Kazusa true ending. Explanation of Setsuna's epilogue In the visual novel White Album 2 in Coda if you choose Kazusa then Haruki breaks up with her fiancee Setsuna.

While Kazusa seems quite elated with his choice (she says that having Haruki return to her side is the best thing that could happen to her and that she's never known such happiness), Setsuna didn't take it so well (She asks Kazusa why must she steal Haruki, hogging all the happiness. Setuna thinking she hates Kazusa and that she's her enemy makes it look she feels resentment).

My question is about Setsuna. She didn't take the breakup too well (She tried to commit suicide. Luckly the hit from that car didn't do anything to her).
2 years afterwards in Kazusa's true ending we see an epilogue where Setsuna is depressed and she's playing Haruki's guitar.

Can someone explain why she's playing Haruki's guitar? Why would she learn how to play that instrument when Haruki had been so cruel to her?

Setsuna learns how to play Haruki's guitar because she loves him and can't live without him even though he abandoned her.

To understand this answer better I highly recommend reading these two links about Setsuna and Kazusa.

How much does Setsuna Ogiso love Haruki in White Album 2 anime and visual novel?

Does Touma Kazusa love Haruki in White album 2 anime and visual novel?

The song she plays in her epilogue is quite relevant. It is "Snow Powder". This is a love song for Haruki.
It is a song quite different from her usual love song for him "Todokanai Koi" (which shows her unrequited love for Haruki).

In Snow Powder there's no longer any hope. It is a song where she says she will never forget the first time they kissed, she also says she still loves him, it is mentioned that he was kind to her (in the visual novel she always mentions how kind he is to her and that he's the only one to show such kindness)...

Also notice that the lyrics was changed to adapt to the new situation (the original snow powder song had different lyrics that could be addresses to pretty much anyone).
If you ask me the most relevant part is when she says she will never forget when they first kissed. It was the time she confessed to him and he accepted her.

Haruki had spent more than 2 years being Setsuna's boyfriend. He had told her she was the only girl for him. He had made her so many promises. He had asked her to marry him, and of course she had accepted (when she accepts she already knew he was lying to her and meeting with Kazusa behind her back. Even so she thought "As long as you choose me in the end everything's alright").

After spending 5 years in Europe Kazusa goes back to Japan. She had been thinking about Haruki all this time and suffering without him. She thinks that Setsuna had become her worst possible enemy as she had snatched the man that she loved. Then Haruki, who starts meeting her without telling Setsuna, must make a choice: Be truthful to the girl that had always been loyal to him, making her yet again the happiest girl in the world and the happiest ever since her birth (as she had said she was when he had accepted her feelings in concluding chapter) or destroy her and make her the most miserable girl in the world.

Haruki finally abandons Setsuna and both him and Kazusa decide to completely alienate from her. They go to Europe together and after some time they get married.

Setsuna had always wanted to be the number one girl for Haruki and to hog him completely. She had always been hurt because he paid too much attention to her and she knew Kazusa would steal him (because she had always been deeply in love with him).

This is one of the conversations that take place in concluding chapter. After 3 years fighting for him and crying countless nights because he wouln't accept her feelings he finally accepts. Setsuna thought her deep depression would finally stop. She would be the happiest girl because she had finally won. But this is what happens. She said she had been waiting since her birhday 3 years ago (when Kazusa was still friends with her) to give her body to him. He had told Setsuna he had forgotten about Kazusa. She is now the only girl for him and they can move on, he would stop ignoring her. But suddenly she sees a magazine on the bed. It was an article Haruki had recently written about Kazusa because of his work (he was a journalist and Kazusa a famous pianist). This is what happens:

  Setsuna: "I've read this article dozens of times already"
  "I've gone through it countless times. And every single time, I would start with a bitter smile, and then start laughing out loud as it got sillier"
  "And by the time I finished, I would always be drenched in tears."
  "Haruki-kun, have you really forgotten about Kazusa?"

  Haruki: "I have... It took me a whole 3 years... And in that time, I made you go through some truly painful experiences, I'm really sorry..."

  Setsuna: "What do you mean you forgot?"
  "You're telling me you're different from how you were 3 years ago!?"
  "I'm gonna snap now, ok?" (finally facing me with her red, swollen eyes)
  "I've read this article dozens of times. And everytime I did I laughed and cried..."
  "Both my heart and body ached unbearably... and I'd spend the night alone, sleeplesly."
  "Because... what you're saying hasn't changed at all. It's the same as when you went chasing after Kazusa back then."
  "It's so filled with love. Isn't it overflowing with your feelings for Kazusa!?"
  "This... this article... it's the same as your words back then!"

  Setsuna: "Having read such a touching love letter, how do you expect me to accept this...?"
  "LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!"
  "When I came out of the bathroom just now... your face looked like that of a child who was caught red-handed doing something aweful"
  "Even after all these years..."

As you know after that Setsuna finally calms down and a few days later she is sleeping with him and telling him she's never been so happy in her entire life because he finally accepted her feelings.
The next 2 years are super happy for Setsuna. After that he asks her for marriage but instead he chooses Kazusa.

Kazusa says:

  I have become the happiest girl in the world;
    It is the best thing that ever happened in my life. Truly

She also says she is the most fortunate girl in the world now and that returning to his warm embrace is the best thing that has happened to her.
At the same time she also says that even though it was at the expense of causing  her friend to become the "most miserable girl in the world" (obviously Setsuna) she still feels tremendous happiness.
Personally I really enjoyed Kazusa's true ending. Kazusa showing Setsuna she wants Haruki more than anything else (by wanting to cripple her own hands, therefore ending her career) really surprised me. It also surprised me the game tells us that only with Haruki can Kazusa reach her full potential as a pianist (luckily her hands are fine), so she'll be a big shot. If something I didn't like that Haruki left his friends behind and Kazusa did the same with her mother (She decides to live in Japan because of her leukimia).

I didn't like Kazusa's normal ending though (in contrast with her true ending which I explained before). Haruki sleeping countless times with Kazusa yet being unable to break up with Setsuna was quite frustrating. As you know in the end Kazusa faces reality and gives him to Setsuna because he would be hurt in the future otherwise and she doesn't have the abilities to cure heart wounds (and Haruki's indeciveness sure make it seem he would be hurt if he abandons Setsuna. As a matter of fact he's already suffering from all the horrible things he's done).

  Kazusa: Only she can heal you, I cannot.

Considering she leaves Japan and that her mother (who should die soon) lives in Japan and the fact that she says in Coda she can't fall in love with someone other than Haruki it's not the best ending for her.

Setsuna forgiving Haruki so easily for what he did to her is what she always does ( no matter what he does to her marrying Setsuna is always available to him).  Not that it helps much though as if it wasn't for her this would also be an ending with Kazusa. She played victim hoping Haruki wouldn't break up with her and it paid off. Not that I'm against it, love is love and not being able to give up on him (like when she says in the VN: "I will never give up on him") is nice.


What is this anime song? (Cross post from /r/AnimeOST, where I didn't get any answer)

I have a song in mind recently, I'm pretty sure it comes from a well known anime that is less than 10 years old, but I can't remember which one.

Do you know what it is? I made a quick music sheet here so that you can see a bit what it sounds like in my head, I unfortunately can't remember any more.

There are supposed to be Japanese lyrics on the music.

This melody seems to be "Aizome" by Mamiko Noto, the ending theme of Jigoku Shoujo. The melody seems to be playing the chorus of the song.


What drives the popularity of Studio Ghibli movies? I recently finished watching a few Studio Ghibli movies, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and Howl's Moving Castle. From my impression they were not bad, but I don't understand the hype people have behind them. Spirited Away without a doubt must be something, considering how it won an Oscar.

I understand the animation has a steady flow, the story is simple and well-made, but what makes them so popular? It intrigues me a bit to find out.

The popularity of Studio Ghibli ultimately boils down to the spirit, aesthetics, and sensibilities of Hayao Miyazaki expressed through their respectives story and visuals. Not every Ghibli work is created equal, the ones where he is are quite memorable to audiences.

Filmaker Asher Isbrucker offers an interesting take on Studio Ghibli's appeal in his video-essay “The Immersive Reality of Studio Ghibli”, that the studio’s biggest asset to its lasting appeal of their so-called “immersive realism”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6Q6y4-qKac

While you may think that elements such as parents being turned into pigs (from Spirited Away), or a story about a warrior princess raised by wolves (from Princess Mononoke) and or even one about WWI fighter-pilot that's a pig (from Porco Rosso) may not be instill what some would regard as "realism". The collaborative effort and vision of the director and their animator’s ability to breathe like these fantastical narratives to make them feel through their passion and detail give Ghibli movies their appeal. The world-building done allows audiences to suspend their belief and buy into the Ghibli-created world where even the most imaginative and fantastical elements become feel normal and common place.

Finding a balance between fantasy and reality is often times very tough. The writers along with the animators develop even the most basic and mundane elements from scratch, with an ever so particular attention to detail, no matter how far fetched or mundane it may be, it still feels tangible and real to the audience. Such realism is not made to a tee. It's not a complete facsimile of real-life but rather an analogue of it where rules can be bent and broken to create fantasy. If something feels too real or too emulated it can easily feel fake to an audience. This is where the animators really show off what they can do.

Roger Ebert once commented in one of his interviews with Miyazaki:

  I told Miyazaki I love the "gratuitous motion" in his films; instead of every movement being dictated by the story, sometimes people will just sit for a moment, or they will sigh, or look in a running stream, or do something extra, not to advance the story but only to give the sense of time and place and who they are. "We have a word for that in Japanese," he said. "It's called ma. Emptiness. It's there intentionally."

In Starting Point, Miyazaki explains his underlying philosophy:

  Anime may depict fictional worlds, but I nonetheless believe that at its core it must have a certain realism. Even if the world depicted is a lie, the trick is to make it seem as real as possible. Stated another way, the animator must fabricate a lie that seems so real, viewers will think the world depicted might possible exist...

Miyazaki also mentioned that "animators are themselves actors". These animators need to consider the various aspects character’s motivations, and considered their unspoken mannerisms and expressions as well. These minor details provide a connection with the audience and makes them relatable.

You can see this things like the animated expression of movement, emulating the semblance and familiarity of how how we perceive our physical world the video-essay notes things like Kiki’s bow blowing in the wind (from Kiki’s Delivery Service), the flickering lights of the Catbus (from My Neighbour Totoro) or the heavy-feeling movements of the hulking insectoid creatures of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, or even how Chihiro from Spirited Away puts her shoes on, noting how she takes her time to tap them, make them comfortable, then set out like an actual girl in real-life would.

Not only that but the detail and effort made to scene establishes the setting very well and makes the setting feel all the more real. The video-essay notes in particular how the bathouse in Spirited Away depicts various job posts, areas for sleeping, an even the varieties of soap and countless other details that make each seems to have their own story on top of the main story unfolding with Chihiro. Another noteworthy scene mentioned is the contrast of labor roles by gender of Irontown in Princess Mononoke, such as what the women do while the men are out gathering resources.

Aside from the visual appeal of the art and animation, the story aspect of Ghibili works are split across a spectrum of fantastical, simple and relatable, and nostalgic elements with mature themes. At the heart of most Ghibli series is a coming of age story, but the trope is not played off a novelty as you'd typically see with anime. These stories do very well in empathizing with its audience universally understood ideal and emotions of it's world and characters through a combination vivid expressions and fantastical elements in a way that can only truly be expressed through an animated medium. The studio does it in such a way that subverts what audiences typically expect from an animated work through its emotional and impactful expressions. It at times it can reminds us of who we are as humans and to be modest, industrious and respectful despite the strife that may come our way. Such empathy and imagination is likely what persists the popularity of Ghibli works.


Is there a reason for the sudden change in style in episode 11? The animation throughout the first 10 episodes seemed pretty consistent to me.

However, episode 11's style had nothing to do with the first 10 episodes (though it was probably consistent throughout the episode):

Since this show is filled with references to other anime, it occurred to me that the change in style could be a reference in itself. If so, what was it a reference to?
If not, why the sudden change in style? Was it due to budget or something similar, or did they just decide to go on a different direction for some random reason?

This episode was done entirely by one person, Itsuki Imazaki, whose style you might recognize from Ai Mai Mi.

Everything involves storyboard, mise-en-scene, directing, and key animation.


Who altered Δ Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground and removed Aura's Statue? in The World in Δ Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground (.hack) there was a statue of Aura wrapped in chains. in The World:R2 Hulle Granz Cathedral (.hack//G.U) has the same address (Δ Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground) and in it the statue is gone only leaving the chains behind.

in .hack//ROOTS Shino said that the statue was that of a Goddess who left the world which, according to Zefie, is more or less what her mother Aura did. but the statue wasn't Aura herself though as it didn't re-appear when she stopped her Twilight Knights from fighting during their battle against the members of Raven.

i recall reading that the backstory of The World:R2 one of the goddesses who is dead was supposed to represent Aura and CC Corp reclaiming their system from Harald Hoerwick and his work but i know that CC Corp Admins can't get rid of the Lost Grounds or even edit them.

So who was it that removed Aura's Statue in Δ Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground

The creators of R:2 would have been the people to modify the area after the destruction of the original game. IPO I would think it was Piroshi specifically because of something he mentions about graphics the first time you meet him at the area. However... I think there's more to it than that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtBW_liXkt4


Why is Team Rocket's motto "To Protect the World from Devastation"? The Team Rocket Motto starts off like so:

  Jessie: Prepare for trouble!
  James: And make it double!
  Jessie: To protect the world from devastation!
  James: To unite all people within our nation!

I've never understood why is their motto so positive? It seems strange for a crime organization to want to "protect the world from devastation."

This is an ongoing joke in the Pokemon series. Jessie and James memorized the motto incorrectly because they aren't the brightest, as explained by Cassidy and Butch in Episode 86.

The real motto as said by Cassidy and Butch:

  Cassidy: Prepare for trouble
  Butch: And make it double
  Cassidy: To infect the world with devastation
  Butch: To Blight all peoples in every nation
  Cassidy: To denouce the goodness of truth and love
  Butch: To extend our wrath to the stars above
  Cassidy: Cassidy
  Butch: Butch
  Cassidy: Team rocket circling the earth both day and night

A YouTube video of this part is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5sgp2sn0Wg

In Japanese, the Team Rocket motto that Musashi and Kojirou (Jessie and James) recite goes like this:

  ムサシ: なんだかんだと聞かれたら
  コジロウ: 答えてあげるのが世の情け
  ムサシ: 世界の破壊を防ぐため
  コジロウ: 世界の平和を守るため
  ムサシ: 愛と真実の悪をつらぬく
  コジロウ: ラブリー・チャーミーな敵役
  ムサシ: ムサシ
  コジロウ: コジロウ
  ムサシ: 銀河をかけるロケット団の二人には……
  コジロウ: ホワイトホール、白い明日が待ってるぜ
  ニャース: にゃんてにゃ

With a translation of (non-localized):

  Musashi: If you ask us this or that...
  Kojirō: The pity of the world is what responds!
  Musashi: To prevent the destruction of the world!
  Kojirō: To protect the peace of the world!
  Musashi: To stand by the evils of love and truth!
  Kojirō: The lovely, charmy villains!
  Musashi: Musashi!
  Kojirō: Kojirō!
  Musashi: The pair from Team Rocket soars through the galaxy!
  Kojirō: A white hole, a white tomorrow awaits us!
  Nyarth: Something like that!

A YouTube video of Jesse and James performing their original motto can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7CNNYFhqdk

Interestingly enough, this joke doesn't seem to happen like it does in the English version. While they do claim to have the correct motto in Episode 86, their motto does not have the same tone the English version does.

Yamato and Kosaburou's (Cassidy and Butch) motto in the Japanese version is as follows:

  ヤマト：何だかんだと聞かれたら
  コサブロウ：答えないのが普通だが
  二人：まあ特別に答えてやろう
  ヤマト：地球の破壊を防ぐため
  コサブロウ：地球の平和を守るため
  ヤマト：愛と誠実な悪を貫く
  コサブロウ：キュート でお茶目な敵役
  ヤマト：ヤマト
  コサブロウ：コサブロウ
  ヤマト：宇宙を駆ける ロケット団の二人には
  コサブロウ：ショッキングピンク桃色の明日が待ってるぜ

And the translation:

  Yamato: If you ask us this or that...
  Kosaburou: We usually don't respond
  Both: But we'll make an exception this time and answer!
  Yamato: To prevent the destruction of the Earth!
  Kosaburou: To protect the peace of the Earth!
  Yamato: To stand by evil with love and sincerity!
  Kosaburou: The cute, mischievous villains!
  Yamato: Yamato!
  Kosaburou: Kosaburou!
  Yamato: The pair from Team Rocket soars through the universe!
  Kosaburou: Shocking pink, a pink tomorrow awaits us!

Additionally, I wasn't able to understand the joke about the "White Hole", so I've posted that as a question here: Why does Kojirou say "white hole" in the Japanese version of Team Rocket's motto?


What's the term for the bullied kid who delivers bread and sandwiches to the bullies? I think it's a designated term for this kind of character. Usually they use their own money to purchase foods during lunch in a school setting for the bullies.

Bread Shuttles. Korean. Not Japanese.

빵셔틀
[ppang-syeoteul]
Term literally meaning ‘bread shuttle.’ Usually used at school, where one student is picked on and/or bullied to do the errands for people who are in a stronger position than they are.

https://www.koreabang.com/glossary


Did Freezer surpassed Goku and Vegeta's power level again in Dragon Ball Super Broly? In Dragon Ball Super Broly,

   When Goku and Vegeta fighting together can't defeat Broly, Freezer holds his own against him for half an hour supposedly.

Did Freezer surpassed Goku and Vegeta's power level again in Dragon Ball Super Broly?

Frieza actually lasts for an Hour(They had 2 failed fusions). However, Goku and Vegeta didn't really faint or get injured immensely(Note: This is based on the level of injuries they've had in some of the previous arcs) and we don't really see them in a position unable to fight or even really fight to try to last against Broly to make that argument. Goku knew that they couldn't defeat Broly in this state and needed to fuse. Hence, they teleported out of there. Goku and Vegeta have shown far greater resilience against substantially much higher levels of power. This was more of Goku making the best use of the situation and doing what was necessary.Plus, when Broly initially loses to Vegeta and Paragus says Broly has reached his limit, Frieza decides to retreat. If Frieza was substantially stronger, I don't see why he wouldn't have jumped into the fight at that point in time and defeated Goku and Vegeta.


What episode do Gintoki and Hijikata fight in a roof? I recently stumbled upon this video on youtube of a fight Gintoki had with Hijikata on a roof which ended with Gin winning.This is the video. Anyway, does anyone know what episode is this fight from?

Thanks for the help as always :D

The answer is Gintama episode 9

You can search for Gintama episode 9 on a video site.

Reference
Gintama Wikia


Is there a reason Gotou and Menthuthuyoupi look so similar? Is there a correlation between these two characters? I was wondering if the same illustrator drew both characters or if perhaps one of them was sort of a homage to the other.

I am just referencing nhahtdh's comment as the answer since it seems he does not want to post it as an answer.

But the reason that there could be similar character design in two different animes could be due to:

  Author Influence
  Limit in number of designs(birthday paradox)
  Tracing(unlikely)


Is there a site like MAL that i can filter animes by genres? I decided to get my animes into one list and tried MAL however even though there are lots of ways to filter and sort animes like by airdate I couldn't see any way to filter them by genres. For example, let's say I just want to see romance animes in my "planed to watch" list I can't do that in MAL without manually writing tags for them. So is there a site that allows me to do that?

AniList can filter entries in your personal anime list by any of the following criteria:

Status (All, Watching, Completed, Dropped, Planning)
Format (TV, TV Short, Movie, Special, OVA, ONA, Music)
Genres (Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, etc.)
Country (Japan, South Korea, China, etc.)
Year (I'm assuming this means the year the anime first started airing, since Naruto only shows up if I set it to 2002)

Here's an example screenshot from my own list (I highlighted the genre filter with a red square):

Note: I'm only personally familiar with AniList and MAL. The other anime tracking sites out there (e.g. Anime-Planet, Kitsu, AniDB, etc.) might have comparable functionality as well, but I'm not familiar enough with those sites to know for sure.
I actually still use MAL as my main anime tracker, and only made an AniList account because the anime list importer on AMQ wasn't working for MAL (probably related to MAL's API shenanigans that happened after GDPR came out). Fortunately, AniList can import anime and manga lists from MAL. There's an place to do this in the "Settings" section in your profile on AniList.


How real were the dreams in Paprika? I really loved Paprika, but I ended up sort of confused by it.

During the course of the film,

   the dreams break through into reality.

My question is, was it just a mass hallucination, or was it real?

It was real. We don't get to see exactly when the dreams and reality are merging, at the end of the movie:

   Dreams and reality are one and the same because the DC minis have broken down the barrier (and is missing user control interfaces) between the worlds. Therefore everything that exists in the dreamsphere co-exists in the real world, and vice-versa. This is proven by the fact that the buildings all take permanent damage by the dream-creatures.


What are the governmental structures of the countries in FMA? The countries in FMA all seem to have different governmental structures. Amestris seems to be militarily run but I thought I saw references to some sort of Parliament. Xing seemed to have tribes but Ling is also the Prince. Ishval seemed to have some sort of set of elders, though I wasn't sure about that. What are the technical governmental structures of the three countries?

Short answer: Amestris is a military state which has a parliamentary republic form of government. Xing is a monarchy which has a clan structure beneath the monarch (emperor). Ishval, when it was a country of its own, had an unknown government structure but was probably split into communes; it is now under Amestris's government.

There is a long answer, too, of course...
Amestris

Amestris is a Unitary State, with a population of about 50 million and a Parliamentary Republic type of Government. The Head of State is the Commander-in-Chief of the Military who holds the title of "Führer" (大総統, Daisōtō in Japanese, a form of "Generalissimo") and who concentrates the ranks of Head of State and Head of Government. — Amestris, Fullmetal Alchemist Wiki

Amestris is a military state ruled by Führer King Bradley. As mentioned above, it is a unitary state (one in which there is one central government which decides what smaller branches handle) with a parliamentary republic government. So, yes; there is a parliament, but it is more-or-less just a cover for the central military control body that we see running the country for the entirety of the show.
It is mentioned that Amestris did not used to be a military state; it is not mentioned what type of government it had prior to becoming one.
Ishval
Ishval is implied to have once been a country, but is no longer a sovereign nation. Following the fall of Xerxes, many countries were assimilated into what is seen as Amestris in 1914 and onward. There is no given record of the government in Ishval at the time, though it is implied that it was a tribal land, not so much run by a government, but more likely small communes that worked on their own and were united by connections between them.
The man pictured below is a high-ranking monk, and who is most likely important in uniting the Ishval community (even prior to the War of Extermination).

Xing

Xing is a Monarchy, whose monarch holds the title of Emperor. It's composed by fifty hereditary clans all under the rule of a single Emperor, who cements his rule by taking the daughter of each clan's chief to be his concubine and bear him a single heir for each clan. — Xing, Fullmetal Alchemist Wiki

The country of Xing is, as stated above, a monarchy ruled by an emperor (part of which makes it an empire). Beneath the (unnamed) emperor are approximately fifty clans, most of which have an heir (about forty-three have heirs, the others do not). Two of the clans we are briefly told about are the Yao and Chang clans.

When Ling says he is a prince, this is basically a technicality; he is the leader of the Yao clan and an heir to the emperor's throne (the twelfth heir, I think). He has no special privileges above being the leader of his clan, so his rank as "prince" solely has to do with his position as heir.
Others
Drachma, the large and arctic country to the north, is not told to have any specific kind of government. However, given how it is the largest country around and is an arctic country, as well as the types of wars it fights, it is implied that it is an equivalent of Russia. Russia was, at the time, the Russian Empire, which I believe was also ruled by an emperor or tsar. Further reading: (Russian Empire: Government and administration, Wikipedia)
Creta, to the southwest, is a smaller country which is composed of tribes in a federation-like manner. (Further reading: Creta, Fullmetal Alchemist Wiki)


How do the storylines of the Fate series connect? I know that there are a lot of different types of media in the Fate series (tv, movie, light novel, video game, etc.), but I've never been able to figure out how interconnected they all are. I know that Fate/Zero (tv series) acts as a prequel to Fate/Stay Night (tv series), and I assume that the manga or visual novels with the same names share the same storylines, but beyond that, I have a hard time figuring out how they all connect.

Fate/Zero is the prequel to Fate/Stay Night, taking place 10 years before the latter. It originally consisted of 4 light novels written by Gen Urobuchi with the story set by Kinoko Nasu, who wrote the original visual novel. The former revolves around Kiritsugu Emiya and his involvement in the 4th Holy Grail War. The latter revolves around Emiya Shirou and his involvement with the 5th Holy Grail War.

Fate/Hollow Ataraxia is considered the sequel to Fate/Stay Night, taking place 6 months later. It's really half story-canon and half fandisk.

Fate/Extra takes places a long time after Fate/Stay Night, but in a parallel universe. It pushes some fun concepts and new servants and is for the most part considered a canonical part of the Nasuverse.

This so-called "Nasuverse" is a term used to describe the Type-Moon universe that Nasu Kinoku the main series writer, and Takeuchi Takeshi, the main series character designer, have created.

Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya started out as more of a gag-dojin manga serialized in Comp-Ace. It tells the "what-if" story of what would happen if Illya became a magical girl and had to capture Servants as cards. This series is not considered canon.

The Carnival Phantasm anime series was adapted from a gag-dojin manga called Take-Moon, published in Type-Moon Ace magazine and authored and illustrated by Eri Takenashi, who did Kannagi. It mostly revolves around inside jokes about Type-Moon and characters from other Type-Moon series, who end up meeting each other in the same universe for one reason or another. While this series is not considered canon, certain references are made to their respective canonical series.

Fate/Strange Fake is a short fan-made non-canon light novel written by Ryougo Narita, the writer of Baccano! It was was first released online as an April Fools' Day joke with no illustrations, but was later inserted into Vol. 2 of the Type-Moon Magazine. The story is set in Snowfield, a small town in California (north of Las Vegas, Nevada), ten years after Fate/Hollow Ataraxia, during an incomplete copy (with no Saber-class servant) of the 3rd Holy Grail War, supposedly initiated by the US Government.

Fate/Apocrypha was originally intended to be an online game, but the plans fell through. It later became a light novel series written by Yuichiro Higashide and illustrated by Ototsugu Konoe, with 3 volumes released at Comiket. The story is set in a parallel world (to the main Fate universe) in which the Grail was removed from Fuyuki City after the Third War, so the events of Fate/stay night and Fate/Zero never occurred. The story focuses on the clash between the two opposing factions, Red and Black, with each summoning 7 Servants of their own, and the Grail itself summoning special Ruler-class servant as a mediator of this Holy Grail War. Whether or not it's canon has not yet been determined.

Fate/Prototype is a reimagined version of Nasu Kinoko's original draft of Fate/Stay Night, which Nasu wrote during high school but which was eventually vastly overhauled to be a visual novel to be more suitable to target audiences. Much of the lore stayed the same, but the system of the Grail War differed. Though certain character archetypes and concepts (i.e., Gilgamesh, Avenger) stayed the same, the main character Ayaka Sajyou and her Servant are gender-swapped compared to the visual novel series. Though never officially stated, this series is probably non-canon.


Who is voicing Hattori in Gintama The Final? As far as I know, the original voice actor of Hattori Zenzou has died, so who is his voice actor in Gintama The Final, and who is going to be in the 2 episodes of The Semi-final?

According to the answer in Yahoo Chiebukuro, the movie pamphlet has Toshiyuki Morikawa listed as Hattori's character voice. The Wikipedia article also lists him as Hattori. He also plays as Isaburo Sasaki in the same series. Note that Morikawa also replaced Keiji Fujiwara as Hiroshi in Crayon Shin-chan, so this was a natural choice.


Who is the seventh Shichibukai? it's a well known fact that the Shichibukai are seven. When one of them resigns (Jimbei), dies (Moria) or goes under arrest (Crocodile) he/she is replaced for another one like Blackbeard, Law and Buggy.

So after the 2 years skip the current Shichibukai are:

Law
Mihawk
Flamingo
Kuma
Boa Hancock
Buggy (lol)

Who is missing?

The missing Shichibukai is Edward Weevil, who is introduced in chapter 802.

  Edward Weevil, or "Whitebeard Jr." is the self-proclaimed son of Edward Newgate and one of the Shichibukai. His mother is Miss Bakkin, the self-proclaimed lover of Newgate.He was first mentioned by Commodore Brannew in a discussion of the current Shichibukai ranks to several high-ranking Marine officers, but was not explicitly named until after Donquixote Doflamingo's defeat.


Why there are some American movie characters on the Tokyo ESP anime? If I remember correctly, on the episode 3 of Tokyo ESP, the Ghostbusters appeared trying to capture the flying penguin. Also, Murasaki's dad is clearly King Leonidas from the movie 300, and when Murasaki uses her powers on her dad's nunchaku, she was imitating Bruce Lee.

I found these references very funny, but I was wondering: why they added American movie characters on the anime? Did it also happened on the manga?

I don't know about the specific case of Tokyo ESP, but it's far from uncommon for anime to have references to American popular culture. For example, there was Nerima Daikon Brothers, which was vaguely influenced by The Blues Brothers and contained the weird Michael Jackson parody Yukel Hakushon. Excel Saga and Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi were also full of them. The Cowboy Bebop episode "Toys in the Attic" was a parody of the Alien movies. The Yuru Yuri manga included a weird scene where Kyouko imagines a Hollywood movie of Yuru Yuri where everyone carries a gun. Hellsing included its bizarre "Willis" dream that references Bruce Willis.

Japan receives a good portion of our pop culture. If you look at this list of highest-grossing films in Japan, you'll notice that it's about an even split between Japanese and US productions, and that Titanic, Frozen, Harry Potter, and Avatar are all in the top ten. Japanese voice actors often do both anime and dubs of American films; check out this list of dub roles by Akio Otsuka, who plays Rider in Fate/Zero. Even movies that many of us Americans would rather no one ever saw, like Con Air and the entire filmography of Steven Seagal, are in that list.

So the author of Tokyo ESP was just making reference to well-known movies, for the same reasons any author might.


What is the purpose of one-shot manga? One-shot manga usually only consist of one chapter, so what is their purpose? Is it mainly for promotion, filler or contest? And do they have their own media (like a magazine that only consists of one-shot or something)?

Manga magazines usually have many series running concurrently with
  approximately 20–40 pages allocated to each series per issue. Other
  magazines such as the anime fandom magazine Newtype featured single
  chapters within their monthly periodicals. Other magazines like
  Nakayoshi feature many stories written by many different artists;
  these magazines, or "anthology magazines", as they are also known
  (colloquially "phone books"), are usually printed on low-quality
  newsprint and can be anywhere from 200 to more than 850 pages thick.
  Manga magazines also contain one-shot comics and various four-panel
  yonkoma (equivalent to comic strips). Manga series can run for many
  years if they are successful. Manga artists sometimes start out with a
  few "one-shot" manga projects just to try to get their name out. If
  these are successful and receive good reviews, they are continued.
  Magazines often have a short life.[50]

Source

  One-shot manga tells its entire story in 15-60 pages, usually written
  for contests, and sometimes later developed into a full-length manga
  series (much like a television pilot). Many popular manga series began
  as one-shot stories, including Dragon Ball, Fist of the North Star,
  Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Berserk, Kinnikuman and Death Note, among
  others. Some noted manga authors, such as Akira Toriyama and Rumiko
  Takahashi, have worked on numerous one-shot stories in addition to
  their serialized works. Rising Stars of Manga was an annual
  competition for original English-language one-shot manga, many of
  which have gone on to become full-length manga series.

Source

Note: Emphasis mine.


Why wasn't Jiraiya brought back by Nagato? When Nagato used the Outer Path technique to revive the citizens of Konoha killed in the attack, why wasn't Jiraiya revived as well?

It was revealed that the original plan was for Madara to be revived with the technique, so it's not like there was a time limit or anything.

There are several reasons.

   Jiraiya's body is buried beneath the ocean depth, so even if he would be revived there, well... it wouldn't really help him.

Outer Path probably is limited by either distance or time which has passed since death. Otherwise, the technique would have revived people from the whole world.

   the wiki says that "the individual souls are then able to leave even the crossroad between life and the afterlife". Jiraiya should probably be in the afterlife already.

 On the contrary, Kakashi was still in the path between life and afterlife when the technique brought him back.

The wiki also says that it happens because "their rejuvenated bodies [are] acting as an anchor", so looks like the body is required.


Will of D. in One Piece There are many people with D. in their titles like Monkey D. Luffy, Gol D. Roger, though we know they call it "Will of D" but what exactly is it. And how they acquire it by birth.

Not a manga reader but based on what I was able to search on the Internet, it is still a mystery and the whole truth isn't quite revealed yet.

From what I understand, it is still not known as to how it is acquired or if it can be acquired by someone consciously. It is, however, known that:

  ...all share a similar faith in their own (and others') dreams and/or destiny. When a "D." appears, the general consensus is that they are going to stir things up on a global scale, for better or for worse.

Also,

  The second thing about the D is the "Inherited Will" which passes down generation from generation according to Roger and Whitebeard. Even if the life of the person is extinguished others will take up their will.

Also from the wiki, only Gol D. Roger from among those who carry the 'D' in their name was able to know the whole meaning and truth behind. If I understand correctly, what he knew has not yet been revealed in the manga. There are a number of theories about this in the Internet which you can look up if you are interested but bear in mind that these are just theories so there is no definite conclusion as to what it is exactly.


If the universe seed is for creating universes, why does Hearts think he can destroy the Zenos with it? In Dragon Ball Heroes episode 9 of the anime , Hearts says that with the universe see he will destroy the Zenos. But the universe seed supposedly is for creating universes. Why did he say so? How would he use the universe seed to destroy the Zenos?

The Universe seed could also be considered as an energy source of sorts and we see hearts supposedly generate these boxes which can trap people or objects in from which energy is absorbed by the Universe Seed until nothing remains as you can see here, from the 6:00 mark.He threatens to do the same to the Universe 6 fighters, Trunks and Vegeta until Kamin and Oren stop them. I believe the Universe Seed here acts as a massive energy source which can perhaps be used to destroy Zeno or resist their power.For instance, a similar comparison could be made to an experiment performed by Fu in Xenoverse 2. While the character would distort time and create alternate scenarios to simply absorb energy for experimental purposes(Note: He doesn't get stronger by absorbing the energy). He is able to pass this energy on to the Future Warrior, who with his help, is capable of pushing SSJB Goku into turning Ultra Instinct and is also capable of holding his own against Ultra Instinct Goku.


Is Vampire Knight still being written? I bought 17 volumes of the manga from Madman in Australia, and only recently did I get an email from them advertising an 18th volume.

I thought Vampire Knight had ended, but if volumes are still being released in Japan, then it'll take some time before they are translated and reprinted so it's ongoing. However, if it's finished in Japan then new English volumes are just catching up to the end, either way the translation is slow (I bought the 17 volumes back in March this year during a sale).

So I'm wondering: Is Vampire Knight still being written or has it finished in Japan?

No, the manga has finished on May 24, 2013. However, there are 19 volumes total (93 chapters), so the English volumes are just slowly being translated, and you'll have to wait to get them all.


What is "The Miracle" that 10,000 fans of KimiUso voted for? According to the wikia, fans had a chance to vote on if they wanted a miracle to occur. This was during the run of the series. What is this miracle? Information in Japanese can be found on the second link but it is not easily Google Translateable.

There was the KimiUso Staff Talk Event at 2015/05/16 in Tokyo Japan.
"The Miracle” was explained by the staffs of KimiUso in this event.
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv218533566

We can not watch this live streaming already, but we can read the viewer's blog.
I reprint and translate the important point.

Japanese

  宣伝Aさんいわく、「何も考えてなかった」と。

English

  PR staff A told us to "I was not thinking about anything".

As it turns out, there was no miracle.
This is the most official conclusion.

We Japanese fans are thinking that the Miracle was the staff A's Uso = Lie :p


Why was Shenron afraid of Bills? Having the ability to grant all wishes and being powerful why does Shenron have to be afraid of Bills in the movie Dragon Ball Z: Battle Of The Gods?

If you don't recall the Dragons that are created by the Dragonballs are only as powerful as the person who created them.  This means that Shenron is not all powerful and cannot grant a wish outside of the power of their creator, an example would be wishing to destroy Freiza when Kami was the creator.  Dragons from the Dragonballs can grant any wish as long as it's within their creator's power... this means a being more powerful than the creator of them cannot be destroyed by the Dragon and the Dragon can be destroyed by that being.

Dragonball Wiki Excerpt:

  Shenron can bestow any wish as long as it does not exceed the power of
  his creator, who must be still alive (i.e. Kami/Piccolo or Dende).

During Battle of the Gods this means that Dende is the current creator of the Dragonballs, which means that any being more powerful than Dende could defeat Shenron...


Does Trunks know how to fire a Kamehameha? I was watching this segment from a non canon movie (which is known to have some animation mistakes such as Krilin's "Super Saiyan" aura) and Trunks seems to do the pose, and he says the words like someone firing a Kamehameha.

I was wondering if his  Kamehameha scream was something made up by the dub, or if it was in the original Japanese audio, and in the case Trunks was genuinely made to fire a Kamehameha in the movie, if this is congruent with the series or does just Trunks supposedly know how to fire a Kamehameha only in the non canon universe?

Trunks has never fired a Kamehameha in any of the canon versions of the series. He does use the attack in GT and also in the case of the movie as you stated. Essentially, the attacks used by the Hybrid Saiyans are generally based on the attacks used by their respective fathers. Which in Trunks' case, is the Galick Gun and Final Flash and Kamehameha in case of the Son Family. I wouldn't necessarily say Trunks' scream was made up by the dub with regard to the movie as you can see  here.


Why did Deidara want to kill Orochimaru? In the anime it was shown that Deidara was so fixated on killing Orochimaru by himself, he also recklessly attacked Sasuke for killing(!) Orochimaru...

  It was shown that Deidara joined Akatsuki only after Orochimaru left,
  So what could be the reason for his desire to kill Orochimaru by himself?
  Is it said anywhere in story?

More information about Deidara can be found on this link:

  When Deidara's exploits caught the attention of the Akatsuki, Itachi
  Uchiha, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Sasori were sent to recruit him. Deidara
  refused at first but accepts a challenge from Itachi on the condition
  that the Akatsuki let him be if he won. However, Deidara was easily
  defeated by Itachi's Sharingan and begrudgingly joined the
  organisation. -> Chapter 359.

  His ego crushed since then because he admitted to himself that the
  Sharingan was a work of art, Deidara carried a murderous loathing for
  Itachi and the Sharingan for the rest of his life. Acknowledging that
  Itachi was a more powerful opponent, Deidara took steps during his
  time with the Akatsuki to get revenge on Itachi, such as training his
  left eye to counter genjutsu, and devising the means to create C4.

Now since Itachi easily defeated Orochimaru, Deidara wanted to defeat
him as well to show off and prove to Itachi that he is strong. You can
say, Itachi defeated Orochimaru, then he MUST defeat him as well.


What is the manga where to escape hell the person has to do a bunch of good deeds? I think he is given a wooden sword and has to fight demons and things like that.

He is not used to the 20th century since he was dead for a long time. He then lives with this girl he saved when he first got out of hell. He also is followed by a guy from hell who watches him to make sure he doesn't do anything bad.

I remember one part where there is a bank robbery and he defeats all the robbers and saves everyone in the bank also most of the people have demons in them he has to defeat

It's Togari. It's about a boy named Tobei who has been dead and living in hell for over 300 years.

Summary:

He tried to escape hell multiple times but got caught repeatedly. One day he was made an offer that if he could kill 108 demons in 108 days, then he would be free to return to Earth.

He agrees on doing this and then gets sent into modern-day Japan.

Things that definitely match your description:

On the cover you can see his magical sword that can easily be mistaken with a wooden sword or stick.
He lives together with a girl name Itsuki Asagi. He saved her from getting raped and murdered by a thug. After this, they live together with her grandfather.
In volume 3 they are caught in the middle of a bank robbery with one
of the bandits holding Itsuki hostage.


Is it Boundman or Bounceman? Luffy displayed Gear Four for the first time against Doflamingo and called it a specific form.  Via Funimation subs I thought this form was called Bounce Man.  The wiki calls it Boundman.

Is one of these two names offically correct? If Boundman is correct, what is this referring to?

I have not watched One Piece, but after reading the Gear Four Techniques wiki, both Boundman and Bounceman are appear correct - it is just a matter of how it is translated.

Boundman
Luffy's first Gear Fourth form is called Boundman (弾む男 (バウンドマン) Baundoman?, literal meaning "Bounce Man"; Viz and Funi subs: Bounce Man):

When plugging in 弾む男 (バウンドマン into Google's Japanese to English, it translates the text to

Bouncy man (Bound man)


Can I play a PAL copy of Code geass on my US player? So, here just a couple of weeks ago, I placed an order for Code Geass season 1 and season 2 from Madman Entertainment.
This is my first time buying anime. I was told that Madman is a great site to buy anime from because there are a lot of pirated copies floating around on other sites and I wanted to make sure to get an official copy.

My concern is that I just noticed that they are region 2 and 4 (PAL), and I live in the US (Region 1).

This all being said, will my computer and PS4 not be able to play them? If not, is there anywhere else to legally obtain these full seasons in my region?

With PC's, if my memory serves me correctly when it comes to DVD Playback they are pre-set with the local DVD region. this can be changed but only 5 times which isn't ideal.

I don't play movies on my PS4 but the PS3 when it came to DVD/Bluray Playback they were pre-set to play local DVDs/Bluray of the country it was made in (ie. NTSC PS3 will play Region 1 DVDs and Region A Bluray. a PAL PS3 in Australia will play Region 4 DVDs and Region B Bluray while a PS3 in the UK (to my knowledge) will play Region 2 DVDs and Region B Bluray).

When it comes to importing anime from another country you have 2 options.

Use a local distributor - in your case since you live in the US RightStuf would be one of your best bets. you could try NISA's store but they only sell anime they have brought the licences for and Rightstuf sells this aswell.
Get a Region Free DVD/Bluray Player - these are DVD/Bluray players which can have their DVD/Bluray Regions chnaged at any time, generally these also allow you to set the DVD Region to 0 (Region Free/Worldwide) but with Bluray there is no equivalent.

I brought a Laser BLU-BD10803D 3D DVD Blu-Ray Player from eBay and with it i just input a code while in the menu and i can change the DVD and Bluray Regions and it serves me well. problem is the listing is no longer on eBay but a search on ebay will bring up others. you just need to make you you read into the item carefully as some will say multi-region but it'll only be for one format (a couple i see in that search only do DVDs and are pre-set to Bluray Region A)

Getting a new DVD/Bluray Player which is multi-region isn't cheap. this one while it would cost me US $169.00 it also costs US $127.20 for international shipping to the total cost may vary.

if you're invested in having a DVD/Bluray collection of anime then the price you pay for a multi-region DVD Player is a worthy investment since then you can buy DVDs/Bluray no matter the country. this then means the Anime you have on order will still be of use to you and you can just order Anime not based off where it's coming from but availability, customer service, bonus content, etc.

Stream - I add this option in just to complete the answer. you can stream Anime through the internet using This list of Legal sites and in most cases you don't have to worry about regions. my problem with this option is

some sites can still block you using Geo-Blocking (the act of restricting site access based on where your IP is) such as with Funimation, some Youtube Chanels. Crunchyroll doesn't do this to my knowledge
you don't actually own any of the anime and are at the mercy of the site's uptime so if the site goes down for maintenace or what ever reason your out of luck. worst case scenario is that the site shuts down for good, then where is your anime collection?
You are also at the mercy of your internet connection. weather it's working or not, if you have a data limit when you may have breached it, connection speeds etc.

the upsides to streaming is that Anime tends to be streamed before it's available on Bluray/DVD and the anime isn't taking up physical room but my personal opinion is that this don't outweigh the risks.....also there is a kind of glee when you go to show off how you've replaced your Bedroom's normal walls with those made up entire of anime DVD/Bluray, like this

the above image is NOT my collection but that of a random image i found on google which came from this photobucket account


Do people in the anime or manga actually eat Pokemon? In the anime, certain species of Pokemon are mentioned or depicted to be edible (by people or other Pokemon), like Magikarp and Farfetch'd.

Do people actually eat Pokemon? If so, what other species have been mentioned or depicted as edible, in either the anime or the manga?

In November 2012, Game Informer got the chance to ask a long-time Gamefreak producer what the deal is with eating in the Pokemon world.

  Is everyone in the world of Pokémon a vegetarian? Do people eat Pokémon? When they are eating steak are they eating a Tauros?

  Masuda: There’s a lot of fruits and vegetables in the world of Pokémon. There is also a variety of snacks and various candies and whatnot that come from the different regions. The Pokémon world is much more technologically advanced than the world of our own, so perhaps there is probably a lot of different food that we can’t even think of.

Source: Pokémon's Burning Questions


Who are the ninjas Team 7 is fighting with in Naruto Shippuden Ending 32? In the Naruto Shippuden Ending 32, Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi and Sakura are fighting against some masked bad guys.

Who are those people?

As I said in the comments, I have a theory about the identity of these bad guys.

Because this was an ending of a canon episode, I would say they didn't exist in the Naruto universe. But if we take a closer look they are wearing Konoha's clothes and ANBU's mask. So these bad guys, I think they are ANBU's  ninjas (even though some times they don't wear these outfits) who are "chasing" Sasuke.

Also I noticed that these masks are similar to the mask that Orochimaru found in the Uzumaki Clan's Mask Storage Temple.

Anyone with more information, please don't hesitate to change this post. :)


What exactly was the Parabellum's role? In Morestsu Pirates / Bodacious Space Pirates, The Parabellum is hired by Gruier to make sure that Marika finishes her business with the Space Pirates before her final exams begin.

The ship makes a grand entrance at one stage, but during the show I couldn't see any way that the ship/crew actively helped Marika and the Bentenmaru.

I might have missed something, but, what does the Parabellum and its crew do to help Marika?

Towards the end of episode 22, the anti-pirate ship, Grand Cross has just defeated the Big Catch and it was implied that it would have went after Marika and the Bentenmaru next.

Marika had to make a decision on whether to attempt to rescue the crew of the Big Catch, or escape.

It was that moment when the Parabellum FTL jumps in the battlefield and engages the Grand Cross ultimately forcing it retreat.

This allows Marika the Bentenmaru to rescue the crew of the Big Catch. (which eventually got destroyed because the fires couldn't be controlled and it ignited the ammo cache)

So you can argue that without the help of Parabellum, the crew of the Big Catch would likely have perished. It is also possible Marika and the Bentenmaru would have perished as well if they decided to stick around to rescue the crew of the Big Catch.


Ragyo Kiryuin's scars in Kill la Kill Ragyo Kiryuin in Kill la Kill anime has a number of scars along her back, that are shown in such a way it would make me think they are important.

By the end of the anime, the scars are not shown to be important to the story. Does the anime miss something the manga has in regards to those scars? Is there something I missed?

Her wikia page says:

  She also has seven scars on her back that greatly resemble the stars emblazoned in Goku Uniforms. The origin of these scars is unknown, but they are likely a result of her fusion with Life Fibers.

It's very likely that this was a side effect of fusing with Life Fibers at early age.


Same story but different start(refer the body of Hyakkimaru) In Dororo(2019), Hyakkimaru is unable to talk because of the demon took part of his body. But in Dororo(1969), Hyakkimaru body is also been taken by the demon but he is able to talk.

Why? I see the story is wrote by the same person(Osamu Tezuka). Isn't Dororo(2019) is a remake version of the old one?

Ok, so I've just watched. This is just like what happened with many other anime adaptations to the big screen / live action. See Dragon Ball Z into Dragon Ball Evolution for example. They take "creative freedom" when they adapt the story and they change a lot of things. The original creator is mentioned because his story is the base for the adaptation, but the screenwriters are different.

The 2007 live action has a lot of things different to the original anime.

   Dororo is an old teen not a kid like in the anime. Dororo's name is given by Hyakkimaru. This doesnt happen neither iin the 2019 nor in the 1969 anime. The way Hyakkimaru's body is rebuilt by his adoptive father is different.

etc


Is there any anime with an overweight female protagonist? Is there any anime with an overweight female protagonist?

A friend of mine told me that there is none. Is she right?

I just need one simple yes/no answer and, if affirmative, one example.

While "overweight" can be subjective, Real Drive generated some buzz for chubby female characters.

The character in question is Minamo Aoi.

Sample of another female characters in the anime:

Pictures from animecharactersdatabase


How do the citizens of Arcanretia know that Aqua purified their hot springs? Starting in s02e09, Aqua is accused of purifying the hot springs in Arcanretia.  In the meta sense, we can tell the difference by the animated color (green for hot spring, clear/blue for regular water), and that Aqua is known to be able to purify water simply by wading into it, as we learned in s01e05.

It's never mentioned how any of the citizens would know that.  Here in reality, mineral water is the same color as tap water.

How would the citizens of Arcanretia know that the hot spring water was purified into regular water?

Note: This is a followup question to What is the difference between hot spring water and regular hot water?, not a duplicate of it.

Actually, hot spring water usually does show a subtle, if not significant, difference in color as compared to normal hot water.

Referring back to my previous answer of how in Arcanretia, hot spring water vs normal hot water is analogous to onsen vs sentō, if you were to look at stock photos of onsen baths, you could see that the water is somewhat cloudy and unclear:

(source: hikyou.jp)

You can probably tell the difference between that kind of water and clear, normal hot water.


Manga about a sword that only a little boy can unsheath What is that manga that is set in the 17th century about a small boy who has a sword from his deceased old man that only he can open when he's angry? The sword is longer than his body.

And he's all about revenge and the manga is often about war tactic or strategy...

Chosen people have star marks on their bodies and that boy is one of the star-marked people...

You're looking for Hero Tales aka Juushin Enbu. There's also a 26 episode anime adaptation of it.

From ANN:

  Set in a time of chaos, seven heroes of the Stars, the Hokushintenkun, rise up to lead the people. Two of the seven, the Nitenshinson, the Hagun and the Tanrou, are never supposed to exist at the same time, but fate has decided otherwise. Taito, chosen as the Hagun, now must rise up to defeat the Tanrou, as the fate of the Stars destined it to be.


Who did Kaito Kid meet first: Conan or Shinichi? In Detective Conan series, Kaito Kid first appeared in episode 76.

Conan acted like he's never met him and he was looking forward to meeting him and putting him in prison.

But in episode 219, it seems like Shinichi has already faced Kaito Kid even before his body shrank.

How is that even possible?

There's no contradiction between the two episodes: in episode 219, Shinichi never saw Kaito Kid (even during the "duel" with the guns, Kid was hidden behind the sheet) and he didn't even hear the name "Kid": he did ask Megure what's the thief's name at the end, but Megure was so focused on the code that Shinichi gave up asking, while still thinking "but then, one day...", foreshadowing that the two may meet again in the future.

Episode 76 is adapted from manga chapters 156-159, while the Clocktower Heist segment of episode 219 is adapted from the Magic Kaito manga chapters 23-24 (beware a faulty fan translation of the these two chapters in which Shinichi calls the thief "Kid" all the time, which doesn't happen in the original as I said above).

The Shinichi vs Kid showdown was an afterthought, as in it wasn't planned when the first Conan vs Kid case was written (Aoyama said so in his comment for the book "Detective Conan vs Kaitou Kid Perfect Edition") and yet when he decided to write a prequel Aoyama was clever enough to find a way around this, by preventing Shinichi from seeing Kid and learning his name. A similar trick was used by Aoyama for the prequel encounter between Shinichi and Heiji three years before the current timeline: neither of them manged to get a clear look at the rival detective or to learn each other's names; that prequel also had the trick of Shinichi and Heiji both solving the case while thinking it was solved by the other detective, thus avoiding a contadiction with a previous story that showed Shinichi solving his first case one year before the current timeline. Another thing is that Shinichi briefly interacted with Heiji's mother in the 3-year old flashback even though he doesn't know her when she first appears in the series: this can be easily explained by the fact that she did nothing to stand out and had her face partially obscured by a cap and ski glasses, plus their interaction was very brief.

Gosho Aoyama likes his work to be coherent.


Did Kiyoshi have an injured knee even before being seriously injured by Kirisaki Daīchi High? In Kuroko no Basuke, Kiyoshi missed the first half of the year because he was undergoing rehab due to his injury against Kirisaki Daīchi High in the final match of Prelims the year before.
However, on rewatching Episode 8 of Season 2, where the flashback of the previous year's journey and Kiyoshi are focused on, I noticed that Kiyoshi looks down at his legs a number of times throughout the episode, even before the injury.
The most specific scene however is ~15mins into the episode, just after Hyuga compliments Kiyoshi on his dunk, we see Kiyoshi wincing and see his leg is quivering. This seems like a stretch that he injured his leg twice in the match.
More probable (my theory, anyway) is that he was carrying this injury before the tournament and didn't tell the others because he didn't want the team to pull out without him in the first year itself.
TL;DR - Was Kiyoshi injured before his match against Kirisaki Daīchi High or it is canon he had another injury?

After watching the episode, I think Kiyoshi started having the injury on his legs for playing too much. He may have known about it because he is tall, thus he will likely to injure his legs more than average size person (I read an article about tall basketball players are more prone to injury).

So yes, he was injured before his match against Kirisaki Daīchi High, and Makoto Hanamiya made it worse by injuring him.


What is the song's name of One Piece cap 717 min 15:02 I have been looking for the name of the song that appear in 15:02 on episode 717 when Kyros and Rebeca were reunited after the fight versus Diamante.

New World One Piece ost - the time of promise (dressrosa)
That's what i have found


Who taught Megumin Explosion magic? Is she mentioned anywhere in the LN? I have read the KonoSuba Light Novel upto Volume.8 and also the Explosions aka Bakuen spinoff. In the start of the spinoff the writer mentions about a woman who used explosion in front of Megumin. After that she practically fell in love with Explosion magic and eventually learnt Explosion. Does the main series or any of the spinoff tell about this anonymous woman. If so, tell me where?

Volume 9 of the light novel (Kurenai no Shukumei, or "The Crimson Fate") covers this backstory. We learn that the person who taught Megumin explosion magic is the evil goddess of Sloth and Violence, Wolbach, who also happens to be a general of the Demon King's army.

 We actually encounter Wolbach in episode 9 of season 2 of the anime (Kono Fujō na Onsengai ni Megami o!, or "A Goddess for This Corrupt Hot Springs Town!"), or equivalently in Volume 4 of the light novel (Namakura Karutetto, or "You Good-for-Nothing Quartet"). When Kazuma goes to a mixed bath in Alcanretia, he encounters a man and a woman there.

 We learn in the next episode that the man is a general of the Demon King's army, the poison slime Hans. The woman happens to be Wolbach, though this is not revealed then.

Wolbach does not reappear in the series in any significant manner after Volume 9, although at the end of Volume 9:

 It is hinted that Wolbach has been absorbed into Chomusuke, who is actually her other half.


What does Tanaka do? What exactly is Tanaka's function in the Phantomhive family? To my understanding from watching season 1 and 2 of the anime, the manga (up to the Phantomhive murders arc) and the OVAs, it seems like he was Vincent's head butler back when he was the head of the house.

But since Ciel has come into power along with Sebastian, his function seems small. In the anime and manga when Sebastian assigns tasks, he always tells Tanaka "The usual will be fine". What does this mean? Can anyone explain?

Tanaka-san mainly only drinks tea. He was the previous Head-Butler of the Phantomhive family before Ciel shows up with Sebastian. Since Ciel makes Sebastian the Head-Butler, Tanaka-san was then task-less and turned into a backup Head Butler. This was later shown when Sebastian had to leave and was unavailable, Tanaka assumed the position of Head-Butler, commanding the staff trio until Sebastian's return.

In the Book of Circus, when the circus members attacked the Phantomhive manor (not knowing that the Ciel Phantomhive they are after are actually in their main camp disguised under the pseudonym Smile), it was shown that Elisabeth was spending the night at the manor. She was awaken due to the noises but Tanaka-san calmed her down and told her that she should go back to sleep while fully aware that there is a broken window (with a dead body IIRC) behind him. Elisabeth didn't notice this since he was there.

This might be his main task now, taking care of Elisabeth when she came over.

In addition he was also the figurehead of the Funtom corporation (anime 1st season episode 9).


What started the trend of 3-5 minute long episodes for anime series? It seems there's a lot of these short (e.g. 3-5 minute long) anime series recently, specifically ones that air on TV (as opposed to ONA's). Shows like:

Fireball/Fireball Charming
Chii's Sweet Home
Encouragement of Climb
Recorder and Ransell
Aiura
And an older one, Di Gi Charat

What started the trend of short 3-5 minute per episode TV series. How does that fit into a regular TV time-slot if it's so short?

They channel airing the show would just shift things forward or backward 5 minutes.

So something that normally starts at 12:00 would start at 12:05. The shows in the evening will start at the usual time by, over the course of the day, removing 1 or 2 adverts each advert break. The channels that keep a strict schedule just remove most of the adverts during an advert break and play the show then. They do not allocate a 30 minute slot to a short. However, if they have a 15 minute show, they would play that directly before or after the short.

Channels make a lot of money from adverts so they only remove adverts for series they expect to get a high viewing.

As for what started it, I can not say, but while I can not remember any, I am sure I have seen shorts that aren't anime, but the vast majority would probably be anime.
I think the main reason we see more shorts is because anime companies are getting bolder due to more sponsors and producing more franchise such as games and figurines etc., but I think mostly due to larger viewing numbers. 10 years ago companies might have had a hard time making profit on a short and so channels would not want to air them, but now more money means they can get better music, scripts and animation for shorts (or any other things that make them worth watching) so channels will want to air them.


What are the names and grades of Zoro's swords? Zoro always (almost always) carries 3 swords with him. So the question is, what are the names and the grades of those 3 swords he is currently carrying?

The following are the names and grades of the 3 swords currently (as of 16-April-2020) carried by Zoro.

Wado Ichimonji

  The Wado Ichimonji is a sword of great personal importance to Roronoa Zoro, and it was once Kuina's and her family's sword. It is also one of the 21 O Wazamono grade swords.

Sandai Kitetsu

  The Sandai Kitetsu is one of the Wazamono grade swords, a "Sharp Sword". Like all of its predecessor Kitetsu swords, this one is said to be cursed.

Enma (exchanged with the Shusui)

  Enma is one of the 21 O Wazamono grade swords. It was once wielded by Kozuki Oden alongside his other sword, Ame no Habakiri, and is one of the two only weapons known to have ever injured Kaido.
  After Oden's death, Enma was inherited by his daughter, Kozuki Hiyori. Hiyori would later gift the sword to Roronoa Zoro in exchange for the latter allowing Shusui, a national treasure, to remain in Wano.

Past Swords:

Yubashiri (now destroyed and replaced by Shusui)

  Yubashiri was one of the fifty Ryo Wazamono grade sword. Roronoa Zoro obtained this sword for free from a sword shop owner.

Shusui (exchanged for Enma)

  Shusui is one of the 21 O Wazamono grade swords and was once wielded by the legendary samurai Ryuma. It is considered the national treasure of the Wano Country. After his death, the katana was buried with Ryuma, until his grave was robbed by Moriah's crew. Ryuma appeared as a zombie on Thriller Bark, who had been given Brook's shadow. After his defeat, Ryuma bequeathed the sword to Roronoa Zoro and said he was satisfied with Zoro as the sword's master.


What is the significance of Rio Poneglyph? Why is the Rio Poneglyph so important to Robin? In fact her only reason to go to the end of Grand Line is to find this Poneglyph.

It's important because it's said that it contains information about One Piece history including the Void Century.

  The Rio Poneglyph (真の歴史の本文, literally translated as "True Text of History") is the message carried by all the poneglyphs along the Grand Line. It contains the true history of the One Piece world (including the "Void Century" of which research is forbidden). In order to find it, one must take all other passages from the other Poneglyphs with them on their travels, and it is only completed upon reaching the end of the world; in other words, the island Raftel. Gol D. Roger seemed to have accomplished this task, according to Rayleigh, though it is uncertain if the other members of the Roger Pirates (i.e. Shanks, Buggy) know the world's history.

Source: Poneglyph - The One Piece Wiki

Why is it important to Robin?

  Nico Robin was born on the island of Ohara , and came from a family of archaeologists. Her mother, Nico Olvia, went out to sea to find the True History. But she along with the archaeologists of Ohara were killed by the World Government through a buster call.

Source: Nico Robin/History - The One Piece Wiki

So naturally, Robin became an archaeologist to finish the work started by her people and to know the true events of history, thus exposing the World Government.

Why is the Void Century important? Let's take a look at few events that occurred during the Void Century:

Birth of the World Government

  800 years ago, at the end of the Void Century, the World Government was born and took political control of the entire world, uniting all countries and forming the Council of Kings. For the World Government, the events of the Void Century were better left unknown as information linked to it is considered far too dangerous.

The Great War

  The most important event during the Void Century seems to be the Great War. It ended with the fall of Shandora [City of Gold]

Source for blockquotes: Void Century - The One Piece Wiki (emphasis added)


What happened to Katakuri's mouth? In One Piece episode 856 "The Forbidden Secret! Katakuri's Merienda!",
the cooks who bring Katakuri's lunch say that no one has ever seen Katakuri while he is eating, and her sister Brulee says that he has never once been on his back since he was born. But when Luffy breaks the house made of Mochi by Katakuri, it is seen that he was lying on his back and eating with his big mouth.

So, what happened to Katakuri's mouth that it is so big and horrifying? Why does he hide his mouth and also from everyone while he is eating? Why does he murder the cooks when he is exposed by Luffy?

Relevant YouTube video: Katakuri True Face, Luffy Exposes Him

What happened to Katakuri's mouth? It was due to his fast eating habits that caused his mouth to greatly expand. I'm no medical expert so I'm not sure if this is possible in real life.

Why does he hide his mouth? Mostly due to insecurity (I mean, if it were me, I'd probably also hide my mouth). As stated in the wiki, he is very sensitive to the point that he would attack anyone who sees his mouth.

He also hides himself from everyone while he is eating. Because he is gluttonous and seems to value his snack time greatly. From the wiki, it is stated that:

  ...Katakuri is extremely private about his eating habits, as he is extremely gluttonous and slovenly, talking to himself in ecstasy about the quality of the food. He loves donuts and enjoys gorging on them since childhood. For this reason, he eats his snacks in solitude, and this is the only time he uncovers his mouth...


Naruto Music Determination Rasengan What is the name of the music that plays in the movie "Bonds" during the determination rasengan.I hear this in a lot of scenes it also plays again when sauske and the 4 kages meet naruto.

Since this is regards to Naruto Shippuden: Bonds, the music that plays during the Determination Rasengan scene is title as Snowflakes. This is track #29 on the Naruto Shippden: Bonds OST


How is Misaka's railgun so destructive? In episode 1 of Railgun, Misaka's railgun up-ends a good chunk of what appears to be an olympic-sized swimming pool. Later in the same episode, it is revealed that her railgun travels at a velocity of 1030 m/s.

However, the numbers don't add up.
Suppose Misaka uses 10 gram coins. At 1030 m/s, that coin has this much energy:
Energy = 1/2 m v^2
       = 1/2 (0.01 kg) (1030 m/s)^2 = 5304.5 kg (m/s)^2
       = 5304.5 Joules

An olympic-sized swimming pool has 2,500,000 kg of water. Based on the image above, that cone probably travels a good 100 meters into the air.
So let's say for benefit of the doubt, that only 10% of the water is lifted 100 meters into the air.
Energy = m g h
       = (0.01 * 2500000 kg) (9.8 m/s^2) (100 m) = 2.45 * 10^8 kg (m/s)^2
       = 2.45 * 10^8 Joules

The coin needs 2.45 * 10^8 Joules of energy to uplift the swimming pool as shown above. But her coin can only provide 5304.5 Joules. There is a difference of about 4 orders of magnitude.

Okay... Before anyone dismisses this as just another case of Anime physics, let's look at what else could produce so much energy:

The spin of the coin is not captured in the net velocity of 1030 m/s. But given the moment of inertia of a little coin, it would need a tremendous (relativistic?) amount of spin to carry 10^8 Joules.
The charge of the coin is unspecified in the Anime. Perhaps Misaka somehow polarizes the charge in the coin and somehow makes it release upon contact with the target.
The mass-energy (E = mc^2) of the coin is 9 * 10^14 Joules. Is this what she did?

So the question is: Is there any official explanation for where the coin gets so much energy? Or are we left to dismiss this as another case of Anime physics?

According to the anime and manga, Mikoto has a "muzzle velocity" of 1030 m/s:

In contrast, the US Navy's railgun has a muzzle velocity of 2520 m/s (~5600 mph or ~7.5x the speed of sound), with a muzzle energy of 10.64 megajoules (10.64 million joules). Which is probably comparable to the amount of energy in an average-sized car moving at 250 mph.

Comparatively, the an AK-47 rifle has a muzzle velocity of 715m/s (~1600 mph or ~2x the speed of sound), with a muzzle energy of ~2010 joules (assuming 7.62x39mm cartridges are used, but may vary depending on the type of ammunition).

While not very impressive stat-wise as far railguns go, since actual railguns are capable of achieving speeds of possibly more than ~5000 m/s. Take note that Mikoto is a middle-schooler that can fire eight shots of these per minute, which is on par with "typical" railguns.

Assuming the coin comparable to the size and weight of a U.S. quarter, one can assume that the coin she uses has a weight of about five grams. Using this formula we can get he muzzle energy:

  Energy = 0.5*(mass)(velocity)2 = 0.5*(0.005kg)(1030m/s)2 = ~2652.25 joules

So Mikoto outputs a bit more damage than an semi-automatic assault rifle.

But that's not what we're seeing now is it?

Not quite. But what could cause such a difference in output?

According to Page 1, Chapter 4 of the Railgun manga, she manipulates electromagnetism to achieve her results. This seems plausible since if the magnetic field were sufficiently focused, she could theoretically accelerate only the coin and/or nearby objects.

Now lets take a look at the pool test again, from the pool cleaning episode (S1, ep. 2) we have an approximate estimate of the dimensions of the pool:

Lets measure things in terms of Kuroko's height (~152cm)!

Seeing as the pool doesn't taper or either end, lets assume that the pool is about 14 Kurokos long or ~21.28 m (yes it does seem kinda small), and about 11 Kurokos wide, or ~16.72 m, by the lines on the pool floor and a bit less than ~0.9 Kuroko, or lets say 1.36m deep.

As for the displaced water, we could attempt to integrate the volume of the plume of water, assuming it's half and half air, find it's weight, etc. But we'll be lazy here and assume that 1/1000th of the pool water volume was dispersed into the air when Mikoto fires her railgun. The pool would have a volume:

  Volume = (1.36 m)*(21.28 m)*(16.72 m) = ~486.73 m3 of water

Since the "center of mass" the plume of water seems to be comparable be near the top of the gymnasium-type building, going be an eye estimate of the door compared to the building lets assume that it's 10 m tall. In order to calculate the energy needed to achieve something like this we do:

  (Energy it takes to lift an object) = (mass of object)*(acceleration due to gravity)*(lift altitude).

In this scenario let us cut a bunch of corners and assume that all the energy of the shot goes into lifting the water (by which ignore the energy spent warming the water up, creating the sounds loud explosion, any dramatic winds effect), then we have

  Energy = (1/1000)*(~486.73 m3)*(1000 kg/m3 water)*(9.8 m/s2)*(10m) = ~47699.54 joules

If we plug it backwards into the kinetic energy equation:

  √[(~47699.54 J)*2 / (0.005 kg)] = ~4368.04 m/s

So the muzzle velocity of her railgun would be ~4368.04 m/s.

One can only assume that, since we must respect the canon value of 1030 m/s, that perhaps the damage caused by Mikoto ability is due to her manipulation of electromagnetic caused as the coin moves through the air or some other factor... But then again, what do we know about the physics of this world where Science and Magic co-exist?


Why did Yukari's father wander off on his honeymoon? Yukari Morita visits the Solomon Islands in an attempt to find out what happened to her father, who disappeared 17 years ago while her parents were on their honeymoon. There, she meets a native girl named Matsuri and after a series of events in episode 2, finds his father.

Was the reason to why Yukari's father just wandered off explained in the anime or light novels?

From what I can find (and according to TV Tropes), it is never explained what happened to her father, and it seems to have been more of an excuse to have her end up on the island and get involved in the first place than any real major plot point.

In episode 2, Yukari finds her father and demands to know what had happened. He tells her to calm down, then starts to cry after she tells him that he was the reason she had come there and why she was so upset about not knowing what had happened to him. It is shown in that episode that he knows the Director, who knows that Yukari is his daughter, but it isn't explained why the father left.

The only basic explanation (that I found) was that he went out to look at the moon and never returned.


Looking for a "game anime" with summoning monsters using stone circles I'm looking for an anime I saw when I was a kid. It was a game anime, rather typical, where a kid falls into a game and is trying to escape. I can remember that the characters fought using some kind of monster. They only had to summon it once, and did so by placing a stone circle into some kind of receiver. The main character's monster was called "Sweetcake", I think, and he was joined by a blonde girl and someone else. Pretty sure Sweetcake could talk, too. Does anyone know what this anime might be?

I think it could be Monster Rancher (also known in Japan as Monster Farm).

Here is a summary of the show from Wikipedia, bold emphasis is my own:

  The story follows a boy named Genki Sakura, who is a keen player of
  the Monster Rancher video games. After winning a tournament hosted by
  the game's creators, Genki wins a special CD that he can use to unlock
  a special monster in his game at home. However, upon using this disk
  in his game console, he finds himself transported to a world of
  monsters that, much like Genki's game, are given life by scanning
  special stone disks within temples. There, he meets a girl named
  Holly, who is seeking a stone disk containing a legendary Phoenix that
  will save the land from the tyranny of an evil ruler named Mu. Upon
  attempting to use the disk Genki had won to try and release the
  monster, they bring forth a different sort of monster, which Genki
  names Mochi. Wanting to free the land from Mu's rule, Genki, Holly,
  Mochi and their other monster companions go on a quest to find the
  stone disk that contains the Phoenix.

One of the monsters mentioned in this summary, Mochi (sometimes also written as Mocchi), is the name of a Japanese confection. It seems that "Sweetcake" is used as a translation of this name sometimes, based on the results of Googling monster rancher "sweetcake". Here is a picture of Mochi/Sweetcake which may help jog your memory more than written words.


How much of the manga do I have to read before watching "Those Awaiting a Star"? While reading reviews for The Ancient Magus' Bride: Those Awaiting a Star, I saw a number of reviewers who stated that the OVA requires some knowledge of the manga. One reviewer states that certain background elements are left unexplained in the OVA. Another who has not read the manga complains that the OVA is incomprehensible to him.

With this in mind, how much of the manga do I need to have read to understand the OVA? I would like to watch it, but I have not yet caught up to the current chapter (ch. 37).

I started watching Those Awaiting a Star despite my concerns. I am currently on ch. 15 of the manga, and I didn't have any trouble understanding the first episode. I did notice, however, certain details that would require knowledge of certain manga chapters:

Early in the episode, Ruth speaks to Chise as a dog. Later, he transforms into a boy to eat breakfast with her and Elias. Understanding this requires the viewer to have finished reading the arc where Ruth is introduced and where he becomes Chise's familiar. In other words, the viewer must have finished reading ch. 12.
Reference is made to Chise being a Slay Vega. The OVA also depicts Chise as being haunted by her ability to see magical creatures invisible to others as a child. Both of these aspects of Chise were discussed prior to the Ruth arc. (Unfortunately, I forgot the exact chapters, particularly since some of the information in question is spread out over several chapters.)
One reviewer complains that we are not introduced to Elias or given an explanation for why Chise is studying magic. Personally, I do not think we actually need to know either. As far as I am concerned, this can simply be handwaved as part of the worldbuilding or plot construction. Either way, sufficient context is given in the beginning chapters of the manga, in the first volume. The above also holds for Angelica's appearance at the beginning.

Since everything above is explained in enough detail by the point in the manga where Ruth appears and becomes a familiar, it would appear sufficient that an OVA viewer at least read the manga up to ch. 12, if not finish vol. 3. (Although Ruth's attachment to Chise happens in ch. 12, it took me until ch. 14 to properly understand that Ruth could shape-shift.)


Death Note: Old age as cause of death? If you would write something like: "Bob Hyrule dies of old age", would this work?

No, for two reasons:

1) "Old age" is not a cause of death. "Dying of old age" indicates when a person dies from some natural cause.

2) Following #1, you can only specify when a person will die if it's within 23 days.

  Rule XXVII

  If you write, "die of disease" for the cause of death, but only write a specific time of death without the actual name of disease, the human will die from an adequate disease. But the Death Note can only operate within 23 days (in the human calendar).

  This is called the 23-day rule.

However, the very next rule makes it clear that it's possible to write a cause of death which allows the victim to live much longer than 23 days.

  Rule XXVIII

  If you write, "die of disease" like before with a specific disease’s name, but without a specific time, if it takes more than 24 days for the human to die the 23-day rule will not take effect and the human will die at an adequate time depending on the disease.

Therefore, you could write someone's name in the Death Note, with the cause of death being a disease that takes decades to develop. This would essentially make the victim immune to the Death Note, while still allowing them to live out a long life (assuming they would have lived a long life anyways).

Keep in mind that this cannot be used to extend someone's life, as the victim will still die at the end of their original lifespan.

  Rule LVII

  In the Death Note, you cannot set the death date longer than the victim’s original life-span. Even if the victim’s death is set in the Death Note beyond his/her original life-span, the victim will die before the set time.


What was it that Yevon did to the Al Bhed? In Final Fantasy X, after being transported to Bikinel Desert by Sin and reunited, Rikku goes to tell the party where they are

  Rikku: i know where we are, but you have to keep it a secret, especially from Yevonites
  Wakka: What are you accusing Yevon of this time?
  Rikku: Yevon did something really terrible to us before

however all Rikku says at Home is that Sin destroyed the island they came from and it was her father Cid who gathered the separated Al Bhed to build Home. i don't recall Rikku explaining what Yevon did to the Al Bhed, is it stated anywhere what Yevon did?

While exactly what Yevon did to the Al Bhed was never revealed in Final Fantasy X, this information was eventually revealed in Final Fantasy X-2.5.

Final Fantasy X-2.5 is a novel sequel to Final Fantasy X-2 written by Kazushige Nojima who had written the scenario for Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2. It was released on December 26th, 2013 to commemorate the release of Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster.

Yevon essentially blamed the Al Bhed for Sin's appearance, performed a mass execution, followed by outcasting them.

Final Fantasy X-2.5 ~Eien no Daishō~
The origins of the Al Bhed are revealed in the sequel novel to Final Fantasy X-2. There was once a mechanic called Alb who created a race called Bedohls, humans who could not use magic but excelled at wielding machina, and used them to combat a Zanarkandian mage. Their weapons were so powerful they were kept under surveillance at all times. It's speculated that their power might have been the catalyst for the Machina War. After the Yevon religion was established, the Bedohls were blamed for the emergence of Sin and executed in numbers, thereby casting them out of society. The surviving Bedohls were later renamed the Al Bhed, a corrupted mesh of their original name and their creator's name.


Why was "Gold Wedding Ring" displayed for less than a second? One scene of Yuri on Ice (YoI) displays a register receipt from a jewelry store.  For less than a second, possibly even as short as a few frames, most of the receipt is visible, and it is clear Yuri is about to purchase a Gold Wedding Ring. Immediately the bulk of the receipt becomes masked by Yuri's credit card. At the beginning of time code 13:26 of episode 10 a lucky freeze-frame can capture:

After that instant, the only significant receipt info which remains unmasked is the price, 768.94 €.

Is there a verifiable reason the exact nature of this purchase is almost hidden from the viewer?

In the English subtitles, Yuri refers to it as simply a "luck charm".  There is a Tumblr post which explains that the term in Japanese is "omamori" and has a deeper meaning than a non-Japanese speaker would associate with "luck charm".  (I have no direct knowledge that this post is accurate, but it feels right.) So those in Japan would apparently get much more out of this scene, even if they could not read the receipt.

Within hours (probably minutes) of episode 10 airing, there were people posting the information on this receipt.  It is likely that, even though the details would slip by the vast majority of viewers, any internet-savvy YoI fan would know what the receipt said. So the scene seems to be intentionally hiding information, but with the knowledge that it will be revealed by the fans. Does this confuse anyone else?

Also, can anyone read the first word on the line with "Gold Wedding Ring"?  I think it starts with an "F" but I cannot make it out, even in a sharpened version of the image. (The video was viewed, and image captured, at 1080p resolution, expanded to full screen on my 1920x1080 display.)

Was the text of receipt hidden, and why?
I didn't get the impression that the receipt was anymore intentionally "hidden" than, say, Yuko's text message to Yuri Plisetsky in episode 4; I saw the text of the receipt as simply there to fill in necessary visual details (in the same way in which it might be necessary for books or pages of homework in the "background" of other anime to contain some relevant text). However, the text of the receipt does affect how we perceive Yuri's intentions or the scene where rings are exchanged, so one could argue that at the very least, useful information is being unintentionally hidden (by virtue of the fact that this piece of information is more or less a background detail).
I haven't seen (at the time of writing) any discussion of the text of the receipt in (translations of) the "official" discussions listed here, so it's difficult to go beyond guesswork in thinking about these issues.
What does the receipt say?
My best guess is that the receipt reads "Flat Gold Wedding Ring". This is prompted both by the observation that other people have made the same guess and that "Flat" was my first guess of an English word that could fit the context.
Originally, I was uncertain about this reading, as the final character in the first word did not look like a lower case T to me; as a lower case T, it seemed too short. However, upon a second look, I noticed that instances on the receipt where there is clearly a lower case T in the same font (i.e. in the instances of "Ticket" and "Total" that we see) have the same problem. With this in mind, I was able to throw out my objection.


Void Century: how can a whole century go by without anyone knowing what happened? In One Piece, it seems like little to no people knows what happened during the Void Century.

How is this possible?

The World Government is heavily protective of whatever happened during the Void Century, and actively seeks to keep people in the dark about it. They burned every book they could find that contained info on the subject, and killed everyone they found who knew about it while preventing as much info from leaking as possible. The Ohara incident is a direct example of that; its inhabitants knew too much about the Void Century to be allowed to live.


Could Sasuke revive his clan by using Samsara of Heavenly Life technique that Nagato used to revive Konoha's fallen? When Kakashi asked Sasuke about his dream, Sasuke answers that his dream was to restore his clan and to kill Itachi.

  Since Itachi is dead, Sasuke has achieved half of his goal. Now, the only thing left is restoring his clan.

Could he use the Samsara of Heavenly Life technique to revive his clan?

Since Sasuke has the Rinnegan he should be able to use the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, but it will cost him his life since he is technically trading his life for the revival of others. He will also have to summon the King of Hell.

  Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique is a reincarnation ninjutsu used through the Outer Path, which can infuse new life into the bodies of those who have died in exchange for the user's own life.

Then the part about the King of Hell...

  To perform this technique, the user summons the King of Hell, which then releases the souls of the deceased from its mouth.

Source:

Outer Path-Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique


Is Dragon Ball Super considered canon? Is Dragon Ball Super considered an original works by Akira Toriyama?

This really depends on what you consider canon, but for now let's define "canon" as material that's covered in the original source material and has impact on the story.

Since this season does have a manga adaptation and takes place after Kid Buu Saga from Dragon Ball Z but before the tournament with Uub, I would say that this is canon material.

But, After seeing more then the first episode I think its safe to say that the anime does not follow the manga 100%. Therefore I consider it somewhat canon.


What was Emiru doing during the 1 year timeskip? In chapter 116 of Nozoki Ana, there's a 1 year timeskip.

Is there any explanation of what Emiru was doing during the timeskip?

Nothing official but my take on it:

Deep down she knew that she is still not able to run a relationship. Thus she decided to leave entirely. However, Kido kinda decided to gamble rather than losing her forever. He gave one year time period for her to improve her personality and think about all that happened. You could say "Well she can do that while being with Kido" however that's wrong. She is so obsessive about Kido and rotten inside thus being with her would defeat the entire purpose of "I want to be a better person."

In the end, it worked out.


Where to watch My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising in the UK Im looking to watch the new film Heroes Rising in the UK. Ive seen alot of articles that it was available in the cinema at the end of Febaury/March time but i must have missed the promotion about that since i never heard anyhting about it.

Is there another way for me to see it ? I have no qualms about paying or buying the blue-ray etc if needed. I just cant seem to find any information about it.

If you missed it on theaters, the Blu-ray and DVD is releasing on July 15, according to the film's official twitter account.