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko: MBS 毎週土曜日 26時28分～

Clamped to 24 hours, but the day of week is the one before:

Arata Kangatari: テレビ東京 2013年4月8日（月）から 毎週（月） 深夜 2時5分～
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W: テレビ東京 4月7日スタート 毎週 （日） 深夜 1:05～
Hayate no Gotoku! Cuties: テレビ東京 4月8日 （月） 深夜 1時35分～
Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge: TOKYO MX 4/3 (水) ～ 毎週 （水） 深夜 0時30分～
Karneval: ＡＢＣ朝日放送： 4月3日より毎週水曜深夜 2:43～
PhotoKano: TBSにて毎週木曜日 深夜 1時58分～ 放送中！
Yondemasuyo! Azazel-san Z: TOKYO MX 毎週土曜日 深夜1:00～1:15予定 2013/4/6予定
Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Bride (it uses both syntax): TOKYO MX 2013年 4月8日 (月) 深夜 0:30～1:00
Oregairu: TBSにて毎週木曜日 深夜1時28分～ 放送中

The usage of the 2 notations are more or less equally common. We can also observe that it is more common to specify only the starting time, than specifying both starting and ending time. The data might be skewed by the fact that all the shows here are late night shows, and the sample size is quite small (17 shows).


How old are Ishishi, Noshishi, and Zorori? I am mainly wondering about Zorori's age, I've seen a lot of the episodes and haven't found out yet. If you can, please give the episode number or the canon source that verifies your answer

In the anime, Zorori age was never mentioned.

However, in the manga, despite his young appearance, Zorori's age is over 120 years.

On volume 15, titled かいけつゾロリつかまる！！ (Kaiketsu Zorori Tsukamaru!!, "Kaiketsu Zorori Arrested!!"), there's a newspaper about his fugitive warrant with the text 「かいけつゾロリ(109)」 (Kaiketsu Zorori (109)), which means that he was 109 years old at that time. (source: hensachi60's tweet (Japanese))
On volume 46, titled かいけつゾロリ きょうふのようかいえんそく (Kaiketsu Zorori Kyōfu no Youkai Ensoku, "Kaiketsu Zorori, the Terrifying Monster Field Trip"), it's mentioned that his age was 124 years old. (source: Yahoo! Chiebukuro (Japanese))
In the spin-off manga series, ほうれんそうマン (Hourensou Man, Spinach Man), the 1st volume, titled へんし〜んほうれんそうマン (Henshi~n Hourensou Man, Transform Spinach Man) has a scene of Zorori's 100th birthday. (source: Japanese Wikipedia).

The boar brothers Ishishi and Noshishi's ages, however, are never mentioned at all.

Reference:

Japanese Wikipedia
pixiv encyclopedia (Japanese)


How did Rance avoid impregnating anyone? After the fight with Miki when she transformed into the the Demon Lord, Sill protected Rance by putting herself in front of him, taking the brunt of Miki's attack. She was permanently frozen after that.

It was mentioned that the reason Rance does not risk pregnancy during his sexual escapades is because Sill used a magic spell on him to kill all of his sperm, if I remember correctly. After she was frozen, she wouldn't be able to do this anymore. So how did Rance avoid impregnating anyone after Sill is frozen? Can he use the spell himself?

Originally, Rance had no contraception spell on him, nor did he use any other form of contraception.  He was basically saved by luck and convenience for a long time.

Using the personal timeline for Rance on the Alicesoft wikia, we have the following pregnancy related events for Rance:

GI1013 15 years old

Taught how to interact with girls from the female warrior and learn how to prevent getting a girl pregnant though he mostly ignored these lessons. He was also trained in basic survival techniques and swordsmanship.

GI1015 (= LP0000) 17 years old

One of his victims, a girl in a wealthy family, had an abortion, causing Rance to begin taking birth control into consideration.

LP0001 18 years old

While working as a body guard for a slave trader, he purchased a slave, Sill, from a slave trader.

LP0002 19 years old

Bounded the devil Ferris into his service. With her, he later conceives his first child, Dark Rance.

LP0004 21 years old

Helped Dark Rance rescue Ferris.

This last event is worth saying more about, in particular.  Rance was not aware that Ferris had gotten pregnant and had a child before Dark Rance showed up, nor did he know that there were severe consequences for Ferris as a result.  This is when Rance actually took pregnancy completely seriously, leading him to have Sill place a contraception spell on him.

For the sake of clarity, it may be worth noting that Devil children grow up much faster than human ones.  Dark Rance was somewhere around the equivalent of an 8 year old when he shows up to Rance, despite having been conceived at most two years ago.

At this point we can note he has one child, and impregnated at least one other woman (who ended up having an abortion).  He's not done yet, of course.

LP0005 22 years old

Hotspring trip to JAPAN. Had a chance meeting with Oda Nobunaga, became fast friends, and become the hidden ruler of the Oda House.
Rangi was born.

Yamamoto Rangi is the son of Yamamoto Isoroku and Rance.  As the alicesoft wikia link notes, it is not clearly stated what allowed Isoroku to become impregnated, as Sill and the contraception spell are still active during the time period Isoroku would have had sex with Rance.  In Isoroku's own route, Rance specifically orders Sill to remove the contraception spell so that Isoroku may bear his son (she joined him specifically under the condition that he would give her a son to continue her family line).  However, this is a side route and not the "canonical" route that subsequent games would use.  Nevertheless, Rangi is referenced in subsequent materials, leading to the various conjectures on the wikia about how Rance managed to get her pregnant.  I'll note that Rance also has a son with Isoroku, under the same pretenses, in the What-If game Kichikuou Rance (Savage King Rance).

But Rance is still not done, especially since after his JAPAN trip Sill has been encased in ice and the contraception spell is no longer in effect.

LP0006 23 years old

Incident at Kalar forest. Resulting Rance being cursed by Pastel Kalar.
Reset Kalar was born.

The curse is because Rance raped Pastel Kalar.  Pastel soon after gave birth to Reset Kalar.  Reset is also born to Rance and Pastel in Kichikuou Rance, though in that game the sex was consensual and for the sole purpose of procreation.  Seriously.  Kalars also age much faster than humans.

This is the most recent child Rance has had so far.  It is unclear if he will have more.


Why can Touka see gods? In the anime it's not mentioned why Inari's brother Touka can see the gods, and even they seem to be surprised that he can see them without having divine powers. Is there any explanation why he can see the gods in the manga?

In the anime, there is a flashback scene where Touka gets lost on the Inari mountain and Uka-sama transforms into a human so as not to scare him and guides him home.

You could assume that's when Touka became aware of Uka's existence, remembered her divine aura and could see her ever since. Or she granted him the vision of divine creatures, since he can not only see her, but other gods.


Can a Kage Bunshin make another Kage Bunshin? Can a Kage Bunshin make another Kage Bunshin?

Sometimes you see the clones die and I am screaming at the TV, why didn't that clone just make a clone of itself before it died?

Or does Naruto tend to let them die on purpose so he can gain their knowledge?

In short: Yes.

There are several instances where Naruto will create several Shadow Clones, which in turn create more Shadow Clones.

As far as why he doesn't create any more, this is speculative. I can think of a few reasons:

Naruto doesn't possess the skill to do so. The useful part of a clone creating a clone right before "death" would be to gain tactical advantage. Naruto's strategy is generally to "charge right in", while this kind of strategy would rely on the clones "dying" so as to be the bait for a new clone coming right in.
There simply isn't enough reaction time. Naruto has demonstrated that it takes time to create clones, even if the amount of time is relatively small. Rather than take the time to mold chakra and perform the technique, why not actually fight?


What does Kakashi's Anbu mask represent? In the Anbu, the people have to wear masks. I was wondering what Kakashi's mask represented. To me it looks like a cat, but other people say it looks like a fox.

Kakashi Hatake's Anbu mask resembled a dog's face with red and black markings around the eyes, sides, and mouth.

Source:Naruto Wikia

This will help you differntiate between a cat, fox and dog


Why is there an exclamation mark between 'Butler' and 'Grell'? I have recently discovered the Black Butler fandom, and have noticed that there are exclamation marks between 'Butler' and 'Grell', like this: Butler!Grell. The same is also true for 'Tutor' and 'Sebastian': Tutor!Sebastian. Is there any significance or meaning behind this?

In most fandom the exclamation point is used to indicate a particular style of a character in a series. It's mostly used when characters have episodes or even arcs where they wear a particular outfit like a armor, transformations, or even a disguise.

Most fandom is sustained by avid attention from fans for characters that they like so it helps to distinguish from things like tutor, easter bunny and classic sebastian.

Different fandoms use different notations. But they overall serve the same purpose.


Is there a reason why the actors sound exactly the same as their anime counterparts in the live action movies? For the first time today I watched Death Note and Death Note the Last name (real life movies) and I noticed that the actors sound exactly the same as their anime counterparts. Why is this?

E.g. Light Yagami in the real life movie sounded exactly the same as in the anime. Is this just me?

Answers are appreciated. :)

Going through Wikipedia's list of Death Note voice actors for the live action movie, it seems that there is not much overlap (if any) between the Japanese actors and the Japanese voice actors for Death Note.

However, going through the first couple entries of the list, it seems that at least a number of the English voice actors for the Death Note anime also functioned as voice actors for the dubs of the live action movies. While this isn't true for some characters (e.g. Naomi Misora) this definitely seems to hold for a number of the voice actors for the major anime characters.


How much time will it take me to watch the .hack series? I'd like to give .hack a go, however I have very limited time in my schedule so I often avoid picking series with too many episodes.

I would like to know :

How much time does it take to watch everything ?
How much time does it take to watch main part of the series?

To watch everything including ova's, movies and the likes would take you 2091 minutes (34.85 hours) spread over 83 epsiodes. This would cover:

.hack roots
.hack//Sign
.hack//Gift
.hack//Unison
.hack//Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu
.hack//Quantum
.hack//Liminality
.hack//G.U. Returner
.hack//G.U. Trilogy
.hack//Intermezzo
.hack//G.U. Trilogy: Parody Mode
.hack//The Movie: Sekai no Mukou ni
.hack//Versus: The Thanatos Report
.hack//Tasogare no Udewa Densetsu: Offline de Aimashou
.hack//Quantum: Sore ike! Bokura no Chimuchimu-chan!!

And if we take a look at How to start the .hack series and its viewing order? we can determine that the only true cannon series are:

.hack//SIGN
.hack//Liminality
.hack//Roots

Which is only 1380 minutes (23 hours) spread over 56 episodes


What is purpose of these arm band? In anime, people who in charge sometimes wear armband,

from left to right: Haruhi Suzumiya - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Club president), Suzu and Tsuda - Seitokai Yakuindomo (student council), Kuroko - Toaru Kagaku no Railgun (Judgement, Disciplinary Committee), Kamado Ueshita - Mirai Nikki (Director of the orphanage).

is this arm band have particular name? what is it purpose and how is this originate? Is this related to Japanese culture? I never see someone wearing this in my country.

Arm bands in Japan, usually called as red armband, is worn as a method of identification of team/group or organization (more on this at the end)

  The red armband can have a very different connotation in Japanese
  culture than in that of many other countries. The leader of any group
  might wear a red armband, usually with the characters for the name of
  the organisation written on it, as a symbol of his authority. Due to
  cultural diffusion, the usage of the red armband by leftist political
  groups has spread to Japan as well.

Source

The link also has information on how it spread to Japan but that's out of the scope so I'm not including it here.

Known bands from the picture:

1) Haruhi Suzumiya wears a band that reads Brigade leader

2) In Ousai (Private Academy featured in Seitokai Yakuindomo) red armbands signifies power, not
 leadership—students that enforces rules wear them.

3) In Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, this band signifies the Judgement Committee

Couldn't find information regarding the fourth.

Also, personally, in many Japanese Dramas I have seen working people wear such bands like the reporters, journalists, forensics and even the police officers (not red though, it's usually white in black text) so I'm guessing it's a way to tell who's from which organization.


How was the Ten Tails actually separated? As we know about the Ten Tails.

   Hagoromo separated the monster's chakra from its body before using
 Chibaku Tensei to seal the husk in what would become the moon. From
 there, the Sage used his Creation of All Things ability to divide the
 chakra into the nine tailed beasts.

Now what my question is, How was it divided?

If we count the total number of tails.
Shukaku  -  1 Tail
Matatabi -  2 Tails
Isobu    -  3 Tails
Son Goku -  4 Tails
Kokuo    -  5 Tails
Saiken   -  6 Tails
Chomei   -  7 Tails
Gyuki    -  8 Tails
Kurama   -  9 Tails
--------------------
Total    -  45 Tails

I'm kinda curios, that the Juubi had 10 tails in total, so how was it divided?

Although Tobi is a habitual liar1, his account of the Bijuu's origins, presumably written in the Uchiha shrine, can be relied upon.

  The Sage of Six Paths would create shape and form from nothingness, using imagination and spiritual energy, which forms basis of the Yin power, and then breathe life into that form using vitality and physical energy, which forms basis of the Yang power. He also created the nine Bijuu from the Juubi's chakra, using a technique with the power to turn imagination into reality, which is the Izanagi.2

Hence, the Juubi was separated into the nine Bijuu as we know, because that's the form Hagoromo Otsutsuki imagined the separated entities to take. If he had imagined a different form of separation, he would have ended with a different result. For instance, he could have created 100 beasts instead of 9, or given the same number of tails to each beast, or maybe even given them a human form. As such, the sum of the number of tails is not relevant.

1  His most famous and significant lie, being responsible for driving pretty much the entire plot:

   "I am Uchiha Madara."

2 Tobi's explanation of Bijuu's origins (Chapter 510)


Why didn't Naruto's Rasengan turn red when he got Kurama's one-tailed cloak against Sasuke? During the battle between Naruto and Sasuke in the original series, Naruto got one tails cloak from Kurama. That means he could use Kurama's red chakra. When Naruto uses his regular chakra of blue colour, his rasengan looks blue. But it didn't turn red when he had one tails cloak. Why?

While reviewing the fight scene, I'd like to point out something that I noticed.

Towards the beginning of Naruto and Sasuke's battle, Naruto's Rasengan was its normal blue color, as shown here. This occurrence was prior to Naruto gaining the 9 Tails Cloak.

Towards the end of the battle, while Naruto's Rasengan was forming, I noticed that this ones color was actually more of a purple color than the normal blue (albeit not red either). This is shown here

Purple is a combination of the colors Blue and Red. So with that information, we can deduce that the chakra used to perform Naruto's final Rasengan was a mixture of Naruto's blue chakra and Kurama's red chakra.


What does Shu's void tell us about his personality? In Guilty Crown, Shu finally uses his own void in the end (last episode, if not mistaken). A void is basically a physical manifestation of a person's heart. So what does Shu's void (I'm not mentioning what his void is, for the fear of spoiling it for someone), really tell us about his character and personality ? Also Inori's void being the huge 'Singer's Sword', would reflect  a bold and aggressive personality, whereas she is the exact opposite of that. So how exactly do the voids reflect the person's character and nature(if they do, at all..) ?

Sorry about multiple questions, but I feel they are too closely interrelated to be asked separately.

To me, Shu's void isn't actually representative of individual strength at all or wanting to take on others burdens although I will admit that he does try to do this a lot.

I think Shu's void is actually more indicative of his character being highly dependent on others to provide him with some initiative or resolution to act. If we take multiple examples from the series and the way that it was structured in that each new trial practically requires a new void to be used or a combination of pre-existing voids. I'd also like to extend this to Shu's character being on to find some compromise or mediate (to some degree) between others as his void activation relies on some form of acceptance of the other party. The void must generally willingly be given by the owner to be used (tbh, this was my interpretation and I do know that in a few instances there was forced use but thats a different discussion).

Tldr: Shu's void indicates he can be described as cooperative and submissive at least in line with my previous point. As the series goes on he loses this submissiveness and becomes willful if not arrogant but eventually humbled by the events. I think the final episodes really stress he needs others and he settles down to an almost meek attitude about his relationships with others.

On a deeper level I'd say that as Shu is the main character and given the way his void works with others is that the message of co-dependency of all members of society for the achievement of a specific goal. Furthermore given that his Void is the 'Power of the King' there can be two further interpretations:

the power of the king is a absolute power that can manipulate, order, influence and control others.
the power of the king by itself is useless as it is dependent on the acceptance of it by its subjects, and through that acceptance, conformity with the kings demands.

Sadly I can't say much for Inori except that I do think she is quite bold in that her ambitions and willingness to be party to certain things for the sake of a goal is a standout feature of hers. She's willing to take on a fair bit of burden.

Take my answer for what you will, it's also quite likely i'm completely wrong :P


Where did the humans used as food in Makai come from? At in the last episodes of Yu Yu Hakusho, when Yusuke met the Raizen's subordinates, they explained that Raizen stopped using humans as food, but his subordinates didn't. Moreover, the other two Makai Kings (Yomi and Mukuro) still use humans as the main food source. So it's possible to say that all their subordinates and maybe others youkai do that.

However since it's difficult to open a gate between ningenkai (human world) and makai (demon world), given the difficulty Sensui had. Was there an explanation to how could all the Class A/S youkai get so many humans?

We know that it was very difficult for A- and S-class demons to reach the human world. So the lords definitely weren't harvesting humans for themselves.

But it seems that it isn't that hard for demons of lower classes to reach the human world. Hiei and his gang managed to get through early in the series. The demon Rando gets through and enters Genkai's disciple selection tournament. The Four Saint Beasts send lower-level demons to scout in the human world, and probably could have come themselves if they weren't sealed inside their castle, since according to the wiki they were all C-class or lower. Hiei's sister Yukina manages to get into the human world, where she is captured by Gonzo Tarukane and then rescued by Yusuke and Kuwabara. Several demon teams compete in the Dark Tournament, which is in the human world, IIRC.

So I think we can assume that lower-ranked demons were coming into the human world and harvesting humans to bring back to the Demon World for the A- and S-class demons to feast on. This is similar to what the Saint Beasts were doing with their scouts.


How Beast Titan was able to transform multiple people at once? In season 3 episode 14 we see Beast Titan transforming himsef along with an army of Pure Titans.
As far as we know, Pure Titan can be made using Titan Spinal Fluid and Beast Titan has an ability to control those made of his Spinal Fluid.
But how an ARMY of Pure Titans appeared at once if it needs to be injected manually? I tought he had a slight, imperfect control over his Titans, but is it actualy Fouding Titan level control that allow him to transform/untransform them at will?

Spoilers ahead. Be warned.

He most likely used gas which has his spinal fluid.

It was revealed in Chapter 110 how Marleyan soldiers spread gas which contains Zeke's spinal fluid to Ragako village. Zeke called it a Gas Weapon. He explained that any Subjects of Ymir who will inhale the gas won't be able to move and would lose consciousness. It was then shown how all villagers transformed when he screamed. He probably placed people who inhaled this gas surrounding Shiganshina. He then screamed then transformed alongside with them.


What was the inspiration for "Many copies, no original"? In GITS SAC 2nd GiG, what was the original inspiration for the concept of "many copies, no original"?

Does the concept have a name in real life? Or was it just a concept the writers created just for the show?

This was a comment first, but converted to an answer.

The hole idea is called Simulacra and was investigated by Jean Baudrillard. The original inspiration was Salingers short story "The laughing Man".

The concept is now also known as "Stand Alone Complex", but it's not frequently used, except (for example) for the group Anonymous.

Also, this question may have some additional information.


Will a person's first chakra nature always be the strongest? Answering this question and reading an answer by Ero Senin made me think some more about chakra natures. Will attacks that use the chakra type that the user has a natural affinity for always be stronger than attacks that use other types of chakra, even after mastering these other types?

Answered for if the first chakra nature will be the strongest attack of a ninja?

There is no such thing as FIRST Chakra Nature. Each and every individual has a chakra nature that he has an affinity for, and he can master stronger Jutsu of that nature with much  more ease as compared to others.

To prove my point, what was Sasuke's first chakra nature modification? It was Fire. but he learnt it after a lot of effort and Uchiha's have the inclination towards Fire Jutsu. But individually his chakra had an affinity for Lightning nature and thus he has a larger variety of Lightning chakra moves and mastery.

Thus a ninja will have a single nature towards which his chakra leans which will be easier to master. Strength is more of an effort effect. For similar strength, he'd have to work harder to master any other chakra natures...

An exception I can think of would be Bloodline Chakras. I don't think there is any difference in strength of different natures inherited as part of bloodline. Yamato using Wood, should have similar competency with both Ground and Water chakras.

EDIT: I remember Kakashi saying something to this effect during his battle with kakuzo. What he said was that Kakuzo has used such strong Lightinng and fire attacks which can't be used unless the user has natural affinity to that chakra nature. This means that the strongest attacks of each chakra nature will not be mastered unless you have a natural affinity for that nature.

What I am trying to say is that the jutsu of same level will have equal power(strength), but the natural affinity. But higher level jutsu can only be mastered if and only if you have natural affinity for the chakra nature. Thus absolute mastery of other chakra natures is not possible.


Why does the Avatar Cycle go Fire, Wind, Water and Earth? When When Aang, Katara and Sokka in The Last Airbender visit the Southern Air Temple and enter's the sanctuary they find statues of the previous Avatars going in a pattern. Fire, Wind, Water and Earth.

it was this pattern which Fire Lord Sozin used to predict where the next Avatar after Roku would be born and try and stop the Avatar's Rebirth by wiping out the Air Nomads.

But why is it this pattern?

in Avatar: The Legend of Korra - Book 2: Spirits Episodes 7 and 8 (Beginnings Part 1 and 2) detail the story of the first Avatar Wan. in his time humans lived cities which were on the Lion Turtles who would gift people the power of the elements (what is currently known as Bending) when they venture into the Spirit Wilds.

the Lion Turtle that Wan's home was on gifted people the power of Fire and after Wan was banished for stealing the power of fire Wan was allowed to keep it, becoming the first Fire Bender to keep his power (as people would return the power of the elements when they returned).

after allowing the Spirit of Darkness, Vaatu, to separate from the Spirit of Light, Raava and learning of the danger to the world Wan then got the power of Wind but the power had to be held by Raava who would them swap the elements when Wan needed it. during training Wan realized he needed the other elements so he then sought out the Lion Turles who bestowed Water and Earth, how in the episode in that order.

So the Avatar Reincarnation Cycle of Fire, Wind, Water and Earth is the same order in which the Wan and Raava got the elements.


What is the anime film called? I watched this anime film when I was young and would really like to watch it again, I will give you as much detail of the film as possible.

The main character was a school girl who for some reason who really strong if she wore certain knickers (Not a hentai haha)
It is set in a high school which was overrun by the students until the school hired a new principle who was really strong, he had a fight with the student and beat them all
The main character had long blue hair, her bestfriend was a guy and her knickers were blue
The principle was the villain, he ate fish bones, black hair and very big. When you first see him in the film, I think he is at the bus stop eating fish bones wearing a big coat and hat
One of the scenes, the main characters bestfriend tries to fight the principle with a stick, he keeps hitting the stick at his pants (apparently the principle is stronger with these certain pants too, again not hentai) but for some reason everytime he hit one off, another one was there so he kept on doing it until there was a mountain of pants haha
I watched this on video and before the year 2000, it was aged 15 or 18 but im sure 15
I remember the main character was on the front of the case
Another scene is when the principle enters a room and all the students try to ambush him but the principle beats them all
The principle dies by falling off a lift fighting against the main character

That is all i can remember, hopefully this helps.

This is the 1988 OAV "Ultimate Teacher".

  Plot Summary: At a run down school the "Ultimate Teacher" Ganpachi is sent to get things back on track and prepare the delinquent
  students for the real world. But the students don't want Ganpachi
  ruining the gang they got going so their boss, Hinako, fights back
  Ganpachi aided by her secret power...her lucky kitty underwear. Things
  get more interesting when we find out Ganpachi is the result of
  genetic experiments.

Super weird anime as only the 80's could produce. You can find the whole thing on YouTube here.


What are Shiina's and Tsuyuko's last names? Looking through the Wikipedia article of Koufuku Graffiti, I noticed that Shiina's and Tsuyuko's last names are missing. It is also missing on the corresponding Japanese Wikipedia article. Since Japanese Wikipedia is usually very detailed about terminology and character names, the last name being missing suggest that it is not yet revealed at the moment.

What are Shiina's and Tsuyuko's last names? Has it been revealed in the manga? Is there any official reason why their last names are kept secret?

Some characters in anime are not ever given surnames by the production company. This is the case for Shiina and Tsuyuko, according to Staff and Cast page of the official website:

キャスト

町子リョウ：佐藤利奈
森野きりん：大亀あすか
椎名 [Shiina]：小松未可子
内木ユキ：井口裕香
露子 [Tsuyuko]：小林ゆう
町子明：野中 藍

You can see in this list how these two names do not have surnames, whereas the rest of the characters' names in the list do.
It is not standard or commonplace in anime to start a character without a surname in the cast list and add a surname for the character at a later point. As such, we can have no reasonable expectation of this happening for these characters, and thus, it is not the case that the surname is simply "not yet revealed."
In other words, the surnames are not "missing" or "kept secret." They simply do not exist.
The only chance of the characters receiving a surname is if the mangaka adds mention of one into a currently-running manga: for example, by creating a character profile printed in the tankoubon (graphic novel volume release) or printed in a special feature page in the manga magazine it runs in, or if it comes up incidentally within the manga itself, such as meeting/greeting a character's parents, or showing the character's name on their shoe locker at school (even if this happened, it would not retroactively give a surname to the anime version of the characters). However, Koufuku Graffiti is a yonkoma (four-panel comic strip type of manga), in which it is commonplace for supporting (and even some protagonist) characters not to have any surnames. Here are some examples of such: Animal Youkocho's protagonist has a surname but none of the other characters do; Kiko-chan Smile's protagonist and her family share a surname, but other characters bear either a given name (i.e. first name) or a surname but not both; Sazae-san has three main families who have surnames but supporting characters are a mix of 1) those who have only given names, 2) those who have only surnames, and 3) those who lucked out with both.


What is Mii Fujibakama saying? I would like to know what Mii Fujibakama is saying in romaji in the anime is "Date to a Live". At minute 15:15 of episode 1 of season 2 she says something like " Majikku " but it isn't that!! I been searching everywhere on Google for hours how to type/write that in romaji? I know the meaning in English which means gross or disgusting, but I couldn't find how to write it in romaji.

It's the girl wearing glasses that has purple hair. How do you write what she says?

I'm promoting my comment above to an answer. What she says in every instance she talks is 「まじひくわー」, or majihikuwaa.

Here, maji (まじ) means "really" or "seriously". It's a very strong, almost superlative way of modifying whatever follows, so it's literal meaning might be closer to "profoundly" or "incredibly", but it's far more colloquial than those.

Hiku (引く) is a common verb which has several possible meanings. The meaning here is a rather colloquial one, which literally means something like "to reel back in disgust or fear". The use of the verb in an unconjugated form here is rather casual, and would not be done in polite speech.

The sentence ends with waa (わー). wa is a feminine way to end a sentence (see this question on Japanese SE). It's relatively uncommon in real life. It doesn't add much meaning here. Making the vowel long at the end just emphasizes the statement while making it less polite.

So in all, 「まじひくわー」 is a slang phrase which means something to the effect of "That's seriously gross". I'm simplifying things a bit here as the meaning could change a bit depending on context, how it's pronounced, etc., but it's always going to be a rather strong, course slang expression of disgust.


How is Straight Tomoe Mangekyō Sharingan awakened? How is it superior to normal Mangekyō Sharingan? In Naruto Shippuden, Madara tells Sasuke that he's so powerful because he could awaken a Straight Tomoe (Choku Tomoe) Mangekyō Sharingan. I wonder what is the difference between a Mangekyō Sharingan and a Straight Tomoe Mangekyō Sharingan and how is it more powerful than normal one?

Upon using Mangekyou Sharingan, the user's eyesight will gradually gets worse. The more the frequency and the more strain the user puts on the eyes, the faster the process will be. Using Mangekyou Sharingan techniques such as Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susano'o puts great strain on the eyes, much much greater than just activating it. Thus, Mangekyou Sharingan will gradually lose its eyesight until it became completely blind. The evidences are:

Itachi was almost blind during his fight against Sasuke.
Sasuke was nearly blind after the fight against Danzo.
Madara said that he was pretty much blind when he transplanted his brother's eyes.

The Straight Tomoe Mangekyou Sharingan is a Mangekyou Sharingan that won't gradually lose its eyesight like a normal Mangekyou Sharingan. Thus, it is also known as the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. This is the biggest difference between the two.

Another difference between the two is that an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan (henceforth EMS) is awakened by transplanting another's Sharingan. Throughout the canon (the manga) only Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Sasuke has achieved this. Both transplanted their brother's eye and both them and their brothers has already achieved Mangekyou Sharingan (MS) when the transplantation was done. An MS is awakened by watching the death of someone dear, which in Itachi's case was the death of his best friend, Uchiha Shisui. In Sasuke's case is the death of Itachi.
If I recall correctly Madara awakened his MS after the death of one of his brothers.

An EMS is not more powerful than an MS in term of power. It also doesn't unlock more occular jutsu. Upon acquiring EMS, Sasuke's Amaterasu didn't get any stronger. EMS only restores an MS' eyesight and removing its drawback of getting blind, which is why it is called Eternal.


Do we know what Hana is sick with? In Tokyo Godfathers, we know that Hana is sick. She's shown coughing up blood several times and ends up in the hospital at one point in the movie. It's not clear to me what it is that she's sick with. I wasn't paying attention to all the details, so it could have been said, or this could have just never been revealed.

Do we know what sickness was afflicting Hana?

It is never revealed outright but it is implied to be AIDS. We know that Hana used to have a boyfriend named Ken who died (and caused Hana to drift away from the drag queen club). When asked if Ken died of AIDS, Hana glibly replies "No, he slipped on the soap". So the implication is that Ken did die of AIDS and probably passed it on to Hana.


Can SpaceTime Jutsu users do time travel? We know that Obito's Kamui, Tobirama/Minato's Flying Thundergod are SpaceTime jutsus. They are using the fourth dimension to go to any/marked places at will. As per physics & Theory of relativity, if you have mastered the fourth dimension you can do both Space AND Time travel. Why can't they do time travel when they can do space travel ?

To time travel, one needs to be faster than light. While those ninjas use Time-Space Jutsu, none of them are faster than light.

Obito

Of the three, Obito is the slowest as his space-time jutsu (kamui) has some delay, proven by Kakashi's successfully landing attack on him before he managed to disappear.

Senju Tobirama & Namikaze Minato

Both are very fast. Minato can even teleport to one of his marked kunai. I'm not sure if Tobirama can also do that, I don't remember. But the point is, although they are incredibly fast, they are not faster than light. We can safely say this, because if they are faster than light, then Minato wouldn't have his arm ripped by Madara and Tobirama won't be pinned on the ground. They would have been able to avoid Madara's attacks if they are faster than light. Thus, they cannot time travel.

Other possible ways to time travel that I know is by the use of Wormhole, which doesn't exist in Naruto universe.


Why didn't Ashitaka return to his village after his curse was lifted? After his curse was lifted, the reason for his exile from his village no longer existed. His relationship with San also showed no signs of developing further.

But he decided to remain in Irontown.

Since he is a prince of his people (and the last one to boot), wouldn't it be more logical for him to return home?

I have a couple arguments on why he no longer returns home.

The first is that his banishment forbids him from doing so. Ashitaka cut his own hair which symbolizes him losing his culture and heritage. Kaya also gives Ashitaka her dagger because she wanted him to have a memento of her. It shows that he is no longer allowed to come back to the village.

Another argument is that he no longer has a way of returning home. In the scenes following Ashitaka leaving the village, it is apparent that he has traveled a great distance from his village. Most likely he has forgotten the way home.

Lastly, he could have stayed behind out of consideration for the others. Mononoke-hime is the person he loves and he wants to stay with her. It is possible he also wants to forge a good relationship between Irontown and the forest so that future demons won't come and attack his village or other villages. Furthermore, his elk was shot and probably can't go as far as it once could. So he stays out of consideration for the elk, since it's possible the elk would not have been able to make the journey.


Why is Kuga Yuma's C-rank uniform black? Every single other C-rank wears white By default, every C-rank Border member wears a white uniform. But Kuga wears black. Is there some reason behind this distinction?

The uniform is patched with the Tamakoma branch's insignia, so it should be a new one.

At first I thought it was because of the black trigger, but he is not listed as an S-rank, and its a key plot point that he keeps his black trigger "apart" from his Border assignments (so far).

Yuma's father Yugo worked with Border when it was founded, so he had Trigger technology from back then. So when Yuma first used a Border Trigger years ago when with his dad, the Trion body and uniform designed for him came from the Borders old days. So for him he uses the same Trion body now with the black uniform, rather than make a new Trion body with Border's current white one.

An example of what I mean is Konami Yuma's mentor, said she has been in Border even before Jin. She had short hair in her early years, so even though she has long hair now. She lets her Trion body keep the short hair she used to have, because her current real body long hair is not fit for battle. Basically unless Yuma makes a new Border's Trigger, Trion body, he will have the black uniform.


What is the purpose of the Human Instrumentality Project? The Human Instrumentality Project is one of the main plotlines in the Neon Genesis Evangelion original series. However, other than a few speculative mentions, there isn't concrete information as to what purpose it serves.

What purpose does the Human Instrumentality Project serve, why is it necessary, and what part does it plays against the Angels (if any)?

The ultimate goal is to unite all the individual souls of mankind into one singular being.

This would create an existence where nobody existed individually, but as part of a whole.

This way, the flaws in every living being would be complemented by the strengths in others, thus erasing the insecurities in people's hearts. Creating the ultimate, god-like being.

To achieve Instrumentality, the merging of Adam and Lilith, resulting in the Third Impact, is required.

Both Seele and Gendo had their own idea of instrumentality. Neither was realized.


What is name of the soundtrack used in Parasyte ep. 12 around time 14:35? There's a soundtrack used in Parasyte ep. 12 around time 14:35.

I tried to browse through all soundtrack but couldn't find a match.

What is the name of the soundtrack?

"It’s the Right Time" by Daichi Miura, the ending theme of Parasyte.


Which might be the first anime and manga "time loop" type In a few anime and manga the protagonist or entire group are stuck in certain time event can't make time move forward. I mean whatever the protagonist does, the day is always September 2 all the time. In order to change that, he needs to do something. For example (Kurugaya route in Little Buster Viusal Novel, first volume of Hakomari Light Novel).

What were the first manga and anime produced with such trait?

According to an article in Japanese Wikipedia, critics like Hiroki Azuma and Masachi Osawa have cited Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984) as the "pioneering work" or "classical work" featuring this structure in the Japanese anime/manga field. After this movie, the otaku industry experienced a surge in the use of this plot device.

Arguably, the Chapter of Strange Beings (1981) in Osamu Tezuka's masterpiece Phoenix has a similar structure, but in this case:

   the protagonist herself does not experience the loop, but is endlessly replaced by younger incarnation of herself.


What's the difference between Toshiro and Ichigo's Zanpakuto lore? In the series, it's explained that Zangetsu is a part of Ichigo and was suppressing his powers. Since he didn't want Ichigo to become a shinigami, he was practically always hindered Ichigo, as one day he might have to kill him depending on his changes.

Sorry but I read the following part in a wiki. Zangetsu tells Ichigo that the Zanpakuto is physical representation of Ichigo's power, and Ichigo remembers its red ribbon from his friend.

This is where I get a little confused. In one episode, Toshiro and another guy had same dream about the sword and both wielded the sword for a short time. The Soul Society then decided only one can wield him. However, if the Zanpakuto is a part of a shinigami, then how can two people have same power? And how come Toshiro had dreams about wielding the sword, while Ichigo didn't? If it wasn't for Rukia power awaking and Urahara forcing through Kido, Ichigo could never have become a shinigami.

It's like Toshiro's Zanpakuto was given to him by Soul Society because they agreed he was worthy of it after beating the other guy.

Zangetsu wasn't suppressing Ichigo's powers nor was he hindering Ichigo. Zangetsu only feared that Ichigo would come to him to learn the Final Getsuga Tenshou. Zangetsu didn't want Ichigo to become a Shinigami, because he (and Ichigo) was part Quincy (and not to mention, Hollow as well).

The reason why Toushiro and Soujiro had the same Zanpakuto was explained in the anime. Go watch it.

Ichigo always had the ability to become a Shinigami because he was part Shinigami (from his father). Since his mother was a Quincy, he could have been one too. He could've become a Hollow if he wanted to. Rukia and Urahara only sped up the process.


Who/what is Gamers and what is their connection to the Love Live series? In the first episode of Love Live! School Idol Project season 2, the girls went to what I assume is an arcade where the front sign says Gamers. When watching the ED for episode 2, I noticed this same logo appear in the credits (this is the localized version released by NISA).

I am wondering who/what is Gamers and what is their connection to the Love Live series? Is it just a product placement deal with the anime or has it got something to do with the real life idol group?

Gamers is a hobby shop specializing in anime, manga, games and their related merchandises.

AKIHABARA GAMERS - Image courtesy of Japanese Wikipedia

Apparently, Gamers has appeared many times on Love Live! anime. According to NineColors.com (Japanese), a site that lists real-life places used in the anime:

Season 1, Episode 3 (different font/logo)

Season 1, Episode 6
Season 1, Episode 9 (the first episode with proper font/logo)

Season 1, Episode 13
Season 2, Episode 1
Season 2, Episode 3
Season 2, Episode 13

When comparing to other shops, only Gamers have its original name shown with proper logo while others were changed. This gives a big hint that it's a product placement deal.

However, Gamers itself has done some tie-ups/collaborations with Love Live! series itself. Some examples are bonus merchandise for Love Live! products (anime Blu-Ray, CD singles).

According to オタクの戯言's HatenaBlog (Japanese), there's also a special booth for "μ's Final Love Live!", displaying the outfit used on "SUNNY DAY SONG" performance and other things like visitors' comment, merchandises, all released singles and albums, and posters.

Moving to Love Live! Sunshine!!, there's Gamers Museum, displaying a comment board (separated into text only/with picture), Aquors scene in the anime, introduction to their songs, and casts' signature.

Last but not least are Love Live! Sunshine!! special pages on Gamers (Japanese) and Gamers onlineshop (Japanese) website.


Why Touma is considered only a level 0 esper when he's clearly so powerful and was able to defeat the most powerful level 5 esper? Toma has the "imagine breaker" which is regarded by many as a very powerful hability, moreover he was able to defeat the most powerful esper and one of the most powerful magicians, one who was capable of turning into reality what he thought.

Why Toma is considered only a level 0 esper then?

For whatever reason, Toma Kamijo's Imagine Breaker ability is not considered an esper power, so according to Academy City's ranking system he's a level 0 esper with no known abilities.  It's also not seen as a magic ability so he's not considered to be on the other side of the technology/magic divide.  The true nature of the power hasn't been revealed.  Its origins are unknown and the series hints that even Toma doesn't know what its fully capable of.

Toma's ranking is confirmed through the annual System Scan tests, which corresponds to the mandatory physical exams that Japanese students have to take every year. The real life exams measure things like height and weight, but the System Scan tests measure student's esper abilities and these tests have always shown that Toma is only a level 0 esper.

The series also tries to portray Toma's encounters against powerful level 5 espers as a David versus Goliath situation.  A mere level 0 who has the courage to take on the most powerful level 5 espers in Academy City in order to protect his friends.  Given how powerful his Imagine Breaker ability is, this lacks some credibility, but it doesn't stop Toma claiming this himself as he punches someone in the face.


Why are some scenes in shows on Funimation very dark or very oversaturated? The Funimation version of episode 6 of Arslan Senki had some incredibly dark scenes, to the point where you basically couldn't tell what was going on. In the versions broadcast in Japan, the scenes were still dark (since much of the episode took place in a poorly-lit sewer), but not that dark. For example:

Funimation:

Broadcast:

(Or, check out this screenshot comparison.)

And on the other hand, in brighter Funimation shows, the light colors end up being incredibly oversaturated. Here's an example from Death Parade:

Funimation:

Broadcast:

This is less egregious than the scene from Arslan Senki above, but you can still clearly see the difference in this screenshot comparison.

This is a consistent problem with anime on Funimation. Why?

The short of it is that Funimation's video player is completely borked.

Here's the long of it: it has to do with 1.) differences in how televisions and computers handle RGB color; and 2.) Funimation being incompetent.

What's the RGB color model?

In the (8-bit) RGB color model, colors are represented as a 3-tuple of numbers ranging from 0 to 255, which represent the amount of red, green, and blue in the color. For example, (0, 0, 0) represents no red, green, or blue, and is thus black; (255, 0, 0) is 100% red, no green, no blue, and is thus a maximally-red red. (65, 105, 225) is a nice shade of royal blue.

Now, here's the thing: on a computer, your colors can have all three values in that 3-tuple be anywhere from 0 to 255, and your monitor will happily display whatever color that is. This is referred to as "RGB Full", or "0-255".

But on a television, your colors are expected to have all three values range from 16 to 235. Any values higher than 235 are treated as pure white (for that component of the 3-tuple); any values less than 16 are treated as pure black. This reduces the dynamic range of your video a little bit, but this doesn't really make too much of a difference. This scheme is referred to as "RGB Limited", or "16-235". This page has a nice overview of the subject: RGB: Full vs. Limited.

How does this impact anime?

So when anime airs in Japan, the broadcasters receive video that uses RGB Limited, and then they broadcast it to homes in Japan, who watch their anime on TVs that expect RGB Limited, and all is well, since the color range used by the broadcaster matches the color range expected by the receivers.

When a competent streamer like Crunchyroll receives RGB Limited video from the studios in Japan, they re-encode the video to use RGB Full, and then stream it to their client-side video players, which expect video that uses RGB Full. All is well, since the color range which Crunchyroll's video uses is the same as the color range that the Crunchyroll player expects.

Alas, Funimation is not competent. While I'm not privy to the internal workings of Funimation, the behavior their player exhibits is fully compatible with the following sequence of steps:

Funimation receives RGB Limited video from the studios in Japan (just like Crunchyroll does).
Funimation re-encodes their video to use RGB Full.
Funimation streams video in RGB Full to their client-side video players.
The Funimation video player is broken in some way that makes it think that the video it's receiving is still in RGB Limited, and thus converts any colors below 16 or above 235 to black or white, respectively.

What does this mean for the viewer?

Consider a dark scene, like the Arslan Senki one mentioned in the question.

When Funimation receives it from the broadcaster, there might be a lot of dark grays - let's say those are RGB (24, 24, 24), in RGB Limited [remember: in RGB Limited, (15, 15, 15) is 100% black].
Then, Funimation re-encodes to RGB Full, meaning that we have to scale the 16-235 range up to 0-255. This converts our (24, 24, 24) gray to roughly (9, 9, 9) gray.
When Funimation's video player receives the re-encoded video, it treats it as being in RGB Limited, and hence displays the (9, 9, 9) [which would be gray in RGB Full] as black.

See what happens? Dark colors get further desaturated to the point where they're pretty much just plain black. And on the other end of the spectrum, light colors get oversaturated, by the same mechanism.

And now you know.


When is the track "No differences" played? Track 01 on the Aldnoah.Zero Original Soundtrack is a vocal piece titled "No differences" (lyrics). It's positively eargasmic. Thing is, I don't remember it being played at any point during the show (and, given that the lyrics are English, I feel like I would have remembered it if I had heard it). Was it used? If so, when?

(Yeah, I could just rewatch it and listen for the track, but that would take a few hours I don't want to spend right now.)

It looks like "No differences" shows up for the first time in episode 2 of the second cour (episode 14 overall) at around 19 minutes in. My ears explode with delight.


What happened to Yachiru? According to the Wikia, Yachiru disappeared leaving her belongings after the fight with Gremmy. She is said to be "gone" by Kenpachi in the penultimate chapter of the original series.

I use "original" because there might be extra chapters announced as the other big announcement.

So, what happened to her? Was she part of his Zanpakutou or something?

The very last page of Bleach #668 gives a few clues.

Yachiru suddenly appears out of nowhere and says to Kenpachi:

   Silly goose, if you would just use me properly, there wouldn't be anyone you wouldn't be able to cut down.

She then touches him, which causes:

   him to get a power boost, which he wonders about.

She ends the exchange with explaining to him:

   That power is what everyone's been calling "Bankai".

All of these suggest the following:

   Yachiru is Kenpachi's Bankai. He is unable to call out his Bankai anymore (he was never able to, consciously - the original appearance may have happened subconsciously), therefore, Yachiru is gone.

Alternatively:

   Yachiru is his Zanpaktou spirit, again, one he has never been able to consciously communicate with. Though, I can't explain her disappearance if that were the case.


What is the age of The Witch of the Waste in Howl's Moving Castle? What is the age of The Witch of the Waste in Howl's Moving Castle?

I need to know for a project of mine.

Not sure if the wiki would help, it already has good information. Regarding your question, strictly based on the web info, 273 years old.


Why are there sometimes darkened scenes in new anime? In the first Shingeki no Kyojin opening, I've seen some scenes with lower contrast or brightness, something like this:

And later, in the same sequence, a scene appears without that contrast change:

I've seen this kind of contrast change in the HxH remake as well, and the first thing that comes to my mind is that legendary Pokemon episode where a lot of kids suffered of photosensitive epilepsy attacks in Japan thanks to Pikachu and Co.

Does it has some relationship with that or there is another reason? Maybe a new law in Japan related to these flashy images on TV?

It seems this change appears only in new anime (I don't remember seeing something like this before last year). Any clue around that time?

===UPDATED===

It's not just in the opening; here are more examples:

One of many scenes where the image is normal:

Then comes the darker scenes. Maybe it cannot be appreciated in the snapshots, but all are a full sequence of images appearing quickly with a bright background:

And then it returns to normal:

This is from the last HxH episode. At first, the image looks fine:

Then comes an attack and the image looks darker. Maybe the effect is not so intense as in Shingeki no Kyojin, but it is still there. Look, all these bright flashes coming from the hits seem not as bright as they should be:

And then the image looks normal again - compare the smoke color before and after:

As @JonLin notes, maybe it could be some kind of TV censorship, despite that there's nothing to censor besides all these flashy lights. Is it just me being paranoid or is there something more behind all this?

==UPDATE 2==

I've found a Blu-ray rip of the Shingeki no Kyojin opening (no subtitles, no credits) and I took some shots of the same frames that I already put. To the left, the TV version and to the right, the BDRip version (click for more detail):

So it is not an effect to make things more dramatic, but rather an effect included only on TV. I suppose the same applies to the other shots (at least in SnK).

So my question comes again, why, lately, are there some anime with darkened scenes? My conspiracy theory is that it is related to those bright changes and possible photosensitive attacks. If that's true, why is this being applied lately? And why doesn't it appear on DVD/BD?
If not, what else it could be?

Upon thinking about this again, I decided to do some research into this phenomenon. You correctly identify that there is some unusual darkening of scenes in TV broadcast anime that is not present in Blu-Ray releases. It looks like you are also correct that this has something to do with laws1 requiring broadcasters to avoid airing content that may cause seizures in people who suffer from photosensitive epilepsy (though I don't think you could reasonably construe this as "censorship").

As you probably know, the issue of photosensitive epilepsy became prominent following the airing of the Pokemon episode Electric Soldier Porygon back in 1997. For more about this, see this article on Bulbagarden: Japanese Episode 038.

That was then; nowadays, all major broadcasting companies impose restrictions on broadcast television as a sort of countermeasure to epilepsy.2 For example, a page on TV Tokyo's website says the following:

  Guidelines for the production of anime/etc. with regard to the effects of video

  As part of TV Tokyo's efforts to do everything possible to avoid exposing viewers to dangerous stimuli, we have developed the following guidelines. By producing and broadcasting anime in accordance with these guidelines, risk associated with viewing television can be almost entirely eliminated.

  Avoid displaying more than one flash of light per one-third of a second (8 frames on film, 10 frames on TV).
  Since abrupt scene changes and rapid motion produce the same effects [as in (1.)], avoid using these techniques more than once per one-third of a second.
  Flashes of light and scene changes mostly or entirely in red are dangerous. Scenes of equal brightness using colors other than red are acceptable.
  Patterns with regions of differing brightness (e.g. stripes, spirals) should, in general, be avoided.

It seems to be the case that, rather than producing anime that meets these guidelines, anime is produced however the production studio wants it, and then post-processed for TV broadcast by darkening bright scenes and (temporally) smearing out flashing.

As to why you don't see the same alterations on Blu-ray: Blu-ray is not a broadcast medium, and so the laws pertaining to the nature of broadcast television do not apply. If you think about it, that makes sense - it isn't really possible to inadvertently view a Blu-Ray, whereas it certainly is possible to inadvertently watch broadcast television, and so the government steps in to protect viewers in the latter case but not the former.

1 I am not actually sure whether the practices I have described here are backed by force of law, or whether they are just voluntarily undertaken by broadcasting corporations.

2 These restrictions are most commonly relevant for animated television, since live-action television typically won't contain the sort of flashing patterns that trigger seizures (since the real world itself typically doesn't either).


What is this song from Episode 53 of Hunter x Hunter? I want to find the music from Episode 53 (Yorknew City arc) starting at 6:51

It's an Asian-style song with what sounds like a Japanese musical instrument called a shamisen.

As RichF said, the song of episode 53, at 6:51 doesn't sound asian-style at all, but if that is the song that you want, it's called Dirge From The Dark Side.


Why isn't Daisuke affected by Risa Harada in the first episode? I watched the pilot episode of D.N. Angel. The first episode explains that Daisuke, when fourteen, learns that whenever he sees the person he loves/likes (in this case Risa Harada) or even just a picture of her, he turns into Dark who was a thief last seen 40 years ago. Why is it that sometimes in the first episode he doesn't turn into Dark even though he sees Risa, especially at school?

Maybe it is because he turns fourteen later on in the episode;  the curse does not pass until the guy is fourteen(yes, one does count the entire day as the day for celebrating birthday, but was born at one particular hour). That's why I think Daisuke didn't turn into Dark.


Is Kiroumaru really a bakenezumi? Warning: Answers may contain (hopefully hidden) spoilers from the end of the series.

Kiroumaru is a leader of the bakenezumi (monster rats or queerats) but he looks a lot different from all the other ones in the show.

On the left is Yakomaru, who looks like pretty much every other bakenezumi in the show. On the right is Kiroumaru who is quite different from Yakomaru. In a few of the episodes, I think I heard characters refer to Kiroumaru as a bakenezumi, and nobody questioned why he looks so different. Is he really a bakenezumi, or is he some other species that joined a bakenezumi tribe?

Think of Queerats as humans (WINK WINK). A person can be Asian, Caucasian, etc. So, there are many different types of Queerats too; some of them have horns, some have smaller teeth and (in this case) some of them are tall.

HOWEVER. There IS a speculation regarding Kiroumaru's height that involves the origin of the Queerats. It's a last ep spoiler:

   Since Queerats are from non-PK humans, Kiroumaru's height might come from this. It might mean that he or his race didn't "evolve" properly into Queerats. Or, Kiroumaru's race might be tall in the first place. That is, when they were still humans, they were tall. So, when they turned into Queerats, they're tall too.

Hope that helps you :D


Is the anime called "Working!!" or "Wagnaria!!"? I just started watching Wagnaria!! and noticed that it says "Working!!" in the opening. I do understand that the title Wagnaria!!, as printed on the Box, DVD Cover and listed on NISA's Website, comes from the name of the restaurant in the anime which the story mostly centers around.

So I am wondering, does Wagnaria!! mean Working!! in Japan? Why is the anime titled Working!! but in the West it's labeled Wagnaria!! (with the second season being Wagnaria!!2), since normally in the West either the Japanese name is kept or it's translated to English?

The original Japanese title was "Working!!". It was changed to "Wagnaria!!" by NIS America for the US release. Source. "Wagnaria" is the name of the restaurant where the main cast works, so it makes sense as a title, even if kind of sounds like the name of a world of magic and wonder where knights and princesses adventure.

THEM Anime claims in its review of Season 2 that the title "Working" already belonged to a 1997 sitcom starring Fred Savage in the United States, which precluded NIS America from using it. I'm skeptical; as far as I know, US law does not prevent two works from having the same title as long as neither infringes the copyright of the other by copying major plot elements or other protected aspects of a work. Otherwise, I don't see how every US TV series ever written could have an episode titled "The Gift" (warning, TV tropes). I think NIS America just felt the title was too plain to catch attention in the US; in Japan it stood out because it was in English, but in the US, it's just a gerund.


What are the differences between a half Ghoul and a Ghoul other than having one human eye and a Ghoul eye? What are the differences between a half Ghoul and a Ghoul other than having one human eye and a Ghoul eye? It would seem half Ghouls have all the habilities of regular Ghouls, super strenght, regeneration, kagune, need for eating humans, etc. Are there other differences?

According to wiki article, differences are close to minimal:

Only one eye becomes red;
They may have different smell than common ghouls;
They seem to be more powerful than common ghouls, particularly increasing their power while taking damage.

No other differences were ever noted during series, and last difference was not really elaborated so far.


What is the game console that Sasahara used? What is the name of the console that Sasahara used to play with it when Tachibana Misato bombed him?

That looks like Virtual Boy.

Image courtesy of Wikipedia

Taken from Wikipedia,

  The Virtual Boy is a 32-bit table-top video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. Released in 1995, it was marketed as the first console capable of displaying stereoscopic 3D graphics. Virtual Boy is also the first video game system ever to display in widescreen; [...]. The player uses the console in a manner similar to a head-mounted display, placing their head against the eyepiece to see a red monochrome display. The games use a parallax effect to create the illusion of depth.


Why does Shizuku's room become larger in "Whisper of the Heart"? At some point during "Whisper of the Heart", Shizuku falls asleep at her desk while working on her story. She has a fantastic dream involving Baron and, when she wakes up, her room is larger. While her bed was right next to the desk before, there's now space for a whole window between them.
I believe this represents her personal space becoming larger with her sister moving out, but I'm not sure if there is something else I missed.

I noticed this too. The reason is that the bunker bed used to be in the middle of Shizuku and her sister’s space (you can see it around 15:20 of the movie). After her sister moved out, the family must have moved the bed so Shizuku could have more space.


When did Erina learn that Yukihira's father was Joichiro? It is a known fact that Yukihira Soma is the son of one of the world's most famous chefs, Yukihira Joichiro.

When did Nakiri learn that Yukihira Soma's father was Joichiro? In which chapter?

From last page of chapter 150, "Board Game", Erina overheard Souma revealed that Jouichiro is his father.

After that, on chapter 151, "The Outbreak of War", Erina saw a picture of Souma and his father.


How did Yagura Karatachi / Fourth Mizukage survive Itachi's Amaterasu? the attack in question is near 2:40 here https://youtu.be/-J7V4YykpY4?t=160 (episode 456?)
how did he survive that attack? Shouldn't Amaterasu have burned his body down to ash?

Canonically speaking, Amaterasu is not able to burn through the tailed beast's cloak (see spoiler image below). The beast's Chakra protects them from the effects. This is shown in Naruto Chapter 697
While the scene you are asking about is partially filler, we do know some elements about both Amaterasu and the beast's cloak that can provide an answer.
Beast Cloak
The tailed beast's cloak, while active, provides raid healing effects. So while Yagura is in the beast form, the beast's chakra was constantly healing while Amaterasu was burning. Eventually Amaterasu's power overtook Yagura's beast forum, thus forcing him to revert back his human state.
Amaterasu
When Amaterasu is active, there are only a handful of methods to extinguish the flames. It will eventually burn out after 7 days and nights or if the user recalls the flames; whichever comes first. So after Yagura reverted back to his human state, Itachi put out the flames to not actually kill him, but to immobilize him.


What's this show with a boy who has been recruited by missionaries? I remember the plot mostly but not the name of it. It begins with a boy that came from another world recruited by missionaries that have a mission of killing a princess before she gets to the "holy land".

They all have mechas but the boys is more like a lizard mecha
There are different races including Elves
They go to a school at the holy land
He wins a race against the Elves warrior and get their princesses hand in marriage
The boy works as a jack-of-all-trades in the school
It looks like an all girls school

I believe it could be Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari as there are multiple races, something about a princess, but I don't remember it that well.
His mecha looks like a lizard. He is the white one in this screenshot:

And if what you meant by egg is where the pilot is, then it could be this part of it:

Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari

Synopsis

Kenshi —half-brother of intergalactic hero Tenchi Masaki— has been summoned to the mysterious world of Geminar, and his only hope of returning to Earth is piloting a bio-mechanical weapon in a shocking assassination attempt! When the mission fails and Kenshi is captured, he discovers he's been lied to by the very culprits who transported him to this strange new world. Luckily, Princess Lashara kindly welcomes Kenshi and invites him to live amongst her followers. Now, caught up in a political whirlwind —and hotly pursued by Geminar's female population— Kenshi must find a way to get home while civil war erupts all around him!
Source: FUNimation


Why is Roa's appearance in the Hisui route different from that in "Near Side of the Moon"? In the Arcueid and Ciel routes, Roa appears with long black hair in "Western" clothes.

However, I'm currently playing the Hisui route, and I've seen that the original Shiki Tohno appears in Japanese clothing with short white hair at the very end. (For what it's worth, the adopted Shiki in this route doesn't know about Roa, but the player does since she must have had to complete either the Arcueid or Ciel route first to play this route, and the information appears there.)

Yet regardless of the route, Roa and the original Shiki Tohno (which some translations name SHIKI) should be the same person. (The identity of the next reincarnation of Roa should have been decided by Ciel years before any of the different choices leading to different routes were made.) If so, why is there such a discrepancy between the appearance of Roa in the "Near Side of the Moon" routes and the Hisui route (and possibly other "Far Side of the Moon" routes)?

It's because Roa is inside the body of SHIKI Tohno, Akiha's blood-related brother, from before the start of the game as SHIKI was locked away inside the mansion after his Inversion Impulse

   until Kohaku released him knowing he would kill his father, who sexually abused her as a child.

It is not true that:

  Yet regardless of the route, Roa and the original Shiki Tohno (which some translations name SHIKI) should be the same person.

Roa is in love with Arcueid while SHIKI is in love with Akiha. This shows that between the "Near Side of the Moon" and "Far Side of the Moon" Shiki is confronting a different person. The Near Side Roa is after Arcueid while in the Far Side SHIKI is after Akiha.

The discrepancy between the two is caused by who the dominating will of the two is. In the Far Side routes, SHIKI's will dominates (while in the near side it is Roa's that dominates).

  SHIKI is the main antagonist during the "Far-Side Moon" routes, the stories of Akiha and Hisui. SHIKI's inversion impulse keeps Roa from exerting his will over him, resulting in a very deranged individual obsessed only with getting revenge on Shiki for stealing everything from him. Roa doesn't have an appearance in these stories besides a brief mention from SHIKI that something in his mind wants to take over.

Source: Roa - Akiha's Route (1st Paragraph)

The appearance change would probably be related to who the dominating will is. For instance, in his previous reincarnation, Roa styles his new body to suit himself as with Elesia, who looks different from Ciel today.

On the Type-moon Wikia page you'll also notice that Roa and SHIKI share the same page in much the same way Saber/Saber-Alter/Saber-Lily do.


How is that possible for Priscilla to kill Teresa? I read the manga and watch the anime. It was awesome, but in only one place it doesn't make sense at all. When Priscilla killed Teresa.

I know, Priscilla was no 2 and she was too powerful, and she's got awakened in that second. But still we are talking about Teresa! Her best ability was that she could read the moves of her opponent. right?

@Memor-X was right, when Priscilla killed Teresa, Priscilla was already in an awakened state. It's true that Teresa could read the movement of her opponent because Teresa can sense the strength and speed of yoma energy flowing through her opponent's body. However, when Teresa fought Priscilla, Teresa couldn't read her movements because there was too much yoma power coming from all over Priscilla's body.

Claymore Chapter 22, Marked For Death 5, Page 26

But of course, Teresa was still able to match her. She was using just enough yoma power for her eye color to change to counter Priscilla. However, when Priscilla passed her limit, she begged for Teresa to kill her and Teresa turned back to her normal state, seeing Priscilla on her knees. At this point Teresa probably couldn't read Priscilla's movements and let her guard down for a moment leading to Priscilla being able to kill her.

In your comment, it's true that when Clare awakened and became Teresa, she could beat Priscilla. However, Teresa was that strong only because of Clare's feelings toward Teresa.

from Claymore final chapter, Last Scene, Page 7


Why Sanji is missing so much in the manga? An announcement came at the annual One Piece Super Stage Event last December that promised to change all that. The staff and Sir Eiichiro Oda assured fans that Sanji will return in 2016 with an origin story. Sanji's voice actor Hiroaki Hirata will also return. But still nothing for Sanji he is still missing.

Why this will be? Is it possible that he is a weak one amoung straw hats?

TL;DR: Sanji is busy with other stuff, but the next big arc is about him.

It is very simple why Sanji went missing.

Chapter 812:

  Sanji is told, that he has to marry some chick and he has to leave the straw hat pirates.

Chapter 814:

  The crew gets a letter from Sanji, telling them that he has to meet with that girl.

Chapter 822:

   The crew starts its journey to save Sanji.


Why does Feitan torture when Pakunoda can search someone's memory? In the Phantom Troupe, they have Feitan, who's the torturer to get answers out of people. But they also have Pakunoda, who can get memories out of people by just touching them.

For example in the York New arc, Feitan tortures someone to get information on where the treasure and stuff were. But why couldn't Pakunoda just get that information out by searching through his memories? It would be a lot faster.

What makes you think that is Feitan's sole or primary purpose?

First, what's wrong with having 2 members of the Troupe excel at extracting information from its enemies? What if one of them is indisposed, but they need to get information out of someone?

Second, he is one of the founding members of the Troupe. While this isn't a huge deal, I doubt anyone would say to him, "hey, by the way, we don't need you anymore. We got Pakunoda now. Goodbye."

Third, Feitan is incredibly strong. He is the 5th strongest member in Phantom Troupe, in terms of sheer strength. He is easily one of the fastest.