What runs in the body of Pokemons? When people get hurt blood comes out.
But nothing happens when Pokemons get hurt. Do they have blood running in their body?

That really depends on the pokemon....

For instance bug pokemon do not really have blood, but some form of juices and such...

Another example of a Pokemon that has something similar to blood is Cacturne...

From the Pokemon Wikia :

  Cacturne is a nocturnal Pokémon that rarely moves during the day,
  which allows it to hold moisture. At night, it searches for prey or
  follows travelers until they become exhausted. It has lived in deserts
  for so long that its blood has transformed into sand. With its thorny
  arms, it is able to use its former signature move, Needle Arm.

It's also worth it to note that quite a number of Pokemon are similar to animals in the real world so the make up of the inner body would be similar...

For instance some Pokedex entries include stuff about the heart, like Spoink.

  Spoink is a gray, pig-like Pokémon. It has dark, circular eyes, a
  large gray nose, and small ears. It has stubby arms and possesses no
  hind legs. Motion is achieved by bouncing on its spring-like tail. The
  bouncing has a vital function, in that it keeps its heart beating.

The only types of Pokemon that would never really have blood and such are the ones that are Ghost-type Pokemon and a few others like Rock Type.  Though perhaps the Ghost Type pokemon would be ectoplasm, which isn't really blood, but it's hard to say considering in the game you can't hit them with normal physical attacks...

Also there's no blood in the anime because it's a Children's show.


From which anime is this ad on Scifi SE? Here is the image that appeared in this ad on Scifi SE.

What anime is the character in this image from?

The anime is Naruto and the character is Itachi Uchiha.


What is this 'Japanese Secret Police' Furuya Rei is in? Are they a real police division? Conan mentioned that he probably worked for the Japanese Secret Police, but who are they exactly? Under what jurisdiction of Japanese law enforcement are they under? Are they like MI5 or something?

Furuya Rei is a member of 「黒の組織」(kuro no soshiki = the black organization). I don't know what chapter or episode you are referring to, so I cannot verify the original Japanese for "Japanese secret police" used there, but:

Yes, in real life there was a Japanese secret police along the same lines of Nazi Germany's Gestapo and the Soviet Union's KGB. It likewise carried out human rights abuses and crimes against humanity, such as experimentation on live prisoners of war and other individuals, and biological warfare (see also Japan’s Gestapo: Murder, Mayhem And Torture In Wartime Asia by Mark Felton).

It was called the Kempeitai. There was also a navy branch called the Tokubetsu Keisatsutai. In addition, the Tokubetsu Koutou Keisatsu conducted domestic criminal investigation of civilians suspected of being anti-war or dangerous and counter-espionage functions, and punished perceived offenders with torture.

However, all three were abolished by the Allied Powers in 1945, so it is not possible that Furuya Rei was a member, since he is only 29 years old in the Meitantei Conan series. Japan does not have a post-WWII secret service. It is likely that what is being translated as "Japanese secret police" is either 1) the Kouanchousachou a.k.a. the Public Security Intelligence Agency established under the Ministry of Justice in 1952, which "is tasked with internal security and espionage against threats to Japanese national security" and "has ties to several foreign intelligence as security agencies, including the CIA, FBI, MI6, and Mossad, with several PSIA agents having been invited to train with the CIA under its Intelligence Analysis Course," or 2) one of the types of special police in Japan.


Was Chiyo's real father ever shown? In Azumanga Daioh, Osaka sometimes dreams about Chiyo's father. In her dreams, he's a strange being voiced by Wakamoto Norio, capable of levitation and speaking in English, yet he claims to be a cat.

Is Chiyo's real father ever shown, or is this strange "cat" the only reference to him in the series?

Her father was never really shown. However, they are at least alive, as Chiyo talks to them when she comes home once.


Why kill instead of question? When the crime coefficient of an individual rises high enough, the Dominators are set to kill them when possible, seemingly by exploding them from inside. This causes some problems:

The police lose their chance to question their suspect, possibly hampering ongoing investigations (including information on Makishima).
It is ethically questionable to destroy someone's body; Japanese culture would probably want an intact body for a proper mourning and funeral.

Of course, maybe the Lethal Eliminator just looks cool enough, but are there better explanations?

The police lose their chance to question their suspect, possibly hampering ongoing investigations (including information on Makishima).

The premise in the series is that Sybil can identify any criminal with a simple mental scan, and most of the city is scanned constantly for stress levels and such. Hence, killing off a criminal won't hamper any sort of investigation, because all criminals are found just in time. In other words, there is no such thing as organized crime, because the rigorous scanning measures always detect everything in the city.

... Which is of course flawed. Individuals like Makishima can't be detected. However, as we learn later in the series, such "criminals" have a special role in the system, so we can ignore them.

  It is ethically questionable to destroy someone's body; Japanese culture would probably want an intact body for a proper mourning and
  funeral.

Sybil has crafted a peaceful society by making objective, calculated decisions. It has determined that an individual with a criminal coefficient greater than 300 has no salvation, and is only a danger for everyone else. I think it is a key feature of the series to display a society that is culturally different from ours.


Is Kakashi in love with Kahyo from Kakashi Hiden? Kakashi Hiden falls under the category of c-canon because while it was written by a different writer, Kishimoto supervised and approved of the novel. Kakashi Hiden occurred before Kakashi took office as the sixth Hokage. Kahyo is supposed to be executed but Kakashi reduced her punishment to life-imprisonment and made her the new warden of the Blood Prison.

Ib the epilogue of the novel Kakashi received a letter from Kahyo and Naruto is spreading rumors about Kakashi and Kahyo's relationship, which Kakashi denies. The last statement of the novel says, "Springtime is around the corner", which is, in Japan, a metaphor usually used to refer to a blossoming romance, but others interpret the last statement as a reference to "change" or think it refers to the actual spring season.

In chapter 700 of the manga after Kakashi has stepped down and Naruto has become the seventh Hokage, everybody is shown alongside their partners (except for Rock Lee who is shown training with a kid, and Ten Ten who is at a shop). But Guy and Kakashi are not shown with their "partners". It isn't even clear if they do have partners. Kakashi also says that he is going on a tour or something.

So is Kakashi in love with Kahyo from Kakashi Hiden? Did he end up with her and settle down with her? If he did, how does it work when Kahyo is serving her life-imprisonment as a warden at the Blood Prison? and why aren't they shown together like the other couples in Chapter 700?

as said in the Kakashi novel Naruto spreads rumors about Kakashi falling in love with kahyo
from Kakashi hidden. But this is inaccurate because Kakashi one denies it, and could not have a relationship with her.
this is because, if he had a relationship with her he would be sent to the blood prison along with being removed from his position as hokage. this is because she is serving a life sentence in the blood prison.


Where do the Naruto movies fall in the timeline? I know that the Naruto movies are outside the timeline in the sense that they don't affect whatever happens after them. However, they must fall somewhere in the Naruto timeline — based on who are in the movies and how the characters look like, etc. For example, if Sasuke isn't in the movie, it should take place after he left. For each of the movies, approximately what timeframe (between episodes/arcs) are they set?

The movies:

Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
Legend of the Stone of Gelel
Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom
Naruto Shippuden the Movie
Bonds
The Will of Fire
The Lost Tower
Blood Prison
Road to Ninja
The Last - Naruto the Movie
Boruto: Naruto The Movie

Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow

   between episodes 101-106

Sakura's hair is short in the movie. She cut it during the chunin exams.

The limited opportunity team 7 has to go on a mission together between the chunin exams and Sasuke's defection would be between episodes 101-106

Legend of the Stone of Gelel

   The movie takes place after episode 160

Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom

   The movie takes place after episode 196, during the anime's post-Sasuke era

Naruto Shippuden the Movie

   After Shippuden episode 53, when Naruto, Sakura, Sai and Yamato returned to the village.

Inheritors of the Will of Fire

   After Shippuden episode 89, due to the large influence of the Hidan and Kakuzu Arc.

Bonds

   After Shippuden episode 111, since Orochimaru was sick, which happened around when Sasuke was about to kill Orochimaru.

The Lost Tower

   After episode 152-154, after Jiraiya's death and before Pain attacked the village.

Blood Prison

No accurate timing, due to plot inconsistencies:

   Naruto knew Sage Mode and remembered when he met his father, despite the fact that the invasion of Pain had not occurred. A, the Fourth Raikage, still had his left hand, despite having lost it during the Five Kage Summit. Naruto knew Killer B, but Naruto did not meet him until their training at the Island Turtle. Anyway, if I had to put it somewhere, I'd probably put it after episode 196.

Road to Ninja

   After episode 251, because Naruto must have already met his mother, and I don't think it would take place in the middle of a war. However, the fact that Konoha shinobi were fighting against Pain and the Akatsuki at the beginning would place this before the 150s and undermines the plotline of Naruto's understanding of his parents, which means that it just doesn't fit perfectly. Later in the movie, it was showed that the Akatsuki members were white Zetsu's, not the real ones (which is why they were defeated so easily and could go through the ground).

The Last

I'd say this movie happens after episode 493, but I would watch it after ep 500 because some stuff the happens in the end of the movie

   that hints to the episode 500.

Boruto: Naruto The Movie - The Day Naruto Became Hokage

This happens before 'Boruto: Naruto Next Generations' so watch it after Episode 500. It's a special episode, so it's about 10 minutes. The title of the short "film" says it all.

Boruto: Naruto The Movie

This movie happens after the 'Boruto: Naruto Next Generations' have started.

   Probably around the The Chūnin Exams.


How did Chi end up in the trash? In Chobits, the protagonist finds Chi discarded with trash behind some house.

   One would think a product of a secret project like that, containing some extremely important secrets, would be at the very last disposed of in a responsible manner, and not just thrown out.

Maybe I wasn't an attentive watcher but I never spotted any backstory as to how she ended up there. Does the show explain it? If not, are there any viable theories?

In the manga, Chitose Hibiya mentions that she hoped someone would find Chii and give her all the things she was missing (e.g. Love). Chii's memory was wiped because she was sad, so this was an attempt to start over from scratch without any of her painful memories. And this also means not knowing anything about Chitose.

So Chitose put Chii in the trash so that Hideki would find her.


What book (bible) does Kuma always hold? Bartholomew Kuma is always seen holding this book (a bible)

What is this book?

EDIT

What type of bible is this? Just a regular bible, a bible from the One Piece world, or what? Is he some kind of priest? His shirt has same pattern as the bible.

It's clear from the pic that it's The Bible. And I believe that there is only one Bible (content-wise). About different versions - they're all translated from the original Bible. You can get a clearer view about the different versions of Bible here.

  Kuma is an enormous man, (22'6" feet tall). He is the tallest remaining Shichibukai (being one inch shorter than former member Gekko Moriah) and is usually seen carrying a Bible.

Source: Bartholomew Kuma - The One Piece Wiki (emphasis added)

Here's a pic depicting the name of the book much more clearly.


Why did L not prevent the report of Kira's tests in the police database if he already concluded he must have had access to such information? For some reason, the genius L only said not to report that information to the media. But in the previous episode he had already concluded that Kira had to have access to police information.
Episode 3: L concludes that Kira can control the time of death and is flaunting it, concluding to himself that Kira must have access to police information (they were suspecting he was a student and he previously accessed this internally reported information).

L: But something's not right. As soon as we began to suspect that Kira might be a student, the pacing of the killings changed. As if to contradict that theory. Coincidence? No. Too convenient. This can only mean that Kira has access to police information. It's obvious now. This is a direct challenge to me.

Episode 4: Hacking into the notes for the ongoing investigation, Light discovers that L suspects they were tests and doesn't want this information reported to the media.

L: We can't release details of these men's deaths to the media [...] I have reason to believe that Kira was performing some kind of "test" using these criminals. And if that's the case, we'd only be giving him the results of this information if we put it public.

I missed this on my previous rewatches. Small inconsistency, isn't it?

Probably because a public statement is different than a closed one.
Preventing these informations from leaking into medias would avoid "indirect bragging" from Kira (by the intermediate of the police), and avoid depreciating the police's image as well.
Then, maybe L knew that Kira would see this note, and be provoked by L contradicting his image. Since ep2, we know that Light is really aware of his image as Kira.


What does the symbol 油 on Jiraiya's headband mean? Jiraiya is shown wearing a headband with 油【あぶら】 drawn onto it. I know that 油 is the symbol for abura, and that it means "oil".

But how is it related to him? Does it have anything to do with the fact that he is a sage from Mount Myoboku?

The kanji for Oil 油 【あぶら】(Abura) is the symbol of Myobokuzan. Jiraiya wearing it on his forehead protector represents his affiliation to it. The symbol probably comes from their special sacred oil, which allows people to feel natural energy more easily, and evaporates outside Myobokuzan's atmosphere.


Where was Fate staying during the first season? The DVDs I own of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha seemed to use very bad fan subs as when Alph first appeared, Arisa kept referring to her as a 'he' (despite clearly seeing her boobs), then Fate was named Feid, and Alph was Elofy.

In episode 7, Is This a Third Magician? (titled in the subs as The Third Magical Girl), there is a subtitle indicating where Fate was living. However, I don't trust it as shortly after when Nanoha gets off the bus to walk home and meets Yuuno with the repaired Raising Heart, there is a subtitle of where she is and not only is it totally different to what was shown with Fate's location, but it doesn't even says Uminari City which is where the the Takamachi's, Bannings' and Tsukimura's live and where Midori-ya and Seishou Elementary School located (as such it's very unlikely Nanoha was dropped off in another city after school to go home or to visit Arisa or Suzuka).

So I am wondering where was that apartment tower Fate was living in?

On Earth, Fate and Arf live in an apartment which is probably located somewhere in Uminari City. Apart from that, their home is the Garden of Time, the base of Precia Testarossa in the dimensional space.


How did humans learn how to kill Titans? In Attack on Titan, how did humans learn the Titans' weak spot? How was it that they learned how to kill Titans?

Was it through experiments with live, captured Titans?

The only example I could think of where humans successfully captured live Titans and managed to get them within the walls was when they captured Sawney and Bean. But, during the time they had Sawney and Bean up until their untimely deaths, humans were already actively aware of the Titans' weak spots, which was the back of their necks (which could be cut/sliced/attacked).

I am rewatching Attack on Titan now and am currently on Episode 1. I may have overlooked something the first time I watched (hence I am rewatching it) but I am quite positive this might not have been answered.

So how exactly did humans learn/discover how to kill Titans? I still don't quite understand this. Manga answers are perfectly acceptable. ;)

Your question is partly answered in the 17th chapter of the Manga SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN - BEFORE THE FALL.

This answer is a SPOILER for anyone who hasn't read the manga after chapter 16.

   In this chapter, Instructor Jorge recalls the last Survey Corps expedition before their dissolution, before the beginning of the current story. He recalls the tests done on the captured titan. These tests of theirs sealed with finding the weaknesses, if any, of the titans, by hacking into their bodies with weapons made of Iron Bamboo. They discovered that their lower part of the body (limbs), and the head wasn't their weakness. Then they were interrupted by the onset of other titans from the South and the West.
 Here, the chapter ends and as the next chapter hasn't been released yet, we don't know how they got to know about the weak point.
 What we do know is that Angel Altonnen killed Mammon (a titan) using The Device (a prototype of 3DMG) and discovered the weak point.

I will update the answer as soon as more information is revealed....


Who wrote the passage on the Poneglyph at Skypiea? In chapter 507 the Straw Hat crew meets Rayleigh for the first time. It was then that Robin asked whether Roger was able to understand the ancient language used on the poneglyphs, because at Skypiea she had come across a poneglyph with a passage written on it, supposedly signed by Roger. Yet Rayleigh said that they were merely pirates and that Roger could not match the intellect of those of Ohara. So then in the end, who did write the passage?

  I have come here, and will lead this passage to the very end. - Pirate Gol D. Roger

It seems that we finally know. Oda revealed in chapter 818 that...

  ...it was most likely Lord Kouzuki Oden that wrote down that passage. The Poneglyph were created by the Kouzuki clan and it was confirmed that Lord Oden was able to read the language and write on the stones.

 Later it was revealed that he himself had travelled with the former Pirate King, Roger. So chances are that he travelled along with Roger to Skypiea and wrote that additional paragraph.


What exactly is "Sakuga" and how it pertains to the animation quality? Upon little research we can find the literal meaning of Sakuga,

  Sakuga written as '作画' in Japanese has a literal meaning of 'working drawing' but generally is used to mean just 'animation'

i.e. it just refers to the animation.

However, it takes on a slightly different meaning in context of anime where it refers to exceptionally animated scenes as 'good sakuga'.

What I want to know is how is sakuga described as good or bad? Is it a subjective scale referring to the mix of factors such as direction, frames per second, cost of animation per second etc. Historical context would be a bonus for an answer!

Sakuga is basically where animators go from using cheats like only animating the mouth or skipping frames to animating every frame with fluid movement.

Sakuga (作画) (lit., "drawing pictures") is a term used in anime to describe moments in a show or movie when the quality of the animation improves drastically, typically for the sake of making a dramatic point or enlivening the action....
The other end of this spectrum, however, is when the animation becomes exceptionally expressive and fluid -- when every single frame is animated, and the movements themselves are closely-observed and realistic (or, failing that, spectacular to look at). This is what's known as sakuga. Action-oriented shows tend to have the most instances of sakuga, but there are many examples of dramatic shows using them as well -- for instance, to highlight an exceptionally emotional moment.
Opening and closing sequences of shows typically feature sakuga (which sometimes leads to jokes about that being where the majority of the animation budget is spent, especially if the rest of the show isn't as fluid). ThoughtCo

There's more information about it here and here.
"Good sakuga" seems to basically refer to sakuga animation that looks exceptionally fluid or realistic, or just looks cool. It's seems to be subjective, based more on what people think looks good than on any scale or mix of factors.
Pages like this give examples of what they think of as good sakuga, and from reading the descriptions you can see they talk about what would be referred to as cinematography in live action shows.


What powers does Araragi have after he was cured? In the first episode of Bakmonogatari, Araragi revealed to Senjogahara that he was once a vampire and that he retained the regeneration ability after being cured.

In Episode 3 Mayoi Maimai - Part 1, Araragi is looking at Hachikuji after she comes back. His eyes go red and he says something about normally being able to read names at his current distance but with Hachikuji he can't. This leads him to ask Senjogahara about characters appearing in Hachikuji name.

I am wondering what powers Araragi still has after being cured of his vampirism?

[Potentially incomplete answer. I have only watched the anime and read "Tsubasa Song", and I suspect that there would be more information in the light novels. Some referencing from the Wikia entry for Araragi, since I needed something to jog my memory.]

Through-out the series, we see a couple different traits that were presumably acquired as a result of having become a vampire:

Firstly, Araragi has various healing powers. For instance, even after being attacked by staplers in the beginning of Bakemonogatari, it seems that his mouth was able to heal very quickly. Moreover, in Nekomonogatari Black, he heals Hanekawa's wound with some of his blood.
In the Hachikuji arc, Araragi reads Hachikuji's name off of her bag. I don't remember the scene very well, but Senjougahara is unable to see the name. Araragi is not aware -- at that point in time -- that Senjougahara is unable to see Hachikuji. Rather (per a discussion on TV Tropes that I read -- see "one dialogue, two conversations" -- and my memory of the scene), he assumes that he was able to read the name because of some enhanced vampiric vision.
In Nisemonogatari, we see Araragi being hesitant to spar with his sisters. This is because he doesn't want to harm them because of the super-human strength he has acquired.
Later, Araragi removes some of the poison that has been making Karen feverish. However, it's not clear if this is just a vampire ability or a result of the fact that given that the fever is supernaturally generated, he can remove some of it. Without more information, I would assume that it's probably the latter.

Most definitely at least during the events of Bakemonogatari in the in-universe chronology, if not after it, Araragi has a conversation with Meme Oshino (or possibly with Shinobu -- I don't remember which).

   He is told that he has the option of becoming entirely human again, provided that he does not feed Shinobu his blood. Moreover, in "Tsukimonogatari", we see that Araragi is slowly becoming a vampire -- he can't see his reflection anymore, and Shinobu closes the blinds in his room to prevent him from contacting sunlight.

The above suggests that the exact abilities Araragi has are dependent on how much blood Shinobu has been allowed to suck from him -- we see, for instance, in "Suruga Monkey", that Araragi preemptively lets Shinobu suck blood from him to ensure that he won't straight-out die from being attacked by Kanbaru. Furthermore, Araragi's exact abilities eventually change.

But in any case, normally speaking (i.e. when he hasn't let Shinobu suck a lot of his blood), Araragi's abilities seem to essentially be slight improvements of normal human physical abilities (of sight, strength, healing), and nothing more than that. For instance, unlike Shinobu:

   Araragi is incapable of time-travelling alone -- it's Shinobu who creates a portal to the past in "Mayoi Jiangshi" -- and we never see him travel at really high speeds when he is "normal" (whereas Shinobu presumably did when she escaped with a man to Antarctica).


Why did Airi say "Whose eyes are those eyes" at the end of the first episode? At the very end of the first episode, Airi is shown saying "Whose eyes are those eyes?" - a key phrase from Chaos;Head, another visual novel and anime from the same creators.

From what I've read, Robotics;Notes does have some ties to Chaos;Head that were seemingly cut from the anime completely (possibly copyright issues?). But it doesn't make sense to me that she would say this line when Chaos;Head is not referenced at all at any other point in the anime series, if I remember correctly.

Did I miss the meaning of the line within the anime series? Or does anyone have an explanation from the Robotics;Notes visual novel?

This is indeed a meta-reference, that spans across the three games in the series.

The reference starts in Chaos;Head with Takuto, he spreads the phrase and is surprise how it catches on and becomes a meme.

One of the reasons is a serial killer that leaves behind this message at the scene of their crime.

I don't believe that there's an actual reference in Steins;Gate, but there is a reference to in the non-canonical 8-bit version:

In Robotics;Notes, "Airi" is an "automated data collection engine," so it would makes sense that she would pick up a meme such as that.


Has Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood always been the number 1 top anime on MyAnimeList? I would like to know if there were animes which reigned supreme on MAL before and after FMAB made its entry on the list. Has any anime ever dethroned FMAB (even if temporarily) or has it always been the defending champion, to this date.

Thanks in Advance.

On this reddit thread, you can see state of top anime list since 2007 until 2016. According to it, FMA: Brotherhood was outscored by Gintama at least for some period of time.

This history thread is not up to date, but at least it answers your question - yes, there was another top anime since FMA:B was released.


Was the ufotable Touhou anime ever released? In order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Anime Tenchou (who most notably appears in Lucky Star), ufotable animated a 10 minute crossover anime between Touhou and Anime Tenchou in 2010. ANN has a news release about it here.

I know that this was shown at Animate Ichioshi Bishōjo Matsuri according to the news release, but I have not been able to find any information about a general release. Was this ever released in any format to the general public?

To my knowledge, it has been released but in a theater or the like and no one was allowed to record it in any way thus no one else has seen it.

アニメ店長×東方プロジェクトとは、アニメ店長誕生10周年を記念して行われたコラボレーション企画である。
[...]
アニメ店長誕生から10周年を記念し製作されたショートアニメーション（約10分）で、2010年11月20日に行われた”『アニメ店長』プレゼンツ!!アニメイト一押し美少女アニメまつり”にて初公開された。
[...]
その後12月29日～31日にアニメイト一部店舗で単独イベント上映、2011年1月9日に全国アニメイト各店にて上映された。尚、DVD,BDの販売はなく（設定資料のみ販売）会場での上映限定での公開となった。


What are the plot holes in Naruto? Can someone come up with a list of all the plot holes or contradictions Kishimoto has made in the Naruto Manga?

Since the story is still continuing, even would-be plot holes can be patched over later. The only real hiccup that comes to mind is an art issue:

In Chapter 619 the four past Hokages are revived with the 4th Hokage's signature coat rocking the flames on bottom.

But in Chapter 630, the 4th Hokage arrives on the battlefield with coat in full flow with missing flames.


An anime in which people/androids are turned into pills which everyone takes instead of eating All I remember is watching an anime early in the morning on Sci-Fi channel.

I remember a scene of a young boy with a gun in a futuristic setting. He was watching a large conveyor belt with old androids and/or humans being dumped into a machine which turns them into supplement pills that everyone takes instead of eating.

It could have been a movie or an OVA, I'm not sure. Also, I am not sure when it aired on Sci-Fi, but it had to be anywhere from 2000-2006 and it was in English.

Galaxy Express 999 Adieu.

The conveyor belt is bright purple and covered with rows of bodies of non-robotic people, going towards a bright white light. The boy with the gun, Tetsuro, stands watching the process with 3 of his traveling party, as the bodies are processed. They are dropped through what looks like lines of electricity and a white orb is extracted which is contained in a tiny pill that is essentially robot food. It is referred to as the flame of life. – This link is bad quality but is on the scene. https://youtu.be/RI-b9_o3nSk?t=5523


Who is the bad guy in Aru Zombie Shoujo no Sainan? Usually with anime, there are the heroes (aka protagonists), and the villains (aka antagonists).  There might be some characters that switch sides, or the sides might not be ultimate good or evil, but you can almost always draw those lines.

In Aru Zombie Shoujo no Sainan, you think the group of college kids are the protagonists, but you are quickly shown they are not.

When I heard the voices of the 2 girls, I thought "Oh, OK, they're the protagonists", since, in my experience, Japanese voice actors tend to play roles on the same side (good/evil), with similar characteristics, and those were the voices of the good guys.  Though I was also quickly shown otherwise.

At the end, I was thoroughly confused as to who was on which side, or if there were even sides at all.

While most anime follow the good vs bad script Aru Zonbi Shōjo no Sainan is not one of them. We have two sides: the zombies, and the zombie adversaries.  Neither can be described as good as both commit immoral acts. For example, the zombies kill innocents (the caretaker in the first place), while the zombie adversaries constantly betray each other.

Nevertheless, the story of Aru Zonbi Shōjo no Sainan can be understood as a clash of values. In Euphrosyne Studions worldview, loyalty plays a major role. This is demonstrated by her punishment of Masahiro Abe and her venturous rescue attempts to save Alma.

The college kids on the other hand are betrayed by Sayaka. Who is betrayed by Takanashi. Who is betrayed by Mako. And I nearly forgot Abe tried to sell his group out too.


Why didn't Mello see Shinigami after touching the Death Note in Episode 29? I asked this question on Movies & TV SE, but was requested to ask here.

In the 29th episode of Death Note (Father), a third Shinigami (Sidoh) arrived at Los Angeles to get his notebook back.

He needed the current owner (which was one of the Mello's subordinates, Jack Neylon) to touch the Death Note in order to see him.

How did Jack Neylon become the owner of the note if he didn't touch it?

And when Sidoh arrived, the Death Note was in the hands of Mello, but he didn't see Sidoh. Why is that?

The Death Note owned by Jack Neylon (his real name being Kal Snyder) was the one Light Yagami picked up in the first episode of the Death Note Anime Series, the one with some rules written on the inner side(s) of its cover. This is the very Death Note Light had in his hand when Kyosuke Higuchi (the person from Yotsuba) died of a heart attack. Since Higuchi was its previous owner, the ownership passed back to Light. Also, the Shinigami in possession of the Death Note before Higuchi was Rem.

So when, Light knew that Soichiro Yagami (his father) gave the Death Note to someone from Mello's gang (who they called Y462), he gave up the ownership of that Death Note. So the ownership now passed to Y462. Since this Y462 guy was eventually killed by the leader of the gang, the ownership must have passed to the next person who touched the Death Note, that logically being Kal Snyder. It is never mentioned that Kal Snyder never touched the Death Note. He must have. That is why he became its owner.

There are two logical ways in which the ownership of a Death Note can be affected after the 'death' of the Shinigami who owned it.

Case I:
Let's suppose that if the Shinigami who owned a Death Note 'dies', the Shinigami who owned the Death Note previously, again becomes it's owner. In this case Ryuk becomes the owner of the Death Note, not Sidoh, as it was Ryuk who owned the Death Note before Rem. So in this case, Kal Snyder can see Ryuk, not Sidoh.

Case II:
Let's suppose that if the Shinigami who owned a Death Note 'dies', the Death Note is no longer owned by a Shinigami. So, there is no Shinigami associated with the Death Note from the point when Rem 'died' to the point when Sidoh snatched the Death Note away from Mello. So in this case, Kal Snyder could only see Sidoh when he snatched away the Death Note from Mello and threw it at him. Not at any point before that.

By considering either of the above two cases to be true, we conclude that though the Death Note originally belonged to Sidoh, he was not currently it's owner. That is why Kal Snyder, or for that matter, anyone in contact with the Death Note (such as Mello) couldn't see Sidoh before the Death Note was thrown at Kal Snyder and touched by the respective person.


Law's goal with the One-Piece? Does Law have a particular goal with going after the one-piece? I'm not sure if he or the other major players in the running for the one-piece have had their motivations put front-and-center yet.

But so far everyone that is member of the straw-hats has had their goal explained. But aside from wanting to crush Doflamingo does Law have an actual goal?

No one is after the One-Piece in the straw hat crew, not even Luffy.

As it was explained many times, each member has a different motivation to go trough the Grand Line:

Luffy wants to conquer the Grand Line to be the pirate king, because the pirate king has the most freedom in the world
Nami wants to draw the map of the entire world
Sanji wants to get to All blue (wich supposedly is close to One-Piece)
Zoro wants to be the biggest swordsman in the world (aka.: He need to defeat Hawk)
Chopper wants to find the cure every disease
Robin wants to learn the void century's history
Franky wants to be on the Sunny Go when Luffy becomes the pirate king, so he can complete his dream
Brook wants to meet Laboon when they finally get back to the beginning of the grand line

This is why they seem to be better than most of the pirates as they don't want to get to the end of the Grand Line to get rich.

Law only wants to find the One-Piece to become the Pirate King and because that's mostly treasure.


What are the real life counterparts of the anime studios mentioned in episode 12 of Shirobako? In episode 12 of Shirobako, five major animation studios were listed:

  スタジオカナン (Studio Canaan)
  barmedéa
  武蔵野アニメーション (Musashino Animation)
  The born
  G.I.STAFF

I'm pretty sure "G.I.STAFF" is "J.C.STAFF".

What are the real-life counterparts of the other studios?

Partial answer - I'm not sure about Studio Canaan.

G.I. Staff → Production I.G (the "G" and "I" on the in-show logo are lifted directly from the actual logo), possibly with an admixture of J.C.Staff
Barmedéa → Diomedéa (formerly known as Studio Barcelona; the logos are similar)
The Born → probably Bones (the logos don't really match, but the president of The Born [Inami Masahiko] looks like the president of Bones [Minami Masahiko] - comparison picture courtesy /u/TheVict on reddit)
I doubt that Musashino Animation, being the focus of the show, is a parody of any existing studio. If it were, the obvious choice would be P.A. Works (which is the company producing Shirobako), but P.A. Works doesn't really map onto Musashino Animation well. P.A. Works is a lot more successful, for one.


Where does the manga for Beyblade original series end in comparision to the anime? I found on the web that there are some differences in the storyline of the manga and the anime (English) of Beyblade (original series). In my quest to know the differences I tried to find the manga online (legal), but I've yet to know for certain how many volumes/chapters (of the manga) are available for the original Beyblade series. Wikipedia shows that there are 14 issues available. But the description about Vol. 14 here is the source of confusion for me. It says:

  It's down to the final battle in the G.B.C.--the ultimate test to see which team will earn the title of Beyblade world champions! Tyson's grandfather and friends start celebrating victory before the final battle even takes place--but will the BBA Revolution actually win?

   I just completed the series and the aforesaid description fits into Episode 30 of the Season 3 G-Revolution where BBA team stands victorious in final round of Beyblade World Championship. Also, Season 3 ran for 52 episodes and the episodes after Episode 30 dealt with a challenge named BEGA.

This is exactly my confusion. If I consider the description then it means almost 40 p.c. of anime aren't present in the last issue, Vol. 14 of manga series, and this seems to be a major difference.

Now, it all comes down to the following points:

Am I missing something about manga of the said series?
Could it be that the said description is incomplete or wrong?
Where does the final issue of manga end?
Would manga be enough to reflect the complete storyline of anime? Meaning, does there exist mini-series too?
Optional: where can I buy/get the complete manga for the said series?

The Bakuden Shoot Beyblade manga by Aoki Takao is the basis for seasons 1 to 3 of the original anime series. Episode 51 of season 3, G-Revolution, correlates to chapter 3 (the final chapter) of volume 14 of the manga. Chapter 3 of manga volume 14 does not correspond to G-Revolution episode 30.

Spoiler for final pages of manga chapter 3 and episode 51:

   Taichi and Kai stand poised to battle one more time, but the battle itself and its results are not shown.

G-Revolution episode 52 features

  a giant vortex crisis and then wraps up with showing images of every team and major character that appeared in the entire 3 seasons.

The contents of that episode are not covered in the manga.

Manga volume 14 includes a manga version of the Bakuten Shoot Beyblade The Movie: Gekitou!! Takao vs. Daichi direct-to-DVD anime film.

Volume 14 also features an epilogue one-shot manga about the children of the main characters (who are now grown up). This epilogue was not animated.

Finally, Aoki Takao commissioned novelist Tachimori Megumi to write a Bayblade gaiden (side story) short novel titled Bakuden Shoot Beyblade Gaiden -Yuriy Ivanov- for which he provided the illustration, which is free to read on his official website. Fans have made an English translation of it here. This novel was not animated.

There was also a spin-off manga from the original series titled Seidoushi BLADERS -Beyblade Battle Story- written by Miyazaki Masaru and illustrated by 印照 (whose romaji name I can't find anwhere. It might be pronounced "Shirushi Shou" or "Shirushi Teru"), collected into 3 volumes. Its content is not depicted in the anime at all.

Fans have discussed some differences between the manga and the anime in this forum.

You also mentioned the English-language version of the anime. Since the English dub contains a large amount of edits from the original anime, the dub version does not match the original manga closely. You can see the dub changes from the original anime listed here.


Who is faster, Flashy Flash or Speed-o'-Sound Sonic? At some point in the webcomic, the speed of Flashy Flash's attack is given: it takes a centisecond to perform each attack. I suppose his speed can be calculated if you know the distance of his attacks. I don't know if Speed-o'-Sound Sonic's speed is given or it can be calculated, though it probably has to be over the speed of sound, right?

Who is faster, Flashy Flash or Speed of Speed-o'-Sound Sonic?

While I do like Sonic much better, it's pretty obvious from what we've seen so far: (Manga Spoiler Alert)

1.Flashy and Sonic were from the same ninja village, same ninja class (44th "End Class" or whatever), same generation. Flashy was number 1 from this class.

2.The two ninja dudes (upper classmen from the same ninja school and village), that ate the monsterfication cells, were much faster than Sonic, while Flashy beat them pretty easy 1vs2.

Although Sonic is currently slower, I think that he will catch up at some point and maybe even surpass Flashy.


Is there any precedent for the child of two chakra types? We've established that chakra element is hereditary (I.e. Sasuke got fire from his parents, etc.). Is there any precedent for what happens when parents with different elements have a kid? Does one element "win" and become the one that the child has, or does the child get both?

Let's first off state bloodline limits.

Bloodline limits come with perks like Wood and Ice elements (Yamato and Haku). This suggests that there is indeed a chance (Since it's not for everyone, just like the sharingan and byakugan) they will inherit it from their parents.

It doesn't seem like anyone outside the clans have the blood limit abilities, so we will assume that even when someone does not posses for example, Wood elements, they might still be carriers and carry the ability on to their children.

However, they do seem to pass on elements within clans. The Uchiha specializes in Fire, Uzumaki in Wind, and so on.

It is quite safe to assume that you inherit the talent for your chakra element type.

However

Anyone can learn any chakra element type given enough practice. Even though this won't easily become better than their main chakra element type, it could still be passed on to their children more naturally.

Furthermore, it's probably a lot like bloodtypes in real life. Tho there are technically rules, every human can get a random blood type instead of what their parents got. if not, we would all have the same blood types in the end! I believe this is also how the elements work. It's a game of chance between which parent has the stronger genes.

Sources:

I've been a proper fan for 10 years now and am rewatching + reading it for the 9th time or so.
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Chakra This webpage explains how ninjas can learn chakra types besides their natural affinity.

Other than that, this is all speculation. There is no proof of what I said and there is no explanation from Kishimoto relating to this. All my speculation is based on how I have learned the anime and manga.


What is the text before the OP in Date a Live episode 9 talking about? Before the openings in Date A Live, the narrator reads some epic-sounding text which is somewhat related to the content of the episode. In most cases it's been easy to understand, but the text from episode 9 is ambiguous. Here's the translation from Funimation's stream of the episode, this dialogue starts at 1:30:

  "It" is something all things are given.

  "It" can not be bought.

  People often waste "it,"

  hold "it" dear,

  and chase after "it."

  What... is "it"?

What is this "it" that she is talking about, and what does it have to do with the plot of the series?

I am not very confident about my Japanese to argue about the correctness of the translation. However, it is quite clear from the context of the episode that the riddle is referring to Time, and Time fits quite well to the first 3 lines of the riddle (where there is no confusion in translation).

This is the episode where the ability of Tokisaki Kurumi (時崎 狂三), the third Spirit, is revealed.

   And as shown in episode 9, Kurumi has the ability to manipulate time. She can summon herself from different time axes, and this is the reason why she can cheat death as shown in episode 8 to 10. Episode 9 and episode 10 display her angel's abilities: rewind time on an object, temporarily freeze time on an object, and instant movement. However, every time she uses the angel's ability, it consumes a bit of her life (time) as indicated by the clock face on her left eye. Therefore, it is necessary for her to consume time from other sources to refill hers, as explained in episode 9.


Why are the physiological wing locations on the beastmen body inconsistent? In BNA there are important characters that are both able to fly but physiologically have their wings on different parts of their body.
(NOTE: Spoilers marked below are from Episodes 7, 8 & 9)
Why does

  Michiru (Tanuki) have her arms turn into arm wings but Nazuna (kitsune) gets to have her wings on her back and keep her arms

when

 both have the same experimental beastman blood syrum and can both transform/change shape at will?

Is it because

 Nazuna has been groomed to be the silver wolf religion's idol and having wings on her back make her look more angelic while Michiru's wings are more practical since she already knows how to transform/stretch her arms?

Is there a plot related explanation? Or is it just a design choice?

Michiru's transformations are largely instinctive and driven by her emotional state and force of will.

 As you noted, Michiru had already been transforming her arms by force of will.
 - Michiru extends her arms in at least two episodes
 - Michiru "bulks" her arms up to throw crazy hard pitches

When she needed to fly, that was the instinctive part of her body to change.

 It should be noted that she also changes her feet into bird feet, likely another instinctive change.  Michiru can do more elaborate changes (including reverting to a human and becoming a chameleon) only through deliberate concentration.

Nazuna, meanwhile,

 has had considerably more practice at transforming. She is really a fox, but makes herself look like a wolf beastman at will (her shift is near-instantaneous when she and Michiru are interrupted unexpectedly). She also does a convincing facsimile of the real Silver Wolf, including going down on all four legs and glowing. It's likely she could will herself into any shape.

 Most importantly, Nazuna saw this as a way to build herself as an artist. Michiru's flying transformation would not fit with her desired persona of a "cute" wolf.


What is the longest-running manga series that has already ended before september 2016? Ah! My Goddess manga has run from september 1988 to june 2014, and that is 25 years, 9 months.

Of the manga series that have already ended by this posting (before september 2016), what is the longest-running one?

Is it Ah! My Goddess? Or is there an even longer one?

I'm more interested in the time between the first and the last chapter, but if you can in addition to make a point for the one with more chapters, that is also acceptable

The series mentioned by senshin in the comments are hard to beat. But here is a new record:

Chiisana Koi no Monogatari (小さな恋のものがたり) ran for 52 years, from 1962 to 2014.

It was created by Chikako Mitsuhashi and published by Manga Time. A total of 43 were published.

Sources: wikipedia and myanimelist.

According to the same wikipedia article, the record to most chapters seem to go to Sazae-san, with 6477, and the one for more volumes published to Nijitte Monogatari with 111.


Has the episode count for Black Clover been announced? According to Wikipedia it's 13 eps, MAL hasn't said anything and some say it's 50/51 eps.

Does anyone really know how many episodes the series is going to be?

Considering the slow pacing, I think it's going to be longer than 12/13 episodes... but I may be wrong.

Nothing "official" has been announced yet, it was assumed that it's going to have 13 episodes because that's kind of the norm nowadays and Funimation did list it at one point as having that many episodes, but they were wrong about episode order before so, who knows.

Recently though, Yonkou_Prod, a fan-site that was responsible for several anime leaks in the past, claimed that the anime's episode order has been expanded to 51 episodes, and as unlikely as that sounds, they seem confident about their claims...

Whether and who you want to believe is totally up to you, but the fact of the matter is: we don't know anything official yet.


How did Naruto learn the Teleportation Jutsu? I distinctly remember that scene from the anime where Naruto has just learned to control the Nine Tail's chakra. He immediately senses Kisame hiding in the sword and goes on to teleport to him and give him a good punch.

Has it ever been explained how he suddenly knows how to use this jutsu? Is it maybe just the body flicker technique that was taken to new heights because he now has all this extra chakra or is it the teleportation jutsu in the same vain his father used?

I think you are talking about Chapter 505:

  Naruto Uzumaki completes his training of gaining the Nine-Tails'
  chakra inside of him. Before Yamato, Naruto, and Killer B leave,
  Naruto senses Kisame Hoshigaki inside Samehada. Samehada springs into
  action but Naruto used his right hand to smash Kisame.

There is no way that Naruto has used teleportation technique. But when someone does jinchūriki transformation, then according to wiki:

  The user's physical abilities are enhanced while the mode is active,
  with greater enhancements coming from using more of the Nine-Tails'
  chakra.

So by simply doing a jinchūriki transformation, I don't think he will be able to teleport all of a sudden, and there is also nothing in wiki which states that he was able to do teleportation. So it was his greater speed!


What is the cover of Reset! Chapter 2 a reference to? I've read three chapters of the manga Reset!, which takes place in the same world as Yuru Yuri. Each chapter's cover seems to be a reference to some other work. For example, here's the Chapter 3 cover:

Which is a reference to this famous Kanon image:

Here's the cover of Chapter 1:

Which I believe is a reference to this Little Busters image:

Here's the cover of Chapter 2:

I cannot figure out what this image is referring to. Since the other two were works by Key, I checked into Clannad, Air, and Rewrite, but none of them seem to match that logo. Does anyone recognize this image?

Now I feel stupid...

A little thought and twenty minutes with Google image search has got me pretty sure that this cover is a reference to Kud Wafter:

Kud Wafter is the spinoff of Little Busters that continues the story of Kudryavka Noumi, in the same way that Tomoyo After continues the story of Tomoyo Sakagami from Clannad. I forgot the spinoffs existed, so I didn't look into them.

The Reset! character on the Chapter 2 cover uses the name "Kudryavka" as a nom de plume for her poetry, which makes it pretty near a sure thing.


Who is this girl dressed in an elaborate pink outfit? Can you tell me who this anime girl is and what anime she hails from? Thank you.

That would be V Lila F in Yozakura Quartet: hana no uta

  In a town where humans and demons co-exist, it takes more than a normal police force to maintain the peace. Enter the Hiizumi Life Counseling Office, a fantastic foursome of unique teenagers, each gifted with an amazing super power!
  Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime/18497/Yozakura_Quartet:_Hana_no_Uta#Mjd5m0HjSkT8qkkb.99

You can tell its Lila because of that flower on her cheek


Do the various kingdoms in The Twelve Kingdoms have historical basis? The world of The Twelve Kingdoms seems quite rich, with a complicated history of the kingdoms, and a backstory of major world events and people.  What I'm wondering is, are the Twelve Kingdoms based on historical kingdoms, or just created from whole cloth?

Twelve kingdoms possibly derives some loose inspiration from the Wei, Shu, and Wu Chinese kingdoms of the 3rd century CE which are popularly referred to as the Three Kingdoms.

  The Three Kingdoms (AD 220–280) were Wei (魏), Shu (蜀), and Wu (吳). The Three Kingdoms period, part of the Six Dynasties period, followed the loss of de facto power of the Han Dynasty emperors. In a strict academic sense, it refers to the period between the foundation of the state of Wei in 220 AD and the conquest of the state of Wu by the Jin Dynasty in 280.

The story of the three kingdoms was romanticised and immortalised in the 14th century by Luo Guanzhong as The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

  Romance of the Three Kingdoms is acclaimed as one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature; it has a total of 800,000 words and nearly a thousand dramatic characters (mostly historical) in 120 chapters. The novel is among the most beloved works of literature in East Asia, and its literary influence in the region has been compared to that of the works of Shakespeare on English literature. It is arguably the most widely read historical novel in late imperial and modern China.

The novel is well known throughout China, Korea, and Japan. I am unfamiliar with the story to comment on any similarities in plot or structure. But as a guess, I'd say that beyond the fact that the societies in Twelve Kingdoms are similar to feudal Japan/China, there are no major similarities.

There are, however, some obvious Buddhist influences. For example, the very geography of the Twelve Kingdoms is shaped like a lotus with a harmonious, magical centre (the yellow "sea") which has huge mountain ranges. There are also eight petals for the eight inner kingdoms with their eight kings.

The lotus in Buddhism (and other religions out of India) is representative of the Eight Fold Path, and various other interpretations involving the number eight (directions, etc.). Buddha sits in the centre and holds things together. There's also a Mount Meru in the centre which serves as the world's axis.

I'm not entirely sure how the four outer kingdoms fit in, going by the above image, there probably is some exotic symbolism for the corners.

Some Eastern animal symbolism which has crept into Buddhism is also present in Juuni Kokuki. For example, all life is hatched from ranka, eggs which grow on trees. Compare this with the following image of Buddha being hatched from a "cosmic egg":

FWIW, Korean history has its own Three Kingdoms.


What episode in Naruto Shippuuden did they start the mission to seal the nibi? I've stopped watching Naruto Shippuuden in the episodes where they were sealing Matatabi, the nibi (two-tailed beast). I want to continue watching but I'm not sure what episode to watch. So, what is the episode where the main topic is about the nibi and they are starting the mission to seal it?

The nibi was sealed in episode 81 of Naruto Shippuuden, Sad News. The whole mission starts in episode 71, My Friend, when Akatsuki starts chasing the nibi.


What are the six paths? In Naruto manga chapter 510, Madara mentioned the following two things:

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2>

So, what are the 6 paths that Madara was referring to, and how is Nagato the third one of them?

The six paths are related to the Sage of the Six paths and Pain. Recall that Pain had clones that each specialized in something? Well each one had contained one path from the six

Deva Path - Attraction and repulsion
Asura Path - Attack and defense
Human Path - Ability to read minds
Animal Path - Ability to summon
Preta Path - Absorbing Chakra
Naraka Path - Summon the Hell King

There is also the 7th path that Pain wasn't able to master, which was the Outer Path, the ability to control life and death. Pain used the Outer Path to revive the members of Konoha, however it costed him his life.

So when Tobi was talking about the 6 paths, he was talking about all the people that had control over the 6 paths. First would be the Sage of the Six paths, then it would be Madara, and lastly it would be Nagato.

On a side note, seeing as how he is not called the Sage of the Seven Paths, I think it is safe to assume he could not  control life and death. Meaning he would also probably have to sacrifice his life in order to use the Outer Path.


What constitutes as an Yin/Yang/Yinyang element technique? As we know, the Naruto "Table of the elements" consists of more than just the basic 5.

In addition to all of the combination elements, (Wood, Ice, etc), we also have the three rather bizarre Yin, Yang, and YinYang elements.

What are they? What can they do? Tobi explained that mastery over these elements allows one to basically become God, completely erasing the boundary between dream and reality. However, is that all there is to it?

The Second Mizukage states that genjutsu is basically Yin element, what does that make the Yang element?

Also, what is the YinYang element? Is "God" the only jutsu there?

What about elementless jutsus like Shadow Clone, do they constitute as either of the three?

This will only partly answer your question, but according to naruto wikia 1,

  Yin relates to one's spiritual energy and Yang relates to one's
  physical energy and it's necessary to utilise both of these in order
  to mould chakra for ninjutsu.

I thing that the phrase "become God" is used as a metaphor. According to the same wiki, the Sage of the Six Paths had absolute control over Yin and Yang, and was able to "make his fantasies come to life". This is described as 2

  The process he used is explained to have initially involved the
  administration of imagination, and the spiritual energy which forms
  the basis of Yin chakra to create shape and form from nothingness.
  Then, through the application of vitality, and the physical energy
  which forms the basis of Yang chakra, he would breathe life into the
  prior form.

The Second Mizukage states that genjutsu is basically Yin element, what does that make the Yang element?

Yes, genjitsu is basically a subset of Yin release (Inton, 陰遁). Based on the fact that Yin relates to spirit energy, and Yang relates to physical energy, that makes perfect sense, because genjitsu techniques are basically illusions. According to the wiki again, the Yang release (Yōton, 陽遁) is "based on the physical energy that governs vitality" and  3

  can be used to breathe life into form.

It's also the Yang part of the Nine-Tailed Fox's chakra that was sealed within Naruto. This causes the Yang chakra to have impact on other techniques when Naruto is in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode - namely, the Wood Release technique.

It is also implied that the elemental-less techniques, have their source in Yin and Yang (this is from chapter 316):

1Yin-Yang Release
2Creation of All Things
3Yang Release


Question about shadow clone jutsu So in ep 380 of Shippuden, when Naruto and 2nd Hokage teleported everyone outside the barrier using the flying Ryjjin, the 2nd hokage said something about Naruto's shadow clone Jutsu. I couldn't quite understand what he was trying to say. Can someone please explain it to me?

Everyone using Naruto's chakra are linked to naruto as his shadow clones would. And when Minato connected himself with Naruto, he also indirectly linked himself with all the ninjas using Naruto's chakra.


How did Dio Brando survive the ship sinking? In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part I Phantom Blood, in the climax ending, Jonathan sacrifices his life to defeat Dio and save Erina, his unborn child Jorge and baby Lisa Lisa.

Erina manages to save herself and Lisa Lisa by hiding in Dio's coffin, but then in Stardust Crusaders, another coffin with "DIO" engraved on it is rescued from the bottom of the ocean where Dio had been sleeping for the past century, having survived by stealing Jonathan's body.

Where did that second coffin come from? I've came back to this to try and make sense of it but I don't know if it's a plot hole or not.

I enjoy JoJo's Bizarre Adventure so much, and there are instances where it really stretches it too far.

Like some bizarre happenings have some kind of explanation in it (see King Crimson) but this one is the one that still evades me.

Is there an explanation for this?

Originally, Dio did die at the end of Phantom Blood, but when Araki decided to write Stardust Crusaders, he retconned the ending of Phantom Blood. These retcons were applied to the anime accordingly.

After retconning, the coffin had a second compartment that Dio hid in while Erina hid in the top compartment. After Erina got in the coffin, Dio ripped off Jonathan's head and got into the same coffin Erina was in. When Erina was rescued, they did not rescue the coffin, they let it sank, without knowing that Dio was within the second compartment.

However, an alternate explanation is provided in the novel Over Heaven, where Erina placed Dio and Jonathan's body along with herself in the coffin.

  Chapter 79

  Dio knows that Nukesaku is falsely guiding the Joestar Group, buying
  time for Dio, who uses that time to write in his notebook. He tries to
  recall the last moments before ending up in the coffin, but his memory
  is hazy. Despite having surely entered the casket, Erina had survived
  with the child. Dio suspects that the four of them were in the same
  coffin, but Dio admits that he would never have shared the casket with
  someone. Yet he did lose consciousness, so who put him into the
  casket? Saving someone she hated would indeed be in accord with
  Erina's character. Dio is now sure that Erina took pity on him and
  pulled him into the casket to protect him, and put him to rest at the
  bottom of the ocean. Dio's memories become more and more hazy and he
  ends up confusing Erina with his own mother.


What is depicted on the gate shown in episode 63 of Brotherhood? I'm looking to get a tattoo of the gate depicted in episode 63, but I don't know what it is that I'm looking for. I know that there are two gates, and one of them is "The Tree of Life".

I'm looking for the other one, depicted in this screenshot from episode 63 at 16:46:

What is depicted on the second gate?

There are three different gates in all.

The first one (Ed's) is the so called "tree of life" described in this question.

The gate you are looking for is the second gate (Al's), which is the European Alchemical scheme depicted in George Ripley's Marrow of Alchemy, based off the Kabbalah's Tree of Life and Kundalini's chakra system, which is probably derived from Samuel Norton's Catholicon Physicorum.

The third gate ("Truth's"/Mustang's) does not appear to be derived from known alchemy symbology from real life, but it share's similarities (two intersecting triangles) to the tattoo on Riza's back, which is related to Flame Alchemy.


What is the classical piano song from Ep 13 08:39 of parasyte? I've tried so hard to find this song and am drawing a blank. It's killing me. I thought it may have been Beethoven but I'm not sure. Please help!

Sounds like Ave Maria to me —  not quite Schubert's version, though, I think.

It sounds more like Charles Gounod's version, which apparently was composed to be superimposed with Bach's Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846 — so it may only be the Prelude itself?


Why did the Tree of Beginnings turn people into Iron? In Zetsuen No Tempest the Tree of Beginnings/Genesis was actually responsible behind the Black Iron Sickness which involved turning people into iron/black iron. On the wikia it says this...

  Black Iron Sickness (黒鉄病, Kurogane Byou) is a disease thought to be caused by the awakening of the Tree of Zetsuen. It is actually caused by the Tree of Beginnings trying to stop the Tree of Zetsuen from awakening.

But what would this have achieved in turning people into iron and how would this stop the Tree of Zetsuen/Exodus from being revived by Samon?

When I watched Zetsuen no Tempest, the whole time I was working off the idea that it was a form of 'defense mechanism'.

It should be somewhat obvious, that turning them into Iron / Black Iron was just it's unique form of an attack (just as people with guns can fire bullets, and people with swords can swing them). That appeared to be it's power for killing / disabling them.

As we can observe, the tree has a certain favoritism for Hakaze Kusaribe. The tree would've been doing what it thought was 'beneficial for Hakaze', and innocent people being caught up could just been result of the tree freaking out. After saving Hakaze from the Time Prison, it no longer cared that much about others. Just who to protect, and what to prevent.

  ...Tree of Beginnings devours civilizations and attempts to dispose Fuwa Mahiro and Takigawa Yoshino because the Tree of Beginnings had accomplished its goal by using Fuwa Mahiro and Takigawa Yoshino to save Hakaze from the time prison.

As for 'how it prevented the Tree of Zetsuen / Exodus's revival', having the innocent people caught up did not have anything to do with it. As long as it caught one of Samon's allies in every 100 innocent, it'd be successful.


How does Nagato create and use so many Rinnegan eyes? The corpses that Nagato uses for the Six Paths technique also possess Rinnegan eyes! How did he get so many Rinnegan eyes?

Is it that the corpse used for one of the six paths has a Rinnegan activated by default? Or is it a convention that Kishi has maintained just to picturize and show us the connectivity?

Of course, they aren't true eyes.

   Even when Tobi possessed Rinnegan, his puppets (corpse he used) had both sharingan and Rinnegan! Now, from where did he bring 6 Sharingan eyes and 6 Rinnegans? Definitely they aren't real ones, What kind of Jutsu is that, that makes corpse possess eye technique?

Rinnegan occurs so rarely that the Sage of Six Paths was considered a myth, so those multiple Rinnegan's are surely not distinct ones.

Nagato's bodies seemingly having their own Rinnegan is an ability provided by the Six Paths of Pain technique. According to Narutopedia:

  The Six Paths of Pain (ペイン六道, Pein Rikudō) is an Outer Path technique
  devised by Nagato after being crippled by Hanzō and rendered emaciated
  from the numerous chakra receivers embedded in his back by the Demonic
  Statue of the Outer Path. By piercing corpses with chakra receivers, a
  wielder of the Rinnegan can manipulate the bodies as though they are
  their own.

The article further says:

  Because of the fact that he was crippled, Nagato channelled the
  abilities of the Six Paths into six different bodies (one ability per
  body). The only common features shared by these bodies were the
  Rinnegan they gained from this technique, the chakra receivers each
  were pierced with and their bright orange hair, which had been dyed to
  match the Deva Path's natural hair colour.

In other words, the multiple Rinnegan's are like "projections" or copies of Nagato's own Rinnegan, transmitted through the chakra rods. This theory can be further confirmed based on the following:

   In Tobi's version of the Six Paths of Pain technique, his six bodies received a Rinnegan and a Sharingan, and he had a Rinnegan and a Sharigan at the time.


Why was it so easy to defeat Toneri, Kinshiki and Momoshiki? Toneri had somewhat the same Goal as Madara. Madara gained Hagoromo's Power and Toneri, Hamura's. The both powers are, I believe equivalent.

Sharingan >> Rinnegan = Byakugan >> Tenseigan

He who awakens the Rinnegan, shall receive the Powers of Hagoromo and he who awakens the Tenseigan shall receive the Powers of Hamura. Which is exactly what happened. BUT... Toneri had the Power of Hamura, who has the equivalent Power as Hagoromo... Then, how was Naruto able to finish Toneri's Tenseigan (and the Powers of Hamura) away with one blow?? + just in Nine Tails Mode, without his Six Paths Powers.. It just doesn't add up.

Now.. let's move to the Movie Boruto:

Kinshiki and Momoshiki are very powerful beings... Momoshiki even has 3 Rinnegan (One in his Forehead, and one in each palm) and has also the equivalent, if not greater Power to those of Kaguya.... how the hell was he defeated by only Boruto (a child)? While it took Naruto & Sasuke to seal away (not defeat) Kaguya and they both had the Six Paths Powers, while Boruto had none whatsoever.

Naruto and Sasuke during Boruto saga are way stronger than the version in the war arc, so any actual threat that is Kaguya or even just slightly above her is not gonna do much against them and did so because they were nerfed in the movie.

As for how Boruto's rasengan finished the enemy is because Naruto used his chakra to charge it and you can expect that his rasengan is going to be over powered.

These are reasons I believe so, as you can't expect them to be same level when they fought Kaguya as they did not have experience with their power and it's already shown in this series and many other that you become more powerful as you grow older until certain age.


Has the creator been interviewed about when the Attack on Titan story takes place? Lots of speculations have been made as to the time frame and location using clues from within the manga and animation.....but why not just ask the series creator if he gave it much thought or is the story just a mishmash of past and future technologies. I'm sure much Japanese writing has been done on this topic that hasn't been translated.....or perhaps, we Westerners are more concerned about this than we should be.

I always thought of it as a futuristic collapsed society type theme. They were forced to build walls and revert back to medieval society but they focused their technology on their ODM gear to combat the titans. There is reference to the past (our current real life time). Perhaps the biggest supporting evidence of this was episode 6 where Misaka's kidnappers are talking about her race and they state:

"she's exotic. what they used to call an Oriental.You know about all that right? back when there used to be different breeds of people, a bunch of them from the far east came scrambling here for safety. the old perverts in the capital really go for that sort of thing. this little beauty's going to fetch a mint at auction. it's great business. she's the last of her kind. all the rest of her people died out."

hope that helps. the year that it starts out on is 845 so the yearly calendar reset for some important reason, but it hasn't revealed a lot about the history yet (just that the titans appeared over 100 years ago.) As far as location goes it's safe to assume that it is probably German. accounting for the kidnapper's claim that there is currently only one race and we have names like:
-Yaeger (german for hunter)
-Arlert is old german anglo-saxon, and Armin's wiki page trivia section states that "The name 'Armin' may have multiple meanings, either from an old German word meaning "whole", or "Herman", meaning "soldier"". http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Armin_Arlert
-Erwin - Derived from the Germanic name Hariwini, composed of the elements hari "army" and win "friend".

Add it all up with a lot of blonde hair (Armin, Reiner, Nanaba, Christa, Annie, Erwin, etc) and it seems that they were leaning toward a German-oriented character base with names that are literal puns toward the fact that they are soldiers.


Where can I watch all three movies that have released after the first season of Kabaneri Of The Iron Fortress? Where can I watch all three movies that have released after the first season of Kabaneri Of The Iron Fortress? I really enjoyed this anime when I watched it on Amazon in 2016. I went looking to see if there was a second season in the works and found mentioned in this article that there have been three additional movies, however no second season. It looks like there are 2 compilation movies on [Crunchyroll]

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Light That Gathers
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Life That Burns

Would love to know what the name of third movie is and where to watch?

The third movie is named Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato
and it is available on Netflix.


How can Pikachu speak now? In this clip from the new movie I choose you, it appears that Pikachu speaks natural language.

There is a clip of it in English on YouTube (speaks around 35 seconds)

I haven't seen the movie yet, but I'm interested to know how is the ability to speak explained? I remember that there was one time where the Unowns were dubbing the Pokemon, is this something similar?

I watched the movie (English-dubbed). The movie gives no explanation of why Pikachu is suddenly shown speaking a human tongue.

However - and this is just my impression - I don't think that Pikachu actually did speak a human tongue here. The astute Pokémon-watcher will recall that there are many scenes in the anime where a Pokémon is able to convey complex thoughts to its trainer just by making its species' noises. This happens particularly often with Pikachu/Ash.

So this scene felt to me more like a "translation convention" for the benefit of the audience, who, unlike Ash, cannot understand what "pika pi pikachuuuu pika" means. Typically, when the audience needs to be apprised of what Pikachu is saying, Ash will reiterate what Pikachu supposedly said to him (you know, along the lines of "What's that, Pikachu? Team Rocket's giant Meowth-shaped balloon is over thataways?"). But I think that approach wouldn't have worked very well in this particular scene, so we get Pikachu "speaking" a human tongue instead. This works fine here, because the only character who witnesses Pikachu's "speech" is Ash, who would understand Pikachu just as well even if Pikachu were speaking Pikachu-ese.

As supporting evidence, I note that Ash doesn't seem even mildly surprised by this turn of events, which suggests to me that Pikachu was still speaking Pikachu-ese at him. (Though, I suppose, he might have had other things to worry about, like the gang of mind-controlled Pokémon that are about to beam-spam him out of existence.)


Could reanimated Nagato revive anyone he wanted? This is question leads from the previous question "Why didn't Nagato revive Yahiko"
As Nagato could use the reviving jutsu in exchange for his life (this jutsu will drain all the user's chakra and die eventually), I thought if he's reanimated, then he will have infinite chakra, he can revive anyone (even himself).
Is it possible?

Considering that Deidera's ultimate jutsu was far more deadly than using Rinne Rebirth (Obito survived it, after all) and Deidera was fine, Nagato definitely would have been able to recover from using Rinne Rebirth. Alas, he was never given free will while affected by the revival jutsu.


What is the name of the audio that plays when the gray king appears in K-Project? I've done a bit of digging but I can't find the track anywhere. It's in episode 7 of return of the kings (the second season). I'd like the title of the track and if possible a link to download it. I really enjoy it's melody and would like to listen to it more often.

Does anyone know who made it or where I can find it?

After some more digging I found that the track is called K vs K from the OST a link to the track here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWjCr2bx9XU


Does Beatrice know about Return By Death? During episode 7, Beatrice was contracted to protect Subaru. When she is with him on the cliff she suggests he "die where she can't see him" so she won't "have bad dreams," about it. Maybe she was being sarcastic, referring to the fact that he should die, suggesting Rem's death was his fault? I'm not sure if it was sarcastic, but it seemed to me like she was suggesting he kill himself to Return By Death? It sounded like she was conveying that he wasted his chance to explain himself to Ram, this time, but could kill himself and try again? Ah, I don't know... She says "I'll help you escape this domain"... What was she foreshadowing here? Does she know?

It is because she is somewhat attracted to him (not in romantic means of course). Beatrice to some degree cares about him, otherwise, she would not agree to be in contract with him. That is why she said, "I you want to die, die at a place I cannot see. I don't want to have nightmare." Implicitly she is saying, "Don't let me see you die. I care about you, so if you die in front of me, I'll have nightmare about it."

That is why, rather than knowing about Return by Death, it is more like she cares about him and don't want him to die.


Is there any equivalent to the "fujoshi"/"fudanshi" descriptors for yuri fans? A woman who consumes and enjoys boys' love publications might describe herself as a fujoshi (腐女子), literally "rotten girl". There is an equivalent term for men: fudanshi (腐男子).

Does an equivalent term for men or women who enjoy yuri publications exist? (In other words, is there a term someone can use as a shorthand to say that she likes reading yuri manga?) My internet research suggests there is not, but I would like to see something more authoritative, particularly since my lack of knowledge might be linked to my lack of active involvement in yuri fan circles.

This Reddit thread poses the same question and does not come to any real conclusion.
TVTropes mentions the fujoshi term in its page for "yaoi fangirls" but lacks anything similar on its page for "yuri fans".

If there is no such term, is there any reason for its lack of existence?

There is the term 姫男子 hime-danshi lit. "princess-boy" for a male person who enjoys lesbian/yuri media. I think this is a relatively recent coining - the Nicopedia article on this term dates to 2012, and the earliest clear attestation on Twitter I've found is this one from Feb 2011 (though, I don't know if Twitter was popular enough in Japan prior to 2011 to be reliable for gathering attestations). This term does not appear to have very much purchase (certainly much less than fujoshi or fudanshi), but it does exist.

As you might expect, it has a counterpart 姫女子 hime-joshi lit. "princess-girl" for a female person who enjoys lesbian/yuri media.

The term 百合好き yuri-zuki lit. "yuri-liker" exists and would be well-understood, but it's compositional in meaning and doesn't feel like a distinct "word" to me.

I speculatively submit the following as a possible reason why there are no clear analogues to the term fujoshi: a woman consuming media about male homosexuality is somehow more "scandalous" or otherwise unusual than a man consuming media about female homosexuality. It is well-documented that men, on average, are really into lesbian porn (see e.g. "Why Straight Men Gaze at Gay Women"); I imagine the same extends to non-pornographic media.

This may explain why there is a well-accepted name for fujoshi (they're a weird outgroup, gotta call them something) but not so much for hime-danshi ("you're not into lesbians? what are you, gay?").

[Note, indeed, that fujoshi was, at least originally, a term of derision ("rotten"), while the nascent term hime-danshi isn't derisive, at least not to the same degree. While researching this answer, I came upon a number of tweets observing (humorously or otherwise) the latent sexism here.]

Similarly, there's a strong segregation between BL media and "everything else". If a male homosexual relationship shows up in something targeted at general audiences, it's generally not well-received (cf. Shinsekai yori, which barely depicted any male homosexuality and still got people up in arms). If a female homosexual relationship shows up, though... who's going to complain about that? And so, we have "media for fujoshi" on the one hand, and "media for 'regular' people" on the other, and the latter bucket includes media about female homosexuality, so why would we need a name for people who like that stuff? They're just "regular" people, right?


Do we see Mikiya Kokutou after the time leap at the end of Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin? During the scene in which Mitsuru was going to be hired by the gang of Mikiya and Shiki, we see a man with black glasses sitting in front of Mitsuru (see picture below). Is it Mikiya or just a member of the gang?

I mean, on the one hand, when Mitsuru was referring to Mikiya (the current gang leader), we were able to see this man. Hence we could conclude that it's Mikiya. But on the other hand, it wouldn't be surprising if the producers simply showed a gang member who's in charge of recruiting.

I'm still a bit doubtful that this man might be Mikiya since his personality seems a bit contradictory to his younger self. Though, it also needs to be considered that there was a time leap of over 10 years.

So, is this man Mikiya or just a gang member?

This guy's simply the loan shark that Mitsuru was dealing with. He also stands up at attention when Ryougi, the family head, walks in, like an underling would do.


Why did Accelerator turn into an angel? In the last episode of season 3 of the anime A certain magical index, Accelerator who is an esper turned into an angel. Why did this happen? Can he do this at will?

Remember the level 6 experiment? Well, he was more than halfway through. So if level 6 is some sort of ascendant tier esper, what's an ascendant tier magic user then? A magic god (you'll learn about those in index new testament)? A saint? An angel?

Well if we say that an ascendant magic user is an angel, then an ascendant esper would be like some sort of science angel right? A science angel seems like an apt description of accelerator's winged power.


Why do Jinchuuriki die when their biju are extracted? When tail beasts (bijū) are extracted from their Jinchuuriki, the Jinchuuriki dies.

All seven Jinchuuriki died after the Akatsuki extracted the bijū from them. Gaara was resurrected by Chiyo using the "One's own life reincarnation" jutsu.

So why do Jinchuuriki die when bijū are extracted?
What are the reasons behind the death of Jinchuuriki after the extraction of bijū?

The reason are not been clear, probably it never will be, now that Naruto is scheduled to end this year.

The Sage of Six Paths told himself that no matter what, if a Tailed Beast is extracted from someone, they die.

I believe that's canon material and a fact in Narutoverse. I guess we just have to make our peace with it.

On a personal note, in my opinion, when someone becomes a  Jinchuuriki, the huge chakra of the Tailed Beast enters into the ninja's body and gets mixed up with that of the ninja's.
Imagine the body of ninja is water, and the ninja's chakra is a pinch of sugar dissolved in the water. The process of turning into a Jinchuuriki would be like adding salt (= Tailed Beast's chakra) to the mixture. Now to extract the Tailed Beast's chakra, it's impossible to do so without drying up the ninja first, i.e. Ninja has to die.


If All for One gives quirks to the Noumus including regeneration, why doesnt he give regeneration for himself? In the series one Noumu was able to completely heal himself after being frozen by Shoto Todoroki. All for One is in charge of the creation of the Noumus and he gives quirks to them. Then why doesnt he gives a regeneration quirk to himself and completely heals from the wounds he got from the battle with All Might?

It is just because he already had cicratized his injuries and because of that the Quirk had no effect!

From the wiki:

  All For One once stole and tried to use this Quirk to heal himself from the heavy damage All Might caused to him, but because his body had already cicatrized those injuries, the Quirk had no effect and was considered useless.


Is Cumber Golden Great Ape transformation the same kind of Golden Great Ape transformation seen in Dragon Ball GT? This transformation looks almost orange,

when the golden great ape from Dragon Ball GT looks duck yellow

Are they supposed to be the same transformation or they are different?

The Golden Great Ape transformation is the result of a Saiyan in the Great Ape form turning Super Saiyan. By looking at either a full moon or a full planetary body (sunlight reflected from a planet also generates Blutz Waves, as Goku used the "full Earth" to transform) the Saiyan can transform.  Source.We know Kanba has the ability to turn Super Saiyan and we see him create a moon or some form of a planet in this sky before using this transformation. Hence, it is fair to assume it is the same transformation. I would say there is only an aesthetic change and nothing different between the transformations. Something like SSJ4 Goku and Vegeta.


Do Ghouls gain the kakuho they eat when they cannibalize? I recently watched episode 14 of Tokyo Ghoul: re and in Kaneki's fight with Arima, he used a Kagune that was really different from his usually Rinkaku.

Do Ghouls gain the kakuhou they eat when they cannibalize?

There was no indication (at least in manga) that they do.

Kakuhou type is determined by its position in body. And even if ghoul eats flesh of another ghoul, it serves only as supply of RC cells. There is no logical way it would affect arrangement of kakuhou in ghoul body. Or add new one.

Regarding custom kagune - kagune form doesn't depend on kakuhou, only its core properties do. As mentioned by Eto, form of kagune is limited only by imagination of its owner.


Why was Gai resurrected? If Daath was after the king's power, they could have taken it from Shu anytime they wanted. Why wait so long and resurrect Gai for taking the king's power? They had someone else who could use king's power as well. Why does it have to be Gai?

And what caused a change of plans? Keido tried to be the "Adam". Then it was Gai.

It was revealed that Gai was the original Adam, the mate created for Mana. The plan was to resurrect Gai in order to get him to obtain the power of kings from Shu which meant severing his arm. Haruka Ouma, Shu's step mom went along with this plan because she didn't want Shu's fate to be the fate of the King.

Gai also mentioned to Shu in the final battle that they would not allow Mana to just die in peace, they would keeping resurrecting her. Gai was in love with Mana and believed that to free her he must of offered to be her Adam and die with her.

Gai revealed to Shu that he was the true "King" and that Shu was nothing more than an Upsurper and pretty much this whole time was a victim in this whole mess that kept just getting chosen.


My Teen Romantic Comedy: What did Yukinoshita mean "this will be the last one then you can end it."? In season 3 ep 5 of My Teen Romantic Comedy, we find after the ending that yukinoshita and Iroha are talking in the student council office and after a little conversing yukonishita states
"It's alright, this will be the last one, then you can end it" (dubbed)
"It's alright though, this will be the last one. I can truly end things with this" (subbed)

It could be explained in many different ways, but I'm asking this community because I haven't seen anyone ask this question on any forum for me to have different idea pools to pull from.
so please help me!

She says it because she believes that she was depending on hikigaya in every difficult situation. she knew that hikigaya was doing this (another prom) for her sake and to solve the problem and she thought she will rely on him for the last time as after the prom they will end the club which was their only way of communicating and she will go alone again and wouldn't have to rely on him again


Why does Rin have cat-ears? In the Little Busters!-anime, Rin sometime has cat-ears for a very short time (mostly only a split second). Is it used to show a character trait? What does it mean?

Here's an image of it:

Seems to be the Sprouting ears trope.

  A symptom of a Super-Deformed Art Shift, where occasionally a character will sprout Unusual Ears or other animal features (paws, tails, etc.) during certain moments to accentuate certain aspects of their personality. What ears symbolize what varies from culture to culture, but generally they break down into three groups:

  Cats: Genkiness, excitability, occasionally irritation. Usually
  accompanied by a Cat Smile.
  Dogs: Hyperness, clumsiness, affection. Generally done to a
  character who is loving, but not all there in the head.
  Foxes: Mischief, wisdom, slyness. May be either friendly or
  malevolent.

Another form it might be used (did not watch little busters so not sure its the case) is when the character hears something special hes not supposed to know. This is often used to show that they have heard this secret information.


Did Goku and Vegeta use god ki when fighting Freezer in Fukkatsu no F? Because of the episode where Goku and Vegeta train in another dimension we know god ki can be transparent. And in the Fukkatsu no F movie / anime saga, Goku is able to fight Freezer 4th form in "base" form, and Vegeta is able to deflect a ki blast from golden Freezer also in "base" form. Were they using god ki in this base form (what would make them to have a strenght close to a super saiyan god) or were those form their regular base form?

There isn't really an exact answer to this question. This is because, it was implied early on in the series that Goku had supposedly absorbed this God form into his base form and some might argue whether this is true or not. The only thing we know for a fact is that Goku and Vegeta grew way stronger. However, based on Whis's definition of God Ki, it is basically being able to power up without having ki leak out of your body. Goku and Vegeta were both being trained to master this skill and the Super Saiyan Blue  transformation, is basically them blending the Super Saiyan transformation with God Ki. So while mastering this power, Goku and Vegeta grew immensely powerful in their base forms, which is why we see Goku being able to easily fight Final form Freiza and overwhelm him. We also, later on, see Vegeta(Copy Vegeta) being able to easily defeat SSJ3 Gotenks without any struggle. So in a way, they were probably utilizing God ki but the two of them had become immensely stronger since the Buu Saga.


Is Goku in Dragon Ball based on Sun Wukong from Journey to the West? When I was looking for info on Saiyuki and learned it was based on the Chinese novel Journey to the West, I was reminded of some things:

The Japanese name of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, is Son Goku.

  Sun Wukong (孫悟空) is known/pronounced as Suen Ng-hung in Cantonese, Tôn Ngộ Không in Vietnamese, Sun Ngokong in Thai, Sun Gokong or Sun Go Kong in Malay and Indonesian, Son Ogong in Korean, and Son Gokū in Japanese.

Source: Sun Wukong - Names and titles (1st Paragraph)

Some question here refer to Goku from Dragonball as Son Goku.

A number of images of Sun Wukong show him on a cloud with a staff, similar how Goku in the original Dragon Ball Series is shown with Nimbus and his staff.

So, I am wondering if Goku in Dragon Ball is based on Sun Wukong from Journey to the West?

Akira Toriyama was definitely influenced by Journey to the West in writing the original Dragon Ball manga. In early stories, Goku rides the Flying Nimbus cloud and wields an extendable staff, two aspects taken directly from his inspiration the Monkey King along with his name, and the fact that he turns into a giant ape is also a callback to his simian origins.

The quest to find the Dragon Balls was also a parallel to the quest for the sutras, or scrolls of the Buddha, and some of the other characters from Dragon Ball have parallels to Journey to the West characters, although they tend to be a little tenuous at times. And, of course, it didn't take long before the original story gave way to all the craziness and martial arts and ridiculously scaling power levels to the extent that by the time Dragon Ball Z came along the resemblances are superficial at best.

You can see mention of the connection in the Wikipedia article, although the sources are mostly print ones so you'd have to put a little leg work in to track them down yourself.


Will genjutsu work against Madara/Obito in juubi jinchuriki mode? It was stated that the "black thing" (I don't know what it's really called) will nullify any ninjutsu, even the edo tensei will never be able to regenerate after being hit by this thing. So only senjutsu and taijutsu will work against them.

But will it also be able to nullify the effects of genjutsu?

No, the black orbs can not nullify the effects of genjutsu.

  The chakra is highly malleable, able to be shaped into various forms for different uses, such as a barriers, protective orbs, and most commonly, a staff with an incomplete circle. With his complete control of the Ten-Tails' power, Madara can also apply the Yin–Yang Release to nullify all ninjutsu it comes in contact with - Naruto wiki

As genjutsu is not 'touchable' it would be impossible to touch the genjutsu with the orbs. Then again this is not necessary to begin with.

  Members of the Uchiha clan can break or see through genjutsu using their Sharingan

Knowing that he even is a step beyond the regular Sharingan we can safely assume the he would just use his visual powers instead of the black orbs to block/cancel genjutsu


How are volumes determined in manga? My question is about how are volumes determined in a manga.
Does it go by major villain in a form of one per volume? Or...
Does it go by story arc, in a way that a new story forms a new arc?
Lastly, are anime story series—arcs, seasons, sagas, etc—determined by the manga volumes?

Please help me understand how this categorization works.

There is no fixed rule to decide the boundary of a volume of a Manga. It's upto the mangaka and the publisher to decide where a given volume starts or ends. They're generally published arc-wise to maintain a uniformity throughout the volume.
As per Wikipedia

In Japan, manga are usually serialized in large manga magazines, often containing many stories, each presented in a single episode to be continued in the next issue. If the series is successful, collected chapters may be republished in tankōbon volumes, frequently but not exclusively, paperback books.
After a series has run for a while, publishers often collect the episodes together and print them in dedicated book-sized volumes, called tankōbon.


What does "DxD" in "Highschool DxD" stand for? I have been following High School DxD's anime and manga. However, there has been no explanation of what DxD in the title means so far.

Does anyone know what it stands for?

As revealed in Volume 16 of the light novel, DxD is the name of an anti-terrorism organization and has the meaning of the different factions which form the group:

Devils, also a Dragon, and the word “Fallen” of a Fallen Angel—like downfall.

(In Japanese, Fallen Angel is [堕天使]【だてんし】, whose romaji datenshi starts with D)
Quoting from the novel:

—Then Koneko-chan mutters.
“—[D×D].”
Everyone gazes at Koneko-chan’s muttering. Koneko-chan is surprised at
having so much attention directed towards her. She then continues
while feeling shy.
“Well, since it’s a mixed team consisted of different beings, that’s
how I felt……”
Rias then asks.
“What does the [D×D] stand for? Does it stand for being a Dragon of
Dragon like Great Red?”
“No, it can stand for Devils, also a Dragon, and the word “Fallen” of
a Fallen Angel—like downfall.”
Koneko-chan answers.
I see, so it means [D×D] while pointing towards Devils, Dragons, and
such.
Sensei nods his head.

According to Volume 6 of the light novel, DxD also stands for Dragon of Dragons, referring to the Great Red:

“There are two dragons called the ‘Red Dragons’. One of them is the ancient dragon from Wales residing in you. Welsh Dragon. The Sekiryuutei. Hakuryuukou also comes from the same origin and the same myth. But there is one more ‘Red Dragon’. That is the Red-Dragon which is recorded in Revelation.”
“Revelation……?”
“The True God-Emperor of Red-Dragon. Apocalypse Dragon, the Great-Red. It’s the great dragon which is called the ‘True-Dragon’. It chooses to live in the dimensional gap and swims there for eternity. Today, we came here to confirm ‘that’. The field of Rating Game is inside a section in the dimensional gap by putting on a barrier. This time, Ophis’s true aim was to confirm that. Shalba’s plan was something which wasn’t important to us.”
[...]
That time, Vali showed the clearest eyes ever seen before.
“The one I want to fight the most. The Apocalypse Dragon Great-Red who is called [DxD], Dragon of Dragon. –I want to become “The True God-Emperor of White-Dragon”. It won’t look good if the ‘white’ is a rank below the ‘Red’ when there is the ultimate-class for ‘Red’ right? That’s why I will become one. One day when I defeat Great-Red.”


An old anime with a scene of a young man struggling to reach the top of a glass staircase Any help solving this would be appreciated. It's been so long, I can't even tell if I actually saw this, or if it was some sort of fever-dream that I made up and will never track down. Here's the scene:

A young man is struggling to reach the top of a glass spiral staircase (maybe to save a young woman from something evil at the top?), and the glass steps under his feet keep cracking but not breaking all the way (and maybe cutting his bare feet?).

This really felt like I caught just the climax, and I don't remember anything before or after for context, unfortunately. That sequence has just always stuck with me over the years, I need to get closure and find out what it was!

A simple googling of the terms "anime glass staircase" brought me to a discussion page on:

Video Girl Ai (1992)

The scene is from Episode 6, the last episode of the OVA, and the only thing not matching your descriptions is that the staircase is not spiral: it is straight.

Synopsis (ANN):

  Because Youta worried for another instead of dwelling on his own broken heart, he happened upon a very special video store that only the pure of heart can see. There, he buys what he thinks is a normal erotic video - until a girl climbs out of his television set. Her name is Ai, and thanks to a broken VCR, her personality is a little glitchy. Still, it's her job to help Youta feel better, and perhaps even help him get the girl of his dreams, even if Ai herself might be falling for him as well.


Music in Yuri on Ice in Season 1 Episode 12 I would like to know if someone could tell me what is the name of the music in the finale scene, season 1 episode 12 at ~ 21 : 51 when Yuri and Viktor are skating together?

I don’t have access to the anime right now, so I’m going off my memory, but if I’m not mistaken, it’s “Stammi vicino.” For some reason, I’m having trouble finding an official recording, but this is someone’s performance of it with a piano transcription of the orchestra.