What's the meaning of the crayon painting that appear in End Of Evangelion? What's the meaning of the crayon painting picture just after Shinji choke Asuka ? The picture below is some of the crayon-painting in The End Of Evangelion:

Unknown Guy

A boy inside a house?

Wth is that ?

Boy and woman ?

A bucket of fish

Dog Corpse

A Murder Case

I think the general consensus is that it's up to your own interpretation. They are a mix of actual children's drawings and some that were made to look like children's drawings but were actually created by the staff (e.g. the gutted dog and the bucket of fish).

There is commentary that's part of the "Eva Tomo no Kai" (Eva Fan Club) newsletters that supposedly mention that these drawings were created by children who went through abuse/traumatic experiences and were drawn as part of some sort of therapy. I can't provide the actual source or the scan, though, so take that tidbit with a grain of salt.

So it's possible that the sequence alludes to that of a child (or children, as in the Evangelion pilots) who went through traumatic experiences (piloting, fighting, general psychological struggles from the events of the series) and attempting to cope with them. Sort of like the idea behind the therapy children's drawings.


Why is Koga so different from Inuyasha? When Inuyasha used a Shikon Jewel Shard he became a full demon and was dangerous to all of those who were close to him (probably because of the hatred and anger of his corrupted shard) but Kagome stopped him.

Also Inuyasha has become a full demon in the past even without the help of a Shikon Jewel Shard.

My question is: If Koga (or anyone else who is a full demon) can control his emotions and his temper, even when regularly using the Shikon Jewel Shards, why can't Inuyasha do the same?

A major difference between Inuyasha and several others when it comes to the jewel shard's effects is that Inuyasha is heavily influenced by his human side, having been raised by his mother until her death and without a full blooded relative around to teach him control of his demon side. I've noticed that half demons in the show can lean towards either being more like their human side or demon side. Jinenji and Inuyasha would lead towards their human sides with their love for their human mothers whom raised them.

Naraku on the other hand chose his demon side through and through which is only displayed so surely whenever we see him try to suppress or throw away Onigumo's human feelings for Kikyo. As such, his becoming full demon in power has little effect on his mind because he's already using that side's state of mind to begin with.

Because Inuyasha's demon blood was never trained properly and said blood is so potent to begin with, his more baser instincts are what come out when it over powers his human side. (This potency and his expected death is actually why Inuyasha's father had Tetsaiga passed on to Inuyasha because he knew the results that would come if his demon blood overpowered his human blood in life or death situations) Demons are much more blood thirsty than humans, paticularly those lower class and weaker demons who have not developed a higher order of thinking which is why they are often referred to a little more than "savage beasts". Sesshomaru has had centuries training and controlling and evolving those instincts and power with the supposed assistance and overview of both parents.

Koga too is very in tune with his wolf-ish animal instincts before he even gains his shards, and everyone else who does not seem to have major effects mentally seem to already know their place in the world and do not have questions on where they stand like Inuyasha who is constantly torn from his years of shunning in both races to wanting the jewel at all just so he can fit in to one category.

Now Kagome and the crew have thrown him for a huge loop with their ease in accepting every part of who he is now, which completely throws off everything he's learned about his kind in the eyes of just about everyone else in Feudal Japan. (And that's about 150 years of being rejected by everyone but his mom and Kikyo)


Where did "dattebayo" come from? In Naruto, at least in the early show, he uses the catchphrase "dattebayo" in the Japanese. This question answered on a canon-level where it came from (his mother), but I was wondering where (if anywhere) it came from in terms of the language. I know that there's no direct translation, but is it a sort of portmanteau or version of somebody's name or of some phrase in Japanese?

Dattebayo (だってばよ) is not really proper Japanese, but you can sort of see how it would come about linguistically as a sentence-ending phrase. It's very impolite, somewhat childish, and basically just combines different ways of putting emphasis on the statement in a not terribly meaningful way.

First, the da (だ) is a standard way to end a sentence (copula) in Japanese. Depending on the construction of the sentence, some sentences will end with da while others end with a dictionary form verb. It should be emphasized that using this would not be considered polite. The polite version of da is desu (です). Wikipedia has some more information on copula verbs and verb conjugations in Japanese.

Next, tteba (ってば) is sort of a set expression/phrase which adds emphasis. This is a shortened (and hence less polite) version of tteieba (っていえば). It can be attached to a noun, in which case it would be translated roughly as "speaking of" in many contexts. In other contexts it could be interpreted (somewhat rudely) as "I'm talking to you" or "listen to me". You might use it with a person's name to attract their attention in this way. It's roughly equivalent to ttara (ったら)　but this latter one is more commonly used by females. Wikipedia calls it a "strong emphasis marker" which is probably about as close as you can get to an accurate English description.

Naruto adds it to the da above. Datteba is something you might hear occasionally in other contexts. To me, this more often sounds frustrated than emphatic, but it could be used either way.

Finally, the yo (よ) is a sentence-ending particle. It can be appended to the end of a sentence when the speaker is informing the listener of something or making an assertion. It might be translated in some contexts as "you see" or "you know". It's not necessarily impolite but it could be used in impolite speech. Wikipedia has some other contexts where this could be used.

Putting all these together gives dattebayo. It's meaningless and not entirely grammatical, but it puts a lot of emphasis on what he is saying. One might compare it qualitatively in English to using multiple superlatives, e.g. "I'm the most bestest ninja ever" in terms of how it would come across. It isn't actually equivalent to this, but Japanese speakers hearing it would get a similar impression in terms of the manner of speech.

I'll note that while dattebayo is most definitely invented for this character, it's somewhat equivalent to dazo (だぞ). Dazo is not childish-sounding (compared to dattebayo), and is mostly used by men. However, it is still quite impolite, all things considered, and puts a strong emphasis on a statement. There's also the more forceful daze (だぜ), but dazo has somewhat of a more positive tone.


What anime is this guy from? He has brown hair and is wearing a school uniform i tried different sites, so now I'm here. If anyone could help that would be great. If you could, can you tell me which anime he is from and the name of the character. Thanks

This is for sure the Anime Guilty Crown (ギルティクラウン). There is also a Manga of this Anime. Icyk already answered correct but his answer is low quality. I searched the other things up.

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 22
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 14, 2011 to Mar 23, 2012
Producers: Production I.G, Aniplex, FUNimation EntertainmentL, Movic, Fuji TV, Fuji Pacific Music Publishing
Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Super Power
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

  The story takes place in Tokyo in 2039, after the outbreak of the
  "Apocalypse Virus" during what became known as the "Lost Christmas" of
  2029. Since then, Japan has been under the control of the multinational organization called GHQ.

  Ouma Shu is a 17 year-old boy who mistakenly obtains a rare and great
  power. He can use this power, "The Right Hand of the King," to extract
  "voids," or tools/weapons that are the manifestations of peoples'
  hearts.

  He has been rather shy since a childhood tragedy, but both his
  personality and life change forever when he meets a girl named
  Yuzuriha Inori, a member of the rebel group called "Funeral Parlor,"
  whose members seek the restoration of self-government in Japan via the
  ousting of GHQ.

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Character

The character you see in the picture is Shu Ouma (桜満 集). He is the main character of the Anime. At the beginning you can say he is introverted and just a normal high school student.

from ZeroChan

  One of the main protagonists of Guilty Crown, who's right hand holds a
  special power called "The Power of the King". This ability allows him
  to extract weapons from his friends known as a "Void" which is a
  manifestation of a person's personality.

  He is an unsociable 17-year-old young man who usually tends to stay
  out of people's way so as to not cause them any trouble. However, this
  changes when he meets a girl named Inori Yuzuriha. From that moment
  on, he must learn how to make friends because of his ability "The
  Power of King".

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Scene

The scene in your picture is in the opening of the Anime. It starts at 1:09 in this YouTube video.


Do anime usually lose money? It seems as though a lot of anime go through a production cycle where they put out a series that seems fairly popular, but ends long before the manga's storyline does.  Obviously, a big reason for making anime is to get people to buy the original manga, but if the anime series itself were turning a profit it's tough to imagine (from my American viewpoint, anyway) that the producers would abandon it, when it could easily continue (given its proven popularity, voice actors lined up, storyline set, etc.)

Is there an overarching reason?  Do many anime not turn a profit?

Anime is much bigger in Japan. There are lots of mangas that were given a shot at anime adaptation, but they didn't get a following and eventually got pulled. In my opinion, the manga has to be popular in Japan first before the network heads start to export the anime officially.

There are other reasons aside from profit. Take Gintama for example; I can't be sure if they were pulled off air because of profit (which I doubt) or because the network wasn't happy with the show's direction.

So, yes, the big reason why they get pulled off air is because the anime didn't make enough profit. It's a competitive market.


How old were Ed and Al when they performed the human transmutation? How old were Edward and Alphonse when they performed human transmutation? I am referring to the Brotherhood series, not the 2003 version.

Brotherhood more or less follows the manga. I don't remember if we get a montage of events in the brothers' childhoods with their ages (a quick search through volume 6 doesn't give me anything), but we do see Mustang arrive at Resembool presumably shortly after their human transmutation attempt, so we can get some information from there.

So Edward is at most 11, and Alphonse 10, when human transmutation is attempted. This matches up more or less with the ages I remember possibly having seen from 2003 and Brotherhood. (Keep in mind that some chronology - such as the death of Winry's parents - might have occurred at a different point in the manga continuity compared to that of 2003, and that there is the additional half year before Ed takes the State Alchemist exams.)


Can Ghouls drink water? I just started watching the series and I'm about 4episodes in.

In episode 2 the shopkeeper old guy says:

   Since ancient times, coffee is the one thing that ghouls and humans can enjoy.

but in episode 4 when Touka got a piece of meat from a friend, she was in the bathroom drinking water and fighting to keep it in her body.

She didn't instantly vomit from the water but in episode 1 when the protagonist drank milk he did.

So based off of these observations, can ghouls actually drink water & coffee? And if so are there other dietary things that float along this median line of edibility among both races?

Although what you said is write but think about this "Coffee is not just made up of only coffee beans, it contains water as well".


Why doesn't Minato use Sage mode against the "Masked Man"? We all know that Minato was able to use sage mode, but when the nine-tails attacked the hidden leaf, why didn't Minato go into sage mode and destroy the "Masked Man"

In the 4th great ninja war Minato himself says that he can't use sage mode efficiently. This because it requires a lot of time to gather that much chakra, and he is not adept at using sage mode.


Why did Funami Yui accuse Toshinou Kyouko of playing dirty? In episode 4 minute 1:35 to 1:45 of the Third season of Yuru Yuri, Yui accused Toshinou of playing dirty after she won against Ayano. From what I understand, they are playing bomberman-like game. What is dirty from Toshinou blowing up Ayano?

The following anwer is made by assuming that they are playing on a Bomberman version similar to one of those which actually exist.

A proof that this may be similar to a known version of Bomberman is the bonus Ayano is trying to pick up, which looks really similar to Fire and  Full Fire  bonuses

Basic Bomberman knowledge

In the classic games Bomberman, there are a lot of power-ups.

One in particular, Kick, gives to the one who collected it the ability to kick away Bombs. This is the only ability that grants the power to move a bomb after it has been planted.

This may be used in 2 ways :

To eject the bomb that would threaten your life;
To push an enemy bomb or your bomb into the enemy's face.

What's more, it is important to know that bomb explose after a determined delay after it has been planted.

But what happend exactly?

Ayano did plant a bomb in order to destroy a wall and therefore is unable to move (if she does, she may be killed by her own bomb)

After the wall exploded, Ayano's first reflex was to leave this dead-end to pick-up a bonus.

Toshino may have anticipated that Ayano would have this behavior.

Toshino planted a bomb near to herself, managing to time it so it would explode just a little bit after Ayano's bomb. Then she pushed the bomb with the bonus we talked about earlier (we can be sure of this as long as the ability to move bombs is unique to this bonus) and killed Ayano.

Why is Yui reacting this way?

Bomberman is usually meant to be played around strategy, which means placing your bombs in order to force the enemy players' movements, and therefore block them.
As an example, placing a bomb on a line will force a player to go to the other end of this line. By playing on this kind of forcing, you can "place" enemies on a dead-end or a really close place where they are more vulnerable to bombs.

The natural reaction of an awared Bomberman player is to spend the less possible time in dead-ends. They are deadly because you cannot go through bombs unless you have the Bomb Pass bonus.

Here, Toshino is just waiting for enemies to destroy walls in order to kill them instead of placing bombs herself.

Therefore, this kind of trick can be seen as unfair or dirty because it is playing on a survival reflex and is not really the part of a global strategy.


Can the Kekkai Touta be achieved by anyone with 3 chakra natures? Oonoki was a student of Lord Mu (The 2nd Tsichukage), the 2 of them weren't related in any way. However, Oonoki was able to learn the Dust release (Aka particle style in Dubs) from him.

Does this mean that the tsichukage can also teach kekkai touta to individuals with at least 3 chakra natures?
(Kekkai Touta is a more advanced version of Kekkai Genkais and is a  combination of 3 chakra natures).

No, it's not possible, maybe it's too late for the answer but anyway;
the only ones teachable are the 5 basic elements (if the individual is compatible with them) and some Kekkai Genkais that are transmittable like sharingan etc.
So the point is if the individual does not have in his blood you can't teach him how to use it or activate it, for your question, if someone does not have that Kekkai Touta you cannot teach him those jutsus. it's exactly the same with Kakashi, even though he could use up to 4 chakra natures but he couldn't copy any technique that's based on Kekkai Genkai or Kekkai Touta simply because he doesn't have that Kekkai Genkai ou Kekkai Touta.
So mastering the 5 elements doesn't give the ability to use Kekkai Genkai or Kekkai Touta.


Is it impossible for Goku and Vegeta to turn Legendary Super Saiyan? So from the spoilers of Dragon Ball Super Broly, apparently,

   for a second Vegeta's hair turns green

Is it impossible for Goku and Vegeta to turn Legendary Super Saiyan? In the non canon movie (the original movie) it was made apparently that it was, but with the Dragon Ball Super series/ Dragon Ball Super Broly, is there anything that proves that Goku and Vegeta can't turn into Legendary Super Saiyan?

Vegeta's har does turn green. Also, when Goku transforms into Super Saiyan Blue, there is a tinge of green aura. I believe this has to do with the animation and it isn't a new transformation.Broly's Legendary Super Saiyan transformation is similar to that of Kale's. If you look at the way these two attained their respective transformations, they both originated similarly to the regular Super Saiyan transformations. In the sense, Broly transformed to this level when he was angry and struggling against Gogeta and Kale transformed to this level when she was angry.Hence, I believe Goku and Vegeta cannot use this form and the transformation is solely based on the genetics of the Saiyan.


Leveling in Elder Tale First of all, I'd like to say, that I did not see Log Horizon 2nd season, so if answer should contain any spoilers, just direct me to watch Log Horizon 2.

Shiroe explained, that new datadisk was released pretty much the same time as the Apocalypse happened. That datadisk, apart from others, increased level cap to 100. There also were guilds, which were buying EXP pots from such bad guilds as Hamelin in order to progress faster. But, in the whole season 1, I did not notice anyone having level higher than 90. Is getting EXP such slow (past 90) in Elder Tale, or am I missing something? I did not even see anyone's EXP bar, but leveling is definitely possible, since Minori's team managed to get few levels in main class.

When Elder Tales was first released, the maximum attainable level was 40. It wwas gradually increased throughout the expansion packs. Before the Catastrophe, the maximum attainable level was 90.

According to the Wiki,

  With the release of the Homesteading the Noosphere expansion pack, the maximum level cap rose to 100. However, this change probably only applies to the Yamato server, as the other servers were not yet implemented with the expansion pack when the Catastrophe struck.

It is unclear to exactly how many servers was this expansion pack applied which implies that not all the players trapped inside the game have the ability to grow their levels beyond 90. But the expansion pack does apply to the Yamato server. Meaning the players in Log Horizon can definitely level up beyond 90. It can be concluded that leveling up beyond 90 is just very very slow and requires a lot of EXP points.

Moreover, it kind makes sense too that we don't see any characters above level 90 since none of them are actually seen grinding for high level monsters. Shiroe's gang was at doing that at least before Shiroe started working for the Round Table Conference. But they had no time for that after Shiroe tried to bring everyone together. They have become more "politics oriented". Trying to set up proper living system in Akihabara, the round table conference and all. None of them is really going all out for EXP. So it seems only logical that none of them were able to accumulate enough EXP points yet.

Here's a link to the level system resource from the Wiki.


What character/series did this person on Heroes of Cosplay cosplay as? In the fourth episode of Heroes of Cosplay, the winners at Anime Matsuri were cosplaying Zeno (or maybe Xeno) Brothers.  When I Google for this all I find is a reference to Zatch Bell.  Whatever they were cosplaying did not look like Zatch Bell.  Can anyone point me in the right direction?

The characters are from the game "The Last Story" for the Wii. It's an RPG made by Hironobu Sakaguchi.


Does Anyone Know/Have A List of Caster Shells and Their Effects? Got back into watching Outlaw Star, and always wondered about Caster Bullets and their numbering. Anyone got a complete list/set of the number. Do the numbers have meanings besides the bad luck shells?

The numbers of the shells used in the show were 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, along with a shell that was unnumbered.

The Outlaw Star Wikia has a nice page all about Caster shells.

  Caster shells are numbered by the wizards who create them. Their numbers appear to define the varied effects of each shell. Shells that are numbered #4, #9, and #13 are the rarest kinds, as they were only created by wizards of Tenrei, Ark Manaf, Hadul and Urt.1

Most shells just draw on the mana stored within them, but those particular shells were special because they consumed some of the lifeforce of the user.


What is the name of the sound track played in Episode 296 of One Piece at 21:48? I searched everywhere to find this piece. I even tried the android app called Shazam.

It wasn't long enough to be recognized by Shazam. I'm talking about episode 296.

The track starts at 21:48 (when Franky shows up). Here's a link to the episode.

It's the scene where Franky shoots Chopper.

Could you guys please help me out? This piece really inspires me.

Listen here: OnePieceTrackList

I believe the track to be "And Zoro is with Them..." track #12 of the album "The Cursed Holy Sword".


Why is Gintama's episode 305 full of contradictions? So episode 305 came out recently, therefore spoiler alert.

Most of it is concerning the past...

In the past episodes' flashback it was shown clearly that ..

in this video,Takasugi lost his eye in a fight with alien.
Shuoyou, teacher, is taken from his school and then his is returned to gintoki who cries helplessly.
Shuoyou finds gintoki on battlefield and bring him to class with katsura and takasugi in it.

However in episode 304-305, this all contradicts

Takasugi loses eye by attack of Oboro
Katsura, Gintoki, and Takasugi are brought as prisoners and Gintoki is given choice to kill either students or teacher, on a top of mountain. Contradictory, to what been shown before many times: which is soldier hold gintoki down as teacher is taken prisioner and then on the same place his head returned and gintoki cries.
In this version, gintoki is already part of the Shuoyou school and it's infact katsura and takasugi who join later on.

Much like @Akaik mentioned in his answer, the main reason for the inconsistencies is entirely down to both Sunrise and Gori-Sensei not entirely knowing the details of these events as they go head first into making everything.

They pretty much admit to this using Gintoki to explain at the end of episode 306, where they include another Ginpachi-Sensei segment.  They even use the point you mention that previously it looked as if Gin joined Shuoyou's school after Katsura and Takasugi, when in the latest episodes it appears to be the reverse.  They make a joke about it not having a script at the time and that something entirely different is happening.

This is probably as close to an offcial answer that we'll get.

There may be other mentions to why the other points you make out have changed in-between episodes but no mention of this (even as a joke) has appeared in the manga as far as I remember.


Can a jinchuuriki control how many tails their version 2 mode has? When a jinchuuriki goes into version 2 mode, the number of tails that they have can be different from the number of tails their tailed beast has. For example, Naruto, the 9-tail jinchurriki, only had 6 tails in his fight against Pain. My question is does the user have to start at 1 tail and move his/her way up? Can they have more tails than their tailed beast has(6-tail jinchurriki getting 9 tails in version 2 mode)? Also, can the user control how many tails they have or are they not in control anymore in version 2? I ask this because Naruto seems out of control in this mode(hitting teammates like Sakura that one time).

Does the user have to start at 1 tail and move his/her way up?

No, they do not need to work their way up from 1 tails. As we see in this youtube video, we see Killer Bee transform directly into 8-Tailed Version

Can they have more tails than their tailed beast has?

Plausible, but why would it? According to Jinchūriki Forms wiki, we mostly see version 2 only having the same number of tails based off of the tailed beast, but there does not seem to be any reason how the 1-tailed would be able to have a 9-tailed form

  Most jinchūriki have only been seen to enter a Version 2 state with the same number of tails as their corresponding beast

Naruto is the only Jinchūriki we see that contains different number of tails

  Naruto is also an exception, for he has only been seen in a Version 2 state with four and six tails (and seven tails in the anime)

Also, can the user control how many tails they have or are they not in control anymore in version 2?

This depends on who is on control and if the Jinchūriki and Tailed Beast are in unison . The reason why he attacked Sakura while in version 2 is because, at the time, he and Kurama were not in unison

  As the seal that kept Kurama contained weakened over the years, he became increasingly susceptible to its influence. By fully submitting to the beast and his own rage, Naruto would grant Kurama full control of his body who then formed a Version 2 shroud around him. Naruto's ability to distinguish between friend and foe vanishes and he attacks in whatever way will enable him to defeat his target, oblivious to the consequences of the attack

In multiple instances, Killer Bee is able to enter in Version 2 and maintain the ability to determine friend and foe due to him and Eight Tails being in unison


"Preview" images in anime OPs Some anime OPs have small pieces of future episodes in them. How do they include these?

Do the drawers create these segments before everything else then when they create the actual episodes they simply include them, or do they create every episode in advance and only air them after they're done?

I suspect there is more than one place such images are drawn from. Most anime series come from some source -- manga, visual novel, video game, etc. So if the team building the OP sees something they think will fit well, it is already there, and just needs to be redrawn in anime form.

The YouTube channel Mother's Basement has an ongoing series called What's in an OP (and What's in an ED) where he analyzes the OP or ED of a given series. In his OP analysis of Mob Psycho 100, he mentions several scenes that were from the manga and never even appeared in the anime. The images were just colored a bit with minimal artistic changes.

Other series are anime originals; the anime is the source material.  The team may have the plot written out and story-boarded. A scene from a story board might be redrawn and added to the OP just as if it had come from a manga.

At least recently, some series have their episodes broadcast almost as soon as they are done, or even before.  For example, I read on various boards that episodes of Yuri on Ice were being aired so quickly that what Crunchyroll got was not even the final episode version. So for that series at least, the animators would not have been able to access scenes from future episodes to throw into the OP. (Of course, its OP and ED were such that they did not need those kinds of scenes.)


Why do the eyes of a bounded soul glow? If I didn't miss one, all souls that were bound to armors have glowing eyes.

Why do their eyes glow? It must somehow be connected to the bounded soul, as they stop glowing if the heads lose connection to the rest of the armor, but how? And can they still see, if the head is loose?

Source of the images: Fullmetal Alchemist Wiki

In many cultures, the eyes are regarded as the doorway/path to your soul. Therefore, in many ways, eyes are often manipulated to show the will/emotions/drive of the creature in question (and by creature, I include animals, aliens, humans, anime-pseudo-beings and all other lifeforms that are shown with eyes).

In contrast, what does not have eyes, we often perceive as dead. Even creatures that are presented without eyes, often carry a bandage og other device covering the area where the eyes would normally be shown.

To give life and passion to a character in a show, they have to be designed with eyes or other seemingly visual-oriented details.

Also notice: Often bigger eyes are pictured as more passionate, while small/tiny eyes are often used to convey negative traits.


What is the background music when Danzo run away from Sasuke with one hand? What is the the background music in Naruto: Shippuden season 10 episodes 210 "The Forbidden Visual Jutsu".
When Danzo run away from Sasuke with only one hand and Sasuke follow him?
Music start(9:46 in this Youtube video), End(11:32 in this Youtube video).

This is that slow, gloomy-sounding theme with the guitar intro that often plays in scenes with Sasuke in it.
I believe this theme is an unreleased soundtrack. The song doesn't show up in Naruto Shippuden OST I, II, or III, in any case.
I searched "naruto shippuden sasuke theme unreleased" on YouTube and this unofficial version popped up.


In the Japanese dub, is there any parallel to Baobao's use of Sichuanese? Near the beginning of the second episode of Hitori no Shita: The Outcast, Baobao reads out details about her new identity as a student supposedly from Taiwan to Zhang Chulan. In the Chinese version of the episode that I saw, Baobao's Mandarin Chinese pronunciation in this specific segment sounds very non-standard. (Elsewhere, her pronunciation sounds normal.) Zhang Chulan in fact remarks that she is speaking 四川话 (i.e. Sichuanese).

Is there any mirroring of this use of a regional language variant in the Japanese dub? If I remember correctly, the subtitles on Crunchyroll, which broadcast the Japanese dub, only have Zhang Chulan indicate that Baobao is lying, but which makes me suspect not. However, as I do not know Japanese, I would like for someone to perhaps confirm this.

I watched the first three episodes of Hitori no Shita, and can confirm that Baobao speaks plain old standard Japanese (hyoujungo), with not a hint of any regional lect. In episode 2, Chulan indeed only states that the details she's reading out are obvious lies.

(It came as a surprise when I learned that she spoke a non-standard variety in the Chinese audio version. Kinda strange that they wouldn't similarly pick a non-standard variety of Japanese for the Japanese version.)


What are the legality rules in terms of manga translations? I know that fan-translated scans and scanned official pages are illegal when a manga is released in English, but I was never sure what the rules were if the manga hasn't been released in English. What are the general rules about legality of fan-translations and translations in general for manga going from Japanese to English (or any other language that there are different/specific rules)?

This is a matter of international copyright law, and as such is fairly complicated and depends on where you live. However, for most of the developed world the laws are fairly standardized and so, if you're willing to paint with broad brush-strokes and ignore technical nuances, the laws are all pretty universal.
Most countries in the world are parties to trade agreements and copyright agreements. The most famous of these is the Berne Convention, but there are many others. Without getting into too many technical details, what these agreements mean is that countries will respect each other's copyright and intellectual property to some degree. There are certain exemptions, such as fair use, but scanalations definitely don't fit any of these.
Japan is a partner to most countries in such agreements. That means that Japanese IP rights-holders can typically file suit against people infringing on their rights even in other countries. Alternatively, one could think about it that Japanese works also retain certain legal protections overseas, so that e.g. a U.S. manga scanalator would still be breaking the law. These laws are typically pretty broad and include a lot of different artistic media (e.g. anime) and other works which are under the protection of IP law. So, for all practical purposes, if you're distributing or obtaining copies of manga which are not officially licensed, you're probably breaking the law.
Licensing status doesn't have any legal bearing on the copyright status. Licensing is a separate issue of whether other companies may create and distribute the work (usually overseas). An unlicensed work is still probably protected under international law though. However, there are practical issues related to the cost of undergoing such legal proceedings and the fan backlash that make legal action unlikely, especially in the case of unlicensed series where the rights-holder typically has little to gain financially. This story can change drastically when more parties (e.g. sponsors) are involved.
Anime News Network has a good introductory sequence of articles about legal aspects of anime.  Of course, there are practical differences between anime and manga. Specifically, anime producers usually have both greater ability and interest in protecting their IP than manga producers. However, at least at the basic level, there's essentially no legal difference between the protections afforded to the two. Here's what they have to say about fansubbing in cases like this:

A common question that arises, is the legality of downloading a show that is not licensed or has not been released in the United States (or wherever the person may reside) yet. Although this matter is less and less of a concern for new shows thanks to streaming efforts through Hulu, Crunchyroll and other services, it is a common response from many fans of a show that they have no other means of watching it short of importing the DVDs or blu-rays from Japan (which may or may not have subtitles, let alone a dub).
The fact of the matter is however that even if a show is not licensed for release in the United States it is still protected in the United States. Several international treaties exist between nations that afford creators in one country protection of their works and rights in another. These conventions include the Berne convention, UCC Geneva, UCC Paris, TRIPS and WCT. Both Japan and the United States are signatories on all five of these agreements. Without going into the specifics of each treaty, this generally means that anime, made and produced in Japan but not yet released in the United States is STILL protected by United States code.
What fans may not be aware of, that by distributing an anime title in the United States that has not been licensed they are potentially violating the copyright of several other related companies. Anime frequently involves several sponsorships in order to fund a project. These company logos and product placements are subject to copyright or trademark protection as well and the display of their products or symbols violates intellectual property law. Thus, although one might stream an episode of Code Geass thinking that the only company they have to worry about is Bandai, Pizza Hut may in fact file an action for the use of their logo without permission. Tiger & Bunny is chock full of advertisements from Pepsi to Amazon all of whom have rights in their trademarks and images that may be infringed when displaying the original work. This is additionally true for music which can often be a separate license when a show features a musical artist who is using the series to promote their band or latest single which is often why many videos on YouTube of an anime have their audio removed by YouTube when the artist request as such. These licensing agreements can even affect a domestic distribution as was the case with Funimation's release of Haré+Guu which lacked the ending song ohashi by Eri Umihara.

I'll also point out that while fansubbers and scanalators are almost certainly legally in the wrong, the number of cases related to this is quite small. There are several reasons for this. For one, the Japanese industry is built to sell merchandise in Japan, so they have little interest in prosecuting cases overseas. The licensing industry, on the other hand, was built around an already extant culture of fansubbing, and so they've always just factored that in.
The bigger reason this doesn't happen is probably that the backlash that would occur against a licensing organization which did this is probably more costly than whatever they stand to gain. Even the backlash against Funimation for joking about suing fansub downloaders was pretty significant, and I doubt they're really interested in repeating that again. Legally speaking though, they would probably be within their rights to do so.


Why is Kaguya depicted with a flower growing out of her head when in her moron/fool form? In season 2 episode 2 of Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai ("Kaguya-sama: Love is War"), in the second skit titled Kaguya-sama wa Okuritai ("Kaguya Wants to Give a Gift"), Shinomiya Kaguya has a huge birthday cake prepared for the student council president Shirogane Miyuki. Overwhelmed by her feelings for the president in anticipation of celebrating his birthday together, Kaguya's usual personas gave way to her "moron form", in which she is not at all calculative and is very open to her feelings for the president.
In this form, Kaguya also has a pink flower growing out of the top right side of her head:

Is there any significance to the flower growing out of Kaguya's head in this visual representation of her mental state? Are there any other instances of anime/manga characters having flowers growing out of their heads to indicate a simple/idiot state of mind?

There is a Japanese term 脳内お花畑 (nōnai o-hanabatake) which translates literally to "garden in the brain". It's meant to indicate someone who is "off in their own world" or spacing out, so not thinking straight or not thinking at all.


Why All Might could handle the power of One for All at once and Midoriya couldnt? I'm only following the anime and I dont know if the manga or some guide says something about this, I dont think there is any hint in the anime about it. IIRC, it was said that Gran Torino started to train All Might in combat right away because he could handle the power of One for All at once. Midoriya in the other hand, everytime he uses One for All 100% breaks his body and to keep from harming himself he has to use One for All 5% or 20% later for what I've read in a wikia. Is it known why All Might could handle the power of One for All at once and Midoriya couldnt?

Sadly there is no explanation that will satisfy you or the question. However I can give a small spoiler about it.

   In later chapters it's revealed that All Might once used support items to increase his power output like %10.

That's all we know.


What game is Subaru playing with the girls? In episode 5 of Ro-Kyu-Bu!, Subaru is trying to build teamwork by playing cards with the team members.

The first shot shown is of cards sequentially placed on the floor. There are some hearts missing.

Then, each player goes around in the circle (they all have one card left except one). In this case, they each passed on their turn, until a fight broke out, and one player was holding two cards: the 5 and 8 of hearts, and was accused of "holding up" the game.

What is this game they're playing (and is it American, Japanese, or otherwise)? And, how was the player with the 5 and 8 of hearts holding it up?

The card game is Sevens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevens_(card_game)

Basically the object of the game is to get rid of all your cards.
You can get rid of a card by putting it above a lower valued card of the same suit, or above a higher valued card.

To start, a seven must be played. The next person can then play another seven (creating a new row) or place an eight or a six on the existing seven. You must pass if you cannot do anything.

The "Holding up a game" that they're blaming one of the characters for, is when you decide to not play certain card(s) because you know you can block someone else off. For example, if he doesn't play the 5 or 8 of hearts, noone can play a four or lower, or a 9 or higher.

A common tactic is holding the lowest/highest of a suit that you have, because you don't need to put down any cards below/above that.

This video might be better for explaining

I've played it myself with relatives at home in Ireland, but I'm not sure where it originates.


Is "Read or Die" based on manga? Both are based off mangas right? Do I have to read the mangas for either series or can I just watch the OVA and animes and not have to read the mangas?

You can watch any anime and its OVA(s) without reading the manga. However, usually manga do contain extra content that aren't covered in the anime and OVA(s). So while you don't need to read the manga to watch the anime, you can for an extra bit of info/story.

So you could read the manga on top of watching the anime and OVA(s) for Read or Die, but it's not necessary to go through both. It could be fun though.


In Saekano episode 0, what is the context of this censored word? So the censored word is around 16 minutes, during the scene where the girls are drunk from eating liquor-filled chocolate and tie Tomoya up to play a prank on him, Tomoya says

  What have you done?!
  The **O won't be...

I'm not sure what was censored with "**O".

It's likely referring to the BPO, the (Japanese) Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization:

A non-profit, non-governmental organization that serves to improve the quality of broadcasting and promote higher ethical standards while ensuring freedom of speech and expression.
BPO deals with complaints and ethical issues by conducting investigations into problematic programs and giving recommendations and/or opinions to either all broadcasters or to the particular broadcaster concerned.

This is one of many meta jokes from this episode.


Why does Yuno paint her license plate yellow? In Volume 7 of Hidamari Sketch, the girls decide to play The Game of Life. They're bored with the generic jobs and events in the regular game, so they decide to customize their copy of the game using their art skills and creativity.

The first thing Yuno does is paint the license plate on her car game piece yellow, saying it's because the car is a light vehicle.

  Nori: What are you painting?
  Yuno: I changed the license plate to yellow to indicate that my car is a light vehicle. ♡
  Nori: You have a very conservative life from the start...

What is she talking about? Why did she do this?

In Japan, the color schemes used by license plates are standardized at a national level. Plates with black text on a yellow background are used for "light vehicles" (sometimes glossed in English as "kei car" from 軽 kei "light"). For example:

A three- or four-wheeled vehicle is deemed a "light vehicle" if its engine displacement is 660 cc or less and meets a few size and weight restrictions.

I don't know much about cars, but it seems that 660 cc is quite small. The five top-selling cars in the U.S. as of January 2016 were the Toyota Camry (2500+ cc), Honda Civic (1500+ cc), Toyota Corolla (1800+ cc), Nissan Altima (2500+ cc), and Honda Accord (2400+ cc). And these are all reasonably-sized sedans, not Hummer-esque monstrosities (6000+ cc).

These cars are fairly popular in Japan (as of Mar 2015, 39% of all vehicles in Japan were light vehicles; this is up from 26% in 1998), for reasons apparently having to do with how Japan taxes and regulates vehicles. They also sell reasonably well in South/Southeast Asia.

I would agree with Nori that light vehicles are conservative, primarily because they're often rather boxy and unattractive (because of the size restrictions) and because they accelerate slowly and generally have poor "performance" (because of the small engine). They seem to have many benefits, especially in urban environments (easier parking and maneuvering; lower taxes and cheaper insurance; better gas mileage; and apparently there's less bureaucracy involved in registering one). But you're not going to impress almost anyone with a light vehicle.

(Semi-related plug: if the minutiae of Japanese motorcycles interests you, check out Bakuon!!, which is basically Top Gear, except with cute girls riding cute motorcycles.)


In High School DxD, what does a demon gain by forming a contract with the summoner? In High School DxD, the demons need to make a contract (a contract is formed after a demon fulfilled his/her purposes of the summoner) with someone to gain something.

What does a demon gain by forming a contract with the summoner?

What the demon gains is dependent upon what the demon is willing to trade. When Issei is conversing with Azazel for the first time in Azazel's apartment, Azazel offers his soul to Issei, as this is something that demons have been depicted to want. However, Issei declines and accepts a painting instead.


Why are they trying to pass out Sugar instead of beating her into a pulp? Sugar turned a lot of people into toys. Goal of the team Usolando is to turn those toys back into human beings. In the theory, if Sugar loses consciousness, the effect of the Hobby Fruit will lift off, and the toys will turn back being their original form. So, they prepared a super hot pill, disguised it as a grape, and trying to make Sugar eat it.

I don't understand this plot. They have never tried to poison, intoxicate or faint out by spices any of their foes any time. Why are they using this kind of attack particularly for Sugar? Why don't they just beat the ship out of her just like they have been doing to every enemy they have ever faced?

Keep in mind that it isn't the strawhats that are trying to take down Sugar, but the dwarves are, together with Kyros (although he wouldn't stick around to deal with Sugar as his main goal is surprise-killing Doflamingo). Robin and Usopp just got mixed up in the situation, but they aren't leading the operation. Additionally Robin and Usopp were never the fighting types to begin with. If Luffy would have been there, it would have been a totally different situation. To this date (chapter 787), there is no other Straw Hat that even knows about Sugar and her ability.

Additionally the dwarves are known as great cultivators as they stated that they can cultivate any plant, as evidenced by the abundance of plant life on Green Bit (wiki). Therefore it makes more sense to take down their enemy with spices than by force. It's their speciality and what they are famous for, despite their inhumane strength. (chapter 726)

Lastly, this is probably the main reason, without them actually ever stating this obvious fact. They know they aren't strong enough to take Trebol down. So a frontal attack would never work as they know Trebol will always be by Sugar's side and unless they go about sneaking around with spices they would suffer a horrible defeat. In the end, this was exactly how it went down.

Additionally as pointed out by Wouter, even if the Tontatta would be physically stronger than Sugar, they need to take her down, before she can touch them, or they would be turned into a toy, exactly as what happened in the end. They underestimated her, because she was only a little girl. So without using ranged attacks, it would be unwise to attack her. I'm not completely sure why Usopp did not just snipe her though (at that time). He would have been the perfect match as we saw later in the story.


How can Gilgamesh become an Archer? On Wiki it state that "Archery"

  Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus.

While "archer"

  A person who participates in archery is typically known as an "archer" or a "bowman"

Source

Gilgamesh didn't use any bow or arrow at all, he basically just throw lots of sword or spear. (Wouldn't this make him a sword thrower?)

This is Archer from Fate/Zero

And this is Archer from Fate/Stay Night

Gilgamesh could possibly be fit in any class mainly thanks to all the items he has in the Gate of Babylon. He was quite possible chosen by the Holy Grail to fill the Archer Class as his personality would fit a very high level of Independent Action, the Wikia page also says:

  He is able to easily ignore his Master's orders, making it possible to stroll around without making his Master aware of his whereabouts. The only way to command him is through the use of Command Spells, but his disposition that does not even contain an ounce of respect for his Master makes utilizing them idly a bad move.

It should be noted that the Servant Classes except the special classes (like Ruler, Avenger, Funny Vamp) allows a hero to be classified under more than 1 if they display the potential to be summoned as a different class. With the Archer Class, Heracles and Lu Bu were both summoned as Berserk but could be summoned as Archer, while Karna was summoned as a Lancer

Another example is Archer in the 5th Holy Grail War. The weapon he mainly uses in fact a pair of swords Kanshou and Bakuya, which we see him use for the first time during the first night as he fought Lancer. This annoys Lancer because he figured out Archer's Class but he was skilled with sword. Archer’s Bow is mainly just a normal Bow he projects and uses weapons like Caladbolg II as ammunition.

Though with that said, after the 3rd Holy Grail War and Avenger's corruption of the Great Holy Grail - the main engine to the ritual, the system for assigning classes to heroes may have been damaged. Both the 4th and 5th War's Archers didn't clearly fit the Archer Class, and normally only the Hassan-i-Sabbah should have been summoned as Assassin in the Fuyuki System, however Caster was able to summon Sasaki Kojiro.


What is Ougi reading on her phone when she meets Araragi at the steps to the shrine? When Araragi and Yotsugi land at the base of the steps to the shrine in episode 3 of Tsukimonogatari, we see that Ougi is waiting there, reading something on her phone.

What's she reading? Is it plot-relevant?

Ougi is reading Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis (in the original German, Die Verwandlung; in Japanese, 「変身」). She's at the very end of the story. The portion displayed on screen is the equivalent of the following (from the translation by Ian Johnston available on Wikibooks) (spoiler alert!):

  ...which was extremely favorable and with especially promising prospects. The greatest improvement in their situation at this moment, of course, had to come from a change of dwelling. Now they wanted to rent an apartment smaller and cheaper but better situated and generally more practical than the present one, which Gregor had found. While they amused themselves in this way, it struck Mr. and Mrs. Samsa almost at the same moment how their daughter, who was getting more animated all the time, had blossomed recently, in spite of all the troubles which had made her cheeks pale, into a beautiful and voluptuous young woman. Growing more silent and almost unconsciously understanding each other in their glances, they thought that the time was now at hand to seek out a good honest man for her. And it was something of a confirmation of their new dreams and good intentions when at the end of their journey the daughter first lifted herself up and stretched her young body.

Why specifically The Metamorphosis? Beats me. Perhaps it's that Ougi identifies with Samsa, being a monstrous and verminous creature him/her/itself.


Is there any connection between the Vandenreich and the Bounto? In Bleach, both the Vandenreich (the Quincy group that is attacking the Soul Society) and the Bounto use German in their names. In Bleach, in general, different groups use different languages, such as the Hollows using Spanish and the Bounto using German, but this is the first time (that I can think of) that there is a repeat. Is there a connection, or is it something that can be dismissed because the Bounto only appeared in anime filler?

The Bounto saga was only a filler, so I think the main history will never comment about them again.

By the way, I think there is no clearly evidence of a relation between German and the Bounts, like their names, abilities.....

Yes, I think you can dismiss it :)


What was L's real name? I watched through Death Note once, and I never remember hearing L's name, even after he died.

What was L's real name, or did he never have one (it was never said)?

According to both the Death Note Character list on Wikipedia and the L character page on the Death Note Wikia, his full name is L Lawliet.  He does have several aliases that sound more like real names but L seems to be his actual name.

From the L Wikipedia page:

  Tsugumi Ohba, the writer of the series [...] For L's name, he wanted to use a single letter with a lot of significance; he considered "I" and "J", but eventually chose "L" after careful consideration.

The Wiki page also points out that his name is written in Latin characters as "L"


Since Naruto failed the Genin exam so many times, doesn't that mean he's older than Sasuke and Sakura? Naruto wasn't able to complete the Genin exam for some time. Either he was just a young starter and Sakura & Sasuke started after he failed, or a result that he was quite older. They say he was the same age, but never really told us to which day he started.

Doesn't that mean Naruto is older than Sasuke and Sakura?

As per this question and the Naruto wikia, Naruto was 12 at the start of the show. The Naruto wikia also lists Sasuke and Sakura as being 12 at the start, which indicates that they're the same age. It's also corroborated by this, which says it got it from the Official Character Stats Book.

As you point out, it's not really clear how that works out, given that he's stated to have failed the exam to become a genin more than once (I'm assuming that's what you're asking about, rather than the Chunin exam, given context). Possibilities for that include either that he started younger or that it's just a timeline mess that they never bothered to deal with. I'm guessing the latter.


What's Escanor's power level when he's in the one mode? Before reaching the one mode, in the battle with Meliodas Escanor's power level is said to be 114,000 and Meliodas 142,000. But when he reachs "the one", he can defeat Meliodas and he's said to be "invincible". What's Escanor's power level when he's in the one mode?

This Reddit thread made an attempt, based on various statements from the manga

  216015 total power at noon. (6,64 times of Meliodas last stated power of 32500, 3,54 times of Zeldris power of 61000, 3,6 times of Estarossa power of 60000)
  108015 total power at noon. (3,32 times of Meliodas last stated power of 32500, 1,77 times of Zeldris power of 61000, times 1,8 of Estarossa power of 60000)

There appears to be no official canon on Escanor's power at high noon


What happens to tailed beast if jinchuriki dies? As the title says, what happens to the tailed beast when jinchuriki dies by any reasons whether of old age or killed by enemies. Does it come out of jinchuriki alive or get reborn? What had happened to jinchuriki of three tails that it was the only bijuu that didn't have a jinchuriki in Naruto shippuden.

When the jinchuriki dies, the tailed beast gets "reborn", sort of.
It is not well explained in the series, however, it is mentioned (Raikage vs Naruto & Bee) that should the jinchuriki die, the tailed beast would be resurrected.

From the wiki:

  Because the tailed beasts are pure chakra, they cannot actually be killed; if they or their jinchūriki die, their chakra will re-coalesce in time.
  This is also mentioned when Minato seals the Kyuubi, see chapter 503, pages 14 and 17.

As for Sanbi's jinchuriki: May contain spoilers: (As I did read the manga to the end, but I've yet to catch onto the anime)

   We know of two jinchuriki that Sanbi had. The first being Yagura, being resurrected by Obito during the war. The second is Rin, which, after her capture, was forced to become Sanbi's jinchuriki, and it was planned to send her back to Konoha where Sanbi would break loose. (Since Rin died, and Sanbi didn't, it further proves what I said earlier, the bijuu comes back)


Japanese Characters double forename I have seen quite a bit of anime and manga now, and I believe I haven't seen a single japanese character with a double forename.

Question: Is there any anime with characters having a "middle" name? Also possibly interesting is, where these Characters originate? Are they "foreign" or are there japanese characters with a middle name?

To clarify i don't mean a Title or Nickname like Aisaka "Tenori taiga" Taiga (逢坂大河) from Toradora.

Middle names are not in Japanese culture. Japanese people at birth are given a first and last name (or a surname and forename). In the rare occasions that you see someone with a middle name, it is usually one of the following two things. They are either of mixed descent, or a woman marrying a man, and using both her original surname as well as the spouse's surname.

With that said, double forenames don't exist in Japan and most other Pacific Asian countries.
And because Japan doesn't use double forenames, Japanese anime are also inclined not to use double forenames.

There are some series that have used double surnames though, but they were never full Japanese characters. The characters would be of foreign ethnicity and names would be English names written in kata kana.

Check this out for more detailed and historical information on
Japanese Names.


Where and when Mugiwara Crew's new bounty poster taken? After reading this question about why Sanji's bounty poster is drawn, not his real picture. I was just thinking about the bounty posters itself.
I know that aside from Luffy, the rest of the crew's bounty posters are taken after Ennies Lobby arc.

But how about their bounty hunters picture after time skip?
I know it's probably when they are in dressrosa, but if I saw Sanji's and Chopper's posters, it's seems that their posters are taken in Sabaody Island.
And also Franky's bounty poster taken when he's in Punk Hazard or Fishman Island because it's shown his Franky Shogun, not his true face.
He only used Franky Shogun at Punk Hazard when battle with Buffallo and Baby 5 and when he's battle Fishman Pirate at Fishman Island.

So, I want to know where and when Mugiwara Crew's new bounty posters were taken?

Like most other bounties in the series, I do not think that the location or the time at which the photo was clicked will ever be revealed in-universe, so here's what the new bounties make discernible:

Here is a picture of the bounties of the Straw Hats after time-skip for reference:

Luffy: It's hard to make out when Luffy's photo was taken as it lacks distinctiveness, but as for where: It was taken on the Fishman Island. My basis for saying this is because he wore that outfit only on the Fishman Island. This was his getup at Punk Hazard, whereas his getup at Dressrosa was this. As mentioned on the Wikia article on Luffy:

  During the Punk Hazard Arc, Luffy wore a long winter coat with red and white horizontal strips, along with yellow ear muffs, which he stole from one of Brownbeard's Centaur Patrol Unit.

  During the Dressrosa Arc, Luffy wore an open, short-sleeved shirt with a sunflower pattern, along with his standard blue shorts and yellow sash. He also wore a fake beard.

Zoro: Based on Zoro's expressions, it is most likely taken just after his fight with Hyouzou on the Fishman Island. That's one of the only two scenes where he wears his bandana after time-skip (the other being in his fight against Pica), but the expression is strikingly similar to one he made after his fight against Hyouzou.
Usopp: Usopp's photograph was taken at the moment when he was crowned God Usopp at Dressrosa with Hajrudin holding him up. The same expression can be seen here.
Nami: Based on her pose, her photograph was likely snapped on the Fishman Island when she was with starfish Pappug, creator of the Criminal fashion line.
Sanji: Based on his expression, his photograph is taken on the Fishman Island when he's running to jump in for a swim with the mermaids. The scene is from Episode 528 of the anime.
Robin: It is hard to judge where and when the photograph was taken. All we can say for sure is that she's in her fighting pose, so it's either before or during a fight. A likely candidate for where though, is Fishman Island as that's where most of the photographs have been taken, at Gyoncorde Plaza as she gets ready to fight Hody's underlings.
Chopper: It is most likely taken during a great banquet at the King's Palace as he has a cotton candy in his hand. Most likely, it is the banquet at the palace after the fight with Hody was over. This would put the location of the photograph as Fishman Island.
Franky: He used Franky Shogun at Gyoncorde Plaza and at Punk Hazard. However, the former is more likely to be the location where this particular photograph was taken because that's where most of the photographs are taken, and I don't think there was anyone at Punk Hazard who could have taken this picture.
Brook: It may be from one of his gigs as a Soul King before he continued his journey with the Straw Hats or from a scene during/after his fight with Hody's underlings at Fishman Island. However, as stated in Chapter 801 of the Manga, on this page, it is indeed his concert poster.


Why is it that almost every anime I watch is about School kids? Sure, there are a few exceptions, but very few. Every anime I watch is about School kids and/or usually takes place in a school. Why is that so? Is it about the general audience, or something else?

Edit: Oh yeah, also School Clubs. Schools and school clubs. Seriously.

Edit 2: I found this, I've already seen quite a few of the mentioned. I don't know if recommendations are allowed on this Stack site but I wanted to get your opinion in the comments.

My feeling is that Hakase's answer is half-correct. I agree that characters are generally chosen so that the target audience can relate to them. However, I disagree that means that they're necessarily the same age as the target audience. That is to say, people don't necessarily relate best (as a group) to people who are of the same age as them. What people do relate well to are characters who are in a situation that is at least somewhat similar to what they have experienced, but this generally only means that the characters need to be younger than the target audience, not the same age.

To understand this in more depth, we need to know a bit about anime/manga demographics. You may already know this, but I'll write it here for completeness. There are five key demographic groups. The youngest group is called "kodomo", literally meaning "child". The target age range is something like 3-7 years old. It is not typically segregated by gender. The most famous show targeting this group is probably Doraemon, but there are actually a large number of shows aimed at this group. You probably don't watch many of them, though, so I'll ignore it. Next, there are shounen and shoujo, for (respectively) boys and girls. These target school-age children in the range of 8-17 years old or so. Most of the most famous anime are shounen, including Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Naruto. There are some famous shoujo series like Sailor Moon, but fewer than shounen. Above that, there are the seinen and josei groups, targeting (respectively) men and women in the 18-34 age range. By volume, seinen is probably the largest demographic group, but certainly not by viewership. You can probably find more information here in a number of other questions about the relative sizes of these and what counts as what. All the ages quoted are approximate, but they're at least moderately accurate.

These demographic groups aren't as flexible as you might think. Most anime is pigeonholed into one of them. Children's anime typically airs during the daytime and is sponsored by the station directly. Most of these aim to be at least marginally educational. Shounen and shoujo anime mostly airs during primetime hours or in the mornings, when they aren't at school. The successful ones are able to secure some external sponsorship and rely on this as their primary source of revenue. Adult anime usually airs in late night time slots (or on special anime stations), when broadcast restrictions are lessened and stations are willing to sell out their airtime. These are usually not sponsored in any way, and actually have to buy their airtime. They rely on merchandise sales, including DVDs and increased manga sales, to break even, and hence are forced into targeting consumers with enough money to purchase the expensive DVDs (typically approximately 6000 - 8000 yen for 2 or 3 episodes) and merchandise. While it's possible for a show to air at a different time than this would indicate (e.g. shounen shows airing in late night slots), it is much harder for various reasons, so it's not that common.

For now, I'll restrict to the male audiences, which are significantly larger than their female counterparts (and with which I have significantly more experience). Among shounen shows, it's actually rather easy to find examples where school is nowhere to be found or irrelevant. All the famous examples I listed above don't have school settings. On the other hand, many seinen shows are set in schools. My personal feeling is that it's probably more common for seinen shows than shounen to be set in a school. I don't claim to have anything like a representative sample, and it may be that the two rates are actually about equal. But even still, the fact that any seinen shows are set in schools casts doubt on the theory that the characters are meant to be the same age as the viewers, since very few members of the seinen target audience are still in high school (and none would be in middle school or lower). By my very cursory counting of my own (not at all representative list), of 16 seinen shows I'm watching this season 11 are set at least partially in schools, which is far more than can be explained by the age of the target audience alone.

Instead, I think the driving force here is nostalgia. Shounen shows generally try to appeal to younger kids desire to be older and more mature (for which they may use physical strength as a proxy). Hence you see a lot of "adult" characters. By contrast, seinen shows aim to appeal to the desire of adults to return to a more carefree and easy-going lifestyle which they experienced when they were younger. Such shows typically present an idealized depiction of school life. It's a school life very few people actually experienced, but it's at least close enough that it serves the purposes of creating a nostalgic setting on top of which the story and characters can be developed. Of course, making the characters younger means they have more room to develop as well, at least if they are realistic.

There's a second, related reason. It's much easier to appeal to the lowest common denominator than to aim for the middle of the road. Putting the characters in high school is not going to demoralize anyone or make them feel inferior. Most Japanese people go to (and graduate) high school; the graduation rate is approximately 95%, tied for third place worldwide. There's little worry that setting an anime in high school will alienate viewers. On the other hand, Japan's college graduation rate is only about 53%; while that's still very high compared to most other countries, anime producers often won't risk alienating 47% of their audience by setting shows in college. Likewise, setting shows in a workplace environment risks alienating NEETs who are, at least stereotypically, often anime fans, as well as people working in very different kinds of jobs. While some series drop this entirely and aim for a completely unfamiliar setting, this is somewhat more common in shounen series that aim to appeal to the viewer's sense of adventure. Incidentally, for much the same reasons, shounen protagonists aren't the brightest lot either. This is absolutely not to say that anime are never set in workplaces or in colleges (see, for instance, Servant x Service or Golden Time), but it's far less common.

Let's take a case study. One of the most successful anime in history is K-On!, a seinen slice of life series about girls in a high school light music club. The 2009 anime was highly successful and drew a number of readers to the manga, which before that point was relatively unknown. The 2010 sequel concluded the series with four of the five main girls graduating high school and going off to college, while the fifth entered her final year of high school.

At the conclusion of the anime, the manga was basically at the same point. However, as something of a surprise, the manga author did not decide to conclude the manga there. Rather, he decided to continue it with two series. One would focus on the main four girls in college. The other continued the story of the remaining high school student in her last year and promoted two previously minor characters to members of the club.

The reaction to this was almost altogether negative. Most die-hard fans did not want a continuation in college. On various internet fora, comments were made. Some people said things like "I don't want to read about a bunch of college girls when I didn't graduate college". Others said "there is no way this can continue to be believable, as now that they're in college, they'll have to get boyfriends, and would not have the time to be in a band together". People just didn't want to read about a bunch of college-aged adult women sitting around and eating cakes, even when they were quite happy with it when the girls were just a year younger. The high-school part wasn't plagued with the same level of negative commentary, but it didn't do particularly well on its own, having lost many of the good characters. Readership dropped drastically, and the manga concluded just a year later, the mangaka apparently having decided too that continuing any further wasn't worth it.

I'm returning to the female demographics because they provide some interesting contrast. At least stereotypically, many shoujo series are romances, set in school. This is perhaps understandable. In fantasy, action/adventure genre shows which are common among shounen series, the unusual setting is a large part of the appeal. However, for a romance show, the appeal is in the characters, and as a result setting it in a familiar place like a school is probably the best option. Indeed, for most viewers in the target audience, the majority of all of their social interactions would take place at school. As a result, many (probably more than for shounen) shoujo series are set in schools.

However, an interesting thing happens with josei anime. Josei is significantly smaller than any of the other three demographics I've talked about here. It's actually quite difficult for josei shows to be successful. But as a result, josei series are, in many cases, forced to be more experimental. These series often feature adults in the workforce or college students, sometimes in unusual or difficult situations. Josei is known for being particularly drama-based; romance is present, but often just to emphasize the interpersonal conflicts. Some examples of successful josei anime which do this are Usagi Drop and Hachimitsu to Clover. One can find even more experimental works in manga, though very few make it to anime. Thus, if you want to find some anime that is really broadly different from the mainstream shounen/seinen/shoujo stuff, you can probably find josei works which will appeal to you.

So, at the end of the day, yes, school settings are chosen because viewers can relate to them. However, that is not because the viewers are expected to be in school themselves, at least not always. Rather, in many cases, it's because the viewers are expected to have been in schools at some point, and hence can relate. There are few options as broadly applicable as primary/secondary education for that purpose. Such settings also often are chosen to invoke some nostalgic feelings, and because they won't alienate most viewers. While one can find anime which are not set in schools, they're necessarily more experimental as such settings are not as well developed and appeal to smaller viewerships. If course most anime is not meant to be experimental, and even most experimental shows don't experiment with everything, so the majority of shows nowadays are set in schools, but there are exceptions if you look for them.


What or who can kill Orochimaru's life force? Where is Orochimaru's life force bounded? Why doesn't he die like others?

First at Orochimaru's den, Sasuke tried to kill Orochimaru while Orochimaru tried to take over Sasuke's body.
Then later in the manga, during the fight between Sasuke and Itachi, Orochimaru was revealed to be partly present inside Sasuke, where Itachi dealt with him.
Now, after Edo, Itachi and Sasuke beat Kabuto. Sasuke was able to pull out Orochimaru from Kabuto.

Why is that Orochimaru can survive in different distributed forms? How is his life force immortal?

(Sasori was able to survive using puppets for his real body, but the life force was bounded to his heart, so when the heart died, so did Sasori.)

What or who can kill him permanently? (except the author)

PS : I did read the question at this question but what I am interested in knowing is different.

Let's get the facts right:

Sasuke did not kill Orochimaru. Orochimaru entered Sasuke's mind and tried to take it over, but failed. Hence he got "sealed" inside.
That's why Orochimaru continued to live inside of Sasuke, after exhausting all of his chakra, Sasuke failed to restrain Orochimaru and he broke free (only for Itachi to permanently seal him again).
Orochimaru's Cursed Seal allows him to inject his snake sage chakra. That allows him (much like Minato and Kushina did with Naruto), to have part of his consciousness sealed inside of the people he gives his cursed mark to.

Due to that fact, Orochimaru's consciousness lives inside of Anko, and after supplying it with some flesh from Kabuto (who contained Orochimaru's and Hashirama's cells), the consciousness part was able to retain control and a body. Also, absorbing all of his own cells from Kabuto, he managed to get the information he needed, as well as his life-force, to recover.

Actually, I'm pretty sure that if he's killed now, he'll die (unless he has some backup copy/cells/whatever hidden elsewhere, waiting for the next sucker to discover and awaken).


Can anyone tell me where this is from or if it is just art? Hey all, need help with something - as the title states, can anyone tell me where this is from? Thanks.

Intressting result I got here... The image, called Coordinator Angel, is drawn by masterbimo and can be found on his DeviantART channel.

This is a character from a trading card game called Aquarian Age (アクエリアンエイジ). It is a Japanese collectible card game similar to Magic.

  In the game, the player takes the role of a "Mindbreaker", who can
  control and unlock the powers of the game characters. The goal is to
  defeat other Mindbreakers (players) and to grow stronger. The game
  continues until the player has defeated all of their opponents, or has
  been stripped of their powers; thus being knocked out of the game.

  Unlike similar TCG, the player fields game characters instead of
  spells. They must gain control over each character before it can be
  used in a game. If a player is unable to control a character properly,
  it may turn on them.

Information from Wikipedia.

Notice that the game was adapted into an anime series called Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution.

Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 11, 2002 to Mar 29, 2002
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi, Shounen, Super Power, Supernatural
Episodes: 13
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: 13+

  Five supernatural factions have been fighting against each other for
  who knows how many centuries, with the beginning of Aquarian Age
  always in mind. Kyouta, soon begins to see visions of mystical girls
  fighting, except they do exist. Soon he and his girlfriend Yoriko
  become involved and the battle for Earth and Aquarian Age lies in
  their hands.

Image from gzchunfeng. Information from MyAnimeList.


What is the song playing in My Hero Academia season 4 episode 13 at 5:40? As the title say, What song is playing in My Hero Academia episode 76 (season 4 episode 13) at 5:40?

Might*u - I'll never let you go again.
https://youtu.be/HzE4LzutZGs


Who was the Supporter of the Seleção in Eden of the East? It seems like this was never really addressed. This piqued my curiosity primarily because the supporter was stated by Mr. Outside to be one of the Seleção, and it seemed odd that one of the Seleção would willingly facilitate the game by enforcing its rules. Furthermore, the Supporter would have nothing to fear from breaking the rules of the game, so it would seem logical for him/her to pocket the money and do with it as he/she pleases. So that would seem to indicate that the Supporter is someone in league with Mr. Outside.

But who was the Supporter? All the evidence seems to indicate that it was Number XII, but can anyone confirm this?

Technically, every player in the game is the supporter, and every player is not.  Because the concept that a player may be officially designated the supporter would create a situation of impunity (who watches the watcher?), and players are told that even the supporter may not know that is there role, it makes much more sense that the players all can fulfill this purpose.

There is a point at which one player will look at the actions of another and feel they are self-serving, and decide they need to put an end to them.  They may try to confront the other party, use their funds to hinder or redirect them, or destroy their efforts.  But in the end, if they come to believe they have a moral out in the role of the supporter, and virtually unlimited funds to get them out of the legal trouble, the societal justice impulse could kick in, and they may kill the player.

There is also a possibility, based on the nature of Juiz, that Juiz may also help fulfill this role.  There may be certain conditions or thresholds that will trigger actions by the long arm of the concierge to take actions against misguided players.  This is not evidenced (that I can remember), but it is also possible that Juiz may indirectly responsible for a player acting in the role of the supporter, by ensuring that actions that would trigger them to retaliate will come to their attention.

Alternatively, self-serving players may be fed information that will cause them to act offensively to another, instigating retaliation from the offended by the information they, in turn, are delivered.

Also, keep in mind that a player overtly acting as the supporter would be seen as a threat to every other player, and would almost certainly become a target themselves, since transactional data becomes public upon use.

All theoretical, but there may be something there.  Pleasure to serve.  Nobelesse oblige.


Why could Aisa use observation haki from birth? During the fight with Enel on Sky Island, the four priests, including Enel used mantra. Later on, we learn that Mantra is actually Haki.

Luffy trained with Rayleigh to learn Haki. While Luffy was born with it, he wasn't able to use it perfectly. However, at sky island there was a kid called Aisa who used Haki to to sense people from distance. She wasn't able to perform Conqueror's Haki since she was a child, but she was able to use Observation Haki since birth. How is this possible when even Luffy couldn't do that?

EVERYONE can train perception and armour haki, it's not a special gift. Only the emperor haki is extremely rare and only one in a million can use it (cf. http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Haki ).

Quite clearly some people are more gifted than others, and Aisa just happened to be extraordinarily gifted with her perception haki, as nobody trained her. She naturally mastered it, and at such a young age it's a big feat but not impossible. On the other hand, Luffy had to be trained by Raleigh himself and he most probably still isn't as good as her with his perception haki. But his personality goes better with armour and emperor haki so he specialised in those!

Similarly, to get better at sniping Usopp needs to learn perception haki, but he will probably stay weak in armour haki, while Sanji should get armour haki on his legs if he wants to be competitive...


Definition of a reverse trap I am confused at how people describe gender roles and their trope classification in anime. I understand that traps are characters appearing to be girls but are actually guys. One of my favorite traps of all time is Steins;Gate's Ruka Urushibara.

However, I don't get what "reverse traps" are. Are they appearing to be traps but are actually legit girls (a trap trap)? Or a character that initially appears to be a boy, but is actually a girl (a girl trap)? For clarity, consider what you would call Charlotte (Charles) Dunios from Infinite Stratos.

EDIT: This post is not intended to be offensive to other genders in any way, the naming convention of "traps" pertain to fictional characters in anime/manga only.

A traditional 'trap' is a boy disguised as a female. Note that this is not simply boys who look feminine, but characters who are pretending to be the opposite sex or who are presumed to be by the narrative of the medium.

Example 'traditional' trap:

Maria from Maria✝Holic

& Steins;Gate's Ruka Urushibara (as you mentioned earlier)

Not a trap: Ryuunosuke Akasaka (The Pet Girl of Sakurasou)

A 'reverse trap' is simply the opposite - A female character pretending to be a male one. This is why Charlotte falls under this category. (Until she is outed to be a female). Similar to above, characters who are masculine are not strictly reverse traps.

Example 'reverse' trap:

Haruhi Fujioka - Ouran Highschool Host Club

Not a reverse trap: Yū Kashima from Nozaki-Kun


Does Gogeta metamor fusion last longer than Vegito potara fusion? In Dragon Ball Super Vegito defused quickly because he used too much power as super saiyan blue. IIRC potara fusion was supposed to last 1 hour, but for the power used it didnt. IIRC metamor fusion was supposed to last half an hour, but when Gogeta used it as super saiyan blue it didnt seem to have the too much power will defuse problem Vegito's fusion had. In Dragon Ball GT , Gogeta defused for using too much power, but since this series isnt canon, I dont think it counts. Also, how was all this for Gotenks, I dont remember if Gotenks ever defused for using too much power. Does Gogeta metamor fusion last longer than Vegito potara fusion?

This actually brings up an interesting point. Traditionally, a Potara fusion is supposed to last for 1 hour and the fusion dance is supposed to last for 30 minutes. However, just like you said, SSJB Vegito defuses in the Future Trunks Arc on account of being way too powerful.We do know that the potara fusion is stronger than the fusion dance.  We do not know to what extent it is. However, Gogeta Blue is the Broly arc is a combination of a significantly stronger Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Vegeta, and I personally believe the potara fusion is not that stronger in comparison to the fusion dance(Note: The fusion dance also requires both the participants to be at equal power and Goku and Vegeta in their SSJB forms are equal at full power, unlike Goten and Trunks). Secondly, the potara fusion is something only accessible to the God's and it was stated that the fusion would last for an hour unlike the fusion dance which has a time constraint of 30 minutes. After rewatching the episode with the fight between Merged Zamasu and Vegito, when Goku and Vegeta defuse, Shin mentions that it hasn't been an hour yet. You can watch a clip of the same here.I understand the fight between the two fights lasted for a few minutes in the anime but in reality, DBS time can be as slow or as fast as possible based on the plot. The tournament of power was nowhere close to 48 minutes in real time and some fights which seemed really long literally lasted for a few minutes for the sake of plot. So, since Shin doesn't explicitly mention how long the fusion of Vegito lasted, it wouldn't be incorrect to say, maybe the fusion lasted even 55 minutes. Factor in the shocked expression on Gowasu's and Shin's face, maybe the fusion last for only 50% of the time i.e(30 Mins) or probably 40 mins? We don't know for sure.Yes! Dragon Ball GT Did have Gogeta defuse earlier than the 30-minute mark. However, like you said, the series is not canon to the main series and while there is evidence in Xenoverse 2, DBH etc with regard to Super Saiyan Blue being stronger than Super Saiyan 4, you still can't compare the two series with regard to this.Finally, the story is written by Toriyama and he loves to incorporate humor into the storyline. There is a possibility he kept the 30 minutes simply to include the failed version's of Gogeta's fusion to last for long while Frieza gets beaten up or something of a similar fashion which we won't know for sure until we watch the movie. In conclusion, I personally feel the Gogeta Blue we see in the movie should be significantly powerful in comparison to the Vegito Blue from the Future Trunks arc. Also, the only reason Vegito Blue defused was obviously for the sake of plot and have Future Trunks defeat merged Zamasu. So technically, if the series progresses and they have Goku and Vegeta fuse again. It is certainly possible for them to have Vegito use something like Ultra Instinct Fused or Super Saiyan Blue + Kaioken*20 fused and last long enough for the fight to be interesting even if in reality, MUI is significantly stronger than SSJB. However, The most important fact here is that, it was never stated how long Vegito stayed fused as Shin only comments they did for less than an hour. So we have no way of knowing for sure.


How can a human like Yuto or Abe no Seimei live in Magano? In the 16 and 17th episode, we can see that Yuto probably lives in Magano since he appeared out of nowhere and left by jumping around, presumably to his hideout, instead of using Magano Gate directly.
Also, in episode 18, we can see Yuto placing flowers on the Hinatsuki Dorm in Magano, waiting for Rokuro to arrive. This means he is somehow, at least, camping there.
Also, according to the wiki,

Abe no Seimei is still alive in Magano

Is it possible for humans to 'camp' in Magano? Do humans who pass through the Magano gate not need nourishment?

The fact, that Abe no Seimei is still alive in Magano, was just barely mentioned in manga, and there was no real proof for that.

Nevertheless, in ch. 17 of manga, it was shown, that exorcist may survive really long time without any supplies, based only on his divine powers. So, I suppose, the strongest exorcist in history may stay alive in Magano for really long time.

Regarding Yuto, question is slightly incorrect, since according to ch. 13,

   Yuto is no longer human anymore, he is much more like Basara being - he infected himself with Impurity, and managed to gain control over it.


How does the actual tattoo on Sasuke's shoulder should look? Next month I am going to have the Sasuke's curse mark tattoo, but I am not sure how exactly does it look because I find two types on Google Images as below:

The first one is the one I took from the anime series, and the second one is I guess from the manga series. Although I will ask my tattoo artist to trace it well, if someone could give a clear picture that would be helpful.

The first one is correct

As you can se on the second image, theres a name on the bottom left corner. The second image is a fan-drawing and not from the anime/manga. The mark is on the left shoulder.

The moment when he got the mark
The moment, when Kakashi was sealing it
The actual sealed mark


What exactly are Haibane in the anime Haibane Renmei? Are they angels? What is the origin of Haibane?
Where do the Haibane come from?
A cocoon but where does the cocoon choose to appear?

Warning: Major spoilers if you haven't watched Haibane Renmei all the way through.

First off Haibane Renmei leaves much information about the story and setting intentionally vague so any answer to this question is going to be partly  opinion based.  Most of the other Haibane seem more or less content with their ignorance of things, but Rakka, the audience surrogate, is befuddled and confused as to what exactly the Haibane are and repeatedly questions it throughout the story.  Rakka goes out of her way to try to unravel what is going on, checking out books from the library, or teaching herself the Toga/Communicator sign language.  The Communicator is so impressed by her inquisitiveness, that he even gives Rakka a job inside the mysterious Wall itself.  Like Rakka, the show invites us the viewers to think more deeply about the world it presents so we can piece things together ourselves.

Okay onward to the answer, or at least what I think the answer is....

Despite the wings and halos, the Haibane are not angels.  The magical Wall surrounding the town is said more than once to collect and store memories for a time before releasing them.  The wall not only collects memories, but also collects the souls of children or teenagers who have died with some aspect of their life unfulfilled.  The cocoon's function is to give these souls a new body so they can get a second chance to fix whatever it was they couldn't fix in their previous life before the wall releases them to move on during their "day of flight."  We see this process play out with Kuu and later Reki.  The Haibane are reincarnated human souls existing in a sort of temporary body that's not quite human but close enough while they try to work out their issues.  A cocoon appears whenever the wall captures a young unfulfilled soul and serves the necessary function of growing a body for that soul to inhabit.  It's not entirely clear why the cocoons grow in specific locations but all such locations are away from the "normal" humans, within the confines of the wall, and near other Haibane who presumably will know what to do when a cocoon appears and how to best take care of newly born Haibane.

Well I hope that answers your question.


When fighting Shalltear, why would Ainz use Body of Effulgent Beryl? Why would Ainz use Body of Effulgent Beryl (which According to the Wiki reduces the effectiveness of bludgeoning attacks) as his defensive spell when fighting Shalltear as opposed to a spell that reduces piercing damage? Such as Body of Effulgent Aquamarine. Given the weapon she is using, it seems it would deal piercing damage as opposed to bludgeoning damage.

This seems especially true in this screenshot where her pipette lance clearly pierces him.

According to volume 3 of the light novel, the lance does "battering"(i.e. bludgeoning) damage in Chapter 5. Which is why Ainz used it.

  The tenth-tier spell Body of Effulgent Beryl, in addition to decreasing damage taken by battering weapons for its duration, allow onetime full immunity to the damage. By having Body of Effulgent Beryl absorb the damage from the lance, its tip moved out of his body as if time had been rewound.

This explicitly states that Shalltear's weapon does bludgeoning damage and it as absorbed by the spell.

As a side note undead races have a racial vulnerability to bludgeoning damage (Bludgeoning Vulnerability V).


Do Digimon eat other Digimon? In the opening episode of Digimon Adventure, Taichi was attacked by Kuwagamon. Now, I'm wondering whether if that was just the Kuwagamon feeling territorial or did it see Taichi and Koromon as food? As we know from the episode where Taichi, the other Digi-Destined, and their digimon ate dinner at the mansion, they eat meat too: which means we can assume that other digimon might exhibit the same dietary manner.

In Digimon World (PS game), it was shown that meat in the digimon world is produced from farms in a fruit-like manner. While digimon that live in a community and have a farm can surely meet their dietary needs from those farms, what about those who don't? For example, would Leomon in Digimon Adventure hunt other Digimon to eat?

I have never watched any Digimon anime other than Digimon Adventure 1 (Agumon & co.) and 2 (Veemon & co.) So, I'm not sure whether the digimon that come later in the series would exhibit the same dietary manner, or even have needs to eat at all. Digimon in Digimon Adventure 2 should exhibit the same dietary manner since the story takes place in the same digimon world.

What you need to understand is that Digimon are almost biologically the same throughout all the series and thus they should share the same dietary habits as each other despite being from different series. Also, do not treat food in the digital world really as food, they are data. Therefore, when a materialised Digimon eats human food, they can taste it and enjoy it, but not grow from eating it.

For a Digimon to grow/digivolve, they consume data and train, which in turn 'upgrades' their own personal data, gain experience and level up if you will, as demonstrated by Tactimon in When Worlds Collide saying that he trained in order to evolve and grow and when he absorbed the data from the human world, he grew more powerful. Keramon from Digimon Adventure also acts like Tactimon to a certain degree, consuming data until he digivolves into Chrysalimon.

  Digivolution for Digimon is similar to aging for humans—it is generally a one-way journey whereby a Digimon will grow into a new form as they age and gain battle experience and data. However, moving from one form to another becomes progressively more difficult. Therefore, very few Digimon will ever naturally digivolve into their final most powerful forms.

This establishes the premise that in order for a Digimon to grow, they need data and since their whole world is made of data, they can just eat their surroundings, but of course, this is rather useless as small bits of data does not provide any use in growing as shown by Beastmon consuming Tyutyumon but not digivolving. But of course, if you eat enough, like Lucemon from frontier, who consumed the whole digital world and all its inhabitants, you become all powerful. However, not all data are edible in Tamers as shown by Guilmon in Goliath.

Sorry if I digressed too much but in conclusion, YES, Digimon do eat other Digimon for their data in order to grow more powerful as all the data you consume from the other Digimon upgrades your own data. The reason why Digimon opt to eat other Digimon as a Digimon provides more data then eating regular, more common forms of data, such as grass.

Smaller Digimon are incapable of preying on other Digimon effectively as hatchlings contain very little data and are often protected by powerful Guardian Digimon so the most common predator species are at least Champion Level or higher. Some examples include MachineDramon and Arukadhimon from Xros Wars.


Why would VAs that have many memorable lead roles take lesser roles? This centers around Noto Mamiko, but you can answer the question from a general/industry stand point if you want.

Specifically since 2013, I'm noticing Noto Mamiko is pretty much a bit-character voice actress. She's not even "the MC's best friend" or anything.

I can think of 1 main character role in 2013 - Satellizer el Bridget in Freezing Vibration. That's it.
Even last year, her biggest role was probably Nishiki in Donten ni Warau, not even a main character!

In severe cases she is in the show for literally 1-2 episodes.

Why would this GREAT VA, who has played some very memorable main character roles, now be playing barely supporting characters?

Did she get married? Start TV acting? Any reasonable suggestion for this atrocity?

Is it me or is Hayami Saori stealing her roles?

Recently, voice actor has been idle reduction.
So, maybe television stations and offices is made to use the young voice actor.

----- Postscript -----
Although it is not a story that was only to Noto's,
in Japan, as the number of years that has been active as a voice actor is longer,
rank increases and salary will be higher.
So that, the request side want to reduce the production costs,
want to aggressively hired short activities years young.

It also is might cause.


What is Soul Eater's real name? In the show Soul Eater, the school which Maka and Soul Eater attend, the DWMA, allows students to go by stage names. Maka chooses to go by her real name where as Soul Eater goes by a stage name. I've been wondering what Soul Eaters actual name is for ages, and never seen it mentioned in the anime.

So what is his real name? And do we ever hear of his name in the anime, manga, or through other means?

as per the wikia Soul's birth name is Soul Evans

  Soul "Eater" Evans,[2] known formerly as Soul Eater (ソウルイーター, Souruītā) and born Soul Evans (ソウル·エヴァンス, Sōru· Evansu) is a Demon Weapon who was part of the Evans, a family of famous musicians.[3]

the citations for this (citation 2 & citation 3) is listed as Soul Eater Manga: Chapters 113 and 84 respectfully. so this information is Manga only