Is there any reason why Aizawa and Shinso use the same cloth-type capturing weapon? In Chapter 197 of the manga, Hitoshi Shinso use the same cloth-type capturing weapon that Shota Aizawa uses. Is there any reason why Aizawa and Shinso use the same type of capturing weapon? Were these given to Shinso by Aizawa?

Is there any reason why Shota Aizawa and Hitoshi Shinso use the same clothes? Heroes have the option to use support items. Since he was trained by Aizawa, he was taught of the same techniques Aizawa used for Binding Cloth. Remember that Shinso's quirk is easily countered by his opponent not answering him so using a Binding Cloth would supplement for his lack of a counter-attack if ever this happens. It's the only ability he has that's close to an offensive-type and that can directly harm his opponents.

Same is true for Aizawa. Without the cloth, sure he can cancel out quirks but the opponent can still move. Hence, both use the same cloth to aid them in situations where their quirks (Brainwashing and Erasure) would be useless.

Were these clothes given to Hitoshi Shinso by Shota Aizawa? I'm not sure if it was ever mentioned directly that it was given to him but Shinso was trained by Aizawa, as briefly seen from a flashback in Chapter 214. It's possible it was and also, that he was taught by Aizawa how since he was able to use it, as seen in Chapter 197.


Why does Lindy and Leti have the same mark on their foreheads? Both Lindy and Leti have a mark on their foreheads which appears to be 4 triangles pointing to one another

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they aren't related. Neither one of their sons, Chrono and Griffith respectfully, have this mark and Clyde, Chrono's Father does not appear to have this which rules it out as being genetic.

it also doesn't appear to be associated with their rank in the Dimensional Navy as Gil Graham does not have it and he too is an Admiral like them.

So why do they both have the same mark on their forehead? is there some meaning behind it?

1: the image of Lindy is from the first Movie which seems to have high quality artwork than the series so i am assuming that while Leti's appears as 4 dots i am assuming that it's supposed to be 4 triangles aswell

Lindy's character was based on a fairy of same name from Lyrical Toy Box  (which is where the whole Nanoha franchise started). Here she has both dots and wings (which she displays in the Nanoha franchise when she is using her powers).

There doesn't seem to be a canon explanation why she has them in Nanoha franchise, but I wouldn't be surprised if she wasn't fully human, but partially different race.

And I would hypothetize that Leti's character design was based on Lindy's just to drive the point home that they are friends.


Where can I buy or download the soundtrack for Fairy Tail? I would like to purchase/download the Fairy Tail OST, but I don't know where/how. Not the physical disc(s), but the digital file(s). Sources, online stores, instructions, etc.?

Thanks so much!

You can buy it from sites such as Recochoku. As for payment method you can choose Webmoney and buy the Japan Webmoney prepaid code from another site (just google for it - there are quite many choices). It's a roundabout way but probably cheaper than buying it imported at wherever you're living in. Oh, and being able to read Japanese is a must, since most of these sites don't have English translations.


Why does Ace's tattoo on his right arm say "Asce"? Why does Ace's right arm have "Asce" written with the "s" crossed over?

It's Sabo's Jolly Roger.

  Ace had another tattoo on his upper left bicep that spells "ASCE" vertically. The "S" crossed out is a tribute to Sabo as that's his jolly roger.

(Source: Portgas D. Ace on One Piece Wiki)


Manga that involves a boy with cursed mechanical dragon wings whenever he is in danger I cannot find the name of the manga.

The boy ends up joining a mercenary group that has a talking Alligator as the leader.
He teams up with a vampire girl, a robot dude with his robot dogs.
In the last chapter I read, his team was stopping a slave trafficking caravan.

This is definitely Stealth Symphony

Boy with cursed mechanical dragon wings: check, the protagonist
joining a mercenary group with a talking alligator boss: check
Vampire Girl: check
Robot dude with robot dogs: Check, no link found :(
Stopping a slave-trafficking caravan: Check, that's about chapter 6 - 9

Synopsis from MAL (taken from MangaHelpers):

  In a world where elves, dwarves, and invisible dragons live in harmony
  inside a metropolitan city, Jig sets out to find someone or something
  that can unleash the curse that he carries on his back. As he attempts
  to survive in the city of Jinbocho, a city filled with fantastic
  secrets and organizations, he encounters many powerful individuals who
  set out to either destroy him or save him. Will Jig be able to
  discover the true secret of his curse, or will it lead him to his own
  demise?


Do universe 6 saiyans transform more easily than universe 7 saiyans? So far we've seen 3 saiyans from universe 6 with an important role in Dragon Ball Super. In a short period of time, less than 48 hours for Kale and Caulifla if I recall correctly, and less than a year for Kyabe, they've mastered more than one transformation. Kale mastered super saiyan berserker and super saiyan green, Caulifla mastered super saiyan , ultra super saiyan (not sure if this is a state or transformation) which chances to master super saiyan 3 in the tournament according to Goku, and Kyabe mastered super saiyan and super saiyan . Why is so? Do universe 6 saiyans transform naturaly more easily than universe 7 saiyans or is there another reason?

Officially the original super saiyan transformation was triggered by pure anger and enough raw power to transform. The only possible explanation this is that U6 saiyan have the power but they are not that interested in fighting so they never really explored their power.

One more thing that you can't expect a story to be perfect and with no plot armor because the mangaka has to make the story interesting.


How do you get games on a NerveGear? I noticed that in the beginning of the anime Kirito was downloading something on his computer, and then played SAO with the NerveGear after it was finished downloading.

so my question is how would you get a game for the NerveGear and install it on/in on the NerveGear in the anime?

I have not read the light novels, but based on two very quick scenes in the anime, Sword Art Online, even Alfheim Online, does not get installed into the NerveGear itself. The game is installed or inserted into a secondary device to which the NerveGear is connected to.

Towards the beginning of episode 1, Kirito is getting ready to log into SAO and we can see the title "Sword Art Online" on a console shortly after putting on the NerveGear

We see the exact same type of scene later in episode 16, after Agil gives Kirito a hard copy of ALO.


Zestiria vs Berseria map comparison Tales of Berseria and Tales of Zestiria took place in the same world. As shown in the anime, Tales of Zestiria the X, Sorrey and his companions mentioned the story of Artorius Collbrande, the first Shepherd and Velvet Crowe, which is the protagonist of Tales of Berseria, which means that both story happens in the same world.

Now, to the question, this is the world map of Berseria

This is the world map of Zestiria

They are nothing alike! AFAIK, 1000 years are not enough time to cause a massive enough continental drift that would change the shape of the world that much. So to the question, where is Glenwood (the world of Zestiria) in Berseria?

It is the same part of the world.

  Following the awakening of the four Empyreans, the next 1,000 years saw a great change in the landscape of the former Holy Midgand Empire. The islands of Northgand, Westgand, Midgand, Eastgand, and Islegand shifted with the movement of tectonic plates, and by the time of Tales of Zestiria, they formed the continent known as Glenwood.

see Aselia Wiki.
There is also a skit in the game regarding the cause of the changes:

  Eizen: With the four Empyreans revived, the land has awakened.
Eizen: Changes in the earth that once took eons will now happen in a few hundred years.

Source: Skit "No Eruption...So Far" in Tales of Berseria


Can the Kai earings(Potara Earings) be used again and again to keep fusing individuals? Supreme Kai and Kibito fused using the Kai Earrings. Can now Kibito Kai use the earrings again to fuse with another?

I searched for this and found no creditable source.

I know for a fact that the ear rings still work, since they were offered by Kibito Kai to Goku and Vegeta before the battle against Kid Buu. However they destroyed it. So could Kibito Kai use it to fuse again?

Edit: Accepted answer has added a somewhat relevant frame. It doesn't make it explicit but seems to indicate that fused individuals such as Elder kai, Kibito Kai and Vegeto can no longer fuse again.

The Rou Kaioshin says that you can only fuse once. But the way it's worded it could mean that the person you once was can't fuse with another because you won't be yourself anymore. I.E. Goku can only fuse once because afterwards he won't be Goku anymore.

  Rou Kaioshin: "Also, you can use the Potara only once in your lifetime!"

  Goku: "Oh... Did you use it with someone else too...?"

Chapter: 502 (DBZ 308), P1.4

^Above is the VIZ big translation. I have added the raw panel as well just in case you want the Japanese. I don't have a translation for it myself. Sorry.


In which soundtrack album can I find "Virgin Road Ni Hana Ga Saku"? File 23 of the first season of You're Under Arrest (Taiho Shichauzo) featured the wedding of Daimaru (Ken's father) and Sena. I have found that the song used there that caught my interest has the same title as the episode; that is, "Virgin Road Ni Hana Ga Saku" (ヴァージンロードに花が咲く).

I have tried searching among the various soundtrack albums released for You're Under Arrest, but it seems the version of "Virgin Road" in those albums is the version sung by Kakijima Shinji, instead of the version heard in the episode (which featured a chorus of voices, among other things).

Thus, my question: which album has the full version of "Virgin Road" that was sung by the same guys who sung the version in the episode?

You can get it in You're Under Arrest Full Throttle 5 Disc Set (逮捕しちゃうぞ フルスロットル 5枚駆動! 全曲教習!!), on Track 8 of Disc 3.


What is the joke behind "fork" and "spoon" keywords? Christina decides a keyword which will make her believe Hououin Kyouma's story in the next time-line. That password is:

  私が今一番欲しい物はMy-Forkであり。
  My-Spoonはもうもってるし。
  The thing I most want at the moment is "my fork".
  I already have "my spoon".

She blushes as soon as she says it. And when Kyouma repeats her this password in the following time-lines, she feels strongly ashamed (especially for the "spoon" thing) of it everytime.

What is the reason behind Christina's intense embarrassment?

According to an interview with the scenario writer, Naotaka Hayashi, featured in Dengeki Games Magazine about the heroines of anime/game that weren’t explained in the main story:

Why did Kurisu want her own fork?
Ever since Kurisu came back to Japan she couldn’t get enough of instant ramen. At first she tried using chopsticks to eat her ramen but never could get used to them, so she gave up and used a fork instead. This is why she wanted her own personal fork to eat her ramen at the lab.

This is probably the actual meaning she implies. Her comment about how Okabe shouldn't take an interest (i.e., ask more about it) in that, is probably something to hide he embarrassment of not being able to use chopsticks.
Note that she brought her own spoon for pudding, but she doesn't have a fork (for ramen).


What order do I watch the Tenchi anime in? I'm trying to watch the anime series Tenchi and don't know what order to watch the episodes in, including the OVAs and movies. What order are they intended to be watched in?

Theres are allot of story pieces involved. But one of the easyest ways to decide in which order to watch would be by checking out this website. It has the storys and their time settings layed down in detail (this might be a good addition to the How are tenchi timelines related)

For a casual viewing order you should watch it in this order

Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki (1992-1993)
Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki Omatsuri Zen `y.... (1993)
Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki (1994)
Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki (2003)

Then you can follow this up by the side story about his parents

Tenchi Muyou! Bangaihen: Galaxy Police (1994)
Mahou Shoujo Pretty Sammy (1995- 1997)

And from here on out you can either go check out alternative settings

Shin Tenchi Muyou! (1997)
Tenchi Muyou! Manatsu no Eve (1997)
Tenchi Muyou! (1995)

Or even the alternative version of  the side story

Mahou Shoujo Pretty sammy (1996)

And the alternative version settings variant of this

Sasami: Mahou Shoujo Club (2006)
Sasami: Mahou Shoujo Club 2 (2006-2007)

And finally you can check out the Same setting story

Tenchi Muyou! GXP (2002)
Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari ( 2009-2010)
Dual! Parallel Runrun Monogatari

With this info it is pretty much up to yourself how to actually watch it. But for story purposes I would advice at least watching the first 4 I stated in that order.


What will happen to the tailed beast if the jinchuruki is killed? It is shown in the anime that the jinchuruki is caught and the tailed beast is extracted and sealed into the Demonic statue by the Akatsuki. What will happen if the jinchuruki is killed somewhere else? In search for Tsunade arc, during the fight between Jiraiya-Tsunade and Orochimaru, Orochimaru tries to kill Naruto as he is the jinchuruki of the nine tails. What would have happened to the nine tails if he had killed Naruto?

After a period of time the tailed beast will revive, so they will survive the death of the host.

  However, it is revealed that the tailed beasts can actually survive their jinchūriki's deaths, with the only consequence being that it will take time for them to revive without a host.

Source: Narutopedia - in the second paragraph of that section.


Why did Harime Nui's eye not heal? Sometime before episode 12, we learn Harime Nui lost her left eye from Matoi Isshin slashing her with a half-scissor.

Around episode 20, Harime Nui is pierced through the chest by Ryuuko, also by a half-scissor, but that time, she did not experience pain and healed from this more serious wound instantly.

It is also revealed that Harime Nui was fused with Life Fibers from birth having been developed inside a Life Fiber cocoon.

Given these facts, why did

Harime Nui experience pain when slashed by Isshin?
Her eye not heal from the wound?

Based on the Nui Harime wikia page, her eye was destroyed.

  Nui was distracted by the sound of Ryūko calling for her father, allowing Isshin to destroy her left eye with the purple Scissor Blade.

It's also worth noting that the Scissor Blades were able to

  prevent Nui's arms from regenerating when they were cut off.

The power of the Scissor Blades are known to be the one thing that can cut through Life Fibers, and this is likely what prevents the regeneration of Nui's body parts that were removed by them, as it destroys them.

As an aside, in many anime and shows, when a limb or body part is destroyed, it is not able to be regenerated. The best example I can think of is

  In Claymore, when a claymore loses a limb, they can have it heal by reattaching the severed limb. However, when Clare's arm is destroyed, she has no arm until one is given to her by Irene.


What are the Chinese characters for the names of the Chinese American characters? In Banana Fish, a number of Chinese American characters are introduced. The characters appear to come from a Cantonese-speaking background, based on what I have seen so far in vol. 4:

Golzine remarks that Lee is referred to as daai yan, which corresponds to the Cantonese for 大人. (The Mandarin pronunciation would be da ren.)
In the same section, Lee also tells Golzine that he provide the services of Yut Lung to him. This romanization clearly does not come from a Mandarin background, since Mandarin does not use non-nasal ending consonants (n and ng) outside of r. Yut Lung also corresponds to the Cantonese pronunciation of 月龍, which based on Golzine's remarks is the correct set of characters for the name.

Later on, we are introduced to characters with the names Yau-Si and Suk-Leui. Do we know the Chinese characters for these names and any others that may appear in the manga? I do not know enough Cantonese to be able to make meaningful guesses, particularly when Chinese names are rarely formed with coherent combinations of characters that make guessing easy. I tried the fan wiki, but there wasn't any information from a quick glance, and being only in the middle of vol. 4 currently, I didn't want to risk spoiling myself.

From circumstantial evidence, I would guess that we do not have any systematic information about character names, insofar as there are a number of inconsistencies and as the listings on the Chinese language Wikipedia page for Banana Fish seem somewhat implausible.

In the section of the manga that follows Yut-Lung's introduction, we see him address Shorter in Chinese. Shorter's name is written as 肖达. This appears to be a Mandarin transcription (xiào dá) of Shorter's name. In fact, the Cantonese pronunciation of the characters 肖 and 达 (達 in the traditional form) do not produce a plausible transcription for Shorter, and a better transcription for the first syllable can probably be found.
Shorter's surname is Wong, which is typically derived from the Cantonese reading of 王 or 黃. (Wikipedia also lists 汪, which is significantly less common.) However, the Chinese Wikipedia lists Shorter's surname as 翁, which does not appear to be read as Wong in any Chinese dialect. Japanese Wikipedia only gives the katakana for Shorter Wong.

Sing's name is listed as 辛舒霖 on Chinese Wikipedia, 辛 being his surname, but his entry on Japanese Wikipedia only contains katakana. In a conversation with Yut-Long later in the manga, it is revealed that his name means "devil." But 舒 means comfortable and 霖 refers to rain. Moreover, 灵 is a much more obvious character choice for the syllable ling, as it means spirit.

Lee Wang-Lung is a mish-mash of Cantonese (Lee Wong-Lung) and Mandarin (Li Wanglong) pronunciation of the constituent characters. There is a similar problem with Lee Hua-Lung (Lee Wah-Lung and Li Hualong)


Why was anime produced on 24fps film, when Japan is a NTSC country? Nowadays, NTSC isn't really all that relevant anymore since Japan ended analogue television almost a decade ago. But for most of the history of the anime industry, that's how it was broadcast.

Then it strikes me as really odd that the film was shoot at 24fps. To prepare 24fps video for NTSC broadcast, it would have to go through 3:2 pull down, which results in both interlaced frames and changes in frame timing.

Why was it not produced at 30fps instead, which fits much better with NTSC? Surely all that interlacing can't be good?

The basic animation modes should stay the same, shooting on twos (12 cels per second) is easily handled as shooting on twos (15cps) or threes (10cps) at 30fps, and shooting on threes (8cps) is easily either threes (10cps) or fours (7.5cps)

What's the technical reason for picking an animation frame rate that doesn't match the television frame rate?

Please, this is not about being animated at 24 fps, it's about the film being shoot at 24 fps

It's not really a matter of it being shot in film, but rather how your typical TV works.

This video gives you a bit of an explanation of why NTSC runs at ~30 fps (PAL is 25 fps in comparison). While this is for NA NTSC, this is still applicable generally to Japanese televisions.

In the age where analog TV is deprecated (just just removes certain technical barriers, allows for more bandwidth), the frame rate used in analog video systems are still used and incorporated into DTV and HDTV standards. For the interlaced 1080i format, each frame is composed of two fields, each displayed every 60th of a second with a complete frame displayed every 30th of a second, using an NTSC ~30 fps frame rate. Alternatively, with the progressive scan format (720p/1080p) it is displayed twice every 30th of a second.

Television programming (at least with the NTSC standard) is broadcast at 30 fps (actually 29.97 fps), because traditionally television sets were 60 Hz, and would display 30 fps in an interlaced format, which mean the in one cycle, these sets would draw half of the lines of the picture, then they would interlace the missing lines. Therefore 60 Hz divided by 2 cycles per frame equals ~30 fps.

Playing film content (24 fps) has some quirks on a standard 60Hz TV, after all how would you do about dividing the 24 frames into the 60Hz? The TV industry this thing called a 3:2 pulldown that essentially would use 3 cycles for one frame and two for the subsequent frame. This is done to shoehorn 24 frames into 60 slots and produces some unnatural jitter that usually goes unnoticed to the untrained eye.

Anime, in general, is done at 24 fps and 3:2 pulldown-ed to 30 fps. Actually doing animation at 24 drawings per second, is very costly and generally inefficient. Most High quality animation is animated at 12 fps/8 fps (depending on if it's in the foreground or background) or by 2's/3's. This means there are 12 (or 8) drawings per second, each held for 2 (or 3) frames to make 24 fps. Anime takes shortcut for labor and budgetary reason and most foreground scenes are animated by 3's/4's (sometimes 2's depending on the amount of action). CGI anime on the other hand is a whole other beast and best left for another topic for another time.

Much of the 30 fps movies you see are telecined and made from a 24 fps master (i.e. not typically shot at 30 fps). So  out of 15 frames (of 30) you'll notice that for every 5 frames, there are 2 frames that are interlaced.

The 24 fps standard was the smallest number that was easily divisible by 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8, which allowed editors to quickly find where to make their cuts which proved to be very cost effective production wise.

There are rare instances where animation is comes in 1's but it's rare. Bubblegum Crisis 2040's opening sequence consisted of some shots that were sped up to 29.97 fps. But the animators were not trained to animate at that fps, so it came out very weird with some parts being a little bit too fast while others being too smooth for a typical anime of it's time. During the pre-HD era, anime was shot at 24 fps and then interlaced to 29.97 fps and then blended with 3D CG at 30 fps, which looked fine on older TVs of it's time but come out looking pretty rough when converted to more modern and progressive formats, esp for blue ray

A notable example is in Disney's opening segment of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, where Belle gets on the wagon. These are high budget productions of with your average anime budget pales in comparison. In the past, anime was shot on 16mm film and was of comparatively lower resolutions compared to Western counterparts.

Early animators and filmmakers figured out to create the perception of motion through much trial and error. What they found was that somewhere between 12-16 fps would do the trick. If you fall below that threshold your brain just percieve it as a series of images displayed one after another. If you go above it, you get moving pictures.

As post people know these that while this illusion of motion works at ~16 fps, more frames makes for better (i.e. smoother) quality. Thomas Edison found what he believed was optimal frame rate 46 fps. According to him, anything lower than that resulted in discomfort and eventual exhaustion in audience. Which led Edison to build a camera and film projection system that operated at at a high frame rate.

The slowness of film stocks and high cost of film (35mm was the norm) made this not a good standard or starting point. It was more shooting closer to the threshold of the illusion of moving pictures as most silent films at the time were filmed around 16-18 fps and then projected closer to 20-24 fps. This is the reason while old silent films seem sped up, sometimes used for comical depicts like with Charlie Chapman.


Is Guy's 'Air Walk' (8th Inner Gate Guy) and Sanji's Sky Walk similar? In Naruto: Shippūden, Might Guy opened the highest gate, the Gate of Death, in order to battle Madara and, surprisingly, it also enabled him to 'walk' on air by using kicks.

On the other hand, various characters in the One Piece universe have shown a very similar ability: members of CP-9, CP-0, some warlords, and Vinsmoke Sanji (after the 2-year time skip).

Also, I noticed that each kick has some 'musical tone', and in both cases, the style is very similar. Did Oda and Kishimoto inspire each other? Or were these ideas both inspired by someone else?

While their respective abilities allow them to walk or move while in midair, the methods in executing the moves are entirely different.

Guy's Eight Gates removes limiters on the body and the user is temporarily granted approximately a hundred times their normal power, far beyond that of the five Kage. Unlocking all gates, however, results to a user's death afterwards. Guy only did not die because Naruto helped him. Because of his immense power, he was able to kick the air successively until he reached Madara.

Sanji's Skywalk, on the other hand, is similar is executed by kicking the air to jump higher, giving the appearance of flight. It has no known risks, however, unlike Guy's Eight Gates. It is also not mentioned if it requires removing a body's limiters like Guy's.

So, while the techniques might sound the same, they're still different. Below is a list of significant differences:

Guy's 'Skywalk'

Requires the Eight Inner Gates formation so it's only possible when executing another technique
Is not used by other shinobi, or was not shown in the manga to be used by others as far as I know so it is unique to Guy's Eight Gates
The user will have to be in the final stage of the Eight Inner Gates in order to demonstrate this ability, resulting to the user's death afterwards

Sanji's Skywalk

Has no specifics or prerequisites at all so it is a technique that can be performed on its own
Does not need successive kicks to be able to stay afloat in midair, as shown here
Used by others so it is not unique to Sanji
Has no known risks mentioned or specified, nor any physical strain shown or emphasized

There is a technique in Naruto called Walking on Air Technique, which collects water under the feet while continuously releasing chakra to walk in the air. This is, however, from Fanon Canon Rebirth and from what I understand, is not written by Masashi Kishimoto.

Regarding each other's influences, I don't think they drew inspiration from each other's works, or at least it wasn't mentioned. They seem to, however, draw influence both from Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball. (Source 1, Source 2)

To conclude, it would not be impossible if both characters would have similar techniques since they make use of their legs during their fights. However, the Skywalk technique demonstrated by both are entirely different from each other, especially in terms of how it benefits the user itself.


Why didn't Boruto teleport to the animal world? In one episode, tired of Konohamaru showing off, Boruto steals the summoning scroll and tries to summon a summoning animal, but it doesn't work since he hasn't signed a summoning contract. However, Jiraiya didn't sign a contract and in a flashback in Naruto Shipppudden, he was teleported to Mount Myoboku. Why wasn't Boruto teleported to an Animal world?

The episode you are referring to when Jiraya was teleported to Mount Myōboku, Tales of a Gutsy Ninja ~Jiraiya Ninja Scroll~ Part 1 is actually a filler episode, so I'm not sure if teleporting to the animal's home after performing the Summoning Technique without a blood contract should be considered canon.

  In the anime, it was shown that if a user attempts to summon an animal without first signing a contract, the user will be teleported to the home of the animal they have a natural affinity for

On the other side, nothing happened when Boruto performed the Summoning Technique because, not only did he not have a blood contract, he also did not use the hand signs required to perform a summon

  However in Boruto's case, he neither used a blood sacrifice nor did the necessary hand seals.

Without the hand signs or blood sacrifice, Boruto just kind of slapped his hand on the ground.


How could Madara absorb the Divine tree? In the anime Madara absorbs the Divine Tree with his rinnegan. How did he do that? Does Madara's rinnegan have the same powers of absorbing as Obito's Mangekyo Sharingan or is it just a plot-hole?

First, it's not the Rinnegan that absorbed the divine tree/ten-tails; it's the jutsu Madara weaved that summoned it. Obito did the same thing too to become the ten-tails jinchuriki.

Take a look at these pictures from the anime and manga for yourself:

Episode 414 (On the Brink of Death)

Chatper 663 (Absolutely)

Second, Obito's Mangekyo Sharingan allows him to absorb objects into another dimension. Madara is absorbing the ten-tails into himself. There's a difference. Therefore, it's not a plot hole.


Who was Chrono waving to at the wedding? in the Ending Cinematic of Chrono Trigger (i'm playing the DS Version), when Chrono and Marle are walking down the aisle a man pushes his way through the crowd to reach the front and the scene focuses on him before going back to Chrono and Marle were we see Chrono wave

Who is this man?

That's Melchior, one of the three gurus.

You might remember him from the Millenial Fair, where he sells some starter gear at the beginning of the game. Later on, he helps Chrono and the gang to reforge the Masamune. He also plays a part in the Antiquity storyline.

The Chronopedia also mentions his appearance in the ending:

  Melchior appears in the ending after you defeat Lavos. Melchior comes to Crono, and Marle's wedding with a bottle. Crono and Marle notice him because they wave back.


Is the Guilty Crown(Cat's Cradle) that Yuzuriha Inori offers Ouma Shu Jacob's Ladder? Inori offers Shu the Guilty Crown(a form of the Cat's Cradle) in the first episode. Is the Cat's Cradle variant Jacob's Ladder?

Yes, the string figure Inori offers is 4-step Jacob's Ladder.
In Japan, the hobby is known as ayatori. Also, in ayatori term, the string figure Inori offers is called hashigo (ladder), specifically 4-dan hashigo (4-step ladders).


Does Sasuke also remove Kurama's memories when they time travel? In the arc where Sasuke and Boruto time travelled to the past, It was mentioned that Sasuke removed the memories of everyone, well except for Kurama. Did he really forgot to remove it? or Kurama kept it all this time?

..Boruto Episode 136

There is no evidence that Sasuke removed Kurama's memories too. so, I believe Kurama knows everything.

I only remember the first time when Sasuke entered naruto.

  Tenchi Bridge Reconnaissance Mission

  Sasuke, with his active Sharingan, suddenly appeared within Naruto's
  subconscious, which surprised both Naruto and the Nine-Tails. The
  Nine-Tails became impressed with Sasuke's growth and ability, but as
  it stated that Sasuke's chakra was similar to Madara Uchiha, Sasuke
  effortlessly suppressed the fox's residual chakra with his Sharingan.
  Although angrily shocked by the display of his power, the Nine-Tails
  concluded that this might be its last meeting with Sasuke, so it
  warned him not to kill Naruto, because he would only end up regretting
  it.

it simply means even if Sasuke tries to enter inside naruto and talk to karuma the beast will not listen because karuma hates human and the human he hate most is UCHIHA MADARA. Also in many later episodes when naruto got lot of control over karuma. karuma always used to try to influene naruto to hate human of what they did to him. he wants to make naruto like himself. he also tries to make him remember Sasuke betrayal every time. so that means even karuma unable to recognize Sasuke.


What is the end of credits song for Hunter x Hunter season 1 episode 51? At the end of Hunter x Hunter season 1 episode 51 (AxBrutalxBattlefield), they play a different classical credits song instead of "Hunting for Your Dream". It plays right after Mozart's "Lacrimosa".

What is the name of the song?

It's this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-Yg9N-q0Ok It's called 'Riot'.

Source:

https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/5v7i77/rewatch_hunter_x_hunter_2011_episode_51/


Can Poké Balls technically catch humans? In the Pokémon franchise (I'll accept answers from any canon source, whether the anime, manga, games or anything else I can't think of), Poké Balls are used to catch Pokémon. Could you, in theory, use them to catch a human being? Is there any canon example of someone attempting it (I suppose it has probably occurred at some point in the anime for example)? Is there any canonical factor that makes it technically impossible (such as "Humans and Pokémon are fundamentally different", but I think I remember that this isn't true) or is it possible in theory but simply not done in practice?

EDIT : My question is different from the general "How does a Poké Ball work" question because I'm specifically asking whether / why it can not catch humans. The answer to the other question does address this, but in passing, and it does not provide any sources, and links to a page that may have been a good source in the past, but is now devoid of any relevant content (or canon quotes) so it doesn't really answer my question.

In the episode in the first series of the show where Ash is in Pokemon Tower in Lavender Town to catch a ghost Pokemon to fight Serena, he sees Jessie's hair on fire and he assumes that it's a Pokemon on fire and proceeds to throw a Poke-ball at her. And no it doesn't open but it just hit her face.


How germa66 travelled from north blue to south blue I was watching whole cake island arc in anime and it showed Germa 66 snail like ship climbing over red line.
But as far as I know, only way to cross grand line is through reverse mountain which has sea water flowing
Am I missing something here ?

The grand line is indeed what splits the world in half along the horizontal axis but ultimately it's only a body of water, surrounded by more water. You theoretically could sail North/South across the grand line without incident but that would entail sailing across the calm belts where no winds blow and gigantic neptunians tear ships apart. The thing is, the calm belts have already been conquered, the marines learned to embed seastones in the hulls of their ships to ward off neptunians and propel ships without the use of wind which allows them to cross the calm belts at will.  Its hard to imagine the obscenely rich and technologically advanced Germa66 who can cross the red line in mecha boats don't also have access to seastone to cross the calm belts.


After the loss of Kurama does Naruto have the Six Paths Sage Mode? We are all sad what happened in the last chapter of Boruto manga. Now I am thinking:  Does Naruto have, and can he use, the Six Paths Sage Mode without Kurama?

He still has his Six Paths chakra. He still has everything from the war, except his Truth-Seeking Ball. The TSB have been destroyed in the war, and in his battle with Sasuke, and he can't reproduce others. The yellow chakra cloak is just Kurama's cloak, and has nothing to do with Six Paths Sage Mode.


Why does Nemo call himself the last of the Atlanteans? In the final episode of Nadia of the Blue Water, Captain Nemo reveals to Gargoyle that there are no more Atlanteans, and that he (Nemo) is the last one. But Nemo has a daughter; Nadia, and he may or may not have made Electra pregnant. So how can he be the last of the Atlanteans?

From what I can tell, you are correct in saying that Nemo is technically not the last of the Atlantians. The most logical reason that I can think of for him saying it is that he was the last person to grow up and experience the Atlantian traditions and society. Because Nadia grew up as an orphan who didn't know her background, she didn't have experience with that society. The society was gone, so Nemo was the last person who would experience that society.


Are there different types of sage modes? Why are some sage modes evil and make the user violent like Jugo's clan and Kabuto's sage mode? And why is Naruto's sage mode "less dark" ? Are there different types of sage modes? They all use natural energy so shouldnt they be the same?

Yes there are different types of sage mode, depending on summons. But I think you're asking if there is like an evil sage mode. Well...to put in similarity terms: No. Sage mode is basically the opposite of when Naruto loses control over his tailed beast. You have to be in perfect control, and if you're not, you become literally an animal or stone, not some rampaging demon. Now this doesn't mean that Sage mode is only reserved for good guys. It really depends on the summon. If the summon you use is evil and wants to teach you sage mode for your evil reasons, by all means you can do that. Like Kabuto....and Orochimaru....


How does one play Gungi? In Hunter × Hunter (2011), Komugi and Meruem play a game called Gungi. It's a fictional game which appears to take conceptual origins from chess, Go, and other strategic board games.

We see tidbits of it played here and there, but I'm left to wonder: How is it played? What are the rules?

With what I have seen in the anime, this should sum up all the rules and factors.

The objective is to capture the king.
The game is played on a single color 9x9 board.
The game starts with a empty board
The players take turns placing stones, limited to the first 3 rows of the board on your side of the field
After all the pieces are placed, the players take turns moving a piece.
The pieces can be stacked on top of each other (the 3rd dimension) up to 3 pieces.
Certain pieces are stronger than others. Therefore, not all setups can beat certain counters.
Each player has 24 pieces in total.

The pieces used in this game are as following

Pawn
Spy
Cannon
Fortress
Musketeer
Knight
General

The exact conditions for victory are too blurry to confirm, but the rules for victory seem pretty similar to chess, which would equal to trying to checkmate the king. The placement and tactics used in the game are pretty similar to shogi. As for the initial placement, it's pretty similar to checkers. For the combat side of the game, it also seems to have a slide of Stratego in it, as some pieces are stronger than others, and there potentially are pieces that can only be beaten by certain other pieces.

This is all I managed to find out.


Why does Mewtwo look so different from Mew? Mewtwo is a man-made Pokémon, created from the DNA of Mew. All the other cloned Pokémon in the movie Mewtwo Strikes Back look like the one they cloned from, but not Mewtwo. Mewtwo looks totally different from Mew. Why is this?

I believe this is a plothole, stemming from the discrepancies between Mewtwo's origins in the games, and its origin in the anime.

In the games, Mewtwo is not a clone of Mew, but actually its child: the journals in Cinnabar Mansion refer to Mew giving birth to it. Mewtwo was then subjected to "years of horrific gene splicing and DNA engineering experiments", which explains why it only vaguely resembles Mew - its DNA is no longer solely that of Mew.

In the anime, however, Mewtwo was cloned using Mew's DNA, and there is no mention anywhere of it being subjected to any further experiments, only of it "maturing" into its present form. Prior to maturing, it resembled Mew more closely:

It's still possible that Mewtwo was experimented upon in a similar manner to the games, but in the absence of any evidence, I have to chalk this up to a simple plothole: there is no clear explanation for why Mewtwo should differ so drastically from the Pokémon it was cloned from, when the other clones exhibit no differences besides dark splotches.


What killed Broly for good? So in The Legendary Super Saiyan 2, Broly dies at the hands of a three-way Kamehameha, he got blasted into the sun, but was this just an unfortunate but cool event and he would have died at the hands of the powerful Kamehameha anyway, or, was it actually the heat of the sun that killed him?

In my opinion, the fact that he's blasted and not disintegrated like Cell for example is the proof that the sun burned him to ashes.

Would he have survived if the sun weren't there ? Well you can't be very close to the sun without dying anyway (radiations, burning~~) so the distance he made to reach the sun should have been enough to disintegrate him if the Kamehameha was enough to kill him. Conclusion: it was powerful but only enough to restrict his movements and push him into the sun.


Other than Madara, who among the Uchiha Clan possesses or successfully awaken the Rinnegan? I'm just curious whether if only Madara possesses the Rinnegan and if not how many are there?
What are the chances that Sasuke can awaken his Rinnegan?

I just realized that the correct answer may be potentially wrong.

As we have seen thus far, Madara and Obito are the only 2 Uchiha to have used the Rinnegan. Aside from them, Sasuke is the only other Uchiha clan member that is still alive, whom hasn't awaken the Rinnegan yet.

With that said, Sasuke is potentially capable of awakening the Rinnegan any second now. Sasuke has bitten Karin many times. Karin is an Uzumaki, which is a distant relative of the Senju. That means Sasuke has Senju cells inside of him!

With the DNA requirements fulfilled, Sasuke can pull a quick one and activate Rinnegan stunning Madara, the Shinobi alliance, and all of us readers :)

Updated with known Rinnegan users:
Madara,
Obito,
Sasuke,
Sage of 6 Paths,
Kaguya


List of anime referenced in Bakuman Can anybody give me a complete reference to all anime whose titles, artists and/or lines were referenced in the Bakuman series? It would also be great if you could let me know when they were mentioned. External sources will be appreciated too.

To Love Ru (A discussion between the protagonists and fellow mangakas about this ecchi manga and how it was targeted at boys)
Death Note (Mentioned while talking about successful manga)
Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto
One Piece by Eiichiro Oda
Bleach by Tite Kubo
Slam Dunk: A manga about basketball (brought up when the protagonists are talking about their favourite manga)
Ashita no Joe: A manga about boxing (brought up when the protagonists are  talking about their inspiration/their favourite manga),
Hunter x Hunter
Dragon Ball Z (Name is brought up from time to time)

They may have referenced a few other anime but these are the ones that came up the most.


Did Ainz use Master Source to view the NPC list? In season 1 episode 10 of Overlord, Ainz is able to view the NPC list.

I thought Ainz couldn't use the interface at all anymore.

Did he use the Master Source to view the NPC list? If so, how?

He does not use the Master Source, he merely uses a display associated with the Throne; Albedo has used it as well.


Why is "Make Up" the transformation keyword used by the Sailor Senshi? It's always seemed a bit odd to me. The best explanation I can think of is that it's a reference to makeup, which is itself (sort of) transformational. Just wondered if this is something Takeuchi ever explained somewhere.

TL;DR: Because the target audience for the show are girls. And girls are supposed to like makeovers.

An excerpt from the book Millennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination (Anne Allison) (emphasis mine):

  In a property like Sailor Moon, these two words [romance and fantasy marriage] blend in a story line that incorporates both fighting and romance, (...) however the text still belongs in "girls' country" (...).

  Girl heroes have powers rooted in magic or otherworldliness, they fight to help friends, their weapons double as fashion accessories, a princess or spirit empowers them, they "make up" when transformed, and "love" is their keyword. (...)

  When girl heroes morph, however, the process is more a "makeover" than a "powerup". Apart from empowerment, that is, transformation also beautifies girls, fostering personal attractiveness, romance and dreams.

We can infer that the "make up" magic word in Sailor Moon is used to foster the identification process between the audience (young girls) and the characters.

In Sailor Moon Crystal, the protagonist is 14 years old. From the same Wikipedia article:

  The audience is intended to mostly identify with the protagonist.

So, there you go.

This answer also answers: "Why is Tsukino (sailor moon) 14 years old?"


Did the writer mention that 2 Tomoe Sharingan can instantly awaken into Mangekyou Sharingan? As you can see on the title, what I recall correctly is, every Mangekyou Sharingan user must have awoken the 3 Tomoe Sharingan before awakening the Mangekyou. For example: Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Madara, and Uchiha Fugaku. All of these users awoke their 3 Tomoe Sharingan and then later on awoke Mangekyou Sharingan.
But just now I found a small loop hole: Obito and Kakashi. Before they awaken their Mangekyou Sharingan, their previous Sharingan only has 2 Tomoe. Here is the clip that I found.
As you can see below, both of their eyes only have 2 Tomoe before Kakashi kills Rin.

But after Kakashi kills Rin, they instantly skip the 3 Tomoe Sharingan and jump straight to awakening the Mangekyou.

How can they can skip the 3 Tomoe and instantly awaken the Mangekyou? Is this a small detail that the writer didn't explain?

The 3 tomoe state wasn't skipped. At 1:16 in the video you can see the 3 tomoe sharingan.

This progression is also shown in the respective manga page.


Which episodes of Fairy Tail season 2 are anime-exclusive? Aside from the Eclipse Celestial Spirits arc, what other episodes of Fairy Tail season 2 are anime-exclusive?

All Fairy Tail episodes are listed here. The background of the air date indicates what type of episode it is, with yellow indicating anime-exclusive episodes.

At the time of writing (The day after Pi-day 2015), the following episodes were anime-exclusive in Fairy Tail season 2:

All episodes of the Eclipse Celestial Spirits arc (204 to 226). Excluding episodes 219, 220, 222 and 226, which were Omake episodes.


Does "Moe Moe Kyun" mean anything? In Disgaea 3 - Absence of Justice/Detention, during the story scene of Evil Academy Culture Fair Map 2, when Salvitore, Master Big Star and Mao were looking for the one who was trying to destroy the Culture Fair, they arrived at the Sophomore's "Super Elegant Cafe".

When Master Big Star tried to point out that his Sophomores couldn't be the culprits, Mao got suspicious and said:

  Not to mention, all the food as cursed writing, chanting "Moe Moe Kyun♥" to cast spells, and confusing all your customers!

Given Evil Academy, with how the Cafe looked and how Master Big Star was willing to force Mr. Champloo to make bad food to satisfy some customers (which was against Mr. Champloo's ideals as the Home Ec Teacher), it seemed to be an act of delinquency (in Evil Academy, Delinquents did good thing like volunteer work and going to class, while Honor Students did the opposite - skipping class, breaking rules, etc.). Since Mao was an Honor Student, I assume "cursed writing" and "chanting" are normal things we would expect in a cafe (as Mao was suspicious of the Cafe from the beginning before they said "Welcome back students who are coming in for the first time")

I can assume "cursed writing" would be like notes written on the food like you do with cupcakes. However, while I know what Moe is supposed to be, I don't understand what "Moe Moe Kyun♥" is. Does this have anything to do with maid cafes or Japanese culture in general?

While of course the word "moe" is Japanese slang with a particular meaning that doesn't really translate to English, it's for a very specific type of cute, and the entire phrase is supposed to sound sort of like cutesy nonsense (which as far as I know, not really grammatical at least according to Japanese textbook).  However, Moe moe kyun has also become somewhat of a meme - a sound to indicate something is sooooo cute. Sort of like baby talk I guess. According to Urban Dictionary, Moe moe kyun was used in the anime K-On!

I don't recall whether Moe Moe Kyun was literally used in the Japanese dialog for Disgaea 3 or not, but I do know that in general, the translators for the Disgaea series have been known to insert direct anime and video game references even when they weren't there in the original Japanese script. For example, in Disgaea 4, Fuuka yells "Objection!" in the English translation (reference to Phoenix Wright), but I'm pretty sure she did not say the equivalent in Japanese (「異議あり」　"Igiari!").  But, anyways, I would not be surprised if it were inserted in the English as an actual reference to K-On!, or perhaps it was even there in the Japanese as a K-On! reference.


Why could Ymir read the can, but Reiner could not? While watching episode 29, we saw that Ymir could read the letters on the can, but Reiner could not. Why?

Manga spoiler:

   As far as I remember, both Ymir and Reiner are Eldians. So should they not both be able to read the letters on the can? What language is supposed to be on it? Why can Ymir read it, but Reiner could not?

After some researches on the wiki, i found something interesting :

  Even if they both are Eldians, Ymir was part of the cult of Ymir (It's also the reason why she was condamned to be changed into a titan). It could be there she learned the language on the can, and this language is probably linked to Ymir Fritz herself. However it is pure speculation since we have no way to really know.

Source : Chapter 89 (p. 8-13), Eren is reading Ymir's letter which tells us about her past.


What figures does the Chaos;Head protagonist have on his shelf? In the Chaos;Head Visual Novel, the protaganist's room has lots of anime merchandise scattered around. Behind his PC he has a large set of shelves with anime characters on them:

Some gameplay of this scene can be seen on YouTube

I've also seen this image online, so perhaps one is changed in a remake or a spinoff or a different scene or something?

This one has figurines of Seira, an in-game fantasy anime character, and the other figures seem fairly generic — so I presume they're not from other shows.

The first image's characters are much more distinctive though and I can instantly recognise Saber from Fate/stay night.

What are the other series represented here?

Chaos;Head (PC Version)

Top: Hazuki (Demonbane), Another Blood (Demonbane), Al Azif (Demonbane), Ruri Hadou (Demonbane, Zanmataisei ver), Ruri Hadou (Demonbane, Kishin Hishou ver), Ignis (Jingai Makyou), Franco Il Nero (Satsuriku no Jango), Alfie (Satsuriku no Jango), Ignis (Jingai Makyou), ???, Donne Anonime (Satsuriku no Jango), Mahiro Sendou (Memories Off 5: Togireta Film), ???, Euretta (Eternal Fantasy), ???
Middle: Rebecca (Gekkou no Carnevale), ???, Rin Tohsaka (Fate/stay night), ???, ???, Yume Asakura (Da Capo II), Otome Asakura (Da Capo II), Anna (Gekkou no Carnevale), Perla (Gekkou no Carnevale), ???, Ruri Hadou (Demonbane, Zanmataisei ver), Saber (Fate/stay night), Leica Crusade (Demonbane), Franco Il Nero (Satsuriku no Jango)
Bottom: ???, Mahiro Sendou (Memories Off 5: Togireta Film), Euretta (Eternal Fantasy), Donne Anonime (Satsuriku no Jango), Otome Asakura (Da Capo II), Anna (Gekkou no Carnevale), ???, Alfie (Satsuriku no Jango), ???, Al Azif (Demonbane, nendoroid), Jessica (Gekkou no Carnevale), Leica Crusade (Demonbane), Rider (Fate/stay night), ???, Anna (Gekkou no Carnevale), Arcueid Brunestud (Tsukihime), Lunaria (Gekkou no Carnevale)
Desk Shelf: Noel (Gekkou no Carnavale), Lunaria (Gekkou no Carnavale)

Summary

Nitro+

Demonbane

Al Azif
Ruri Hadou
Leica Crusade
Hazuki
Another Blood

Jingai Makyou

Ignis

Satsuriko no Jango

Franco Il Nero
Donne Anonime
Alfie

Gekkou no Carneval

Anna
Lunaria
Noel
Rebecca
Perla

TYPE-MOON

Tsukihime

Arcueid Brunestud

Fate/stay night

Saber
Rin Tohsaka
Rider

Circus

Da Capo II

Otome Asakura
Yume Asakura

Eternal Fantasy

Euretta

KID

Memories Off 5: Togireta Film

Mahiro Sendou

Chaos;Head NOAH (Console Version)

Top: Rider (Fate/stay night), ...
Middle: Seira Orgel (Chaos;Head), ...
Bottom: Saber (Fate/stay night), ...
Desk Shelf: ...

Summary

Nitro+

Chaos;Head

Seira Orgel

TYPE-MOON

Fate/stay night

Saber
Rider


Do the last two seasons of Berserk contain nudity? I want to start watching Berserk, but at the same time, I prefer not seeing explicit nudity.

Do the last two seasons of Berserk contain nudity?

The manga did contain plenty of nudity, and also features both consensual and non-consensual sex.

After quickly skimming through several parts for the last 2 seasons, I can confirm that it contains scenes where fully and partially naked people present.

This part of the story also features a 'naked elf' companion, which will be featured throughout most of the season, as he travels with Guts.

Judging by the IMDB Parents Guide, there are at least 10 counts of sex and nudity. However, IMDB also makes mention this is the rating of the uncensored version. Hence if you are not a fan of such things, I would suggest you watch the censored version.


What is this song in episode 2 of Tokyo Ghoul: Root A? What is the name of soundtrack in Tokyo Ghoul Root A (EPISODE 2....14:15) ? with the scene of Akira the daughter of Mado?

The song is called Kriminalbeamte by Yamada Yutaka. You can find it on the Tokyo Ghoul Original Soundtrack. (Disc 1, Track 9) If you want the soundtrack you can get it at CDJapan.co.jp.

Was not easy to track down since Investigator Takizawa wouldn't shut his mouth through the quiet music! lol


Who are Byakuya and Juushirou referring to in chapter 117? At the beginning of chapter 117 of Bleach, Juushirou Ukitake says, "Byakuya... Who is he?" (referring to Ichigo) and Byakuya replies, "He's not related. At least not ... to the one you're thinking of. He's no one. Just a ryoka. I'll dispose of him. And then... this trifling conflict... will come to an end."

Who is Byakuya referring to when he says, "He's not related. At least not ... to the one you're thinking of."? Or another way to say it, who did Juushirou Ukitake think that Ichigo was related to?

He's referring to Kaien Shiba, the former lieutenant of Jūshirō Ukitake's squad.

In the anime, his wife Miyako who was the 3rd Seat was possessed and devoured from the inside by one of Sōsuke Aizen's Hollows Metastacia. Kaien decided to track her down and kill her. However, Rukia followed him and saw him becoming possessed by the Hollow which leads to her having to reluctantly kill him and then deliver his body to the Shiba clan.

This begins Ganju's hatred for Soul Reapers as Kaien was his brother and he knew a Soul Reaper killed him because of the sword wounds on his body. However, Kūkaku knew full well it was Rukia who killed him and knew why she did and vowed that should she confront her about Kaien and apologize she would forgive Rukia.

Now, what Jūshirō Ukitake talking about is Ichigo's appearance in relation to Kaien's as they both look similar which in some cases may explain Rukia's actions as she's always felt guilty having been the one to kill Kaien, one of the 2 people who didn't treat her differently because she was Byakuya sister, the other was Miyako.

Ichigo

Kaien

I should point out that this is from the Anime. From my understanding, apart from fillers, the anime is faithful to the manga.


What song is playing in episode 22 (s2ep10) of Tokyo Ghoul? It's playing between 6:36 and 7:46. I've heard it multiple times in TG itself but couldn't find it on soundtrack, and many times elsewhere. I have a feeling it's somewhat popular

I'm pretty sure it's Augenbinde, or a softer version of it, which I think is the 11th track on disk one.


A manga about a girl helping demons but can't touch anyone because of it? I remember a scene where a boy is riding a bicycle (?) and he runs into a girl. They both take a tumble, but when he goes to check on her, she is more worried about him. I believe she takes in or helps demons that the guy can't see. For each one she helps, she becomes more powerful, but the power is misfortune (?), I believe.

There is another scene where the demons are checking on the guy when he's taking a bath, and the demons are telling the girl they have seen him naked just to embarrass her.

I recall that she also helps a demon that is a store mascot (?), possibly a panda, and he joins her group. The demons learn that he does a ritual of some sort or has a charm that prevents them for doing any harm.

I'm quite sure it is Renai Kaidan Sayoko-san.
Synopsis from mangaupdates (emphasis mine):

Sayoko is an incredibly kind, but solitary, young kimono-clad lady who has certain supernatural abilities. She can see ghosts, and she frees them from their places of death by agreeing to let them haunt her instead. As a result, everywhere she goes, she is followed by an army of well-meaning spirits that only she can see. Her weirdness tends to throw any normal people who would have otherwise possibly become her friends.
Inaba is a poor college student who happens to accidentally run over Sayoko with his bicycle.
Sayoko normally is unable to interact with people for long periods of time, because since she is haunted she endangers the health of other people just by being close to them... But for some reason Inaba is completely fine with being around Sayoko even for long periods of time...
.... Just what's going on?

The scene where Inaba runs over Sayoko with his bicycle happens right at the beginning of chapter 1. Sayoko was bleeding from her head, but she was more worried about the boy's well-being than herself.

Also from chapter 1, Sayoko asked Inaba to lead her to the cursed shop where Inaba was supposed to work at but the manager ran away without paying his wages. When she arrived, she had a talk with the panda mascot, who died from a heatstroke. The panda mascot loved the smell of the restaurant, so he stayed and tried to advertise the shop, but every new shop opened there shut down in the end. She let the panda mascot possess her near the end of chapter 1.

The scene where the ghosts (not really demons, they are well-meaning ghosts) teased her about seeing the boy naked is from chapter 2.


Why Lelouch needs geass in his two eyes? In other question, it was clarified that Lelouch's two eyes Geass is to show the growing of Lelouch's Geass power and to stop his father's plans. what left of it to understand is, besides the "growing power" is there any difference in Lelouch's Geass demand power from before? I mean, in Mao case for example once his Geassh reached the limit and turned his two eyes he couldn't control it anymore, but in Lelouch case, we don't see any difference in the using of his Geass, so except the inevitable Geass growing power was there a difference in Lelouch's Geass using when he has 2 Geass eyes?

I have a theory about this.

The Geass consists in three stages:
Normal stage -> Lost control stage -> Both eyes stage.

The point with third stage is that, only in this stage, the user is able to complete his/her contract and become a Code. Lelouch and any other Geass' users will not show any difference in his/her power level or new abilities, since this stage only remarks the new capacity of the user to become a Code.

After watch the anime twice (and Akito once) I think this makes sense and there is not (as far as I remember) anything that contradicts it.


What "additional voices" did Alison Viktorin voice in Fullmetal Alchemist? As the title suggests, she is only credited for "additional voices"

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1516108/

However, one of the shows she is "known for" is FMA Brotherhood. I feel like her voice is familiar from FMA so I was wondering if anyone could tell me who the "additional voices" are?

IMDb is mistaken in that Alison Viktorin is "known for" Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. As was stated in the comments. IMDb simply sees that Viktorin did voice work for Brotherhood, sees that Brotherhood is a very famous title, and assumes that she is well-known for her work in it.

This is quite contrary to the truth, though. Viktorin is credited only as "additional voices" in one episode: episode 43. I've seen the episode a few times, and can confirm that there are only four places where a non-credited voice (i.e. one outside the named cast in the credits) is heard (excluding obviously male voices):

Two children laughing and playing (2:35)
Child grabbing Yoki's hair (3:03)
Baby tugging on sleeve (10:14)
Unintelligible chattering and whispering (11:01)

Though I can't tell which one of these four instances Viktorin actually voices, all four are very minor roles that are hardly worthy of mention.


Using Summoning Jutsu who has blood of someone who has made a contract? According to wiki in Summoning Technique it is written that:

  It should be noted that
  anyone can summon a contracted animal as long
   as they have the blood of someone who has made a contract, the seal of
  the summoned creature and a source of sufficient chakra that the
  summon will accept

Means anyone can summon a contracted animal by having blood of someone who has made a contract. So my question is:

Is there any event mentioned in anime or manga which shows this type summoning ?

In Chapter 363, Sasuke's Death...!! (episode 125 of Shippuden), Suigetsu summons Manda using Sasuke's blood. This was right after Deidara used his C0 technique.


What is the Japanese Dialect Spoken in Ghost Hound? What is the Japanese dialect spoken by Taro, Makoto and Miyako in Ghost Hound? It doesn't sound like Kansai Ben or the standard Tokyo dialect.

I'm not familiar with Japanese dialectology, so all I can really tell is that (as Logan M noted) it's a dialect from Kyushu or thereabouts. Luckily, the internet seems to know more.

This Chiebukuro entry, presumably written by a native speaker, thinks that it's Hakata dialect (spoken in Fukuoka, Kyushu).
This interview with Chiaki KONAKA (who did the screenplay for Ghost Hound) notes that the story's setting is inspired by Fukuoka, and that effort was made to make the dialects portray the setting effectively.
Some dude on Amazon Japan mentions how he can feel that the script has been modeled on the speech of the Fukuoka area.

None of this is really authoritative, but it is suggestive.

One possible source of confusion for us here is that it might be that people are just defaulting to describing the dialect in question as Fukuoka dialect since Fukuoka is the largest city in Kyushu (i.e. it's possible that the people I have linked above do not have direct experience distinguishing among varieties of Kyushu Japanese).

Aside - if you like the Kyushu dialect, you should watch Kids on the Slope. Lots of Kyushu Japanese in that one.


What happened to the second kira? After Light and Misa were cleared, everyone seemed to just forget about that there's more than one kira. What was up with that? I seem to recall Light instructed Misa to make a response to the task force's kira video, then L deduced that the two kiras have met, then Light and Misa were confined, then Soichiro fake shoots them and then they try to catch Higuchi. While trying to catch Higuchi and thereafter, has everyone just forgotten that there's more than one kira? Did anyone find it suspicious that there seems to have been only one kira around? Maybe they thought that the two kiras were acting as one?

Based on a comment I made here: Why didn't the Task Force capture Misa Amane?

There's nothing to expect from the Task Force. Their main brains were L, Light and Near.

L proposed that Misa is the second Kira, but he was proved wrong because of the fake shot scene by Light's father. So inside the Task Force's mind, the claim that Misa is the second Kira became false, thus the claim of second Kira was probably forgotten too by the Task Force.

After Higuchi's capture part, L still didn't forget his claim about the second Kira and Kira = Light, because L wanted to test the truth of 13-day rules. Unfortunately he didn't live long.

Task Force is just a group of subordinates who receive the orders and execute the orders. They are not the leader of the team. They just follow their leader's instruction. They didn't have insight like L and Near, plus they believes in Light, so they just did their job according to Light's instructions. Even though Aizawa doubted Light after Near emerges, he still didn't have enough brain to prove Light = Kira, and he just had doubt, not confirmation.

As part of a team, Japanese values teamwork and harmony in a team, so they follow their leader. As for the guy who doubted Light, he chose to follow Near's instruction.


Is there any "Word of God" or solid references proving that Parasytes cannot reproduce? Throughout the series, the more scholar-inclined Parasytes (Reiko Tamura and Migi) state that the Parasytes cannot reproduce (and they do not know their own origin).

Is there any canon reference or proof that this is indeed true?

The fact that it was mentioned in the show means that it is canon reference. So in fact, no, parasytes cannot reproduce. At least technically so...
If you remember, Tamura Reiko did in fact reproduce via the human body and gave birth to human offspring. However, what about parasytes? Well, no, parasytes cannot reproduce, however, there isn't anything against them splitting into multiple organisms.
The below answer is contradictory to the show, see the answer below by Mindwin.

For example, Tamura Reiko can split into two separate parasytes. So let's consider that if a parasyte split into two separate parasytes and both latch onto two separate organisms, or parts of the same organism. Both would cultivate and grow from the nutrients, and both would have different experiences, and thus develop different personalities. In this sense, parasytes can multiply like cells via cell division and in the process creating successful offspring. Sources? None for this, it's hypothetical, however highly possible and an interesting concept.
What supports this idea though? Both the fact that Tamura Reiko split into two separate parasytes with two separate personalities, and the fact that the parasytes can indeed grow - as seen when a parasyte infects a human and takes over that human or part of that human's body.
The parasytes are made up of cells which is explained by Dr. Yui. In this sense, this supports my hypothesis since cells can perform cell division, which ultimately is a form of reproduction. So we can't necessarily rule out the fact that parasytes have the ability to divide.

In case you're wondering, reproduction is covered in episode 15. Tamura Reiko splitting into two happens in episode 17. Dr. Yui explains the neuron idea in episode 10.
Short Answer: No, parasytes cannot reproduce, and there is nothing that supports that they can reproduce via sex organs.


Is Son Hak a Dragon? Is Son Hak from the anime/manga Akatsuki no Yona a dragon? I'm thinking he is because he's so overpowered.

Is Son Hak a Dragon? No, he is not. He is just someone powerful. It is clearly stated in here:

  Although not a dragon blood, he matches the strength of other dragons easily.


Are all apparitions on Monogatari based on actual stories? In the Monogatari Series, there are a lot apparitions. The ones that can easily recognized as corresponding to actual stories in real life are the phoenix (Araragi Tsuhiki) and vampire (Araragi Koyomi, Oshino Shinobu). What about the others? Here's a list of apparition that appear so far in anime

Crab God (Senjougahara Hitagi)
Lost Cow/Snail (Hachikuji Mayoi)
Monkey Paw/Rainy Devil (Kanbaru Suruga)
Snake God (Sengoku Nadeko)
Flame-Wreath Bee (Araragi Karen)
Black-Hanekawa (Hanekawa Tsubasa)

In the case of Hanekawa, they said that it's a new kind of apparition. Are all of them based on apparitions in "real-life" stories?

While it's difficult to prove a negative, and there's no telling where Nisio Isin got his inspiration from, I would be willing to claim that that most of the apparitions appearing in the Monogatari series aren't quite based on real-life stories.
Broadly, one point in favor of this position is that other people on the internet (in Japan) have also tried to find origins for the various apparitions and failed. Given the popularity of Monogatari, this strongly suggests that there indeed aren't any real-life bases for most of the apparitions, though, of course, this doesn't amount to conclusive proof.
Crab
Hitagi's crab is a difficult case to handle. Crabs are a semi-frequent feature of Japanese folklore - see, for example, the tale of the Crab and the Monkey (which Meme mentions), or the legends surrounding the Heike crabs, so we can't discard out-of-hand the possibility that the "Weight Crab" (omoshikani) has basis in actual legend. Nonetheless, it seems improbable.
Meme claims that legends of the "Weight Crab" originated from peoples living in the mountains of Kyushu. However, he goes on to point out that the areas from which these legends originated - the mountainous parts of Oita and Miyazaki - are not actually places where you will find any crabs. Meme brushes this off, explaining that it's easier to concoct grand legends about crabs when you don't have any actual crabs at hand.
I'm not convinced that this really makes sense in a real-world context, though - do people tend to feature in their legends creatures that they have little contact with? I'm no anthropologist, but it seems unlikely. Someone familiar with the folklore of Kyushu would know more, I'm sure.
There are also some things about Hitagi's crab that just seem too convenient. For example, its name is incredibly punnable in ways relevant to the plot - 思い omoi "thoughts" vs. 想い omoi "feelings" vs. 重い omoi "heavy". The resolution of this arc is strongly related to the realization that the crab took not both Hitagi's weight, but also her feelings from her. It would be a damn surprise if there was an existing legend out there that matched up with this. Far more likely is that Nisio Isin thought that this would be an amusing pun and invented a legend to go along with it.
The points I've made in this section also generally apply to Mayoi's Snail and Nadeko's Constrictor.
Snail
Again, it's difficult to make a strong claim that Mayoi's snail has no basis in actual legend. Snails are not prominent features in Japanese legend, though.
Rainy Devil
The "Monkey's Paw" does have a basis in real-life - a short story by W. W. Jacobs titled as such. And that's the problem - Kanbaru's apparition wasn't a Monkey's Paw, but rather a Rainy Devil, which is an apparition possessing only superficial similarities to the Monkey's Paw of Jacobs's story.
It's pretty clear here that Nisio Isin was deliberately playing with the reader's expectations by having the characters themselves incorrectly identify the arm as a Monkey's Paw - and then they go to visit Meme, who pulls the rug out from under them, revealing that it was something else altogether. This strongly suggests that the Rainy Devil is a creation of Nisio Isin's.
Constrictor
To a certain extent, it's very difficult to show that the Constrictor (jagirinawa) has no basis in legend, since there's nothing terribly unique about it - it's a snake that possesses people. That's basically all there is to it. Snakes are certainly common features of legend throughout the world (as Meme points out), and I wouldn't be surprised if some group of people somewhere in the world did believe in a constrictor snake that possessed people.
Like with the crab, though, this is most likely a case of the author taking a motif well-established in folklore and putting an original spin on it.

I'll update this answer later with more details. A few notes in the meanwhile:

Hanekawa's cat is certainly an invention of the author, as you point out.
Shinobu explicitly identifies Tsukihi's phoenix (the shidenodori) as having some unusual features that don't match up to the conventional conception of a phoenix.
Given that Karen's bee is a fabrication even in the context of the story, I'd imagine legends of it don't exist out here in the real world either.

And for Monogatari Second Season:

 --There are no tigers in Japan. And besides, Hanekawa's tiger (the kako) is far too punnable to be real, just like Hitagi's crab.
 --Jiangshi are a real thing, though Monogatari jiangshis appear to differ from real-life jiangshis in some minor ways.
 --Nadeko's kuchinawa might be inspired by snake legends, but it's pretty obviously original for the most part.
 --The apparition-eating darkness of Onimonogatari only makes sense in the context of the Monogatari world. It wouldn't make sense for it to be based on a real legend.


Who are Natsu's parents? I have noticed that Igneel is Natsu's foster parent, but to notice that his years with Igneel were quite short. Though the real question is to whom Natsu's real parents are and where he came from.

Might be Spoiler for anime viewer.

The background information about Natsu is very limited. As the story progress, it is revealed that the Natsu is actually Zeref's younger brother who died 400 yrs ago along with his father and mother and resurrected as E.N.D(Etherious Natsu Dragneel). Igneel, Natsu's foster father, teaches him sacred(Lost) dragon slayer magic and sent him in present(future for Natsu).

Natsu's parents are dead and doesn't have any role later on, so their information were not so important, that might be reason why they were never reveled. Natus came from past 400yrs ago.


From what series is this odd lolicon poster? I recently saw this image of an approximately high-school-aged boy with a young girl under his arm, pointing up at the stars with the text "lolicons are diseased!"

(Note: No offense intended from the image.)

Are the characters found in this image from an actual anime or manga, or are they just made up for this bit of art? If it's the former, what series are they from?

This is from the eroge/visual novel Cross†Channel. The characters in the image are Taichi, the protagonist, and Yusa, a young girl who lives next door to the protagonist. Taichi, who has certain mental conditions including being a sexual deviant, is in this scene avowing his intent to do nothing inappropriate to Yusa.

Here's Wikipedia's synopsis of the plot:

  After a failed summer vacation with other members of the school's broadcasting club, Taichi Kurosu and some of the other club members return to the city, only to find that all living creatures within it except for the club members have completely vanished. In order to confirm the status of the outside world, Taichi decides to gather other club members to help Misato Miyasumi, the president of the broadcasting club, set up a broadcasting antenna to contact any possible survivors. However, Taichi soon discovers that the world is actually repeating the same week and thus all their actions are reset, with no loss or gain, no matter what actions are taken. Seeking himself and the restoration of broken bonds, Taichi must discover meaning to exist in this strange and lonely but, for Taichi, comforting world.


Can ditto turn into a shiny version of a Pokemon? We know that ditto could transform into any Pokemon that it could encounter. Does a normal ditto could turn into a shiny version of a Pokemon that it encountered?

In the Pokemon Games, a regular ditto would end up tranforming to the shiny pokemon it battles. However, in the anime, the Transform attack seems to be a lot more unique. For example In the anime episode, Ditto’s Mysterious Mansion, while ditto could tranform into any pokemon, its eyes and mouth wouldn’t change.In the anime episode, Imitation Confrontation, there is a ditto which can transform into any pokemon but cannot match the size of the same. It transforms into a mini sized Onix.In the manga, Ditto’s transformation is not only limited to transforming into pokemon. In the pokemon adventures manga, Green with the help of ditto, disguises herself into looking like Sabrina to infiltrate Silph Co.Hence, in conclusion, I don’t see why there is no reason as to why Ditto can’t transform into a shiny pokemon.


Is Himawari's Gentle Fist more powerful than the average Hyuga's When Himawari was angry at Boruto, her gentle fist was shown to be powerful enough to knock both Naruto and Kurama out for several hours. Even Hinata was pretty surprised at this fact.

Does this imply that Himawari's ability to use gentle fist is more potently dangerous than the average Hyuga?

No; there's two things going on here, and one is a well-known thing if you've ever been a parent or near a young child.

The first thing that's going on is that Himawari was able to subconsiously activate the Byakugan out of anger.  This is not contested at all; she's seen with tears in her eyes as it activates due to her favorite stuffed animal being torn up.

The second thing is that, well...little children do not know how to control what strength they have, which can result in both surprise and significant pain at the point of attack.  This could be innocuous like a quick slap to the face; this could be worse like being kicked in the bread basket or lower.

The main thing at play here is that the fact that Himawari is so young and that Tenketsu is such a potent taijutsu that it caught both Naruto and Kurama so thoroughly off-guard it knocked them out.


Is there a uncensored version of Tokyo Ghoul? I couldn't find an uncensored version of Tokyo Ghoul.

Was it even released yet? If not, I would like to know when it estimated to be released.
(I'm sure it isn't going to stay like this forever.)

The DVDs will be uncensored.

They are not fully released yet (Volume 3 is coming out on the 28th of November, Volume 4 December 26th ), nor released in English speaking territories.

I expect it may take another few months before it is picked up by English licencors (streaming rights have been purchased, but DVD rights aren't up for grabs just yet).

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SAO Kirito immortal in episodes 6 and 8? An Immortal object badge is shown in direct relation to Kirito's actions. What are these badges referring to? Was Kirito immortal?

You're likely thinking of the Immortal Objects which Kirito (and other characters) have been known to strike at.

  In Sword Art Online, physical surroundings such as walls, buildings, monuments, and major features are considered "Immortal Objects". An error beep and a notification will sound if immortal physical objects are struck, even if by accident.

This doesn't change the state of the player's mortality - they are very much mortal - it only informs of the state of the object they want to interact with.  If it's an Immortal Object, it can't take any damage, so striking it (regardless of intent) will not cause harm to it.


Did Ichigo originally have Sode no Shiraiyuki? At the start of the Bleach manga, Rukia stabs Ichigo in the heart with her zanpakuto in order to give him her shinigami powers, which allows him to protect his family from the Hollows.

After that, Ichigo obtains a sealed zanpakuto that he uses (alongside Rukia in a gigai) to fight Hollows around Karakura.

Later, Rukia returns to Seireitei and regains her shinigami powers, which robs Ichigo of his.

This implies that Ichigo had borrowed his powers from Rukia for the run of the Karakura Arc. This is further supported when Ichigo gains his own zanpakuto, Zangetsu, and his sword is unsealed rather than remaining in its more benign state.

Because Ichigo is borrowing Rukia's spirit powers, and because Zangetsu's form appears to be more volatile and less prone to remaining sealed, is the first zanpakuto that Ichigo carries Rukia's zanpakuto Sode no Shiraiyuki?

Ichigo doesn't have Sode no Shiraiyuki originally. He loses his powers originally because Byakuya severs his soul chain, which detaches him from being able to touch his powers. He regains the powers because of training with Urahara that also causes him to become

  part Hollow.

As quoted from bleach.wiki.com:

  [Urahara] explains that Byakuya destroyed the source of his power, leaving him without any Shinigami powers and that he must restore these in order to fight the Shinigami. He explains about Reiryoku, saying that the more one's reiryoku rises, the sharper the movements of their spiritual body becomes. He says that if Ichigo can manage to move even better with his spiritual body than he can with his mortal body, then we will have made a complete recovery of his reiryoku.

More importantly, however, his unsealed zanpakuto is the same both before and after his fight with Renji/Byakuya. To have had Sode no Shiraiyuki previously, he would have needed to have an entirely different sword, which he didn't.

These aren't exactly manga scans, but here are pictures of the sword before and after Ichigo regains his powers:

Before:

After:


Is there more than one World Tree in the "known" world? In episode 37 "Ging × And × Gon" we can see that a tape was left for Gon by his father Ging. After playing this tape, the scene jumps to Ging riding atop two different beasts. The scene clearly shows a giant tree in the background.

Now, this tree size is substantially larger than anything else seen in the series except for the World Tree that Gon climbs up in episode 148 "Until Now x and x From Now". The tree showed in the scene looks to be even larger than the adolescent world tree. Ging also states that he has not been to the Dark Continent yet due to him meeting not meeting the requirements.

Would it be safe to assume that there was more than one World Tree seed that found its way to the "known" world?

Short answer: probably yes.

Longer answer:

Firstly, it's clear that the two trees are obviously different trees:

The World Tree is said to be the tallest tree in the world, reaching 1784 metres in hight.

The tree in the background is obviously a different tree, as it is on an island and there isn't a town underneath it. It also appears to be big enough to be a world tree, as it is far taller than the trees that surround it.

(However, it may only appear to bigger than the sappling because of the perspective and the height of the clouds)

If this is a world tree, and Ging has been to it, (assuming Ging has never been outside the 'known' world) then there is a second world tree in the 'known' world.

This probably isn't improbable because Chimera Ants are also from the outside world so we know things from the 'outside' world can come into the 'known' world.

On the other hand, there is another possibility - that Ging is lying to Gon when he said he has never been to the outside world. There are 28 survivors (of which, only two are official) from expeditions to the dark continent so Ging could be one of them. He is one of the top five most competent nen users and could have the power to survive the trip.

However, there is never a reason shown for Ging to lie to his son.


Do Jinchurikis bleed when a tailed beast is extracted? Kushina had blood come out of her mouth when Obito extracted Kurama out of her. Why did this not happen to Naruto?

I don't think the bleeding was caused by the extraction of the tailed beast but was caused by the intense pain and struggle from her giving birth to naruto. As far as I remember only both naruto and gaara were shown when a tailed beast was extracted from them and both didn't have any blood.


Is there anything else that covers Itachi's story outside of the core anime and manga? I liked Itachi's character a lot and wanted to know more about him.

Are there any movies, or perhaps some light novels that cover more of his story?

The core anime and manga cover much of Itachi's story, particularly if you're only looking for his "canon" story. However, he does appear in other media.

As Abhishek Mishra says, he appears in the OVA "Sunny Side Battle!" Here is a list of non-core anime/manga media Itachi appears in:

OVA:

Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival! (as a cameo)
Sunny Side Battle!

Game:

Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution--Ninja Escapades (OVAs within the game)

Novel:

Naruto Jinraiden: The Day the Wolf Howled (more Sasuke's reflection on Itachi's actions)
Itachi Shinden: Book of Bright Light/ Itachi Shinden: Book of Dark Night (related to Shippuden #451-458--this answer says it follows the novels, Naruto Wikia says it doesn't, I don't know enough to say either way)
Akatsuki Hiden: Evil Flowers in Full Bloom

Movie:

Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie

Naruto Wikia has a list of all video games in which he's a playable character.


What's the significance of this Michelangelo reference? In the penultimate episode of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, we briefly see this image, possibly formed by the ice in a glass of alcohol when Madoka's mother is at the bar with Madoka's teacher. (This image comes right before a "break" from that scene before the episode shifts back to Homura's room, so it's hard to tell. While initially that seemed like a reasonable interpretation to me, in retrospect, the two "blades" here suggest that this isn't the case, and that the image is superimposed onto something else.)

This clearly seems to be one of the more famous details from Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam, which is on the Sistine Chapel ceiling:

What is the significance of this image in the context of the anime series? With other references in the series, there's often a clearer connection (e.g. to Goethe's Faust) but here it doesn't seem as obvious, and the only interpretation I can think of is related to Madoka becoming some sort of god, but even so, using this specific reference doesn't seem to make much sense here.

Madoka's mother is drinking from a faceted glass and what your screenshot shows are two edges of it and the Michelangelo's painting behind the glass. The dialogue between two women doesn't really correspond with the painting's theme, as far as I'm concerned.

The painting seems to be part of the entourage of the bar. With studio Shaft in charge of creating this anime, you can safely assume that it's a subtle hint at one of the many existential topics raised in it. It's probably not very significant in relation to the plot, but it just may give you some food for thought.

Consider the process of Adam's creation by God a metaphor for a magical girl becoming a witch. As a more powerful entity, witches are capable of creating their own kind by corrupting magical girls. Something along those lines.


Which nationality is All Might? All Might is blond, and he uses an American-themed suit, and labels all his attacks with American city names.
At first, I thought he could be American, but then he has a Japanese name and works in Japan.
Is All Might Japanese, American, some other nationality, or is it unknown?

His full name is Toshinori Yagi which is a Japanese name as you said and according to wiki his birthplace is Tokyo.

Other evidences are:

His mentor, Nana Shimura, is also Japanese.
All Might also go to  U.A. High School and his homeroom teacher was Gran Torino.


When did Itachi plant his crow inside Naruto? We all know that Itachi had the left eye of Shisui which had the Kotoamatsukami. This was planted as the eye of one the crows of Itachi and the crow was planted inside Naruto, to counter Sasuke's Mangekyō, if ever, he turned against the village.

My question is, when did Itachi plant his crow inside Naruto and how did he do that?! Did he inject it inside Naruto, or planted it using Genjutsu, or something like that?

Itachi stores the crow inside Naruto in chapter 403, during the Itachi Pursuit arc.
Itachi used a shadow clone to talk to Naruto, who wasn't willing to listen. As such, Itachi was forced to use a Genjutsu in order to make him listen.

He uses a Genjutsu as a distraction:

And then the crow is stored (physically, I think) inside of Naruto:

This is corroborated by this Naruto Wiki page.


Did Vegeta SSJ2 against Beerus surpassed Gohan's mystic form? In Dragon Ball Super in the battle of gods saga when Vegeta fights Beerus, Beerus says fighting him was more fun than fighting Goku super saiyan 3. In the movie Battle of gods, master Roshi says Vegeta's power has finally surpassed Goku, and in the manga Vegeta could power up super saiyan 2 to a level above super saiyan 3. So everything indicates Vegeta enraged SSJ2 was able to surpass the power of a SSJ3. But what about Gohan's mystic form? Did Vegeta SSJ2 against Beerus surpassed Gohan's mystic form?

Well, Gohan was the strongest unfused character at the end of the Dragon Ball Z saga. Also, 6 months after the Buu saga, the memories of Majin Buu was erased using the dragon balls. The Battle of Gods arc was 4 years after. We know there was a massive time jump because Gohan and Videl were just classmates at the end of the Buu saga but Gohan was married with Videl and also was a (Going to be father), at the start of Super. Let us assume the mystic gohan multiplier is an immense multiplier > than the SSJ3 multiplier. Base Gohan wouldn't have trained during the 4 year period up until the battle of gods and obviously Goku and Vegeta would've trained a lot during that period. So I'd say at that point in time, SSJ3 Goku was possibly as strong as Mystic Gohan or at least stronger than Super Buu and almost as strong as Mystic Gohan. Vegeta on the other hand, might've been as strong as Kid Buu in his SSJ2 form or maybe slightly stronger. Unfortunately, when Gotenks fought Beerus, he was in his base form so we cannot use Beerus fight with Gotenks and Vegeta's initial fight with Beerus to gauge Vegeta's power level. I believe during the battle of gods arc, Ultimate Gohan (Dragon Ball Z) > SSJ3 Goku > Super Buu > Vegeta SSJ2 > Ultimate Gohan (Dragon Ball Super)> Kid Buu. I believe Gohan became didn't train and was a lot weaker than he was in Z.

This brings us back to your question as to whether Vegeta's rage SSJ2 transformation surpassed Gohan's mystic form in Z and my answer to the same would be a yes! I believe SSJ3 Goku wasn't as far behind Mystic Gohan(Dragon Ball Z) during the battle of gods arc. Goku definitely wouldn't go four years without trying to surpass or at least approach  the power level of someone stronger. So it's very likely SSJ3 Goku might've even been stronger than Mystic Gohan , however for argument sake lets say he was slightly weaker. Vegeta in his rage transformation was a lot stronger than Goku in his SSJ3 form and I'd say very likely surpassed Gohan's Mystic form in Dragon Ball Z.

 Note: The list I made with the power difference was with the worst case scenarios. Vegeta and Goku might be a lot stronger than where I placed them on the list. It might even be possible that SSJ3 Goku was at the level of Mystic Gohan during the battle of gods arc and Vegeta might've been on the same level as Super Buu or possibly even stronger. Vegeta and Goku would've definitely gotten a Zenkai boost after their fight with Kid Buu and the two of them would've obviously trained and gotten a lot stronger post Buu saga.


What is a "wrap around jacket band"? I have seen this mentioned in some anime reporting. It sounds like an anime forum or a magazine, but strangely I can't find any information on it.

The wrap-around jacket band on the seventh volume of Sui Ishida's Tokyo Ghoul:re manga announced on Thursday that Ishida's original Tokyo Ghoul manga will get a live-action film. (source)

The wrap-around jacket band on the sixth compiled volume of Kohske's Gangsta. manga is announcing on Wednesday that an anime adaptation has been green-lit. (source)

The news broke to fans on the wrap-around jacket band of the most recent tankobon manga volume released today in Japan. (source)

It is an obi, which is also known as

a strip of paper looped around a book or other product.

As Wikipedia continues to mention,

Many books in Japan are supplied with an obi, which is normally added outside any dust jacket. [...]
In English, the term belly-band is sometimes used instead.

The following image is the obi on Tokyo Ghoul:re volume 7.