Things that aren't explained in the anime I've watched the anime of Brynhildr in the Darkness, however the story in the manga continues from what I've heard. It seems that some questions at the end are answered in the manga which I haven't read:

Why are the girls alive again in the end, except one of them?
Were they succesfull with creating their own pills?
Is it really impossible for Kuroha Neko to regain her memories?

I haven't watched the anime, so I can only guess at what's happened there so far, but this is what happened in the manga:

Why are the girls alive again in the end, except one of them?

   Because of Hatsuna. Her power grants her immortality and allows her to regenerate infinitely, as long as her Drasil is still in her Harness. Her power even allows her to revive and regenerate someone within 24 hours of their death, at the cost of Hatsuna hanging up and staying in a half melted state until she recovers the next day. She uses this power to save Kasumi who was killed by Valkyria the same day Kotori died.

Were they succesfull with creating their own pills?

   Yes. As a reward for defeating Valkyria, and saving the world by ejecting Kotori, they received the formula for the medecine from Hexenjagd.

Is it really impossible for Kuroha Neko to regain her memories?

   That is currently unknown. We know that Kuroha managed to recover her memories when fighting Valkyria, including the ones from before she became a magic user. That was the only instance where she regained any kind of memory.

Of course, the above answers assume that the anime has been (more or less) faithfully following the manga.


What is the meaning of "Cross" in the title Cross Ange? "Ange", apart from the obvious reference to the main character, also means "angel" in French and implies the connection between Ange and Vilkiss, which has an angel sculpture on its head. This connection also extends to the full title Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons, which foreshadows the end of Ange's journey, as seen in the last few episodes.
However, "Cross" doesn't quite make sense in the title. According to the preview at the end of episode 24, subtitle by CrunchyRoll:

What the hell did "Cross" in Cross Ange mean, anyway?
Ange is always cross, I guess?
It's a pun?!

1 Cross in this context means "angry or annoyed", according to Oxford Learner's Dictionary.
While it somewhat makes sense, this seems to be a liberal translation to match the fact it is a pun in Japanese.
What is the original explanation in Japanese? Is there any other official explanation of what "Cross" mean in the title?

The original explanation in Japanese in the preview cited in the question is

  「アンジュが苦労｛くろう｝する」ってことでしょう？

which roughly translates to

  Ange has been through many hardships, I guess?

In Japanese, the pun is on Cross - クロス (kurosu) and 苦労｛くろう｝する (kurou suru).

As of the time of writing, this is the most official explanation on the meaning of "Cross" in Cross Ange.


Why did Frieza trick Frost? Frieza pretended to work with Frost only so he could cheap shot Frost for an easy elimination. However, Frieza is very powerful in his golden form, much more than Frost. Why did he go through the trouble of tricking Frost if he could've just easily eliminated him the traditional way? Did Frost really pose such a threat to Frieza?

Frieza is playing to win, simple as that.  And the prize here is both survival and the Super Dragonballs.  And using Frost helps accomplish that goal, along with being very much in-character for Frieza.

First, Frieza loves torture and just screwing with people.  As far as he is concerned, others are just tools for him to use.  And once the tool has lost it's usefulness, it can be discarded.  In DBZ, Frieza didn't need any of the races he enslaved to be able to conquer a planet.  He was more than capable of doing that on his own.  He did it for ease, simplicity and just being a sadist.  He enjoys it.

Second, in order to survive, the other universes need to lose more fighters than U7.  By allying, even temporarily with Frost, he effectively adds another fighter to their side.  This just makes it easier to ensure U7 can win.

Additionally, a theme we've seen come up quite a few times is the notion of conserving stamina.  Frieza has tremendous power, but using it drains stamina.  Using Frost doesn't.  So by getting Frost to do some of the dirty work lets Frieza conserve power for later when he needs it.

Also, having an out-of-team ally plays to the desire to get the Super Dragonballs.  While I can't find specifics on who from the winning team gets to make the wish on the Super Dragonballs, presumably if there is only one person left, they would get the wish.  Using Frost would allow Frieza to eliminate members of the U7 team without earning the wrath of Goku, Vegeta, etc, who could potentially eliminate him.  (Think about what happened when Frieza killed Krillin on Namek.)  And I am sure Frieza wants that wish.  Badly.  And this helps him to become the last man standing.

It all is simply a means to an end.  And a means that Frieza particularly enjoys.

From a story telling perspective, this also serves as a reminder of who Goku has been forced to ally with.  The stakes are high.  And when even Goku recognizes the need for Frieza's help and tolerates his brutality, it further shows the direness of the situation.  It also sets up a possibility of betrayal later, reminding the audience that Goku's only threats aren't just Jiren and losing the tournament.  He also has to watch out to avoid being back stabbed.  Imagine what could happen if Frieza were to win and get a wish on the Super Dragonballs.  That's a terrifying thought.


What does Kousei mean by not being able to hear the piano? This is not really associated with the anime, but, what does Kousei mean by not being able to hear the piano? I play the piano and the more I play, I tend to just look at my hands while it's moving and I can't hear anything except for the noise in the background. It's like the sound is fading away as I play longer. Sometimes I have to focus real hard just to make out the sound of the piano. Is this what Kousei means?

It's a coping/protection mechanism - when he plays the piano, his negative feelings from his past resurface, and his mind blocks him from hearing sounds that have a negative (as in Psychological Conditioning Principals) association in his mind.

How exactly this manifests for him is made fairly clear in the anime - if you watch the scenes again where he's playing the piano, and freaking out over not being able to hear it, it's illustrated as him drowning in very deep water, with appropriate impact on his hearing.

I'd say that your own personal experience (presuming you have no such negative association with piano), is the idea that you're focusing so intently on your hands, that you've filtered out the audio. It's not dissimilar, but his is triggered by traumatic mental association.


Why does Dragon Ball Z have the letter Z in its title? Why is did they add the letter Z in this series of Dragon Ball? It seems kind of odd to throw that letter in there for no reason. I know that the Z is symbolized a lot in Dragon Ball Z (ex. The Z Sword, The Z Fighters, Zenie, etc.) but what does the Z literally stand for, and for what reason Akira Toriyama decide to use this letter in the title?

You can find the answer in a lot of forums:

  As the Dragon Ball anime series approached one of the manga’s major
  turning points, the anime staff approached Akira Toriyama about
  changing the name of the anime series to help change the “image” of
  the series. Thinking he would be ending the series sometime soon,
  Toriyama decided to signify this by simply adding the last letter in
  the alphabet to the series name. Little did he know that Dragon Ball Z
  would go on to be one of the most successful, popular, and recognized
  action anime series of all time.

Also from Dragon Ball Z Wikipedia:

  The title "Dragon Ball Z" was chosen by Akira Toriyama because Z is
  the last letter of the alphabet and he wanted to finish the series
  because he was running out of ideas for Dragon Ball. Conventional
  knowledge in Japan used the "Z" only for the anime to separate Goku's
  childhood and adult life.


Where can I buy English translated Clockwork Planet light novels? Where can I find English translated Clockwork Planet light novels? Are there online shops which sell translated copies?

The Clockwork Planet (『クロックワーク・プラネット』) light novels have not been licensed for English translation and distribution so far.

Yen Press has licensed No Game No Life, another light novel series by the same author, Kamiya Yuu; volume 1 was released in April 2015 and volume 2 will be released in July 2015. The highest chance of Clockwork Planet light novels being translated is currently through Yen Press, but Yen Press has not licensed the series so far. You can make a request to express your interest by sending a message through their contact form or by posting a comment in response to their new licenses announcement.


Was Dr. House inspired by Black Jack? Was Dr. House inspired by Black Jack from Tezuka?
Is there a proof of that, such as a quote from the author?

Many comments on the Internet state that the characters are very similar, some were stunned by this fact when they first saw Dr. House, ...

The French Wikipedia says:

  Enfin, House est également inspiré du héros éponyme du manga Blackjack
  (ブラック・ジャック, 1973-1983) d'Osamu Tezuka, un médecin cynique, sombre,
  solitaire et sans diplôme accomplit de véritables miracles médicaux.
  Cette influence est confirmé par House lui-même, qui déclare dans un
  épisode que sa vocation médicale vient de sa rencontre avec un médecin
  marginal japonais.

which means:

  Finally, House is also inspired by the eponymous hero of Osamu
  Tezuka's manga Blackjack (ブラック · ジャック, 1973-1983), a cynical doctor,
  dark, lonely and without diplomas who performs real medical miracles.
  This influence is confirmed by House himself, who said in an episode
  that his medical vocation comes from his encounter with a marginal
  Japanese doctor.

What's funnier is that there was a very short cross-over between Dr. House and Blackjack in the two promotional and official ads for the release of the season 4 of Dr. House in Japan, but I don't know if that is related to my question.

The producer David Shore mentioned that Dr. House ins at least partially inspired by Sherlock Holmes and partially on his own experiences. Many connections and references are given throughout the production an series.

This is most likely a advertising campaign by Generon Universal to cross promote Dr. House and the Tezuka anime. Furthermore there is no citation on the connection that Dr. House was inspired by the Tezuka series, just one about the showdown between the two. With no mention of the former being inspired by the latter.


How much are "cens" worth? How much are "cens" in FMA worth? Is there some sort of canon answer to this, or can something at least be inferred from the manga / either anime series?

Working off of some manga / Brotherhood details, we can reach some sort of approximation. I am not sure if there are any details in any of the guidebooks to give a clearer answer and so am only working off what I've seen in the series itself.

Ed borrows 520 cenz from Roy. He uses this to make a phone call (via a pay phone) to Winry. Admittedly this may be a costlier "long-distance" phone call, but this doesn't matter much - from later details we can still reach a similar conclusion.
When Roy asks for the money to be returned, Ed first gives him 500 cenz. Roy gets annoyed, and Ed tells him he's stingy for caring so much about 20 cenz. Ed also pays back Roy in coins.
In the Hong Kong dub of FMA, 520 cenz is translated to be $5.2, which isn't much in Hong Kong dollars.
According the Wiki (which argues that cenz is approximately equal to JPY), cenz comes both in paper bills and coins. This, along with the fact that we see Roy with a bunch of coins when he calls Hawkeye, implies that the coins should be of lesser value (which is usually the case in real life currencies that also use paper). After all, pay phone calls within the same city can't cost that much.

Given that Ed gets 520 cenz coins from Mustang (as seen at the end of this video), and taking the considerations in the last point into account, 520 is a relatively small value.
Some people have argued that Ed was mad about having to pay 100 cenz for coffee in Briggs, which might imply that he finds it too expensive. But given the above and the context (him being given a cup of coffee by a doctor, which he finds out afterwards that he's to pay for), it's more reasonable to assume that Ed is annoyed by the fact that he has to pay for (bad) coffee in the first place (without warning).

Consequently, the value of a single "cenz" doesn't seem to be much. Given that this is a Japanese manga, the most reasonably assumption would be that "cenz" is approximately equal to the Japanese yen in terms of value and/or worth.


Why can't Natsu and Gajeel go through Freed's runes? On Fighting Festival arc (Laxus arc) in chapter 108, Natsu and Gajeel can't get out from the guild because of Freed's runes.

But the rule says that statues or people above 80 are not allowed to get out from the guild. So why can't Natsu and Gajeel get out?

I would like to add on to Qynn's Answer:

In the most recent chapter of Fairy Tail, Chapter 400:

  It was revealed that Igneel was residing inside Natsu, OR was using Natsu as a portal from the place where he was residing to come to Earthland. If Natsu had such magic imbued into him that could cause interference with the barrier as logically speaking, the barrier prevents those of age 80+ to leave and if it's a portal for someone of age 80+ to leave the barrier would automatically stop that person from leaving OR Igneel was actually inside Natsu not just using him as a medium and that would most definitely stop Natsu and Gajeel from leaving the barrier because they have someone of at least 300 Years of age in them. Since dragons are extinct, it would be safe to say Igneel and the other dragons are at least that age.


How works the eleventh water breathing technique? In the last episode (20) you see Giyu Tomioka use an eleventh breath technique. He stopped the blood threates without doing anything. So how does it work? And it was said that there were only 10. So why didn't Tanjiro know about this?

So how does it work?

Eleventh Style: Lull (拾じゅう壱いちノ型かた 凪なぎ Jū Ichi no kata: Nagi?)

Giyu engages a skill that disables and nullifies incoming attacks. However, its effectiveness is limited as fast and numerous attacks can break through - Link

So why didn't Tanjiro know about this?

Tanjiro doesnt know this because the 11th style is an original attack created by Giyu Tomioka but somewhere in the episode they said that every user can be able to have its own unique extra form.


Is Nishikyougoku Ramuko a word play of Toushinou Kyouko? When writing doujinshi, Toushinou Kyouko goes by the pseudonym Nishikyougoku Ramuko. Now, her name Toushinou Kyouko is written as 歳納京子. I'm not sure how her pseudonym is written since I wasn't able to find the original spelling for that name, but I think it would use the Kyou from Kyouko（京）in Nishikyougoku and Ko from Kyouko（子）in Ramuko. The first Nishi that I think of is（西）which means West, and the first goku I can think of is（国）which means Kingdom/Country. Thus, it would be somewhat a word play of her own name since Tou（東）in Toukyou（東京）means East.

Now, it is quite common for writers to use pen name that is similar to his/her real name and is related to him/her somehow. An example for this would be Joanne Rowling whose pen name was J. K. Rowling with the K. taken from her paternal grandmother's name, Kathleen. Another example would be the writer Saito Satoshi whose born name was Saito Tomohiro, more commonly known under his stage name as actor, Hiro Mizushima which uses the same Saito as in his real name. An example from another anime would be Kousaka Kirino whose pen name was Rino.

Which brings me to the question, is Nishikyougoku Ramuko really a play of her real name Toushinou Kyouko? Is my guess above correct (about the Nishikyougoku part)? What about the Ramuko part?

Nishikyougoku Ramuko (西京極ラム子) is a wordplay on Saikyouyaki Ranko (西京焼蘭子), the name of the author of the fictional magical girl series, the story within story Majokko Mirakurun (魔女っ娘ミラクるん), from which Toshinou Kyouko's doujin works are derived. We do actually know the name of the author of Majokko Mirakurun through the eyecatch featuring Toshinou Kyouoko:

Nishikyougoku is the name of a train station on the Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line as well as the name of the westernmost street of Heiankyou, one of several former names for the city now known as Kyoto. Ramu means rum, which refers to Toshinou's favorite ice cream flavor, rum raisin. Saikyouyaki is Kyoto-style grilled fish, and Ranko is just an ordinary feminine name.

A note on the difference in pronunciation of 西京極 and 西京焼: it's how the kanjis are grouped together. 西京極 is 西 + 京極 (west + end of capital) while 西京焼 is 西京 + 焼 (West Capital + grill).


What is Weiss Schwarz? I've been seeing this around the place, but for different series (which have nothing to do with each other like Madoka and Railgun). From what I can gleam off descriptions it's some sort of card game, but the different anime series is confusing me because when I think "Anime Card Game" I think Yu-Gi-Oh, Duel Masters, Bakugan, etc.

Weiß Schwarz is a Japanese two-player dueling collectible card game created by Bushiroad, based around (and in collaboration) with various anime series.

The game is separated into two factions Weiß-side and Schwarz-side, which are German for "white" and "black," respectively.

Here is a better video on how to play the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXzMtFp_ZN0


How many years do hero students study at U.A. to become professional heroes? So far from the anime I remember there is a Class A and a Class B for students, and in episode 24th from season 3, 3 students from a superior year appeared to give a talk to the students from Class A. How many years do hero students study at U.A. until they become professional heroes?

3 years

According to web-japan.org (emphasis mine):

  The basic school system in Japan is composed of elementary school (lasting six years), middle school (three years), high school (three years), and university (four years).

Considering that U.A. is a high school, we can conclude that students study for three years before graduating and becoming professional heroes.

However, it may be important to note that in Season 3, Episode 22:

   Class 1-A was able to obtain their provisional hero licences, allowing them to do limited work as pro heroes.

Knowing this, this could change the answer to:

   Under 1 year.

I'll leave it to you to decide what the answer is.


What is this OST for Episode 4 of Rurouni Kenshin / Samurai X? The OST starts playing on Episode 4 as Sanosuke (Zanza) catches the waitress from her fall and starts trash-talking the drunk democrats.

I haven't been able to find it in the OSTs myself. It seems Sano has other OSTs considered as his 'theme', so it has been difficult to track down.

Here's a YouTube video of this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdSArCFcRTc

Although I couldn't find the original audio, this Spanish version does use the same music.

Minagoroshi no Jungle -Master Mix- from the Director's Unreleased Collection or from the 4th soundtrack volume


What manga chapter does Gokukoku No Brynhildr anime end on? I want to pick up the manga from where the anime left off, what chapter or volume should I start at?

The anime ends at chapter 100 of the manga. Below is the last 2 pages of chapter 100.

The anime is generally faithful to the manga (the source material) in terms of important plot points. The anime is quite close to the manga for the first few episodes, then it starts to skip many events in the later half. Notably:

Mizuka arc, where Murakami and the girls tried to escape from Mizuka, a rank AAA magic user with precognition ability. Mizuka's power can project herself into the future, where she interferes with people's decision to make her vision comes true. The anime skips the whole arc.
Yuki Tsuchiya, debuting during Mizuka arc as a new employee of The Organization, is skipped in the anime along with Mizuka arc. In the manga, she serves mostly as an excuse to let readers have a look inside The Organization and their treatment towards magic users.
Kitsuka, who is Murakami's student and has a crush on him, followed Murakami and the girls on their trip to the beach in the manga. This is omitted in the anime. Although this detail being removed doesn't affect the ending of the anime, it is connected to the story after chapter 100 and may confuse you a bit.
Many details in the last few episodes of the anime are trimmed.

Therefore, I recommend everyone to take a look at the manga for the full experience.


The power of Hawk Eye Mihawk Given that so far in the series we have only had subtle hints at how powerful Mihawk is is it reasonable to assume that he has power equivalent to that of a yonko say Kaido since parallels between him and shanks are done quite often?

In Marineford, he fought Vista (one of the top officials of the Whitebeard Pirates) to a draw, also Jozu, another of Whitebeard's top brass, was able to deflect his attack unharmed. I don't think he is on par with the Yonkou, although he was Shanks' rival when they were younger, he lost interest on dueling him after Shanks' lost his arm, but that doesn't mean he's as strong or stronger. He respects him enough to pull back from the war once he showed up on Marineford saying fighting Shanks wasn't part of the agreement. So I'd say he's pretty much a little bit under Yonko level, probably on par with Admirals.


Why do anime end with spoilers? Is there any rationale, or at least historical reason, why many anime end their episodes with spoilers to the next episode? Even those that rely heavily on plot twists, it's very surprising and one needs to stay sharp to skip it early enough (only to discover at the end of a certain anime, that it actually contained additional scenes and not spoilers...). Unlike with "previously on X" recapitulation I see no benefit in this.

It's to get viewers hyped up to see the next episode.

If they do it right, they don't give all of it away, and they leave the viewer with a sense that's there's more to see, and that they need to watch the next episode to figure out what happens or even how it happened.


Can someone become immune to the Death Note by using plastic surgery? If someone were to change his face through plastic surgery, would he become immune to the Death Note?

Looking at rule I:

  This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.

Plastic surgery might stop photos of the old appearance from working, but unlike with the name, it has not been stated that the original appearance is required to kill a target.

Conclusion, No. Plastic surgery can not make one immune for the the death note.


Why did Majitani's surrender not count in his Trick Tower fight with Kurapika? In episode 9 of the 2011 version of Hnter x Hunter, Kurapika's fight is with the prisoner Majitani.  They agree to a battle to the death.  Once Majitani realizes he is hopelessly outmatched, he says "I surrender!" (time code 18:41)  Kurapika is already in the process of punching him, and knocks him out. The surrender is never acknowledged, and there is a verbal dispute over whether Majitani is dead.  The other prisoners claim that Kurapika's match must end before Leorio's can begin. Majitani's surrender is never brought up by either side.

One might argue that in a death battle, surrender is irrelevant.  Yet the first match, between Tonpa and Bendot, was also a death battle.  Tonpa was allowed to surrender. Presumably this was because when the examiner Lippo explained the rules, he stated, "A winner is declared when the opponent admits defeat" (episode 8, time code 14:17).

(following paragraph added next day)
Everything Majitani said and did prior to and during his match with Kurapika was meant to intimidate. Calling for a death match was part of that strategy. He knew he was not really a strong fighter, so I believe his goal was to get Kurapika to surrender.

Why did Majitani's surrender not matter?

One might claim that no one heard it, not even Kurapika. But then dramatically, what was the point in having the surrender in the first place? If it's just going to be there, unexplained and unmentioned, it will just cause some nerd to come to a q&a site and ask about it.

If a tree falls in the forest ...

I don't know about the anime, but in the manga, Bendot explicitly said, they would fight until one of them surrenders or dies.

In Kurapikkas fight they agreed to fight to the death. The rest is as you said. He wasn't dead, so the fight was not over. But Kurapika heard the surrender of Majitani, so he refused to kill him.


What is the BGM where Pilaf starts escaping from the fortress in episode 32? You can hear it in episode #032, "The Flying Fortress Vanished" at around 16:17. It starts at the scene when Pilaf and his servants start escaping (as they start running out the room). You will notice that the previous track stops and the next one start then

I listened to a lot of playlists on YouTube to find this one with no luck.

I will add a screenshot of when the music starts just in case.

You can find it here (unless i heard bad and its a different song :P)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7bVjtScRtQ

The name of the song is  Koroshi-ya Tao Paipai ("killer tao paipai")


Why does Wrath want Ed's limbs? In the 2003 series, Wrath is the homunculus created from Izumi Curtis' child, who either was stillborn or died shortly after birth. After Ed finds and interacts with him, he realises that Wrath has his leg and arm, and if I'm not mistaken, Wrath talks about wanting the rest of Ed's limbs. Wrath acquires the arm and leg when the brothers attempt human transmutation

Later, after Ed's disappearance into the alternate universe, we also see Wrath fitted with automail that was intended for Ed. According the wiki, this happens after Dante forces the removal of the limbs.

Why did Wrath "need" or "want" the limbs in the first place? If I'm not mistaken:

There wasn't any note of the child Wrath was created from having deformities, which suggests that Wrath had his "original" limbs that didn't come from Ed.
This suggests that Wrath might have wanted Ed's limbs for some other purpose (e.g. wanting them in themselves, wanting to be able to perform alchemy), but I don't remember if this was explicitly stated anywhere.

Could someone shed any light on this, and perhaps provide an episode I could refer to and rewatch?

Wrath's goal was to be more human, like the other Homunculi. However with Wrath, he wanted to take Ed's life, in other words making everything that Ed owns his own. He already had two limbs that Ed "gave up" so why not take the rest?

I'm quite sure he even says that he wants to take "everything" from Ed during their fight under Liore when Sloth and Wrath appear (where Ed first discovers Sloth is his mother and we find out Wrath's weakness).

This can also be seen during the fight against Sloth in the weapons factory. Wrath takes the box in which Ed stored bone of his mother's and fused it into himself, taking something Ed owned for himself.


Was Kodomo no Jikan controversial in Japan? I recently read the Kodomo no Jikan manga. Then I read about the massive controversy when Seven Seas tried to release the series in the US, explained in excruciating detail by Seven Seas's Jason DeAngelis here, and summarized here. I also read about Kaworu Watashiya's response, showing that she absolutely did not one bit understand why the series was so controversial over here, and that machine translation still has a long way to go, since Watashiya got all her information from reading American forums passed through Google Translate. (I was particularly puzzled by her comments, made with an authoritative tone, that "An adult, even a parent, who takes a bath with a child would be arrested" in the United States.) This source also claims the series is only regarded as "mildly risqué" in Japan.

Maybe I'm just too American, but Kojikan seemed like it would be at least somewhat controversial in almost any country. Rin is only in third grade when the series starts, and the later chapters deal with issues like sex ed, masturbation, menstruation, and sexual assault in a fairly realistic way. Was there any public controversy around the series in Japan? Did it raise any eyebrows at all?

I'd appreciate sources. Obviously, if the answer is "no", there is no such evidence, so my threshold for "no controversy" is "nothing visible in a major media outlet". If the United Moral Guardians of Podunksville, Hokkaido published a statement condemning Kojikan, I do not expect anyone to find it. (Though good job if you do.) I'm asking for evidence of a reasonably high-profile controversy, around the same scale as the one surrounding the US release.

At least for anime version, there are some discussion and some TV station cancelled the series.

From Wikipedia:

  [...] two television stations — TV Saitama and Mie TV — removed it from their broadcast schedules. In an official press release, TV Saitama stated that their decision was heavily influenced by the then-recent capture of Takayuki Hosoda, a notorious Japanese child  pornographer who was revealed to be an elementary school vice principal.

I haven't read Kodomo no Jikan yet. In my understanding, Kodomo no Jikan contains two taboos. One is sexual interest from child, and the other one is love relationship between teacher and student.
First one is also controversial in Japan.
But for second one, it doesn't get any attention in Japan (if it's in fiction).

Other example of teacher-student taboo in US is Cardcaptor Sakura.
This anime was aired by NHK (BBC or PBS equivalent in Japan). It's not controversial in Japan.
But the NA version was heavy edited.
All love relationship between teacher and student was removed with same-sex love relationship.
(e.g. father and mother of protagonist met each other when the mother entered university that the father worked as professor.)


Anime with a character that changes genders when he/she touches water? I saw it once on TV and the only thing I can remember is someone changing genders when he/she was dumped in water (presumably hot).

Can anyone match up these details to an anime series that might have this?

Thanks.

This sounds like Ranma 1/2 - The main character changes gender when they get splashed or come in contact with water

  Ranma Saotome and his father, Genma, both practitioners of the Saotome school of anything-goes martial arts, fall into the cursed springs of the legendary training ground of Jusenkyo in mainland China during a training mission. Each spring holds a different curse for any who come in contact with its water, all of which involve who or what has drowned in the spring in the past - Ranma emerges from the spring a girl and Genma a panda, both now cursed to change forms each time they come in contact with hot and cold water.
  MAL


Why was Ash's Pokedex replaced? At the end of the Orange League season (Episode 118 "The Rivalry Revival"), when Ash talks with Professor Oak and decides to continue travelling to the Johto region, Prof. Oak gives him a new Pokédex. In every new region Ash goes to, he get a new Pokédex to catalogue the new Pokémon living there.

Strangely enough, though, in episode 50 "Who Gets To Keep Togepi", Oak tells Ash there's a new upgrade to the Pokédex, saying "Well, now you can get details on all the latest Pokemon discoveries", and upgrades Ash's Pokédex.

At first it really wasn't clear why Ash should get that upgrade, but later in the same episode this question is cleared up, as Ash gets to see Togepi and says "Hey, now that Dexter is been upgraded he'll know the answer". Although Togepi is from the next generation, the Pokédex now has the info on Togepi (although it does say that more info about its species is still unavailable) rather than saying "there are still Pokémon yet to be identified" like in the first episode with Ho-Oh.

Anyway, this upgrade seems to make the Pokédex know the species in the 2nd Gen, which makes me wonder why Ash needs a new Pokédex for the Johto region since the Pokédex had already been upgraded to know the Johto Pokémon species, and we don't see any great difference in the new Pokédex except its design.

(Although it may need evidence, since the Pokédex clearly says the there's not much data on Togepi, since it's not new the Pokédex might say that like in Ep.23 "The Tower Of Terror" the Pokédex said the same about Gastly, Haunter and Gengar.)

In Season One, ep66 "The Evolution Solution" Ash and his gang are going to Prof. Westwood, who programmed the Pokedex, once he sees Togepi he says "Now that's interesting Pokemon" after Misty asks "You mean Togepi" he says "I've never seen another Pokemon quite like that". although this may lead to a plot-hole as with Ash's Pokedex had been upgraded to know Togepi, as in the question, it may not be so much a problem since the Pokedex itself said "there's not much data" to imply that Prof. Westwood though he didn't have much data but may have heard about species like Togepi and insert that little information he heard and the Pokedex Associate the information to Togepi.

Anyway, to the question, Prof. Westwood soon tells Misty "Yeah, and I'm updating all my research materials about the rarest legendary Pokemon!", so it is safe to say that is exactly the new Pokedex Ash received before going to Johto since Westwood said itself that he is currently in updating his materials as the early upgrade Ash gets not to contain expensive data on Gen2 Pokemon and only after that update Westwood worked on the next Pokedex Generation. (support @f1Krazy comment)

And the evidence for that (although it's in the Advance series its still evidence that Westwood discovered new information) is in Advanced Challenge ep4 "The Princess And The Togepi" the Pokedex has much larger information about Togepi than the first Pokedex.


What is the actual English spelling for "Kono Oto Tomare!"? Here is a shot of the title screen for the music anime Kono Oto Tomare! :

Note the line of Latin-alphabet letters at the bottom. The Funimation English overlay at the top shows three words, yet the bottom text is spaced as if it is seven words.  My guess is that the top is correct, which leads me to wonder about the bottom.  I can think of three possibilities:

The bottom is simply breaking up the Japanese on a letter-by-letter basis as purely a stylistic choice.
The bottom is the syllablized form to help westerners with pronunciation.  (Like I do trying to convince a friend the word is pronounced "sub scribe" not "sus cribe".  )
The bottom is actually accurate but Funimation just squeezed it together.

The Romanized form would be Kono Oto Tomare!  What you see is correct.

The Japanese language does not require that sentences contain spaces except if the sentence comprises only of Hiragana and Katakana, which at that point it becomes optional for clarity or to disambiguate what's being said.

The likely explanation as to why it's stylized in that way is for stylistic purposes, or to give an indication as to what each individual character was in terms of pronunciation.


If Rory's halberd is that heavy, how does Itami pick her up and run? In episode 8, it is revealed that Rory Mercury's halberd is extremely heavy.

The thief who tries to steal it collapses and is crushed by it. And when Hideyo tries to pick it up, he hurts himself.

But in episodes 6 and 17, Itami picks up Rory along with her halberd and runs with them in his arms.

What gives? Itami is human. He doesn't have superhuman strength like Rory.

To prove my theory of reduced gravitational pull, I will bring in some data and only use 1 simple equation: F=mg

ge=9.81ms^-2

gg=gravitational pull in gate's world

Data:

Average BMI for a 1.9m (Itami's height) tall person is 23, thus the
mass of the person is 83.09kg. Thus, we assume this average person can only lift 90.0kg (above average).
We assume Rory's halberd is 100.0kg, far too heavy for that thief and Hideyo to lift. Rory can lift it as she has Superhuman strength.
We assume Rory weighs about 50.0kg (Average 14 year old)
Itami is a Ranger. Thus, he should be able to lift up to 170.0kg (below average for a ranger). According to this website, a ranger should be able to lift up to 400 pounds/181.437kg.

Weight of (Rory+Halberd)=(100+50)(9.81)
=1471.5N

Weight that Itami can lift=170(9.81)=1667.7N

Therefore, Itami should still be able to lift (Rory+Halberd) even if he was on earth. However, we will assume he barely trained after his Ranger training, so he can only lift 1470N on earth.

Thus, on Gate's world, where the gravitational pull is smaller(gg), which lowers (Rory+Halberd)'s weight from 1471.5N to 1470N so weakened Itami can lift them.

gg=1470/(150)=9.8ms^-2

Now, I will prove that this lowered gravitational pull will bring no effects whatsoever onto firearms and breathing for Earth's people to answer almost.time's queries. This is due to the difference in g being only 0.01ms^-2.

Firstly, the maximum height that a person can go before having to acclimatise is 2,438 meters.

  There are no specific factors such as age, sex, or physical condition that correlate with susceptibility to altitude sickness. Some people get it and some people don't, and some people are more susceptible than others. Most people can go up to 8,000 feet (2,438 meters) with minimal effect.

To prove there will be no breathing problems, I will use data from this website for air density at 2000m above sea level.

The pressure at 2000m is 7.95x10^4Nm^-2 when g=9.8. Thus, at gate's sea level, the pressure would be about 7.95x10^4Nm^-2 as well this would mean a person can traverse between the gates without suffering any side effects as air pressure tends to be almost the same for every 1000m or so.

  For firearms, they can fire without oxygen but they will most likely leave behind more residue. Furthermore, it you are worried about less air pressure=bigger explosion, do not fret as the projectiles would fly further away than normal due to the lower air density offering
  less air resistance and a smaller gravitational pull retarding the motion of the projectiles so its range actually increased. Thus, the mortars they used in episode 14 would not have cause possible disasters. Furthermore, a bigger explosion would mean more energy is converted to heat and sound energy than kinetic energy. Thus, it would actually mean that the weapons are less effective in Gate's world compared to Earth as the projectiles now fly with less speed than before.

It would seem that reduced gravity is not the only possible explanation in terms of physics for Itami being able to lift (Rory+Halberd) as I read the Fire Dragon chapter in the manga and found another possible explanation in terms of momentum.

  In this picture, you see that Rory is carried differently compared to the anime and this is important as she can be considered a plank while Itami's shoulder is the pivot. According to the Principle of Moments, if Rory was exerting an upward force, then she would cause a anti-clockwise moment about Itami's shoulder in comparison to the clockwise moment resulting from the halberd about Itami's shoulder. If she was to exert enough force across her arm to have an anti-clockwise moment equal to the clockwise moment caused by the halberd about the  pivot, then the resultant torque about Itami's shoulder would equal to 0. This means that Itami would not have to bear the weight of the halberd at all. Though he has to bear Rory's weight, the halberd would not impede his motion at all due to all the momentum being countered by Rory and we all know a regular person (using myself as an example, I can lift up to 77.5kg) like Itami can definitely lift Rory.


Can Naruto or Sasuke be promoted directly from Genin to Hokage? I'm just wondering if one of them (Naruto and Sasuke) becomes Hokage, is he promoted from Genin rank directly to Hokage?

While I am not 100% sure about the transition from Genin to Kage, I do know that Gaara was at most a Chuunin before becoming the Kazekage.  So, it would seem that a jump in ranks would be justified under special conditions of ability.

In any case, why should there be a need for a direct promotion?  If Naruto (or Sasuke I guess) has plans to become Hokage, it does not mean that they have an intention to skip the transitions between ranks (although I'm sure there would be some sort of allowance for them to "test out").


Is it possible for someone to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan before they even awaken the Sharingan? I was just wondering if it was possible for an Uchiha to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan before even awakening the Sharingan.

According to wiki:

  It (Mangekyou Sharingan) is initially awakened by the trauma suffered from witnessing the death of someone close to the user.

I think it should be common sense by now, but if you didn't know then to awaken the MS the user has to witness something so traumatic, like seeing someone close to the said user die.

According to wiki:

  When a wielder of this kekkei genkai experiences a powerful emotional condition with regards to a person precious to them, their brain releases a special form of chakra that affects the optic nerves, transforming the eyes into Sharingan.

To awaken the Sharingan, an Uchiha has to have an extreme(powerful) emotion condition which causes their brain to release a special type of chakra, which will then cause their eyes to transform into Sharingan.

I have put the way the Uchiha awaken the Sharingan and the MS, but could it be possible to combine both of the said ways into one? What I mean is if an Uchiha, who hasn't awakened the Sharingan yet, witnessed something so traumatic they just awaked the MS. Could that even be possible? Or would it just awaken the Sharingan and then the MS almost instantly at the same time?

To be honest, I believe the death of the whole clan (especially the death of someone's parents by one of their own siblings - Itachi) is more traumatic than anything and when Sasuke with all those emotions could never achieve it in such a long time, I am sure it can not be achieved without achieving the basic Sharingan levels.

And most importantly, you can not simply do a maths questions without knowing the basics... So basics, i.e Sharingan must be present before the awakening of Mangekyou :)

That is simply what I believe, what is in the minds of Masashi, we don't know :P


Can Konohamaru summon the Monkey King Enma? Has it been revealed what Konohamaru's summons is? Did he inherit his grandfather's summons or did he show an affinity for frogs?

Can Konohamaru summon the Monkey King Enma?

Maybe. We can't be sure until we see it.

Has it been revealed what Konohamaru's summons is?

No.

Did he inherit his grandfather's summons or did he show an affinity for frogs?

We can assume none of them for now. Same as Asuma Sarutobi who didn't summon Enma or any other summoning animal either.

If I still have to make a wild bet then I will assume it's frog as Konohamaru is more of Naruto's follower and never seen trying to do any of his grandfather's Jutsu. And remember his grandfather was not around to pass on the contract to him and we never see any other Monkey King summoner who can teach him that but Naruto is still there.

In Boruto: Naruto Next Generations episode 4, we see he can summon toads and he summons Gamagorō.


How strong is Koichiarator? (Spoilers Dragon Ball Super episode 120)

   Gohan fights against Koichiarator to allow Goku and Vegeta to recover their energies, so them who are presumably stronger than him can fight stronger opponents from universe 11. But then Goku and Vegeta in Super Saiyan Blue have an even beam struggle against Koichiarator, which makes Koichiarator looks stronger than a Super Saiyan Blue, but later Gohan alone (who was accumulating energy for a Kamehameha) has a beam struggle with Koichiarator and wins (the struggle, not the match) .

So, How strong is Koichiarator then?

Koichiarator is strong, however, you have to note that he has been designed specifically for combat and has a lot of additional features which make him very strong. His body is extremely hard and he has very high defenses. Hence he's strong enough to tank those powerful attacks from Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan.You missed something out with regard to the beam struggle between Goku-Vegeta and Koichiarator. Goku and Vegeta didn't go all out and only bought Gohan some time to charge up his Kamehameha and strike. It was stated from the start that Gohan wanted Goku and Vegeta to save their stamina to square off against Universe 11.With regard to Gohan's Kamehameha,
 Koichiarator didn't actually fire a beam attack against him. He is designed to resist strong attacks which is why he managed to survive so long.Also, Paparoni used his special abilities to give Koichiarator an attack, speed and defense boost. So in other words, you could compare it to Basil being given the special drug during the Zen Exhibition match.
Now to answer your question with regard to its strength, you can't really gauge or compare its strength and this is why. I want to refer to an incident which happened in Dragon Ball Z where Gohan was training on the Kai's planet with the Z-Sword. We see Gohan struggling to use the Z-sword at the start and to even pull it out. Neither Kibito nor Shin was even strong enough to Pick it up. However, the Block made of Katchin was strong enough to break the sword into 2. That doesn't imply the block of Katchin is stronger than Gohan.In terms of strength, as, in actual power, I'd say it's at the level of Super Saiyan 2  Goku at max. (Assuming it didn't have those special features designed to help it in combat).

Some pictures Supporting what I said


When do the Bleach Movies occur in relation to the anime? I'm wondering at what point in the anime series of Bleach do each of the movies occur? This way, when I watch the series I can stop at a specific point to watch the appropriate movie.

At the main story, the movies are never mentioned because they are like fillers and not canon to the main story. But it's possible to verify when they occur by some facts, by some situations that we saw in the movie:

The first movie, Memories of Nobody: Ichigo is able to use his bankai in the World of the Living, so it happens after the Bount Invasion arc and before the Arrancar one as he's still unable to use his hollow form. So, it is between episode 109 & 110.

The second movie, The DiamondDust Rebellion: Ikkaku use his bankai, so maybe it happens after the first invasion of Arrancars (the one defeated by Toshiro team) and before they entering in Hueco Mundo. In episodes, something near 138.

The third movie, Fade to Black: I think it happens nearly to The DiamondDust Rebellion during the Arrancar's fight, but before they entering in Hueco Mundo because Ichigo still uses the first form of his hollow mask:

The fourth movie, Hell Verse: In this movie, Ichigo uses the second form of his mask and transforms into his full hollow form, so he already fought Ulquiorra in Hueco Mundo and returned. Repeating, it's like a filler, after episode 299.


Why is Bertolt's Titan form so much bigger than the other Titan Shifters? Bertolt's Titan form is unusually big, approaching nearly 50 meters. Was there any particular reason given for why it is so large in comparison to the rest?

The humans become Titans through the use of an injected medicine, and the Titan form they take is due to the type of medicine injected. Therefore, it can be deduced Bertolt Hoover got an injection that gave him the gigantic form.

Case evidence is Rod Reiss, who became a Titan that is even bigger than Bertolt after he licked the spilled injection that he was trying to give to Historia.

Compared to the wall, you can see that Rod Reiss became even bigger than Bertolt's Titan form.

We also have Eren as case evidence, who originally was incapable of hardening, but gained that ability after drinking a bottle that had the word "Armour" on it. The bottle was from Rod Reiss's bag that contained several vials of injection that could make a human a Titan Shifter and even all had labels so it therefore can be said that the Titan form a person takes is based on the type of Medicine and it can even be augmented by consuming other types of Medicine.


Why didn't Misaki tell the extra person at the start? Basically Misaki says that she can see the extra person with her left eye and after all these deaths she just realizes that

   Mrs. Mikami is the dead one.

Why didn't she bother to kill her on the spot so that no one else would die. Why did Misaki have to kill her at the last moment after everyone died?

Nobody knew exactly how to stop the Calamity until they found the

 tape which explained that it can only be stopped if the Extra is killed (send back to death).

So there was not really the need for Misaki to tell anyone.
Other than that, she didn't tell anyone because no one talked to her except Kouichi.
And she couldn't tell him since

 Kouichi and Reiko were related (his aunt).

So he would have had doubted Misaki.
Lastly, if she told it from the start, the producers couldn't have made anyone wonder who the Extra is. So it's part of the story.
In addition to this, a comment on Wikia about Class 3-3 might be even better in explaining it:

Before hearing

 Katsumi Matsunaga's tape, about "sending the dead back to death",

she thought knowing was irrelevant.  She knew, but what could anyone do?  She held back until the end of episode 10, "Glass eye", apparently because it would have been rude to tell Kouichi that

 the extra was someone close to him

and Kouichi didn't know of

 her ability to see the color of death

until almost the end of episode 10.  Her statement naming the extra was interrupted by Naoya Teshigawara.  It wasn't until the end of the next episode that she determined to go, by herself,

 and kill the extra.

-- And worth noting that the removal of the extra doesn't immunize the class from death, anymore than no historical calamity immunizes the other classes from ordinary accidental or illness death."


Why are these animes called so? (something;something) There are manga/anime called "something;something", what for? does it server any purpose for identifying it as a series? example: steins;gate, robotic;notes.

The Wikipedia entry for Steins;Gate begins with the following two sentences (emphasis mine):

  Steins;Gate (シュタインズ・ゲート Shutainzu Gēto?) is a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus and released for the Xbox 360 on October 15, 2009. It is the second game in 5pb. and Nitroplus' Science Adventure series following Chaos;Head and was succeeded by Robotics;Notes.

The entry for Robotics;Notes is fairly similar:

  Robotics;Notes (ロボティクス・ノーツ Robotikusu Nōtsu?) is a Japanese visual novel developed and published by 5pb.. The game was released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game consoles on June 28, 2012, with a PlayStation Vita port released on June 26, 2014 under the title Robotics;Notes Elite. It is the third game in 5pb.'s Science Adventure series following Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate and is described as an "Augmented Science Adventure" (拡張科学アドベンチャー Kakuchō Kagaku Adobenchā?).

Finally, the entry for Science Adventure reveals the following:

  The Science Adventure series (科学アドベンチャーシリーズ Kagaku Adobenchā Shirīzu?) is a Japanese video game franchise created by 5pb. in collaboration with Nitroplus. The series currently consists of four main visual novel games; Chaos;Head, Steins;Gate, Robotics;Notes, and Chaos;Child which have each received various ports, sequels, and spin-offs, as well as various manga and anime adaptations.

So, yes, it is as you assumed: They're part of the same series, made by the same company.

As for why the developers decided to use a semicolon in the name: why not?


Has Boruto the anime caught up with the manga? Did the Boruto anime catch up with the manga? If it did, can you tell me from which episode should I start watching Boruto?

You should probably watch Boruto from the start. Though it happens in the movie but it still feels better when you watch from the start and it is also not that much. There are only just 68 episodes in total released until now. You can binge watch them in like 2 days.

Also, it is better if we do not compare anime and manga content when the anime is ahead of the manga as in case of DB Super and also Boruto as they may be very different and manga can give some content which is crucial for the story and the anime misses it as it is directed by some other person and not by the mangaka (for example we came to know in DB Super that if the kaioshin dies so does Beerus, it was told earlier in the manga while the anime had already gone much further from that point of the story, though the anime included that bit in the very next episode released after the chapter in which this info was provided).


Why are Gantz weapons slow to take effect? I was watching the Live Action film of Gantz and noticed that it seems weird that after firing, the effects of a shot fired from a Gantz weapon is slow to occur, e.g.,

when the players who killed the Child Onion Alien attack the Adult Onion Alien, the Adult Alien shields himself with one of the players with each shot but it takes several seconds before the player's body explodes
when fighting the Buddhist Statue Aliens, there is a part where Kei shoots a limb of one of them (I think the giant one that Kannon deployed) which was going to punch him into the ground. Even after shooting it, the alien's fist continues to come toward Kei and if the delay had been longer, he could have been crushed

To me, this seems like a design flaw in the guns as it appears that the target of the shot can still move and possibly attack before it feels the effects of the attack and more so, the aliens seems to be able to react in real-time to the attacks (e.g., the Adult Onion Alien and Kannon shielding itself with its swords the moment Kei shoots).

So if the aliens can react in real-time to shots fired by Gantz Weapons, why is there a delay to the effects of such shots?

There are two options with the gantz weapons:

1.- shoot
2.- ensure

[spoiler]

   Ih the part when they fight with dinosaurs or when they are going to kill Tae Kojima they said that if you want to avoid the waiting time to shoot or if you want that shot follows target, you have to "ensure" first >!


How do UQ Holder! and Mahou Sensei Negima! relate? I've been reading UQ Holder! since it started coming out. So far (14 chapters into the series) I've understood everything, and (I think) I have not missed any reference or anything similar.

However, just today I realised that MAL lists UQ Holder! as Mahou Sensei Negima!'s sequel.
How exactly are the two related, and how much do I miss if I haven't read the latter?
Or is it just meant to be a spiritual sequel, and nothing in the story is related?

My post primarily answers the titled question such that the answer works for people that have read and have not read Mahou Sensei Negima (MSN).

Part 1 (For people who have read MSN. If you have not read MSN, skip to part 2)

Remember Eva from MSN? She is the same person as Yukihime-sensei. Over the years, Eva figured out a way to change her appearance so she could live life more normally - as an adult.
Basically, everyone from MSN presumably died (since ~100 years have passed) except for Eva since she is an immortal vampire.

Chapter 1:

Page 1 - Eva gives her introduction
Page 2 - She shows how the people from MSN are gone now
Page 5 - Shows her current UQ team
Page 70 - Eva reveals her true identity to Touta

Chapter 2:

Page 16 - Eva reverts back to her 10 year old true form. She stays this way until page 38, where she returns back to her older fabricated form.

Part 2

Both UQ and MSN are related through Eva, although MSN followed Negi's journey (main character of MSN). UQ's story is being told by Eva, who is reflecting on the past. Eva plays an important character in both series, as her role is to train the main characters, Negi and Touta.

Also note that Touta Konoe is Negi Springfield's grandson (Ch 1 Pg 18). Given that his surname is Konoe, we can also assume he is related to Konoka Konoe from MSN as well.

While UQ Holder is the sequel to MSN, there is nothing critical that you have missed. In other words, you can read and understand UQ Holder perfectly fine without reading its prequel. There are the occasional references to MSN though, but they do not affect the plot in any way.

A good analogy for this would be the difference between Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. You can pick up Dragon Ball Z and fully understand everything without watching Dragon Ball. And in this case, UQ Holder and MSN have a time skip of 3 generations later, so every character except Yukihime is presumed dead now.


Job request in Fairy Tail untouched for hundreds of episodes This job request appeared in Episode 2 of Fairy Tail S1

This job request appeared in Episode 30 of Fairy Tail S2

So, considering the 7 year time skip, the amount of adventures they have went on for about 200 Episodes, why has this request not been cleared yet?

Is there any significance that they re-used this particular job request again and again?

Yes, I am positive that this has appeared more than this 2 times throughout the entire Fairy Tail Anime.

As kuwaly said, it is the infamous "picture" of the Loch Ness Monster. I'm sure there is no real meaning to it, simply that it is a long-running joke in the anime. The reason they used the Loch Ness monster is likely because in real life many people visit the Scottish Highlands, specifically lake Loch Ness to try and find/prove the Loch Ness Monster. The reason they have continued to re-use the request is because, just like in real life no one has "found" the Loch Ness Monster, and because it's just a funny Easter egg that you would only notice if you payed very close attention.

Although the infamous hoax image seems to be backwards/flipped in the anime.

Similar Easter Eggs using the Loch Ness monster can be seen in these examples:

The video game Hitman: Absolution
Google Maps

Hope this helps!


Why does Kirito have access to Sachi's inventory? in Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment, Kirito has access to Asuna's inventory, as expected since they married before Floor 75, but also he has access to Sachi's inventory which contains a Teleport Crystal, a Health Potion and the message Sachi left for him for Christmas (can't use it to confirm the message but I assume it's the same one).

Aside from Kirito's attire, everything up until Kayaba disappearing on Floor 75 is based off the anime. So how does Kirito have access to Sachi's inventory? To my understanding, Grimlock only had access to Griselda's inventory after she died because they were already married. Is there another way for a player to share their inventory without marrying them?

Players that would like to, can setup a shared inventory, separate from a guild storage and different than marriage.
In marriage, your inventories become one, they can see all your stats and inventory items, no matter what. In this, it is a tab that is in addition to your normal inventory. This tab was labeled Sachi.
From a translation of the Sword Art Online light novel:

Charging into my hotel room, I immediately opened the storage box installed in the room, taking from the item window that popped up all the restoration, detoxification crystals and potions and the like. Although these alone could count up a hefty balance sheet, I would not pity it even if all of them were used up.
As soon as I took out a single-handed sword from my collection, confirmed its durability, I took off the sword on my back that I used to fight the ants and exchanged it. Then I also exchanged my leather coat and armor and everything else for new items. When I had finished, I was about to close the window when I saw my inventory and stopped my hand.
There, in addition to the «Self» written there, my own inventory page, was another label that read the name «Sachi».
This is the result of a very good relationship between two players, but one which has not progressed to «Marriage» —such players set their own common items window. This is different from the way that all items in marriage are shared in that only items in this separate window are shared.
Sachi, who had never asked for a confession or to hold hands previously, requested shortly before her death to set up this window. When I asked for the reason, she gave an answer that was difficult to accept, that it was for easily exchanging healing potions and similar items—if this was the purpose, there was clearly already a guild open that could be used for that. But I nonetheless agreed, and set up this window to share only between Sachi and me.
Though Sachi died, this window still remained. Of course, the friend list would also still retain Sachi's name, but it would be a grey that could not be contacted. And the few remaining healing potions left in the shared inventory, these would also not be used. After half a year, even with the guild page deleted without feeling, I was unable to remove the label of Sachi's name. Of course—the reason was not that I believed she could be resurrected—I just couldn't forgive the self that would have been able to feel better after having deleted her name.
I only recovered and closed the window after looking at Sachi's name for ten minutes. It was two hours until midnight.

– Sword Art Online Volume 02: Aincrad, Chapter 4, Part 3


What's this manga about a boy who could control time The manga was about a boy who could control time. He could even reverse death. When he uses his power, he enters a different dimension and time is represented by films and he could cut out parts of the film, which in turn changes the past. He was a normal boy until a group of kids that had esp came to find him. Among those kids, there was a girl whose power could her escape from her body, sort of like a soul, and the girl also ends up naked when she uses her power. There's also another boy with the same power as the mc but he's the bad guy and is from where the group of kids escaped from. The place where they escaped from is dubbed "the greenhouse" and kids with esp are there where they take medications to get stronger. There's also this battle with people from the greenhouse and one of the enemies is a girl with a giant lollipop I think. I also believe the mc was dubbed Zero by the greenhouse.

I think it's the Psycho Busters:

I could find this specific information from the wiki of this manga:
"Angered by ... ruthless murder ... power awakens and time begins to rewind." which refers to bringing back the death.

Also there is mention for the Greenhouse you said and the group with some boys.


Can Lugia be a legendary one that reproduces itself? In the official Pokedex, it says that Lugia does not have gender. In many games, there is only one Lugia.

But in EP221 a Lugia's pup is shown and captured by the Rocket team, and Lugia, hitherto genderless, is treated as "the mother who fights for her son."

If Lugia is a legendary and genderless type and, possibly, unique, how can he have a puppy? Legendary can reproduce even if they have no gender?

There are multiple Variations in the Pokemon Anime and Games. For instance, in the games, there exists only 1 of each Legendary/Mythical Pokemon. However, in the anime that is not the case.With regard to Breeding, the fact that Legendary/Mythical Pokemon happen to be genderless isn't a sole factor that determines its ability to breed as in the games, we know the gender of Latios, Latias, Thundurs, Landorus, Cresselia, Tornadus and Heatran. However, none of these pokemon can breed. Another misconception is if a pokemon has an ability to evolve, it should obviously be able to give birth to its pre-evolution. Type-Null and Cosmog both are Legendary/Mythical and evolve, however they cannot breed.Manapy seems to be the only exception that can breed in the games. Also note that eggs containing the Legendary Bird Trio; Articuno, Zapdos and Moltress can be hatched  in Pokemon Snap.The Baby Lugia seems to be one of the few exceptions in the anime.

In the anime, we also see weird pokemon like  an Old Treecko in the Episode where Ash catches one, a Humongous Giant Dragonite in season 1 , Crystal Onix and other different kinds of pokemon apart from the usual Shinies we are aware of. You can read more about the same here. I believe the Baby Lugia falls into this category.


In which episode of Golden Time did Koko say "I love you" to Banri on the school staircase? There was a sequence on the school staircase where Koko said "I love you" and Banri fainted. Which episode was that?

Actually it was Banri that fainted not 2D-kun. As you can see, he's still standing on the top of the staircase. This happens in episode 7 at ~7:30-7:40


Can Uchihas get Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan by exchanging their eyes? Let's say Uchiha A and an Uchiha B both have awakened their Mangekyou Sharingan. If A and B exchange their eyes, can they unlock Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan?

In the Manga, only:

Uchiha Madara,
Uchiha Izuna (Madara's brother),
Uchiha Shinsui,
Uchiha Itachi(Sasuke's brother),
Uchiha Sasuke,
Uchiha Fugaku(Itachi's and Sasuke's father)
Uchiha Obito,

Is shown to have awakened Mangekyou Sharingan (henceforth the MS). Of those 7 only 2 is confirmed to have an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan (henceforth the EMS), that is Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Sasuke.

Uchiha Madara

Madara gained his EMS after taking his brother's MS. Note that he claimed that his brother gave it to him. Madara did not take it from him by force. When Madara told this story, his brother was shown to be on his deathbed. By the time Madara gained his EMS, his original eyes has lost its light, he is practically blind.

Uchiha Sasuke

Sasuke gained his EMS from Uchiha Itachi. At first he hesitated in transplanting Itachi's eyes into his. After his eyes got worse from the extensive use of MS techniques, he agreed to the transplantation and thus gained his EMS. Itachi's eyes were also near blind.

There are 4 points that is similar between the two.

One is that they have their original eyes evolved into MS.
Two, they transplanted the other eyes from their brother.
Three they transplanted their brother's eyes when their original eyes are blind or near blind.
Four both's brothers are dead when they transplanted the eyes.

IIRC it was told in the manga that transplantation is better done between close relative since they are more compatible.

If, only the first two conditions are necessary for the EMS then yes, any close relative that has awakened MS can simply exchange eyes for both to awaken EMS. If point 3 is also need to be met then they still can exchange eyes after exhausting their eyes, making it near blind. If point 4 is also necessary then they can't simply exchange eyes as one needs to die before the other can transplant their eyes and awaken EMS.


Who is this girl stuffing food in her face, and what show is it from? What show is this from?

what exactly is happening?

I found in this amv but the source for it (this is from boom boom dollar within that amv, at 22:04) only says "various".

I think this is maybe from Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou.

  Yukino Miyazawa is a Japanese high school freshman who is the envy of classmates for her good grades and immaculate appearance. However, her "perfect" exterior is a façade, a charade she maintains to win praise. In the privacy of her own home, she is spoiled, stubborn, a slob, and studies relentlessly and obsessively to maintain her grades. On entering high school, she is knocked from her position at the top of the class by Soichiro Arima, a handsome young man whose very existence Yukino considers a threat to the praise on which she thrives, and she vows to destroy him.

Seems like this could be it.

Edit: I am absolutely sure this is it as I found another image from the series. The scene occurs during episode 11.


What is the Music called which is played when antagonists are plotting something? I am not a fan of questions like this myself, but I am really curious and I couldn't find any answers. I searched through the whole OST myself.

I am looking for the music which is often played when the antagonists are plotting something. A good example is Season 1, Episode 19, directly after the Opening, when Raijuta is introduced.

It is quite fast-paced, with a repeating melody, kinda synth-like.

You may be looking for Kokoro no Hadaka. It's typically referred to the Raijuta theme. It's by Ueda Yuji.

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

Here's a list of all of RuroKen's OSTs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rurouni_Kenshin_soundtracks

This one is the fourth track in the Rurouni Kenshin Original Songs I soundtrack.


An anime about MMO with a glasses wearing protagonist A friend of mine recently recommended me an anime. He told me the name, but I forgot to note it down, and now I don't remember it.

It's about people who are trapped in a fictional MMO and can't get back to the real world. When he told me that, I asked if he was talking about Sword Arts Online, but he told me that wasn't it. Unlike SAO, people who die in that MMO revive some time later, so death is not permanent.

He said I'd be particularly interested in the protagonist, since he's smart, analytical, quite the strategist, and wears glasses.

He also told me the anime was more about society than about the actual game.

Finally, I remember him telling me that the anime is still ongoing, but that was a few weeks ago, so it might have ended recently, or not.

What's the name of the anime he told me about?

I do believe you're talking about Log Horizon. Some relevant plot points that matches your description:

The setting is an MMO world called Elder Tales. All the players currently logged on cannot log out.
The main character wears glasses, is smart, and is considered one of
the best strategists in the game's community.
There is no perma-death, but there is a penalty for it, which will be
revealed later in the series.
The first season has heavy emphasis on the politics and economy of
the game world. It shows how the players and the NPC interacts, how the NPC interacts with other NPCs, etc.

For more info, you can check out its Wikipedia article or look through its own Wikia site.


Why do all one-star students look the same? In Honnouji Academy, there are four levels of student: no-star, one-star, two-star, and three-star. However, only the one-star students all look the same. The only exception is for Suzuki, who stole a one-star uniform in the first episode.

Is there any reason why that is?

I imagine it's because they are unimportant to the plot and because the animators wanted to give a sense of a hive-mind mentality.

The ranks above are individualized as they are powerful and worthy of the viewer's (and Ryukko's) attention.

The zero-star students are individualized as well. Along with this, all the slums are very different looking to each other - In contrast, the houses that the richer student live in are very regular and similar to each other corresponding with their uniform class.

A good example of the higher rank's lack of individualism is

   When Mako and Ryukko start the fight club, They start to lose their individuality that they once had in the slums and become arrogant, greedy and unloving towards each other. Once they return to the slums, they regain their own personalities again.


Name of classification/trope of anime with advanced/ancient civilizations I would like to use "Laputa: Castle in the Sky" as an example, but the identifying features that I'm particularly interested in identifying are the ancient, yet advanced technological civilization(s) that left behind the city itself.

Is there a word or genre specifically describing the ancient yet technologically advanced civilization trope (specifically those more advanced than present day civilizations)?

"Precursors" or "forerunners" would be the title given to the society/societies that came before but they are not titles that would be classified as a genre.   The closest thing to an official genre title that you would get is, "post-apocalyptic". Post-apocalyptic settings are those that take place after the end of the world. in certain instances the end of the world does not mean the end of humanity and so they start the world anew. I would recommend searching post-apocalyptic animes if reborn society is what you are into. Attack On Titan, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, and Murder Princess, are all examples of animes with functional societies that speak of "technology from the old world", even though the ancient technology is futuristic by comparison to their own. Enjoy


Does Asuna speak English? In episode 5 of the English sub of Sword Art Online: Alicization, Asuna infiltrates the Ocean Turtle facility disguised as Mayumi Reynolds.

When she arrives at the facility, she says "nice to meet you" to the guard who greets her in English. Further in, when another guard asks her to remove her sunglasses and confirm her identity, she replies "sure" in English.

Does Asuna have any significant English speaking ability? Or did she simply learn a few words in order to solidify her disguise?

Yuuki Asuna went to an all girls private school before the events of SAO. So I'm pretty sure she would have learned it at her school during that time. Most Japanese schools teach English as a curriculum. But sadly a lot of Japanese people still don't have "fluent English conversation abilities".

Considering how serious she was about clearing the game, I would guess that she probably also took her school work very seriously. And hence most definitely picked up the lot of the English phrases which she then used in SAO.


Is it possible to get the Rinnegan by injecting Senju and Uchiha DNA into yourself? Is it possible to get the Rinnegan if you are not in the Senju or Uchiha clan (including branch clans such as Uzumaki) and inject Senju and Uchiha DNA into yourself?

To awaken the Rinnegan, it's not enough to be a Senju with Uchiha eyes or vice versa, you must be Indra's successor that obtained chakra from Asura's successor.

A successor does not necessarily come directly from the Senju clan, as Naruto, who is an Uzumaki, is a successor. However, Indra's successor is always an Uchiha.

So in short, no. It's not possible to do what you describe.


Why did Beerus say "Say something." at the end of Episode 118 of Dragon Ball Super? At the end of Episode 118 of Dragon Ball Super, just after Champa and Universe 6 is erased, Beerus says "Say something."

Could this mean that Champa will continue to live on in Beerus' mind? Or did they previously have a connection that allowed them to communicate telepathically?

Due to their brotherly bond, he wished to have heard some goodbye words. Beerus deeply cares for Champa as does Champa for him. They are like siblings. They always fight, cause drama but at the end of the day they want the best for each other.

During the fight between the Namekians and Gohan & Picollo. Whiz was asking Beerus why he was silent for a while and is he worried that Champa's universe might be erased. Nobody knows Beerus like Whiz does, so if he asked that question then it implies that Beerus was genuinely worried about Champa.

Remember the episode of the tournament before this where Beerus's universe won from Champa's universe? They were awarded a wish with the universal Shenron. What did Beerus wish for? To restore the planet earth in Champa's universe, so that Champa could enjoy the good food as well. He could wish for selfish things or to strengthen his warriors or whatever else, but he did it so that his kid brother could be happy and enjoy the food as well. This indicates that Beerus cares about Champa the same way as an adult brother cares for his kid brother.

So back to the universal tournament; the stakes are high and while they enjoy fighting each other we can conclude that both want to win, but they don't want their brother to lose either. If anything Champa wishes deeply that if he doesn't win then his Brother Beerus should and vice versa.

At the final moment Champa called out to his big bro and would've probably said something but he isn't a fool. Due to his troubled face he resorted to making a funny face instead, indirectly telling Beerus to not worry and rather to focus on winning. Beerus on the other hand... wanted to hear some parting words. A "good bye!" or "good luck!" would have lifted his spirits a bit, but knowing Champa he didn't want to resort to a touching goodbye, so he acted accordingly to his behaviour. Beerus wish to hear some final words was what made him say that.

This is simply the bond of an elder brother losing his younger brother while both are aware that one is going to vanish... and at the moment of vanishing you would want to hear your brothers voice doesn't matter what it is. This is more something emotional and sensitive rather than some beyond-human-level form of communication. This was the feeling of losing someone close to you while being unable to do anything about it at all.

Off-topic; Vegeta was pretty pissed about it as well. And remember what Vegeta said to Cabba? He would win the tournament and wish Cabba's universe back so that Cabba could show him around in his universe. At the current episode and ending I think that Beerus has a similar feeling right now. He wished planet earth back for his brother previously. It is quite obvious what his next wish will be (if they are granted a wish at all).


How did Homunculus come into being? In FMA, the being that became Father, the one known originally as Homunculus or the Dwarf in the Flask, seemed to have been created by Van Hohenheim's master using some of Van Hohenheim's blood. Is the creation ever explained in any greater detail?

The creation is never explained in excruciating detail. However, we do know that Homunculus was originally part of the entity within the gate (God, essentially, the being who regulates all alchemical exchanges). Through an unknown process, Van Hohenheim's master was able to isolate the knowledge within God.

He was able to give it an existence through the blood of a human (Van Hohenheim), which I speculate was used as the toll to reach into God's domain. However, this existence was not stable enough to take form, and thus cannot exist outside of its flask.

Unfortunately, we hear little from Hohenheim's master, and none of it relates to Homunculus. There is never a further elaboration on the process that is used to isolate part of within the Gate.


Is there any in-universe reason why the Sailor Senshi aren't affected by the citywide energy drain? In episode 8 of Sailor Moon Crystal, we see Tokyo being hit by some sort of citywide energy drain right after Minako leaves the other Sailor Senshi when they run into her (or some point in time around that). Everyone except for the Sailor Senshi and Tuxedo Mask has passed out.

This makes sense as a trope in the magical girl genre - I'm pretty sure I've seen similar things in, say, the few bits and pieces I've seen of Pretty Cure - but I'm wondering if there's any in-universe reason (e.g. maybe something in their brooches?) for why the Sailor Senshi and Tuxedo Mask (and their cats) seem to be immune to these energy drains.

The fact that Minako hasn't been affected makes sense because Kunzite is trying to capture her, but this to me still doesn't quite explain why the other Senshi (and Tuxedo Mask, who doesn't seem to be as "known" as the Senshi are to the Dark Kingdom people) aren't.

You're correct that there is no sufficient reason for anyone other than Minako to have eluded the energy drain in this episode.  Good observation!

It is possible that the energy drain only applied to humans, which could exclude the cats. It's possible that the energy drain was localized, whereas only the blackout was citywide.  In that case, as long as the girls and Mamoru had not happened to be standing within the range of where the civilians were drained of energy, they could be excluded (along with all other civilians also out of range); it was not specifically stated that the energy drain happened to every single Tokyoite.  But they did seem to be in rather close proximity to people who'd collapsed.  If the girls had been transformed into senshi form at the time of the drain, we could hypothesize that as senshi they have a higher strength tolerance than regular humans and thereby could retain some energy even if an equal amount had been drained from them, but 1) they were not in transformed form at the time, and 2) even if they had been, in the Crystal canon, Mamoru dresses up as Tuxedo Kamen but he does not transform into it magically as an alter ego in the same way as the senshi do (which he had been able to do in the classic anime series), so Mamoru retaining consciousness would still be unexplained.  It cannot be on account of their transformation brooches possessing a special power because Mamoru doesn't own any transformation item.

This does not make sense as a trope of the mahou shoujo genre.  Sailor Moon was the first mahou shoujo series which combined sentai (team fighting, such as Power Rangers, usually involving saving the world and protecting civilians from aliens/monsters) with mahou shoujo (which previously had not commonly involved any need to save the world; the classic magical girls used their powers for nichijou [daily life] activities such as disguise, Good Samaritan action, or to carry on a secret career).  If other mahou shoujo series that involve team fighting, such as Pretty Cure, jump the shark in the same way as this episode, then it is following suit from the influence of Sailor Moon, which pioneered the combined sentai-with-mahou-shoujo style of mahou shoujo.  In other words, this was not a trope in mahou shoujo prior to Sailor Moon, so Sailor Moon needs to have an in-universe explanation for this that cannot be chalked up to a trope.


What is the estimated age of Naruto when he became Hokage? On the last chapter of the manga version, Naruto became the Hokage. How old is he when he became Hokage?

/!\ Spoiler Warning
This answer contains spoilers from the end of the manga. Read it at your own risk.

This is just an educated guess, based on information from various point in Naruto's series timeline.
From Naruto's biography:

In Naruto first season, his age is about 12-13
In Naruto Shippuden, his age is about 15-17

We also know that he has two children, and his eldest son Bolt (Boruto) is currently a student in the Ninja Academy.
Additional information:

In Bolt's current character design, Bolt's physical appearance ranges from 10 to 12 years old, probably the same age as his father when Naruto was studying at the Ninja Academy.
Let's assume 13 is the average age of the students when they graduate from Ninja Academy.
There is a 2 year time skip in the The Last: Naruto the Movie.
Let's give 1-3 years margin of error for Naruto and Hinata to have bonded.
Naruto's current age in Shippuden is about 17.
Kakashi just stepped down from his position as Hokage. Since he was about 31 in Shippuden, and he became the 6th Hokage after the two year time skip, so he is about 33 at that time.

Solution would be:
a = 10,11,12 = +-2
b = 13
c = 2
d = 1,2,3 = +-2
e = 17

Naruto_Age = a + b + c + d + e
Naruto_Age = (+-2) + 13 + 2 + (+-2) + 17

Minima Naruto's Age = 28
Maxima Naruto's Age = 36

Getting the average of minima and maxima, as the two margins of error (which come from Bolt's current age and the time needed for Naruto and Hinata to get together) are pretty much assumed.
Naruto's age when he became Hokage is estimated to be 32.


What was the history of the Tailed Beasts (Bijuu) before the formation of the Hidden Villages? The founding of the Hidden Villages only goes back about 100 years. The same goes for the sealing of the Tailed Beasts. So is there any back history on them? Did they go on rampage a lot? Did they just ignore everything and it were the shinobi that discovered how to seal the beasts into themselves, to use as a tool of war? Or was it something else?

After the death of Hagaromo Ōtsutsuki, the Tailed Beasts went their own way. Kurama's belief, that the tails was a measure of strength, apparently paved way for the beasts to part ways.

The humans regarded the Tailed Beasts as monsters and sources of immense power. They did not care about the live essence the Beasts had.

To gain advantage during times of war, the humans tried to exploit the Beasts' powers. They only thought of the Bijuu as weapons of mass destruction. This in turn, angered the Bijuu and brought forth the hatred towards mankind.

From Tailed Beasts article:

  Over the centuries, humanity failed to recognise the tailed beasts as sapient individuals, instead seeing them only as monsters, demons, or mindless beasts worthy of fear and disdain. Because of their immense power, the tailed beasts were sought out by humans to be used as weapons in times of war. The beasts resented this treatment and came to hate humans, at times willingly becoming the monsters they were viewed as.

So, they were trying to lead peaceful lives away from mankind before the formation of Hidden Villages. But due to the constant provoking of the humans, they decided to fend them off by becoming what the humans thought they were.


Was there any hint of the year before it is revealed? Before we find out that there is a three year gap between Taki and Mitsuha, were there any visible signs that the audience could have determined the date gap with? The anime has recent technology such as smart phones but it seems that the year was always absent from the screen when they were in the diary application or memos.

They were sorted by date, but seemingly neither of them noticed that there was a time gap until this moment. Odd that they could go to school and never have to write the year down on their papers they submit, but I'm just wondering if there was any way for us, as viewers, to have noticed the date discrepancy beforehand?

What I first noticed as a discrepancy and wrongly attributed as an animation mistake turned out to be foreshadowing of the three-year gap:

 Taki's and Mitsuha's phone screens at around 28:32 and 29:08, showing September 12 as a Monday and a Thursday, respectively.

If we were to assume the time in Kimi no Na wa. corresponds to ours in real life, then we can reason that

   the only years in recent times in which September 12 was/will be a Thursday or a Monday are: 2011 (Monday), 2013 (Thursday), 2016 (Monday), 2019 (Thursday) and 2022 (Monday). However you look at it, there is a three-year gap, except between 2011 and 2013, but we can rule that one out. In fact, we can pinpoint the exact years (2013/2016) in the anime before the revelation of the time gap if we make the following observations:

  Taki's smartphone is an iPhone 6s Plus in space gray (the only finish with black faceplate). Notice the home button on the smartphones is unique to Apple's iPhones. iPhone 6s Plus was first released on September 25, 2015.
  Mitsuha's smartphone is a white iPhone 5 protected with a rose-gold-like color case. Makoto Shinkai is perhaps cunningly trying to deceive us into thinking that it is an iPhone SE, which has about the same dimensions (123.80 x 58.60 x 7.66 vs 123.80 x 58.60 x 7.60, units are in mm) and appearance (the power button is located on the top right of the phone in both models) as an iPhone 5. The first time we got a glimpse of Mitsuha's smartphone was in the previews 予告・特報2 uploaded on April 7, 2016, a week after the release of iPhone SE, so it was entirely possible that Makoto Shinkai, thinking on his feet or due to pure coincidence, took advantage of the similarities of the iPhone 5 and iPhone SE to mask the time gap by further encasing Mitsuha's iPhone in a protector in the rose gold color that only became available as a finish since iPhone 6s. iPhone 5 became available in Japan on September 21, 2012.
  The only meteor confirmed to have resulted in a large number of injuries is the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor, which, like in the movie, also split into two main fragments after the primary airburst disruption.

 (As a reminder, the fictional Itomori Accident occurred on October 4, 2013.)

However, the first true hint was given much earlier, in

   the fascinating OP.

 Notice that Taki suddenly grew taller while Mitsuha remained the same height. Here, Makoto Shinkai is again playing tricks on us with the changing apparel (some of which are seasonal uniform switches) by pretending that Mitsuha also moved up in grades when in fact she did not. The sweaters are not part of the school uniform, but her own (see the "Sweaters and Vests" section of Everything you wanted to know about girls’ school uniforms in Japan, gray and beige would be the basic colors).


Why does every major bad guy end up being a good guy later? It feels like the common thread is "I'm a major bad guy in Naruto, I lose/die, then I have a change of heart and want to help Naruto once bigger baddy shows up". When does a bad guy remain a bad guy? (e.g. - Zabuza, Gaara, Itachi, Nagato, Orochimaru, Kabuto, Sasuke, Obito, and the demon fox who was supposed to be the incarnation of the world's Malice/Hatred).

Even Madara seems poised now for a return as a good guy since there's a bigger threat and he originally had good intentions when he was a kid.

Is there a reason for this? Why aren't the bad guys more angry that they lost, and join up with new bad guy? Seems like they give up really easily and have no commitment to their goals.

Maybe because there actually isn't any "bad guy" in this world from the start. Somebody becomes bad because of certain incidents happened to them in the past. Nobody is evil at the time when they are just born in this world.

If you cut the fillers and the battles in the Naruto or Naruto Shippuden, you will see the story of this anime actually is very deep, closely related to our everyday life. It always tries to unify people in some way.

You will surely remember how Nagato ended the chain of hatred, or how Zabuza kept his faith on Naruto. You will see there is no actual "villain" in Naruto. Every "villain" character (Madara, Sasuke, Obito, ...) has a good reason to behave like how they do.
When someone tries to do things the way they want, but couldn't make it, they try to help those who have the same goal like him/her. That's how they become good.

It's actually like how Sossli1 says in one of his videos on YouTube

"Those in need of a shoulder to cry on seek those who experienced it".


How many years did Natsu train with Igneel? He was just a child when he joined Fairy Tail. When did Igneel decide to train Natsu and for how long?

We are shown both his appearance with Erza, Grey and Lisanna as children so it can't be very long that he trains under igneel. His appearance with igneel and with the group are very close, if I remember, practically the same.  At a maximum, I would suggest 3 years but I don't think it would be less than a single year. It's theorized that Natsu was around 8-9 and then Natsu was 11-12 when he joined Fairy Tail.  We don't know for sure though

  Sources: http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Igneel  http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/The_400_Year_Plan http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Natsu_Dragneel http://http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Fairy_Tail_(Guild)


Which song plays when Lelouch tells to the world he's the emperor of Britannia in ep 25 of R2? What is the OST played at 11:35 in the ep 25 of R2 of Code Geass?

Fittingly called "All Hail Britannia"
Youtube


Are there any slugs besides Katsuyu in the Naruto universe? The Legendary sannin Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade have summoning contracts with toads, snakes and slugs respectively. While Jiraiya and Orochimaru summon different toads and snakes on different occasions, Katsuyu is the only slug that Tsunade has summoned.

Later, their students, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura gain their summoning techniques. Naruto and Sasuke summon different toads and snakes. However, when Sakura summons a slug in Chapter 634, it is Katsuyu again.

Are there any slugs besides Katsuyu in the Naruto universe?

As of Chapter 655, Katsuyu is the only slug to have been seen summoned using Kuchiyose no Jutsu, by Tsunade and Sakura.1 The only other character known that could count as a slug is Saiken, also known as Rokubi (Six Tails).

Kishimoto has also drawn three other slugs on the cover pages of Chapter 4, Chapter 153, and Chapter 162.

1 While we have seen toads at Myoboku Mountain, and the White Snake Sage at Ryuchi Cave, the Shikkotsu Forest where slugs reside has not been shown yet.


Why do Japanese anime characters shout so much? I would like to point out this incident from NHK ni Youkoso - Episode 21 (11:12 to 11:34).
The main character Sato is escorting his friend Yamazaki to a subway station to bid final adieu to him. Yamazaki is a game creator (gal games) and MC helps him to create one. I have written below a short piece of dialogue (writing it from the English subtitles) between the two at the subway station:

  Sato: Sorry

  Yamazaki: If you visit home, be absolutely sure you get in touch

  Sato: Sure..

  Yamazaki: See you around.

  Sato (a bit panicked): Yamazaki..

  Yamazaki: Don't let the world beat you, Sato

  Sato (this main character seems even more panicked and shouts in Japanese): You are not going home defeated, right?!

  Yamazaki chuckles.
  ...
  ..

Now my question to all the fellow members is, why does the character shout here? It seems a bit awkwardly and reluctantly placed. This is one instance which I have cited here but I have seen this sort of thing in other animes before. I can't exactly remember the names.

First off, welcome to Anime & Manga!

Suddenly shouting is a trope used in a lot of media, not just anime & manga.

It is often used in the following scenarios:

In anger: When a character reacts to a situation with rage, much like in real life, shouting can be expected to follow.
In fear or surprise: Again similarly to real life, when taken by surprise, people often exclaim loudly almost reflexively.
For dramatic effect: More often seen in media, when an important event or statement requires additional attention, it is often shouted to give it just that.

The conversation above in particular is likely for dramatic effect - I couldn't say for sure as I don't know the context of the whole show.

See this page for more information.

Also related is this question. Shouting the names of attacks naturally fits into the third option.


Who is the "emperor of BL"? In episode 4 of Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu, there's a gag where Sakaguchi mentions "the emperor [or empress?] of BL, Mori███████yuki". Judging from the bleeping-out of the name, I assume this is a reference to a real person who draws BL manga. But who?

I had a look through all the people on MAL whose family names begin with "Mori" and whose personal names end with "yuki" and didn't come up with anything.

Based on the name, the one dubbed as the Emperor of BL is Toshiyuki Morikawa. There is an interview in MAL that supports this.

Q: We've got many, many female fans today. In addition to regular anime, you've been playing many roles for female-oriented drama CDs. What's the major difference between the two types of performance, and how did you feel when you first started voicing female-oriented drama CDs?
A: I'm very happy to see so many female fans, but I also noticed a few guys among them. At first I worried for them, fearing that they might feel uncomfortable in the overwhelming female crowds, but I was relieved when I saw them enjoying the autograph session very much. As for boys-love (BL) drama CD: you know that I've played many BL roles, and I love those titles very much, for their storytelling are often superior to those of regular anime, plus I wouldn't be able to play so many different roles without BL drama CDs. The most memorable performance was with my good friend Shinichiro Miki in Embracing Love: Cherished Spring (Haru wo Daiteita), which had two actors as male protagonists, thus in addition to playing the character we had to deliver the message of the work as well.

As far as I know, he don't draw BL manga, but he do voice many of them as he said himself.


What is a Junon Boy? Kotoishi Naru keeps on calling the main character a Junon Boy. He seems to take this as insulting.

What is a Junon Boy and why does he dislike being called that?

Junon is a monthly Japanese fashion magazine primarily directed towards teenage girls and women. It began circulation in June 1973.

Source: Wikipedia

Given Junon super boy contest is a beauty contest I would guess, "Junon Boy" basically means "pretty boy".

The magazine hope page can be found at: http://www.junon-boy.jp/

I am basing my answer on research so perhaps some one else can confirm this, also I could not find any information of the meaning of maganize name alone, so again I am basing on the circumstances.


What kind of luck are Hanako and Botan getting in the opening? In the opening sequence of Anne-Happy, Hanako and Botan are both shown holding omikuji, those little papers that Japanese people draw at shinto shrines that forecast their luck.

I know that omikuji have different types and levels of luck, and given that the theme of the series is unlucky moe girls, I assume Hanako and Botan are both getting bad luck. But just how bad is it? Which exact classes of omikuji did they draw?

Neither of them are traditional omikuji results. Hanako has "hazure", which translates roughly as "miss" or "fail". Botan's is "sune", which I can't find a useful meaning for. "Sune" is Japanese for shin, or leg, and the only other meaning I can find is in reference to being a shin-biting bug, which is slang for being a mooch, which doesn't seem to fit.

EDIT: In episode 3, Botan does shout out "sune!" when her shin cracks, although she also breaks about three other bones in the same episode so I'm not sure why the shin would be singled out.


What's the content of the book that Aya read at the end of Mad Father? In the last scene of Mad Father game, Aya looks like reading a book that was lying on the ground, but she didn't explain to us what she read.

What is the book that Aya read at the end of the game?

It's implied that the book she found was one of her father's. One end of the game has Aya opening a practice up with Maria afterwards.

She tells a patient that "She has lovely eyes", and given her father's tendency with body parts, I think she continued his experiments.

Because of this, I say the book is one containing her father's research.