Did Kyousuke's parents know about what happened between him and Kirino? About halfway through the second season, their parents seem to have suspicions on them because suddenly Kyousuke has a close relationship with Kirino.

   And at the end of the second season of Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai, both of them are finally dating, even if just for a few months.

Did their parents know about this?

The later parts of Ore Imo contained all sorts of plot holes, dropped plots, and things that were just plain stupid. This was not the anime's fault—all of its plot holes and stupidity were copied straight from the light novel, but usually without the bloat that plagued the later novels.

Anyway, the novels give no clear indication about whether the Kousaka parents knew their children were "dating", but as @nhahtdh says, it seems very unlikely that Kyousuke would be allowed to live in the house if their father knew, since their father is also very protective of Kirino and often critical of Kyousuke. Manami did threaten to tell their parents, but relented.

As @noko mentions, there was a scene in both the novels and anime where their mother seemed to be on to something. (This was before they were "dating", though, so it actually was an unfounded accusation at that point.) This occurred in Chapter 1 of Volume 10 of the light novels. However, if we look at the conversation, it doesn't seem like she actually thought they were romantically involved:

  Then Mom started with a topic that made me yell in surprise -----

  "…Kyousuke, you…have you done something strange to Kirino?"

  "Pfffff."

  "Ha? Ha!?"

  Hearing that totally unexpected topic, both Kirino and I were caught
  off guard.

  "Mom? What did you just say?"

  "I asked if you have done something strange to Kirino."

  "What do you mean by 'strange'?"

  "Yes! Strange means strange things!!"

  Give me a good answer! You really are Kirino's mother!

  "That…in other words…You are thinking that I have done some erotic
  things to Kirino?"

  "Cough cough cough!"

  Next to me, Kirino choked.

  Well…her reaction is understandable.

  Seeing my reaction, Mom's eyes suddenly became sharper.

  "I didn't mean it like that, but since that’s the first thing that
  came to your mind, so it seems….."

All their mother does is ask if Kyousuke has done something strange to Kirino. Kyousuke himself brings up "erotic things", and their mother jumps on the fact that that was the first meaning he thought of for "something strange." She does go on to mention all the lovey-dovey things they've been doing recently, including coming home in wedding clothes, but until Kyousuke opened his big dumb mouth, she probably just wondered why they were suddenly so close and engaging in such strange behavior.

By the way, their father already knows about Kirino's otaku hobbies and how Kyousuke is in on it and covering for her. The novels remind us of that in this piece of dialogue:

  Dad made a 'don't pass the ball to me now' expression then sighed and
  said:

  "I'm not worried about the situation that your mother just talked
  about. I'm the one who understands what is going on between you and
  Kirino better than anyone. For you to cherish each other so much is
  within my expectations."

  Dad, you are making it worse!

  My face was gradually getting redder, my throat seemed like it was
  blocked.

  "……"

  No, no, don't say something so embarrassing! I'm embarrassed!

  ….I didn't even know why Dad spoke so highly of me ----- no, it’s
  probably because I was the one who brought Kirino back from America.

  It's natural for a doting elder brother to take care of his little
  sister.

  Now, I could say it without hesitation.

  Still, Dad wasn't the type to just praise someone that easily.

  "Kyousuke. Think back to about a year ago."

  "A year ago?"

  "Yes, about Kirino's - no, your hobby, we talked about it before."

  "….."

  Kirino's hobby – you mean the 'little sister based eroge'? When you
  caught her?

  At that time, I insisted that it was my hobby.

This is probably enough to explain their newly found closeness for their father.

Towards the end of the novel, in Chapter 4 of Volume 10, Kyousuke asks his mother about her suspicions, and his mother replies that she never really believed they were romantically involved, reinforcing what I claimed above:

  "Oh right, Mom. I got an A. So was your inexplicable misunderstanding
  solved?"

  "What inexplicable misunderstanding are you talking about?"

  "That — the misunderstanding that I had a love affair with Kirino."

  Even now, I still don't understand. Mom suspected that I had an impure
  relationship with Kirino, so she forced me to keep a distance with
  Kirino. But why did she allow me to come back if I got an A? It had no
  effect on my relationship with Kirino at all.

  "Ah, you meant that."

  Mom burst out laughing.

  "Actually, I never thought that you had done anything to your little
  sister."

  "— What?"

  Did I just hear something unbelievable? I thought about what I just
  heard —

  "What! What is going on!?"

  I roared and stood up.

  "Recently, your relationship with Kirino has improved. So under these
  conditions, I separated you two. By doing that, you – the lazy brother
  would do your best due to the power of your siscon nature. Looks like
  my plan worked out in the end."

  Mom continued praising herself, "I'm so smart."

The later novels don't ever suggest that their parents know anything, and it seems likely they don't. After all, as far as we can gather, not much changed in their relationship, at least externally. Maybe they're a little more lovey-dovey, but they were already pretty lovey-dovey by Volume 10. They were already going to each others' rooms at night and going out together on weekends; the only real difference is that the weekend outings are "dates" now. They do go around telling their friends that they're dating, but aside from Manami, none of their friends has any reason to rat them out, and Manami gave in, so it's probably just a sort of open secret among their circle of friends. Also, they only "dated" for around three months, and were probably rather scrupulous about keeping the secret during this period—no more coming home together in wedding clothes. So, all in all, it seems that the Kousaka parents didn't know anything.


Why didn't Naruto do anything when he and Gaara were being beaten by the ressurected leader? In season 4 episodes 219-220 of the original Naruto, when Naruto and Gaara were being beaten by the resurrected leader, why didn’t Naruto release the power of the nine-tailed fox? Why did he almost die and yet nothing happened? He was one of the weakest people in this fight.

Because that whole arc was filler. Additionally it was a filler arc directed to Gaara, his student and his change. You can say he was the main character, Naruto the side character therefore he was the one who needed to defeat the "bad" guy. If he released the power of the nine-tails I highly doubt Gaara would had the time to shine like he did at the end. Seimei would have been beaten by Naruto.

There is no other reasonable explanation given to us in this arc why he didn't/couldn't use it. You could say it was due to plot.


A song in Boku no Hero Academia Season 3 Episode 45 from 10:50 to 11:55 There is a song in Boku no Hero Academia, season 3, episode 45, from 10:50 to 11:55 that doesn't appear anywhere else. Does anyone know the name of that song?

It appears to be included in the OST for Boku no Hero Academia 2, track 12: Tsune ni Top wo Nerau Mono (常にトップを狙う者). It seems to use the part starting at around 00:35.


What do the numbers shown when a character is introduced mean? In Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru, whenever a new character is introduced, a bit of information about the character is displayed on screen - their name, what type of sword they are, and a number. For example, when Tsurumaru is introduced in episode 2, we find that he is numbered "23".

What do these numbers mean?

According to the Touken Ranbu Hanamaru Wikia, it's the order of sword arrivals in the Hanamaru Citadel.

The full list of the characters in order of their arrival:

  Yamatonokami Yasusada (the main character)

  Kashuu Kiyomitsu (Starter)
  Heshikiri Hasebe
  Imanotsurugi
  Maeda Toushirou
  Nikkari Aoe
  Hachisuka Kotetsu
  Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki
  Namazuo Toushirou
  Kasen Kanesada
  Souza Samonji
  Yagen Toushirou
  Shokudaikiri Mitsutada
  Gokotai
  Yamanbagiri Kunihiro
  Shishiou
  Ishikirimaru

  Akita Toushirou
  Midare Toushirou
  Nakigitsune
  Aizen Kunitoshi
  Doudanuki Masakuni
  Tsurumaru Kuninaga
  Hirano Toushirou
  Honebami Toushirou
  Atsushi Toushirou
  Sayo Samonji
  Uguisumaru
  Horikawa Kunihiro
  Taroutachi
  Jiroutachi
  Izuminokami Kanesada
  Ookurikara
  Mikazuki Munechika
  Hakata Toushirou
  Yamabushi Kunihiro
  Otegine
  Kousetsu Samonji
  Urashima Kotetsu
  Ichigo Hitofuri
  Tonbokiri
  Nihongou
  Kogitsunemaru
  Iwatooshi
  Hotarumaru
  Akashi Kuniyuki
  Nagasone Kotetsu


Why do the girls keep laughing at word like "skull" during the field trip? In the episode 4 of the second season they keep laughing randomly when words like "skull" etc are uttered. I don't understand the rationale behind it.

Note- I am watching Japanese audio, English subs.

I'm Japanese but it's incomprehensible little bit to me too.
髑髏 (しゃれこうべ) is not usual word in these days and sounds little bit strange (goofy, should I say?). We use 頭蓋骨（ずがいこつ）to mean "skull".

It's just a joke without any reason. but somehow it's funny in certain situation, like tense situation or lifted up at midnight on trip. Because, there's no reason.


What is the serious comedy? Hattori mentioned that what Ashirogi Muto's Manga lacked was Serious Comedy and tries to explain what it was and how to implement it in 22nd Episode in second Season. Ashirohgi Muto implemented it but it was hardly described how and also the concept of serious comedy is still unclear with me. Please help with some examples!

In episode 22 of season 2, Shuukan Shounen Janpu editors Hattori Akira and Miura Goro have a meeting with Mashiro Moritaka and Takagi Akito (the mangaka team known as Ashirogi Muto) to discuss what their next manga series will be like.

In this scene, Hattori gives the following explanation of 「シリアスの笑い」(shiriasu no warai [「笑い」 can be translated as "humor", "comedy", or "comic"; the literal meaning of the kanji is "laugh" but it is used to refer to comedy acts]):

Foremost, the mangaka Hiromaru Kazuya's series 『ラッコ11号』 (Rakko
11-gou = Otter #11) is given as the primary example.  It has a serious, realistic setting.  In one chapter,
an otter was made fun of on TV, and then the
main character (who is an otter himself) rammed a truck into the
station building and pulled out the victim otter to rescue him from
his oppressors. The storyline is dealing with serious themes
(bullying, vengeance) and the tone is serious as well, but when the
truck slams into the side of the building, Miura agreed with
Hattori's assessment, and reported that it made him laugh. In other
words, the reader of the chapter probably strongly wants the otters
to get back at the humans, and the main character's very earnest,
dramatic way of doing so induces a feeling of "Yessss!" so the reader
ends up laughing (perhaps partly in relief, partly at the
ludicrousness of an otter barreling into a building).
Hattori points out that Hiramaru was not doing 「笑いを取る」 (warai wo toru
= trying to get a laugh). Mashiro concurs that 「いいえ、真剣に書いてると思います」(Iie, shinken ni kaiteru to omoimasu = No, I
think he was really writing it in all seriousness/earnestness).
Hattori contrasts Hiramaru's「シリアスの笑い」 with Ashirogi Muto's prior gag
manga series 『走れ!大発タント』(Hashire! Daihatsu Tanto = Run! Daihatsu
Tanto), which was written with 「呆けて笑わそうと考えている」 (bokete warawasou to
kangaetieru = the mind-set of dumbing-down to make people laugh) and
Hattori deems it 「もったいない」 (mottainai = too bad/a waste). Rather than
being enjoyable to write, that method made Takagi feel 「苦しかった」 (kurushikatta = it
was painful) and made Mushiro feel 「あまり…」 (amari...[tanoshikunakatta]
= it wasn't really [fun]).
Hattori also contrasts 「シリアスの笑い」 with Ashirogi Muto's prior series
『この世は金と知恵と見た目』 (Kono Yo ha Kane to Chie to Mitame = This World is
All About Money and Intelligence and Appearance) and with Iwase Aiko
and Niizuma  Eiji's series 『+ NATURAL』, which are both categorized as
「シリアス」 (serious) but 「笑いが一切もない」 (warai ga issai mo nai = there's
not a speck of humor [in them]). A 「シリアスの笑い」 would be received by
readers as just as serious in tone as those series, yet manages to
bring some irony or makes the reader lighten up for a moment.
Hattori explains that Ashirogi Muto's 「シリアスの笑い」 would combine
「高木くんが作る笑い」 (Takagi-kun ga tsukuru warai = the kind of humor
Takagi-kun can create) with 「真城くんのシリアスの絵！」 (Mushiro-kun no shiriasu no
e! = Mushiro-kun's serious artwork!), resulting in a 「シリアスの笑い」 that
only Ashirogi Muto could pull off.

The manga that fulfills Hattori's description of 「シリアスの笑い」 is Ashirogi Muto's subsequently published series, 『PCP -完全犯罪党-』 (PCP -Kanzen Hanzai Tou- = Perfect Crime Party).


How was Ainz able to perceive the threat of skeletal dragon beforehand and warn Nabe? In Overlord season 1 episode 9, Ainz asked Narberal to watch out above her and just like he said, a skeletal dragon appeared.

I don't think it was even explained in the light novel.

Can someone clarify how Ainz was able to perceive it?

If I remember correctly in the LN, Clementine talked about the existence of a Skeletal Dragon before it lands. Ainz then thought Nabe couldn't able to defeat it. That is why after some time Ainz says Naberal Gamma. This means she can get rid of the cover and use any spell she wants.


Anime with guys battling each other using small cars with weapons The anime is set in a world where people duel each other by using small cars with weapons . They throw the cars into the arena and the cars attack each other. I distinctly remember a blue colored car and I think that is the hero's.

My guess is that you're referring to Crush Gear Turbo

From http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/CrushGearTurbo-Logo-DVDSrc.jpg

From http://de.crushgear.wikia.com/wiki/Datei:Crush_Gear_Turbo_2.png

  The hero's name is Kouya Marino and your description of his appearance matches to an extent.


What is that accessory featured around Japanese gods' necks? It's like a...fluffy...thingy. It floats around their head and past their shoulders and down to their waist. I see it a lot. The two characters with it who come to mind are Guren from Shounen Onmyouji and Elsie from The World God Only Knows, but there are others with the same accessory. I'm just curious as to what it is. Attached is Guren with the...thingy.

This is actually a culture/belief thing, so it is a real thing.
It occurs in many Asian countries, like China and Japan.
Here is a picture of it in real life:

Basically, it is a silk scarf, a really long one. It is not only used by gods; in the ancient times, dancers and women performing in front of people with some sort of power (such as money or governing) would usually wear this.
When people in real life wear it, it obviously won't be like that; it would be like a normal scarf, as you can see from this picture:

In there the scarf is floating around the woman: this is to bring out her aura and beauty.

That's the basic idea, though I might have missed certain details. If anyone is reading this and think I didn't put down the correct answer, please add on. Hope this helps.


Name of song Boruto episode 73 does anyone know that name of the song that starts at 17:50 in the last episode of boruto (73) I can't find it anywhere. Thanks


In Soul Eater, does the rest of the world know about Demon Weapons and the DWMA? Do other people who live outside Death City know about the DWMA and about Demon Weapons? Or is it some covert operation in an attempt to secretly purge the world of evil? I am unsure if this is a known fact that has evidence to support it or simply up to one's own interpretation.

Yes. The DWMA is actually a famous school. In soul eater not, when Tsugumi finds out that she is weapon and decides to go to the DWMA, all her friends are astounded that their friend can turn into a weapon and will be going to "the super elite DWMA".

DWMA, of course, has secrets and knowledge which they keep from the general public.


Anime with a prince and a servant chased by zombies who meet an immortal woman I watched an anime show a while back on Crackle, but I can't remember the name. It's not there anymore but I really enjoyed it.

It started out with a teenage prince and his servant running through the woods being chased by zombie like creatures. They came across a house where a beautiful woman lived and asked for shelter. They both fell in love with her. Then, they found out that she was an immortal, and a group of assassins were after her blood. She turned the prince into an immortal as well. When he woke up 1000 years in the future, he couldn't remember anything, but he went on a search for her.

It is Kurozuka:

  The series begins in 12th century Japan and centers on Kuro, a character based loosely on the legendary Japanese swordsman Minamoto no Yoshitsune. Kuro and his servant, Benkei, meet a beautiful and mysterious woman named Kuromitsu while on the run from Kuro's elder brother, who seeks his life. Kuromitsu and Kuro fall in love, but he soon discovers that she harbors a terrible secret: she is a vampiric immortal. Following an attack by his pursuers, Kuro is badly injured and must imbibe Kuromitsu's blood to save his own life. Kuro is then betrayed and attacked by Benkei, who has been subverted by a shadowy organization called the Red Army, and Kuro's head is severed, which interferes with his transformation into a fully immortal being. [...]


What did Kiritsugu do when he left Fuyuki? During Shirou's recollection of Kiritsugu at the start of Fate/Stay Night (Visual Novel, after Rin's Prologue) Shirou says that Kiritsugu went overseas and sometimes didn't return for months.

What exactly was Kiritsugu doing? Did he resume the job he had before he fought in the 4th Holy Grail War?

Kiritsugu didn't return to his old profession, but rather he was trying to see Ilya again and his trips were him going back to the old Einzbern castle.

At the end of Fate/Zero, when he was killing the illusions of Iris and Ilya which Angra Mainyu used to speak to Kiritsugu, Angra Mainyu cursed him (what Angra Mainyu was saying as Kiritsugu was strangling it wasn't just spiteful words, it was literally cursing him)

The Type Moon Wiki describes the effects of the curse:

  Angra Mainyu's curse eventually cost his life, as his limbs were lame, his sight failed, and most of his circuits became useless.

Source: Kiritsugu - Fate/Zero (Second last paragraph)

Due to the curse, he lost most of his Magecraft abilities which would allow him to pass the bounded fields that protected the old Einzbern castle.

To add insult to injury, Jubstacheit von Einzbern never allowed Kiritsugu to pass either and raised Ilya to believe she was abandoned by him. Before Ilya set off for Fuyuki, he had also ordered her to kill Kiritsugu and Emiya.

  Jubstacheit is not mentioned by name, but Ilya, referring to him as grandfather, mentions being taught details about the Holy Grail War by him. He described Japanese people to her as a "neck-cutting tribe who die by having their necks cut off while sitting Japanese-style." Another mission that she is given is to slay both Kiritsugu and his adopted son, Shirou Emiya.

Source: Jubstacheit von Einzbern - Fate/Stay Night


Why do some girls like Oikawa? In the anime, Oikawa is popular with girls despite being arrogant, conceited and haughty, yet his skill is far from Karasuno's setter. Some girls in the show even shout and cry when he appears.

Why do some girls like Oikawa?

It's true that Oikawa sometimes becomes angry and he is also arrogant, but these things exist because he is very serious about volleyball.

But why girls like him?

Well, in short, the real reason behind this is because he is attractive.

Many others find him attractive — to the point where several girls follow him around just to talk to him. - Wiki
He is the captain of Aobajosai's volleyball team (which is in top 4 ranking) and is widely regarded as the ace setter, so it's obvious that he is popular among students.
Oikawa has a good sense of his surroundings and can effortlessly read others.
Flirtatious nature (he is quite famous amongst female students, much to Tanaka and Nishinoya's envy)


Which chapter of the manga does Season 4 of Nanatsu No Taizai anime start? If I want to start reading the manga of Nanatsu no Taizai by the chapter season 4 of the anime start (so I can get spoilers of what's going to happen in this season of the anime), which chapter should I start reading the manga?

It's been a long though I read the manga of this anime. But as far as I remember in the beginning of the first episode of new season Ban was in Purgatory. So in accordance with the manga, it should be either Chapter 267 or 268, sorry I don't remembered the numbered. But title was From Purgatory. If you have watched 1st episode a little, you will understand in manga where the scenes matches the anime.


What volumes of the Campione LN correspond to the anime? I am just curious about which volumes the anime occurs in...

My guess is up to vol 5. or something

I want to start reading the LN series already but my problem is I don't know where to start... Yes, I know that I should start from the first volume up to the last but I get bored when I do that. I am not really sure about my guess, so please, help me...

I know you're not here given that you've been away for 8 months but still:

The anime is such a mess...

Episode 1: volume 3

Episode 12: Original

The rest: It goes from volume 1 to volume 6 chapter 5

Notes: The Athena and Voban arcs are almost faithful to to the light novel. Perseus is semi-faithful. Ena has lots and lots of original content.

I read the light novels and saw the anime


Why are there so many fillers in long-running animes? The most obvious answer everyone over the Internet is giving to this question is "Because anime is produced much faster compared to manga, they need to put in fillers in order to slow down the anime series". However, that shouldn't be the only reason.

For example, consider One Piece. The show is going on for more than 500 episodes, and less than 10% are fillers. Comparing that to Naruto, the show has almost the same number of episodes (original and Shippuuden combined), but almost 50% of its episodes are fillers. Needless to say, the manga of Naruto is so far ahead that the anime won't be able to catch up even if they produce 100+ episodes without any fillers.

There are lots of possible explanations to that:

As you said, the anime catching up to the manga, so they have more time.
Special events, as anniversaries, movie-related specials or so.
Also, the narratives are different and that depends on the production team. In your example, Naruto (as Bleach did) commonly makes battles really fast-paced, so they tend to catch-up with the manga quickly. Whereas One Piece, while having lots of battle too, tends to make them less dynamic, so in the end, they are longer and don't catch up to manga as easily.


Is Jellal really married? Who's his wife? I'm far back and trying to catch up in the series, but as most people confused who are at the same place as me ( On the beach with Jellal and Erza) who really is Jellal's wife?

My friend, you shouldn't ask for things that will produce spoilers. I know the arc that your're referring to and if you really REALLY want to know then reveal the spoiler below. But I would encourage you to just keep watching.

   Jellal is not married, this is brought to light later. He said that to her to keep his emotions in check so that he could focus on the mission.


Which volume has Mikasa's backstory? My favorite episode is the one with Mikasa's backstory. The manga has so much more detail so I wanted her backstory in the manga.

I assume you are referring to the 6th Episode of Attack on Titan. This episode adapts both Chapter 5 and 6 of the manga and includes Mikasa's backstory. I'd also recommend reading the second volume of Attack on Titan: Lost Girls, which is also about Mikasa.


Why do anime films tend to use film actors to voice the anime instead of professional seiyuu? For example, the voice actors for the protagonists of the anime film Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka? are Suda Masaki and Hirose Suzu, who are best known for their acting careers. Compared to other professional seiyuus in the industry, both of them have much less experience in voice acting.

On the other hand, famous seiyuus (i.e. Miyano Mamoru, Hanazawa Kana, and Kaji Yuki) were given a supporting role in the film.

Regardless of their performance in the film (cause it's not out yet), I was curious if there are any reasons these anime films tend to use film actors? Since there are a huge pool of seiyuu working in the industry.

Furthermore, Kamiki Ryunosuke and Kamishiraishi Mone got a leading voice acting role in Kimi no Na wa. They both did a great job and even received an award for it. However, it seems to me that they only do voice acting for anime films (especially Kamiki Ryunosuke).

Is there a particular reason for this? Or is it just a marketing strategy to use these big actors' names in the film?

There are two aspects we can discuss on this topic.

Some directors like Miyazaki prefer to hire film actors.
He said anime seiyuu is too optimized for anime and does not sound natural.
Seiyuu is good when the target audience is anime fans,
but if they want to get a broader audience, actors are the best choice.

Another aspect is getting attention by using famous actors.
Producer Toshio Suzuki is known to always use actors instead of seiyuu.
For example, he used Takuya Kimura in Howl's Moving Castle.
Takuya's acting is not good, but it gets more audience because of his name.


Did something change for the final episode of Hana Yori Dango? When watching the Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers) anime, it seemed like there was a distinctly different art style for the final episode (#51). Not remarkably different, but noticeable enough that it made me wonder if something had changed for the last episode... different direction, artists, etc.
Was anything ever said about the production of the series that indicated that something happened near the end that could have caused some kind of shakeup?

I can't answer your question with certainty. No, there doesn't seem to be anything off about writing, production, or art direction in the last episode:

The last 3 episodes were all written by the same person, 影山由美 (Yumi Kageyama).  影山由美 was in charge of series organization/composition and wrote more episodes than anyone else.
The producer, 山吉康夫, also produced episodes 3, 9, 15, 20, 26, 32, 37, 42, 46, and of course 51.
Art direction was performed by 馬越嘉彦 (Yoshihiko Umakoshi), who was actually in charge of character design for the whole show. He also provided art direction for episodes 1, 16, 25, 32, 43, and of course 51.

This is all from the Wikipedia page on the anime, which lists all the details by episode: 花より男子 アニメ TVシリーズ
Personal speculation:
I've seen the whole anime, have read the manga all the way through a couple of times, and watched two of the live actions (Japanese and Korean), I was really into Hana Yori Dango back in the day. I felt like the end of the anime was unexpected/unforeseen and that they just rushed an ending together.  The show did a pretty good job of following the manga ... right until those last few episodes/last episode.  My guess is they were told,

were cutting the show, end it.

so they did and things didn't turn out quite the same as usual.
According to HMV Online, the average rating for the TV show was 9.9%, max was 12.1%. I don't know much about TV ratings, but the Japanese TV Drama was never lower than 17% in season 1 and 19% in season 2 (same Wikipedia page).  To me, this looks like a cut due to ratings.


What song is playing 12 minutes into episode 13 of Code Geass R1? What song is playing 12 minutes into episode 13 in the first season of Code Geass?

The song is titled Stories, sung by Hitomi Kuroishi (黒石ひとみ).

More details about it is here:
http://codegeass.wikia.com/wiki/Stories

Here is the youtube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN0fkr2XoCM


How much broadcast time did it take for Planet Namek to blow up? In Dragon Ball Z, during Goku's fight with Frieza, Frieza decides to destroy the planet Namek. However he fails to do so, but he claims that the planet will blow up in 5 minutes, at the most, but several episodes later, the two are still seen fighting.

Exactly how much broadcast time (real time) elapsed before the planet actually blew up?

I am looking for the total broadcast time (NOT the time passed in-universe) it took for planet Namek to explode.

Excluding:

OP and ED theme time
Commercials
Events happening concurrently with the Frieza battle

But including:

Fillers (the concurrent event rule applies here as well)

Starting from:

When Frieza says that it will take five minutes

Ending when:

The planet actually blows up

Interestingly enough, the TVTropes link I linked in the comments had the answer

  Taken to insanity during Goku's fight with Freeza. Freeza destroys the
  core and gives the planet five minutes until implosion. Ten episodes
  (approximately three hours of screentime for each of the scenes that
  are playing out simultaneously) and over three hundred lines of dialog
  for the two fighters later the planet finally collapses.

So there you go.

10 episodes
3 hours (roughly)
100 lines of dialog

although, apparently it was

  Lampshaded snarkily in the dub. With ten episodes to go, Frieza has a
  line to the effect that the planet is "a tough one... it'll probably
  last another two minutes."


What are some free streaming services besides Crunchyroll which stream English Dubbed shows? According to my information, Crunchyroll provides streams of anime and is legal. It has tons of anime, most of them are only english subbed. The biggest issue regarding Crunchyroll is that most of the anime are not available in all regions of the world.

I would like to know the names of a few free alternatives to Crunchyroll which have English dubbed anime and are legal.

MyAnimeList compiled a list of The 18 Best International Sites to Legally Stream Anime. They do mention a few that offer dubs (and they mention Crunchyroll offers some dubbed titles), and they also mention the region availability. Not all of them are free, but most of these will offer at least some free content:

Funimation, Availability: US and Canada
AnimeLab, Availability: Australia and New Zealand
Hanabee, Availability: Australia and New Zealand
Hulu, Availability: US
Amazon, Availability: Global
The Anime Network, Availability: NA and UK
Animax TV, Availability: UK and Ireland
Manga Entertainment, Availability: UK and US
MyAnimeList, Availability: Global (dependent on title)
Anime Serien, Availability: Global (note: this site is not a streaming site, but rather one that helps you locate legal streams for anime subbed/dubbed in various European languages)


What is this song that plays in Hunter x Hunter? I can't find it anywhere, but it's played 3 separate times...

20:48 season 1 episode 26 "then x and x after"
16:44 season 2 episode 11 "ging x and x gon"
18:47 season 3 episode 10 "very x sharp x eye"

The soundtrack isn't included in the original soundtrack CD, so it is unreleased, you can't search it by soundtrack name. This list shows you soundtracks included in every episodes. See ep. 37 because ep. 26 doesn't have a list (cuz it's a filler, doesn't include in either Blu-ray or DVD).


Is there a continuation of Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor? I finished watching the second season of Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor, and seeing how it ended it seems like there may be a continuation since there are some questions left unanswered at the end:

   1) Amber seemed to have wanted Hei to know the prophecy so did she wanted Hei to seal Hell's Gate in Season 1 solely to prevent it
 2) Yin says for Hei to "Take her Life", since Hei's Powers are actually Pi's because she fused with him (her power being able to manipulate matter at the atomic level apparently) and Hei was only seen with his hand outreach at the end so is Yin now fused with Hei like Pi
 3) Those 2 Doll Twins had the same kind of Specter that Yin had where instead of a blob they had a human from and they said they was going to a 3rd gate that has just appeared so what is the 3rd gate and why has it appeared after the first 2
 4) There's the unknown being that would be born which is probably that child that came out of the coffin but also there's a huge black monolith extending out of Hell's Gate so does it has a connection to the kid

I'm wondering if there is a continuation and what form it is in (anime or manga). Since most anime are adaptations of manga, does a manga continuation already exists? And if so, are there any plans to adapt it into an anime?

According to both Wikipedia and MyAnimeList, there has not been any sequel produced to Darker than Black: Ryuusei no Gemini. There is a 4 episode OVA prequel, produced after Gemini, Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha Gaiden, which fills in the gap between the first and second season.

There is also no continuation in any other form. Darker than Black was originally produced as an anime. There was a short manga adaptation, but it really only adapted the first season of the anime. There was, however, an original manga
continuation of that manga series, titled Darker than Black: Shikkoku no Hana. It is not an adaptation of Ryuusei no Gemini, but replaces Gemini completely.

To the best of my knowledge, there have not been any further announcements of other continuations of the franchise, and the most recent activity was over 2 years ago. It's certainly still possible that they intend to produce another series, but there is no news confirming any such intentions so it seems unlikely.


TV Saint Seiya Prologue theme In Sanctuary chapter, after opening, there is a prologue for the events of the last episode. I can't find the name of that music theme, and "Galaxian Wars" is not that I'm looking for.

I think this is the one you are looking for: Intense! Cosmo


Kakashi's Mangekyou Sharingan Obito starts using his Mangekyou as soon as he unlocks it,unlike Kakashi.

Did Kakashi not know he had the Mangekyou?Or did he keep it hidden?

Just to clarify, the Mangekyo sharingan unlocked when Rin died. Thus, Kakashi does know that he has the ability to use Mangekyo sharingan the whole time through the series. Thus, he does know he has the Mangekyo.

Regarding whether he kept it hidden or not is up to the viewer's discretion. There's another thread that was open a few years ago on When did Kakashi first use his Mangekyo sharingan, an excellent thread to see what other people think.

Personally, I'd say he tried to keep it hidden since he still couldn't properly wield it properly, and would be in danger


What is the name of the musical piece that plays in One Piece episode 722 at 13:54? There was a soundtrack piece playing in the episode 722 of One Piece. It started playing at 13 minutes and 54 seconds in.  What is the name of that piece?  It starts playing when Luffy rushes Doflamingo saying that once the latter's defeated, everything will be okay.

P.S. If the name of that song specifically is within another song (an example being the piece "Difficult" being composed of both the songs "Shichibukai" and "Mr. Prince"), please specify the song part specifically.

The name of the OST you're looking for is Sanji vs Captain Honki and is from One Piece Movie 7: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle.

It is Track 35 in the Movie 7 OST list.

You can listen to the OST here.


Who is the person behind Roka ?? In the following screenshot was taken in Episode 3 (16:26) of D-Fragment series. In that time, Roka Shibasaki seem role-playing herself as some sort of director in Japan. I would like to know who is the person she trying to portray ???

I am terrible at physiognomy but it looks like Akira Kurosawa.


How much of Teekyuu is actually about Tennis or the Tennis club? The premise for the Teekyuu anime says it's about 4 girls in the tennis club, and during some of the episodes of the first season they actually play some tennis, but it seems after that nothing revolves around tennis or the club. It could have been about any 4 girls in any school who were friends.

Does the source material (manga) have more to do with sports and tennis? The manga doesn't look like it's 4-koma and seems kind of a weird to adapt it as 2 minute long episodes as an anime.

Agh, I didn't read the question fully. The following answers the question for the anime series - not the manga:

Not much. It's hard to definitively say how much, but let's give it a go based on the CrunchyRoll descriptions. Because they're so short, they're pretty comprehensive of what happens.

This will be a reasonably loose attempt at collation - the actual times they play an entire game is much less.

Season 1 (5/12):

Teaching Yuri how to play tennis is harder than herding cats. YES
Takamiya Nasuna has returned to play tennis, but first they have to harvest the court. YES
Bando Marimo means well, but she has a soul of an old man… a perverted old man
Kanae has invited the club to her house... things get awkward from here.
All jokes aside, Nasuno decides to get serious and play at her full strength! YES
The girls enjoy a day at the pool by themselves.
The club needs new members! YES
Nasuno wants to create something "special" for her father's birthday.
Marimo gets a... job?
The showers at school are broken so the club visit the public baths.
Let’s go to a festival!
The club is finally back to practicing but when they lose their only ball… YES

Season 2 (4/12):

The four members of tennis club are asked to help with a bean throwing event by Kanae's cousin, who works at a nursery school. Concerned the children are frightened of her, Marimo receives advice from the principal, but...
Kondo-san from the newspaper clubs asks to interview the tennis club. Can the excited upperclassmen properly show off the activities of the tennis club?! YES
At Nasuno's suggestion, the four girls go on an overnight trip together. However, as expected, there's something strange about the method of transportation and lodging arranged by Nasuno...
After finishing practice on their overnight trip and recharging themselves in the bath, the four girls hold a hot springs table tennis tournament. How will the gradually escalating battle end? YES
On the final day of their trip, the tourist spot the manager told the girls about turns out to be a silver mine! And what event occurs on the bus on their way home...?
When Nasuno suddenly declares she wants a pet, she and the other members head to the pet store where they find unbelievable animals!
The day of the sports festival has arrived. Having entered a club relay race, the members come together to try to win, but...
When Kanae becomes upset over her short stature, Nasuno takes her to a ranch. Will milking a cow make her taller!?
One day, the four girls take on the base ball club with their right to use the tennis court on the line. Certain character appears to fill their roster, turning it into a white hot battle! YES
At the bottom of the first inning with bases loaded and two outs, batter Kanae breaks out a certain pose! And finally, the conclusion! YES
One night, a mysterious flying object crash lands at Marimo's house. From the dazzlingly bright light appears an alien who calls himself "Tomalin!"
Kanae and Yuri go to an udon restaurant with coupons they received from Kondo-san. However, there's nothing ordinary about this udon restaurant!

Season 3 (3/12):

Nasuno-senpai takes everyone skiing. On what kind of course did the four skiing beginners end up?!
When it starts pouring rain, everyone seeks shelter at Kanae's house. On their way home, Kanae is struck by a bolt of lightning and uses her superpower "Kana Kana Wave"...
Nasuno is saved from a group of seemingly terrifying hooligans by a high school student named Yota. However, another group of assassins appears!
At the suggestion of a long-haired Nasuno and short-haired Kanae, Yuri accompanies them to a salon. What NEW hairstyles does she see during her trip?!
The group heads to the shrine for their first visit of the New Year. After drinking some amazake, Yuri runs out of control and things turn dire!?
Nasuno's bakery is 300 million yen in debt?! The girls try coming up with a new menu for the reconstruction of the store, but...
A story of Yuri as a third year middle school student. After making it into Kameido High School, Yuri tries to join the tennis team, but... YES
When Kanae's strings break the gang heads to a tennis supply store. The store stocks nothing but unusual strings. Which strings will Kanae choose? YES
Yuri encounters the lingering spirit of her uncle at his funeral. Somehow her uncle takes control of her body, and...
While Marimo is playing games at home, she is suddenly sucked into the game world through her TV. Will Marimo make it safely back to her own world?
The national tennis tournament has begun! What secret strategy does Kanae use against the formidable Usagikame High?! YES
The fearsome final exams are approaching. The girls gather at Kanae's house to study.

There is 7 seasons of this and also 11 tankobans - so I think I will stop before I waste my entire evening - but I think it's clear that the majority ( > 50% ) of time is spent on non-tennis-related items.


Did the Mass Production EVA Series make use of souls, like "normal" EVAs? We know that an Evangelion needs a soul at it's center to operate normally, such as Yui being the soul of EVA Unit 01, and part of Asuka's mother being in EVA Unit 02. If the EVA Unit does not have a soul, then it would start bezerking like EVA Unit 00 during the testing phase of the EVA Series.

Now, for me, this raised another question, did the EVA Series (Mass production EVAs) use souls as well? Or were they "soulless"? Like how they were pilotless, and were "reliant" on the Dummy Plug system?

The only kind of answer for questions like this is "nobody knows for sure" (probably not even Hideaki Anno). While there is a precedence for souls being in an Eva's core, it's not definitively stated or implied that the mass production Eva's all have souls. We know in the case with Eva-03, that it's likely there was a soul put into the core that was "compatible" with Toji (Episode 17, Ritsuko and Gendo's conversation about the test at Matsushiro), perhaps his mother's? We also know that when the dummy system was activated in Eva-01, that there was a soul (Yui's) in that core, we know it can work with souls but we don't know for sure whether the soul is required.

One theory supposes that based on Kaworu's statement about the AT Field being the "light of the soul", which seems to imply that a soul is required to produce an AT Field. In the case with humans, the AT Field simply keeps the body together (otherwise we turn into orange goo) but in order to generate large/strong AT fields that can block weapons and make you levitate at an Eva's scale, there needs to be a soul in the core. Taking this into account however, we can see that none of the mass production Evas seem to display any ability to generate that kind of AT Field (though they do generate an Anti-AT Field later), so who knows.

If I had to make an unsubstantiated guess, I'd say there were souls there but we'll never know whose they were. One particularly sadistic theory, using the Toji + Toji's mother's soul in Eva-03 lead, says that the souls in the mass production Evas are that of the mothers of the students in class 3-A and that the bodies in side the dummy plugs are those of those students. There's not that much to back up such a theory, though.

EDIT:

Something that I forgot to mention, during the 2nd half of the End of Evangelion, during part of the instrumentality ritual the Mass Production Evas pierce open their own cores:

This happens during the sequence where the rest of humanity are getting turned into LCL and their souls released, which is in the form of a red glowing orb.

Some people believe that the piercing of the core is to release the soul that's inside it. In one couple of frames you can see that it glows red after the core is pierced:

So in a sense, this is their way of letting the human souls that are trapped inside their cores free in order to take part in instrumentality. Additionally, afterwards, the MPE's are all seen completely immobile, either because their role in the ritual is over, or without the resident soul inside the core, there is nothing for the dummy plugs to sync with.


Are there any reasons why Light killed the FBI agent? This is a question that comes to my mind every time I watch Death Note or talks to someone else about Death Note and it is bothering me.

In the beginning, Light went out of his way to kill that one FBI agent on the bus and therefore caused L to suspect him and started the whole sequence of events of eventually discovering the existence of the death note. If Light hadn't killed that FBI agent and just kept writing names down in the notebook in his room, nothing would have happened.

Was the killing of the FBI agent something that the creator put in just to progress the story or is there an actual legit reason why Light had to do this?

Please, guys, don't give a theoretical answer like "It was because of Light's personality" or "Light wanted to tell the world to not follow L" or something like that, if it is because of this then the creator just did it to advance the plot.

It was a move to try and destroy the entire investigation against him as well as prevent crucial facts from being reported.

At this point, L had used some tactics to determine a few things about Kira.  Among them that Kira lived in a certain region of Japan and that he had access to police information.  Given that, the list of suspects was short.  And given how L deduced that Kira was probably a student, given the timings of killings, etc. that list was only going to get shorter.  Light needed to eliminate L and the investigation as soon as possible so he could kill freely.

Light, through Ryuk, found out that someone was following him and investigating him.  But he was unaware who it was.  He then concocted the bus scheme to force his follower to reveal his identity, learning that he was an FBI agent.

Now knowing that the FBI agents were in Japan, Light followed a similar path in logic to what L took, that they must be investigating those close to the Japanese police.  He also correctly assumed that the police did not know about the FBI's investigation.  He then determined that if the Japanese police became aware of the FBI and thus L's investigation into them, it would cause distrust between L and the police.  This would then hopefully remove any local help L would get.  In addition, it could also scare off anyone else from the international community from interfering with Kira.  At any rate, reducing the number of people Light had to contend with increased his chances of coming out of all this alive.

Also, Light knew he would be under greater suspicion after the FBI agent revealed himself.  Those FBI agents were never supposed to reveal themselves as FBI agents at all.  It would be somewhat suspicious, especially to L, that one was forced to do so.  As such, if L were to find out that the FBI agent had to reveal himself to Light who was already a suspect, it would further increase the suspicion of Light as Kira.  Light knew this and thus needed to kill the FBI agent prior to that information being reported.

So by killing the FBI agent Light accomplished a few things.  One he put the police at odds with L.  Second he reduced the number of people investigating.  And third he was able to prevent critical information from getting reported.


What's this anime film involving a phone's ringtone? I can't remember the title or the name of any of the characters and it's driving me nuts @-@

It's an anime film around half an hour long, and I think it was part of some kind of anime film festival or contest (?). I'm not sure.

The film is a fairly recent one, I believe it was released around 2012 or 2013.

This is what I can remember about it, though I'm not sure if it's 100% accurate. It's not necessarily in order:

The MC is a boy who has two friends and I think they talk about an anime or a manga a lot. Anyway, there are three girls the MC takes notice of. They're talking when the phone of one of the girls rings. Her friends comment about her ringtone being dull. Later, the girl leaves for a bit and her friends change her ringtone as a prank.

During class, the girl's phone rings again and she is surprised at the ringtone, which is a piano song.

The MC hears it and he keeps note of the song.

After class, the girl gets mad at her two friends, but she forgives them later on.

The next scene I remember is where the MC and his friends are talking, and his friends go home ahead of him. He stays behind at school and starts playing the song in the girl's phone on an app in his phone. The girl hears it and gets surprised, then she asks him not to play that song. The MC then asks her for the song title and the girl says she made it herself. The MC praises the girl but stops since she clearly doesn't want to do anything with the song.

The MC then goes home and goes to sleep.

That night, he has a dream. The dream is about a female doll or something, a tower and there are three multi-coloured glasses.

I also remember a scene where the girl has drawings about this exact same dream, but I don't remember how the MC got those drawings u_u

There's also this scene where the MC and girl are talking, and then the boy mentions the colours of the three glasses. The girl asks him how he knew the colours, and he says he saw it in her drawing. The girl pulls the drawing out and apparently, the drawing isn't coloured. The MC realizes that it was from the dream and the girl is shocked that they had the same dream.

The girl then lets the boy listen to some recordings in her phone. It turns out that the song from earlier wasn't made by her but it was from her dream. Her mother thought she was going crazy because of the dream and had her gone through therapy.

There's another scene where a boy who is in love with the main girl fights the MC for "stealing his girlfriend" or something.

There's another scene where the MC accidentally rips the drawing of the girl and he draws another one as a replacement. The MC apologizes and gives the girl the substitute he made, and the girl says something along the lines of "We're the same" or something.

Anyway, sorry about how long and messy this is >_<" I just really want to know what the title is. Any help is appreciated!

Harmonie is the anime you're looking for.

Synopsis (MyAnimeList)

Every person has his or her own little world. Among the 34 bustling students of classroom 2-1, there are many such worlds.
Honjou Akio's world—my world—is filled with passionate talk about last night's anime with Yoshida, Watanabe, and other friends. It's an fun, comfortable place... But, I always wonder. Wonder about the world of Makina Juri, smiling and surrounded by gorgeous friends on the other side of the classroom.
One day, I enter her world. But it's not as simple as it sounds.

Synopsis (IMDB)

A girl's phone rings during a class. A boy tries to reproduce the ringtone and this becomes the spark that makes them meet, dream together and discover each other personal world.


Does Shirou ever learn about Illyasviel being Kiritsugu's daughter? Does it ever get explored in any of the materials? Does he ever find out?  It seems like she knows about him.

In the Heaven's Feel route, yes, as she says she is in the True End:

   After Shirou kills Kotomine and is about to sacrifice himself to stop the Greater Grail, Ilya appears wearing the Dress of Heaven planning to shut it down herself. Here she tells Shirou that it's her duty as his older sister to protect him.

In the Unlimited Blade Works route, however, she doesn't

   as when Shirou and Rin go to recruit her to help fight Caster, Gilgamesh has already arrived before them, defeated Berserker, and ripped out Ilya's heart, killing her.

I am unsure about the Fate Route; to my recollection, Shirou doesn't find out (am currently replaying) and I have yet to play Fate/Hollow Ataraxia. However, because it also has hints of all the Fate/Stay Night routes in it, I would assume the knowledge of Ilya and Shirou being adopted siblings is assumed.

   Of course, Ilya won't admit this to Shirou anyway in Fate/Hollow Ataraxia as the Shirou in it is not actually Shirou but Avenger assuming Shirou's form and Ilya seems to be aware of the False Grail War.


How is possible Moro can defeat super saiyan blues but Majin Buu can fight him? Ok, so Moro can't absorb Majin Buu ki like he did with Goku and Vegeta. That still doesnt explain why at the begining of the fight when Vegeta power wasnt absorbed yet, he could fight at the level of him. Is Moro actually weak and his powerful magic attacks is energy borrowed from the Earth and magic and stuff? That still doesnt explain his resistance to hold a super saiyan blue. Does he have magic tricks for increasing his resistance with characters who dont have magic? Did Majin Buu grow stronger than a SSJ3? The question which sums it all up is,

How is possible Moro can defeat super saiyan blues but Majin Buu can fight him?

Majin Buu  contains with in him the Grand Supreme Kai. The Grand Supreme Kai is, within his universe, second only in strength to the god of destruction (or possibly even stronger, remember Whis, a member of the same race, is said to be much stronger then Berus).It's also worth noting that the reason the supreme Kai lost is not because kid/pure Buu was stronger, he just absorbed him before he could react (he was actually holding his own very well). The resulting fat buu is only weaker then pure Buu because fat Buu was lazy and childish.
We also don't know how strong Moro is in comparison to a fully powered super sayian blue: remember he stole their energy and weakened them. The fan base have suggested he is somewhere between super sayian 3 and god. SSJ3 Goku was only slightly stronger then Fat Buu and could not defeat him due to Buu's unlimited stamina. A powered up Fat Buu could easily contend with a SSJ3.5 Lv enemy.

So now we have the second strongest being in the universe stored within fat buu staring to awaken again from within fat Buu. This is why he was able to beat Moro: He's still the Supreme Grand Kai. He was the sole controller/guardian and overseer of universe 7.


Why Chimera Ants who were created from humans have the physical appearance of animals? If I understand correctly, the Ant Queen can pass the genes of what she eats to her offsprings. And also, IIRC, she ate humans and created chimera ants like Colt, Peggy and Meleoron. These ants resemble a Condor, a Chameleon and a penguin, but they werent created eating animals but humans. How is this possible? Why Chimera Ants who were created from humans have the physical appearance of animals?

I found a question on Reddit referring to exactly that.
Based on fan theories, they believe that since NGL is one giant nature preserve, the ant queen had access to all types of animals early on. The ant chimeras she makes then randomly inherit the animal genes she ingested.

Gearfire describes the process pretty well:

  That most likely has to do with the differences between Genotype and Phenotype. Just because the Chimera Ants were composed of mostly human DNA and genes doesn't mean that those genes are the ones that are physically expressed. The varied appearance of the ants seems to me like proof that human genes were not dominant in terms of outward appearance.


Who's Brook supposed to be in this image? In this image, we can see:

Luffy as Captain America
Robin as Agent Maria Hill
Frankie as Iron Man
Nami as Black Widow
Chopper as Hulk
Sanji as Nick Fury
Zoro as Thor
Usopp as Hawkeye

But, I don't know who Brook should be...

Just found out who he should be!

It's Agent Phillip "Phil" Coulson being pierced by Loki

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vK0FPtYTvY#t=16


Is mastered Ultra Instinct the same as Super Saiyan Silver? V Jump magazine has released a picture of Goku with silver hair and a lot of people in the web is talking about "Super Saiyan Silver" and that it has to be mastered Ultra Instinct.

Is there any official confirmation or refutation that mastered Ultra Instinct is Super Saiyan Silver?

The answer to your question would be "yes" and "no"! The transformation is called Mastered Ultra Instinct and not Super Saiyan Silver, while the color of Goku's hair is Silver (can be compared to the Super Saiyan God transformation).

Akira Toriyama's original designs for the same have also been released. Also, the designs of new figurines of this Mastered Ultra Instinct transformation have been released. Scans also indicate that Mastered Ultra Instinct Goku is also going to be included in the new DLC for Xenoverse 2.


Why do Kurama and Gyuki appear as chakra while other bijuu don't? In Naruto, Kurama (the Nine-tailed bijuu) appears as chakra, as does Killer B's bijuu, Gyuki.

Other bijuu, however, don't appear that way. What is different between them?

The difference is that those are different stages of transformation, or different Jinchuuriki forms.
As you probably have seen, Killer B can also do a partial transformation, similar to the one shown on your image of Gaara:

Naruto, however, has not been able to do a partial or full transformation yet. He has been able to do a Tailed Beast Transformation, but in that one Kurama still appears as chakra:

As for the case of Isobu, he generally appears in that form because he was not sealed (at that moment) inside anyone. Thus, he appears in his full transformation form.

So basically, from what I've been able to gather, the different levels of transformation are as follows (I will use Naruto as my example):
- Initial form: in which the Jinchuuriki is simply enveloped in Bijuu chakra. Naruto's transformations shown in the first anime series generally fit into this stage.
- Version 1 of transformation: in which (in Naruto's case) up to three tails are are shown, in addition to the initial form's chakra cloak.
- Version 2 of transformation: the one shown in Naruto's fight against Pain, in which the Kyuubi's skeleton and up to (I think) 8 tails were shown.
- Partial Transformation: Naruto's partial transformation happened when Pain tried to seal him with Chibaku Tensei. However, in Naruto's case, he had no control whatsoever over the Bijuu. Different examples of this stage are Killer B's case (the image above) and Gaara's (the image on your question).
- Full Bijuu Form: Which Naruto has not been able to perform yet. Killer B however, has been seen to do this frequently and without much effort.

There are also the two most powerful transformations that Naruto was able to do (Kyuubi Chakra Mode and Bijuu Mode), but I do not know where those fit in the above 'scale' of transformations.
Plus, Version 1 and 2 are (as explained above) specific to Naruto's case. However, there is an intermediate stage between the initial form and the partial transformation stages for any Jinchuuriki, in which, proportionally to how powerful the form is, a certain (growing) number of tails appears.

When in initial form, the Jinchuuriki only accesses some of the Bijuu's chakra, but still needs little control over it. In Versions 1, 2 and in the Partial Transformation, if the Jinchuuriki does not have a good control over the Bijuu, he will lose control and consciousness, giving in to the Bijuu's will (which is precisely what happened with Naruto when fighting Pain).
To be able to do Partial or Full Transformations, the Jinchuuriki needs to have 'tamed the beast', and also to have very good control of chakra, in order to balance his (Jinchuuriki's) and the Bijuu's chakra.

On a side note, Naruto Wiki puts Killer B's Full Transformation Mode alongside Naruto's Bijuu Mode, giving them both the same name (Bijuu Mode). However, I am unsure as to why this is, because it seems weird that Naruto's Full Mode would look so different from all the other Jinchuuriki's.
Plus, his page there is the only one where both terms (Full [Bijuu number] Mode and Bijuu Form) appear. In Jinchuuriki 1 through 7, only the term Full [Bijuu number] Mode appears, in Killer B's case only Bijuu Mode (Tailed Beast Mode) appears, and in Naruto's case both terms appear.


Do the class cards physically exist in the main Fate universe? In the Prisma Illya universe, the class cards (cf. below) are physically real magical items. But what about in the "main" Fate universe, where Fate/stay night is set? Do the class cards physically exist there (even perhaps in some non-magical capacity)?

We do see a fair bit of them in the VN, but never "in-universe", per se, at least as far as I remember - we mostly see them as illustrations to accompany explanations given to Shirou, without any actual indication that they are physically present.

I would have thought that the class cards don't physically exist there, but I just had a look at the first OP for DEEN/stay night, and there's a shot there of Kirei holding the cards (cf. video). Not that DEEN/stay night should necessarily be taken at face value, but it does make me wonder.

These cards only appear in the Prisma Illya universe as physical objects. In all other works in Nasuverse (Fate/stay night, etc.), these cards are only used to explain the situation of the Servants and the Holy Grail War. They never appear as physical objects, but only as visual aid to the story.


Can Bakugo keep up with Midoriya's One for All? In the manga,

   Midoriya is already able to use 20% of One for All. And after he got his new quirk, Bakugo offered himself to corner him and push him to see if he could manifest his new quirk again. It seems that Bakugo while still being a teenager is already able to keep up with Midoriya's One for All at 20%. One would assume that while he continues to grow and become an adult, he will increase his power even more.

Can Bakugo keep up with Midoriya's One for All?

Can Bakugo keep up with the sheer output of power from Midoriya's One-for-All as he gradually scales it towards a possible 100% ? Less likely.

However he doesn't have to. Bakugo is portrayed as a naturally talented prodigy with great reflexes and self-confidence, while Midoriya is more inclined towards being a strategist with his detailed hero assessment notes.

While sparring Bakugo is able to get the upper hand by breaking the regular pattern, which throws Midoriya off-guard shifting the balance of the fight and ends up besting him. While a 100% One-for-All speed and strength wielding Deku (a potential All Might scenario) might be too much to deal with, it needs to be considered that Bakugo could still grow in ways yet to be shown in the manga to match his rival.


Could Hidan possibly get out of his hole? I'm just wondering, in the episode where Hidan lost his head against the Konoha jounin, which he killed eventually (forgot the name). There is a scene where he lost his head, and his body is still moving, looking for the head. Until Kakuzu stitched Hidan's head to his body. Then in the scene where Shikamaru buried him, Hidan is literally disconnected with his body (or did some of his parts even get vaporized?) But his head is still working. Supposing his body parts could still move on its own regardless if they are not connected with a central nervous system, could Hidan "chew", "claw", "divide" his way out of the hole? and then from some bit make himself whole again? His becoming whole again would incur maybe centuries, lets just say that somehow his tissues would become whole again over time. The topic would be, if he could get out of the mound which Shikamaru created from him.

It is impossible for Hidan to crawl out of his hole.

His body was destroyed. When he was captured by Shikamaru, his body was exploded using exploding tags, leaving only his head. So, having his body digging the hole would be impossible.
While Hidan is immortal, he doesn't seems to possess healing ability. This is proofed by the fact that he needs Kakuzu to stitch his head back to his body. He can't do this himself by means of regeneration. So, it'd be impossible for him to regenerate his already lost body and have it dig for him.
He was buried several meters underground. It wasn't said how many meters but from the image shown in the manga and the anime, I'd say it is about 3 meters or more with the diameter approximately 1 meter. So using the formula for tube volume, pi x r x r x h, we get 3.14 x 0.5 x 0.5 x 3, which is 2.356 meter cubic of soil. 1 meter cubic of soil is about 1,200 kg, so that means he have 2,827.433 kg of soil weighing his head.
Digging from inside is an impossible task. When digging from outside, you move the mass from one place to another. However, since his head is surrounded by soil, suppose that he use his mouth to try digging, he would not have place to put the soil away, not to mention that when he do so, the soil above would fall down. His option would be to swallow it, but I doubt he would be able to swallow 2,800 kg of soil and then using his mouth to climb out of the hole.
Hidan is buried in a forest belonging to the Nara clan. Suppose that somehow he managed to climb his way up, as implied by Shikamaru when he buried Hidan, the deer in that forest would contact the Nara clan and someone would send his head back into the hole and bury him again.
He can't wait for centuries. Naruto Second Fanbook stated that while Hidan is indeed still alive, he is dying from malnutrition.


Does the Trio of Elemia actually exists? in Phase 2 we find out Bishop Falss is in fact Kyle Clancy, a former Apostle of Elemia from Platina who sought to release Mir before he was stopped and belived dead.

Radof says that the church had been mislead in that the Trio of Elemia was in fact Mir and Kyle knew that all along which was how he minipulated them.

But the Church existed before Kyle fall to the Wings of Horus, also one of them appeared in Aurica's Cosmosphere and said she was their descended but Kyle said that Aurica is the daughter of Mir.

So i am wondering, is the Trio of Elemia real? or was Aurica's story about their rule in the past a miss-conception from back before Mir began to hate humans (when she crafted Harmonious)

The Trio of Elemia are actual mythological figures in Ar Ciel that existed far before the Towers were even in planning stages: they are the protagonists of the first myth to ever have been told in that planet (Stelliarhythm - Festival of the Stars), and they were the first three demigoddesses to have been created by the Wills of the Planet shortly after humanity was created. Each of the three sisters had power over an element: Eolia could control the wind, Frelia the earth and Tilia the water; and since they were what gave hope to the newborn humanity and allowed them to continue exist, they were revered ever since. This is also the reason why the three Origin Reyvateils are named after each of the three mythical sisters: Shurelia (true name: Eolia), Frelia and Tilia.

However, the Tilia that appeared in the game was no more than a disguise Mir used to get Aurica and Lyner to cooperate in the plans for her resurrection, and Aurica has zero relationship to Mir aside of them both having similar enough mental wave frequencies that the Tower mistakenly assigned her a copy of Mir's Hymn Code. The only reason Mir says that is because she considers all Reyvateils except for Shurelia and the Star Singers as her daughters during her hatred-filled phase. Mir already grew out of it, as a comment she made in the official fan-site Ar Portal reveals she doesn't want to be associated with Aurica in any way, and even feared what would have happened if she ended having Aurica's personality after she took over her.


Cumber red ki, is his regular ki or is it a transformation? In Dragon Ball, all saiyans have white/transparent ki with the exception of Vegita in a few chapters of Dragon Ball Z where he had light blue ki, and Goku Black who had black/violet/transparent ki before transforming into super saiyan Rose. What is Cumber red ki about then?  is Cumber red ki his regular ki or is it a transformation?

The Dark Aura which surrounds Kanba here is just his ordinary ki which is supposedly considered to be a dark evil Ki. if you look at the Dragon Ball Heroes Universe Mission 3 trailer, you can see Kanba as a Regular Super Saiyan at the 0:09-0:10 second mark.Hence it is fair to assume that is Kanba's ki in his Base form. I have also attached an image of the same below.


What is the release order of the Captain Tsubasa anime? I am trying to watch Captain Tsubasa online but there is a big mess between the Japanese way of calling the series and the American way.

I can't figure out, for example, why Captain Tsubasa J starts from episode 13 on every website I see, or if that is even a series.

Is there a map of how the series and the episodes were really created in Japan and how they are supposed to be watched in sequence?

It is best to watch the captain-tsubasa series in the order they where released. Which would be

1983 ~ 1986: Captain Tsubasa (TV Series)
*1985/07/13: Captain Tsubasa: Europa Daikessen (Movie)
*1985/12/21: Captain Tsubasa: Ayaushi! Zen Nippon Jr. (Movie)
*1986/03/15: Captain Tsubasa: Asu ni Mukatte Hashire! (Movie)
*1986/07/12: Captain Tsubasa: Sekai Daikessen!! Jr. World Cup (Movie)
*1989 ~ 1990: Shin Captain Tsubasa (OVA Series)
*1994: Captain Tsubasa: Saikyou no Teki! Holland Youth (OVA)
1994 ~ 1995: Captain Tsubasa J (TV Series)
2001 ~ 2002: Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 (TV Series: officially known as simply Captain Tsubasa and Captain Tsubasa: Road to Dream)

If you want to watch the series alone without the movies and OVAs, the order would be

Captain Tsubasa (1983-1986)
Captain Tsubasa J
Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 (also known as Captain Tsubasa and Captain Tsubasa: Road to Dream)


What is Kurumi's Gender? In Sundome, was Kurumi a transsexual boy before? I remember reading that in an early chapter Kurumi revealed that she used to be a boy before to the main character. Also she claimed to have the same father as him, kind of curious don't you think?

Kurumi is a girl, she told the main character that she used to be a boy, but it turned out she was just messing with him.

We can be fairly certain that there was no more to the joke as whilst the main character was stressing out and trying to judge his feelings on the matter, Kurumi had forgotten all about it by the time he approached her again about it.

The claim about sharing a father was similarly false


What does it mean exactly that the Ackerman clan can manifest "the power of the Titans" as humans, without becoming a Titan? In the Attack on Titan wikia they say that the Ackerman clan can "manifest "the power of the Titans" as humans, without becoming a Titan". What does this mean exactly? The titans have regeneration and a huge strenght which I doubt the Ackerman clan have, even if they are above average humans. So, what would those powers be then?

Spoilers:

 In AoT: It was said that the attack titan is able to see the memories of the past and future users. It is also said that the Ackerman's are able to draw upon the collective knowledge of past Ackermans. One of the main reasons he's so good against the titans, the same with Mikasa. But since she's younger she hasn't had as much time to see their memories as Levi has. (Will update with sources when I find them) In the meantime, I hope this helped.


All Supreme Kais died except Eastern Supreme Kai. Why new ones were not chosen? Only Eastern Supreme Kai is left, why he does all the job? There's supposed to be 4 Supreme Kais and 1 Grand Kai

We know the answer to this in the Majin Buu Saga in Dragon Ball Z. While Shin lived in the sacred world of the Kai's, Bibidi(Note: Babidi's father), targetted them and wanted to kill them. So he unleashed Majin Buu(Note: Kid Buu, his actual form) on them who ended up killing the North and West Supreme Kai. Kid Buu apparently then absorbed the Southern Supreme Kai and ended up transforming into Super Buu.Finally, whle this monster went after Shin and the Grand Supreme Kai. The Grand Supreme Kai intervened and was absorbed, which turned Buu into the Fat Majin Buu(The playful Buu we see the first time Babidi summons Buu). Hence he spared Shin's life. Shin later caught Bibidi off guard and destroyed him while Buu was in a ball and later hid the ball under the surface of the Earth. Since all the 4 supreme Kai's had died, Shin became known as simply the Supreme Kai who lived along with his body guard Kibito in the world of the Kai's.
This clip shows the scene where Shin narrates the same.With regard to why new Supreme Kai's weren't picked, there isn't a definite explanation as to why. I believe this theory of  multiple Supreme Kai's has been retconned for the sake of simplicity. Here are a few reasons whyIn the Universe Survival Arc, we see only 1 Supreme Kai from every Universe and they are referred to as "Supreme Kai" and not "Grand Supreme Kai" .The first reason indeed isn't completely factual but if you look at the episode where Goku, Beerus and Whis go to the Sacred World of the Kai's in Universe 10, we see Gowasu with only his apprentice Zamasu. We don't see any other Supreme Kais. Also, it would make sense for Gowasu to train Zamasu to make him a Grand Supreme Kai. He was training to become a Supreme Kai. So if other Supreme Kais exist, they obviously could've trained him instead.Shin is considered to be the weakest and least experienced Supreme Kai compared to the Supreme Kais across the multiverse. It wouldn't make sense for them to recruit a few more Supreme Kais(More inexperienced than him, because if they were more experienced, they would end up becoming the Grand Supreme Kai.Going back to the Future Trunks Arc. Zamasu only tried to kill Gowasu(In the present timeline). There is no mention of him trying to kill other Supreme Kai's in the same universe.Finally the best reason why I think this theory has been completely retconned is based on Episode 55. In this Episode, Whis states that The "Kaioshin and Hakaishin(In Singular) are a set" when Goku asks was curious at to Beerus was concerned about ShinOf course, this argument is indeed debatable and the only one who could give a definite answer would be the writers themselves. However, based on the information we have. I think it is fair to assume that this theory has been retconned for simplicity reasons.


Is there some source as to what Taiga did during the skipped year in the last episode of Toradora? Taiga goes elsewhere for more than a whole year, entirely skipped in the anime narrative. What the hell was she doing, achieved or solved?

As a clue, the ep. 25 aftercredits preview has her in the voiceover saying she will now Show Ryuji her way of doing things.

Probably it is too pathetic to assume that her way is just running away for 300+ days just to blow steam.

Anywhere to shed light on the matter?

I found a perfect answer to this question on Reddit (edited to make it a bit more presentable):

  It's for two reasons I know of:

  It completes her character arc. The entire reason she was such a mess at the beginning of the show and the whole reason she needed to learn through Ryuuji how to have basic interactions with other people without being a rude, condescending, violent bitch is because of her wrecked home life and broken upbringing. By the end of the show, she's matured a lot. When Ryuuji inadvertently damages his own home life in the last 2 episodes, Taiga watches him get up and fix it in a matter of days. It only makes sense for Taiga to decide at this point that she has to come full circle: She has to go face the issues that started all of her problems now that she's mature enough to do so. She has to go home and mend her relationship with her mother and step-siblings, and she does.
  Two, because it symbolizes equality in her relationship with Ryuuji. Throughout the show, their relationship is actually rather unhealthy, as Ami points out a number of times in the later episodes. Ryuuji is doting on Taiga and doing a lot of things for her that she should be doing for herself. Their relationship is more of a father/daughter relationship than one of equals (Ami also says this directly once). This is unhealthy for Ryuuji, too, as it feeds into his "I have to take care of everything and everyone" mindset, one he got from his own home life. Taiga leaves to fix her own shit, demonstrating her independence from Ryuuji as a capable person of her own, and Ryuuji accepts and respects her decision despite it hurting him, demonstrating that he acknowledges Taiga is an equal to him and not someone he needs to do everything for.
  The scene after the end credits, which you've hopefully watched by now, is almost between two new people. It's one of mature, equal people who truly understand each other.

It is never explicitly mentioned in the Light Novel or the anime as to what exactly she did during this time period. However, her note to Ryuuji:

As translated in this answer reads:

  Ryuuji, I... always thought that there was no way anybody would ever love me. But maybe I was just running away [from my problems?]. I blamed my lack of confidence on my parents... on my situation. But even so, you loved me the way I was. I'll be proud of myself...

  Because I want to love you, Ryuuji.

  Aisaka Taiga"

Which does imply that she went to spend time with her family to change herself and become a self-dependent person as stated on Reddit.


How many weeks are there in a One Piece year? During the time-skip Luffy was sent to Rusukaina to train with Rayleigh. When they arrive Rayleigh introduces the island as follows.

  Rusukaina is home to the "48 seasons", a brutal island where the climate changes once a week.

This quote makes me wonder about the number of weeks in a year in One Piece. One would expect there to be 52 weeks as there are in our human world. So what about in the One Piece world? Are there 48 weeks in a year, 52 weeks in a year, or maybe a different number?

I'm going to go out on a limb, and suggest that "once a week" is not precise. Most people would find it more convenient than "once every 7.6 days" or worse "every 1.1 weeks".

While it would be interesting to have complicated shenanigans, and I have no definitive proof that there aren't any, I think it's more just quick communication.


Why would Hinata leave Naruto in 'The Last'? In Naruto: The Last, why did Hinata leave Naruto for Toneri? Just when Naruto was beginning to develop feelings for her, too. I don't get it.

Hinata chose to left Naruto and went with Toneri because..

Hinata and the others doesn't know where Toneri's castle in which Hanabi is in.
She did that to save her sister.
And to learn what other future plans Toneri intends to do.


What is this time machine gag referencing? I just recently started watching Gintama and am beginning to love it!
I just want to know if the joke is referring to another anime. Also, if there is any reason at all on why it must be a vending machine.

I believe this is the first time he did it.

The reason this particular joke catches my interest is because it kept on reoccurring. The second reason is because time travelling anime like Steins;Gate is awesome. Even though it might not be the same.
I just had to ask this question after the third time they used this joke on the 10th episode, though it was not Gintoki and the alien character wants to enter a car's boot/trunk.

This running gag in the Gintama anime is actually from Doraemon. They are referencing to how the entrance to a time machine is available at a hole similar to a drawer, which is exactly where the time machine is in the Doraemon anime. Here is list of the other parodies present in Gintama.  LIST

The drawer entrance to the time machine.


Are the new Dragon Ball movies canon? The new Dragon Ball movies (Battle of gods, Resurrection of Freezer, and the new Dragon Ball Super movie coming in December 2018) have directly involvement of Akira Toriyama, unlike the original movies which were made by Toei and had no involvement of Toriyama at all. Are these new Dragon Ball movies canon unlike the original ones?

The "Battle of Gods"  and Ressurection of Freiza" were both implemented in the anime, hence they are obviously canon. However, certain aspects of the movies have been retconned in the anime for example Beerus utilising 10% of his power against an SSJ2 enraged Vegeta.SSJG Goku being equal to 70% of Beerus's Power.More emphasis has been laid on Gohan being weaker in the anime.Piccolo is killed by Freiza in the anime.The new movie coming out in December is supposed to be set after the end of the Tournament of Power i.e Dragon Ball Super. We know this based on recent comments from Akira Toriyama. Hence it is obvious that the new movie might very likely be canon as well. I've attached a source with regard to the same here.


How does Shingo's use of "osu" in this particular dialogue differ from its use elsewhere? In the manga Osu!! Karatebu the word "osu" is used quite frequently, and from context I have so far assumed that it is a way for the junior members of the karate club to respond to their seniors in a general "yes, sir" way. However, I recently came across this panel which presents a quite different take on the word:

What is the significance of Shingo's particular dialogue about "osu?" Is it a typical philosophy of the character, karate, or a mix of the two? Why is it so different from how it is used elsewhere in the manga?

You make an overly broad assumption with this particular word. "Ossu" here is talked about not as a salutation here, but for a deeper more philosophical meaning in general.

Ossu, is made of of two kanji:

[押]{おっ} and [忍]{す}. 押 by itself loosely translates to the action of apply pressure to something, such as pushing. 忍 means endurance or restraint.

The dialogue by the character here breaks down the literal meaning of the word and uses the two kanji as a philosophy of sorts. It's like using the word embodiment of a word as a sort of ambition or goal to live by.

In this case the spirit of Ossu is made up of these two kanji. The meaning here is to apply them meaning of those to your own life and when you use them remember their meaning so that it may carry you further, whenever or wherever you may need it, like a mantra.


Do we know the names of all Gorosei members? In the One Piece world, the Gorosei are some kind of top leaders of the World Government. They are usually in the Marine HQ. Do we know their names?

According to the One Piece wiki page on Gorosei, it seems that the names haven't been revealed yet.

  The Gorosei (literally meaning "Five Elder Stars") are the heads of the World Government, and as such, they essentially rule the entire world. They are the five men who rule above the Marines, Cipher Pol, and the ones who made a pact with the Shichibukai. So far, none of their names have been revealed.

But there is some other additional information given about their appearances and history and that can be read from the wiki page as well.


What caused the difference between the good and true endings of Unlimited Blade Works? In what is presumably the "good ending" of the Unlimited Blade Works route, Saber stays after the Grail is destroyed, because Rin has turned her into a familiar. (I also got the sense that Shiro was supposed to aid Rin in supplying prana to Saber by having sex with her.)
However, everything up to the end is identical to the path taken in the true ending, except for the fact that Shiro spends more time bonding with Saber (and less with Rin) in the path to this ending. If so, why does Saber remain in one ending and not the other, given that:

Everything Rin did up to the end should have been identical in either outcome in UBW

Saber should have disappeared (as stated before the final battle) with the destruction of the Grail. However, whether or not this statement about Saber is entirely correct may be slightly debatable, per content from the rest of the Fate series.

 In the true end of Heaven's Feel, Rider remains after the destruction of the Greater Grail, because Sakura still has a lot of prana on account of her being a copy of the Holy Grail vessel. In Fate/Zero, we see Gilgamesh pull Kotomine out of the rubble, and in the Fate route, we learn that he has stayed around for the last ten years, partly by obtaining energy from the orphans of the fire.

Did Rin just pull more strings to try to keep Saber, or did Saber have more reason to try to stay because of her connection to Shiro?

In the visual novel nothing is told.
The anime clarifies quite a bit:

True ending: Rin stares as saber disappears (no running from Rin). After a while Saber starts her speech: Basically congratulations, I would have really liked to stay but Shiro has you (it is sooo clear she can be easily convinced, but Rin didn't do anything). In this ending it is also clear Rin is head over heels for Shirou and realises he doesn't care that much for saber.

Good ending: Rin runs like berserker to save saber (it's just a few meters though). Now the big question, Why did Rin saver her? There are 2 possibilities:

A) She doesn't love Shiro that much since she didn't receive enough points. I would find it hard to believe though because of how much she insists afterwards he's hers and that saber and her will teach him magic and martial arts on a daily basis. Also, why get so angry then when she considers they're flirting?
And why would Rin also say: You want her to stay, so it's alright (this is said in the VN).
Another reason I don't think it's likely is because in the whole VN Rin always gives Shirou what he wants: Fate (she helps bringing saber and Shirou together); UBW (if you just want Rin, you get just Rin. If you're also interested in saber Rin runs to save her); HF (she wants him to be with Sakura and be happy).
You could argue it is because Rin doesn't love him a lot, but 90% of the time she's risking her life because of him (and dies a few times due to that in the bad endings). Sakura can't do that even if she wants to and saber does it out of her contract (at least during the first part of each route). I've always imagined Rin as Shirou's guardian angel, and the only reason they turn into a couple in UBW is because he realises that even before the war started she saved him by consuming her most powerful weapon.

B) She knows in this ending Shirou would almost die of sorrow if saber goes (not so much as the fate route but not that far away either). Well, this is what I believe happens. The reason why Rin keeps insisting saber is her familiar and hers would therefore be because:

She doesn't want them to get romantically attached (in the VN she tells them not to flirt), she just wants saber to watch over him (so he doesn't become archer) and support him and make him happy.
Imagine Rin gives saber back. Well, this would be a threesome whether they want it or not. Rin not having a link with saber = having sex with her, the same goes for Shirou. Now, with the link Shirou and Rin can become a couple and mana be supplied constantly without sex.


Is One Week Friends manga still on going? Finished the anime and very curious on whats gonna happen next. Is the manga complete or is it still on going?

No, it is still ongoing according to Wikipedia. At top right of the page under "Original run", it says "January 21, 2012 – ongoing".

Sometimes, Wikipedia doesn't update the information or the status is left like that when the series is on a long unexplained hiatus. Just to be sure, in the Volumes section of that page, it says that the release date for Volume 7 is April 22, 2015, which shows that the next volumes is in the works.

Also, Manga-Updates says the same thing under "Status in Country of Origin" (6 Volumes (Ongoing))

According to a post on Anime News Network provided by Torisuda, Volume 7 is the last one.

  The sixth compiled volume of Matcha Hazuki's Isshūkan Friends. (One Week Friends) manga is announcing on Tuesday (26/07/2014) that the seventh and final volume of the manga will be released in Japan on April 22, 2015.


Why does the commander wear a mask in the command center? Whenever the commander is in the battle room, her face is always covered by a white mask.

I thought it might be some unexplained atmosphere thing, but when Yuhata is in the command center, she is perfectly fine without one.

And it's not covering up a hideous wound, because we've seen her face before:

Maybe this was explained before and I missed it, but why does she wear this during battle?

It's been a while since this was asked and is pretty much covered in the comments, but here's an answer.

Captain Kobayashi is part of the immortal council and therefore doesn't age. If she walked around never aging people would notice, hence the mask. It probably also serves as a way to hide emotion from the crew, show strength and all that.

Sidonia's wikia page is pretty barren, but there is some stuff there.


Does Fu have a "super" transformation? The Dragon Ball Wikia doesnt list any transformation for Fu, but this more than a power-up looks like a transformation. The black aura alone could be a powerup, but his eyes turn red and his hair gets spiky similar to a super saiyan. Does any manga or videogame show Fu have a transformation or it's just a powerup? It's not only a semantic issue because a transformation allows the user to boost his power beyond the limits of his base form. I dont think there is anything official about this, but I think it's worth mentioning just in case, there are many fans already calling this "super Fu" or "super saiyan devil".

That's the form called Super Mira as the name suggest it was first used by Mira by and since Fu is Mira's son i guess he can use it too.The form itself is just Super Saiyan but mutated by demon DNA.I'd link the wiki but i can't so try finding it as "Super Mira" there.


Why is water coming out of the icebreaker? In episode 9 of Sora Yori mo Tooi Basho (宇宙よりも遠い場所), an icebreaker is shown breaking the ice.

From what I saw, the ship seems to lift itself up over the ice by shooting water out, as seen in these screenshots:

I think the ship is trying to reduce its weight so that it floats and goes above the ice, then it can crush it with its weight. However, in an earlier shot, I saw that the ship is already partially on the ice:

So why does it still need to shoot out water?

Also, I know that the icebreaker in the anime is based on Shirase icebreaker, so I looked up videos on YouTube to see how it breaks ice IRL. As you can see at the beginning of this video, there isn't any water coming out of the ship. It just runs over the ice and the ice just breaks automatically.

Why is there a need for the water anyway? Is this just to make the scene more dramatic?

At the very beginning of that video, it isn't breaking any ice, it's just pushing the small fragments aside as it moves forward. If you watched more of the same video, you will see that it does shoot water.

It is equipped with what is known as a snow-melting water-sprinkler (融雪用散水装置). It is not a device to lift the ship up, but a device to melt snow. It shoots out pumped-up sea water to melt the snow on top of the the ice, reducing friction (and cushioning) between the ice and the ship, making it easier for the ship to break the ice.

Some references I used.
JMSDF Shirase page (JP)
Kamome propeller company, makers of the sprinkling system


Who ended up placing fourth in block A of the autumn preliminaries? After Souma's turn in block A of the autumn preliminaries, the standings were thus:

As you can see, there's a tie for fourth between Marui and Ibusaki. It was mentioned in episode 23 that if there were to be a tie that affects who passes the preliminaries, the judges would vote to determine who passes and who doesn't.

So I figure they must have voted on whether Marui or Ibusaki would be the fourth contestant from block A - but which one of them won the vote? During the after-party, Yoshino mentions that Ibusaki was probably sulking in his room, so I guess maybe Marui won? But nobody seemed to explicitly acknowledge that Marui had made it through, so I'm a bit confused.

Another contestant beat them both with an unrevealed curry dish that scored 91 points. Who it is was not revealed until later... it would seem that someone in the Elite Ten put him there for a reason.


What is this giant robot anime? Bugging me for years. I saw an anime in the early 80's (I assume it was from around then, since I watched it on a VHS tape) that featured a war between a group of pilots, maybe 3 or 4, that could join into 1 giant robot. This robot had a red head with red spikes kind of like the Statue of Liberty. The bad guys had giant robots that could join together too to form 1 giant super robot, and there were maybe 6 of them.

I think it was feature length but possibly several episodes of a series put together. Also it seemed to me to not be childish. It wasn't adult but PG-ish. I recall it being sort of dark and sinister and violent. Please help me. Oh, and it wasn't Voltron or anything obvious like that.

You're probably looking for Getter Robo G. There's several TV series and movies based on this iteration of Getter. The movies are all cross-overs with other Go Nagai mecha franchises.

Getter Robo G
Great Mazinger tai Getter Robo G - Kuuchuu Dai-Gekitotsu
Grendizer - Getter Robo G - Great Mazinger Kessen! Daikaijuu

All from the 70's.


What's this anime with a scene with a large praying mantis? I need to know what show this scene is from. In 2005, I was channel surfing and came across a show on [adult swim] and I got distracted by laughter and children playing. The animation was dated, so it had a Rurouni Kenshin style to it. There were two children, a boy and a girl playing in the forest at night. Then out of nowhere, this huge praying mantis appears and stabs the little girl from behind. I was in 4th grade at the time, so I was traumatized and quickly changed the channel. If you could help me figure out what this scene is from it would be greatly appreciated.

Maybe InuYasha at episode 28, there is a woman that transforms into a giant mantis.

InuYasha

Synopsis

Higurashi Kagome, after being pulled down a well by a demon, finds herself in Feudal Japan, where she learns that a powerful jewel has been reborn inside her body. After the jewel shatters in an attempt to retrieve it from one of the many demons who was after its power, Kagome must join forces with the half-demon Inu Yasha (also after the jewel's power) to track down the shards of the jewel before its power falls into the wrong hands.
Source: ANN


Why Midoriya didnt get another Full Gauntlet after the one he destroyed? We've seen Midoriya after the events of My Hero Academia: 2 heroes. Another Full Gauntlet would have been very useful for him, but he never got one. Why Midoriya didnt get another Full Gauntlet after the one he destroyed?

Because the movies are NOT CANON. The gauntlets are so the movie can have deku use One-for-all at 100 percent.


In which chapter did Tincanpy grow hair? In which chapter of the manga did Tincanpy grow hair and Allen's hair grow longer?

This happened in volume 16, chapter 159. There was a bottle of hair tonic which caused different effects. Below is a scan of the page where it takes place.


Madara/Pain's Rinnegan As we know, Pain has Madara's Rinnegan. The Indra Path of Pain uses a lot of Shinra Tenseis and Bansho Tenins, but I have never seen Madara using any of the above.

Why is this so?

Madara has shown throughout the battles he fought that he was just toying with the others. At one point, after his rinne rebirth, he even cuts his own body just to relive the pleasure of a real battle. He clearly preferred to have actual combats than just winning the fight, probably because once everybody becomes a zombie under the tsuki no me he would have no one to fight.


What's the song that starts playing at 20:20 in the last my hero academia episode ? (S5 E7) On My Hero Academia season 5 episode 7 from about 20:20, there's an OST playing in the background that I can't seem to track down and I could use some help.
What's that song?

That song is Sakusen Kaishi!(作戦開始!) from Yuki Hayashi(林ゆうき), this song was also used in the movie "My hero academia The Movie Heroes:Rising".
Here is the YouTube video from the original YouTube Channel


Naruto Shippuden at ep. 445 on Hulu, but movies are further. Is this due to the manga? Spoilers if you aren't caught up.

I've never read the Naruto Manga, I started binge watching about two years ago on Hulu and finally caught up to where the anime is.

   Currently everyone is stuck in the infinite tsukuyomi except Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke. Due to being caught up I went back and started watching all of the movies. After Road to Ninja, the next is The Last: Naruto the Movie. This seems to take place WAY after everything in the TV show.

Is this because of the Manga are so far ahead and that's why the movie is now made?

First of all, The Last: Naruto the Movie is just two years after the war ended. Also I think you are okay watching The Last: Naruto the Movie already. If I remember correctly there is only about one thing you will miss and it's about

  Kakashi turning into the Hokage

The manga started somewhere in 1999 and already ended on November 10, 2014

The episode you are on should be a filler if I'm correct. So that means that the episode is not part of the main story. That means you should be in volume 70 or 71 of the manga. Also if I'm correct the main story should be taking place somewhere in or after chapter 678, which is in volume 70.

So to actually answer your question. No, the manga is not far ahead they just decided to make the movie, the manga ended about two years ago so they decided to make the movie.

Also, The Last: Naruto the Movie is just mainly focused on Naruto and Hinata and the story about how they ended up together.